WEBVTT - Interview: Trey Songz

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<v Speaker 1>Small Z, now on KISS.

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<v Speaker 2>Are we ready to welcome to the show tonight's guest, please?

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<v Speaker 2>He's a legend in the business. He's been around for

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<v Speaker 2>more than 20 years. He's sold over 32 million albums worldwide.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight studio albums, seven mixtapes, collabed with Drake and Nicki

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<v Speaker 2>Minaj and Justin Bieber and Chris Brown and even P.

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<v Speaker 3>Diddy.

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<v Speaker 2>He just wrapped up his 20 years of songs tour.

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<v Speaker 2>Please welcome, for the first time here at KISS at least,

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<v Speaker 2>Trey Songz in the building.

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<v Speaker 3>What's up, y'all? This is Trey Songz on the Smarzy Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Trey Songz in the building. What's up, everybody?

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back to the country. It's been a minute. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been a couple of years. Last we were here, I believe, 2024.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>But we were supposed to be here earlier this year,

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<v Speaker 4>so we got kind of prolonged.

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<v Speaker 3>What happened? What happened? Just delays of the sort. Okay. No,

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<v Speaker 3>we won't go into that? We won't throw anybody under

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<v Speaker 3>the bus. Okay, don't. No, hey. I don't need a beef.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't need a beef.

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<v Speaker 4>No beef.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you're here. You just did the shows. Man, the

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<v Speaker 3>shows were amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>And I want to send a special shout out to

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<v Speaker 4>everybody that made the shows. Being that they were rescheduled

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<v Speaker 4>and people drove miles and miles away.

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<v Speaker 3>Some people even came from... One lady told me she

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<v Speaker 3>came from China, which was amazing. What?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she showed me proof too. Okay. Yeah. Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Shout out to all the fans that, you know, made

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<v Speaker 4>sure that they could be there even with things changing

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<v Speaker 4>a bit.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate it. It must... You must like.

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<v Speaker 2>Not proud is the wrong word, but you must enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>20 years doing it and then people are still showing up, right?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, proud isn't really a bad word. You know what

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<v Speaker 3>I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>I just didn't feel it was gangster enough.

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<v Speaker 3>That was me.

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<v Speaker 1>That felt like a very white boy word.

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<v Speaker 4>You could be a white boy.

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<v Speaker 3>You look white to me. No, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I was trying to find.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. But, you know, like happy, you know?

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<v Speaker 4>No, it's definitely something to look back at and be

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<v Speaker 4>proud of what you accomplished. Just what you set out to.

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<v Speaker 4>Something that's a dream at the beginning.

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<v Speaker 3>Something that is.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, really not attainable in your eyes at some point.

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<v Speaker 4>Something that's that far away that becomes, like, the norm

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<v Speaker 4>of your life. And that you can look back and

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<v Speaker 4>have journeys with these people that have spent, like, countless

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<v Speaker 4>hours listening.

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<v Speaker 3>To my music.

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<v Speaker 4>And, you know, we have relationships that I've been a

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<v Speaker 4>part of these people's lives for things that I don't

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<v Speaker 4>even know at some point. So to be able to

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<v Speaker 4>go and, you know, and when you're on the other

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<v Speaker 4>side of the world, sometimes it strains that relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>But with the internet and with social media and everything,

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<v Speaker 4>when you come back, like you got these fans, but

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<v Speaker 4>some girl had a tattoo on her arm yesterday. Like

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<v Speaker 4>it's just, it's amazing to see all the love still

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<v Speaker 4>after 20 years.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>20 plus years in the game. Um, was there ever

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<v Speaker 2>a moment where you were like, Hmm, maybe, maybe I

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<v Speaker 2>won't last 20 plus years where there's some like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>times there where you're like, I need a backup plan.

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<v Speaker 4>What, Not a backup plan, but with anything that, with

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<v Speaker 4>any success comes, you know, with anything that.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to accomplish, it's a very hard thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>When you look and you're like, oh, I could do that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you

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<v Speaker 3>get into it and you're like, oh, I didn't know

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<v Speaker 3>about this or I didn't know about that.

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<v Speaker 2>True.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, and it's a lot of growing pains that

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<v Speaker 3>come with it. Yep.

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<v Speaker 4>But there never was a time where I wanted to,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, say, except for like in.

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<v Speaker 3>The very beginning when you're like, oh, my God, like.

