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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 2: It is way up for Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee,

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Speaker 2: and Jasmine brand is here and Victoria Monette is here.

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Speaker 2: I'm so excited. Well, first of all, we have.

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Speaker 1: Something for you.

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Speaker 3: Yes we do. Of course we do.

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Speaker 1: We got some dom P.

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Speaker 2: We want to celebrate a sold out tour in one minute.

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Speaker 1: Also, all the success.

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Speaker 3: That you've been having, Angela, she reacted how you thought

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Speaker 3: she would, Angela, and this morning Angel's like, she's gonna

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Speaker 3: love this.

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Speaker 1: I know. All right, So we're gonna pop some don Kelly,

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Speaker 1: can we can?

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Speaker 4: We?

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Speaker 3: Dan? You're gonna say you do the honors?

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Speaker 4: You know they have the man.

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Speaker 2: No, but just honestly, it's been almost ten years since

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Speaker 2: your first album for Reul twenty fourteen, right was the

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Speaker 2: first album you know what I had?

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Speaker 4: Forgot what year it was like. I feel like the

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Speaker 4: years kind of meshed together at this point, but good

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Speaker 4: to know it was.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for telling me. Does it feel like a blurt?

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Speaker 3: Does it feel like yes?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like since twenty ten, like things are

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Speaker 4: just I couldn't tell you what year certain things were.

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Speaker 4: I do know that you've been supportive, supportive from the beginning, though,

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Speaker 4: I feel like, I feel like the year was twenty

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Speaker 4: eleven or twelve actually.

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Speaker 1: And then the album came out.

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Speaker 2: But honestly, here's the thing about Victoria Money. Everybody's always

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Speaker 2: known how talented she is. But then I think, like

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Speaker 2: even for you, and I love the confidence on a

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Speaker 2: song like oh my Mama, sometimes you just have to

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Speaker 2: figure out, like, Okay, you listen to so many different

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Speaker 2: people telling you how you should sound or you know

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Speaker 2: what you should come out like, and then it takes

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Speaker 2: a little while to like figure out for yourself.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's true. I definitely went through some I mean

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Speaker 4: just writing for other people and people hearing the different

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Speaker 4: types of styles that I could do. It's hard for

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Speaker 4: people to understand my It was hard for people to

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Speaker 4: understand my vision for myself because I'd be demoing like

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Speaker 4: like a country song at one point, and sometimes like

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Speaker 4: a pop song. So we're like, well, you saying it,

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Speaker 4: you're demoing it, so why don't you just do that?

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Speaker 4: And I'm like, but I have such a specific the

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Speaker 4: vision and narrative for what I want to do.

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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, champagne.

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Speaker 4: Champagne is meant to be spilled a little bit, you know, you.

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Speaker 1: Know what, But sorry, we don't have real glasses.

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Speaker 2: It's okay, I prefer it, you know, but we do

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Speaker 2: want to toast to you because honestly, like I've been

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Speaker 2: such a fan of years for so long, so I

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Speaker 2: am really excited just for everything in the way that

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Speaker 2: it's been happening for you.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the timing is perfect.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much? Shall we cheer?

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Speaker 3: Cheers?

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Speaker 4: I love this?

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Speaker 2: Yes, all right, good, this is how we get it

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Speaker 2: started now. But I mean, let's get into it though,

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Speaker 2: because you're doing headlining tour and that's what we really

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Speaker 2: are toasting too. And it's so that in like a

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Speaker 2: minute for real, like how did you feel when that happened?

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Speaker 1: And did you know that was going to happen?

