1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: Hey guys, I'm Kaylie Shure, and this is too much 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: to say. Don't go asking questions now turn it out 3 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: you Well, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming. 4 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: I hope you guys all had an amazing Christmas. Thank 5 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: you for um enjoying and your feedback on True Crime Christmas. 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: I had a lot of fun researching those episodes doing 7 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: something different, but obviously this is the last podcast, so 8 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: I feel like I needed to do my little year 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: in review. Uh. A lot happened this year, um, and 10 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest, I think might have been worse 11 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: for me personally than I think. I'm absolutely coming out 12 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: of it stronger and better and like more in love 13 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: with life than ever. But this time last year was 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: when things were we started to fall apart. So it's 15 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: really interesting to reflect back. And I know that you 16 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: can reinvent yourself any time and times a human construct anyways, 17 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: but it's nice to have like a mile marker to 18 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: be like, Okay, we made it, What's next? What am 19 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 1: I going to do? Who am I going to be? 20 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: And I think there's something really cool about that. So 21 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: that's why I like New Yors. And I also like 22 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: wearing sparkles. So I'm gonna be doing that in a 23 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: couple of days. Um, there was a lot that happened. UM, 24 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna talk about what I really liked, like 25 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: what got me through. Then I'm going to talk about 26 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: the big events that happened each month, and then uh, 27 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: I tell you about what I'm going to be doing 28 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: in two and what my goals are and you know, 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: resolutions if you want to call them that. I am 30 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: a bit chipster and I'm like, I don't want to 31 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: call the resolutions, but they're resolutions. Okay. So I read 32 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: a lot of books in twenty one, like a ton, 33 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: and I think part of it was because I started 34 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: the year off really depressed and wasn't feeling social. I 35 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: kind of learned how to spend more time by myself, 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: more time at home. Um, and books were just really amazing. 37 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: And when I was really stressed out and couldn't silence 38 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: my thoughts, books helped me so much. Because I can 39 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: zone out of a TV show so quickly, I can 40 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: sit on my phone, I can get distracted, but a 41 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: book you have to really really give your whole brain 42 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: to it, and that's really relaxing for me. So the 43 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: books that I love the most were, Um, Daisy Jones 44 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: and the Six by Taylor Jenkins read. She's now my 45 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: new favorite author. I just bought two of her books yesterday. 46 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: I just finished malbur Rising, her new book. But Daisy 47 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: Jones and the Six is a novel that's loosely based 48 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,679 Speaker 1: off of Fleetwood Mac. It's definitely like heavily influenced by them, 49 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of stories that line up. But 50 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: it's a it's a fictional band, and it's written in 51 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: an interview format in the sense up it's like each 52 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: character tells a story and it's just like their name 53 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: and then what they said, and it's like clips from 54 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: an interview, and so you get to piece together what 55 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: actually happened because you're hearing like seven different people's perspective 56 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: on what went wrong with the band, and it's so interesting. 57 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: I read it in literally a day, and I hadn't 58 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: gone through a book that quickly like until then, and 59 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: it was just I loved everything about it. Um. Another 60 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: one that I read in a day was In Five 61 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: Years by Rebecca Searle. I think is how you pronounce it? 62 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: That one was like a random airport read. I started 63 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: reading it in the airport and I finished it by 64 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: the time I went to bed that night. It was 65 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: so crazy. But it's about this woman who wakes up, 66 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: like goes to bed, wakes up five years from then, 67 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: and she's not with her long term boyfriend. She's in 68 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: a different apartment. She's with a guy that she knows 69 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: in a completely unrelated way polatonically, um, and she hasn't 70 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: even met him yet. But like she recognizes all these 71 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: people as they come into her life and all this 72 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: stuff happens, and she knows that on this day all 73 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: of this is going to go down early. She has 74 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: this like feeling because she I mean, she woke up 75 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 1: and she lived the entire day. Um. So it takes 76 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: you through your journey of the five years that it 77 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: takes to get to the flash forward that she has, 78 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: and it's just really really fascinating. It's not like a 79 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: magical book or