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  Yeah, straight out the dome.

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  Jonas, we're on tour now, which is very exciting. And we're having a lot of amazing, special opening acts.

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  Correct.

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  We are. And just like some highlights from the show. I mean, we didn't do, we didn't do a sound check because we were running a little behind. And we remembered everything.

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  Oh, you mean for the first show?

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  Yeah, for the show, we didn't forget anything.

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  Oh no, we did a sound check at Madison Square Garden for three nights.

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  Facts, but.

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  So that kind of counts.

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  That does.

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  For those that don't know, for those, so the soundboard that we have is digital, which means you put a little USB stick in there.

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  Thumb drive.

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  Pull it out, and when you get to the next city, all you have to do is put that in there, and the whole thing comes to life and it works and it sounds exactly like it did in the last city. Although, what you can't predict is how the audience is going to respond to different moments in the show. And there was some things that I think we've seen just from show to show that are different moments. Like, a highlight for me, which kind of went a little viral, sort of a virus, was when you did the backwards moment down in the crowd. And the person that you sang in front of didn't have their phone up in their face or in your face. Either did the like people to their left or right, which I just really appreciated. Not saying, don't use your phone, we're not the kind of bands like, no, no, no one use your phone for this next song. We're not that kind of band.

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  Name an artist that does that.

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  Do it.

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  But I would say, we don't mind, whatever. We're living in that generation. But it is nice when people are like in the moment. Because there's been a couple of times where I'm like trying to find someone's face to sing to with them, and there's just a iPhone light in my eye, and it's still a little distracting.

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  Yeah.

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  I get it, it's an exciting moment for some, but I appreciate that you're just locked in.

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  Yes, totally.

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  Hats, hats off to her for locking in.

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  My favorite thing so far is that people are starting to get really back into the drum toss. The drumstick toss.

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  Are they?

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  I'm gonna be honest, I feel underappreciated.

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  It's a very hard thing to do.

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  It's so difficult.

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  You need to light it on fire.

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  Also, the.

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  That would make it.

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  The burning.

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  Light it on fire, or, or freeze one and then surprise Jack. You can wear a glove and he catches a frozen drumstick.

• 4:10Speaker 02

  And it shatters?

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  Or throw a drumstick, like an ice cream drumstick. You get it? All right, let's bring in our next guest. Ladies and gentlemen, our opener.

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  Jamie Miller, everybody.

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  Let's go.

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  Welcome.

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  Thanks for having us. Podcast, we were, before you walked in, we were singing your praises.

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  Thanks, dude.

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  Man, we are fans, we're so happy for you. Congrats on everything.

• 4:31Speaker 04

  Thank you.

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  How's it feel for you? I mean, it's like you're being shot out of a rocket ship, huh?

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  Dude, it feels like I brought the song out eight weeks ago. I had no plan for it to be a success.

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  It's only been eight weeks?

• 4:42Speaker 04

  Eight weeks, yeah.

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  Well, it's been played every one of those weeks in my house.

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  I was teasing it for about four weeks.

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  Okay.

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  And then it just took on a life of its own. No one really cared about me like nine weeks ago. Now I'm booking like the most insane things in my life, so I'm just very grateful to be here.

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  Let's go. Congrats. What's been, that sounds like I'm trying to get fishing for an answer, but I promise I'm not. What's been, besides us, the most exciting call? Or you've seen somebody use this song, that you've been like pinch me moment, like, oh my god.

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  Yesterday, we just went top 10 in the UK.

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  Oh, wow.

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  Yeah.

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  Wow.

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  So that's like, I'm from the UK, so that's like a special moment. I'm from Wales and Cardiff.

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  Okay, great.

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  Okay.

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  And then obviously, yes, coming on tour with you boys. Been such a fun.

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  You're very close with your family.

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  Very close, yeah, dude.

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  And so I think I've seen a couple of videos, every big announcement, every big bit of news, you're calling mom and dad, like tell me, they must be ecstatic for you at home.

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  Yeah, man, I think for the past, I'll be honest, for the past few years, it's been kind of a rough ride. I feel like.

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  A grind.

