Mitchell Tenpenny Shares His Thoughts On German Fans

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00:00Excited to see him at Busch Gardens this weekend. He's on the phone. It is Mitchell Tenpenny.

00:04Mitchell, I'll just say this. I am so impressed with you right now.

00:07Calling on time from Germany.

00:09Oh, man, of course. We just got out a sound check here in Cologne, Germany.

00:13Super cool, man. And you're doing this leg of the tour with Morgan Evans.

00:17Tell me about these German crowds.

00:18Honestly, it's been amazing. The Germans are so polite, like, crowd-wise.

00:24Like, there's no noise in between songs.

00:26But they're singing every word, like, but very softly.

00:30Like, they don't want to be – they don't want to – what's the word?

00:33They think that they're, like, annoying if they're loud, and they're not.

00:37Right.

00:37But there's so much joy on their face.

00:40It's been one of the coolest experiences I've ever seen.

00:42Like, one girl, she must have been American, was, like, singing louder, and they're, like, shushing her.

00:47Oh, my God.

00:48This is not one of those crowds where you go, all right, you guys take the next verse.

00:51So this is not that show?

00:53Yeah. Well, what you do, you've got to get them to that point and let them know it's okay,

00:56because I don't know if it's a culture thing, but they're just so polite when they go to a show.

01:00You know, they're just – they're watching.

01:01They're so into it, and it's so awesome to see someone like that.

01:04Hardly any phone, just, like, staring and smiling.

01:07But, yeah, it's not like America where we're, like, just screaming everything.

01:11The thing is, you can see everyone singing, and it's, like, I've never in a million years talked to ourselves

01:15and make it all the way over to Europe.

01:17So that's pretty crazy.

01:18And I've heard other country artists say this, is they're shocked that when they go to Europe,

01:24their music is, like, so popular, and people know every single word.

01:29And it's not a diss to American crowds, but it's kind of like they're shocked on how well their music is known in Europe.

01:36But I think it's also because they don't get to see you that often.

01:39So when you do show up, they're going to get their money's worth, you know?

01:42No, that's what I'm saying, 100%.

01:44It's, like, they've listened to every deep cut, every song, and, like, I want to know everything.

01:49They're going to be here, which is really cool, pretty unique, man.

01:52It's been an absolute joy to be over here.

01:56Nice.

01:56So, ich spreche sie Deutsch?

01:59Yes, yes.

02:00I'm learning some words and some dialects.

02:05I'm trying hard.

02:06Our bus driver, Dom, he's amazing.

02:08He's French.

02:08So we have a lot of different accents and dialects going on this whole time.

02:13So I'm trying to learn it all.

02:14Well, the one word that's very easy is das Bier.

02:18So, das Bier.

02:19So you just need to know that one.

02:22Absolutely.

02:23A little bit there, Mitchell.

02:25Well, most people, honestly, they speak English.

02:27So it's been pretty.

02:28There's only a few times where we're just completely lost.

02:31Well, thank God, man.

02:32Thank God.

02:34That's great, man.

02:35Well, give me a bar experience then.

02:38Like, when you go into a bar, what's the difference between going into Losers?

02:43Well, there's a lot.

02:45They're smaller.

02:47They're just pubs, and they're really cool.

02:49And they really want to show off how their culture and how cool it is.

02:54And their beer.

02:55Each different place is very proud of their certain beer in that area.

02:58So from Hamburg to Munich to Berlin to Cologne today.

03:02Even yesterday, Netherlands.

03:03And it's like, they all have their own beer.

03:06They're super prideful of.

03:07So it's like, they make sure that that's what you're drinking.

03:10It's pretty cool.

03:11I love the pride that they have in each city.

03:15It's pretty amazing.

03:17Talking to Mitchell Champini right now.

03:18His single, We Got History, is out.

03:21I'll tell you what.

03:21You're one of the, from the few times I've met you, and I haven't seen you in a while,

03:25but you're married, and you seem like a very happy guy.

03:29God dang, you could write a revenge song.

03:30It's unbelievable, dude.

03:31I mean, you're kind of, and I mean this in the most complimentary way, and I think you'll

03:36take it as a compliment.

03:36You're kind of the Taylor Swift when it comes to the males in country music.

03:40You know how to write a revenge song.

