1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to jojos One Now with me, Jojo Ciua 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: and iHeartRadio podcast. Welcome back to Jojo Cewan. Now, Oh 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: my god, this this is going to be my favorite 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: podcast ever because I got to talk about my favorite 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: thing for the next however long I want, and and 6 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: it's your choice how long you listen for. But today 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: I am going to be talking all about the visual 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: behind my first song, Karma. Now I say first song. 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: Of course, it's not my first song. I've had a 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: billion songs since I released Boomerang back in the day. 11 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: But it is my first song. It's my first record, 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: it's my first it's my first adult world serious not 13 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: kids made. It is my first song, and I am 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: so proud of it. I'm so excited about it. I'm 15 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: so excited for it to be in the world's hands 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: after two years. If you if you didn't listen to 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: last week's podcast, go take a listen. I deep dive 18 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: into the making of a song and all of that. 19 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: But today I'm going to be deep diving into the 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 1: music video. So let's freaking do it. Buckle up, put 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: your seatbelt song, because we are going into Carmel world 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: right now. And you definitely want a seatbelt for this one. Anyways, 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: So let's start at the very end of twenty twenty two. 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: I talked about this a bit in my last podcast, 25 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 1: but I made this document that had a pitch for 26 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: my label. One hundred and sixty page document every song 27 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: date I wanted to come out, music video concept, what 28 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: comes after it, the merch designs for it, the wardrobe 29 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: for it. Like everything, right, everything from that doc has 30 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: stuck to the plan, except for the dates. I mean, 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: I originally had a schedule to come out March twenty 32 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: twenty three, and it's now March twenty twenty four, and 33 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: it's all starting to come out. We're April twenty twenty four. 34 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: We get the DA a year later. I was just 35 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: a year early. I was a year excited anyways. But 36 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: I in that doc, the very first video that I 37 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: came up with, very first song that I wanted to 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: come out was Karma. I knew I wanted that to 39 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: be first. I knew the power that that song has 40 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: to come out first, to come out out of the 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: gate it is. It's a head turner. Is it our 42 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: best song musically? No? Is it the biggest head turner? Absolutely. 43 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: And for me, I'm all about playing my card smart 44 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: and being very calculated and being very what what do 45 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: I want to get across? And for me, with Karma, 46 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: it was about making a point. It wasn't about being 47 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: Selein Down. I know I'm never ever going to be 48 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: Selin Down. I don't I don't have the voice, you know, 49 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: and I but I do have something that is a gift, 50 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: that is being able to create visuals. And for me, 51 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 1: I knew that with Karma as a song, I could 52 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: create a strong visual and so honestly, I closed my eyes, 53 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: played the song and I thought to myself, what can 54 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: I do to this? And I knew I wanted some 55 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: sort of contradicting element. I wanted either fire and water 56 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: or I wanted dark and light. I wanted something that 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: was contradicting, and initially it was fire and water, and 58 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: up until the day of the video Shoe, it was 59 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: still fire and water. The day of the video Shoe 60 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: on set, I literally came up to the director and 61 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: I was like, Hey, so, I don't think we need 62 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: the fire anymore and he was like, we're literally filming 63 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: and I was like, yeah, but no fire, It's not 64 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: gonna it's gonna be too much, and he was like, okay, 65 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: I mean it's your's your thing, so yep, I'm on it. Anyways, 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: I'll get into that though. So originally my concept started 67 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: as you know, I wanted to be on a yacht. 68 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to be at a party. We didn't necessarily 69 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: know if it was gonna be a yacht yet, so 70 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: I said I wanted to be at a party. I 71 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: wanted to be with my girl. And then I saw 72 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: my girl cheating on me, and I got really angry, 73 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: and so I started to to you know, develop these 74 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: fire powers, right, and I set the boat to fire. 75 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: We do this cool dance and then I'm like, wait, 76 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: I messed up. It's not that serious, it's not that 77 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: dramatic like everyone. I'm just gonna go. So then that's 78 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: when I jumped off the boat. And then I was like, wait, 79 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: I messed up again. I got to get out of 80 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: this water. And then I like, I come out of 81 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: the water and then I'm on this beast island situation, 82 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: and then it's like shit, I messed up again. So 83 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: then I just set the island of fire and it's 84 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: like my Carra followed me and I just set the 85 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: island fire. And originally