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Speaker 4: I did not know that was going to happen. I

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Speaker 4: thought maybe by the time I got on stage the

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Speaker 4: first show, the shows would be sold out. But so

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Speaker 4: what we did was every show went on sale locally

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Speaker 4: at ten am. So as they were selling out, my

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Speaker 4: manager was calling me from like so it's like Atlanta

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Speaker 4: show all the way to the West coast, like okay,

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Speaker 4: this sold out, this sold out, the tickets are gone,

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Speaker 4: and it was just surreal but very affirming to know

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Speaker 4: that people really, if you give them the opportunity, they'll

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Speaker 4: support you, because I see on Twitter people are always

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Speaker 4: like you're underrated, and it's like different when people are

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Speaker 4: just tweeting and talking right versus when they actually.

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Speaker 2: Show up for you, And like, you know, and I

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Speaker 2: think that even just everything you've done before this, because

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Speaker 2: you know, obviously I've been following your career for all

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Speaker 2: time and I've been seeing and here's a fun fact

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Speaker 2: that people may not know. At one point t I

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Speaker 2: tried to sign her and I remember that he wanted

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Speaker 2: to like put her underneath his label.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and can you tell us about that?

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Speaker 3: Because I didn't. I didn't know that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I was I used to be signed to

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Speaker 4: Atlantic Records, and I feel like maybe that's how we Yeah,

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Speaker 4: that's And I was doing a lot of demos, like

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Speaker 4: hook demos, because I had looked at Bruno Mars and

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Speaker 4: Bob and how that song did so well and then

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Speaker 4: Bruno was able to take that record and make his

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Speaker 4: own career. So I was like, I'm gonna spend a

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Speaker 4: bunch of time just doing hooks. So I was just

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Speaker 4: writing hooks only I would just not waste any time

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Speaker 4: with the verse just hooks, and Atlantic had a lot

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Speaker 4: of rappers. So I was submitting a bunch of hooks

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Speaker 4: maybe some rappers will keep me on the hook. So

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Speaker 4: this is why what started like the hook era for me.

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Speaker 4: So I ended up being with NAS on a song

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Speaker 4: with Nas and Ti and I so wrote a song

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Speaker 4: for Meek Mill and Mary J just like a hook

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Speaker 4: era for me MGK as well. So TI and I

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Speaker 4: were collaborating a lot with Tommy Brown at the time,

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Speaker 4: and so he was kind of showing me the ropes.

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Speaker 4: He let me do a couple of shows with him

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Speaker 4: singing the hooks that I was a part of, and

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Speaker 4: he offered to sign me, and I just I always

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Speaker 4: felt like it just wasn't the right time for me

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Speaker 4: to be signed to anybody. And I also thought of myself, like,

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Speaker 4: if I'm going to be signed right now, I'd like

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Speaker 4: to do it myself and like have my own little

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Speaker 4: it out a little bit more.

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Speaker 3: But He's really confident to wait it out and know

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Speaker 3: and be really sure of yourself.

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Speaker 4: Definitely, definitely, But there were some times it was just

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Speaker 4: really hard, but I just had a vision.

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Speaker 2: And you know what's interesting you talk about the hook

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Speaker 2: era because then for some people, some people feel like

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Speaker 2: trying to do those big songs can also be detrimental later.

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Speaker 2: I've heard people say that, like when people have had

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Speaker 2: a big song and it's had a big hook and

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Speaker 2: maybe they cross over into like the pop space, that

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Speaker 2: it's hard to come back from that, you know. And

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Speaker 2: I've seen other artists like struggle with that, like do

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Speaker 2: I want to do this big song that's going to

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Speaker 2: cross over into pop or should I you know, not

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Speaker 2: do that right now because I haven't established who I

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like, well, the way I look at

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Speaker 4: it is like, if that's how you're meant to be seen,

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Speaker 4: you know, is that your entryway to more people, then

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Speaker 4: if it feels authentic to you, then do it. If

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Speaker 4: you're doing it to just you know, get it across,

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Speaker 4: and you're not truly into pop music and you don't

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Speaker 4: and tend to maintain that space, then maybe it would

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Speaker 4: be difficult. But I feel like if it's authentic to you,

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Speaker 4: and like you can't really deny what God has planned

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Speaker 4: for you, like be like no, just because you're trying

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Speaker 4: to predict what might happen afterwards. I feel like if

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Speaker 4: that's your way to success, then maybe that that's your

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Speaker 2: And I can't imagine that there weren't a lot of

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Speaker 2: other artists who try to reach out to you during

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Speaker 2: that time. I mean, you did write for Dirty Money.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that was my first placement ever.

