WEBVTT - The 5 People That Changed My Life 0:00:01.360 --> 0:00:04.560 You're listening to Joja see one Now with me jojo 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:10.160 seua An iHeartRadio podcast. Oh everybody, and welcome back to 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.880 jojo sewe now Ah. I feel as if it is 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:17.239 time we actually get real and I feel like I've 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:20.760 been very controversial recently. I still can't fucking say that word. 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:22.439 If you listen to the last week's episode, you know 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:24.560 what I'm talking about. I feel like I've been very 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:27.960 messy recently, and I know last week I was being 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:30.880 a sassy a sassy girl about people that I don't 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:32.600 want to have on my podcast and people I won't 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.280 have on my podcast, and so I feel like this 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:37.159 week I really wanted to switch it up, and I 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.159 wanted to talk about some of my favorite people in 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:42.479 the world and about some people who truly came into 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.080 my life, changed my life for the better, made me 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:47.480 realize things about myself, made me realize things about family, 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:51.440 about friendship, and really give you the rundown on five 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.840 people that changed my life. Now, before I get into that, 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:57.960 I just wanted to say that this world I'm living 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.680 in right now is actually Nana's guilty pleasures finally out 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:06.839 in the universe doing all these performances. It is so real. 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:12.160 It's interesting. This whole plan of this EP has changed 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.280 so many times when I was doing the posts that 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.160 we're like, look like I'm changing my plan. I truly 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:19.200 was changing the plan. The original plan was to have 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.280 Choose a freighter come out. Then it just like it wasn't. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.440 I never wanted choose a fighter to come out first, 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:26.640 but my team, you know, thought it was the best idea. 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:27.840 And I tried to tell everyone. I was like, no, 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.640 it's it's guilty. It's guilty. It's guilty, like that has 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:32.560 to be the vibe, that has to be the leading force, 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.800 and no one really believed me. And then finally one day, 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:37.920 literally my label called was like we believe you, Like 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:39.800 let's switch gears, and I was like, let's go. And 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.240 then I figured out the game plan. We got guilty. 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:44.560 We did the EP, and like now that is just 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.959 all out and it's all in the universe. It feels 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:51.040 so good, Like it feels so free, it feels so nice, 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.520 it feels so fun. I'm like, fuck yeah, like we 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.120 made it, we did it, and like I am your 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:59.120 guilty pleasure, and whether you like it or not, I'm 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.880 your guilty pleasure like that is it ended up being 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.640 so perfect, even though like the fact that I have 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.080 the writer's credit on this song and a couple of 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.799 other songs also on the EP, like it just kind 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.639 of takes everything that the world is said in the 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.320 last six months and been like look here you go, 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.839 you know what I mean, And it makes me makes 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:18.639 me happy to see the response to it and to 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.400 see where we're at now versus where we were six 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.960 months ago. And I just I'm truly grateful, I really am. 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.160 I and at this weird point where you know, obviously 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:30.239 publicly I'm very wild right now and I'm on stage 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.880 doing wax shit and drinking alcohol and touching and doing 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.400 all the things. But like, deep down inside, when I'm 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.320 doing all of that, there is this other side to 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.320 me that, ah, fuck, I shouldn't reveal this to y'all, 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:44.799 but like there is this other side to me that 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.560 like truly just like sits there, and it's just like 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:49.720 looking at all this and just like whoa, Like this 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:53.000 is so surreal to me, Like this is everything I've 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.480 ever wanted. These crowds that are showing up, I mean 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.160 the crowds that are showing up with the performances are 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.919 crazy and it's so awesome, it's so fun, and I just, 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.040 I don't know. I just think a moment of gratitude 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.960 was much needed, because as messy as I am nowadays, 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:09.400 like there is this other side to me that the 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:11.280 world doesn't know and the world doesn't see, and I 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.079 keep it messy. My job is to entertain you, and 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.640 you are entertained when I am messy, So you're welcome again. 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:21.560 I'm your guilty pleasure. But I yeah, I don't know. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.919 I just I'm having a great time. I'm grateful for everything. 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.560 Thank you for getting me to do this shit without you, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:28.480 without me being your guilty pleasure, would never works, So 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:32.680 I appreciate you for that one. Anyways, let's die freaking 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.640 right in. We got five people that changed my life now. 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:39.640 The first person that is on this list honestly changed 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.440 my life in so many ways that I could ever imagine. 