anything. It's like they threw in this 80 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: one really magical plot device and then everything else is 81 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: just like real human interaction. One I read a couple 82 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: of weeks ago is such a fun age by Kylie Reid, 83 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 1: and that explores race in a really but I guess 84 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: it's really honest, it's really realistic, it's not um. It's 85 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: written by a black author, which I think is really 86 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: important because if you're writing a book on race, maybe 87 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: maybe be of a raise other than white for them. 88 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know. I'm sure there's exceptions to 89 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: that role, but I really liked her perspective on being 90 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: a woman in your twenties. And basically, it follows this 91 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: nanny um who has to pick up the kid that 92 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: she babysits last minute. The parents call. They're freaked out 93 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: something like somebody throw something through the window, and so 94 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: she goes to this rich white neighborhood, picks up the 95 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: kid and takes her to the grocery store because the 96 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: little girl loves to going to the grocery store. Her 97 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: name is Brier and it's her favorite thing in the world. 98 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: And when they're there, the security guard stops her and 99 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: like harasses her and makes it this huge deal and 100 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: thinks that she stole a baby because like, she came 101 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: right from her friend's birthday party, so she's not really 102 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 1: dressed like a professional nanny. She looks kind of clubby, 103 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: and uh, it's just a really really interesting story. From there, 104 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: it's just talking about people and how they interact and 105 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: when when white people take it too far in trying 106 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: to help. It's really really good. I loved that one UM, 107 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: and then another one I like read in a Day, 108 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: which became a big theme in UM was My Year 109 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: of Rest and Relaxation bio Tessa mosh Fhag. I think 110 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: that's how you pronounce it. I don't know, UM, but 111 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,719 Speaker 1: it's about this girl in New York City who decides 112 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: to basically sleep and stay in bad for an entire year. 113 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: She's not an incredibly likable character, and a book has 114 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: no business being that interesting. When the character leaves her 115 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: home maybe like ten times across the entire novel. But 116 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: it's really really cool. It's really good. I don't even 117 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: relate to the character. I just loved it and it 118 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: was really fascinating and a testament to how good, like 119 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: how great the storytelling is, because like, there wasn't a 120 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: lot for me to relate to, and I still loved 121 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: every second of it. My favorite albums that got me 122 00:06:56,240 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: through I listened to a lot of old throwback albums 123 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: that were that were really special to me, but the 124 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: two new ones that I fell in love with Were 125 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. Obviously, I mean it feels like 126 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: I just haven't. I don't think teen angst and just 127 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: female angst has been captured so like, so relatably for me. 128 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: I don't know if what word was so relatably for me? 129 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: Um since Jagged Little Pill by Atlantis Morsette, Like it's 130 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: in that same vein, and so it's you know, I mean, 131 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: I think Taylor Swift captured youth in a great way 132 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: on Taylor Swift and Fearless, but I really related to 133 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: the anger and the ankst of Atlantis and Olivia And 134 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: it's just this album is incredible. Obviously, It's changed the 135 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: music landscape. It's broken all these records. I could not 136 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: wait to see her just fucking steamroll the Grammys. It's 137 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: gonna be amazing. Um. And also I know that this 138 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: isn't technically a new one, but read Taylor's version, like, 139 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: holy sh it. It was so special to be able 140 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: to listen to an album that was so important to 141 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: me and have it be reimagined. Have new um, I 142 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: have new songs to fall in love with. Have the 143 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: ten minute version of All to All. I mean I'm not. 144 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm still not okay. I've had like a 145 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: month to process this and I'm still completely not okay 146 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: about that being released. And I just love that record. 