it ended with me on the 86 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: island on fire, and that was that was it. It 87 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: was like boat firepowers, set the boat to fire, jump off. 88 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: Then it was like island firepowers, set the island fire, 89 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: and then I'm stuck there because you can only escape 90 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: your karma so much. Essentially, So that was the original 91 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: music video idea. And then I got to let that 92 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: idea marinate for a very very long time. So all 93 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty three, I actually had to not listen 94 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: to any of my new music because any time I 95 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: listened to it, I get too excited. I get ready 96 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: to fill a video and to do a performance and 97 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: to sing and to dance. I get I get so 98 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: excited and so pumped up. But then I when I 99 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: realized it wasn't gonna come out in twenty twenty three, 100 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, I have to slow down. I 101 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: can't listen to this. I can't get excited. I can't 102 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: I can't be stoked just yet. But then I got 103 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: the official word that Karma was greenlit by my label 104 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: to come out first and to do the music video 105 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: and to make it massive and to go for it. 106 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: And I said, Okay, here we go. So then I 107 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: had a call with a director who's great, who I've 108 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:42,919 Speaker 1: worked with before, and it just it wasn't It wasn't 109 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: necessarily the right vibe. She wasn't necessarily finding exactly the 110 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: vision that I had in my head. It wasn't the 111 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: level that I wanted to do. And then I finally 112 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: asked her as a friend on like a sidebar. I 113 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: was like, what's what's going on? I was like why 114 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: because normally normally she does things massive And I was like, 115 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: what's what's going on on? What's happening? Why? Why are 116 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: you holding back on me with this? Like I'm finally excited? 117 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: And she revealed me. She said, because there's not really 118 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: a budget. And I was like, well, what do you 119 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: mean there's not really a budget because at this point 120 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: I was out of the budget conversation. I didn't know that. 121 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: And she said, there's not really a budget to make 122 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: this vision that you have come to life. She's like, 123 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: everyone loves this vision, but it's just not possible within 124 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: the budget that we were given from label. And I said, oh, 125 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: I said, don't's threat about that. I was like, I've 126 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: been waiting for this one I was like, I will 127 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: cover this video whatever it is, like, don't like make 128 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: it like let's let's let's go. Like the best thing 129 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: you can do is invest in yourself. And I've been 130 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: waiting years to have this moment like I I will 131 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: handle whatever we need to handle. And then it's still 132 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: just still wasn't clicking. And so that's when I made 133 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: a phone call to my other director friend. His name 134 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 1: is Mark Klass, and Mark and I have done so 135 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: many videos together. He is the director behind Dearie Am, 136 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: Number One, You Bop Time to Celebrate World Party he did. 137 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: I wanted him to do the J Team, but Nickelodeon 138 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: did wouldn't let him do the J Team because he 139 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: hadn't done a movie yet and they didn't want it 140 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: to be his first. And I was like why, like 141 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: he's freaking perfect for it, come on, and they just 142 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: they were a little hesitant. I was like, all right, fine. 143 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: But then then once I literally woke up and I 144 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: was like what about Mark? I was like why didn't 145 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: I realize that right away? And so called Mark and 146 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: I was like, look, I don't know if you're interested, 147 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if you're available, and he was like look, 148 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: I'm so busy right now, but I will make it happen. 149 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: And I was like, let freaking go. So that I 150 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: called him, gave him my idea and I told him. 151 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: I was like, look, I was like, no matter what 152 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: anyone tells you, I was like, I'm I am going 153 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: to fund this. I was like, I am going to 154 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: make it work. Go make your budget, whatever, whatever the 155 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: team can contribute, that is a phenomenal. I will handle 156 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: it other than that, you know. And so he went. 157 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: He made my vision come to life, and he gave 158 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: us a treatment, and he gave us a budget breakdown, 159 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: and I was like, Okay, here we go, here we go. 160 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna be fine. We're gonna be great. It's gonna 161 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: be worth it. And he made this treatment based off 162 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: of that video idea, and uh it was. It was 163 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: essentially perfect. Now I want to cut to you so 164 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: we know we know this video is happening. We have 165 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: our idea, the label approves it. I approve it, like 166 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: we are all so stoked, all so happy. Then it 167 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: comes time to audition dancers, and we auditioned dancers and 168 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: we have great boys to be in the thing. And 169 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: then we have great girls to be in the thing. 