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All the details from Joe’s solo layover in Dubai and what did those numbers mean?! And, introducing our opening act Magnus Ferrell. What is childhood like growing up with Will as your dad? Plus, he’s nominated for a VMA and his new EP “Groove Therapy” is out 9/25. See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Yeah.

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  Ooh.

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  Kevin's, you know what I found very interesting is how you will drink a carton to yourself. Yeah, straight out the dome. And he usually does it before show. Yeah, just really getting myself going. He needs it on stage.

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• 3:58Speaker 00

  Jonas. Okay, here we are. Welcome back. We have had quite the week. Let us fill you in on kind of all that happened, starting with our performance on Netflix for the first-ever NFL game in Australia in Melbourne. Now, here's the thing. Melbourne is in Australia, which is very, very far away from everything.

• 4:20Speaker 02

  This is a different planet.

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  It's a different planet.

• 4:22Speaker 01

  It's, it takes a minute to get there and then get back, turns out.

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  Yeah. Travel woes aside, the performance was amazing. We had so much fun. It was 100,000 people in the cricket stadium there. We don't get enough chances to get over to our fans in Australia. And this was a combination of our fans and obviously the NFL fans.

• 4:40Speaker 02

  So we promised them six minutes this year.

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  Six minutes.

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  Of our time.

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  And we did the math and basically between the flights to get there and then to get back, it netted out to be something like, for every minute of performance, it was about nine hours of travel.

• 4:55Speaker 01

  That's, that tracks. That definitely tracks.

• 4:57Speaker 00

  Joe had the most complicated travel of all of us. Tell us about what happened, Joe.

• 4:59Speaker 01

  Yes, you did.

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  I did, yes. Being one who likes to make it about himself, I wanted to be tardy. And so I was flying from London to Melbourne and happened to be that day, every flight was canceled. The radars weren't working or something. So like over 60,000 flights were just canceled.

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  In one of the biggest airports in the world.

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  Including any other UK-based airport. And so I just waited in the airport, I was able to get on an earlier flight and it didn't take off till midnight or whatever.

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  Just for some background, we're on the phone with the team, because they're scrambling with the NFL, with travel team and all that to figure out, how do we get Joe somehow on a plane to get there in time for the performance? Because we really only had a buffer of like eight hours or something. And eventually, you get on this flight.

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  I get on the flight, it takes me to Dubai, but I missed my connection because the flight got in too late.

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  And not because you were tardy or whatever, because...

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  Which was of course, classically.

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  It's not like you just wanted to hang out in another country for a little bit. You were literally just like stuck.

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  It was really fun though, I was at a great...

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  Did you have a great day?

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  Accidental day off. It was a guilt-free day off because there's nothing I could do. So I, then I had a full day, I landed at 10 a.m. And the next flight wasn't until 2:45 a.m. that night, or the following day. So then I just ran around Dubai and had amazing lunches and shopped and...

• 6:19Speaker 00

  And multiple lunches, tell us about it.

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  And massage, yeah.

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  How many did you have?

• 6:23Speaker 02

  Two lunches, and then I had two dinners. And then I got back on the plane and then landed day of, or pretty much the day of show.

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  The morning of.

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  Very late the morning of, and then tried to nap again, but whatever.

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  So me and Kevin got there and we did the run-through for the performance without you.

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  Yep.

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  There was someone standing in. And this was the day before. The whole time, we're like, he may or may not make it, thinking of what we could do as a contingency plan. There really wasn't anything. Luckily, you get there in time, you land at about 9 a.m. And you do whatever, you gotta do shower, eat some food. And we're basically off to the stadium and, you know, within a couple hours, we're on stage in front of millions and millions of people all over the world. And no one had any idea that Joe had just arrived mere hours before. The other thing that was cool about this performance is that because it was in Australia, we wanted to honor one of our favorite Australian artists. The song that's been really important to all of us for a long time, "You're the Voice" by the great John Farnham. A song that is, I think, known by so many people all around the world, but it's an anthem for Australian folks.

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  And so we put this song in the performance, and there was a lot of back and forth if we should do it. Because, you know, it's not one of our songs.

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  Well, we figured like, it's, it's not one where you go, that's John Farnham, I think, immediately for most people. And also for our audience, probably it's a new discovery. So it's a little bit strange if, and within six minutes, we're doing a cover as well, which was a brave move.

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  It was great though, because we definitely felt the, I don't know, I felt the audience instantly connect to us in that moment, which I think was really, really special.

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  Well, yeah, I mean, I think it was the right thing to do to kind of tip the cap to an Australian great and in their country to really include them in that moment. And it was really powerful for me.

• 8:07Speaker 01

  And I didn't really know the lore of the song. And Nick, you like, you know, you presented the idea of doing it. And I think there was definitely some back and forth about whether we should do it or not.

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  I was sitting there the whole time, I was like, guys, you're not trusting me. This is gonna be a moment.

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  Trust me, trust me, bro.

• 8:21Speaker 01

  Yeah, and we did.

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  I was definitely worried about it.

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  Took some convincing, but...

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  It went really well. And then we got back on a plane.

• 8:28Speaker 00

  But I couldn't believe that you didn't do any rehearsal. You hadn't seen the stage in person.

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  Nope.

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  Because they build the stage in the middle of the stadium like in minutes, and then you're just up there. And you crushed it.

• 8:40Speaker 02

  Thank you. It was, I just kind of was like, well, I have the best excuse if this doesn't go well. That I literally couldn't be here.

• 8:46Speaker 01

  It was impressive.

• 8:47Speaker 02

  If it goes well, then it's like, then you get a lot of, you get a lot of flowers and people are like, wow, how'd you do that? So either way, win-win scenario.

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  One of the other things that was sort of a last-minute thing was our wardrobe. We decided to wear these Letterman jackets that we had made with the JB crest, the new crest, and then our names in the back and certain numbers.

• 9:07Speaker 02

  I just went with my, like my birthday, I didn't know we were going with like, you guys went with...

• 9:12Speaker 00

  Well, everyone thinks that they're Easter eggs for something, and listen, they may be.

• 9:14Speaker 02

  Oh.

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  You went with your birthday, Joe? That was what that, yeah.

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  See, Joe's playing the game of, he's making you think it was a nonchalant, inconsequential thing, but in fact, it could, it could mean something.

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  It could mean something special.

• 9:30Speaker 02

  We'll do some, we'll put it somehow into the next album rollout. You'll never know.

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  Yep, we'll figure it out.

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  Yeah, it'd be, exactly.