147 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: And I found out when I was recording, like when 148 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: I was recording my EP with Butch Walker and my producer, 149 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: he was also working on everything has changed for Red 150 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: because he produced it on the original version and on 151 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: the new version. So like the same instruments were played 152 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: on my EP, and that is that so freaking cool? 153 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: Like same same physical guitars and like same dude did it. 154 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: I don't know. I thought that was really really cool 155 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: at the same time. Specific songs that I could not 156 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: get enough of were, um, death Wish by this artist 157 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: named Lolo. I'm obsessed with it. It's so good, UM, 158 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: really really fun. It's just about like if you like, 159 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: if you want to be with me and you want 160 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 1: to fall in love with me, like do you have 161 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: a death wish? UM. I love the song dad Vibes 162 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: by Limp Biscuit. I can't stop with that. UM. That 163 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: one's pretty pretty intense. It's it's ridiculous, but I love 164 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: it so much. Um Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo all too 165 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: well ten minute version obviously um and then a B 166 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: C D E f U by Gayl. I'm obsessed with her, 167 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: She's amazing. Her and I have been friends for a 168 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: while now I just adore her. She lives in Nashville, 169 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: She's only eighteen, and she's just the loveliest person. And 170 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: I am having the best time watching her take over 171 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 1: the world with this song. It's just the coolest shit ever. 172 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: So let me come back. I'm gonna talk about big 173 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: events that happened, and um, yeah it was a big one, 174 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: so buck hmm. Okay. So there were a lot of 175 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: songs that I fell in love with, but there were 176 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: also a lot of songs that I had cut. UM 177 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: cut is when somebody else records a song you wrote, 178 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: and UM, I obviously released three by three, I released 179 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: I Got here by accident. Um. But I had a 180 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: lot of fun writing these songs for other people, so 181 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: um I The biggest one I wrote was People I 182 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: Don't Like by ups All that has like I think 183 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: it's creeping up on fifty million streams. It's my publishers 184 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: very happy with me for that one. It's got some 185 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: really huge placements. I personally just like love the song. 186 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: I love the way she sounds on it. It's freaking 187 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,599 Speaker 1: killer and such a jam. And I played it in 188 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 1: a couple of rounds UM recently, and you know, it's 189 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: it's obviously not my song, but it's really fun to 190 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: get to play at acoustic and everybody knew the words 191 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: and that was really of him and I just been very, 192 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,439 Speaker 1: very lucky to been a part of that song. Another 193 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: one that happened recently and also is doing some fun 194 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: big things is a Chess by Honey County. So that 195 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: was on Yellowstone this week, UM, a great, great TV show, 196 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 1: and it was in this like cool, like epic scene 197 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: with Kevin Foster and I think it's our fourth or 198 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: fifth song on Yellowstone, but it's just it's great and 199 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: that's um. My publisher is very happy with me about 200 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: that one too. I also wrote fall Down with my 201 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: boyfriend San parga Um that when went viral and TikTok, 202 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: that was really cool to get to share that with him. 203 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: I'm so proud of him. He's killing it. He released 204 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 1: UM three songs this year and two were like kind 205 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: of in a new genre shift and he's just killing it. 206 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: His song or his cover good for You that went 207 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: really viral too, is like about to hit a million 208 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: streams and fall down to two. And he's just completely independent, 209 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: Like I have a publisher and a manager and a 210 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: label and all that, and he's just doing this on 211 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,959 Speaker 1: his own. And he's a badass. And I had so 212 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,679 Speaker 1: much fun writing this song. Another song I had come 213 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: out was Fine by Savannah Kais. It's one of my 214 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: favorite songs I've written. It's so fun. She put out 215 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: on her EP and we wrote this like quite a 216 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: few years ago, and I'm so happy it finally came out. 217 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: I also had Got It from My Mama by Honey 218 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: County come out. That one's cool. There's some really really 219 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: cool visuals that are coming with that. It's a special 220 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: song um that we wrote about their moms, and it's 221 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: it's gonna be really really cool, Like there's some cool 222 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: stuff coming with it. The journey of that song is 223 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: not finished yet. I also had Callie Twistleman re cut 224 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: my song two Hands and released it as a single, 225 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 1: which is really cool to see a song like get 226 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: a second life and she sounds great on it. It's 227 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: a you know, I mean a lot of you guys 228 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: probably know that song because it was one of my 229 00:12:58,040 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: I think it wasn't It was my follow up to 230 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: Finally a Girl. So, um, it's cool to just see 231 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: it like get to get to keep moving and keep living. 