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  Yeah, I think as artists, we go through like these ups and downs unless you're really successful. And even then, but I feel like it was just like a really rough for me. I went through some really personal, really dark, personal stuff. And so I never really thought I'd come back to music. And then this year, I like at the beginning of the year, I said, this is like my final try. And I went away in February and I wrote my dream album with two of my best friends. And Baby Doll was my first song back after two years. And kind of just like mental how this is all happening.

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  Was there something that sparked it for you again? That you were, if you don't mind us asking, obviously.

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  Yeah.

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  That you were like, you know what, I'm gonna get back in the studio, I'm gonna do this.

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  I think I just owed it to myself. I feel like I, I've had this dream since I was a kid. And all my best friends are like really having their moments, like Alex Warren and all these people. And I was like, if, I want to at least give it one more try. And then that way I can say I've tried. And then it just, Baby Doll happened and, yeah.

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  Was it one of those when, when you wrote it, where you thought, okay, this, this could be it?

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  Or did it come out of left field?

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  It kind of came out of left field, if I'm honest. I like built my career off sad music. And I feel like this year.

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  Isn't that the irony?

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  Turns out, people like you happy.

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  But then, I don't know, like this year, I just have been in a happy place.

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  It's good to hear.

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  It's incredible. Like my family, I've played it no less than a billion times. Like, like it's a, it is a staple in our household. My wife Danielle is very disappointed she's not here to see you perform tonight. But there's more shows with you on this, on this tour.

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  So we're so thrilled to have you on this tour. For, for the listener out there, Jamie's gonna be coming out with us for a couple of spots. We're really excited. And we, we, again, we've been fans and we're excited to see you do your thing. And we've been following you for a while. I mean, you, you placed third, is that correct? And, and.

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  In the UK, yeah.

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  The Voice? The Voice?

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  Yeah, I was like 19. And then after that, kind of life just took a spin. Like Khloe Kardashian found me randomly. I was in an iPad, I was in a call center fixing iPads. And then Khloe Kardashian found me and said that I was her new favorite singer. And then I ended up getting an American record deal. And then life kind of just changed back then. But this is like the real moment where I'm like actually seeing like life.

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  Man.

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  Fully change, yeah.

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  So where do you live now?

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  I live in Los Angeles.

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  Okay, so you made the move.

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  Made the move.

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  Quit the call center.

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  Quit the call center. I was terrible at fixing iPads.

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  What are the tricks? We need to know.

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  There really wasn't any, to be honest. If there was a prompter on the screen and iPad was still broke by the end of it, like I would just hang up. So I ended up getting fired.

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  Love it.

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  Yeah, yeah, dude.

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  Just like buy a new one.

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  Buy a new one, yeah.

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  But it's so interesting you said about singing sad music. Because I, I first came to know you by way of something popping up in my, my feed. And I sent it to, we have a group chat of friends who, you know, we call it the B-flats, which is basically, I'm outing the group chat name. But it's all like music-centric stuff and like singer, you know, types of. And a lot of musical theater and things like that. But your, your, your video ended up on this group chat and everyone's like, oh yeah, we're all over Jamie Miller, we, we know about him.

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  Yeah, make it an hour of last to the party.

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  Last to the party. And then of course, you know, months later, Baby Doll takes off and becomes what it is. But it's so interesting, these moments in life where you're on one path and you think, oh, I know what's going to work. Or, or, you know, succeed. I do finger quotes because, you know, you never know.

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  Yeah.

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  And I feel like it's so great when you have those breakthroughs personally. And you've mentioned briefly that you're, you're in a great spot. You're feeling at least some sort of ray of sunshine that led you to write this song, and I'm sure among others. But was it, was, was it collaborating with friends that, that allowed you to kind of get to that place?

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  Yeah, I feel like for so long, like I was around people who wanted me to be, if, if a pop boy was working, they wanted me to be that pop boy.

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  Yeah.

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  And I think for so long, I went on tour last year. I did this world tour and I felt so disconnected to my music. Like, even though like, like my fans at the time were like loving it, I just felt so not me.

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  How so?

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  Just, I was, I, I made a folk album. And like, I feel like I grew up on like people like Donny Hathaway and Aretha Franklin and like soul music.

