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Speaker 1: What's up its way up at Angela ye, and y'all

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Speaker 1: look at who's here today, Layla, not my problem and listen.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on all the success that you've been having, you know,

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Speaker 1: and when you walked in here, your mom is here too.

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Speaker 1: We talked about this years ago, that this was going

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Speaker 1: to be your first interview.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we definitely did. I literally remember I was like,

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Speaker 2: how old was? I was like nine, and I remember

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Speaker 2: you were like, yo, like when you when you're doing

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Speaker 2: your thing, like you're gonna be your your first interview

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Speaker 2: is gonna be with me. I was like, this is crazy,

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Speaker 2: like it's actually real life, like we're really here.

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Speaker 1: I remember one time you were freestyling and I filmed

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Speaker 1: it because I was like, she's really really dope, you know,

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Speaker 1: just aside from everything else. And you were such a

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Speaker 1: young baby genius as you're called, but just to see

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Speaker 1: the talent that you had at such a young age,

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Speaker 1: and sometimes it takes a while. So let's talk about

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Speaker 1: the journey, because I'm sure, like you said, when I

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Speaker 1: first met you nine years old, I was like, this

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Speaker 2: Now you're eighteen, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, So I

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Speaker 2: mean I've always known, like I mean, I'm sure like

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Speaker 2: I've always known that what I've like, I've wanted to

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Speaker 2: do this with my life, Like I've always wanted to

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Speaker 2: make music.

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Speaker 3: I always wrote songs.

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Speaker 2: I always was singing, like I was in musical theater

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Speaker 2: much time like figuring out my style, figuring out what

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Speaker 1: So yeah, and let's discuss like some of these breakthrough songs,

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Speaker 1: because you did put out a EP, yeah, I did,

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Speaker 1: right and even before that though, because I know sometimes

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Speaker 1: we could be not so patient for things to happen,

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Speaker 1: Like it's been, you know since I met you nine

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Speaker 1: So how was it for you being patient to know

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Speaker 1: that at some point this was gonna work.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I guess with my first song, So like

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Speaker 2: that that was my first song ever and I was sixteen.

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Speaker 2: I was like in my junior year and just like

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Speaker 2: like afraid or timid anymore. And like I kind of

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Speaker 3: A love song. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, in a way, it was like sixteen, what do

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Speaker 2: But like I don't know, so I guess I just

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Speaker 2: it just I guess I wasn't necessarily thinking like who's

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Speaker 2: just like my mom loves this song, my sisters liked

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Speaker 2: So I'm just gonna put it out there. And then

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Speaker 3: You never know, yeah, like it just kind of caught fire.

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Speaker 3: And I think that like that was when I was like.

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Speaker 2: and that was my first song.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy. I thought that maybe you had been doing

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Speaker 2: But that was that was I mean, I'd always written music,

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Speaker 1: You got to think about how that affects kids, you know,

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Speaker 2: I know, Like it just it gave me so much

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Speaker 1: Like yeah, and I think even for like you said,

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Speaker 1: what did you use? Like how did you see me

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Speaker 2: So I used garage band and I still use garage

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Speaker 2: Garage band, and I guess the reason for that was

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Speaker 3: It's my mom's computer. It was literally my mom's computer.

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Speaker 2: This is before I even got my own computer, and

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Speaker 3: Like I ended up just developing my whole own like.

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Speaker 1: You definitely did, because it is definitely a unique felow

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Speaker 1: and you're from Brooklyn. Yeah, right, do you feel like

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Speaker 2: A way, because I feel like everything I'm like that

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Speaker 2: of feel like there's so much Brooklyn like in me.

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Speaker 2: But I love that as Yeah, there's so much Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: You're also in the Million Dollar Baby video, and people

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Speaker 1: do compare you to Brent Faires a lot as well.

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Speaker 3: People do what's.

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Speaker 1: The Is there any correlation? Do you know him? Has

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Speaker 1: he reached out? Because I see everybody in your comments.

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Speaker 1: I saw id jump from like twenty twenty three where

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Speaker 1: it might be like fifty comments to like six thousand comments.

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Speaker 3: Yeah that is a very yeah, that's a very popular thing.