170 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: Great girls come to the audition. I knew that Malia, 171 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: who ends up being my girlfriend in the in the 172 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: music video, I knew she was gonna be in it 173 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: as the girlfriend. I was ready for that. I was 174 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: comfortable with that. But then the other girl, the one 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: in the red I we had the audition and no 176 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: one else felt right at all. And so then we 177 00:08:58,120 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: were having a meeting. We were having a meeting with 178 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: the war team, the hair makeup team, my mom, the director, 179 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: the choreographer, Richie, we were all having a meeting together 180 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: and I was like, none of those girls felt right. 181 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:09,599 Speaker 1: I was like, I just don't know, Like, let me 182 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: sleep on it. My mom actually said, what about Alexis. 183 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: You always said you wanted her in a music video, 184 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: and I had met Alexis, she was the Season seventeen 185 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: winner of So You Think You Can Dance? And literally 186 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: I told her, I said, I have songs coming out. 187 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: I know I want you to be in the music video. 188 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: Like I have this vision for a song that we 189 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: had done and I was like, I have a vision 190 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: for a video and it wasn't Karma, it was a 191 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: different one. And I was like, but I want you 192 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: to be in it, like I see it, I can 193 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: picture it, I'm ready for it. And she said, okay, 194 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: I would love that. And so then I, uh, when 195 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: this that night happened and she didn't come to the audition, 196 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: and so I thought, you know, maybe she maybe she 197 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: changed her mind. Maybe she's not it's just not available, 198 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: like maybe it just didn't know we had that meeting. 199 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: And then I got in my car and I had 200 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: a text from Alexis and she was like, oh my god, 201 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: I had no idea that you had an audition, Like 202 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: I didn't get it because of the height requirement. We 203 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: put girls five six and taller because I'm five seven, 204 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: five eight, five nine, I don't really know, and so 205 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 1: we put five six and taller so that way that 206 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: wasn't a massive heighth difference. And Alexis is like a 207 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: really cute five two. I think she's really little, itty 208 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: bitty baby. She in a little pollypocket and yeah, so 209 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: she was like, she was like, I didn't get the 210 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: audition because of the heighth requirement, Like there's ever a world 211 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: like where you do like another audition, Like I would 212 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: love to come, even if like it is fight, Like 213 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: I still just love to be there and be in 214 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: the room like please let me know. And I was like, 215 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 1: oh my god. We literally just had a meeting. We 216 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 1: were talking about you, like we want you to do it, 217 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: and I was like, can you come to the studio 218 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: tomorrow and we can just dance. We can just kind 219 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: of feel it, see if it works, if we have chemistry, 220 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: because we had never danced together, but we knew each other. 221 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: And she came to the studio the next day and 222 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: it was just, I mean, it was magic. I just 223 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: I knew. I knew that she was the right one 224 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: for it. And then ended up when I was like, 225 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: if you're available, you got the job, and she was like, 226 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: I will be there. So then cut to music video rehearsals. 227 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: We have this idea, we have this costumes. I knew 228 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: that I want to be some sort of beasty sea creature, 229 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,199 Speaker 1: and then we have the beast cousin sea creatures coming 230 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: out of the water. We're in the yacht, all of 231 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: everything is still stuck to the plant. Right then we're 232 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: in rehearsals, and God, I wish I could remember the 233 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: exact moment that this happened. But somewhere along the line 234 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: of the first day of rehearsals, I was like, wait, 235 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: I'm saying I was a bad girl. I did some 236 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: bad things, but I'm seeing somebody else cheat. I was like, no, 237 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: I am the bad guy. I have to do the 238 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: bad thing. And so then it was like, okay, well, 239 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: how are we gonna do this bad thing right? And 240 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: then my choreographer, Richie actually came up with doing it 241 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: in the choreography and kind of getting with another girl 242 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: while my girl was literally in my hands, and that's 243 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: when we came up with that iconic that shah Na lie, 244 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: that shaw Na cheet, that dance moment. And then you know, 245 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: after that is when we went into the dance of 246 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: the chorus and we decided we were like, it's it's 247 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: all happening too fast, like we need a moment for 248 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: it to breathe and to see what happened. And so 249 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: then my videographer his name is Camer and he was 250 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: there and I was like, well, give me a second, 251 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: I can like freeze the song and like just like 252 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: chuck it together quick on my phone and then we 253 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: can have the producer like redo it. So then I 254 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: did that and I played it and then Cameron, who's 255 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: a videographer. He was he's also an incredible music producer, 256 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: and he was like, do you want me to just 257 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: like chuck that together fast, but like better than your 258 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: awkward freeze frame pause, And I was like, oh my god, please. 