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.400 And that is my first girlfriend. If you followed me 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.280 for a couple of years now you know who this is. 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.640 She's honestly still one of my very good friends of 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:54.360 the day. But she she made me realize a lot 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.920 about myself. She she literally texted me this prible was 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.240 like happy Pride month. You're welcome for making you realize 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.280 you're gay like that, like are like literal joke. But 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:03.960 the thing is, it's not a joke. She did make 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.800 me realize that I was gay. She was my like 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:08.240 official gay awakening. Of course, I had my gay awakenings 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:09.920 when I was a kid that was like, oh wait, 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:11.600 what's this And now that I look back, I'm like, 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:16.680 that's what it was, you dingis. But yeah, she she 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:18.760 definitely came into my life and she changed it. She 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.479 was my first like teenager friend, if that makes sense, 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.120 and I don't know, I kind of got an insight 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.160 onto like normal teen life and that was a very 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.960 cool thing. And then when I realized that I had 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.240 feelings for her, she was the first person that I 0:04:32.320 --> 0:04:34.280 came out to. And it was very hard to tell 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:35.559 her that I had a crush on a girl because 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:37.280 she was the girl that I had the crush on. 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.120 And I never thought it was gonna go anywhere. I 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.000 thought she was gonna stop me my friend, because you know, 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.680 she used to ran to me being her best friend 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.080 about being like, hey, like all my friends have crushes 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:48.640 on me, Like I hate this, And so I was 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.160 like yeah, that's so annoying. Uh oh, like I have 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.480 a crush on you? What fuck? Anyways, but it ended 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.039 up being fine. She ended up becoming my first girlfriend. 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.240 We had so many great times together and I don't know, 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.440 I think she taught me the value of love. I 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.880 would say she was my first love for sure, and 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.240 whether that be love love, puppy love, any kind of love, 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.200 it was love and it was very sweet and very innocent, 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.320 and I am forever grateful for that. I'm forever grateful 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.000 for that realization. I'm lucky that she's the person I 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.080 got to come out with. I think without her being 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.800 so chill up with things, like he said, it was 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:25.760 very scary. No one knew what to expect with me 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.359 coming out, and I didn't expect it to be as 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.200 big as it was, Like I didn't realize that it 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.560 was gonna be a thing, I guess. But she was 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.800 very good about no matter what at the end of 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.200 the day, like she never cared about like the world. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.600 She cared about me, and that was I mean, she 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.400 was the most genuine love that I've ever felt, for sure, 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.080 besides from like my parents and my brother and like 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.920 close close friends, but in a relationship standpoint, she was 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.840 definitely the most She is definitely the most genuine love 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.599 I've ever felt before, and so I will forever cherish 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.760 the way that she's made me look at things, the 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.920 way that she made me realize I was gay, The 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.360 way that we are able to be friends now, I 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:03.720 think that's so fucking inspiring for people out there, like 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:08.159 it is okay to be friends and just except like, hey, look, 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:10.160 we don't want get in a relationship, but like, yes 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.120 we could be friends, like we have fun together. Ah, 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.120 that is the best thing ever. I'm so grateful for that. 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:25.280 All Right, now we're gonna flip a little bit. We're 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.280 gonna talk about some friends in my life. So I 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.200 got two friends that I'm gonna talk about. First. One 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.320 is mister Tyler. Mister Tyler Cameron. Now me and Tye 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:38.560 we met on Special Forces and Tye is like literally 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.520 my family without like if I didn't have my family, 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.480 he would be my family. And I was Actually I 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.799 was on a plane the other day this guy sitting 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.120 next to me was asking me like, oh, where you from? 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.520 And so I'm from California. Now I used to live 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.160 in Nebraska and he was like, oh cool, and I 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:53.880 was like, Oh, where are you from. He's like, oh, 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:55.160 I live in Florida. I was like, oh cool, what 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.400 part of Florida? And he was like northern Florida, Like 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:58.560 you go there often? And I was like, Oh, I 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.400 have family down in Florida. I was like, so, yeah, 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.360 actually I do go down there often. And he was like, Oh, 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.240 where's your family at And I was like, well, I'm 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.400 a brother up in Orlando and I have a brother 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:10.600 down in Jupiter. And I stopped myself and the guy 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.600 was like, what's going on? And I was like, he's 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:15.640 not my he I mean, he is my brother, but 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.800 he's not my brother in Jupiter. And I was like wait. 