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<v Speaker 3>Am I going to make it, period? That's what I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>15 little mixtapes later, I've met like 30 fake producers.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what I mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there people like in the early days?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, my God.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there like con artists promising you in the world

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<v Speaker 2>and then they don't deliver?

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<v Speaker 3>There's con artists all around, man.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>On every level. So especially in the beginning, man. So

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<v Speaker 4>speaking out to young artists that are willing to do,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, putting themselves on the line.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Just be careful with who you allow in your circle,

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<v Speaker 4>who you create with, who you grow your brand with

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<v Speaker 4>and things of that nature because that is very much

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<v Speaker 4>a thing. And in the beginning of my career, I

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<v Speaker 4>was fortunate to meet my producer, Troy Taylor, who walked

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<v Speaker 4>me through various fires and helped me to attain the

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<v Speaker 4>success and the knowledge that I have now.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I was able to be mentored and then on the

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<v Speaker 4>business side, I had everybody from Kevin Lyles to my

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<v Speaker 4>partner now, Ro Williams, who's still with me. So, Uh,

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<v Speaker 4>there are times that in, in any, any path to success,

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<v Speaker 4>you're going to look and be like, is there light

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<v Speaker 4>at the end of the tunnel? And if you keep going,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, the next day may be the best day.

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<v Speaker 3>That's cool. I like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that. That's off the hip to freestyle.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll write that down.

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<v Speaker 4>Hang on.

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<v Speaker 1>What was that?

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<v Speaker 3>Say that one more time. Next day, best day. Next day,

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<v Speaker 3>best day.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just taking that down.

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<v Speaker 2>Um, uh, you reckon it's easier to be an artist

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<v Speaker 2>today or like 20 years ago when you started?

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<v Speaker 3>Cause I feel like it.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if there's a fair answer to it

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<v Speaker 4>because each has its blessings and its problems. You know

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<v Speaker 4>what I mean?

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<v Speaker 3>I do think artistry was more the focus some time ago.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that artists of today are expected to be influencers.

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<v Speaker 3>Consecrated marketing tools.

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<v Speaker 4>They're expected to be so many things, which at one

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<v Speaker 4>point there was a wheelhouse that helped you with those things.

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<v Speaker 4>But I also think it's more... accessibility is more, uh,

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<v Speaker 4>direct defense.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, there's no, there's no gatekeepers anymore, right? Like, cause

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, back in the day you had to like

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<v Speaker 2>get a record label to sign off on you and

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<v Speaker 2>then they'd probably put you in a box and it's like,

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<v Speaker 2>if you make that.

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<v Speaker 3>Record, we're not going to make that record.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And I, and, and it is, uh, everything's a double,

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<v Speaker 3>a double edged sword, right?

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<v Speaker 4>Cause some, some gatekeepers were necessary, like in some, in

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<v Speaker 4>some fashion, making sure that, uh.

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<v Speaker 2>So you could even argue. wish there were more gatekeepers today.

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<v Speaker 2>Like there's sometimes there's.

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<v Speaker 4>You want to, you want to see real talent get

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<v Speaker 4>through and you want to see real talent get honed and, and, and, and, and, and, and, uh, crafted.

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<v Speaker 4>Cause there's not a lot of like artists grooming. There's

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<v Speaker 4>a lot, a lot of, uh, uh, helping these people develop.

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<v Speaker 4>Like you get a, you get a smash on Tik TOK,

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<v Speaker 4>as you said, and then you're just thrown to the masses,

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<v Speaker 4>like without media training, without vocal training, without, you know

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<v Speaker 4>what I mean?

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<v Speaker 3>The things that kind of were.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh, before I put it this way, Before my first

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<v Speaker 4>album came out, I was signed for three years.

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<v Speaker 3>And before that, I was making demos for two years.

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<v Speaker 4>Not to say that that has to be the way

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<v Speaker 4>that it should be done, but it was a preparedness

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<v Speaker 4>that came.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you build that resilience, right? Because you make music,

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<v Speaker 2>you make music. The first song you make isn't going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a number one, so you can handle that feedback.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's some young artists today, their first song is

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<v Speaker 2>a TikTok smash, and then they release another one, then

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<v Speaker 2>no one's there, and they don't know how to handle

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<v Speaker 2>that high to low.