232 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: One of my favorites I wrote, and maybe the most 233 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: important is a second by Mickey rat Sula. Um. Mickey 234 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:19,479 Speaker 1: is a non binary artist who opted to have top surgery, 235 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: and they've they used they then pronouns and they've documented 236 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: the whole thing on their Instagram. Um. And Mickey has 237 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:33,560 Speaker 1: a girlfriend. And as Mickey was getting like deciding top 238 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: surgery and deciding to you know, kind of represent more 239 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:43,320 Speaker 1: masculine if like their girlfriend was still gonna feel the 240 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 1: same about them, you know, your body is changing and 241 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: becoming a different person, you know. And um, they brought 242 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: in this idea to me and one of my favorite 243 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,719 Speaker 1: co writers, Johnny Shore, and it was a really emotional song. UM. 244 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: And it just explores there's a lot of themes that 245 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: are really related well but especially to people who are 246 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: like trans and not binary. And I just it's something 247 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: I feel very lucky to have been a part of, 248 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: to to tell that story. So each month had a 249 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: huge event. Um, honestly, like I said earlier, was harder 250 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: on me. I lost a lot of opportunities, my music 251 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: career slowed down, and um, but at the same time, 252 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: for the first time in my life, stuff had slowed down, 253 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: and I was staying in one place and I was 254 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: in a healthy relationship, and I feel like Sam and 255 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: I kind of just got to like live in coujal 256 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: law and fall in love and have everything around us 257 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: be quiet, and we got to just focus on each other. 258 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: And then as the world came back was when issues 259 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: started to reappear. Um. I also don't know if any 260 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: of you guys have dealt with this, but at the 261 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: beginning of the pandemic, I had a pretty close like 262 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: group that I was seeing. Um, you know, I wasn't 263 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: going out and I wasn't going to big parties and stuff, 264 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: but like we have game nights with like six or 265 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: seven people and half like but six or seven people 266 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: who all lived in like three households, so it would 267 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: be like you know, roommates and whatever, and we're just 268 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: trying to keep it small. But I think it kind 269 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: of backfired because everybody got so close. And I've always 270 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: really liked having different friend groups, I can bounce around 271 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: friend because you can't expect your friends to be every 272 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: single thing you need. Like even my absolute best friend 273 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: Candy Katie is a little bit more introverted, and so 274 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: if I want to go to a weird party that 275 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: she's not going to enjoy, like I can't and I can't, 276 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: and I shouldn't make her go with me. I mean 277 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: she will sometimes if it sounds like it could be 278 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: like fun, weird, but it's not necessarily her thing, and 279 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: that's okay. Um, But my friend group got so like small, 280 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: and then everybody started dating and it was just really messy. UM, 281 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: and that was a big part of UM starting in January. 282 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: This was a good one. But I adopted my cat, Posy, 283 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: so I've now had her for a year. She's fucking 284 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: cute and she's coming out of her shell. They found 285 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: her at the dump Nashville Cat Rescue did, and she 286 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: had I think seven kittens that she was taken care of, 287 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: and like she could have gone through the trash compactor 288 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: like it was. It was bad and they had to. 289 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: Like she's so skittish and I don't even know how 290 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: they caught her. Like she's very she's very hard to 291 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: um wrangle. But she's just coming out of her shuttle 292 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: more and more every day. Somebody who adopted one of 293 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 1: the kittens. It was like a twenty year old girl 294 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: adopted Posey with her and then was like, Puzzy only 295 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: want to cuddle me. Her name was Dolly at the time. Um, 296 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: she doesn't want to cuddle me, and she's not really playful, 297 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 1: So like, I'm gonna give her back, but I'm gonna 298 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 1: keep the kitten, and I just I'm like fuck that. 299 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: But you know, she wound up with a home where 300 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: me and Sam love on her, we understand her, we 301 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: give her space, and her and my other cat, Monkey, 302 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: like love each other. And one of the best things 303 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: you can do if you have an old, older cat 304 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: is adopt a younger cat of the opposite gender. So 305 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: Monkey's a twenty year old man, Posey's a three year 306 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: old girl and they get along adorably. February I released 307 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: my song Amy, which obviously created a lot of um 308 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: eventful things in my life. I mean, I got a 309 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: lot of press for it. That was cool. I'd never 310 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 1: had original song go viral like that. It got a 311 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,719 