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Speaker 1: I Am all In again.

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Speaker 1: I Smell Pop Culture with Easton Allen and I Heart

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Speaker 1: Radio Podcast. Hey everybody, Easton Allen, I Smell pop Culture Podcast.

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Speaker 1: One of them productions. I Heart Radio, I Heart Media,

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Speaker 1: iHeart Podcasts. This is the I Am all In Podcast.

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Speaker 1: This is a subsidiary, this is a spin off. We're

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Speaker 1: in the feed baby, and my name is Easton. We

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Speaker 1: are doing this show here where we explore the pop

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Speaker 1: culture greats, the moments, the icons that make Gilmore Girls

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Speaker 1: such a real place, a place that we love, a

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Speaker 1: place that we want to be. We're going into one

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Speaker 1: of our favorite pop culture references here. We have actually

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Speaker 1: talked about this on the show once before. If you

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Speaker 1: remember a couple, oh god, weeks ago, months ago, I

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Speaker 1: can't remember exactly how long, but we talked to one

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Speaker 1: of the night Jeff Timmins from ninety eight degrees, and

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Speaker 1: today we're going back into the world of boy bands.

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Speaker 1: This is from season one, episode nineteen. This is Emily

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Speaker 1: in Wonderland. You know it's coming. You guys are big fans.

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Speaker 1: You know about this. Rory and Lane are hanging out

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Speaker 1: in her bedroom analyzing a voicemail that Henry left Lane

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Speaker 1: and Emily calls with some questions for Rory about what

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Speaker 1: she likes. She's making this bedroom for roses or Lily's

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Speaker 1: and for music and sink or ninety eight degrees, and

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Speaker 1: then Emily says or the Backside Boys. Roy chooses in sync.

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Speaker 1: There we have talked to ninety degrees. This time we

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Speaker 1: were talking to the Backside Boys. We are going deep

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Speaker 1: into the world. Of of course, the real name the

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Speaker 1: Backstreet Boys, but Backside Boys is just so funny. AJ

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Speaker 1: McLean check this out. AJ McClean is the first member

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Speaker 1: of the back Boys. He is the catalyst that kind

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Speaker 1: of started it all. He answered a newspaper ad in

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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two. Very first member. He predates all the rest.

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Speaker 1: He has been in the band since day one. They

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Speaker 1: are releasing a monumental project, the twenty fifth anniversary of Millennium.

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Speaker 1: You remember that album, Millennium. Oh my god, that album

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Speaker 1: covers burning to your Brain, right, it's such incredible songs

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Speaker 1: on that On that project, It's gone Diamond. They are

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Speaker 1: releasing Millennium two point zero. They're going to be at

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Speaker 1: the Sphere in Las Vegas. Can you believe that we're

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Speaker 1: gonna talk about all of this with the great Ajmclean.

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Speaker 1: He is here. I have him in a digital bullpen

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna bring him in right now. AJ, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for doing this. We're so excited. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for having me so just I got to get

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Speaker 1: this out of the way. This is I was kind

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Speaker 1: of dreading this moment because and I just want to

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Speaker 1: apologize in advance, but I have to just do this

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Speaker 1: rap top. You guys were mentioned Ingimore Girls pretty early

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Speaker 1: in season one of the show, and the main character's

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Speaker 1: grandmother is asking her about what kind of music she likes,

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Speaker 1: and she's listening off the boy bands of the you

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Speaker 1: know in Sync ninety degrees, and then she says the

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Speaker 1: Backside Boys, and uh, it's a it's a great moment.

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Speaker 1: Everyone loves it. It's very funny, but not the respect

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Speaker 1: the backsheet boys deserve if you ask me, just completely

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Speaker 1: no disrespect.

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Speaker 3: No, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: At the end of the day, Like like I've said

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Speaker 2: to a lot of my friends, when there's been you know,

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Speaker 2: movies or TV shows that might have referenced us in

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Speaker 2: in a backshanded kind of way, or in a great way.

