Billy McFarland refuses to say if any celebs are backing Fyre Festival 2, and he has yet to nail down a location, but he does want the failed Willy Wonka Experience team there.
In an exclusive sit down with The U.S. Sun, Fyre Fest creator McFarland, 32, was asked if Fyre Fest 2 had any celebrities backing the event this time around and if they had nailed down a specific island in the Caribbean Sea for the event.
The 32-year-old held back on discussing any celeb backers after supermodels such as Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin, and Chanel Iman were slammed for being involved in the first disaster.
Sidestepping the question, Billy said, "Yes, so we are we are working on a really fun marketing campaign.
"I think we have big shoes to fill after the 'orange tile' campaign seven years ago now that went totally crazy and with the trailer associated with it."
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The 'orange tile campaign' ahead of the first festival saw the supermodels sharing orange tiles on their social media promoting the event.
When pressed further if he could hint at which sectors of celebrities he's spoken to, such as sports stars, actors, influencers, and the like, Billy said "I will soon, and you'll be the first to know."
Meanwhile, McFarland said he and his team have yet to even lock in where the event will take place, despite tickets already being sold.
When asked if he could provide any further info into which island in the Caribbean festival goers can expect to be hosted at, McFarland said, "We'll be deciding in the next couple of weeks which island.
"We are in talks with a handful of different Caribbean nations' tourism boards."
While details remain scarce on where the event will take place, and if any famous faces will have anything to do with it this time around- the 32-year-old is sure of one thing- he hopes to hire the team from the failed Willy Wonka experience for the fest.
Last month, photos from an immersive Willy Wonka Experience out of Scottland went viral after families had paid $45 a ticket and arrived to see nothing like what was advertised.
The event was shut down just hours after doors opened, with event planners promising to refund money to families.
It's been billed as such a disaster that it's been dubbed Scotland's own Fyre Festival.
“I said if they can come up with a plan to make up the kids, I will hire them to do the Willy Wonka experience on an island at Fyre too," McFarland told The U.S. Sun.
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"Make it up to the kids first and then we'll give you guys a job," he added.
AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER
The first Fyre Fest was one of, if not the biggest, event debacles in history - with some festival-goers left red-faced after forking over tens of thousands of dollars to attend.
The catastrophe was amplified by social media and fueled by burned influencers who stepped foot onto the island of Great Exuma expecting an epic party for the ages and got anything but.
Even in Fyre 1 was perfect and everything it was sold as, I still would have gone to jail.
Billy McFarland
Attendees were promised luxury villas and arrived to see emergency FEMA tents instead.
With the tease of world-class cuisine, ticket holders instead were served cold cheese sandwiches in cheap-looking foam containers.
Despite the uproarious failure, McFarland has his reasons for going for the reboot.
"This is the most tangible way to repay the $26 million that I owe, and having real partners gives an opportunity in the next five to seven years, to actually pay back that $26 million," he said.
"And unfortunately, no one's offering me $26 million to work somewhere else," McFarland added with a smile.
The convicted felon went on to say he is taking full advantage of his notoriety.
"We are literally the most talked about music festival in the world. We've had three times as many mentioned this Coachella, which is in second place and there's a huge drop-off after that.
"It's an incredible opportunity to steer that ship into the storm and embrace everything that's happened and if Fyre two goes well, the brand recognition of Fyre as a media company, as a travel company as an entertainment brand is massive and can make right a lot of the wrongs they did before."
'INTO THE STORM'
McFarland has maintained a unique perspective on his post-prison plans.
The Fyre Fest Fraundester, as he has been dubbed, is fully embracing storm similes, as they pertain to his first, rain-drenched festival fiasco, and possibly even the raining debt he is facing.
"Right now it's just me, trying to create controversy and I think my job is to be this little airplane flying through a storm and trying to tell you that we're not sure if we're going to crash or land," he said.
"I feel like the more we can embrace that hurricane, the more people are going to want to get a front-row seat and be there as it happens, and just be part of this three-day weekend and cultural moment where the outcome is just not clear."
The 32-year-old said that this time around he has a partner overseeing the brunt of the operations.
"There's an operating partner, a company that acquired a 51% stake in Fyre. So they're in charge, they're running the show, and there are various talent partners, catering partners, and transportation partners.
"Then there is me and my Fyre team, which is in charge of the marketing and the stunts whether it's jumping from a helicopter or lobster diving. We are there to make Fyre, Fyre."
'I STILL WOULD'VE GONE TO JAIL'
While McFarland is aware of the absolute debacle of an event that Fyre was, he said the failed event wasn't the crime.
"The biggest mischaracterization was that the crime was the event itself.
"Even in Fyre 1 was perfect and everything it was sold as, I still would have gone to jail.
"My crime was misleading investors to try to raise the money that I thought I needed for the festival," he explained.
"For Fyre 1, we legitimately tried super hard to make it work, but it was decisions I made behind the scenes that were immoral and wrong so this time around- different story- we are working with real people, and giving ourselves plenty of time, a year as opposed to a handful of months this time around," he said.
While McFarland seems optimistic about his renewed Fyre Fest endeavor, it's anyone's guess what guests will get for their approximately $3,500 ticket price.