Speaker 1: lot of streams. I was really happy. Um it was 312 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: obviously weird because it was such a personal song and 313 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: I never truly anticipated it getting to that point. Um, 314 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: and that was kind of that was kind of an 315 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: interesting one. But I'm I'm okay with it. You know, 316 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: it's my story. It's true. I don't think I should 317 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: apologize for singing a song about how somebody really fucking 318 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: hurt me. And yeah, and a lot of people related 319 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: to it. So but that definitely was a very busy 320 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: month March. Um, a lot of the friend drama kind 321 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,239 Speaker 1: of came to a head and I lost a lot 322 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: of friends all at once, and that was just I 323 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: don't know, it was it was really hard. I've kind 324 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: of gone through that after I went through my big 325 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 1: breakup in but this was hard and involved some of 326 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,959 Speaker 1: like actually my oldest friend ever. Um, it just was 327 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: it sucked, and a lot of it stemmed from just 328 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 1: them sitting around talking about me. Like basically I saw 329 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: on I saw on social media one night that they 330 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: were all hanging out and they were doing something that 331 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: like I didn't really care to do. So I was like, okay, whatever, 332 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: But I saw all of these people who I had 333 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: introduced hanging out without me, and literally like none of 334 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: them would know each other if it was not for 335 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: me and Sam. So I was just like watching all 336 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: of my best friends hanging out without me, and I 337 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: was like, Oh, I was like, I wonder if they're 338 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: like sitting around talking about me. And then I was like, Kayleie, 339 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: don't be so conceded that you think that people are 340 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: spending their Friday nights talking about you and that you 341 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: are their table topic and that you're that important that 342 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: they're sitting around and gossiping about you. So I caught 343 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: myself down and then it turns out that's exactly what 344 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: they were doing, Like they were basically having like Kaylee 345 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: hate parties UM according to UM the people who have 346 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: been there and told me about it, and it's just 347 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: fucking weird. I don't know why it got to be 348 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: such a big deal, but a lot of it centered 349 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: around me releasing Amy and just unwarranted opinions on my 350 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: music career that I did not ask for that nobody 351 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: like handled correctly, and like they were like, well, we 352 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: were just worried about you, so that's why we were 353 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 1: talking about you and stuff. It's like, then fucking talk 354 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: to me. And basically it all ended up blowing up 355 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: because they were mad that I wasn't talking to them 356 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: about how I was depressed. And they were like, you 357 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: need to let your friends be there for you, and 358 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, yeah, but I also can let my 359 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: therapist be there for me and my boy friend and 360 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: my brother and my dad and I don't know, like 361 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: and and Candy and friends who've gone through similar things 362 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: that I'm dealing with right now. And it was just really, 363 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, it just it's hard because I missed them, 364 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: but I also think that they just weren't at the 365 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: same life place as I was. And I saw this 366 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: thing that I reposted on my story the other day, 367 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 1: and it was like, stop being um like, stop feeling 368 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: bad for outgrowing people who had the chance to grow 369 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,880 Speaker 1: with you. And that really really stuck with me, because 370 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, it's been really sad and I was bummed 371 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,959 Speaker 1: by it, but that was a good reminder that, you know, 372 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: it's not like everybody had a choice there, you know, 373 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: And Okay, so this is exactly what it was said. Yet, 374 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: stop feeling bad for outgrowing people have the chance to 375 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: grow with you. And so that's definitely what was happening there, 376 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: and then April, as like all of his friend drama 377 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: was coming to a head. It was just basically people overstepping, 378 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: like one person like, I mean this is this is 379 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: a little bit of a reductive way to look at it, 380 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,719 Speaker 1: but basically like try to break me and Sam up. 381 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: And it was really fucking weird. And so Sam and 382 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: I I feel like I can talk about this now 383 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: because we've really come out on the other side of 384 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: this and are just more in love than ever and 385 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: lived together and it's awesome. Um, we just had the 386 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: best Christmas ever. And but April we had a really 387 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: really tough time and there were just all these voices 388 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: and all these people's opinions about