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  We're gonna be selling the jackets, though. That's one thing, we are making our own version to sell to the fans if you can show up at the shows.

• 9:42Speaker 01

  Of the Letterman jackets?

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  Yeah.

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  That's great.

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  Which is sort of a response to the reaction to them.

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  Yeah, I think we should bring them as part of the looks in the upcoming tour as well.

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  They, they will, we literally just texted about that with the team.

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  I love that, look at us.

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  Kevin doesn't read my texts when I send them.

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  Yeah, he has you on mute.

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  I was actually preparing, to be honest, I was preparing dinner for tonight.

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  Are you making your famous steak and?

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  I am literally doing the full thing. It's prepped upstairs, so I'm doing that. The girls were like, Dad, you're home for two nights and would please make your steak? So I was like, yes.

• 10:11Speaker 00

  You're gone for two nights because you're going where?

• 10:14Speaker 01

  We are going to celebrate two people that I love very dearly's birthdays. Nick Jonas and my wife Danielle Jonas.

• 10:21Speaker 02

  Nice.

• 10:23Speaker 01

  It's pretty wild.

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  So this will be your, it's like 16 bedrooms?

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  It's something crazy like that, yeah.

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  Wow.

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  Got a lazy river in it, doesn't it?

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  It's got a lazy river.

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  That's cool. You gotta, you gotta make sure you post a lot, Kev. Lots of posts.

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  I'm gonna post.

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  The people need to see what we got going on at the house.

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  I will post continuously.

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  Do a MTV Cribs.

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  So here's the thing, we all leave tomorrow, we get a little mini vacation. Danny's birthday, my birthday, fall in this week, and so it's really nice for us all to kind of have a little break together before we go off and start this tour, which begins in days, mere days. It's the second time during this podcast in the last five minutes I've said mere something, so.

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  Nice. Mere's, mere's a cool word.

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  Clock it. We start the tour in a few days.

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  That's right.

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  We've got an incredible kind of group of, of support acts that are coming out with us.

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  We've got, I can announce today some extras, yeah, it's great.

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  We just announced Jamie Miller, who's got a massive hit right now with Baby Dolls coming out on the tour for, I think, Four Stops. It'll be so fun to have him out there. Massive fan of his voice and his songs.

• 11:26Speaker 01

  Are you gonna do the dance?

• 11:27Speaker 00

  Huge. I think, I think we should, we should talk about that offline and see if we're ready for it.

• 11:33Speaker 01

  Understood.

• 11:33Speaker 00

  Of course, we have Franklin Jonas, our dearly beloved brother, who I had a funny dream about last night, I'll tell you about offline as well, and Mike DeLisa, DJ DeLisa, and our, I can't say favorite, but our, our new friend and, you know, someone we're so thrilled is gonna be on this tour with us. His, his first arena tour. He's having a crazy moment, blowing up all over the world, starting with really two podcasts, one in Australia, one here in the US that went viral, viral moments, and then his music is starting to just absolutely blow up, and, and he's just gonna be a massive star in a matter of mere minutes.

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  Mere minutes.

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  But he's kicking off with us on this tour, supporting us on, on many, many dates, and he's actually here today, our guest.

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  Hey Jonas is brought to you by Almond Breeze. It's time for some questions from the producers.

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  All right. Who started drinking Almond Breeze almond milk first?

• 12:52Speaker 01

  Actually, I think that was you, Nick.

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  I think it was.

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  Yeah, you're like, you know, guys, I tried this almond breeze in my coffee today.

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  Changed the game for me. All right, who's the most likely to finish the last carton of almond breeze and not replace it?

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  That's Kevin.

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  Kevin, of course.

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  Yeah.

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  That's someone else's job.

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  Take it, Kev.

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  What's the most random place you drank almond breeze?

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  The last time I visited the Empire State Building.

• 13:12Speaker 00

  Ah, that's a random place for sure. I've noticed you guys really like almond breeze almond milk. Who has the most specific way of drinking it?

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  Ooh. Ooh, Kevin's, you know what I found very interesting is how you will drink a carton to yourself.

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  Yeah, straight off the dome.

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  And he usually does it before show.

• 13:29Speaker 01

  Yeah, just really getting myself going.

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  He needs it on stage.

• 13:32Speaker 00

  Okay, last question. Why do you guys like almond breeze so much?

• 13:35Speaker 01

  Well, it just tastes great and it's a great alternative.

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  It is great.

• 13:38Speaker 02

  It's simply because it's really good.

• 13:40Speaker 00

  True. Try almond breeze, trust us, it's really good. You've probably heard that good things come in threes.

• 13:45Speaker 01

  No, I've never heard that.

• 13:46Speaker 02

  Kevin. Yeah, you have. You've got bacon, lettuce, tomato, rock, paper, scissors.

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  Joe, Nick, Kevin.

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  Yeah, and that is a good one.

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  Or because it's cold season, Kleenex lotion tissues.

• 13:58Speaker 01

  There's no three in Kleenex tissues.

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  That's where you're wrong, Kev, my friend, listen. Kleenex lotion tissues have three-in-one skin-loving benefits. It protects hands, soothes, and moisturizes your skin.

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  I never realized you were so into skincare, Joe.

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  Come on, who doesn't love to moisturize?

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  You've got a good point.

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  Oh, and don't forget to tell them about the three thick layers made with coconut oil and aloe.

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  Wow, good things really do come in threes.

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  For whatever happens next, grab Kleenex.

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  Not only is today's episode sponsored by Edible Arrangements, they are also bringing us our first bowl question.

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  Oh, we're doing the bowl?

• 14:59Speaker 02

  We're doing the bowl.

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  All right, let's get into it.

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  Okay, the question is, what's your chocolate-dipped move to show up for someone's birthday?

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  That's weirdly specific.

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  Feels like there's only really one right answer for this one.

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  Edible?

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  Edible!

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  I mean, Nick did famously send an arrangement to Bob Iger.

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  Yeah, sure.

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  So you know it's good.

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  And they've got a lot more than fresh fruit. Birthday arrangements, baked goods, flowers.

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  Chocolate-dipped treats.

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  A lot of options.

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  And if somebody's birthday sneaks up on you.

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  Uh-oh. They've got delivery today, tomorrow, or even in an hour.

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  Which is great because Kevin's birthday's coming up.

• 15:34Speaker 01

  Real soon.

• 15:35Speaker 02

  Very soon.

• 15:36Speaker 01

  I'm getting an arrangement, aren't I?