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Speaker 2: And a lot of people say and yeah, like we we

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Speaker 2: I think that I listened to Brent a lot, like

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Speaker 2: to samples and Brandy, Oh yeah, I like I have

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Speaker 2: so many Brandy samples like for Days, for days, y'all.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, so I think like in middle school, I

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Speaker 2: definitely listened to a lot of brand. I remember, like

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Speaker 2: I heard Brent for the first time on Music Choice

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Speaker 3: And I was like, oh my god, who is this?

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Speaker 1: And then amazing on that hook to this day. That's

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Speaker 2: So yeah, so that was like my first I guess,

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Speaker 2: I've always listened to him a lot, and he's definitely

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Speaker 2: someone that's inspired me. But I think like the similarity

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Speaker 2: Like there's so many like riffs and runs that have

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Sometimes I could hear, sometimes I don't.

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Speaker 1: But you know, it's interesting because I always thought you

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Speaker 1: So I think when you think about like your prajets,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I do my first official full length project.

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Speaker 2: I think that I'm definitely a lot of my like heart,

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Speaker 2: want to keep with my music. It's like there's still

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Speaker 1: You know, you do have the experience of growing up

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, I think I've definitely listen. I listened

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Speaker 2: to like everything from soul music to like indie music

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Speaker 2: and R and B and pop and funk and just everything. Like,

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Speaker 2: I think I've definitely explored so much when it comes

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Speaker 1: Now, your mom is also a really integral part and

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Speaker 1: everything that you do. I've seen you post it, I've

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Speaker 1: seen you a beautiful Mother's Day message, and you guys

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Speaker 1: she's your mamager yes as well? Yes so and your

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Speaker 1: father's most death, which I know people have found the

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Speaker 2: She got a hot line, okay, because I just want

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Speaker 2: It's been so like cool just to see how many

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Speaker 2: So I definitely want to, you know, play into it

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Speaker 3: I've already done like a movie.

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Speaker 1: Like it's so you don't have time to call twenty.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but it's so sweet, like it's literally the cutest

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Speaker 1: You know what's good about that song? It's so universal,

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Speaker 3: That's so lit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and this was I've done a lot of shows

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Speaker 2: But that was way before, like you know, people actually

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Speaker 1: But at school where you like a local celebrity in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well I guess yeah, but that was before like

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah people know, but everyone yeah somebody.

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Speaker 2: All my teachers would like say stuff. They'd be like,

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Speaker 3: I remembering all of y'all.

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Speaker 1: I first interview, we talked about this at nine years old,

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Speaker 3: Look I'm gonna be like, look y'all.

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Speaker 2: I feel like it's also because I have like a

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Speaker 1: Plus forty three, right and the family comes. Be good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be Lailah plus forty three plus the

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Speaker 3: We all, we all mob being in there.

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Speaker 1: Now not my problem. A lot of people did remixes.

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00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,679
Speaker 1: We saw what Cash Cobain did, but that was unofficial. Yeah,

442
00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,040
Speaker 1: so yeah at the moment, So is that something you're

443
00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,440
Speaker 1: working on to do something official.

444
00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,720
Speaker 2: Or yeah, it's it's stuff is in the works. I

445
00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,639
Speaker 2: definitely think it's super cool like that bringing that energy

446
00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,720
Speaker 2: back to like remixing stuff and like having a whole

447
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,520
Speaker 2: challenge because it just feels it feels so like twenty sixteen,

448
00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,120
Speaker 2: like we used to have all these challenges going on,

449
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,720
Speaker 2: like remix challenges, beat challenges. I just feel like that

450
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,800
Speaker 2: was so fun and like it's such a fun spin

451
00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,720
Speaker 2: and also for me to see like all of these

452
00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:24,040
Speaker 2: artists that I love, like Black Flow Mill amazing. Just

453
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,000
Speaker 2: there's like everyone everyone who got on that remix. I

454
00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,080
Speaker 2: was like, yo, y'all ate it, Kara Nisia, Like it

455
00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:30,760
Speaker 2: was just so fun.

456
00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,719
Speaker 1: If you could do an official one, who would it be?

457
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,040
Speaker 3: I don't, I can't.

458
00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,560
Speaker 1: Who do you love? Like? Who would you love to be? Like?