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Speaker 2: It's still flattering because they're still talking about you in one.

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Speaker 3: Way or another.

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Speaker 2: And we we we obviously we're a bunch of hams.

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Speaker 2: We're a bunch of group balls. We we can we

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Speaker 2: Nerve wrecking moment I've ever endured was, you know, here

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Speaker 2: the film spoilers if anyone hasn't seen out there, sorry,

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Speaker 2: got you boysering heaven. When we came on screen, I

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Speaker 2: But I just I just smiled really big, got back

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Speaker 2: If you're being talked about, it's like back in the

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Speaker 2: day when Beavis and butt Head was you know a thing.

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Speaker 2: If you were on that show, that meant you were somebody,

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Speaker 2: or if we're aw Yankovic Perry need one of your songs,

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Speaker 2: So those those moments are awesome. So backside boys, though,

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Speaker 1: I mean, so much of that stuffisden I love too,

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Speaker 1: like everyone adores you guys, just and always has throughout history.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know about the Backside boys, but Backstreet

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Speaker 1: Boys that comes from a flea market in Orlando, Is

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Speaker 2: Yes, there was a flea market off of a main

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Speaker 2: parking lots and it was called the Backstreet Market. And

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Speaker 2: our creator, if you will, Lou Pearlman, got the name

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Speaker 2: Backstreet from the Backstreet Market. And then boys, because you're boys,

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Speaker 2: our name comes from a flea market.

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Speaker 3: There you go.

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Speaker 1: Now, so you answered, I love this stat that you

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Speaker 1: incredibly I answered, a newspaper ad in nineteen eighty two,

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Speaker 2: So this April twentieth, which will be our official thirty

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Speaker 2: two year anniversary, will be thirty three years from me. Actually,

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Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure my thirty three anniversaries before April. I'm

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Speaker 2: not really sure when what month that was that that

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Speaker 2: I first met Lou.

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Speaker 2: There was a thing back in Orlando that would come

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Speaker 2: And I had recently just gotten fired from a show

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Speaker 3: This time?

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Speaker 2: Not the New Kids version, the original version. I believe

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that was my next question is like,

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Speaker 2: thing led to another, and in nineteen ninety six, I

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Speaker 2: And you know, so now it's like reality check, like

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Speaker 2: share on Team Incredible, which would in turn become like

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Speaker 2: the true backbone of the Battreet Boys because our sound

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Speaker 2: But we you know, we'd come back to the US

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Speaker 2: we'd come back from Europe, and Europe, you know, we

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Speaker 2: in ninety seven, and it blew up everywhere but here,

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Speaker 1: We have so much more to get into. I mean,

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Speaker 3: The last movie I think it was used in. They

438
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 3: told us was Ford versus Ferrari.

439
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 2: Wow, the plane looks like but obviously they can make

440
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,920
Speaker 2: it look nice with you know, posts and whatnot.

441
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 3: But they wouldn't even let us walk inside the plane.

442
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,440
Speaker 2: They're like, we don't know what's in there, we don't

443
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,640
Speaker 2: know what's growing in there.

444
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 3: You guys will walk up like you're gonna get in

445
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 3: the plane, but don't get in the plane.

446
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, put our respirator for you.

447
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, you might walk into an alternate universe and never

448
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 2: come back.

449
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 3: But like that blew our mind. Like this is the

450
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 3: actual plane from the video for I Want to That play. Yeah,

451
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 3: so we pulled out all the stops. Wow.

452
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, anyone listening, you got to check out the album

453
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,479
Speaker 1: cover side by side. I was just looking at him

454
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 1: before we hopped on here.

455
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 2: It is.