• 15:38Speaker 00

  Yep, we kind of have to.

• 15:39Speaker 01

  Uh, you know, I'm okay with that.

• 15:40Speaker 02

  All right, we just answered our first ever edible question.

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  We don't typically like puns, Joe.

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  But we'll allow it for edible.

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• 16:48Speaker 00

  Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Magnus Ferrell.

• 16:50Speaker 07

  Magnus Ferrell!

• 16:53Speaker 00

  Magnus! We're so happy to have you on the pod today.

• 16:55Speaker 07

  Thank you.

• 16:56Speaker 02

  It's great to be here, thank you for coming this way.

• 16:58Speaker 07

  Yeah, so happy to be here.

• 16:59Speaker 02

  That's Kevin Jonas, he's not currently with us, he's making steaks for his family.

• 17:03Speaker 07

  Oh, are they on the grill right now?

• 17:05Speaker 01

  They're not on the grill, they're prepping. I, I fully seasoned and got everything sorted, and it's just waiting for us to be done talking.

• 17:12Speaker 00

  Magnus, do you cook?

• 17:14Speaker 07

  Very, like, at a college level, very middle.

• 17:17Speaker 02

  Although, you know what? College cooking is such a thing, I feel like. What's, what was your go-to in college, then?

• 17:22Speaker 07

  Just like really unseasoned eggs.

• 17:26Speaker 02

  Garlic oil, scrambled?

• 17:27Speaker 07

  Scrambled, yeah.

• 17:28Speaker 02

  That's pretty much what I had at the time.

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  Now, you are coming on tour with us, which I'm very excited about.

• 17:34Speaker 07

  So excited.

• 17:36Speaker 00

  We, we first came to know you and meet you on the set of our Christmas film.

• 17:40Speaker 07

  Yes, yeah.

• 17:40Speaker 02

  I feel like we might have met, though, before that, at some point.

• 17:43Speaker 00

  At some?

• 17:44Speaker 02

  Probably when you were much younger, yeah.

• 17:46Speaker 07

  Oh, really?

• 17:46Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah.

• 17:47Speaker 07

  Oh, when I was like a little kid?

• 17:48Speaker 02

  I think so.

• 17:48Speaker 07

  Huh, yeah.

• 17:49Speaker 01

  Are you just making that up?

• 17:50Speaker 07

  Yes, I made that up.

• 17:52Speaker 02

  Did, was it believable? Did I do a good job?

• 17:54Speaker 07

  No, I probably, I just don't, I probably.

• 17:55Speaker 02

  I feel like we've met, we've met the family many times. So I feel like it might, we've crossed paths.

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  My backstory is that I had actually, I had a Shabbat dinner with, with your parents and some, some friends of ours. It was a really nice thing for me to pre to go and, and your parents were talking about your music and all this stuff. And then a couple of weeks later, I heard some of the music and, and I think it was like a month after that, you guys were on set for the movie. And for those that don't know, at the beginning of the Christmas movie, um, Max's family is coming to our show. And you've got two brothers as well. So it was a really nice, fun thing. The synergy of like, you know, the three brothers there, three brothers. And it's a hilarious scene that kicked off the movie in the best way possible. And then soon after that, um, you know, we connected, listened to some of the music and, and it worked out to have you join me on,

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  Yeah.

• 18:35Speaker 00

  on my tour that I did.

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  That's right.

• 18:37Speaker 07

  So fun, dude.

• 18:38Speaker 02

  I forgot you guys did that.

• 18:38Speaker 07

  I learned so much.

• 18:39Speaker 00

  Yeah. Well, let's talk about what's happened in your life in like the last couple of months, cause it's pretty mind blowing. So you've got two viral moments, right? Between this, this podcast in New Zealand or Australia. Okay. And then one here in the U S that blew up. And what's so great about this is that it, it's moments like these where you kind of least expect things to pop off.

• 19:00Speaker 07

  Right.

• 19:00Speaker 00

  Where now audiences could be reached in so many different ways. And I think it was within days after that.

• 19:05Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 19:06Speaker 00

  The streams blew up, the, you know, the, everything just happened for you and we couldn't be, you know, more proud and excited and thrilled for you. What's this kind of meteoric rise been like here in the last couple of weeks?

• 19:17Speaker 07

  I mean, it's just like, it's kind of like what you said, like if I had told myself a year ago that a podcast with Michelle Obama was the reason why all the music stuff worked out, I probably, like I would have slapped myself in the face. But no, it's just so cool that, that, uh, the internet can kind of have that effect and like have that impact on my career. And it's insane how much everything's changed and here we are. And I don't know, it's like everything, all my dreams have come true. So super sick.

• 19:49Speaker 02

  Yeah. That's so great. And this will be your first proper tour.

• 19:52Speaker 07

  Yeah. Like my first proper, proper tour. Yeah.

• 19:55Speaker 00

  So what are you doing to prepare?

• 19:57Speaker 07

  Oh, I'm excited. Yeah.

• 19:58Speaker 00

  Not the boring stuff, like rehearsing and all that. Like what have you been doing? The packing, what's going on there? Are we, are we aware of bus rules? What's the?

• 20:07Speaker 07

  Wait, wait, wait. No, I don't know the bus rules yet. What are, what are some comments?

• 20:10Speaker 01

  Oh, there's a couple of bus rules.

• 20:11Speaker 00

  We have a fun game.

• 20:12Speaker 01

  We got bus rules.

• 20:14Speaker 01

  How many people are we talking about on the bus right now? How many people?

• 20:17Speaker 07

  I know it fits 12.

• 20:19Speaker 02

  It fits 12 legally.

• 20:21Speaker 01

  That doesn't always mean you need 12.

• 20:22Speaker 07

  Right. But I, I might have, it might have to.

• 20:24Speaker 00

  And question, have you, have you toured on a tour bus before?

• 20:26Speaker 07

  No.

• 20:27Speaker 00

  Okay. So it's, it's a first.

• 20:28Speaker 07

  A first.

• 20:29Speaker 02

  Laying, breaking it down for you, there's front lounge and there's back lounge typically, unless you get a bed. And there's like a primary space for, are you going to do the bed or you need a bunk? You're about six, three, right?

• 20:39Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 20:40Speaker 02

  Okay. You're going to go, you need, we're going to put you in a bed.

• 20:42Speaker 07

  Okay.

• 20:43Speaker 02

  You're the.

• 20:43Speaker 01

  You might not have that opportunity though.

• 20:44Speaker 07

  I don't think that's.

• 20:45Speaker 02

  You might need all the bunks.