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Speaker 3: That was what song?

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Speaker 1: Was it?

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Speaker 4: I Hate that you Loved Me?

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Speaker 3: I like that song.

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Speaker 1: Like that.

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Speaker 3: That was your first placement, first one ever.

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Speaker 1: That's a good first place.

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Speaker 4: Crazy and he like sent everyone who was a part

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Speaker 4: of the album these like really cool varsity jackets. I

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Speaker 4: was like, this is so cool.

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Speaker 1: Isn't that nice? A touch like that?

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Speaker 2: Like we were just talking about Taylor Swift on tour,

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Speaker 2: how she gave everybody bonuses after the tour and yeah,

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Speaker 2: she didn't get the Chuck drivers because she had fifty

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Speaker 2: projection Chucks one hundred thousand dollars bonus each.

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Speaker 3: And let's talk about how much she made on the tour.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know, but honestly, but think about that

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Speaker 2: as your first placement and then you get a jacket

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Speaker 2: like that, and I do you know where the jacket

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Speaker 2: is still?

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Speaker 4: Yes, somebody close it yees see.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's an iconic thing and one day your daughter

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Speaker 2: is gonna wear that jacket, right exactly.

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Speaker 4: It's so cool.

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Speaker 3: Did you work directly with Diddy on that particular so

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Speaker 3: are you no just submitted it or what was that

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Speaker 4: It was actually he was working with Rodney a lot

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Speaker 4: on the album, and so I actually got to work

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Speaker 4: with the Shawan Daniels on the record. But it was

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Speaker 4: like kind of like he was visiting Rodney's camp to

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Speaker 4: ones he kept for the album. So I saw him

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Speaker 4: in passing. We didn't get to work. I don't know

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Speaker 4: that I would be able to, like at that moment

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Speaker 4: in my career, like stand in a room with Diddy

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Speaker 4: that I had, So I'm glad that a little bit separate.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, and then you also went on tour, and

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Speaker 2: I feel like this is part of what made you

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Speaker 2: such a great performer that you are today, because you're

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Speaker 2: known for that too. I see people post clips all

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Speaker 2: the time of your performances, but you've been on the

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Speaker 2: road and opened for a lot of people too, yes,

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Speaker 2: and so who are some of the people that you

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Speaker 2: worked with on the road.

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Speaker 4: Okay, my very first tour ever, I opened for Eric Bellinger.

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Speaker 3: Oh, we like him.

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Speaker 1: We've heard a lot of Eric Bellinger.

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Speaker 2: Him.

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Speaker 4: He's so talented. I just saw this video of him

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Speaker 4: just like freestyling and like based on a topic and

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Speaker 4: it's just he's like he's rapper fast, like quick and

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Speaker 4: just so talented. So shout out to Eric Bellinger. I

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Speaker 4: opened for him. I think it was like seven shows,

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Speaker 4: and then my next so I opened for Fifth Harmony,

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Speaker 4: and after that I opened for Ariana grand I mean

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Speaker 2: People also know you and they affiliate you with Ariana

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Speaker 2: Grande because you've written, you know, with her a lot

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Speaker 2: and obviously been on tour, and you guys are such

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Speaker 2: good friends.

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Speaker 1: How did you all get so tight? For real?

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Speaker 4: A lot? We spent a lot of time together. I

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Speaker 4: think the first time I remember being becoming close and

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Speaker 4: having deeper conversations than just you know, in a song

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Speaker 4: space was on a tour the tour before I opened

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Speaker 4: for her. I came to a show I think it

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Speaker 4: was in Pittsburgh and she was like, she's just very

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Speaker 4: friendly and she's like, why don't you guys just come

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Speaker 4: to the next show or just hop on the bus

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Speaker 4: You know, my music, the early albums are EPs are

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Speaker 1: And you also went to a performing arts school.

