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Wet Leg joins us for a special performance, and an interview with Megan Holiday in the Helpful Honda Sound Space in Los Angeles.
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00:00Hi, you guys. How you doing?
00:03Yeah.
00:04I want to welcome you to the Helpful Honda Sound Space.
00:07I'm Megan Holiday.
00:08Do you guys know that Wet Leg are here?
00:10Are you excited for this?
00:11Come on, make it louder.
00:14That's what I'm talking about.
00:16So what's going to happen is we're going to have a little chat,
00:19and then they're going to play some songs for you.
00:21So how about we bring them out right now?
00:23What do you think? Yeah?
00:24All right.
00:25Please welcome Wet Leg.
00:30All right, Rhianne and Ellis.
00:49Welcome to the Helpful Honda Sound Space.
00:51How are you guys doing?
00:53Yeah, good.
00:54So you guys, you played a little club show last night here in L.A.
00:58Who was there last night?
01:00Yeah.
01:01Awesome.
01:02So how did it feel to be back up on stage playing again?
01:08Yeah, it's been really good.
01:10We've been away for so long now.
01:13How many years has it been since you've performed?
01:18Well, and you did a show in New York, too.
01:20Yeah, I think we've had almost a year off, I think.
01:23Okay, yeah.
01:24Which can feel like an eternity in band world.
01:27So obviously when you guys put out your self-titled, it was massive, you know,
01:33and Shays Long was everywhere.
01:35You won Grammy Awards.
01:37You opened for Harry Styles.
01:39So while this was all going on, was it overwhelming or were you enjoying the ride?
01:46Yeah, it was pretty overwhelming, but, like, we were so new to it all and so naive that you
01:55just kind of would, like, take one step and then take another step.
02:00Yeah, it was mad.
02:02Yeah, right?
02:02Was there ever a moment where maybe at the Grammys or maybe backstage at Harry Styles where
02:08there was a celebrity or a musician where you met them and you just could not believe
02:13that you were face-to-face?
02:15Every time I'm face-to-face with Ellis, I'm just in awe.
02:19Oh, my gosh.
02:20I can't help it.
02:21I don't know what that is, Rianne.
02:23That's how I feel, too.
02:25But no, never any celebrity interactions?
02:28Um, we did end up at a, we went to, like, a Grammys party and Paul McCartney was there
02:36and we got to say hello to him.
02:39That was pretty crazy.
02:40Okay.
02:41That should have been the first thing that you guys said.
02:43Yeah.
02:44I'm a Beatles freak, so I have Beatles stuff all over my house, so I would have passed
02:48out.
02:49I definitely would have passed out.
02:49It was pretty wild, yeah.
02:51That's amazing.
02:52You should have asked him to do a collab, you know?
02:55Hey, Paul, come on, you know?
02:58So, I feel like we should talk about when you guys, you know, you put out this Instagram
03:04post, there was a photo, and you said, we're back.
03:08So, I think if we can, take a look at exhibit A.
03:12So, here we have the band Wetleg, surrounded by some stuffed animals, and a goblin in the
03:21middle, I suppose?
03:22A goblin?
03:23That's not that.
03:24Okay.
03:24That's your dad?
03:28Oh, my God.
03:30Okay.
03:31So, can we talk about, could you, yeah, just give me a little background about this, with
03:36this photo.
03:36Um, I don't really know what the vibe is of this photo.
03:43It's mixed messaging.
03:45Yeah.
03:45Yeah.
03:46It's probably the point.
03:47I'm not sure.
03:48So, but the goblin is actually our tour manager, Steve, and he took one for the team and became
03:57a goblin for us.
03:58Yeah, Steve.
03:59Give it up for Steve, everybody.
04:00Oh, yeah.
04:01Woo!
04:02Steve is a legend.
04:04I know, it's kind of mixed messaging because it's, you know, it's warm and fuzzy and, you
04:08know, oh, innocence, and then it's a goblin, you know, but, um, but it's very on brand for
04:13wetleg.
04:14Um, so, say there were, there was a goblin apocalypse that happened.