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  You made a departure for.

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  And like this, this album, I finally just made music I wanted to make.

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  Yeah.

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  Fired a few people and just like had fun for, for the first time.

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  And you're dancing.

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  Dude.

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  And I, I mean, it's great, it's amazing.

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  It's so good.

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  We all know the dance, I'm not a good dancer. But you look smooth with it.

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  Thanks, man.

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  Was that, was that something that just kind of happened? Or, or what was the, the history behind this, this dance?

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  Well, I was like, if I'm not gonna cut through on my vocals, I have to add something to the mix.

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  I think you cut through playing.

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  Yeah, it's not that, yeah.

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  I, I grew up dancing.

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  Really?

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  Oh, cool.

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  But I never, ever put it into my career. And I was like, Baby Doll just made everybody happy when I, when I started posting it online. And I was like, I think I can make a dance to this that everybody would want to get behind. And then it just happened, yeah.

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  Do you do it on your live performances?

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  Well.

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  Yeah, I'll have to wait and see.

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  Okay.

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  Can't wait.

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  Well, we were walking in, um, we just drove in from Boston. We started the tour yesterday. So this is our second stop. Thank you. And we got to hear you in soundcheck and you sound incredible.

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  Yeah, thanks, man.

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  Sounds good in a big room.

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  Was the cover that we heard, was that gonna be in the setlist or that's just for soundcheck?

• 10:52Speaker 04

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 10:53Speaker 01

  Okay, nice. Well, for those that'll be in the audience tonight, you're in for a great surprise. Sounded incredible.

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  But I do have to say, I've been a fan of you guys for the longest time. So thank you so much for having me.

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  Oh, man, that means a lot. Thank you.

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  You guys are just insane. This is such a big deal for me.

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  We don't take it for granted. We honestly, after all these years, we're still pinching ourselves that we, we get to do this and bring people joy, you know, last night. It's, it's one of those things where it's like the weather outside, there's a northerner storm going on. And so there's, but people still show up and they're still dressed up and they're still excited for the concert. And that's what we're like, all right, we could have like a bummer of a day and like have to lock in. And I'm sure you're hearing a lot of stories now, I'm sure, the people messaging you that this song's bringing them joy. I'm seeing, and also you're, you're teasing some new music.

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  Yeah.

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  Some beautiful emotional love songs.

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  Yeah.

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  And I'm already seeing montages, which is.

• 11:47Speaker 02

  Yeah, that's exactly what you want.

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  Is there stuff that you're seeing from your music that you're like, oh, that just, that hits you?

• 11:52Speaker 04

  Dude, just like the unifying people. I feel like the joy that it's bringing people is such a special feeling. Cause every, like I said, like all my music has been really sad. So like now it's just like to see like I'm making a little imprint on the world in a happy way. It feels very special.

• 12:08Speaker 01

  That's great. You, you've had quite a few people, um, do the dance with you.

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  Yes.

• 12:12Speaker 04

  Yeah.

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  I've seen most of these, if not all of them, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Julianne Hough, Meghan Trainor, Lucy Hale, Jess McCartney.

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  The one with your dad is awesome.

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  The one with your dad.

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  Yeah, I think that might be my favorite.

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  Do you have a dream, uh, baby doll collaborator for your dance?

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  You guys, so just get practicing. Come on, baby.

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  I got it.

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  I got, I got a few, I got a few cool ones coming up.

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  I got the shoulders down.

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  Do you?

• 12:34Speaker 04

  Yeah, yeah.

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  Can we get any exclusives?

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  No.

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  Okay. Keeping it close to the best.

• 12:39Speaker 04

  Well, I'm excited.

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  Well, we're excited to, to see.

• 12:41Speaker 04

  Oh, yeah, dude.

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  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.

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  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, um, Kevin's, you know what's I've 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.

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  Yeah, just really getting myself going.

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  He needs it on stage.

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

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

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  It is great.

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  You mentioned before that this is, this is kind of your, your first big arena show. Um, New Hampshire's always been one of our favorite places to play. You know, often these cities that are, are just an hour or two outside of a big city like Boston get overlooked. We always try to stop in and see, uh, our friends here in New Hampshire and other, other places. And by the way, New Hampshire is having a moment. I don't know if you guys know that.