456
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,000
Speaker 1: It's remarkable. I mean, it's perfect, it's a perfect recreation

457
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 1: and you could just see it's actually boys from twenty

458
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:46,400
Speaker 1: twenty five versus nineteen ninety nine. The Sphere, My god,

459
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: this sphere. I cannot what a perfect group to be

460
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,680
Speaker 1: the first like pop act at the Sphere.

461
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 3: Thank you.

462
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

463
00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:56,720
Speaker 3: Though.

464
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: We're so everyone the cold world is excited about this.

465
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,720
Speaker 1: What like, did you go to some shows there to

466
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: kind of like scout it out or anything? Have you

467
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: seen a show at this weear yet?

468
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 3: So Nick was on tour, he had already seen I

469
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,399
Speaker 3: believe you two there because Nick actually lives in Las Vegas.

470
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 3: Excuse me.

471
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 2: The four of us went to see the Eagles and

472
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,680
Speaker 2: that was our first time in the actual sphere and

473
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 2: we were just like sensory overload.

474
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 3: And it was since then, Kevin has gone back to

475
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,160
Speaker 3: see multiple shows.

476
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 2: There, just to see the difference of how you can

477
00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 2: use the screen with different you know, bands or artists,

478
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 2: you know, whether it's Ama the DJ.

479
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 3: He went with Brian. They went and saw the Eagles again.

480
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 3: They went and saw the Aronofsky film Planet Earth.

481
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,239
Speaker 2: I believe Kevin and I actually I think might be

482
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,080
Speaker 2: going to go see Ed and Co. When they come

483
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 2: back next month that I really I'm I'm taking my mom.

484
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,400
Speaker 2: I know we're going to like do a business thing

485
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 2: like walk around the venue and you know stuff. But

486
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,360
Speaker 2: my mom was a huge deadhead, So I'm bringing my mom.

487
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 2: I'm not going to make her walk all over the place. Yeah,

488
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: but but it is a mind blowing venue. And you know,

489
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 2: people kept asking us after our previous residency if we

490
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,360
Speaker 2: were ever going to go back to Vegas, and we were,

491
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 2: you know, farting around with the idea, I'm going back,

492
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 2: and we obviously wanted to, and people kept asking us,

493
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 2: are you going to go back to another hotel?

494
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 3: Are you going to go back to another venue like that?

495
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 3: Is there any new venues opening up?

496
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 2: And her management kept it kind of a secret from

497
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 2: us for a hot second. They're like, we have something

498
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,119
Speaker 2: in the works. We'll let you know when it's one

499
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 2: hundred percent. We don't want to get you guys all

500
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 2: ramped up for nothing. And then we had our usual

501
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,439
Speaker 2: weekly weekly call and they and they dropped it on

502
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 2: us and we were like like shins on the floor,

503
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 2: like what And we were just flabbergasted. And you know,

504
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 2: when we put up the first nine shows and they

505
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 2: sold out immediately. We were like, okay, then we're just

506
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: gonna keep adding dates until you don't want us there anymore.

507
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 2: And you know, we've we've set a goal we you know,

508
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 2: we would love to do you know, gosh, forty to

509
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 2: fifty dates there if we possibly can, but who knows.

510
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 2: But you know, right right now, you know, we had

511
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 2: eighteen shows and it's it's just it's just unbelievable. And

512
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 2: the process is really cool, you know. I mean, we're

513
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 2: working with a with an incredible team, you know, Richmond

514
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 2: and Tone who have been with us from day one.

515
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 2: Baz who is the true genius when it comes to sphere.

516
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 2: You know, he's done a lot of the acts there

517
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:05,239
Speaker 2: as far as the content, the visuals, and you know,

518
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 2: this whole venue.

519
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 3: There's nothing like it in the world. It is it

520
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 3: is one of one in the world, one.

521
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 2: Hundred and sixty thousand speakers, three hundred foot screen, you know,

522
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 2: haptic seats that move and vibrate and miss that and

523
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:26,719
Speaker 2: all this. It's it's unreal. So going through we we

524
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 2: literally had a four and a half hour, almost five

525
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 2: hour conference called last week going through every content piece

526
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 2: and every solm that it's attached to finalize everything, because

527
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 2: once you start making it, we're off to the races.