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Speaker 4: She was down. She rode for me. So yes, everything

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Speaker 4: It was actually the best, best, best time for me.

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Speaker 4: So many things happened, and like I ended up making

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Speaker 3: But it makes sense how you are an overall performer

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Speaker 4: Yes. I feel like it happened in sections because like

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Speaker 1: And shout out to Sacramento.

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Speaker 2: We were telling you Kevin Johnson, who used to be

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Speaker 4: It's so crazy there's one in Sacramento. To shout out

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Speaker 3: My friend, one of my close girlfriends, Nina Parker, is

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Speaker 2: Oh.

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Speaker 3: She's a teeny personality. She also has a clothing line.

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Speaker 3: She was on TMZ and E and all that kind

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Speaker 3: She reps Sacramento hard.

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Speaker 4: I thought, we know what we have to because there's

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Speaker 4: to her. That's really awesome. And Keith Powers and just

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Speaker 3: People keep powers from Sacramento.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jack, she's from almost no connection to know what

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Speaker 2: then people there like, you know, Victoria, I'm Sacramento.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, literally, like all the famous people from Sacramento. You

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Speaker 2: My song of yours is one of my favorite songs

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Speaker 2: that I feel is so inspirational, and I feel like

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Speaker 1: Moment.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you know that is my song, but this

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Speaker 2: feels like is your motherfucking moment. Tell me about writing

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Speaker 4: Yes. Well, I was high little weed and I was

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Speaker 4: in this you deal with DML and another producer named

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Speaker 4: Tim Subie, and Tim had just played this sample a

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Speaker 4: So I feel like it unlocked another aspect of Victoria.

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Speaker 4: The video was really really awesome to film. We went

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Speaker 1: And you work with d Mail a lot, right, Yes.

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Speaker 4: He's my favorite. He's my favorite. Really hard to book

447
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Speaker 4: at this time, producer, but yeah, he's the best.

448
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Speaker 2: And for you, what would you say what song that

449
00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,199
Speaker 2: you've done so far is most representative of If you

450
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Speaker 2: had to say, this is a song that is totally like,

451
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,199
Speaker 2: explains who I am and what I got going on?

452
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Speaker 2: Would it be on my Mama or something else?

453
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Speaker 4: You know what I feel like all my Mama could be.

454
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Speaker 4: I guess it has the song that I love. It

455
00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,960
Speaker 4: combines like atal weight with all the horns instrumentations that

456
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Speaker 4: I love to use, but also like fun and and

457
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:13,119
Speaker 4: like confident and like double entendres. So I guess it

458
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 4: does encompass a lot of what I what I enjoyed.

459
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Speaker 2: Or maybe Smoke Yeah, yeah, she's like, actually, yeah, truly, yes,

460
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Speaker 2: I would agree.

461
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Speaker 4: Smoke is another good one. Yeah, most of my favorite

462
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Speaker 4: songs are production. You produced that as well.

463
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Speaker 2: And I also remember you had done an interview a

464
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Speaker 2: while ago where you said that you couldn't wait to.

465
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Speaker 1: Have a kid. You were like, however it happens, was

466
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Speaker 1: this genius.

467
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Speaker 2: I can't even remember what interview, but I remember you

468
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Speaker 2: saying like, I just want to have a kid, like

469
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Speaker 2: it was on your big Sure. So when you found

470
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Speaker 2: out you were pregnant, what was that like? Because that

471
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Speaker 2: was something you wanted?

472
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Speaker 4: Really crazy because it was unexpected. But the first thing

473
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Speaker 4: I started feeling was my breast. I was like something tender,

474
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Speaker 4: knew and different. So I decided to take a test.

475
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Speaker 3: So your breast indicated that my brea.