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  It's always.

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  New Hampshire's having a moment.

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  It is, it is the chicken finger capital of the world.

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  We love.

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  For real?

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  It really is.

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  It's wild. Kevin in the car was just asking you if his daughter would like some chicken fingers for after show.

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  Well, you're in the right place.

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  Unintentionally.

• 15:11Speaker 02

  Well, we're getting chicken fingers.

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  Given that it's the chicken finger capital of the world, I think it's.

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  The chicken finger capital of the world.

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  This is where they make the chicken fingers, the best ones.

• 15:19Speaker 00

  They make all the chicken fingers here. The birthplace of chicken fingers is in Manchester.

• 15:23Speaker 02

  Okay. Well, we need to get some chicken fingers.

• 15:26Speaker 00

  Do you, do you eat meat?

• 15:27Speaker 04

  You mean?

• 15:27Speaker 00

  Yeah. And you gotta try some chicken. Oh, I'm actually curious because you said, you know, fellow vocalist here.

• 15:33Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 15:33Speaker 00

  You're like, before, before we were live, we were talking about, Nick was like, did you check out the coffee station? And you're, and you mentioned.

• 15:40Speaker 04

  I don't drink coffee.

• 15:41Speaker 00

  You're like, I hate coffee and I'll never touch it. Now you said you don't drink it before the show. Are there, to protect your voice, because you have a fantastic voice. What are, what's the, what's the routine? What's the regiment? And your skincare, because you have great skin.

• 15:52Speaker 04

  Thank you, bro. This is what's happening right now. Um, I am, I actually have a cyst on my vocal cord, so I, I have to be very careful.

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  Really careful.

• 16:01Speaker 04

  Yeah, but, um, I'm learning to live with it, but.

• 16:03Speaker 00

  For those of men, okay, so what does that, what does that entail for the, for the warmed your voice up for the show?

• 16:09Speaker 04

  Like vocal, like warmups and then drink a lot of hot tea. I'm just trying to avoid surgery right now and it's, it's going back, so. But like when I speak, it's just a little bit raspy, so.

• 16:19Speaker 01

  Yeah, yeah.

• 16:19Speaker 02

  It's good though. It's good. It's good. It's good for interviews. It sounds good.

• 16:22Speaker 04

  Yeah, oh yeah, I'll take it. Oh, yeah.

• 16:24Speaker 01

  So Joe, you have a pretty extensive vocal warmups, about an hour, right?

• 16:27Speaker 00

  I use.

• 16:28Speaker 04

  Oh, wow.

• 16:29Speaker 00

  I used to.

• 16:30Speaker 01

  You used to do it.

• 16:31Speaker 00

  I used to just go for it and not really think, it was.

• 16:35Speaker 04

  Yeah, yeah.

• 16:36Speaker 00

  Quite unhealthy. It was like, the DNC tour days consisted of pretty much Jimmy and Coca-Cola. And a lot of chicken fingers and french fries, and then we would just go on stage.

• 16:46Speaker 04

  Whoa.

• 16:46Speaker 00

  And I, I think once you get, once I got to 30, I was like, I don't know if I'll be able to survive this. And a couple of shows that I had to cancel because my voice is just, I'm like, why, why can't I sing today?

• 16:56Speaker 02

  Yeah, and these guys sing for over two and a half hours every night, so it's, it's, it's a lot.

• 17:00Speaker 00

  Now it's like, it starts, yeah, about an hour out, I'm doing my, I, I have to give him a shout out because this guy's literally gotten me through so many shows. Jacob's Vocal Academy.

• 17:11Speaker 04

  Dude, I do this one too.

• 17:14Speaker 00

  So I do that one and then I do the falsetto, his falsetto exercise every day. And then, yes, hot tea and, and you know what? There's days where I'll wake up and I'm like, oh, this is gonna be tough.

• 17:23Speaker 04

  Yeah, yeah.

• 17:23Speaker 00

  But I, I'm always grateful that I have these guys to lean on. And, you know, when you're doing it out there on your own, it's just a lot on you. Do you have a, you have a great, a good band?