259 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: I was like I want a heartbeat, I want a breath, 260 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: and then I wanted to fill back into the music, 261 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: and he was like, literally, give me ten minutes. I 262 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: got this, and I was like okay. So Cameron took 263 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 1: the music, he gave us that extra ten seconds and 264 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: we were like, oh my god, it's perfect. So then 265 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: that night the director comes into rehearsals and we were like, 266 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: all right, we have a full new pitch for you. 267 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: It is me. That's the bad guy. It's me doing 268 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: the cheating. We're still doing the firepowers, but now it 269 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: actually made more sense because it was like, I'm setting 270 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: this fire because I messed up, and I kind of 271 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: just want to burn the evidence. And then and it's 272 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: like it kind of follows me to the island and 273 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: so I want to burn the evidence again. And then 274 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: we have the next day of rehearsals, all going good, 275 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: all going well. I'm trying to think if there was 276 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: anything like that didn't go smoothly. But honestly, everything did. 277 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean, at this point, I did a crash course 278 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: two weeks of like making sure my my body was 279 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: in check, making sure I was eating properly, making sure 280 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: that I was stretching so I wasn't gonna get tight, 281 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: Like I did so much pre work for this video. 282 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: But everything in the week like went so smooth, It 283 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: was so put together, it was so great. And then 284 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: we were on set day one, day one, and so 285 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: day one we shot all of the stuff on the yacht, 286 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: so all of the white. And then day two, so 287 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: we shot all of the beast stuff, all the black, 288 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 1: and then we did the nude stuff, the pool stuff. 289 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: We did all of that also on day one. We 290 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: did it that night. So day one was like a 291 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: seventeen hour day, and then day two was like a 292 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: fifteen hour day. So we're on set and we're doing 293 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: the first dance, and I told my director after that, 294 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: that's when I had the conversation with him, like I 295 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: don't think we need the fire anymore. I was like, 296 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: because the dance happened, we don't need me to set 297 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: this to fire. To jump off, I can just like 298 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: dip out, like see everybody, and then it made sense 299 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: to have my karma follow me and be with me 300 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: in the pool scene, and then it made sense for 301 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: her to follow me to the island. It kind of 302 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: ended up being that I was the bad guy, and 303 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: then the girl in Red, who is played by Alexis 304 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: read she is, She is my karma, she is what's 305 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: following me. She is the bad thing that I did. 306 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: Then we're on set and I was like, you know 307 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: what would beked up as if I at the end 308 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: still made the wrong choice and I still went with 309 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: the wrong girl. So then I was like, wait a second, 310 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: this is all happening on set. I was like, here's 311 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: the new vision. Everybody. I was like, I know, we're 312 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: literally on set, but hear me and I think this 313 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: is the winner. They're like what is? I was like, 314 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: the whole thing becomes a flashback. The whole thing becomes 315 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: a forward, and so you know, you see me with 316 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: the girls, I make the wrong choice and then I'm 317 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: like deuces. But then you know, after we get to 318 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: the island, Red follows me, and then it's like we 319 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: go back in time and then we're back on the 320 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: boat and we have this moment again where We're doing 321 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: that same style of dance but to a different part 322 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: of music, and it's like we are back now in 323 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: real time of like what choice is she gonna make? 324 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: And I still make the wrong choice. That happened on 325 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: set and that's where the story came together and everyone 326 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: was like sold, we love it. It's psycho, but we 327 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: love it. And I was like me too, I love 328 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: it too. So I was like, all right, we gotta 329 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: get Red in the pool with us. We got we 330 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: gotta make this all happen, and we're like, okay, great, 331 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: nailed it. So we had our first day on set. 332 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: It was a great day, went smoothly. We went to 333 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: the pool after we shout it at the director's pool. 334 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: It was freezing outside and my outpha that I was 335 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: wearing is basically nothing. I