528
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 2: Because it takes about four to five months to make

529
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 2: the content. You know, where tours we've done before. You know,

530
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 2: you've got a you've got a decent sized screen on stage.

531
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 2: It takes about a month to do the content. But

532
00:29:56,080 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 2: this is also sixteen K, which is I didn't even

533
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 2: they made something like that.

534
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, the human eye came and see that.

535
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 3: You know, I'm like, yo, my TV's four K.

536
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 2: And then you know there's a couple of eight k's

537
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 2: out there, which everyone's like, this is cool.

538
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 3: But there's only like five channels that come in eight.

539
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 2: P by the way, but sixteen K and it can

540
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 2: only be shot on one camera. There's only one camera

541
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 2: in the world that can shoot this stuff. So it's

542
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 2: a really cool experience this process, being able to be

543
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 2: hands on with our team from content to wardrobe, to musicality,

544
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 2: to the set list to the stage design. You know,

545
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 2: it's it's a very immersive experience, and we're going to

546
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 2: take people on the most insane ride they've ever been

547
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 2: on in thirty plus years.

548
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 3: Like nobody's ready, No one is ready.

549
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 1: Wow, I mean consider that a warning. If you're heading

550
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: to Las Vegas and see the sphere, you are not

551
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: ready for what's coming. I'm excited to see also, like

552
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 1: what what happens on the outside of the of the sphere, like,

553
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: because that's the thing about it is that on the

554
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: inside there's all this, you know, crazy stuff happening with

555
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,959
Speaker 1: the band on stage and stuff like that, and then

556
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: but on the outside it can project stuff two for

557
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: everyone flying in on the road. I can't wait to

558
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: see what happens when the Spear gets the Backstreet Boys

559
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: fever and it's becomes all night.

560
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 3: Yeah.

561
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we've you know, so we've obviously

562
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 2: been on the outside of the screen with you know,

563
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 2: with the.

564
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 3: Dates and whatnot. When we were there, myself, Kevin and

565
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 3: Brian went there to do some production things and test

566
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 3: some things for the show. And I was staying at

567
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 3: the wind which is like directly across the street, and

568
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 3: I walked into my room and I hadn't you know,

569
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 3: people had posted it, and we had obviously known.

570
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 2: From our team what was going to be on the

571
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 2: outside of the dome all but I got to my room,

572
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 2: opened up the curtains. The second the curtains open up

573
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 2: were on there. I'm like I couldn't get my phone

574
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 2: fast enough and I was like I FaceTime my kids.

575
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 3: I'm like, look look at, look at look at it's

576
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 3: forget daddy, it's daddy.

577
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: And they were just like, oh my god, that's so cool.

578
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 2: Like it was, it was such a great moment. You know,

579
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 2: we still like, we still get tickled Pink. That's the

580
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 2: thing that people don't realize, like even walking through the

581
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: mall or being in an elevator or listening to the radio.

582
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 3: And you hear your song, I still get tickled Pink.

583
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 3: I really do, you know, because again, this is something

584
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 3: we always wanted and dreamed of.

585
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 2: And it's it's it's it's truly become a reality, and

586
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 2: it's just fascinating to me.

587
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 3: And it's just so humbling, you know.

588
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: I love it. And I was just gonna say, like,

589
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,719
Speaker 1: I mean, you see yourself on the on the sphere

590
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: and you're all excited, like this is a man who's

591
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: you've been on how many billboards and sides of buildings,

592
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: and like, you know, this is shouldn't be new, but

593
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: like I love that. It's just exciting and thrilling every

594
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: time it happens, that's so cool.