• 17:34Speaker 04

  Good band, but you guys, literally, you guys have the best voices I've ever heard in my life.

• 17:39Speaker 01

  That's not true.

• 17:40Speaker 04

  It's very true. Um.

• 17:42Speaker 00

  I'm gonna send you a couple of shows that are better than us and then.

• 17:45Speaker 04

  Nah, seriously, bro. You're like, you're incredible, man.

• 17:47Speaker 00

  That's very kind of you.

• 17:48Speaker 02

  Have you ever seen us live?

• 17:49Speaker 04

  I'm about to.

• 17:50Speaker 02

  Okay, so you've never seen us live?

• 17:51Speaker 04

  No pressure.

• 17:52Speaker 01

  We were saying in the car on the way here that we should have one of these shows that you're with us on, we should have you jump up and do What A Man Gotta Do With Us. I feel like your voice on that track would be a vibe.

• 17:59Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 17:59Speaker 04

  I'm in.

• 18:00Speaker 02

  Then we'll just re-release it afterward.

• 18:02Speaker 01

  Re-release it.

• 18:03Speaker 04

  Let's go.

• 18:03Speaker 01

  Yeah, so my vocal warmups, well, I am drinking coffee. I was off coffee for a minute. There's been kind of a.

• 18:08Speaker 02

  Ongoing saga.

• 18:09Speaker 01

  Thing, but I'm now cutting it with almond milk, which is helping.

• 18:12Speaker 04

  Okay.

• 18:12Speaker 01

  Almond breeze to be in fact.

• 18:13Speaker 02

  Breezy.

• 18:14Speaker 01

  And, um.

• 18:15Speaker 04

  Oh, my God.

• 18:16Speaker 01

  I find that coffee doesn't affect me so much singing, but I have to start singing in the shower in the morning. And like, I just kind of keep singing throughout the day.

• 18:23Speaker 04

  You guys lower your keys when you go live?

• 18:26Speaker 00

  Certain songs.

• 18:27Speaker 01

  Certain songs.

• 18:27Speaker 02

  There's a couple that we have to, yeah.

• 18:29Speaker 01

  I mean, some of the songs that we play in this set, you know, my voice was still.

• 18:32Speaker 00

  He was like 14 when he was recording, yeah.

• 18:34Speaker 01

  So it's much more comfortable now than it was then singing through a vocal change. Um, you were 19 when you did The Voice?

• 18:41Speaker 04

  19, yeah. Nothing really took off until like a few years ago though.

• 18:44Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 18:44Speaker 04

  Like, kind of, not really.

• 18:47Speaker 01

  Did you enjoy The Voice experience?

• 18:48Speaker 04

  It was a great experience. I mean, it was like my first time singing like in front of people, like I, before I did The Voice, I never even sang in front of my family.

• 18:54Speaker 01

  Really?

• 18:55Speaker 04

  Like, I was just like a very like nervous kid.

• 18:57Speaker 02

  Did they, obviously then you said, I'm gonna go on The Voice and were they shocked?

• 19:01Speaker 04

  The call center, dude.

• 19:02Speaker 02

  Yeah, hey man, get out of that call center.

• 19:04Speaker 04

  My mom, no offense, but like my mom, my mom signed me up for it and then ended up coming third and then it was kind of just like the beginning of everything. So I look back and like, and I smile.

• 19:13Speaker 02

  Fond memory, yeah.

• 19:14Speaker 04

  Yeah, thanks, mom. But she was, um, but just like The Voice in general, it was like a amazing stepping stone to the life I have right now. So I'll always look back and smile. Yeah.

• 19:23Speaker 00

  That's so cool.

• 19:24Speaker 02

  That's great.

• 19:25Speaker 01

  Well, Joe's currently, um, you're coaching the coming season.

• 19:29Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 19:30Speaker 01

  The, it's The Voice Celebrity.

• 19:32Speaker 04

  What do you mean The Voice Celebrity?

• 19:33Speaker 02

  It's, uh, celebrities singing instead of anyone singing.

• 19:38Speaker 04

  Wow. And you're one of the coaches?