our relationship that we're overstepping, 389 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: and we were dealing with this one particular problem with 390 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: his ex girlfriend, Um, who I wrote the song Argentina about, 391 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: and basically like she had gone back to Argentina and 392 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: he had to take care of a lot of her 393 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: stuff and so like a lot of her um, like 394 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 1: she still had like clothes in his closet and stuff 395 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: because he just didn't he's a dude, and he didn't 396 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: think to do anything about it, and he was like 397 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: taking care of her car, and I was getting upset 398 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: because I was like, why is she like she's I 399 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: felt like she was using it as a way to 400 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: talk to him all the time and like drag it out. 401 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: And I was like, you don't need to be calling 402 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: the fucking Argentine embassy to try to transfer this car title. 403 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: It's just not your problem. And he's so nice and 404 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: so sweet and giving, and UM did not. So that 405 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: was what we were fighting about. And then it just 406 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: got so out of blown out of proportion um and 407 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 1: we almost broke up. And I was just kind of like, no, 408 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: what if we didn't And he was like what And 409 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: I was like, what if we just took a week 410 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: and we like did fun things together and like I 411 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: wasn't just sitting around crying all the time, and we 412 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: weren't like arguing. We just like took a week to 413 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: beat us together and like trying to go to therapy. 414 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: And so we went to a couple of therapy and 415 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: that was really helpful. Um in like I don't think 416 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: the therapist was a great match at the end of 417 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: the day, but we learned a lot of stuff and 418 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: it was just good to get it out and have 419 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: like a mediator and actually I found talking to a 420 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: lot of my friends that um, a couple of therapies 421 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 1: more common than you think. So if you have the 422 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: means to go, it doesn't mean that you're like broken 423 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: or dramatic or anything bad is going on. It's just 424 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: having a mediator who's like trained um in doing that 425 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: is infinitely helpful. But um, so Sam and I are 426 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: going through this in April, and then at the same time, 427 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: I'm recording my EP with Butch Fucking Walker, which was 428 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: one of my biggest bucket list moments, and um the 429 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: day I went and recorded the love song I wrote 430 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: about Sam called I Hate the Way This Feels was 431 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: the day that, like we were talking the day after 432 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: we were talking about breaking up, and I was like, 433 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: what the funk? And so I had to sing the 434 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: vocal on that, like not knowing if it was gonna work, 435 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 1: and that was the next level ship. So that sucked. 436 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: But all's well. That ends well, baby ended well, and 437 00:23:54,080 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: the relationship has not ended, so that's great. Um May 438 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: I went to Los Angeles for the UM the first 439 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 1: time in a while. I used to basically live between 440 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: Nashville and l A. And it was very awesome to 441 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: get to be back. Um. Restaurants were sort of open, 442 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: so I went out and got to eat at like Dantana's, 443 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: and I just love that place. I played a show 444 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: in Vegas with Honey County that was very fun. June 445 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: I dyed my hair red and moved in with Sam, 446 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: two very big events that I'm very happy about. It 447 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: feels good to go back to my natural color. And 448 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: him and I love living together. He does still introduce 449 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: me as his roommate to people because he thinks it's 450 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: fucking hilarious, but it's fine, you. I love him, um. 451 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: And we now have two cats in his cute little 452 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: apartment and just it's it's very happy and I love 453 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: I love loving with him. It's just one of the 454 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: best choices I've ever made. July, Sam and I went 455 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: to Maine. I had not been back since before COVID, 456 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: so this was like a year year and a half 457 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: just insane. Um. And we went for my brother's wedding 458 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: and I got to show in my hometown and we 459 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 1: ate like probably a hundred oysters and got food poisoning 460 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: on the last batch, which makes sense, um. But he 461 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: got to me like all of my family, and it 462 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: was just really special and exhausting, but really great. And 463 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: I just kind of gave me a new appreciation for 464 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: my hometown seeing it through his eyes for the first time. 465 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: And I just felt like really cool being from a 466 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: cool city like Portland, Maine and on the coast and 467 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,959 Speaker 1: there's all these great restaurants and stuff, and it's just 468 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: a gorgeous city. And I'm like walking around like just 469 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: so proud of my hometown, like, yeah, look at this 470 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: dish is dish is what I grew up, Like Sam, 471 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: It's so cool, and he like loved it so um. 472 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: In August, I released the EP UM that was amazing. 