595
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 2: Well yeah, I mean that's the thing, like we always say,

596
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 2: you know, we're forever growing as a band, and what

597
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 2: is the next progression for us? Where do we go

598
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 2: from here? We just had a massive tour, you know,

599
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 2: two hundred and twenty seven shows around the world, took

600
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 2: us four years, but that's because of COVID.

601
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 3: But I mean literally took.

602
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 2: DNA around the world, went to places we had never

603
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 2: been Africa, Saudi Arabia, other parts of Europe that we

604
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 2: had never been to, and we got to bring our

605
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 2: music and our show there and meet the fans that

606
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 2: have been dying for us to come there for decades.

607
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 3: And then it's like, okay, now where do we go

608
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 3: from here?

609
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 2: Like what's the next the next progression, the next evolution

610
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 2: in our career. And we're like, well, again, a tour

611
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 2: is not going to happen because we just did it tour.

612
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 2: But you know we talked about a residency. Okay, cool,

613
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 2: we've done that. But if we do that, we we

614
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 2: got a we got to up the Annie and then

615
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 2: this happens and it's like, Okay, that's the biggest Annie

616
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 2: you can up in the world. So it's like, Okay,

617
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 2: now we got to really level up. And it's like

618
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 2: this is you know, when when the residency thing became

619
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 2: a vibe, you know, when we first heard about Las

620
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 2: Vegas residencies, a few of us looked at it with

621
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 2: that kind of negative vibe, like, oh, this is this

622
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 2: is like a sellout thing, like this is where you

623
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 2: go if you if you can't tour anymore where it's

624
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 2: not that at all, you know. Then you get like

625
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 2: the best of the best, like Elton John and Celine

626
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 2: Yon broke the mold in Vegas.

627
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 3: And then you get Brittany, which just changed the game.

628
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 2: And then now it's like everybody wants a residency because

629
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 2: that's it's really easy on the body, it's convenient, it's

630
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 2: an international hub. You know, your fans from everywhere can

631
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 2: I'm to Vegas and see you. But then it's like,

632
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 2: now the next level for everybody is I want to

633
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 2: get to Spear yep, you know, because Spear is like again,

634
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 2: it's the biggest venue in the world, and it's the

635
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 2: and it's it's it's one of a kind. To me,

636
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 2: Spear blows blows away like a stadium tour. Any of

637
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:26,280
Speaker 2: that this is unless you're Taylor Swift, then it's definitely

638
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 2: worth it because her show is effing incredible. I'm a

639
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 2: big Swift because of my kids and she's just a sweetheart.

640
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 2: But but like this is, you know, like I keep

641
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 2: telling myself, man, I would love to see Coldplay with

642
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 2: be insane in that venue.

643
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 3: Yes, God, I mean, Share would be insane that venue.

644
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 2: Lenny Kravitz, like, you know, people that have a catalog

645
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 2: of music over decades, like.

646
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what I mean, Like there's and I.

647
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 2: Bet you right now, those three artists I just needed

648
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 2: at some point are gonna be at Spear.

649
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,879
Speaker 3: I g I don't know when. I truly don't.

650
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 2: I don't have any inside information, but I would bet

651
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 2: good money that two out of three of them are

652
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,399
Speaker 2: gonna end up at Spirit at some point.

653
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 4: I know.

654
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: I keep thinking, like where do you Like I was

655
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,280
Speaker 1: gonna say, like, like, you guys have done so much

656
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: as a band. You've toured everywhere, You've played every possible play,

657
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: and Sphere is like one of the last places you

658
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: know you could possibly conquer. Like what's next? I mean,

659
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: how to play on the moon? Like like what is.

660
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I mean I guess.

661
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 2: I mean, you're gonna have to get Brian and I

662
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 2: in a in a space ship first, because we're not

663
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 2: real keen on that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 3: You know. I don't even do roller coasters.

665
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 2: Really, yeah, I'm not a fan of roller coasters, and

666
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 2: Brian and I are both not really good fans of

667
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: like heights.