04:19And who in the band would be the first to get eaten and who would be in the band would
04:26be the survivalist and the one to, to make it till the end?
04:32Ooh.
04:33I think Henry would be the survivalist, but I think he'd get too cocky and he would probably
04:40be eaten.
04:41And then I think Josh would survive because he'd just sleep through it all.
04:46That's so true.
04:47Josh can literally sleep through anything.
04:49He'd sleep anywhere.
04:51He could just find a cave and kind of hide out.
04:53Like, wait for it to pass.
04:54Yeah, literally.
04:56Yeah, that's a good point.
04:57Who would be the first to get eaten, though?
04:59Rhian, would it be you?
05:01I would say it might be me, you know?
05:04I just, like, I don't know.
05:06My fight or flight is a bit...
05:10It's questionable.
05:12Yeah, I don't know how well I deal with, like, stressful situations.
05:15Yes.
05:17Um, and...
05:18Well, I think that you're doing really great.
05:23I mean, I saw your performance on Fallon.
05:26Did you guys see that?
05:28I mean, from the looks of you on stage on Fallon, first of all, you're ripped right now.
05:34You're flexing your muscles.
05:36You look so good.
05:36I mean, your song is called Catch These Fists, right?
05:39So, I think you might be able to kick some ass.
05:42If you went into wet leg mode during that, I feel like you'd be able to kick some goblin ass.
05:49I hope so.
05:49I don't know.
05:50Have you ever tried to punch anyone before?
05:52It's actually, like...
05:53Maybe back in my drinking days.
05:55Yeah.
05:55Yes.
05:56I want to say yes to that.
05:58But I didn't feel it, so...
05:59Yeah, it was fine.
06:00Um, but let's talk about your new single, Catch These Fists.
06:05So good, right?
06:07So good.
06:09Um, so tell us how'd this song come about?
06:13What was the inspiration behind it?
06:14Sort of, to me, feels like kind of being sick of dudes hitting on you and just being really annoyed with that.
06:20Yeah.
06:22Yeah.
06:23Woo.
06:24Um, yeah, it was funny, actually, because we had, like, the whole...
06:28Like, we had, like, so many songs, like, written, and, like, we were, like, kind of, like, ready to, like, okay, shall we, like, record them now?
06:37And it just kind of, like, slipped on in there at the end.
06:40It was probably...
06:41I think it was the last song that we...
06:43I think so, yeah.
06:44It probably was the last one.
06:47Yeah.
06:47Um, don't really know how it happened.
06:50It just kind of birthed from now.
06:52It happens a lot with bands where I'll talk to them, and it'll be this song that they didn't think they were gonna put on the album, and then that's the one that ends up being the single and the big hit, you know?
07:04So it's good instincts that you put it on there.
07:08Yes.
07:08So, the new album, Moisturizer, coming out July 11th, you guys.
07:14Moisturizer.
07:17So, just tell us a bit about, you know, the making of this album, and I also would love to know why it is called Moisturizer as well.
07:28The making of the album.
07:30What did we do?
07:32We...
07:32Where'd you guys record it?
07:35We recorded in Brighton in England.
07:38Oh, cool.
07:39And a little bit in London as well, with Dan Carey, our producer.
07:47Yeah, I don't know.
07:48I think it was nice going back in with Dan, because that's who we recorded the first album with.
07:55Um, so I think it felt like a really important part of, like, blocking out, like, any outside noise, and just kind of, like, cocooning ourselves.
08:05Like, yeah.
08:07Yeah, you have that level of comfortability.
08:10And when you guys all get into a room, because at this point, you and the guys are now official band members,
08:16so is this a total collaborative, you know, experience when you guys are all writing songs?
08:24Yeah.
08:24Yeah, kind of.
08:26Mm-hmm.
08:26No, it is, yeah.
08:28We did a lot of jamming.
08:30We rented, like, a house in England, and we spent, like, a month just jamming ideas, which was fun, really fun.
08:39Did you guys have some wild parties?
08:41Uh, I don't know.
08:45We watched a lot of horror films.
08:46We watched, we also watched all of Alien, and did we watch Braveheart?
