Tell us about your musical background.

When I was growing up I wasn’t really involved in music, all I really wanted to do was hang out with my buddies. I was a skater for a long time. After I got bored of skating I decided to put a garage band together. Since my father was a professional drummer in Hungary, and like all kids I wanted to be like my father, I started to play the drums. We started fooling around with everything from punk music to classic rock; we did a lot of Van Halen and stuff like that. 

When I moved to Hungary when I was 16, I still didn’t sing, I was still a drummer and I was still in a garage band and we had a few gigs. One of the rehearsals the singer got sick, and I think the bass player said, “Vik, why don’t you try singing, because you’re always humming around.” And I said okay, I’ll try one song, and the rest of the band said “Okay, you’re going to be the singer from now on.” 

It was a surprising Phil Collins type of thing. Once I started singing and I got a little bit better I fell in love with R&B and soul music.  That’s when I fell in love with music, and I started writing music and people started listening more. And then I won a show in Hungary, and things have been up ever since then. 

What was the show in Hungary?

It was called “Megastar.” It was a similar talent show; there were very different rules. They weren’t really interested in if you were a soul singer; they were interested in any genre. So I had to sing everything from rock music to classical music. It was kind of weird, but it was good experience. I felt that I was still amateur in the sense that I didn’t know who I am musically so after the show I started really digging into composing music and ever since then I’ve been doing well in Hungary but I was always afraid to try in America. 

What’s the biggest difference you’ve noticed between Hungarian and American audiences?  

I have to really compliment the American audience, they’re so much more open to new things, new ideas, new people. What I’ve come to realize that, Hungary in a way, it’s a small country, you know there’s only 10 million people in the country, and they’re no that open. It takes time for them to really digest something new. It took me years to recognized in Hungary because I’m an English-speaking artist in a Hungarian-speaking country, so it took years for them to accept me. In America, after blind audition, it took them one day. So it was crazy. 

What has had a bigger influence on you as a musician, your upbringing in New York, or your formative years in Hungary? 

I don’t even know if I can answer that. I think it’s my sister to be honest. She’s an amazing singer, and she heard me sing, and she was like “Alright Vik, I’ll teach, I’ll show you music," and she was the reason why I started listening to R&B and soul music, and she basically pampered me through this whole situation. 

What made you choose Adam Levine? 

I was almost 100 percent sure that I was going to pick Pharell Williams. I write music also, and the reason I started singing was because I was writing and it was working. So for me to pick Pharell was just the obvious logical choice. But I went out on stage and sang my song, and I was amazed that he was so enthusiastic and so excited after hearing me on stage. He really put passion and emotion into the whole process of it and I was just mind-boggled, I was like I can’t believe Adam Levine is saying these things about me, you know. And I thought that Adam is the kind of person who can really help me in the future and in the moment. He’s a really emotional singer, he really loves what he’s doing and you can tell he loves it so I was like you know, right now my best choice is to go with Adam Levine. 

What would you say in your biggest challenge as a singer? 

I have a big lack of self-confidence. I don’t know why. My sister was the person who actually pushed me to audition for The Voice. I was like, I don’t want to audition, what if I fail, what if I don’t do well, I don’t believe in myself that much. In New York every other singer sings just as good as me, you know? That’s how I go living my days. But I have my sister, and my family behind me saying no, you’re better than that and you have to go try yourself. So I really have to learn how to respect what I have, and just try to build my self-confidence. I’m really hoping Adam is going to teach me these traits to build self-confidence on the stage, because when I look at Adam I see he has that healthy confidence, not the bored, the healthy confidence. 

You’re a very talented singer, with a very nice head of hair too, what’s your secret behind the hair? 

That’s so funny because everyone always say, he’s the guy with perfect hair but I don’t even spend that much time on it when I’m getting ready in the morning. I don’t know, I guess I’m lucky with the head of hair.

(metro.us)