mean, I'm essentially nothing. It's 336 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: all sheer and so it's so cold. But luckily the 337 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: pool was heated to like eighty five degrees, so we 338 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: were chilling in that department. And then for the pool scene, 339 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: that actually took a lot of preparation. So the same 340 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: way that we had rehearsals for the dance part of things, 341 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: I had rehearsals by myself. For the pool part of things, 342 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: I practiced how to backflop into the pool. I brought 343 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: a GoPro out I filmed with a camera just at 344 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: my pool figuring it out. And I really tried to 345 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: figure out, like what the best way to jump backwards 346 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: into the pool was. And I realized that the best 347 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 1: way to do it and the best shot to get 348 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: was just by backflopping. And I was like, Okay, here 349 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: we go. We're just gonna backflop, like you'll be fine eventually, 350 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: and here I am. I'm fine. Then I was like, okay, 351 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: I want to get a shot where I'm singing underwater. 352 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: So then I practiced singing underwater and I realized after 353 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: I did it and I filmed it, and then I 354 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: watched it back just at my house a couple days 355 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: before the video shoot, I was like, oh, your bubbles, 356 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: like you can't see anything. You can't see anything that 357 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: you're singing. So then I had to figure out how 358 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: to move my mouth underwater while making it look like 359 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: I'm singing well not getting that like massive bubble overflow. 360 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: So then what I figured is I had to empty 361 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: my lungs go all the way to the bottom of 362 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: the pool, sing the words come back up, and then 363 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: also while doing that, also holding the beat of the song, 364 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 1: so I would listen to the song above the pool, 365 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: catch the beat, go under, sing for a bit, come 366 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: back up, make sure I was still on beat. So 367 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: then when we got to the set of the pool, 368 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: did all that, but we could only do it in 369 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: like forward increments because of the emptying my lungs getting 370 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: down to the pool. By the time I was down 371 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: there and they gave me the green light to start, 372 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 1: and then I had to figure out where I was 373 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: at in the song. We had to do that bit 374 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: coming up and down and up and down and up 375 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: and down, and it was It's not easy, but it 376 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 1: was so worth it. And that is one of the 377 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: parts of the video that everyone talks about, like the 378 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: singing underwater, the singing underwater where you actually underwater, and 379 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: I was like, no, we literally were underwater. Got it 380 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: turned out so cool. I'm so happy with how that 381 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: turned out. Then after that, we we came home, we 382 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: fell asleep, and we woke up and we did it 383 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: all again the next day. The next day. Day two. 384 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: Day two started off awfully. I'm not gonna lie. My 385 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,680 Speaker 1: biggest fat peeve is hair and makeup. I hate sitting 386 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: in the hair and makeup chair. Hair and makeup took 387 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: five hours on day two. By hour three, I was done. 388 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: I was over it. I was like, give me, like, 389 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: let's go, Like I was just not having it anymore. 390 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 1: So to be in that chair for five hours was 391 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: very tortuous. And it was just like one thing after 392 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 1: another after another, just look out to happening. And then 393 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: the girl Alexis, who was red, this is kind of 394 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: a fun story. She was supposed to she was supposed 395 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: to leave set. She's supposed to wrap at about four o'clock. 396 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,479 Speaker 1: But that was so with the order of the day. 397 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: Was going to be all the dancing on the sand 398 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: and then all the dancing in the water and then 399 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: the actual water tank of me coming out of the 400 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: water and all that was good to go. But then 401 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: I realized that the initial schedule didn't have us doing 402 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: our red and blod b stance in the water, and 403 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,160 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, we need that, like we cannot 404 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: not have that moment. And Alexis actually had a flight 405 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: to catch and she was like, I planned on wrapping 406 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: at four. I have a flight at eight, Like I can't. 407 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: I can't stay And I was like, where do you 408 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: have to be. I was like, I will get you 409 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: wherever you have to be, like we must, we must 410 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: have this moment of us doing this dance in the water, 411 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: like we can't not have it. And she was like okay. 412 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: She was like I just have to be somewhere in 413 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: the morning, another state at like nine am. And I 414 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: was like, okay, I'll get you there, Like where do 415 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: I gotta get you? Like I will figure it out. 416 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,479 Speaker 1: And she's like Phoenix, Arizona. And I was like, oh, 417 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: maybe that's like a six hour car drive. I can 418 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: get you there. Even if we wrapped at three in 419 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: the morning, I can get you in a car and 420 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: get you there. We ended up being able to wrap 421 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: her at like eight o'clock, so we got her car service. 