668
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 3: So yeah, being.

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Speaker 2: Shot into space, you know, to knock me out and

670
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 2: then wake me up maybe, But yeah, I mean, honestly,

671
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:07,760
Speaker 2: you bring up a good point.

672
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 3: Where do you go from here? You know?

673
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Speaker 2: I think eventually hopefully getting back in the studio and

674
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 2: at some point making a brand new album I think

675
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,399
Speaker 2: is something on the you know, down the road.

676
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 3: But also we all.

677
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 2: Have individual, you know, things that we want to do

678
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 2: in our lives.

679
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 3: You know, I have solo music.

680
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 2: I have a solo record I'm finishing and a single

681
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 2: coming out in the next month, and just you know,

682
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 2: I have a TV show on Netflix coming out. There's

683
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 2: a lot of things happening, you know, and each of

684
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 2: us has different things going on in our lives that

685
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 2: we want to have that balance where we let each

686
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 2: other do what we want to do, but also always

687
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:54,760
Speaker 2: remember to come.

688
00:37:54,600 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 3: Back to what is what is the epicenter of life,

689
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 3: which is the group. It is the number one priority.

690
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 3: So who knows, I mean, you know.

691
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: We might take take some time off. I mean, who knows,

692
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 2: if we do fifty or sixty shows at Spear we

693
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 2: might take a little break, I don't know, or just

694
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 2: keep coming back. I mean again, it's doing something in Vegas.

695
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 2: We found was really like I said, it's very convenient.

696
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 2: It's easy on our bodies. It's easy for us. You know,

697
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: Nick ended up staying there. I'm probably gonna get a

698
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 2: place there myself, just to get out of the taxes

699
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 2: of California. Yeah, you know, but it is a It

700
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 2: is a very cool city. There's a lot more to

701
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Speaker 2: it than just parties and you know, gambling. You know,

702
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 2: Vegas really is a very very fast growing city.

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Speaker 3: You know, my mom lives there, so you know. Yeah,

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00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 3: so there's lots of good reasons to stick around.

705
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Speaker 1: And we hope you guys stick around listening. This is

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Speaker 1: the Icemell Pop Culture Podcast with AJ McClean from the

707
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: Backstreet Boys. I want to talk about some of this

708
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,720
Speaker 1: stuff you're doing outside of Backstreet here in a second,

709
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 1: we'll be right back. Then we got to play some commercials.

710
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 1: Gotta make some money. It's the Icebel Pop Culture Podcast.

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00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 1: This is Eastern Allen sitting with AJ McClean from the

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Speaker 1: Backstreet Boys solo album. You said you have a single

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00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: coming out this month. What can you tell us about it?

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Speaker 3: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been working on this record for the better

716
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:35,280
Speaker 2: part of three years.

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00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 3: Wow. For a lot of reasons. One, I was a

718
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 3: little tied up.

719
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 2: I was traveling the world with these four other guys,

720
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 2: and so we were touring, so obviously my time was

721
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Speaker 2: pretty limited.

722
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Speaker 3: But also I've gotten very gotten.

723
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Speaker 2: Very particular in my years about my music, and really,

724
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 2: you know, if you will, about it, because you know,

725
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 2: in today's world of music, it's not like it was

726
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: in the night in like the late you know, nineties,

727
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 2: early two thousands, where you had that sophomore album and

728
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 2: your first project could be okay and then your second

729
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 2: one blows you up.

730
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 3: You don't get that here. Now. Today you get one

731
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 3: shot and that's it.

732
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 2: You might get a second shot, but it's rare, and

733
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,799
Speaker 2: everything filters through social media, so you know, it's a

734
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 2: different beast today. So you know, instead of going against

735
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 2: the grain, I'm trying to go with the flow of

736
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Speaker 2: the water and accept what is, but also, you know,

737
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 2: make it make sense for me. And so I am

738
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Speaker 2: extremely proud of the body of work that I've done.

