1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,279 Speaker 1: Talking with the biggest stars from our Mercedes Benz Interview 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Lounge backstage at See one hundreds jingle Ball. This is 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: Elvis Duran in the Morning shows jingle Ball Diaries. 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, what up. 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 3: We are live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. My 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 3: name is Josh Martinez with Conan Gray. 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: Hi. What's going on? 8 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: Man? 9 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 2: You know, just living, smiling? How are you chilling? Listen? 10 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 3: I so you don't know this, but for like the 11 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 3: last two months, I've been talking about a personal story. 12 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: So a couple of years ago, I was. 13 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 3: Next to you when you were barricade watching Olivia Rodrigo. 14 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely at jingle Ball. 15 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 3: And now fast forward a couple of years now you 16 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 3: get to go on that stage. 17 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: What's that feeling like for you? 18 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 4: Dog? 19 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 2: Oh, it's exciting. 20 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 5: I mean, I feel like this whole event is just 21 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 5: very like everyone's very happy and jingle Ball has had 22 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 5: so many special performers over the year, so I feel 23 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 5: very lucky. 24 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: So when you do the tour, is there anybody that 25 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 3: you're like, you know what, I saw their name on 26 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 3: the line of them. 27 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go peek out during their performance. Well, 28 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 4: I love Audrey Hobert. Yes, and so that's been very 29 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 4: fun to have her here. I mean, Layve's here. I 30 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 4: love her very much. 31 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 5: So it's a it's been a bit of like a 32 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 5: nice little friend group of fair It's a nice excuse 33 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,479 Speaker 5: to see each other. 34 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 2: I love that. 35 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 5: Now. 36 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 3: I'm always fascinated by songwriters like writer's block because we 37 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 3: all have it right. But like when you have writer's block, 38 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 3: you got to push through that. So what do you 39 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 3: do from like a writer's block standpoint? 40 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 5: Sometimes you just got to pee out the kidney stone. 41 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: You just gotta keep going. 42 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, you just like, even if you're making crap, just 43 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 5: keep trying because you never know something beautiful a kidney 44 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 5: stone might come out. 45 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 3: You released Wishbone over the summer. What song you mentioned 46 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 3: that that's the most you album? Oh yeah, why exactly? 47 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 5: Oh God, I mean I think if you listen to it, 48 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 5: it's just like every guard that I've ever had is down. 49 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: There was no expectation for it. 50 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 5: I wrote it at a time where no one was 51 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 5: thinking that I was going to make an album, So 52 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 5: I made it with no expectations and it ended up 53 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 5: just being this like passion project for me, and I'm 54 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 5: so proud of it. I feel like it's really just 55 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 5: unbelievably me. Yeah. 56 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 3: So we're backstage right now at Madison Square Garden. You 57 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: have performed here before, Yeah, this say it's your first rodeo? 58 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: Nu huh. 59 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 3: What's that feeling like stepping into Madison Square Garden. No 60 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: disrespect to other arenas around the world, but there's just 61 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 3: something special about MSG. 62 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: There is something special. 63 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 5: I definitely was holding back tears the first time I 64 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 5: walked out and I was like supposed to sing my 65 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 5: first sound. 66 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: I was like, there's just something about it. It's just 67 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 2: so special. 68 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 5: I mean, I think when you're a kid, you like 69 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 5: hear in New York City, you think, okay, Madison Square Garden, 70 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 5: like that's all your only concept of what the city 71 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 5: even is so really special. 72 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: So it is the holiday season. That is why we 73 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 3: are here at jingle Ball. If you needed to pick 74 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 3: like that quitt essential song for you to get you 75 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 3: in that holiday spirit, you got one. 76 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 5: I think, oh god, oh it's so hard. There's so 77 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 5: many really good ones. I think it's gonna be probably 78 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 5: wham right, that's their last Christmas, last Christmas. I mean, 79 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 5: that's like the maybe one of the best songs Flat 80 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 5: ever made. It is a masterpiece. George Michael, best and piece. 81 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 5: I love you, best beard in the game. Yeah, Ab, 82 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 5: I'm trying to be number two on that list. Don't 83 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 5: worry about it anyway. One more time backstage at our. 84 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 5: iHeartRadio jingle Ball, Conen 85 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 3: Graat, appreciate you stopping by bro than much love, Thank you.