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Speaker 2: This is one or two point seven.

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Speaker 1: It's Kiss FM, just after seven o'clock on this Tuesday morning,

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Speaker 1: joining us live in the studio, Luke Brian, Yes, stay

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Speaker 1: and line out.

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Speaker 2: Richie present and accounted for us.

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Speaker 3: Why are all our Mike silver and yours is gold?

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much, very much.

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Speaker 1: It's to put you at ease and make you feel

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Speaker 1: comfortable after some kind of.

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Speaker 4: Like hierarchy here on your show. But there's a quality

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Speaker 4: on our show.

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Speaker 5: Just imagine they're platinum.

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Speaker 2: No no, no, no, yeah, I like that, Luke like that.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you something, so Katie, I'll start with

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Speaker 1: you did did you was there ever any thought or

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Speaker 1: concern about the chemistry level that you guys would have

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Speaker 1: before you all started working together on this show.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know what's so funny.

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Speaker 4: The story behind some of it is actually I met

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Speaker 4: Lionel Richie one night at the Sunset Tower, late late

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Speaker 4: after late night dinner, and.

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Speaker 3: I sat with him and we just like share stories.

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Speaker 4: But he was telling like iconic stories, and I was

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Speaker 4: just thinking, oh my god, this guy has such a

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Speaker 4: rolodex of like stories from all of his time, and

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Speaker 4: so you know, actually they are like would you like

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Speaker 4: Lionel Richie to be on the show. They were like,

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Speaker 4: wouldn't that make a good duo? And I was like, yes,

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Speaker 4: but I was nervous about Luke actually, because you know,

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Speaker 4: she asking I literally was asking Lionel.

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Speaker 2: I was like, what kind of guy is?

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Speaker 4: Like?

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Speaker 1: You got you got background?

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Speaker 6: Well, they asked me, They said, so who in country

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Speaker 6: would you want? I said, get Luke Bryant right now.

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Speaker 6: Now I knew Luke, but Katie did.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know if Katie, I don't know if I can.

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Speaker 6: And all of a sudden, I said, trust me, as

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Speaker 6: soon as you meet him, you will know him as

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Speaker 6: the oldest friend you ever had, and it will be.

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, when you think about today, you know,

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Speaker 5: we didn't really get Katie and I didn't get like

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Speaker 5: a hangout'n. Yeah, we didn't have any of that. It

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Speaker 5: was like the first time we met, it was it

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Speaker 3: I was like, what is it going to be like?

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Speaker 5: And then you know, it just took and and and

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Speaker 5: then we gang up.

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Speaker 3: Together and like now we're bringing like what becaussions.

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Speaker 2: For no, No, it's it's terrifying. Yeah, it's terrifying.

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Speaker 6: But I remember when I knew the ice was broken

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Speaker 6: when I heard Katie go shut up and said and

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Speaker 6: Lou said, oh god, Katie, what was wrong?

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Speaker 2: I mean, what did I do?

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Speaker 6: Now?

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Speaker 2: I said, they're going to be just fine.

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Speaker 5: And then there was one time that first season that

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Speaker 1: That's actually the that's where the bass goes in her

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Speaker 5: I was like, she's like, it'll be a great TV moment.

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Speaker 5: I was like dragon and she fell on the floor.

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Speaker 5: And you know that's.

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Speaker 2: The chemistry was there.

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Speaker 5: The chemists assault each other, you know, and everybody's cool.

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Speaker 1: It was we're talking to the judges here in American Idol, Luke,

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Speaker 1: Lionel and Katie and Lionel. You you know, as Katie said,

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Speaker 1: you've seen so many legends. You know, so many legends

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Speaker 1: you've told us the stories about that you are one

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Speaker 1: of them. You're in that class. But you're also shaping

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Speaker 1: current music with this show. So when you are out

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Speaker 6: Well, you know, it's funny because I run into so

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Speaker 6: many people saying I can't god, I can't believe you

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Speaker 6: threw that particular person off. She was such or he

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Speaker 6: was such a great singer. And I go, no, no,

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Speaker 6: we're not looking for singers. We're looking for stylists. You

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Speaker 6: follow me, and no one understands that. For a minute,

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Speaker 6: I say, no, no, everybody can sing. That's why karaoke

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Speaker 6: for is what's going to make you unique? Now that

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Speaker 6: with let me think about it, Alejandro, that's a unique fact.