739
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Speaker 2: I'm still going back to the studio next month to

740
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Speaker 2: work with some.

741
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Speaker 3: Insane writers and another producer friend of mine, just to

742
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Speaker 3: see if there's anything left in the tank that I have,

743
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 3: which I know there is. There always is.

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Speaker 2: I mean, my wife has said countless times, she's like,

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00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 2: you realize you have like six albums that you could

746
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,879
Speaker 2: put out right now. I'm like, she's like, just put

747
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:15,879
Speaker 2: it out already, damn it. I'm like, I know, it's

748
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Speaker 2: a process, ya da.

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Speaker 3: Fans are like, are you ever going to put out anything?

750
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 3: We're waiting? So yes, I am.

751
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 2: Sorry to make everyone wait, but I will reassure you

752
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 2: all it's definitely worth the wait. So yeah, next month

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Speaker 2: April beginning of May will be the single, and then

754
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 2: I'm looking to put out the first of two EPs

755
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,720
Speaker 2: in the summer, and then follow up with the second

756
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 2: EP probably in the fall, and then the deluxe album

757
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Speaker 2: top of twenty six.

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00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 3: That's the that's the planet. We'll see if it goes

759
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:55,479
Speaker 3: that way, but that's the plan.

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Speaker 1: So much music to look forward to, from Ajmclean and

761
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: then before went to Brig you were talking about you

762
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,280
Speaker 1: have a Netflix show in the works.

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Speaker 3: I do. It's called Building the Band.

764
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 2: I'm actually about to do my final vo although they

765
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:11,640
Speaker 2: keep saying that to me and I keep doing more

766
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 2: vos and I'm like, I'm like, but I thought, but

767
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 2: I thought last week was the last vo.

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Speaker 3: But no, it's been an absolute pleasure.

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Speaker 2: What an amazing experience, an incredible team and the talent

770
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Speaker 2: on this show. We've really set the bar high.

771
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 3: You know, compared to other shows.

772
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Speaker 2: And I and I will never talk poorly about any

773
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 2: other shows, you know, because they all have their niche,

774
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 2: they all have their fan following. You know, some shows

775
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 2: are based on the talent. Other shows are based on

776
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 2: the judges or vice versa. But this show really is

777
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 2: driven by these amazing talent team. They call them kids

778
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 2: because they're like in their twenties. They could be my kid. God,

779
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 2: that's freaking me out when I say that out love,

780
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 2: But you know, got to work with an incredible team

781
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:12,880
Speaker 2: and Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and unfortunately the late Liam Paigne.

782
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 3: You know, this was the last project that he worked on.

783
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 3: Him and I got very close. We became really good friends.

784
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:22,399
Speaker 3: We had known each other over the years.

785
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 2: Obviously, you know, we had cross paths with him and

786
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 2: the rest of the Fellas over the years, but but

787
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 2: this was like real quality time and so you know,

788
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 2: just kind of figuring things out moving forward.

789
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 3: But we would love to dedicate the show to.

790
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,720
Speaker 2: Him and to his fans and uh and to his family.

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00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 3: You know.

792
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 2: But it is a I wish I could say more,

793
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 2: but it's it's going to break the stigma, completely, break

794
00:43:54,680 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 2: the stigma of how bands form and how bands come

795
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 2: to be. You know, it's it's it's truly a show

796
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 2: like no other. And you know, like I said, we've

797
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 2: really set the bar high with the level of talent

798
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 2: on this show. And they are just incredible, incredible talent.

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Speaker 1: So that's building the band on Netflix. What a special

800
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 1: thing to be a part of. I'm excited to see that.

801
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:21,879
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 2: I mean when yeah, I was like, when they asked

803
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 2: me to be the host, I was like, okay, you know,

804
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 2: and they you know, came to me and we have

805
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 2: many many conversations before we started filming.

806
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 3: And I just thought it was really really sweet how they.