476
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:10,920
Speaker 4: Told me first. And when I when it first said positive,

477
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Speaker 4: I was like and like laughing. I was like no,

478
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Speaker 4: So I took another one and it was in a pandemic. Yeah.

479
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Speaker 4: So I was trying to find a nice way to

480
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Speaker 4: tell my boyfriend because he had literally just asked me

481
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Speaker 4: to be his girlfriend the day before.

482
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Speaker 1: Oh, she was like, whoa perfect timing, right.

483
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Speaker 4: I was like, you must have felt something because you

484
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Speaker 4: asked me the right time. So I wrote him a

485
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Speaker 4: card that I just had in the house. You know,

486
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Speaker 4: we couldn't go to the store at the time to

487
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Speaker 4: get anything, so I was like, I'm just gonna righte

488
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Speaker 4: in here. I was like, June third, you made me

489
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Speaker 4: your girlfriend.

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Speaker 1: June fourth, I made you waste no time literally one day.

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Speaker 4: So but it was really cool. I guess the really

492
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Speaker 4: cool thing about being in the pandemic while pregnant is

493
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Speaker 4: really just being able to sit down a little bit.

494
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Speaker 1: I feel like you were missing it anything like this.

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Speaker 4: Is everyone's in the Yeah, yeah, you're.

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Speaker 1: All in the house. So he asked you to be

497
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Speaker 1: his girlfriend.

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Speaker 4: He so, I don't remember what he exactly he wrote,

499
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Speaker 4: but he wrote something on the on a mirror. Oh.

500
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Speaker 4: I think he said he was asking me something about

501
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Speaker 4: what I like to be called, and then he something

502
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Speaker 4: like would you like if I called you my girlfriend?

503
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Speaker 4: And he wrote like a heart, and then our initials

504
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,840
Speaker 4: on a mirror was really cute and innocent.

505
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Speaker 1: That is so sweet because I feel like people don't

506
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Speaker 1: ask that anymore.

507
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Speaker 4: You know, people are like, we just go together. Yeah?

508
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Speaker 1: Did your mom?

509
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Speaker 3: Did?

510
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Speaker 1: She always like him?

511
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Speaker 4: She met him pretty early on in our dating and

512
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:46,879
Speaker 4: she liked him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, she was like, yeah, he's for How do you

514
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Speaker 3: manage being busy and being a mom. How do you

515
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Speaker 3: manage not feeling guilty? Or do you feel guilty?

516
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Speaker 4: I sure do feel guilty. I feel guilty all the time,

517
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,760
Speaker 4: but I think my family reassures me that what I'm

518
00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,640
Speaker 4: doing is it is you know, it's for her, it's

519
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 4: for the family, it's for the long one, for her futures.

520
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,800
Speaker 4: So I try to snap out of that really quick,

521
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 4: and I also try to bring her most places that

522
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 4: I can so I can combine my work and family life.

523
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Speaker 4: So I do plan to bring her on tour.

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Speaker 1: She's on the album right, She's on the album.

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Speaker 4: She's on with Earth Wind and Fire. Yes, yeah, she's

526
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,880
Speaker 4: on there with Earth Wind and Fire. It's really full.

527
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Speaker 1: So she told me that's one of her favorite groups

528
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Speaker 1: of all the time.

529
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Speaker 4: She's gonna be like you, I think she's going to

530
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Speaker 4: care a little bit later now she has no idea.

531
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Speaker 4: She actually when she hears her part, she hears her cup.

532
00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 4: So yeah, since actually the part that she's on on

533
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 4: the song was from when she was four months old

534
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Speaker 4: and it was the first time I heard her laugh,

535
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Speaker 4: So she knows that it's hers to this day.

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Speaker 1: Amazing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, to be able to really just make that like

538
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 2: it's a monumental thing, and she'll have that later in

539
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,280
Speaker 2: life to be like, look at me, this.