• 20:46Speaker 07

  Dude, I.

• 20:46Speaker 01

  You might need all the bunks for the crew and the band and everybody.

• 20:49Speaker 07

  I'm okay with being in a bunk, Alan. Bunked is the vibe in general.

• 20:53Speaker 02

  I will say you sleep better in a bunk than you do in a bed.

• 20:56Speaker 07

  I really.

• 20:56Speaker 01

  Yeah, I agree.

• 20:57Speaker 02

  Our friend Marshmello, he had a tough time on the tour. He was like, how are you guys doing this? And we're like, we just opt for the bunk.

• 21:02Speaker 00

  The Jonas Brothers are unlike the Farrell brothers in that we are vertically challenged.

• 21:09Speaker 00

  And so the bus is very comfortable for us. It might not be.

• 21:12Speaker 07

  You guys know I'm shorter than all of my younger brothers now?

• 21:15Speaker 00

  Really?

• 21:15Speaker 07

  I'm shorter than them now.

• 21:17Speaker 00

  Well, your parents are pretty tall.

• 21:18Speaker 02

  You're shorter than them now.

• 21:19Speaker 00

  So it makes sense.

• 21:19Speaker 02

  Were you, were you taller than, taller?

• 21:21Speaker 07

  I was at least taller, taller than the youngest one. Now he's, he's.

• 21:25Speaker 01

  That's kind of what we're dealing with, with our younger brother, frankly. He's just kind of bigger than us.

• 21:30Speaker 02

  Damn. So you literally look up to them now?

• 21:33Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 21:34Speaker 02

  Are they pumped for you? What does, I mean.

• 21:36Speaker 07

  Yeah, they're excited. They're excited.

• 21:38Speaker 02

  What are, what are your brothers into?

• 21:39Speaker 07

  Matthias is, he just finished his first acting role, like lead acting role. And that's, I don't know when it comes out, but he's in a movie, which is super cool. I'm super excited for him. And he's also like balancing school and college. He's a sophomore in college, doing all that.

• 21:53Speaker 02

  That's huge.

• 21:54Speaker 07

  And then Axel, dude, he's like, he's now like six, five and is a hooper. I've thrown him lobs.

• 22:01Speaker 02

  Nice. Dude, I've never thrown or caught a lob in my life. No way. That damn.

• 22:06Speaker 00

  It's impressive.

• 22:07Speaker 02

  Okay. Back to bus rules.

• 22:09Speaker 07

  Yes.

• 22:09Speaker 02

  Thank you for the updates and shout out to the bros. You guys are awesome. Congrats on everything.

• 22:12Speaker 07

  T S Axel.

• 22:13Speaker 02

  Okay. Congrats on the lobs.

• 22:14Speaker 00

  These are some tour bus do's and don'ts. Some of them seem pretty obvious and, and you know, the answer will just be, yeah, you should do that or not. And we're here to provide any advice.

• 22:23Speaker 07

  Great. Please. I need all of it.

• 22:25Speaker 02

  And there's always stories involved. There's stories.

• 22:27Speaker 07

  Yes.

• 22:28Speaker 02

  So number one, eating someone else. Oh, hold on. I got a sound bite for this.

• 22:31Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 22:33Speaker 02

  Number one would be eating someone else's food, if it's not yours.

• 22:36Speaker 00

  Or clarify.

• 22:37Speaker 02

  Or if you, and, and there's a guy, JT's in the other room and he's, the reason he's not in this room right now is because he did this.

• 22:44Speaker 00

  He did this.

• 22:44Speaker 01

  He did do this.

• 22:45Speaker 02

  There was a big fight that he was, he was put in bus court.

• 22:49Speaker 00

  So, so here's the background.

• 22:50Speaker 02

  Which back then was just fighting.

• 22:52Speaker 00

  Eating someone else's bus food. The distinction is that after a show, your tour manager will get bus food. And it's you order from any, you know, Chili's or Applebee's or Buffalo Wild Wings.

• 23:03Speaker 01

  Whatever fried location they have.

• 23:05Speaker 00

  Oh, it just fried.

• 23:05Speaker 01

  And it shows up in bags on the tour bus.

• 23:08Speaker 02

  Do you have any dietary restrictions?

• 23:09Speaker 07

  Uh, penicillin.

• 23:10Speaker 02

  Me too, brother.

• 23:11Speaker 07

  No way.

• 23:12Speaker 02

  Amoxicillin as well?

• 23:13Speaker 07

  Do you get the spots?

• 23:14Speaker 02

  I get the thing where your throat closes up. You can't breathe.

• 23:17Speaker 07

  No, no, no. I just got the, yeah.

• 23:18Speaker 01

  I get the thing where I die.

• 23:19Speaker 07

  So mine's not as bad, but yeah.

• 23:23Speaker 02

  And shellfish.

• 23:24Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 23:24Speaker 07

  No.

• 23:25Speaker 02

  Yeah. So I don't know. I mean, I, everyone's like, oh no, I'm so sorry. I'm like, I don't know. I don't, I don't know what that's like. So can't feel bad for me. It's okay.

• 23:31Speaker 07

  Yeah. Okay.

• 23:32Speaker 01

  You've had shellfish before.

• 23:33Speaker 00

  That's how you found out you were allergic.

• 23:35Speaker 02

  Oh, yeah.

• 23:35Speaker 01

  So like, you know what it tastes like.

• 23:36Speaker 02

  I don't really remember it now, you know, it's been so long.

• 23:39Speaker 00

  It's been so long.

• 23:39Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 23:40Speaker 00

  Eating someone else's bus food, even if it, uh, even if yours didn't make it. Oh.

• 23:45Speaker 02

  Or if you leave it out, that doesn't.

• 23:47Speaker 07

  Exactly. Is this like a labeling thing? No.

• 23:50Speaker 02

  Well, yeah, they'll be like.

• 23:51Speaker 01

  There's a label on the food. Someone wrote in sharpie.

• 23:53Speaker 07

  Cool.

• 23:54Speaker 02

  Unless you get, that's for the table.

• 23:55Speaker 07

  That's fine. Yeah.

• 23:56Speaker 00

  Community food.

• 23:57Speaker 02

  But okay. Next one. Rules when a wife or girlfriend is on tour bus.

• 24:00Speaker 00

  Oh, that's great. Oh.

• 24:02Speaker 02

  This is like conversa, this is more like what?

• 24:05Speaker 00

  It has to be established.

• 24:06Speaker 01

  Hold on. Yeah.