459
00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,280
Speaker 1: I want the official remix with I don't know.

460
00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:40,919
Speaker 2: I love There's so many people I love, like, I

461
00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:45,120
Speaker 2: can't even pick Brandy. Oh that's that is the trend

462
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,480
Speaker 2: that I'm getting on. I'm sorry, that is the one. No,

463
00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,720
Speaker 2: Brandy is one of Yeah, I know she She's like

464
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,040
Speaker 2: my biggest inspiration of my whole lifetime, so I mean yeah,

465
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,280
Speaker 2: if she was ever like, I would be, like, everybody.

466
00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,800
Speaker 1: Stand down now when it it comes to a lot

467
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,320
Speaker 1: of people reaching out to you, because nasty everybody in

468
00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,359
Speaker 1: the comments, everybody I'm sure was in the dms. What

469
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,240
Speaker 1: have been things that have been exciting for you? Like,

470
00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,959
Speaker 1: I can't believe this person just hit me up.

471
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,520
Speaker 3: Oh my god, I think, like, what's one that's cool?

472
00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:13,639
Speaker 2: Oh?

473
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,960
Speaker 3: Solange liked my real yesterday?

474
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,160
Speaker 1: Oh wow, okay, that would be nice cool. That would

475
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,639
Speaker 1: be a nice collab. I could see that.

476
00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,119
Speaker 2: I love her so much, Oh my god, Like I

477
00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:24,680
Speaker 2: could say here and talk about like.

478
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,920
Speaker 1: All the hair practice have been amazing.

479
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:31,080
Speaker 2: No, she yeah, sometimes there are certain projects that it

480
00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,199
Speaker 2: just takes the words away from you. You're just like,

481
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,479
Speaker 2: but no, that was really cool. That was literally yesterday.

482
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,560
Speaker 2: I was like, what is going on, guys?

483
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:40,359
Speaker 3: This is so cool.

484
00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,760
Speaker 1: It's everyone.

485
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm also trying to think there's just been so

486
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:48,080
Speaker 2: many people that like have reached out. Oh Tyler when

487
00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,639
Speaker 2: he like reposted my song, that was really cute and

488
00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,560
Speaker 2: we were just like chatting. He was like, we were

489
00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,240
Speaker 2: literally talking for like thirty five minutes about riffs and runs.

490
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,719
Speaker 1: I love his songs fas Yeah yeah yeah that might

491
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,080
Speaker 1: be one of my favorite ones.

492
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,120
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah yeah they No, they're definitely super super cool.

493
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 2: Like that was a cool That was a cool moment too.

494
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,080
Speaker 2: And just to see people like on my YouTube being

495
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,240
Speaker 2: like yo, Tyler brought me here.

496
00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:12,040
Speaker 3: I was like, that's cool.

497
00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:14,000
Speaker 1: Do you have a plan in mind for what you

498
00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,040
Speaker 1: want to do? Do you want to be independent? Do

499
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,280
Speaker 1: you are you like I've always wanted to sign to

500
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,320
Speaker 1: this label, Like in your head, what do you see

501
00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,160
Speaker 1: as a plan? Because you are a baby genius son

502
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:23,960
Speaker 1: and you have a plan.

503
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that like right now, like I am

504
00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,920
Speaker 2: continuing right now, I'm working with an independent label based

505
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,520
Speaker 2: in Brooklyn, so I definitely want to keep it just

506
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 2: like low key independent, and like you know, I just

507
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:37,360
Speaker 2: I like it that way.

508
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,800
Speaker 3: I like to feel close and.

509
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,960
Speaker 2: Connected to what I'm doing and letting the art like

510
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,399
Speaker 2: run like everything, let the music speak instead of just

511
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,760
Speaker 2: like you know, anything that's super analytical or super overly

512
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,199
Speaker 2: you know, overdone or over because I just feel like

513
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,360
Speaker 2: there's so much noise when it comes to the industry

514
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,040
Speaker 2: that takes away from like what the whole point is,

515
00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,200
Speaker 2: and that's the music, and that's like the love for memusic,

516
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,879
Speaker 2: and I just never want to get into anything that

517
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 2: like takes away the original love and everything that I do.