422 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 1: They drove her through the night. It was totally fine. 423 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: But she was like we really, like we can make 424 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: it work. And I was like, yes, we can make 425 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: it work. Like if you're fine to make it work 426 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: like that, I will make it happen. I'll pay for it, 427 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: like don't even sweat. She's like okay, let's freaking do it. 428 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: And thank god we did because that dance in the 429 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: water that few eight council was I mean, honestly, probably 430 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: the most special part of the video, dancing in the 431 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: water like that. It was about a three inch water pellett. 432 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: I guess this is a good way to put it. 433 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: A big, big square of water and we got to 434 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: splash around we It was slippery, but like, you'll be fine, 435 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: we'll find it. I did get scared when we Alexis 436 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: and I were doing our partner work in the water, 437 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: because I, of course, you know, being the partner, I 438 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: didn't want to affect how she does, and I of 439 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: course want to be I have to be the supporting 440 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,479 Speaker 1: one when we're doing all that partnering work. I'm doing 441 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: all the lifting and so having her life essentially in 442 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 1: my hands. That was a lot of pressure in the water, 443 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,159 Speaker 1: but so sick, so worth it. Then we we wrapped 444 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,919 Speaker 1: up the day. We wrapped up the day in the 445 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: water tank. I got into a tank that was about 446 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: three feet deep of water. It was a square, said 447 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 1: crisscross apple sauce, And I raised myself out, lowered myself down, 448 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 1: and raised myself out, lowered myself down. Somehow, by some miracle, 449 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: my hair and makeup stage, so I guess the five 450 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: hours was worth it, but ah it was. So it 451 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: was the most stressful five hours literally ever, but it 452 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: was worth it. And then then we called that's a rap. 453 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 1: And what's very strange is anytime we've done a music 454 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: video and we've called that's a rap, every time, I 455 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: cry every single time. I'm just so happy. I don't 456 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: want to be done, i don't want to lose the day. 457 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: I'm so sad, like there's so many feelings going into it. 458 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: But for some reason, with Karma, they called that's rap, 459 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: and I was like, yeah it is. We freaking did it, 460 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: Like I felt so accomplished. I felt so satisfied. It 461 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: was so much work. It was two days of rehearsal, 462 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: two days of a video shoot, and it was done. 463 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: Like we did it. We got there, my vision came 464 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: to life. I felt so fulfilled and so overwhelmed with 465 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: excitement that a tear wasn't ever in sight, which is interesting, 466 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: that's very very rare thing for me. But then I 467 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: mean the editing process of we've had forty two different versions. 468 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 1: That's dramatic. We've had like thirteen, thirteen or fourteen different 469 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: versions editing it. It's kind of funny. I have all 470 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: my reaction videos because I was like, when we get 471 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 1: the one, like I wanted to, like, I want to 472 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: have my reaction on camera, and so my first reaction, 473 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: like initially, I mean, I'm stoked, like the video is 474 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: everything I ever wanted it to be, Like it turned 475 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 1: out so great. I'm so happy, but like, here's all 476 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 1: the changes. But I was so happy. But then after that, 477 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: I mean, for takes two through twelve, I'm just like, no, 478 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,400 Speaker 1: still didn't get it. Still didn't get it, Still don't 479 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: get it. Then finally my last like the last time 480 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: that I like, the first time that I watched the 481 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: final version of the video, I was like, Okay, finally 482 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: we got it. Like I wasn't stoked at all. I 483 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: was so proud and so happy, but I was like, finally, 484 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: it's about time. Like I I wish I had a 485 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: more exciting reaction because the way that I feel when 486 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: I watched the video is like that's my baby coming 487 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: to life. That is everything I've ever wanted to do. 488 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: That is every bit of art that I ever wanted 489 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,959 Speaker 1: to create. And I think one of the things I'm 490 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: most proud about with karma and the visual behind it 491 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: is how much I actually did for it. You know, 492 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: I'm a co director on it. I produced it, I 493 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: financed it. I helped with hair and makeup. I did. 494 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: Alexis the Beast, I did her makeup I did. I 495 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: helped Richie with the choreography. I help with the wardrobe. 