• 24:08Speaker 00

  All right.

• 24:09Speaker 02

  This is kind of two sounds. This one and this one.

• 24:11Speaker 00

  Or girlfriend or boyfriend or husband as well.

• 24:15Speaker 01

  Yeah, totally.

• 24:16Speaker 00

  And partner.

• 24:16Speaker 07

  I feel like it's a lot of common sense stuff, no?

• 24:19Speaker 01

  Well, I mean, yeah, but people don't always think.

• 24:23Speaker 00

  True.

• 24:25Speaker 07

  Can I hear any stories behind this?

• 24:27Speaker 02

  I don't really know what the rule is here. What do we, what's the rules?

• 24:29Speaker 00

  The rules, you have to establish the rule.

• 24:32Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 24:32Speaker 00

  You just give an opinion. It's more like an opinion.

• 24:33Speaker 02

  Well, first of all, it's your boss. You're allowed to have a friend or not.

• 24:38Speaker 00

  We're asking you, what's your, what's your take on this? Do you think that everyone should present, hey, I'm going to have my partner, my person around for these dates. Here's a, and it's sort of like, yeah, cool. Or is it like, uh, what's the vibes?

• 24:51Speaker 07

  Uh, I feel like if you have any suspicion that inviting a friend or a partner is gonna substantially change the dynamic that you already have, then you just should not be, they shouldn't be going along.

• 25:05Speaker 02

  No, no, no one night stand on a tour bus. Correct.

• 25:08Speaker 07

  No, I feel like.

• 25:09Speaker 02

  If you're like, hey, Suzie or Ricardo is going to stop by, is that cool?

• 25:14Speaker 00

  What are these names?

• 25:15Speaker 02

  These are my fictional characters and they're both.

• 25:18Speaker 00

  Sounds like 1950s.

• 25:19Speaker 02

  Gorgeous. It's like.

• 25:20Speaker 00

  They're sitcom stars.

• 25:21Speaker 02

  They're going to come by, um, and be like, oh, we love them. Yeah, of course. But if it's like, I just met somebody, that's not the vibe.

• 25:27Speaker 00

  Okay. Solving the snoring problem. If someone, if someone on the bus, one of the 12 people in the bunks.

• 25:31Speaker 07

  I thought about this. I was thinking about this.

• 25:33Speaker 00

  How do you do it?

• 25:33Speaker 02

  I think it's solid, a solid like joke combo being like, Magnus, wow, that nose works.

• 25:39Speaker 07

  You were shaking the bus with.

• 25:41Speaker 02

  Yeah. Like, wow, the bus wasn't even on. He's, if it's your boy and you're on a tour bus, you can like make a joke.

• 25:46Speaker 00

  Just shame them. Yeah.

• 25:48Speaker 02

  Shame. Um, or just be like, guys, are, get everybody a tour gift and you got everybody.

• 25:54Speaker 00

  Anti-snoring.

• 25:55Speaker 02

  Whatever those, what's the, what's the sleep thing?

• 25:57Speaker 00

  Breathe right.

• 25:57Speaker 07

  I had a, I had a method.

• 25:59Speaker 00

  Let's hear it.

• 26:00Speaker 07

  It's kind of bad, but like me and my brother used to share a room and he used to snore. I used to just like take his face and like shake his face.

• 26:07Speaker 02

  You can do that.

• 26:08Speaker 07

  And it worked every time.

• 26:10Speaker 02

  Oh, there you go. Yeah. Well, I like that. It's an option.

• 26:12Speaker 07

  And he didn't, he never knew. He never knew. I, yeah.

• 26:16Speaker 02

  Oh, this is, this is probably the number one rule. Going number one, number two out of the list.

• 26:21Speaker 07

  Yes.

• 26:21Speaker 02

  Or number three.

• 26:22Speaker 07

  I've heard about this one.

• 26:23Speaker 01

  Yeah. You don't want to do that.

• 26:25Speaker 02

  Yeah. Unless the bus driver tells you it's fine, which is because it might have a briner. I think they're, they did once to me and I was like, looked at him and was like, you're trying to test me. Yeah. Number twos are not allowed on the bus. And for those that are, are the listener at home or wherever they, I always say at home.

• 26:39Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 26:40Speaker 02

  I'm assuming they listen to this at home.

• 26:41Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 26:42Speaker 00

  They're just sat.

• 26:42Speaker 02

  Probably at the gym.

• 26:43Speaker 00

  On their couch, listening to it.

• 26:44Speaker 07

  Oh, at the gym. At the gym is good. Yeah.

• 26:46Speaker 02

  The reason why is because you're all in a moving vehicle essentially, and the pipes are, are tight.

• 26:52Speaker 00

  Well, there's no pipes. It's a, it's a collection container.

• 26:54Speaker 01

  Like it just sits in this container and.

• 26:57Speaker 02

  And then they dump that.

• 26:58Speaker 01

  Can then smell into the bus that everyone's living in.

• 27:01Speaker 07

  We, the family went on an RV trip in a cruise America.

• 27:05Speaker 02

  Oh, fun.

• 27:05Speaker 01

  Oh, how was that?

• 27:08Speaker 07

  It was like five of us and, and we all had to, but that was also our rule.

• 27:12Speaker 00

  And did you, did, did you follow this rule or was there exceptions?

• 27:15Speaker 07

  I was like, I was the one to establish that rule. I did not let anybody.

• 27:20Speaker 02

  Smart. Well, there you go. Yeah. You've got to smell nice.

• 27:23Speaker 01

  Keeps it together.

• 27:24Speaker 02

  We have, um, I would bring, I brought incense on the last tour. That was helpful.

• 27:28Speaker 07

  Nice.

• 27:29Speaker 02

  You gotta be careful where you put it, cause it's.

• 27:31Speaker 00

  It's a flammable.

• 27:32Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 27:32Speaker 01

  Object in a moving vehicle.

• 27:34Speaker 00

  Vehicle.

• 27:34Speaker 02

  Next one is partying in the bus. What are the rules if someone is sleeping? Look, if they're sleeping, that's their choice. Just make sure the sliding doors are closed.

• 27:40Speaker 07

  Oh, there's sliding doors to the?

• 27:41Speaker 02

  Yeah. There's usually automatic sliding doors and you can separate the bunks to the hang. But it's kind of classy. Just like, don't, it's classless. I don't know what the word would be. When you leave it open when people are sleeping, you just got, if you guys are hanging in the front.

• 27:55Speaker 00

  You gotta close it.

• 27:56Speaker 02

  You gotta close, let the person sleep.