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Speaker 2: In other words, we didn't see him coming.

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Speaker 6: And so now what people are getting the idea is

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Speaker 1: Has seen these contestants perform. You see them in auditions,

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Speaker 1: you see them on the live stage. Luke, has it

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Speaker 5: When you go back to yourself, it makes me go

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Speaker 5: I tell you what too, You kind of have to

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Speaker 5: It forces you to keep your finger on the pulse

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Speaker 5: of too, because these kids are coming in singing this song.

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Speaker 5: I think anytime you're you're all up in the middle

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Speaker 5: in front of you, it always energizes you and inspires

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Speaker 6: So, I mean, you'd be surprised. And though I mean,

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Speaker 6: for example, you think we're teaching them something, No, they're

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Speaker 6: teaching us something because that's the next level of no fear,

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Speaker 2: Let me just tell you, it reminds you.

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Speaker 4: To be grateful because there's, like, you know, hundreds and

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Speaker 1: I mean, Lucy Katie, we're playing your songs on a

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Speaker 1: that want that same thing in a way, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's what they want. And you look at the evolution

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Speaker 1: you guys have navigated that. What intention did you have

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Speaker 3: Well, I think. You know, it's a different thing with

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Speaker 4: You've seen all the different judges that have come through

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Speaker 4: the door, and I think we have been in their shoes.

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Speaker 3: You know, we're working artists, we're on tour. You know

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Speaker 4: When we're actually filming exactly, so we know what it

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Speaker 3: And you know, we've all come from nothing and.

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Speaker 4: Created this life of our own, so we can empathize,

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Speaker 4: you know, some of their situations and know what they're

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Speaker 3: Like and give them shortcuts. I think they respect us

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Speaker 4: We respect them even when we're giving them top love

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Speaker 4: or like constructive criticism, we're hoping that they win. We

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Speaker 4: want every single kid that comes off of that show

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Speaker 1: And that's genuine, that's authentic, that's really literally.

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Speaker 6: And then the most important part you have to remember

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Speaker 6: we take their life under our wing. And so when

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Speaker 6: someone walks in and says, you know, we're supposed to

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Speaker 6: And someone comes in and says, tell me about your

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Speaker 2: I'm homeless. Stop for a minute.

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Speaker 6: You can't go to what song you're on to sing

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Speaker 6: for us, You have to dive into let's talk about

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Speaker 6: Now, that real audience, that real time moment is what

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Speaker 6: breaks it down to. What's the difference between our show

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Speaker 6: to have to overcome to get to be a superstar.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I think what's amazing too is a lot of times

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Speaker 5: their struggles, and then the people at home watch us,

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Speaker 5: world needs to know that. I mean, Ryan, you're on

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Speaker 5: the text chain too. I mean, we get fired up

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Speaker 5: about these wonderful, beautiful moments, moments because a beautiful moment

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Speaker 5: on American Idol is just beautiful for the show, and

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Speaker 5: it's great for human I mean, I know it sounds

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Speaker 5: it's great for people.

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Speaker 2: I was.

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Speaker 1: he And he said, can I just say something to you?

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Speaker 1: And I said, sure, my name's Ryan, and do himself.

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Speaker 2: He goes.

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Speaker 1: I was crying last night because I was watching these

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Speaker 1: stories of young people in our country on American Idol,

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Speaker 1: and I just wanted to say it really it moved me.

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Speaker 1: And that's to your point, like, yes, it's a show,

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Speaker 1: Yes it's changing lives for those people, but it's also

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but gosh, we need it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like it's telling the story of what

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Speaker 4: America could be.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, I mean, and it's a heavy morning this morning

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Speaker 1: after some some very tragic news that we've been talking

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Speaker 1: about you. So if you need a little escape and

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Speaker 1: you want to feel something, check it out. American Idol

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Speaker 1: Sunday and Monday, eight seventh Central. That is on ABC.

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Speaker 1: Katy Perry, Atlanta, Richie, good to see you, guys.

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Speaker 2: Hey, let me tell you something. You You are a superstar.

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Speaker 6: I'm telling you, man, I don't know how you navigate

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Speaker 6: all that you do, but you.

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Speaker 2: We're so happy to have you a part of you.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to spend a lot of time in

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Speaker 1: California with the