518
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 2: Like I still I'm still nine year old me, Like

519
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 2: you know, I still I still think about like why

520
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,719
Speaker 2: I do everything that I do. And that's because like

521
00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 2: from a little girl, I always loved this and I

522
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,359
Speaker 2: always you know, I always had that drive. So I

523
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,399
Speaker 2: never want, you know, to get into any type of

524
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,040
Speaker 2: business situation that takes away my love for that.

525
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,760
Speaker 1: How was your eighteenth birthday? Because you did just recently

526
00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:25,439
Speaker 1: tearing eighteen.

527
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 3: It was the most fun ever, I think, mom.

528
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,359
Speaker 2: Thanks Mom, because my mom is like part of the reason,

529
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,360
Speaker 2: the biggest reason why my eighteenth birthday was so fun

530
00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,359
Speaker 2: and such a success. It was amazing, Like that was

531
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:42,040
Speaker 2: the coolest thing ever. I literally posted it like two

532
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:44,200
Speaker 2: days before we had the party, and so many people

533
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,639
Speaker 2: like popped out, people that just listen to my music,

534
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,879
Speaker 2: and this is way before, like this is before Not

535
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,199
Speaker 2: My Problem popped off and like the whole like you know,

536
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,399
Speaker 2: like everything was super crazy, like this was just like

537
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 2: when everything was chill. I remember, like I played, I

538
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,200
Speaker 2: like played a bunch of unreleased stuff and everyone one

539
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 2: just popped out. It was literally so amazing, Like I

540
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 2: don't know, Yeah, being eighteen is fun, y'all.

541
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 3: It's fun.

542
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:06,360
Speaker 2: Yeah.

543
00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,480
Speaker 3: I was just like I was just like my little eighteenth.

544
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,680
Speaker 1: A couple of months ago.

545
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,120
Speaker 3: I don't know, I guess, but it's cool.

546
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 1: It's a good time though, yes, because it's a good

547
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 1: time for you period anyway. So what changes now with

548
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 1: the huge success of a song like not My Problem

549
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 1: and now I'm sure the money's up. You know, the

550
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 1: album's coming out in September. You have a title, yes, But.

551
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 3: Can I say.

552
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 1: Like they're having a conversation, yeah.

553
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 2: Okay, okay, guys. So can I say, I'm like, okay, guys, Okay,

554
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, trying to make sure. So my first official project,

555
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,720
Speaker 2: it's coming out in September, and it's called gap Year,

556
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,960
Speaker 2: and it's very special to me because it basically it

557
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 2: basically travels through the journey that I've had, like coming

558
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:59,919
Speaker 2: from being you know, in high school and like you know,

559
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 2: teen agehood to like young adolescents and just pretty much

560
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 2: everything that's like me, you know, everything that I've gone through,

561
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,640
Speaker 2: all the themes of like, you know, my life in

562
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 2: this season. So I'm very very excited about it, and

563
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be I think it's gonna be

564
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:15,399
Speaker 2: really cool.

565
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 1: Oh you're having your gap year. You're gonna go to college.

566
00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 3: Look y'all.

567
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,360
Speaker 1: Go online take some courses.

568
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:24,159
Speaker 3: You know.

569
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think that if I ever went, if I

570
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 2: was going back to school, it would be for like

571
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 2: music theory, because I'm like a theory nerd. Like I

572
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 2: just think that that is like the coolest thing, Like

573
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 2: I could sit and learn about that all day.

574
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 3: But like anything else, no.

575
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,600
Speaker 1: Now, And some of your songs are about relationships and

576
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,520
Speaker 1: love and things like that. What are the rules when

577
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,440
Speaker 1: it comes to that because your mama Jerry's right here,

578
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: and I know she's like, keep these boys away.

579
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 2: I think, I think, well, I don't think it's necessarily

580
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 2: like my mom has any rules for me. It's like me, like,

581
00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 2: I just don't be messing around with nobody because I

582
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 2: just feel like these boys are and I just.

583
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 1: And all of them, right, That's what I'm saying. I

584
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: don't know that's the song fly it in you you

585
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 1: know what it is?