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<v Speaker 4>Even on a different scale, just not even for... a

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<v Speaker 4>song per se just entertainment within itself you have these

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<v Speaker 4>these influences that go and you go viral and then

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<v Speaker 4>you're chasing that high yeah and and you feel less

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<v Speaker 4>validated because more people are not watching and liking and

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<v Speaker 4>any of that and to that i say to anybody

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<v Speaker 4>aspiring to do anything with yourself with yourself uh where

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<v Speaker 4>other people are involved which most people will be uh

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<v Speaker 4>you got to believe in you more than anything else

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<v Speaker 4>you got to have a sense of confidence that's just

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<v Speaker 4>that is blinding to anybody that doesn't understand your vision.

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<v Speaker 4>I see it like a, it's like a dream when

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<v Speaker 4>you wake up from a dream and you're like, man,

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<v Speaker 4>I had this dream and you can't really tell people

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<v Speaker 4>what the dream was. And even if you can, they

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<v Speaker 4>can't see the dream. So that's a literal form of

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<v Speaker 4>you dreaming. When you go out and you're trying to

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<v Speaker 4>do something that no one's seen before, you have to

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<v Speaker 4>believe in it so wildly for yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>That You have to be a little bit delusional. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>because everybody's not going to be like, man, you can't

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<v Speaker 3>do that.

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<v Speaker 2>And why?

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<v Speaker 4>Because you never saw anyone do it. That's why you

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<v Speaker 4>think I can't do it. And you've got to have

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<v Speaker 4>that resilience, like you said.

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<v Speaker 3>Totally.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, what's a random fact about you that people– or

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<v Speaker 2>something that you like or something that you– People wouldn't know, like,

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<v Speaker 2>with your spare time.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, are you into, like, gardening?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you do... I do, actually. That's so weird that

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<v Speaker 3>you said that.

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<v Speaker 1>I see, because I enjoy being out in the garden.

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<v Speaker 1>I've just bought, like.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not gardening yet because... Do you mow your own lawn?

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<v Speaker 3>I just.

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<v Speaker 4>put some new mulch down and dug up and pruned

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<v Speaker 4>my roses in the front wow I got like a

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<v Speaker 4>green thumb before I left I bought a couple new

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<v Speaker 4>plants couple new.

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<v Speaker 3>Rubber plants okay good on you no I love I'll

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<v Speaker 3>show you my plants.

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<v Speaker 4>Show me afterwards I know it's so weird you said

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<v Speaker 4>that but like at home like when I go home

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<v Speaker 4>like the first thing I do cause I'm I have

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<v Speaker 4>these seasons where I'm home for away from home for

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<v Speaker 4>a long time so I have I've grown obsessed with

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<v Speaker 4>these easy plants where it's a filtration system within the

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<v Speaker 4>plant where you only have to water them like Like

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<v Speaker 4>monthly for some plants, biweekly for some.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'll get in the house and start checking on

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<v Speaker 3>my plants.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I like to say, I don't know about you, but

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<v Speaker 2>for me, cause like we do, I do this and

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<v Speaker 2>it's always go, go, go. Like the garden is like,

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<v Speaker 2>it stops and it's a different part. Like there's no,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no creative. It's just like, it's completely different sort

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<v Speaker 2>of like mind. That's why I like it.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Trey, big green thumb right there.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, man.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you know what? I can't have you here without

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<v Speaker 1>talking about one thing.

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<v Speaker 3>What are we talking about? We're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 3>the meet and greet photos. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 2>For people who don't know, you do some meet and

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<v Speaker 2>greets sometimes backstage with the fans. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And they are.

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<v Speaker 3>They have requests.

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<v Speaker 1>They have interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>The fans have things they want to do in their

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<v Speaker 3>minds when they... Who am I to say? And you oblige.

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<v Speaker 3>You're a respectful gentleman. I'm an open book. Open book.

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<v Speaker 2>And you will take a photo however they would like

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<v Speaker 2>to have a photo.

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<v Speaker 3>However.

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<v Speaker 4>Not however, but we've gone to some extent, I will say.