807
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 2: I don't want to say leaned on me, but they

808
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 2: leaned on me in a sense of like that group mentality.

809
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:48,840
Speaker 3: Same thing with Nicole because both of us come from groups.

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00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 2: And being able to kind of not only be a

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Speaker 2: host but kind of a somewhat of a mentor as

812
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 2: well on the show. And you know, obviously I've got

813
00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 2: thirty plus years experience, but at the same time, I

814
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 2: will never tell someone how to be I want you

815
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 2: to be yourself, and I'll just tell you my experience

816
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:10,080
Speaker 2: and what I went through and how I did this,

817
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 2: this and this, and then you're going to do it,

818
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 2: how you're going to do it. And I've got to

819
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 2: have those conversations with these amazingly talented people and it

820
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 2: was just really really fun. It was so surreal, it

821
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 2: was really cool. You know, again, generally for the world

822
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 2: to see it. And I'm manifesting season two and beyond,

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00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 2: so you know, everyone's got to tune in once we

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Speaker 2: make the announcement.

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00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,720
Speaker 1: So sorry, we'll watch that on your Netflix app. Aj Mclean'

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Speaker 1: has been so much fun. Before I let you go,

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Speaker 1: Gilmour Girls is such a coffee is a major fixture

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Speaker 1: of this show. Are are you a coffee guy? Do

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Speaker 1: you like coffee.

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00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 2: I mean, yes, I never drank a cup of coffee

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Speaker 2: until I moved to California. It's twenty five years ago,

832
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 2: and Coffee Bean was the first place I went, and

833
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 2: I was introduced to the white chocolate mocha, and that

834
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 2: is my go to. I have never I have never

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Speaker 2: swayed from it. The only thing that's changed for me

836
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 2: is the milk. Now it's oat milk.

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Speaker 3: You know. It started with soy until I heard that's

838
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,919
Speaker 3: bad for dudes, and then I was like, all right.

839
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 2: Then I went to almond and I'm like, occasionally regular milk,

840
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 2: but it's kind of and then I tried to oak

841
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 2: it up milk, which actually, surprisingly is good.

842
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 3: I won't drink that on its own, but and coffee,

843
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 3: it's actually you got a really sweet taste. But then

844
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:42,080
Speaker 3: oat milk's my go to.

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Speaker 2: But once you have kids, coffee becomes your lifeline. Coffee

846
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 2: is like the air I breathe, not so much anymore.

847
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 2: You know, my girls are I say grown, they're twelve

848
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 2: and eight, but they're twelve and eight going on thirty five.

849
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 2: But they're grown in the sense that they're not running

850
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:06,320
Speaker 2: me ragged like they were when they were younger. Although

851
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 2: they still they still do oh yeah in a different way.

852
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:14,279
Speaker 2: But but yeah, coffee is coffee is life.

853
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 3: Coffee is life.

854
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 2: And it's funny that coffee is like surrounding around Gilmore girls.

855
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 2: When you think about same thing I said about friends,

856
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,680
Speaker 2: like everything was based around a coffee shop. There's something

857
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 2: about coffee that brings people together. It's so true being

858
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 2: good music man, like, that's coffee to go. Yeah, I mean, honestly,

859
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 2: we should open up a coffee shop that just has

860
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 2: just great music playing, you know, different themes during the week, eighties, nineties,

861
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 2: two thousands, whatever.

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00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 3: I think that'd be awesome.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love it so much. You're the best.

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00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,680
Speaker 1: We're such big fans, and thank you change the genies

865
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 1: with your time. So excited for the Spear, all the

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00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,839
Speaker 1: new music, everything you got going on, can't wait.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Thank you so much. I really appreciate you all.

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Speaker 4: Dot Hey, everybody to forget.

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Speaker 1: Follow us on Instagram at I Am all In podcast

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Speaker 1: and email us at Gilmore at iHeartRadio dot com.