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Speaker 2: She has a brand new single out right now. It's

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Speaker 2: called Slow but.

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Speaker 3: So Catchy. It is so catchys.

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Speaker 2: Suck so good to hear that voice back again first

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Speaker 2: time on the fifty episode Gwen's.

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Speaker 1: Wow Australia Finally. I love you guys so much. I

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Speaker 1: have so many good memories of being on tour there

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Speaker 2: Well, do you know what, Gwen, we were only talking

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Speaker 2: about this. I went to this show in the mid nineties,

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Speaker 2: nineteen ninety six, the first time that No Doubt came

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Speaker 2: to Australia. You played at the Selena's at the Cuji

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. We have a way better memory than you.

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Speaker 1: My memories just go back to because I just had

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Speaker 1: Kingston and that was like the world tour that I

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Speaker 1: you know, so it's such a great memory for me.

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Speaker 3: You know what. We've been excited about the new music too,

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Speaker 3: and to think that you wrote a lot of new

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Speaker 3: to ask, is there one family member that you listen

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Speaker 3: to more than the others when you play them some

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Speaker 3: of your new music. Who's the one you go to?

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Speaker 1: You know what I mean? I guess he's a family

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Speaker 1: family member. Blake would probably be the one. He's a musical.

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Speaker 1: He's like such a good sounding word because he's been

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Speaker 1: on the Voice for twenty seasons, so the amount of

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Speaker 1: But the other ones, I it's interesting because with kids,

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Speaker 2: Yeah we do, Yeah we do.

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Speaker 1: They don't care what you do. They just want you

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Speaker 1: you know, it's because you kind of do feel like

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Speaker 1: you did together. That's right. Yes, it's so crazy. I was,

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Speaker 1: you know, thinking so much about not doing new music.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think I was gonna do new music, and

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Speaker 1: but it's like interesting because the whole genre was a

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Speaker 1: I think being in lockdown for one hundred days in Oklahoma,

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Speaker 2: Do you know what? We was having a problem at

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Speaker 2: the moment, Queen. I don't know if you can help

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Speaker 1: Well, that's funny you say that. We just had our

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Speaker 2: I don't like it.

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Speaker 1: It was miserable. But also I remember back early early,

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Speaker 1: early in the lockdown, we were in Oklahoma and Apollo

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Speaker 3: But see, that's the coolest parent. You're the coolest parent

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Speaker 3: in the world if you're doing that. So we broke

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Speaker 3: the hot Wheels for the longest track, the world record

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Speaker 3: for the longest track, and I thought that's what gave

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Speaker 3: me the coolest parent until the Delareian arrived.

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Speaker 1: Wow that I'd love those hot Wheel tracks, so we

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Speaker 3: I got Gwen on the Gwen.

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Speaker 2: You've worked with songwriter and producer Ross Goland. You've also

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Speaker 2: worked with Pharrell Williams. Now is this leading into it?

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Speaker 2: You've got a new album, Gwen, or are you just

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Speaker 1: Well, luckily I did get to put out a couple

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Speaker 1: I just wrote a song with Ryan Tedter the other day.

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Speaker 1: I love him so much. He's he actually wrote a

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Speaker 1: and so just I just love the process of songwriting.

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Speaker 1: And so when I finally figure out okay, I'm ready,

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Speaker 1: you know, I just it's just so fun to put

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Speaker 2: And thank you very much for coming on the show.

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Speaker 2: He's out right now. Enjoy your day, Gwen, and I

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Speaker 2: know it seems like so far away, but obviously we

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Speaker 2: would love to get you back in Australia cheering and

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Speaker 2: singing for us again at some stage.

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Speaker 1: Please let me come back. I would love that. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much, you guys, so thanks, bye bye. It

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Speaker 1: fits and whipper