473 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: I got to play some really great shows. I hadn't 474 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: played headlining shows in a while, and like, having a 475 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: room full of people who are there to see you 476 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: is a different experience than opening up for people because 477 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about like I just get 478 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 1: to be completely myself because all of those people are 479 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: there to see me because they like me, you know, 480 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: And obviously there's still some some pressure, but it's like 481 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: everybody came of their own volition. They weren't like going 482 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: to an all time low show. And then this fucking 483 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: girl named Kaylie Shore's opening up and they're like, who 484 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: the funk is this? It's like these people wanted to 485 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 1: be there, and that was really really awesome. And I 486 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: got to sing with Butch at the Grand ol Opry 487 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,239 Speaker 1: and um at my ep really show and that was 488 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: like the next level. They just released a video on 489 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: the Opry about butches opery debut because that was his 490 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: first time I ever playing. So if you guys want 491 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: to check that out, just search Butch Walker My Opery Debut. 492 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: It's very very cool and I'm happy to have a 493 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:51,359 Speaker 1: way to relive that moment. September, Um, two of my 494 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 1: best friends Laura and Candy, they oh and and then 495 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: my friend Annie, they all got engaged, like back to 496 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: back to back, and UM, I ended up throwing Candy 497 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: and Laura's engagement parties like six days apart, which was 498 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: really crazy to throw two huge parties like that back 499 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: to back, but it was really special. I had so 500 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: much fun. I'm so happy for them. I love who 501 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: they're marrying. That's good news. UM, and that was just 502 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: that was very hectic, but also just so special to 503 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: get to do that for my friends, and um, they're 504 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,679 Speaker 1: really my first close friends to get married Um, and 505 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: it's going to be really fun. So and then in October. 506 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: October was tough. Um we lost um Sam's dog, Axel. 507 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: I mean I feel like I feel like Axel didn't 508 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: belong to anybody. He was just his own autonomous being 509 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: who chose to hang out with the people he liked. 510 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: And Um, he kind of bounced around. He was at 511 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: Sam's parents house, and then during the beginning of COVID, 512 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: we took him to Nashville because we were like just 513 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 1: sitting at home all the time. And then Sam's sister 514 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: had him, and then we'd kind of take him like 515 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: split city when when she was at work, I would 516 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: babysit him. And there were times that we'd have him 517 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: for like a week if she was out of town, 518 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: and it was just he kind of went back and forth. 519 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: And this sounds chaotic and maybe not good, but like 520 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: he fucking loved it. Um. So we had him for 521 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: the past like the last month month and a half 522 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,959 Speaker 1: of his life because he didn't have to go up 523 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: and downstairs because the stairs got really hard for him. 524 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 1: And I was I'm so thankful I had that time 525 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: with him. He's the best dog ever. He's fourteen. Years old. 526 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: We called him Fluf with a I think it's called 527 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: m Leck where it's like the U with the two dogs, 528 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 1: because not flu with two. I was was like Fluf 529 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: and he's a very special point and that was that 530 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: was really tough. But Monkey was so sweet to him 531 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: at the end of his life, and the two of 532 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: them were just precious. And I had never seen two 533 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: animals be cuter with each other. November, I told at 534 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: All Time Low that was fucking killer. It was so fun. 535 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: I got to meet so many of you guys. Um. 536 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: I got to become friends with my favorite bands at school, 537 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: and I have some cool stuff coming up with them 538 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: to them and say, I tell you guys about but 539 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: they're the nicest guys. I've never felt more valued and 540 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: respected on a tour. And I'm not saying anything bad 541 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: about people I've toward it before at all. It's just 542 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: that All Time Low went so far out of their 543 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: way to make sure I had like everything I needed, 544 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: and they let me put all my gear on their 545 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: like on their trailer, like their buzz, which