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.840 I was like, he's literally my family. I was like, 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:21.640 but he's not my family. And I was like, this 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:23.880 is crazy. My brother lives in Orlando. I was like, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.040 my brother's there. I was like, but I have a 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.440 best best friend Tie and he lives in Jupiter and 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.040 so I go down there all the time to see them. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:32.560 And I was like, clearly his family. Like it just 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.160 like flew out of my mouth fast, like a grab 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:39.200 it ted gives me a lot of reassurance within myself. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.600 He's such a good best friend. He's such a good like. 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.000 He keeps me young and lively for sure. I mean 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.040 we obviously we have a ten year age gap, but 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.360 he is he's just a fun best friend for me, 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:53.240 and he's really been there for me in times that 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.440 I need. We met on Special Forces and he was 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.520 the first person on Special Forces that kind of gave 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.080 me a shot. And on Special Forces we would get 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.000 in trouble all the time for our wardrobe if we 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.640 weren't match again. So I decided I was gonna become 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.520 the wardrobe police because I could see if one button 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:11.240 was undone, and I would tell everybody be like Jack, 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.840 your button, Tom, your shoe tight tight is different, and 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.080 like they wouldn't and then we get in trouble for that. 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.000 And so Tyler was the first person I was like, wait, 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.280 she's right everybody, and everybody loved Tie and so everyone 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.200 kind of jumped on board with that, and I'll never forget. 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.560 It was like day five of Special Forces and I 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:29.320 used to be the wardrow police and like bug all 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:32.400 the boys and like they were all get annoyed by it. Finally, 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:33.960 Tie is the day five comes up to me. He's 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:35.920 like hey, Jojo, and I was like yeah. He was like, 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:37.599 you check my off it for me, and I was 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.599 like absolutely, I can't. That is right. I would be 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.880 delighted too. It was just cute. Men. There's this grown 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:45.440 man coming out to me like can you look at 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.959 my help at police? And I was like, I got you. 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:50.760 But ye know, He's given me some of my most 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.280 fun times. I'll never forget. My twenty first fucking birthday 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.000 with ty was so fun. We were planning on because 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.240 my birthday's on the nineteenth, so the eighteenth at midnight 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.120 when it switched the night, we were planning on having 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.360 like a drink cause the next day we were gonna 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:04.920 go to Disney World drink around the World at Epcot, 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:06.960 and so we wanted it to be like a chill night, 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:08.480 like you have to have a drink at midnight, but like, 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.439 let's go to sleep. Tyler comes in the room. This 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:16.360 man had brought cowboy hats, he bought streamers, He brought 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:18.440 more alcohol than we already had. He brought a pool 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.640 noodle that we could use a beer bong. He brought 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.400 water guns they could squirt shots into my mouth. Like 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.160 this boy came prepared and I was like, oh, we're 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:28.319 doing this tonight. He was like, Yeah, we're doing this 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:29.800 tonight and I was like, all right, here we go. 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:35.960 And this this fuck he he put like the worst 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.640 whiskey in his water gun that he squirt it into 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.679 my mouth and his aim was spot on. It went 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:46.319 all in my mouth. It was so nasty, but I 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.079 mean it was the best laugh and we all had 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:49.960 the best time. And then the next day at Disney, 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.319 we all had the best time. He truly is just 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.559 such a good boy. He's such a good friend. I 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:57.480 we always talk about our future together and how excited 0:09:57.480 --> 0:09:59.920 we are to like just do life together, and it's 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.640 it's cool. I don't think anybody would have predicted that 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.679 him and I would become like as tight as we are, 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.800 but he, he truly is one of a kind. We 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.440 have a joke that we're gonna get tattoos of each 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.319 other on our foot and I'm gonna get a picture 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.040 of his face and He's gonna get a picture of mine, 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:16.520 Like we just he's just he's just that one for 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.600 me and I I fucking love that dude with all 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:21.920 of my heart. He wanted to do this thing where 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.679 we did a roast on my twenty first birthday and 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:26.959 I let him roast me. I'm not gonna say what 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:28.920 he said to me, but that boy had a good 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.240 roast and I have a damn good roast for him 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.400 and I will use it when I need to, but 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.240 I don't need to yet. We haven't done a roast yet. 