1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: A brand new one for san j there at his 2 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: bounce and we are very lucky to have that young 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: lady in the studio, sam. 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: Jaya, my dad is a great sound. 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 3: Ah, thank you. 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: I love that. 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 4: So that was written from your cricket career? 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: Is that right? 9 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 4: Because you're a fast right hand bowler. 10 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: That's right? Really? 11 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 3: For years? 12 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 4: Who loved a bit of chin music? 13 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: So you wrote bounce? 14 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 3: Yes, I was a cricketer for years. My dad was 15 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 3: so proud. 16 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,840 Speaker 4: So tell us about tell us about Bounce? What's it about? 17 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 4: And where did it come from? Well? 18 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 3: I actually went to La and I wrote it with 19 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: my friend Carmen, who I wrote always and shake that 20 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 3: with like some of my up rings with, and she 21 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 3: is just amazing. And we just got on the studio 22 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 3: and just kind of came out and I got the 23 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 3: idea from my friend who used to dance for me. 24 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 3: She told me, she's like, you need to write a 25 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: song called Bounce about like putting a bounce in your step. Well, 26 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: having said that on Instagram, you had a is it 27 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 3: a flash mob that you're doing or was that just? 28 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh? That was at this It was actually 29 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 3: really amazing. It was like this Australian dancers thing and 30 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 3: that all of all of the dancers came together and 31 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 3: learned bounce. It's pretty amazing, amazing. Yeah, it was a 32 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: place or something. I also saw though, did you, and 33 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 3: I know this is weird, did you cut your own 34 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 3: hair at some stage? There was a video of you 35 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: watching yourself sing the American national anthem, which yes, was 36 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 3: one thing, but the other thing was had you cut 37 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: your own hair? Cut my own fringe. I used to 38 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 3: cut it all the time, my own fringe, and it 39 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 3: used to sometimes do like it was. It wasn't straight, 40 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 3: but then you have to kind of straighten it up 41 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 3: so it gets shorter. 42 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 4: And how would you feel about continuing that occupation? 43 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 2: What's happened? 44 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: I didn't bring my scissors, but I see what I 45 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 3: can do and they call it a bird's nest, and 46 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 3: that's kind I think it's. 47 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: At the moment. 48 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 4: Can can we talk about your relationship with Los Angeles? 49 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 4: I mean, how many people know this? She was signed 50 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 4: up at the age of sixteen yea, and not in Australia. First, 51 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 4: it was over in LA It. 52 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 3: Wasn't a s over in the States, and it was 53 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 3: you know back in the day when it was you know, 54 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 3: the budgets were massive, and so they brought my whole 55 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 3: family over. It's really amazing. And my brothers and I mean, 56 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: they loved it so like we live in LA when 57 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 3: they were like six and eight. 58 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: And was living there for a while. 59 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, so we lived there for about I lived there 60 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 3: for eight years. It's a really long time. But it 61 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 3: was lots of ups and downs. And LA is a 62 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 3: tough one to crack, like, it's a hard place. So 63 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 3: when I came home, I was done. And so every 64 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 3: time i'd have to go back, you know, to songwriter 65 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 3: or anything like that, as soon as i'd land, i'd 66 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 3: get anxiety. 67 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, it actually about now. 68 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 3: I'd start freaking out, just from all of the bad times. Yes, 69 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: And that's why I actually wanted to go back and 70 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 3: write for this new record, because I was like, I 71 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 3: want to go back and kind of put a new 72 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 3: stamp on yourself. What's the biggest crowd you've performed in 73 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: front of? Because you've sung the national anthem over there, 74 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 3: I mean, and that is petrifying because you know, you 75 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 3: grow up obviously singing the Australian at them in Australian. 76 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 3: And then they told me like, oh, we want you 77 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 3: to sing. My first game was actually the Knicks and 78 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 3: the Nets. It was the playoffs in New York and 79 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 3: I was like, okay, the American National They're like in 80 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 3: two days. 81 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: And I was like, how does it start? Semi? 82 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 3: Oh sick? Can you see. 83 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 4: Today? 84 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: Isn't it? 85 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh? It's so hard, especially when you get 86 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 3: to that high and you're like if I don't nail this, 87 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 3: I won't get that bill. 88 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 4: Did you see's performance? I mean, because everyone tries to 89 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 4: put it. 90 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: Too hard and do it their own way. 91 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 4: But Fernie just refused to finish the song. She just 92 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 4: kept going and. 93 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: Going, Sammy, what about that other gig you've got coming up? 94 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: I think it's called a wedding eg that one you're 95 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: going to sing at your own? 96 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 3: Definitely not. I am not singing. 97 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 4: Will you have a performance there? 98 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: Though? 99 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 4: This is the question. Are you thinking about it? 100 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: I might? Yeah, guy to get up and sing. 101 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: You'd love to do it. 102 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 2: You guys do quiet together? 103 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: You should do that. 104 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're just going to get up. No, I will 105 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 3: not be singing with him. Do we sitting down having 106 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 3: a few rosees and he can sing? 107 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 4: Have you done? 108 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: Weddings. 109 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: Have you don't mate's weddings already yourself? 110 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: I've done actually, yeah, two or three, just like very 111 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: close friends that go. Can you get up and see? 112 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 4: Okay, can we get at least one piece of information 113 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 4: about the wedding? What song will be in the wedding list? 114 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: In the playlist? Is there? 115 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 3: Well, I can give you one. Yeah, My dad and 116 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 3: I's song is unchained Melody. 117 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 2: Oh God, does it get any better than that? 118 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 3: I just love that song. It just is so amazing, 119 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 3: and me and my dad like because when I was younger, 120 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: my mum and dad would dance in the lounge room too. 121 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 3: It's such a memory. So that'll be our day. 122 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 4: I will be performing that. 123 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: That is awesome. 124 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 3: Get it? 125 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 4: Say you know we absolutely love you. Actually, before you 126 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 4: go back to school formal, we've got a formal coming 127 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 4: up memories from your formal. 128 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: Okay, guess what this is a very This is a 129 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 3: bit of a scar for me. I never went to 130 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 3: my formal, that's all. I was living in l a right, 131 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 3: of course, I never got to go. And you didn't 132 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 3: get about of ja prom or something over there. 133 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 4: Always. 134 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 3: So when I first did Carol's in the Domain, I 135 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: was like, this is kind of like my formal because 136 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 3: I was wearing like a big dress because I've been 137 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 3: designing my formal dress since year eight, and I never 138 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 3: got to go. 139 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 4: Did you have a high school boyfriend? 140 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 3: No, you didn't sound ill, singing. 141 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 4: Loving the new single Bounce. Thank you very much for 142 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 4: coming in.