WEBVTT - Interview: Ashanti 

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<v Speaker 1>A small show, A smallsy show.

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<v Speaker 2>We got ourselves a Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, author, actress.

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<v Speaker 2>She's going to be coming on tour with the A

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<v Speaker 2>Shanty Rock with You tour here in Australia in November.

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<v Speaker 2>Destroy all lines dot com for your ticket details.

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<v Speaker 3>A Shanty She's on zoo High.

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<v Speaker 1>Nice to meet you.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at you. You're a glamour a shanty.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, thank you, Smilezie.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you wake up looking like that?

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<v Speaker 2>Or I mean, we're sort of the same age and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to make us sound old, but it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't come as naturally for me as it used to.

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<v Speaker 4>Smiley.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not wake up like this stalling. I woke

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<v Speaker 1>up with a bonnet on.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, wonderful to see you. I'm sure you know Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>We have loved you for literally years.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 5>And I absolutely love Australia. I have the best time

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<v Speaker 5>every time I come to Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>It is a huge party.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, we're gonna talk about the tour in just

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<v Speaker 2>a second. Let's officially roll the opener and get your own.

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<v Speaker 5>She's the R and B icon who's produced house Party Anthem.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at me day, your mom, the one

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<v Speaker 1>and only.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, hey this is a shan Sea doing a damn thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you are coming back in November, and we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about that in just a second. But we

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<v Speaker 2>got so much to catch up on because I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>know you got married to Nelly and had a baby

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<v Speaker 2>and started a YouTube series.

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<v Speaker 3>Like you, you were so busy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lot going on.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a lot going on, you know, mom, wife, career,

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<v Speaker 5>balancing all of that out. You know, it's it's a job,

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<v Speaker 5>but it's a beautiful job, you know, very blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>Say, let's flash back to like the early the early noughties, right,

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<v Speaker 2>It's crazy to think that we are literally almost the

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<v Speaker 2>same age, and I was watching you as a teen

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever and going, oh, this is so cool, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're literally like almost the same age living it. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't even begin to imagine what that would have been like.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you love it more now the older you get?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I look back on those days and I go,

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I was a bit more present in the

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<v Speaker 2>moment because stuff happened so quickly, and you don't appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>things sort of the way you do the older you get,

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<v Speaker 2>and it gives you a bit of perspective.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I would definitely say I appreciate things way more now,

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<v Speaker 5>you know what I mean, Like just coming in and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, very very humbly gaining so much success.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of like, you know, when.

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<v Speaker 5>I first found out, like my numbers and all these

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<v Speaker 5>things are happening my first.

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<v Speaker 4>Album, I'm like, is this good?

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<v Speaker 5>Like are these numbers good?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure what's happening here?

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<v Speaker 5>And then to find out all of the things that

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<v Speaker 5>we've done and accomplished was an amazing thing.

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<v Speaker 4>So I kind of started to appreciate.

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<v Speaker 6>It way more later, you know what I mean, Because

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<v Speaker 6>when you look at how much it's changed, and how

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<v Speaker 6>the technology has changed, and sonics have changed, and record

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<v Speaker 6>labels have changed, and the consumption of music has changed, you.

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<v Speaker 5>Know, it's very different, you know, So I absolutely appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 6>A lot more now.

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<v Speaker 2>I asked this to artists sometimes who have done both.

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<v Speaker 2>I call it like pre the internet and streaming and

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<v Speaker 2>post the Internet. Right, would you have loved to have

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<v Speaker 2>done it the way the industry is now? Or are

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<v Speaker 2>you grateful albeit there was like you know, look, let's

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, the industry had some dark. The industry has

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<v Speaker 2>had dark moments, right, Are you glad you did it then?

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<v Speaker 2>Or would you have loved to have a crack breaking now?

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<v Speaker 2>But then you kind of don't have. I'm sorry, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>answering your question for you, but like you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>an off switch now, they're always on social media.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything is always.

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<v Speaker 1>On, Everything is always on.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I appreciate exactly what I have, you know

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<v Speaker 4>what I mean, Like coming up in a time where

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<v Speaker 4>there was Instagram and there wasn't you know what was

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<v Speaker 4>it Twitter?

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<v Speaker 5>In my all of that after and so me being

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<v Speaker 5>able to experience both and to compare both, I think

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<v Speaker 5>it's a blessing, you know what I mean. There are

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of things that I was doing years and

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<v Speaker 5>years and years ago before Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think it's just cool for me to be

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<v Speaker 1>in the position.

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<v Speaker 5>That I meant and kind of best of both worlds

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<v Speaker 5>being able to compare me.

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<v Speaker 2>I also, I also say this like to the kids

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<v Speaker 2>of today, right, And I don't mean that like like facetiously,

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<v Speaker 2>but to the kids, I'm like, for you to have

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<v Speaker 2>been like a famous pop star artist in the early

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<v Speaker 2>like late nineties, early noughties, it required a whole different

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<v Speaker 2>level of your music having to connect. Right. So like

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<v Speaker 2>now instantaneously you can put out a song and you

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<v Speaker 2>could go straight to number one and everyone's interconnected. But

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<v Speaker 2>like back in the day, like to sell shows out

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<v Speaker 2>in Australia, you'd have to have your song being played.

