1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: Talking with the biggest stars from our Mercedes Benz Interview 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Lounge backstage at Ze one hundreds jingle Ball. This is 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: Elvis Duran in the morning shows jingle Ball Diaries. We 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: are live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. I'm Danielle. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: This is Gandhi and this is the amazing smelling Miles Smith. 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: Thank you. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you smell so I have a bad 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: the habit of smelling people. 9 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 2: I know, you smell incredible. I love that I've. 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 3: Already violated this poor man in Multipoy were close to 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 3: him and you're sniffing him. 12 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: We were like standing very close. 13 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: This is great. 14 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: All right, you're at jingle Ball. Your breakout song Stargazing 15 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 3: came in twenty twenty four and became obviously this international hit. 16 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: How does it feel right now to see it's still 17 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 3: connecting with audiences. 18 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: It's wild, isn't it. 19 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 4: I mean, I wrote this song sort of in the 20 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 4: middle of nowhere with some friends, not thinking it would 21 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 4: turn into the song that it has, and I mean 22 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 4: it's still going all the way to this day, so 23 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 4: it's really awesome to snow people of it. 24 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: I heard a rumor that you knew you were famous 25 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 1: when you asked the audience for cookies and you went 26 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: to your dressing room and then tons of cookies showed 27 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 1: up like minutes later. 28 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I still don't call us all famous, 29 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 4: but I call us like I'm not cookie one sor. 30 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: I guess that was wild. 31 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 4: I never thought that cookies would arrive at a request 32 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 4: on Instagram. 33 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: It was a pretty weird thing, but I loved it. 34 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: Your ex Z one hundred shingle ball. You know there's 35 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 1: artists walking around everywhere. Is there someone you would love 36 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: to collaborate with. 37 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 4: Oh, I would love to collaborate with all the artists 38 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 4: on the build. They're like also amazing. I love my Pooky. 39 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 4: Alex Warren is one of my best friends. 40 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: Did you say your Pooky? 41 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's my Pooky. My other Ginger Pookie had cheering. 42 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 4: I love him too, So then roaming around, I love 43 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 4: both of those boys. 44 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: I want to go you're my Pooky absolutely. 45 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 3: So when you just said you wrote this song in 46 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 3: the middle of nowhere with your friends, can you explained 47 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: to me the middle of nowhere? 48 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: Middle of nowhere was Malibu? 49 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 5: It was the first time the middle it is I 50 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 5: saw three people in ten days. That was for me, 51 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 5: that was a middle of nowhere, but it was beautiful 52 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 5: and it was so amazing to you know, create a 53 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 5: song in that environment and for it to be as 54 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 5: beautiful as I guess the scene. 55 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 3: You're looking at, but as you were doing this and 56 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 3: you're kind of experiencing fans and the culture of the 57 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: different genres, do you have a favorite? 58 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 2: Oh, favorite genre? 59 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 4: You know what, I would be lying of us that 60 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 4: I do because I'm in love with so many different genres, 61 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 4: you know, whether it be rap or old school R 62 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 4: and B, or screamer or punk. Like I'm just a 63 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 4: lover of music in itself, and you know, I think 64 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 4: through my music, I can never quite place the genre 65 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 4: because I listen to so much music. 66 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 3: You're so diplomatic. I cat here, you should say it's us. 67 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 2: It's working in the office. 68 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: It is jingle ball. So we are celebrating the holiday season. 69 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: Do you have a holiday tradition that you do every year? 70 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 4: I make sure I'm with my family every single year. 71 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,079 Speaker 4: Like I can't think there's no contention or no competition 72 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 4: for family time, so I always make that space. 73 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: Free for them. 74 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: I love it. 75 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 3: Have you noticed big differences between where you celebrate and 76 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 3: what we're doing here right now in New York. 77 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 4: Say, oh yeah, it's so much bigger here, like you 78 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 4: feel Christmas walking. 79 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: I mean, the weather makes it very Christmas instantly. 80 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 4: Gosh, I had to buy a jacket today because I 81 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 4: did not anticipate me in this bold So it's very 82 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 4: awesome here. 83 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 3: Awesome. Well, we really appreciate you being here. We're excited 84 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 3: to see you on stage. This is good stuff. Are 85 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 3: you excited? 86 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 2: I'm so excited, Madison Square god in first time? 87 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 3: What? 88 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 4: Well? 89 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: All right, didn't you don't find a hashtag? 90 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 3: I hurt? Jingle Ball twenty first? Everybody please give it 91 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 3: up for Miles Smith. 92 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 2: Thank you