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<v Speaker 4>It's fun to meet in Greece because it's such a

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<v Speaker 4>short time. It's very much value time for myself. And

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<v Speaker 4>it's either... before or after the show so yeah it's

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<v Speaker 4>an emotional roller coaster for myself and the fans yeah

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<v Speaker 4>with myself either having to prepare for the show and

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<v Speaker 4>thinking of these things like i said earlier you you

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<v Speaker 4>have moments with these fans that you've shared with them

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<v Speaker 4>as an artist that you know nothing about yeah like

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<v Speaker 4>people will come and share either the funniest story or

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<v Speaker 4>the most heartfelt story and then uh, it's just, it's

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<v Speaker 4>just a reminder because sometimes when you're on stage and

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<v Speaker 4>you're performing for the people, you can see the love

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<v Speaker 4>and you can, you can tell that it's real. But

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<v Speaker 4>when you get to meet fans and, and, and hear

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<v Speaker 4>their voices and hear their stories, it's an incredible experience.

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<v Speaker 3>And, Sometimes they might want to jump on you and

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<v Speaker 3>straddle you.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the weirdest request in a meet and greet

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<v Speaker 2>photo situation that you reckon you've had?

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<v Speaker 3>Have you had to say no? Yeah, but no usually

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<v Speaker 3>comes from someone else.

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<v Speaker 4>My manager of security is like, okay, hold on now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you put someone else in the middle there to go, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you tell them what you're thinking.

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<v Speaker 4>I've had people that come with a Sharpie and I'll

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<v Speaker 4>sign them and then they'll come to the next meet

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<v Speaker 4>and greet with a tattoo there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, wow. Okay, that's cool. No one's asked me to

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<v Speaker 3>do that, sadly. I mean, you don't want to be

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<v Speaker 3>out here labeling people. No, this is true.

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<v Speaker 1>Where are you going? Are you going home now? Because

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<v Speaker 1>you've done the two shows.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>You'd be good to be back here in Australia. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you going home or have you got more shows.

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<v Speaker 3>On the road?

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<v Speaker 4>I wanted to do more shows here in Australia, which

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<v Speaker 4>would have been great. Shout out to everybody that came

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<v Speaker 4>to all of the shows, by the way. Planning to

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<v Speaker 4>come back to Australia, as always. I never leave for long.

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<v Speaker 4>The last time was the longest I've been away. I

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<v Speaker 4>think it was like five years.

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<v Speaker 3>Ever since I first came.

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<v Speaker 4>First time I came, to anybody that doesn't know, I

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<v Speaker 4>think I came back in 2010.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Was the first time here, and I've been coming back probably.

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<v Speaker 2>About every three to four years. I, over the years,

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<v Speaker 2>I've even sent your fans to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>Play shows in the U.S., yeah. You've been buying tickets?

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<v Speaker 1>No, well, your label back in the day gave it

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<v Speaker 1>to you.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought it was you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, no, it was the label. It was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got this flyaway thing we want to do. We

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<v Speaker 2>want to send it. Yeah, no, the fans were great. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>but also the fans loved it. Australia's been loving you

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<v Speaker 2>for years.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I love Australia, man. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, as I

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<v Speaker 3>said in my song before.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, after this, you know, I'm going to head back.

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<v Speaker 4>I believe I'll be in New York for a while.

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<v Speaker 4>I love to take my son trick-or-treating.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, shit, what are you dressing up as? It's a secret.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't tell the world. You're going to dress up

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<v Speaker 3>as yourself?

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it doesn't really work. Pumpkin? I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 3>a blowout pumpkin this year. That's what you're doing? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>How do y'all get through doors? It sort of comes in.

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<v Speaker 2>It's $ 50 on Amazon.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a blowout pumpkin. I can show you if

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<v Speaker 3>you want. You want to see me?

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<v Speaker 2>Let me see.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait a second. Hang on, hang on, hang on. I

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<v Speaker 3>usually have two little, uh, costumes. Like usually one for

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<v Speaker 3>like when I take my son. Yeah. And then it's

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<v Speaker 3>another one for when we do like events and stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have anything going this year. I'm going to,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to, as of now. Okay. Well then maybe

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<v Speaker 3>you could do the blow up pumpkin. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. No, no, no. You got that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I reckon it's good. That's for you. That's me. That's

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<v Speaker 3>for you. Happy Halloween.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be me.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it.

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<v Speaker 1>I like it too.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you're going low maintenance.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got a fan in it and everything.

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<v Speaker 3>It does it. Double A batteries. Okay, coolant system. You'll

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<v Speaker 3>hear me coming.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll hear me coming. Wonderful to see you.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate you, Smallzy. Much love, brother. Good to see you.

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<v Speaker 1>Trey Songz, everybody.

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