• 27:57Speaker 01

  Yeah, they close it down.

• 27:57Speaker 02

  Usually the crew too, also are.

• 27:58Speaker 07

  Is it pretty, is it pretty soundproof?

• 28:00Speaker 02

  Oh, yeah.

• 28:01Speaker 07

  Oh, wow.

• 28:01Speaker 01

  And especially because there's this low hum. The vibration. Yeah. There's this low hum of the generator as it's driving and you kind of get swayed.

• 28:09Speaker 02

  Forever.

• 28:09Speaker 00

  It's, it's fantastic.

• 28:10Speaker 07

  Rock, like you're getting rocked up a bit.

• 28:12Speaker 00

  That's the end of our game. Do's and don'ts.

• 28:14Speaker 07

  It's so fun.

• 28:14Speaker 00

  It's more of a conversation.

• 28:15Speaker 07

  I learned so much.

• 28:16Speaker 00

  You mentioned your family. Now, your father is Will Ferrell.

• 28:20Speaker 07

  Yes.

• 28:21Speaker 00

  He's one of our favorite actors of all time and, and come to be one of our favorite people that we've had the pleasure of now working with.

• 28:27Speaker 01

  Totally.

• 28:27Speaker 00

  And getting to hang with.

• 28:28Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 28:29Speaker 00

  Your family is planning on attending some of these shows?

• 28:32Speaker 07

  Yes.

• 28:33Speaker 00

  Okay. That's great. Great to hear. So we're going to see them there. And you mentioned the clip with, uh, Michelle Obama, which went viral. Your dad very proudly, as a bunch of dads, it really touched my heart, I'm sure it did with you guys, but proudly showing Mrs. Obama, your music. Um, and that was one of the moments that really kind of kicked things off. Now, I know that at a few different points in, in interviews and other places, you, you've actually embraced the quote nepo baby title, which I think has been a really graceful way to handle it when so many sort of try to avoid it. It is a fact that your dad is who he is, but it certainly doesn't define who you are as a musician and hasn't been. That hasn't been the charge or the thing that leading it. Um, what's that been like for you to sort of like navigate that conversation? And, you know, as you're coming into this.

• 29:15Speaker 02

  Massive success now, having, having your family a part of that.

• 29:18Speaker 07

  I think that's all people really want when these situations come about is just to like acknowledge and then like move on. That's kind of all, that's all it is. And, and anybody who still has an issue, they kind of just, I just don't think they know. And they haven't taken the time to like look in and, and like do the research. So I mean, it's been pretty simple to just, yeah, this is, he's my dad, whatever. Like this is the music I make. And I think like if it was bad, like.

• 29:47Speaker 02

  That is your parents.

• 29:48Speaker 07

  Correct.

• 29:48Speaker 00

  But the, the entertainment genes go back a lot further, which is part of the.

• 29:53Speaker 02

  Your grandfather is a jazz musician?

• 29:54Speaker 07

  Yeah, dude, Lee, Lee Farrell, he played with the Righteous Brothers.

• 29:58Speaker 02

  Wow.

• 29:58Speaker 07

  Yeah. Yeah.

• 30:00Speaker 02

  Yeah. That's amazing. And so growing up, were you listening to him play? Were you playing with him or?

• 30:05Speaker 07

  Yeah, he would like, well, it was just little things. He would just turn on the organ and be like, go mess with it. And I'd be messing with it and doing stuff and like, then he'd come in and show me some stuff and then leave the room. And then as I got older and I was playing more piano than like we'd be like, yeah, let's play blues. And then he'd play the left hand, I'd play the right hand. And then.

• 30:25Speaker 02

  Oh.

• 30:26Speaker 07

  When there were some weddings, like I got to play and sing with him and he'd play saxophone. And it just like little moments where.

• 30:33Speaker 02

  Wow, that's incredible.

• 30:35Speaker 07

  But it was always natural and it was like just fun. And, and, and I think that was kind of his plan. Like he was introducing the music in such a like wholesome way.

• 30:45Speaker 02

  That's amazing. That's so awesome. Leads me to the next question. What was, who are some of your favorite musicians? Are there jazz influence, blues influence as well?

• 30:52Speaker 07

  Yeah. I mean, when I was in jazz band in high school, we were, we were doing a lot of like transcription stuff. So I was like listening to Oscar Peterson and like transcribing Bill Evans stuff and Miles Davis. And then that turned into, I also had this weird complex where I didn't want to listen to popular music because.

• 31:08Speaker 02

  No, it's.

• 31:09Speaker 07

  I wanted, I wanted to be niche.

• 31:13Speaker 07

  I needed to be niche. So like that turned into like Bruno Major and, and, and all this like.

• 31:18Speaker 02

  Bruno.

• 31:19Speaker 07

  R and B, like Mac Ayres was like my shit.

• 31:21Speaker 02

  Mac is amazing.

• 31:22Speaker 07

  And then, yeah, then that developed into like, wait, I like Quincy Jones, that he, he made pop music. So then Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, all like the pop music and seeing the through line on how, you know, everybody's influences are just like. Within their music and as that develops and how everything's connected. And here we are with.

• 31:42Speaker 02

  Yeah, I feel like there's always that, at that time, there's always that time in like, I guess, high school for us. Like where you're just like, no, I don't want to listen to, to music that's popular.

• 31:52Speaker 07

  Yeah, exactly.

• 31:52Speaker 02

  My, my stuff is, is.

• 31:54Speaker 00

  I don't listen to the radio.

• 31:55Speaker 02

  Like, they're, they're not sellouts. Kevin and I would always listen to go to these punk rock shows when we're like so proud of these bands that we saw in the small venue. Not realizing when we started playing in those small venues, like, yeah, but you know what's nice? Playing in a little bigger venue.

• 32:08Speaker 07

  Yeah, right.

• 32:08Speaker 02

  Also like the idea that more people listen to your music and, and consuming it and it's part of their story and what they're going through, like that's the dream, right?

• 32:16Speaker 07

  Right. And like, when you think about it, like pop music is literally just popular. You can define it and make it whatever you want. As long as it ends up appealing to a mass of human beings.

• 32:26Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 32:26Speaker 07

  So it kind of doesn't matter. It's like whatever.

• 32:29Speaker 00

  Which is what's happening right now with the sleep talking, which is blowing up. And it's been, it's been compared by a lot to people like Timberlake and, and Robin Thicke. Music that was big influence on me too, and my solo stuff. And what does that comparison feel like? To, to have, you know, people calling out, not just your voice, but the sounds of the music. There's, there's obviously a, a real R and B sense behind it. And, and the blues background, jazz background makes sense.