03:43I mean, you said it.

03:44I'll take it.

03:45That's amazing.

03:47You're digging deep on some of this stuff, and I know you've got a great life, and you're

03:51so appreciative of it.

03:52And like I said, you're a happy-go-lucky guy.

03:54We all have a pass, though, JR.

03:55You've got a pass.

03:56Like you said, we've got history.

03:58And you mentioned a lot of Florida spots, actually, in that song, which I appreciate.

04:01But, I mean, how do you get yourself back into that zone?

04:05Because you're obviously like, I've got a beautiful wife here, but how do you get yourself

04:09back into that zone?

04:10Well, I like to write songs that hopefully will make people feel something or remember

04:16or remind them of a feeling.

04:18And so you kind of just dive back.

04:21I mean, it's easier to write stuff like that when you have it good now.

04:26Sometimes it's harder to write it when you're going through it because it's just you don't

04:29have a perspective on what good is yet.

04:31Yeah.

04:32Oh, that's interesting.

04:33So it's like, to me, it's something like, oh, man, those are some of the most emotional

04:38times in my life.

04:39You know, happiness happens, you know, in this industry, a lot rarer sometimes than other

04:45stuff.

04:45Right.

04:45And then you find out, then you get older and adulting, stuff comes on, and you feel

04:49like all the pressures on the world, so the happiness lets you realize how good you actually

04:53have it, so that you know how bad it actually was.

04:56You do a good job of that.

04:58Is your wife with you, traveling?

05:00No, she's not.

05:01She's in the States.

05:02You know, she's touring, too, doing her thing.

05:04She's been out with Drew Parker on some of these dates.

05:06Cool.

05:07You know, writing for this next record.

05:08So she's hustling, grinding.

05:11I definitely miss her.

05:12It's been a week.

05:13So you're partying with Morgan Evans out there.

05:16Oh, yeah.

05:17Morgan's been awesome.

05:18He's the nicest dude in the world.

05:20Just so genuine.

05:21I love that guy, man.

05:23And what a great musician, too.

05:24It's been a lot of fun.

05:25This is the last night of our German tours.

05:28All right.

05:28Well, listen.

05:29We're talking to Mitchell Tenpenny right now.

05:30He's calling us from Germany.

05:31I thought I'd give you a few German phrases to help you out before we let you go.

05:34Is that cool?

05:36Hey, man.

05:37Go for it.

05:38All right.

05:38Here we go.

05:38And by the way, my German accent is perfect.

05:41Do you need me?

05:41You're going to want this.

05:43We're heiden gesticht.

05:46All right.

05:46So you want to say, we're heiden gesticht.

05:48We're heiden gesticht.

05:50Yes, that is.

05:51We got history.

05:52We got history.

05:53Okay.

05:53All right.

05:53So you can do that one.

05:54Heiden gesticht.

05:55You guys are going to love this next one.

05:56You can do that one on stage.

06:00I'm in the ans Balkans.

06:03I'm in the ans Balkans.

06:05In the ans Balkans?

06:07That is at the end of a bar.

06:09At the end of a bar right there.

06:11Yeah.

06:11I love that.

06:12Okay.

06:12And finally, Mick Vick Drunken.

06:16Mick.

06:16Mick Vick Drunken.

06:17Mick Vick Drunken.

06:18I'm going to go with Drunk Me.

06:20Drunk Me.

06:21That's correct.

06:22There we go.

06:23Hey, listen.

06:24Don't try any of those out on stage.

06:26Those were horrible.

06:27But it's funny because Morgan, we were doing an interview together yesterday.

06:32And he tried to say one of his songs in German.

06:36And the interviewer was like, I don't understand.

06:40Stay in your lane type of thing, right?

06:43I love it.

06:44Hey, Mitchell, man.

06:44I can't say thank you enough for calling in, man.

06:46We appreciate it so much.

06:47Yeah, from Germany.

06:48Enjoy.

06:49Safe travels.

06:50And we will see you Sunday at Busch Gardens.

06:52Man, you're always the best.

06:53Thank you for the time.

06:54We'll see you soon.

06:55And ride some roller coasters.

06:56Hey, I'm in.

06:57I'm in.

06:58We'll do it for sure.

06:59Cheers.

07:00See you, dude.

07:00See you.

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