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Speaker 1: We're bringing you another bonus episode of our new podcast,

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Speaker 1: Labeled to Fires, where we actually sit down with today's

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Speaker 1: biggest stars like Miley Cyrus, Charlie Pooth, and today Demi Lavado.

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Speaker 1: If you want to hear all of the episodes, just

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Speaker 1: search and follow Label to Fires right now on iHeart

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Speaker 1: Radio or wherever you listen to podcasts. I use my

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Speaker 1: voice to do more than just saying, and I use

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Speaker 1: it to speak up about mental health because that's something

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Speaker 1: I'm very passionate about. I'd say the whole world knows

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Speaker 1: the real me because there's nothing that I hid. This

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Speaker 1: is I Heart Radio's Label to Fires with Zico Coconut Water,

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Speaker 1: where we rip off labels to reveal the sides of

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Speaker 1: your favorite artists and celebrities you didn't know. We get

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Speaker 1: to know the real them. Label to Fires was created

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Speaker 1: with our friends at Zico Coconut Water, who encourage you

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Speaker 1: to read the label to see what's inside Zico. What's

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Speaker 1: inside is everything. I'm Elvis Duran and welcome to another

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Speaker 1: episode of iHeart Radio's Label to Fires with Zico Coconut Water.

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Speaker 1: Love this show because we get to sit down with

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Speaker 1: our favorite artists and get to know what makes them tick,

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Speaker 1: what makes them real? Enough of these labels people put

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Speaker 1: on them, Let's see who they really are. Today's guests

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Speaker 1: latest song is called Sorry Not Sorry. It's an anthem

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Speaker 1: it all to be stronger. Let's welcome our favorite, Demi

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Speaker 1: Lavato Demi. Yes, Oh there you are? Hi? How are

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Speaker 1: you hi? How's it going? Don't you love interviews where

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Speaker 1: you don't have to put any clothes on? I actually

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Speaker 1: am fully dressed in heels because I have to work

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Speaker 1: after this. But before you were disconnected, it's teking about

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Speaker 1: My producer said he heard a dog growl, and then

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Speaker 1: the line with day is everything Okay, everything is okay.

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Speaker 1: I just put my dogs aside. Okay, we think Demi

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Speaker 1: So let's hop into it. Your song, Sorry Not Sorry,

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Speaker 1: is number one on the Elvis Durand Countdown. Have you

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Speaker 1: even heard of Have you even heard of the Elvis

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Speaker 1: Durant Countdown? I don't know. Yeah, no, you have it

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Speaker 1: because it's brand new. I don't know. They they say

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Speaker 1: it's huge. It's number one. It's called the e d

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Speaker 1: So congratulations. Oh that's awesome. Thank you. We call it

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Speaker 1: the only countdown that matters. Hey, I want to dig

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Speaker 1: into a couple of things while we have you. First

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Speaker 1: of all, thank you for being a part of this.

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Speaker 1: This is my favorite kind of interview because it's not

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Speaker 1: only about the typical stuff people interview you about, but

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about labels and how you have

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Speaker 1: fought and one in my opinion, and washing these labels

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Speaker 1: Does that make sense? Yeah? Of course. You know. The

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Speaker 1: thing is, you pick up any newspaper or you read

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Speaker 1: to the artist and talk about like what's on your

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Speaker 1: the way, how are you in a good space? I am.

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Speaker 1: I'm in a really really good space. I'm at a

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Speaker 1: So I just feel like, I'm smack dab in the

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Speaker 1: that's something I'm very passionate about. Well. Absolutely, and let's

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Speaker 1: What's it called and what's it all about. It's called

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Speaker 1: Simply Complicated, and it's about my life. It's about me

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Speaker 1: you roll around with people, for sure, I don't necessarily

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Speaker 1: and whatever happens happens. Damian Idol, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for your time to day. Sorry not sorry, of course

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Speaker 1: and hopefully we'll have it here by Christmas time. Yes, definitely, Okay, perfect,

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Speaker 1: have a beautiful day, Tommy. Thank you for your time.

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