• 32:51Speaker 07

  No, I mean, it's flattering. I mean, that's the stuff that was on the radio when I was like going to school and like listening to stuff with my family in the car. And, and I don't know, it's like, they're weirdly, I feel like there would be pressure, but I don't feel like there is. Just because it's stuff I like to make. And as long as I'm making stuff I enjoy listening to, then that's kind of all that matters. So.

• 33:15Speaker 02

  Correct me if I'm wrong, but you made a lot of this stuff, was it in, in Sweden or you speak Swedish?

• 33:19Speaker 07

  I speak Swedish, yes.

• 33:20Speaker 02

  Speak Swedish, right.

• 33:21Speaker 07

  I made some of it in Sweden.

• 33:23Speaker 02

  I remember like a while back you were, you were out there. Your mom is Swedish and you guys go pretty much every summer, right?

• 33:28Speaker 07

  Every summer, yep.

• 33:29Speaker 00

  That's so cool.

• 33:30Speaker 07

  Summers in Sweden are magical. Guys gotta pull out, bro.

• 33:31Speaker 00

  By the way, the thing that I love about it is that the days never end. I mean, it's like, you'll be at dinner at, you know, nine and the sun's still out. And then at 11 or 12, it like just kind of dips around the horizon.

• 33:41Speaker 07

  And it comes back at three forty five in the morning.

• 33:43Speaker 02

  Yeah, it's epic. Pretty wild. I, I've had a, a few late nights there and I was there for, there's just fantastic songwriters in Sweden.

• 33:51Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 33:51Speaker 02

  Yeah. And, you know, you go do these recording sessions and then it's like you rap, like we, we rapped at like 10 or 11. And they're like, all right, let's go to dinner. And I was like, okay, sun's up. Cause I'm like, I don't know.

• 34:01Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 34:01Speaker 02

  And then we went to a bar and then I went to a club and we left and the sun was still up and I, that's tough on my brain.

• 34:08Speaker 00

  A never ending midnight sun.

• 34:10Speaker 02

  And everyone's beautiful.

• 34:11Speaker 07

  And they're also just so jolly, they're so jolly that it's summer and the sun is out because the winters are like.

• 34:17Speaker 02

  Yeah, it's brutal.

• 34:18Speaker 07

  Brutal, like dark at two forty five P M.

• 34:21Speaker 02

  Yes, yes. So pick the, if you can choose, go in summer.

• 34:24Speaker 07

  Agreed, agreed.

• 34:25Speaker 02

  Is there a city on the run that you're looking forward to playing?

• 34:28Speaker 07

  Yeah, like Atlanta.

• 34:29Speaker 02

  Why Atlanta?

• 34:30Speaker 07

  I've been there once and I wish I could have spent more time there.

• 34:34Speaker 00

  It's a great city.

• 34:35Speaker 07

  I think it's like a really underrated music city. I mean, it's not underrated, but I like, I feel like you think about LA and Nashville.

• 34:41Speaker 02

  Right.

• 34:41Speaker 07

  And then.

• 34:42Speaker 02

  All the greats that came from Atlanta, especially the style of music that you're going for.

• 34:45Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 34:46Speaker 02

  Yeah, it's exciting.

• 34:47Speaker 07

  It's so fun. I'm so pumped, guys.

• 34:49Speaker 00

  Boston is one of my favorite cities to play in. We kick off the tour there. I'm very excited for that.

• 34:54Speaker 01

  And you also have an EP coming out the same week. It's a huge week for you.

• 34:58Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 34:58Speaker 00

  That is a big, big week.

• 34:59Speaker 02

  Big week. They're gonna keep you busy.

• 35:01Speaker 07

  How come you like Boston so much?

• 35:03Speaker 00

  We just have a history of playing shows there in the early days. Cause it's, it's, you know, it was driving distance. So we could get in the van and trailer with the band and, and go up the east coast and, and play basically school auditoriums. All throughout the New England and the tri-state area. And it just became a really great foundation for us with our fans. And, you know, we've had so many great memories playing the TD Garden, Fenway. And, and it's just kind of a magical spot for us. And to, to kick off the, the tour proper part there is, I think, going to be the perfect, perfect place for it.

• 35:37Speaker 07

  It's gonna be so sick.

• 35:38Speaker 00

  We are days away from, from beginning.

• 35:40Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 35:41Speaker 00

  What are you doing for your last minute prep? You know, you've, you've got, you gotta get your stuff all ready.

• 35:45Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 35:45Speaker 00

  Close up the house a little bit. What, what are you doing at this moment to get to prep?

• 35:49Speaker 07

  Got a bunch of like, so many vocal items that I didn't even know I would ever need. That I'm gonna like get a little bag for.

• 35:57Speaker 00

  Oh, nice.

• 35:58Speaker 07

  My.

• 35:59Speaker 02

  When you say vocal items, you like?

• 36:00Speaker 07

  Like, like a nebulizer and like a.

• 36:03Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah.

• 36:04Speaker 07

  And like cough drops and like.

• 36:07Speaker 00

  Throat Coke.

• 36:08Speaker 07

  Manuka honey drops, like.

• 36:10Speaker 01

  What are the drops that you guys do?

• 36:12Speaker 02

  I don't know.

• 36:13Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 36:13Speaker 02

  I feel like it's.

• 36:14Speaker 07

  You guys got any Rex?

• 36:15Speaker 02

  Yeah, Nick's got some super drops. I don't know. It could just be a placebo thing. Cause he's like.

• 36:20Speaker 01

  It's whatever it's, whatever it is, it works. You guys sound great.

• 36:24Speaker 02

  Especially when you're like vocally tired. Also, the tough thing is like, every show feels like a celebration. So you want to go have, whether you drink or not, but you want to go.

• 36:31Speaker 07

  Yes.

• 36:31Speaker 02

  Hang out and celebrate, have a drink with your band or you're wide awake after a show and obviously you're familiar. But then you're like, I'll have a show tomorrow and I'm need to get, you wake up and you're like, oh, my voice is a little tired. What do I do? What do I do? And then you're kind of just stressing and it's like, here's this, this magic drops. And I'm like, I can sing again.

• 36:48Speaker 00

  They are incredible. One of my co-stars from this proper show that I did last year, great singer. She was like, oh, I, I've got the tricks. We had, we had an early morning, um, performance coming up. We're doing a Today Show. So we finished the show at 11 P M or 10:30 or something that night. Had to be up at three thirty.