• 19:40Speaker 00

  And one of the coaches, yeah. It was, it's, it's, it's, you know, I, I wasn't sure and then the first person the chair turns for, I was like, oh my God. Like the names they got were really impressive.

• 19:50Speaker 04

  Wow.

• 19:51Speaker 00

  My team's, my team's kind of stacked, so.

• 19:52Speaker 01

  I'm excited for you. What would be amazing is, because it's never happened, as far as I know, at least in, in the UK and the US, is that someone that was a contestant on The Voice could then go on to be a coach.

• 20:02Speaker 04

  Oh.

• 20:03Speaker 01

  And I'm wishing that for you.

• 20:04Speaker 04

  Dude, thank you, man.

• 20:05Speaker 02

  I should have that.

• 20:06Speaker 01

  I did The Voice, I don't know, five or six years ago as a coach for two seasons. It's a great experience. I think you'd love it. And it'll be so cool to see the full circle.

• 20:13Speaker 04

  Did you have like high hopes for me? I appreciate it.

• 20:15Speaker 01

  I do. Listen, as we've mentioned now three or four times, we're big fans, but we also, we're so excited that, you know, you tapped into something that, you said the word unifies people. And that's what we're all about. You know, we look at our shows now and we think about the fact that there's, you know, people that were our age coming to shows back at, you know, 18, 19 years ago, who still want to come and want to bring their kids and the parents who brought them back in the day still want to come. There's nothing better than being able to see people together, having a, a shared experience that brings them joy. And it's, it's, it's no surprise that the song connected because it's a smash and.

• 20:49Speaker 04

  Thanks, dude.

• 20:50Speaker 01

  I wish we had it. Um, but you know, the fact that it's, it's pure in that your intention was to bring people together is a beautiful thing. So we're rooting for you and we're glad you're on these shows and, and hopefully more to come.

• 21:01Speaker 04

  Oh, yeah. And by the way, Listen When Sad is gonna be like my Spotify top.

• 21:05Speaker 02

  Oh.

• 21:06Speaker 04

  Hundred percent.

• 21:07Speaker 01

  Thanks, man.

• 21:07Speaker 04

  My favorite song.

• 21:08Speaker 00

  And Jacob Vocal Warm Up Academy.

• 21:10Speaker 01

  Jacob, well, listen, you, you have to go on stage here pretty soon.

• 21:13Speaker 02

  Yeah, we're gonna let you go.

• 21:13Speaker 00

  But before he goes, before he goes, Nick, there's a little something next to you. Bowl.

• 21:16Speaker 02

  Oh, the bowl.

• 21:17Speaker 01

  The bowl.

• 21:18Speaker 02

  How could I forget the bowl?

• 21:18Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 21:18Speaker 04

  I, I go in?

• 21:19Speaker 00

  If you'd like to, it's a random question.

• 21:22Speaker 02

  Too hard.

• 21:22Speaker 04

  Which is worse, stepping in something wet with socks on? Or getting a sleeve wet while washing your hands?

• 21:29Speaker 01

  Ah.

• 21:30Speaker 00

  Or getting what?

• 21:30Speaker 01

  Getting your sleeve wet.

• 21:32Speaker 04

  Sleeve wet while washing your hands. I would say stepping in something wet with socks on.

• 21:35Speaker 02

  It happened to me at lunch before.

• 21:38Speaker 01

  Takes longer to dry.

• 21:39Speaker 04

  Yeah, it's kind of an ick.

• 21:40Speaker 02

  It's just because then you can't really get away from it. You can push your sleeve up, you can't push your sock up.

• 21:44Speaker 04

  Yeah, a hundred percent.

• 21:45Speaker 02

  And then just take them off and your sock.

• 21:46Speaker 01

  If I've said it once.

• 21:48Speaker 00

  Then it's just an ankle warmer.

• 21:51Speaker 02

  All right. Thanks for joining us. Have a great show.

• 21:54Speaker 01

  Looking forward to see you soon.

• 21:55Speaker 02

  We will be watching. We cannot wait.

• 21:56Speaker 04

  Let's go.

• 21:57Speaker 02

  Give it my life.

• 21:59Speaker 05

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