is not 546 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: not it's not customary at all for headliner to let 547 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: that like do that for an opener, and so their 548 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: crew would load in my gear every single day and 549 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: we'd have an extra two hours because of that before 550 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: we had to get to the venue. So me and 551 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: my band got to explore and didn't have to lug 552 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: all the stuff. And that was just I mean, it 553 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: seems like a small thing, but it was such a 554 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: game changer and them offering to do that, like it 555 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: was a little stuff like that, and just that everybody 556 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 1: that has anything to do with All Time Low is 557 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 1: just nicest ship. And I got to do tequila shops 558 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: my favorite band before I played a show. That's cool. 559 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: I could die have you? And December, Um, probably the 560 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: biggest thing that happened in December, side from like the 561 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: holidays and seeing family. And I got to meet my 562 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: my two month old niece. Her name is Clara. I 563 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: met her last week and that was so special. Um. 564 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 1: She's in love with Sam and he's in love with her. 565 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: And we got on the plane and he looks at me. 566 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: He's like, do you think Clara misses me? I'm like, well, 567 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: she's two months old. I'm not sure how great her 568 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: short term memory is, but I think it's it's safe 569 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 1: to say she will. Um. It was just really cute. 570 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: I got some really great pictures of that, but that 571 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 1: was really special. And I also did a writing camp 572 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: with this artist named Laney Gardner. She sings that David 573 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: get a remix of Dreams by Fleetwood Mac that was 574 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: like everywhere this year, and um, she's just incredible. I 575 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: got to write a bunch of songs for her project. 576 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: I'm so excited with this one song called Daughter of 577 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: a Gun that she played at a show we did together, 578 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: and it's like one of my favorite songs I've ever written. 579 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: I can't wait for you guys to hear it. And um, yeah, 580 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: so that was it was chaotic. The way I want 581 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: to start two is um kind of simple. These are 582 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: the things I want to do. But I want to 583 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: wake up every morning and read the newspaper. Um. And 584 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: maybe that's a website, but I said newspaper because it 585 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: sounds more. It just sounds cooler. Um. I read a 586 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: newspaper the other morning and I was just like, I'm 587 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 1: the coolest most educated person on the planet reading this newspaper. Um. 588 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: So I want to do that more often, start my 589 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: day with information. And I want to get better tracking 590 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,719 Speaker 1: crypto because I'm like into crypto I've been buying it 591 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: since two thousand twelve, um, but I just don't track 592 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: it as much like I've gotten lucky by like I 593 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: bought a theoryum in and I bought she you knew 594 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: like way earlier this year. Um, and like I've by 595 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: no means like made a ton of money off of this, 596 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: but um enough that like I've profited. I refused to 597 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: take any of it out because I got rid of 598 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: all my bitcoin in two thousand twelve, and um could 599 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: have almost over I could have over half a million 600 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: dollars if I hadn't done that like a dumbass. So um, 601 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: I don't intend to sell anything ever, So I'm not 602 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: really sure what to do because like if a cryptocurrency 603 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: like shoots the roof and I have it, like not 604 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: gonna want to touch it, like I don't know, but 605 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: I want to get more into that and like studying 606 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: it and stuff. And I got a violin for Christmas 607 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 1: from Sam, and I want to try to practice it 608 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: at least every other day. I mean, there's gonna be 609 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 1: times I'm not home at all, and then I don't 610 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: want to screech at Sam and my neighbors when I 611 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: get home at eleven PM, So I'm going to give 612 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: myself some leeway on that one. But I've had so 613 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: much fun playing violin um these past few days and 614 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: I want to get proficient at it. And it's hard, 615 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: it's not it's not the easiest instrument ever, but I 616 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: love it and wanted to play it since I was 617 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: four years old, and now here I am seven, finally 618 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: doing it. So I hope you guys have the best 619 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: New Year. I hope you have the best Christmas. Thank 620 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: you guys so much for listening. And I will see 621 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: you in two I can't say it, and I will 622 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: see you in. My name is Kayle Short and this 623 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:25,440 Speaker 1: is too much to say. Don't go asking questions, I say, 624 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: now tell it out you