• 37:03Speaker 07

  Right.

• 37:04Speaker 00

  To go sing on the Today Show. And, and this show is a very challenging show to sing for me. And, and so they're all natural drops that I'll send to you. I'll, I'll shoot you texts. Um, and this episode is brought to you by.

• 37:18Speaker 00

  It's just great. It's got like a bunch of natural ingredients in there that help open up your voice, make you feel amazing. It might be a placebo thing, but I think it does work.

• 37:24Speaker 01

  Whatever works, right?

• 37:25Speaker 07

  Placebo is real.

• 37:26Speaker 00

  Yeah, it is. Okay, so we're days out. You've got, you've got your, your drops and, and your cough drops and all the things. What is something about, about this tour that you, you feel like you're, you're feeling a touch of anxiety about? And as, as, you know, veterans here, we would love to be able to.

• 37:44Speaker 07

  Laundry, laundry, laundry, laundry. That's, I've been thinking about that. Yeah.

• 37:48Speaker 01

  Smart.

• 37:49Speaker 00

  Yeah, that is a tough thing. However, there are these, I've got another product plug, but it's not a product.

• 37:54Speaker 07

  Please, please.

• 37:54Speaker 00

  There's a, there's these laundry bags on Amazon that are, they're, um, they've got like a scent proof thing. You throw it in there, you close it up, no smell. And it's amazing.

• 38:05Speaker 01

  Wow.

• 38:05Speaker 07

  Whoa.

• 38:06Speaker 01

  Do you enjoy doing laundry?

• 38:08Speaker 07

  No, I'm so, I'm like so ADHD. I, I'm a guy who will put it in the wash and forget that it's in the wash. And then it smells worse than it did before. Cause it was wet for six hours.

• 38:19Speaker 01

  Sometimes the, the simple luxuries on, on tour like doing laundry is, are can be tough.

• 38:23Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 38:23Speaker 01

  Right? So willing to pay a little bit to have it, you know, washed and then brought back to you. Might just be worth it sometimes.

• 38:29Speaker 07

  Yeah. Yeah.

• 38:31Speaker 01

  Yeah. There's also washers and dryers in the venues.

• 38:34Speaker 02

  Ah. There's washers and dryers in the venues.

• 38:36Speaker 07

  Oh.

• 38:37Speaker 00

  Yeah. All right. We've got some questions from our, our lovely Hey Jonas listeners. This is what what people want to know. The first is, what was movie night like in the fairhouse growing up? What classics of of your dad's to do and the brothers watch and rewatch?

• 38:49Speaker 02

  Or not watch because you're like, we don't watch our dad's work.

• 38:52Speaker 07

  We never would watch his stuff. He feels like we're like, I was talking to him about this the other day. And I was like, well, how do you is there ever a point where you like, watched a full movie and you didn't have any like, criticisms about yourself? And he was like, oh, my God, still to this day, like, he'll look at himself in a cut and be like, man, I hate my double chin there. Like, why did they choose this shot out of all the shots? And so, yeah, I think that's kind of the reason. We watched a lot of like, old classic movies. He'd like, make us sit down and like, train our attention spans through like, an Alfred Hitchcock, you know, whatever the through the rear view window. I remember that one. And like, just old classics. He loves his like Chevy Chase movies and whatnot. But that's kind of what it looked like.

• 39:36Speaker 02

  Okay, let's see what else we got. Your dad has said that he loves to loves to prank you guys.

• 39:40Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 39:41Speaker 02

  Among you and your brothers, who's the best prankster?

• 39:43Speaker 07

  Hmm.

• 39:44Speaker 02

  I mean, you shaking your brother's head when they're snoring is pretty prank level.

• 39:50Speaker 07

  Matthias is pretty good. He like, okay, for example, last night, he was there at the show. I can see him in the way back. And he's like, pulling up photos of me, trying to get me to crack on stage, like horrendous pixelated like 540p. And then, like, on some hits, he knows the hits well enough that he starts like, conducting with his hands. And he's like this Goliath of a man, standing on the chair. Like, that's the type of shit he'll do. I mean, just to try to make me laugh. So Matthias is.

• 40:22Speaker 02

  You need people like that around.

• 40:23Speaker 01

  It's great.

• 40:25Speaker 00

  Also, we got to say congrats on your VMA nomination.

• 40:27Speaker 07

  Oh, my God, of course. Appreciate it.

• 40:29Speaker 00

  As we wrap things up here with Chris Magnus. That's a huge moment. And are you gonna be able to go to the show?

• 40:36Speaker 07

  Yeah, no, I'll be there.

• 40:36Speaker 00

  Okay, good. Great. Best of luck. It's a great night. You'll have a great time.

• 40:39Speaker 07

  It's gonna be fun.

• 40:39Speaker 02

  This is a bowl of questions. They have nothing to do with you or your career. But they're just random. But we'd love for you to answer some.

• 40:45Speaker 07

  Oh, I love this. I've seen this. You guys are like, covering your face with this.

• 40:48Speaker 02

  Yeah, recently.

• 40:49Speaker 07

  I'm tapped in. I'm tapped in, bro.

• 40:51Speaker 01

  Respect. You are. You're wired in.

• 40:53Speaker 07

  Wired. If you ever had to enter a competitive eating contest, what food would guarantee your victory? Whoa.

• 41:02Speaker 01

  Nice.

• 41:03Speaker 07

  Can I like, be on an empty stomach? Like, I'm hungry. I'm like, really hungry.

• 41:08Speaker 01

  You're going into competition.

• 41:10Speaker 07

  Like, like California rolls, like sushi California rolls. If there was a specific. Yeah, it's kind of basic, but like, it's a guilty pleasure, bro. I would eat.

• 41:20Speaker 02

  From where?

• 41:21Speaker 07

  Yumei.

• 41:22Speaker 02

  Yumei. You heard it, Yumei.

• 41:24Speaker 07

  On Ventura.

• 41:26Speaker 01

  He wants unlimited.

• 41:29Speaker 02

  California card for life.

• 41:31Speaker 07

  Don't I would not hate it if you sent me just boxes of California rolls.

• 41:35Speaker 02

  There you go.

• 41:35Speaker 00

  Opening night gift sorted. We're so happy to have you on the tour. Thrilled you came on the podcast.

• 41:42Speaker 01

  So excited.

• 41:43Speaker 00

  We'll see you in a couple of days.

• 41:44Speaker 07

  Yeah.

• 41:46Speaker 05

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