586
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. I just I think that, Like,

587
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm very focused. I'm a very focused person,

588
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 2: so I don't even think i'd have the time to

589
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,440
Speaker 2: like even focus on any boys right.

590
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 1: Now, but right stay out of the DMS, guys. Yeah,

591
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 1: so she's focused. But honestly, congratulations and everything. I'm so happy, Like,

592
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: I'm so happy to see that it's you. I'm happy

593
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,640
Speaker 1: to see the success. I'm happy to see your mama.

594
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 3: And here with you.

595
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 1: You know, my girl Jennifer working hard. That's my girl

596
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: right there, that's your publicist. It's a Brooklyn thing. Guys,

597
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 1: nice in this room. But honestly, so proud of you,

598
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,920
Speaker 1: like jes seeing you are definitely a child prodigy, definitely

599
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,399
Speaker 1: the baby genius term. Is that going to be like

600
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 1: the brand.

601
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 3: Or that's just like my nickname?

602
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,360
Speaker 1: Like I can see why, yeah, like my.

603
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 2: Grandma, my dad, and like my mom's like my one

604
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,920
Speaker 2: of my aunties, like my mom's super like longtime college friend.

605
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 2: They all kind of came up with that like nickname

606
00:25:58,520 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 2: for me. Like that was just like a thing that

607
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:07,360
Speaker 2: I was called. So I kind of yeah, just like.

608
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 1: What did your dad say about all this? And what

609
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 1: did he think when he heard the song?

610
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 3: Oh? He was just like yo, like this is crazy.

611
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 3: He's super proud of me, Like he's just like he

612
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 3: knew it. Yeah, he is, like we all knew, like

613
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,680
Speaker 3: da got it. Yeah.

614
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: He was like he actually saw me perform like for

615
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 2: the first time, like in front of a crowd when

616
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 2: we were we were in Paris, because obviously, like I've

617
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 2: showed him all of my songs like throughout like just

618
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 2: making stuff and creating stuff and like we've created stuff together.

619
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 2: But he actually saw like how I was performing and

620
00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 2: he like was it was just such a special moment

621
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 2: because he was really like wow, Like it was cool

622
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,679
Speaker 2: just to see him like in the crowd like super

623
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 2: super vibing. Yeah, like he yeah, you know, and that

624
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 2: was so cool, Like it was a really good moment

625
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,919
Speaker 2: just for him to like see you know, everything, and

626
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 2: in real time, and like everyone in the room was

627
00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 2: feeling the energy, and I think that that was really

628
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 2: special for the both of us.

629
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 1: So you think you'll do something with him?

630
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,360
Speaker 2: Maybe we'll see. I don't know if he's cool enough.

631
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's fine enough.

632
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, but we'll see.

633
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 1: You could redo, Umi says, I mean I would find it.

634
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 1: That would be dope.

635
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be cool.

636
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 2: Well, maybe maybe some beat stuff too, Like I'll slide

637
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:17,720
Speaker 2: him a beat here and there.

638
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 1: Make sure you try to market rate too.

639
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

640
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: Oh, this is a business, all right, guys. Make sure

641
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: you follow her. Are you doing beats for other people too?

642
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,880
Speaker 2: That's something I really do want to expand on, for sure.

643
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 2: I think following my project, which is also entirely self

644
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 2: produced and written like by me, So yeah.

645
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 3: That's I hope you guys enjoyed that.

646
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 2: But after following that is definitely something I really want

647
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,959
Speaker 2: to like explore and expand on and just working with

648
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 2: There's so many artists that I really want to work with.

649
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 2: So I think that the production space is a great

650
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 2: way for me to do that as well.

651
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: All Right, well, I love this and congratulations well deserved.

652
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,959
Speaker 1: I cannot wait for Gap Year to come out in September. Yes,

653
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 1: all right, and we definitely going to see a tour

654
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure at some point.

655
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I definitely want to like just curate some

656
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,679
Speaker 2: really dope, awesome events for the people that love my

657
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 2: music and just want to have a good time.

658
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: So yeah, I see it off of hair, fashion, hair makeup,

659
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Speaker 1: you know, products, all of the things.

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Speaker 3: Everything.

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Speaker 1: All right, we're manifesting it right now. All right, Well, Layla,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much.

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Speaker 3: Thank you well