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:36.640 We were going to, but we did it, so I'm 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:41.640 gonna hold onto it. So another person, And this is 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.160 kind of funny because this this story kind of intertwines 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.920 that I'm about to tell with these two people. They 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:50.560 actually intertwined really interestingly Tyler. And then the next person 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.079 that I'm gonna put on this list of top five 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.440 people that change my life is g Flip. Now, Flip 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.680 has become such an important person in my life since 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:04.000 my first birthday. I didn't realize how missing that friendship 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.760 was in my life with them, but they, I mean 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.400 they they they made me realize something about my life 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.839 that I didn't necessarily realize. And I'm gonna tell that 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.640 whole story because I think it's a very interesting story 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.599 and it connects to Tyler. It's very fascinating. Then we 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:21.680 got to spend Disney together again with ty It was everybody. 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.920 Flip was there in Disney and spending my birthday with 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.840 g was fucking awesome. Got to meet their best friend, Herbie, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.440 and now we all became best friends. Were literally true. 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.200 We had the best day in New York together. Oh 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.120 my god, I'll tell the New York stories. It's so fun. 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.120 But I want to explain the story on why they 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.160 changed my life, and I don't. I think I told 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.400 them this story briefly, but I don't really think Flip 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:45.800 knows this story very well because I didn't. I never 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.599 really like it's not like a story to tell. But 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.160 since I'm here and I get to yap and say 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:52.319 whatever I want on this podcast, I'm gonna tell it now. 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.640 So anyways, it's after Special Forces now. The reason why 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:58.800 I tapped out on Special Forces because I wanted to 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.680 live my personal life more. I was like, fuck living 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.840 for my career, Like I am living for my personal 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:08.240 life only now. And I realized that that. Now, I 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.280 realize that that wasn't the right mentality, but in that moment, 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.400 that's how I was feeling. That was what I cared about. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.520 So whatever. So anyways, I'm in rehearsal with my girl 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.000 group and I get a text from Flip and they 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:21.679 were like, hey, and mind you. Me and Flip were 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:25.680 friends at this point. We were mutuals, like we somehow 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.319 had each other's number, but I genuinely don't remember how, 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.520 Like it was very just like we knew of each other, right, 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.040 And so they texted me and they were like, hey, like, 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:36.920 I'm doing a show in LA, like I would love 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:38.679 to have you come before. Now anyone who does know 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:43.040 g Flip, they are an incredible artist, so foking talented. 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.240 They are a drummer, a singer. Their vocals are insane, 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:51.520 their drum skills are actually crazy, like just the most 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.160 talented person I know by a landslide. And so they 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:55.800 were like, I'm playing a show in LA and I 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.640 would love to have you come out on stage sing 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:00.559 gay for me with me the crowd of their minds 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.480 like would you ever be down? And I actually responded 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:05.360 and I was like, hey, when is it? Like let 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:07.280 me know. They told me the day and I was 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.400 supposed to be in Florida with Tyler. I was going 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:12.480 to spend a week down there just to go have fun, 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.160 go be friends, go on his boat, go chill, like 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:18.439 just take a week for like fun personal life. And 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.400 I so they sent me the dates and I was like, ah, 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.920 I was like, I'm so sorry, Like I get to 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.080 Florida and like that's on day two when I'm supposed 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:27.680 to be there, Like shit, I'm so sorry. I can't 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.439 move this trip, like cause in my head I was like, no, 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:33.079 this is a career thing with Flip, like do not 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.319 say yes to that because you're you're putting your career first, then, 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.199 like put your personal life first. This is what you 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.760 learned on Special Forces, right, so I take something. I 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:42.599 was like, man, I'm so sorry, like I can't do it, 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:44.120 like I would love to, but like let me know 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.559 if there's another one. And they were like all good, 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.520 it's all good. Don't sweat, like there'll be another one. 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:51.959 And then about an hour passed and I literally like 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:53.599 my head got pulled out of my ass and I 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.719 was like jojo, what the fuck? You don't say no 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.920 to this? And so I went outside the studio and 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.520 I called Flip and I was like hey. I was like, first, 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.319 I'm so sorry that I said no. I don't know 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.600 what I was on. I was like, I'm gonna make 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:06.760 it work. I was like I will be there, tell 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:08.120 me what time you get me there count me and 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.079 like I'm fucking there, let's go. And they were like 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.199 really like they like didn't believe that I changed my mind, 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:13.439 and I was like yeah, I was like and I 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.120 told them a little bit briefly, like I was supposed 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:16.559 to be in Florida for her friends, but like fuck that, 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:19.440 I want to do this fine, And so the universe 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:20.480 just kind of test to me. I still went to 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:22.040 Florida for twenty four hours. I was like, I'm not 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.240 missing this Florida trip. I will go for twenty four hours. 