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<v Speaker 2>People would be having to physically go to the shops

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<v Speaker 2>to buy the record. Fans would wake up at like

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<v Speaker 2>seven eighty six am in the morning and line up

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<v Speaker 2>at like a ticket master or whatever to buy tickets

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<v Speaker 2>to get front row at the show. None of this

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<v Speaker 2>is doing it at home. I actually think it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was harder to be famous twenty years ago than

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<v Speaker 2>it is to be famous today.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, absolutely absolutely, from touring to merge to like you said,

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<v Speaker 5>standing online.

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<v Speaker 1>And doing in stores and going to the radio stations.

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<v Speaker 5>You had to physically travel to all the radio stations

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<v Speaker 5>in that city.

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<v Speaker 1>If you were performing like it was a lot to do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lot harder.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you are coming back to Australia. Tell me you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be playing shows in November. How excited are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I am so excited. As I said, I love Australia.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, the love is insane just being you know,

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<v Speaker 5>an American artist. Being from the US traveling outside, it

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<v Speaker 5>always feels like you get so much more love because

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<v Speaker 5>not everyone travels so much.

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<v Speaker 1>So you do get there, it's like the love was like, ah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it's crazy, So I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you've been here before.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there anything you remember or you're looking forward to

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<v Speaker 2>doing in Australia.

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<v Speaker 5>I love the seafood, I absolutely love. I think my

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<v Speaker 5>favorite restaurant was in Sydney. It's like on a pier

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<v Speaker 5>or something. It's like two two of my favorite restaurant.

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<v Speaker 5>I love gold Calls, I love Bandai Beach. The Opera

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<v Speaker 5>House is amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>And it was always great weather.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, every time I come to Australia the weather

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<v Speaker 1>is awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah. And also we're lovely people. You forgot that part.

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<v Speaker 4>Your lovely people, Darling, You're lovely people.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that. Hey.

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<v Speaker 2>I say we started this by saying you have the

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<v Speaker 2>YouTube thing with you and Nelly, Right, it's actually.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a YouTube thing. We have a show on Peacock NBC.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you can catch some of it on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>The show is on NBC Peacock.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, okay, So we don't have Peacock here in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>So they we're still we're still a long way from everywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>don't you are. Nothing's changed here in Australia. We still

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<v Speaker 2>don't have everything. Okay, okay. Is it like for people

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<v Speaker 2>who haven't seen Is it like documentary? Is it like

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<v Speaker 2>flying on the wall? What does it cover off?

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<v Speaker 1>It covers off a little bit of everything.

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<v Speaker 5>You know. It's called We Belong to Together, and it's

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<v Speaker 5>basically us just sharing our lives with our fans, you

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<v Speaker 5>know what I mean, just as a married couple and

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<v Speaker 5>two stars, raising a two year old toddler and balancing

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<v Speaker 5>love and career and all the stuff in between, you

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<v Speaker 5>know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's awesome. It's been amazing. The reaction has been incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes on.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me see seven Bravo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, I love that you've got someone there with you,

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<v Speaker 2>seven Bravo here in Australia. Okay, there we go. Now

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<v Speaker 2>that's where we can see it. Okay, So all right,

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<v Speaker 2>so it covers off everything we do. We have fights

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<v Speaker 2>in it were what sort of couple are we? Do

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<v Speaker 2>we do we air the dirty laundry or do we.

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<v Speaker 3>Keep that stuff?

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<v Speaker 1>You find out?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, okay, okay, all right, oh okay, cool? But

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<v Speaker 2>also please I want to know, like how celebrity are

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<v Speaker 2>you too, Like do you not know how the kitchen works?

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<v Speaker 3>Or are you guys pretty good there?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm awesome in the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, that's all much.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you going to be filming when you come to Australia?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, Like, are you going to bring the

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<v Speaker 2>cameras along? Is the baby is now that you get

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<v Speaker 2>everyone going to come through? It's a long way to

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<v Speaker 2>be away from the family.

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<v Speaker 5>Definitely a long way to be away from the family.

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<v Speaker 5>So KK will definitely be with me. We are actually

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<v Speaker 5>on the hunt to find Bluey because I heard Bluey

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<v Speaker 5>is the main headquarters is in Australia.

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<v Speaker 4>This is the hunt.

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<v Speaker 2>This is wild that you just mentioned Bluey, Like this

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<v Speaker 2>is this is Does your baby love.

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<v Speaker 1>Blue loves Bluey? Yes, so we are on hunts.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have any understanding about anything that's happening in

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<v Speaker 2>that show or are you just watching it?

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<v Speaker 3>Going why are these dogs talking? Like this is so weird?

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<v Speaker 5>Dingo and mom and dad, Like, I know what goes

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<v Speaker 5>on the cousin that your FaceTime.

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<v Speaker 3>Buff you know you're blowing my mind to Shady.

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<v Speaker 2>You're blowing. You're blowing my mind. Well, hey, I hope

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<v Speaker 2>you meet Bingo when you're here.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be great.

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<v Speaker 2>Bluey too, You know, I think there's also never mind

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to talk too much about Bluey there, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, you know what, she doesn't need to

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<v Speaker 2>hear this, She could see it for herself when she's here.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be playing shows in November across Perth, Melbourne,

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<v Speaker 2>Sydney and Brisbane. Congratulations on everything. It's so exciting to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you and we can't wait to have you

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<v Speaker 2>here in Oz.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Thank you show.

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