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Speaker 1: Talking with the biggest stars from our Mercedes Benz Interview

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Speaker 1: Lounge backstage see.

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Speaker 2: One hundreds jingle Ball.

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Speaker 1: This is Elvis Duran in the morning shows jingle Ball

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Speaker 1: Diaries live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. This is

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Speaker 1: Shelly Rong with Melsey Penna. Hi, Hell, are you welcome.

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Speaker 2: To jingle Ball. Thank you so much, it's so good

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Speaker 2: to be here.

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Speaker 1: We were just talking about if you guys did jingle Ball.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't think the Spice Girls ever made it.

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Speaker 2: I think it was something we always wanted to do,

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Speaker 2: but I don't know why we never made it.

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Speaker 1: Here, I was saying, we're gonna google the picture.

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Speaker 2: It has to be. I mean, it's such an incredible event.

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Speaker 2: I love it because it's such a special time of year,

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Speaker 2: isn't it. And what I love about these events is

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Speaker 2: you always discover artists that you didn't realize you loved,

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Speaker 2: you know, because when you see people live it's so

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Speaker 2: different to hearing them.

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Speaker 1: On the radio one hundred percent, and like you may

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Speaker 1: not necessarily know the name, but you know the song.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, totally, definitely.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So your single Sweat is out now, yes, and

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Speaker 1: also the full album talk about it What does sweat mean?

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Speaker 2: So Sweat is my new single and it is a

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Speaker 2: really great introduction to my new album, which is on

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Speaker 2: May first next year. And I wanted to have a

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Speaker 2: little bit more fun with my music. I've been DJing

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Speaker 2: for about eight years now, so I wanted to bring,

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Speaker 2: like my pop music a bit closer to the house

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Speaker 2: music that I play when I'm out in the clubs.

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Speaker 2: And this is like the perfect blend, and it has

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Speaker 2: that whole sporty spice feel. Of course, it's been inspired

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Speaker 2: by my love of fitness, and also there's a fantastic

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Speaker 2: sample from the beautiful and wonderful Down of Us. I

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Speaker 2: have a sample from work that Body I know. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: So all these things have just come together and just

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Speaker 2: created this for me. It's a bit of a new sound,

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Speaker 2: but I feel like it's the right sound for me.

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Speaker 1: How does it feel putting out an album at this

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Speaker 1: stage in your career, the stage in your life, something

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Speaker 1: that you're so passionate about.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I love it. I just found that

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Speaker 2: I love what I do so much and I always have,

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Speaker 2: but the elder I get, I appreciate it more, you know,

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Speaker 2: And I feel like, especially since I started DJing. I've

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Speaker 2: just found this new passion and it's really impacted every

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Speaker 2: area of my work.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. So let me ask you a question. Do

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Speaker 1: you play the new album for your Spice sisters? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Have I played them? Well, they've heard this single now

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Speaker 2: it's been out for a little while, but in all honesty,

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Speaker 2: I haven't really had the opportunity to do some.

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Speaker 1: Okay, right, So so next week you're performing a DJ

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Speaker 1: set at the first annual g Little Ball. Yes, okay,

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Speaker 1: we're add to night celebrating music, fashion and queer culture,

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Speaker 1: which we love. So just tell us about that set.

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Speaker 1: How do you craft that set list or that specific audience?

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Speaker 2: Easy? Easy, Easy easy. There is some like absolute gems

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Speaker 2: that you know are just so welcomed in that community.

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Speaker 2: I'm a very proud ally to the LGBTQ plus community,

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Speaker 2: and this is a wonderful opportunity to play the best

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Speaker 2: songs that be loads of Spice scales. I have loads

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Speaker 2: of fun like mashing up Spice Girls with some of

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Speaker 2: like cold dance classics, and you know, just it's a

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Speaker 2: room full of love. I always feel so much love

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Speaker 2: from that audience.

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Speaker 1: We can't thank you enough for being here a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: Our iHeart jingle Ball just such a pleasure. You're such

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Speaker 1: an icon, you're such a legend. And be love you, Melsie,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, and happy holiday.

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Speaker 2: Happy holidays to you and to you