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.520 So I flew in, flew back home, got on a plane, 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.080 went straight to soundcheck after the plane with Flip and 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:33.520 got there and I remember watching them do their sound 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:34.960 check before I went on stage and joined them, and 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:38.800 they were playing the drums and I was like, holy shit. 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:41.800 I was like, they are the coolest human that exists. 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.040 What are they doing right now? I've never seen somebody 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.160 like rip on drums like that, and I was like wow. 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:49.800 So anyway, as we go, I do soundcheck. This is 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.840 our first time meeting in person. Like, they're cool. Laurence 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:56.080 Sanderson's also there. They're really cool. She's really cool, and 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.200 so I was like fuck, yeah, this is the best 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:03.320 vibe literally ever and didn't really think twice of it. 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:05.080 Happy that I made the decision to be there, but 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.480 honestly I was kind of regretting it, Like I just 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.960 said bye to my friends in Florida. By the time 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.840 by to my brother, I was like this. I was 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.240 like fuck. And then I got mad at myself after 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.440 soundcheck and I was like, this is what I said 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.400 no to doing, Like I said no to putting my 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.840 career first, and that is exactly what I'm doing right now. 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.960 I'm putting my career first. Why did I do this? 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:27.880 I should be in Florida er And then it came 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.960 time for the show, and I remember watching Flip because 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.000 gay for Me is very is the last song on 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.120 the set, second to last song in the set, and 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.320 I remember watching them perform their whole show and just 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:42.280 being like wow, like if I want to be anything, 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.960 I want to be them like that. They are so 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.160 so talented, and like fell in love with their music 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.360 that night, like just I mean, it was the greatest 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.360 non of my life. And then I went on stage, 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.240 had fun like it was a ball. They were fun 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.320 to perform with. Went home that night and I was 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.360 like I want to become a drummer, like this is 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.840 my new hyperphixation, Like, let's go find a drum kit. 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.280 So I looked online whatever, YadA, YadA, YadA. Two days later, 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.800 Flip and I then had like texted, like talked like 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.960 that was a fun whatever fine anyways. Two days later, 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.160 Flip was like, Yo, if you ever wanted to learn drums, 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.320 like I would for sure teach you. I'd for sure 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.160 give you a lesson, Like, then you want to help 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:19.880 getting a kid setting it up, like let me know? 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:22.440 And I was like, wait, you have no idea, Like 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:25.080 I was literally like saying this and you have no 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.320 idea about it. And so then they helped me get 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:29.960 my drums set up. They helped me, they gave me 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:33.880 a first lesson. And what I realized as they were 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.360 giving me this drum lesson is I was like, holy shit, Jojo, 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.560 you made the right choice. And that was when I 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:43.000 learned that life isn't about only your personal life or 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.480 only your career life, because I thought I could only 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.000 have one or the other. And so it was kind 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.040 of an interesting phase where from when Special Posts ended 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.440 in July to when I performed a flip in October 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.200 where I didn't necessarily give my career any attention and 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:00.160 that wasn't okay either, you know what I mean. So 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:02.760 Flip really got me to find that balance. And they 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:06.359 don't even know this, but they found this balance with 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:10.320 me without even knowing it, and it ended up really 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.280 fixing a problem that I had of like saying fuck 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.760 all to my life that I knew right and just 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:17.960 now living to be a personal life, like I don't 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.000 it's very confusing to explain. But then yeah, then they 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.159 they just taught me what a good human is. You know, 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:25.680 a lot of people shit on me because they're like, 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.440 you're trying to be g Flip and I was like, fuck, yeah, 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.320 everyone is trying to be g Flip. Who doesn't want 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.439 to be g Like literally, if you're all right, candid, 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.520 if you say you don't like everybody does. And they 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:37.760 came out and they did some interviews and people asked them, 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:39.159 They're like, what do you think about this? And they 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:42.320 were like, look, I'm fucking honored, like Jojo like yes, 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.359 get it, do your thing. And then they ended up 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.240