540
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 4: Is and she gets the royalties because I gave her

541
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Speaker 4: a publishing so we're being paid out here.

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Speaker 2: Yes, now Jaguar too. The album comes out this month, right.

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Speaker 4: Yes, August twenty fifth.

544
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Speaker 1: How you feeling in the world.

545
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 4: It's August now. So I'm just like, we've made it.

546
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Speaker 4: The countdown has begun. I'm going to be doing a

547
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,119
Speaker 4: lot of this when we definitely listen, trust me, that

548
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 4: day we're going to be having a little listening up here,

549
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 4: carried and everything, because as you know, we are big fans.

550
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Speaker 2: Tell you, I'm like, I have to go out of

551
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 2: town today. I was like, no, we got to make

552
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Speaker 2: sure we're here because I never get to have a

553
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,439
Speaker 2: real sit down with you.

554
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's we've been wanting to.

555
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Speaker 1: But the timing is great.

556
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,400
Speaker 4: That's right, there's never better.

557
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Speaker 2: And you got Boozeu on the album. You said, that's

558
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Speaker 2: one of your mom's favorite artists.

559
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Speaker 4: She was listening to him a lot. That's where I

560
00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 4: first heard him, and I couldn't forget his voice. It

561
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,360
Speaker 4: was always like on a good Sunday or something when

562
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Speaker 4: she's cleaning, like when the vibes are good, you know,

563
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,640
Speaker 4: energy is great around the house. And so I'm so

564
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 4: glad and she it was really cool for me to

565
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 4: play it for her too, Like I didn't tell her

566
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 4: that he was on the song. I just played it

567
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 4: and when his voice came on, she was like, yeah, mom, yeah,

568
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:15,399
Speaker 4: it was really really awesome. We got to go to

569
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,480
Speaker 4: the Jamaica to film the video. Just good times. I'm

570
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,320
Speaker 4: trying to go back. You guys want.

571
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Speaker 2: To listen to one of our favorite places, let me

572
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:23,880
Speaker 2: know we'll be there.

573
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 1: Let's have a little album listening or something.

574
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Speaker 4: I am so down. Smoke, champagne, Jamaica, swimming, whatever.

575
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,360
Speaker 1: Food, everything, Let's not forget that.

576
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, the most important.

577
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 2: Honestly, we can plan it literally, Okay, let me put

578
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 2: it on the calendar. Now, can you put my days in?

579
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 2: But honestly, thank you so much for coming to sit

580
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 2: with us. I know we're going to do more of this.

581
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,600
Speaker 2: Congratulations as you know on the tour selling it immediately

582
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 2: on an amazing album.

583
00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 1: From what we've heard so far, there's three singles. You know,

584
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 1: I am Oh, trust me, I am amazing.

585
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,120
Speaker 4: Listen okay, but.

586
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 2: The three singles so far have all been bangers that

587
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 2: are out right now, you know, So congratulations on your

588
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 2: whole entire journey. I've been watching you for over ten

589
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 2: years now, as you know, so I'm definitely happy for

590
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 2: you and anything I could ever do, I'm there.

591
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:14,919
Speaker 1: You know that.

592
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 4: I appreciate you so much. I just want to give

593
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 4: you flowers right now. I wish I had some, But

594
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 4: thank you so much for supporting me all this time.

595
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,199
Speaker 4: It just means the world. It actually gave me a

596
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 4: lot of glimmers of hope. You were always mentioning my name.

597
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,199
Speaker 4: You're like by Victoria Monette when you have interviews with

598
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 4: Tip and everything. So thank you.

599
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 2: Yay, we had some good times. Yes, I actually hope

600
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 2: to her first listening party and.

601
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Speaker 3: We got it.

602
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, literally history.

603
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Speaker 2: All right, it is way up at Angela. Ye, Victoria Moneue,

604
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,920
Speaker 2: thank you so much, y'all know. August twenty fifth, YEP,

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Speaker 2: Jaguar two