496 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: I help on set. I help with the light. I mean, 497 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: I help with the effects. I help with all of it, 498 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: even down to the thumbnail of the music video. The 499 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: thumbnail I made myself on Photoshop, and I put those 500 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: photos together and I cut them out. And there's a 501 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: lot of people that could do that job. But it 502 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,479 Speaker 1: is something that I love doing and I pride myself 503 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: in doing, and so I think that's one of the 504 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: things I'm most excited about. One things that I'm not 505 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: gonna lie I'm scared about is Okay, I guess scared 506 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: is the wrong word, because I'm not scared. I'm interested 507 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 1: in is the world's reaction. You Know, when I posted 508 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: the warning, the world how to reaction. When I posted 509 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: the teasers, the world how to reaction. When I posted 510 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: the song, the world had to reaction. So now when 511 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: I share this video, what does the world's reaction look like. 512 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: And that is something that I don't know yet and 513 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: I won't know until it happens. But no matter what, 514 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: I'm already onto the next project, already starting the next 515 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: piece of art. And I kind of say, this version 516 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: of me is like a chef's course dinner. You know, 517 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: you're not going to Outback or Applebee's, where you know 518 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: what you get in and you know you're gonna like it. 519 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: You go into a chef's table where you're going in 520 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: to a Michelin Star restaurant, so you can't change anything. 521 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: But like most people are into it, and if you're 522 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: not into it, you still talk about it. And so 523 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: that's kind of how I like to explain this new 524 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 1: version of me, this new chapter of my life is 525 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,679 Speaker 1: it is unrestrained, and it is a chef's course freaking dinner. 526 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: We're also just getting started. You know, my goal is 527 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: to create art. I can never ever ever say that enough. 528 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: I'm not not trying to create the national anthem and 529 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: the song of the world. I'm trying to art, and 530 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm trying to create visuals that makes people's heads turn 531 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: and make people go, oh shit, she did that. That 532 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: is my goal with this music, with this project, and 533 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: I uh, I'm very excited for it. I'm very proud 534 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: of it, very ready for it. Gosh, I've been waiting 535 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: waiting two legit years, but I mean I have been waiting. 536 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: I have been waiting since since Miley Cyrus said this 537 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: with Bangers. I mean, I remember going to the Bankers 538 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,959 Speaker 1: too when I was eight years old, and I remember 539 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: wanting to be that, and now here I am twenty 540 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: years old, which is around how old she was when 541 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,400 Speaker 1: she did Bangers, and people people are saying, you're trying 542 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: to do Ami Cyrus. No shit, of course I am. 543 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: That's everything I've always wanted to be. And yes, I 544 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: will never ever be Miley Cyrus ever, but one percent 545 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: I am doing like I am. I'm one hundred percent, 546 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: one hundred percent looking at what she did and taking inspiration. 547 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: I would never ever deny that because that's literally what's 548 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: happening anyways. I feel like that is pretty much my 549 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: karma music video Deep Dive. I mean, it was a long, 550 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: long four days, but it was the best four days 551 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: of my life. The project did turn out exactly how 552 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: I wanted to. From my changes from twenty to twenty two, 553 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: the end of the year to literally the day of 554 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: the music video shoot. Every little detail kept changing, but 555 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: man didn't end up exactly the way that I wanted 556 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: it to. I'm so proud, I'm so ready, I'm so excited. 557 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: I'm so thrilled for the world to get to see 558 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: it and for the world to get to judge it. Like, 559 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: be my guest, have fun with it. If it gives 560 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: you a highlight of your day, let it be that. 561 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: I'm I'm totally cool with that. Ah troops, I love y'all. 562 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: I got lots more good podcasts coming your way. We're 563 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 1: gonna do a couple more deep doves on Karma for 564 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 1: this week. I am doing so many things for the 565 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: release of Karma, and so I want to do a 566 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: podcast where I kind of, you know, bring you in 567 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: and let you know everything now kind of went on 568 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: in this week and all the ins and the outs. 569 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: There's a lot happening. We're just getting freaking started. And 570 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: I just want to say that I appreciate you. I 571 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: hope you appreciate yourself. I hope you are proud of yourself. 572 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 1: I hope you wake up every day and are like, 573 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: you know what, I am me, and that's freaking baller 574 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: because it is noise. Remember, no matter what Karma say, 575 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: they're really good, but Karma's a bitch either way. Though, 576 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 1: I love you and I appreciate you do this. Thank 577 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: you so much for listening, everybody. Be sure to follow 578 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: us on Instagram and TikTok at Jojesua Now podcast. Be 579 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: sure to write us a review and maybe if you're 580 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: feeling to leave us five stars, I'll see you next week.