08:51Did we actually manage to get through it?
08:52Yeah.
08:53We watched Braveheart, like, eight times, because people kept leaving the room and missing the end.
09:00Oh, my God.
09:02That's so random.
09:03So random.
09:04Um, so you guys are going to be, obviously, starting to go on tour and doing all that stuff.
09:11And so I'm half British, my mom's British, and she's very specific, particular about her tea, okay?
09:18She's got to order the PG tips from England.
09:21You know, I grew up doing, like, the beans on toast and all that stuff.
09:25So when you come to America, is the food, is it weird?
09:28Do you like it?
09:29Do you dislike it?
09:32Personally, I find it quite hard.
09:36Um, just because I don't, like, I don't know the spots, you know?
09:42Like, I don't know what you guys' equivalent of, like, Greg's is.
09:46And that's quite important.
09:48I don't know.
09:49I feel like you have a good time.
09:51Like, you're always ordering good stuff.
09:53Yeah, I do like it here a lot for food.
09:56Um, just eating a lot of pizza.
09:59Yeah, I'm like, everybody loves pizza.
10:01Oh, yeah.
10:01That's the universal love language.
10:03We had pizza today, didn't we, guys?
10:05Yeah.
10:06Hell yeah.
10:07Hell yeah to pizza.
10:08Is there any particular place when you tour in the U.S. that you just love being in that city?
10:15Stands out to you?
10:17Or is it all a blur?
10:19I really like New York.
10:20What about you?
10:22Yeah, I like New York as well.
10:23Um, probably mainly for the pizza there.
10:26It's pretty good.
10:27It is good pizza.
10:28Yeah.
10:28Um, I like being this side as well in L.A.
10:32It's always fun.
10:34Right?
10:35Um, and L.A., I mean, it's like the weather.
10:38You can't beat the weather, right?
10:40You know?
10:41Um, so, Moisturizer coming out July 11th.
10:46I feel like we've done enough talking.
10:48Because these people didn't come here to listen to me talk.
10:50They came here to watch you guys play.
10:52So, you guys, give it up for Wetleg.
10:54They're going to be back in a minute.
10:55Yeah, thank you.
10:56Do a little performance.
10:58All right, you guys.
11:01How are you feeling so far?
11:03How's everybody doing?
11:05Okay.
11:07Well, now it is time for us to make it so loud for Wetleg.
11:11Wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg, wetleg
11:41Can you catch a medicine ball Can you catch yourself in the fall
12:09You should be careful when you catch my drift
12:12Cause what I really want to know is can you catch these fists
12:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, then don't
12:24Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, level up
12:30I know all so well just what you're like
12:35I don't want your love, I just want my butt
12:42We're on our way to the club
12:52Stupid is, stupid does
12:56Limousine, rockin' up
12:59Pray to me, pity up
13:03Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
13:09Burn down
13:10Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
13:16Level up
13:17I know all too well just what you're like
13:21I don't want your love, I just wanna fight
13:28You don't get pussy, get the boo
13:37I saw him sippin' in butt food
13:39This always happens late at night
13:41Some guy comes up, says I'm his type
13:43I just threw up in my mouth when he just tried to ask me out
13:46Don't approach me, I just wanna dance with my friends
13:49Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
13:55Burn down
13:57Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
14:02Level up
14:04I know all too well just what you're like
14:08I don't want your love, I just wanna fight
14:15I know all too well just what you're like
14:22I don't want your love, I just wanna fight
14:29Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
14:42Burn down
14:59Nice try
15:12Get out the way
15:14You're in our way
15:16You bought your feet up
15:18Too bad
15:20You couldn't stay
15:22You're in our way
15:24Get out forever
15:27Get out forever
15:31Get out forever
15:35Get out forever
15:40You think I'm pretty? You think I'm pretty cool?
15:43You wanna fuck me? I know most people do
15:47Here, take this packet, you read it, it says March 2
15:51I gave you magic beans, I hope you're gonna get out soon
15:55Oh man, I hope you're gonna get out soon
15:59I really hope you're gonna get out soon
16:02Oh man, I hope you're gonna get out soon
16:10Good job
16:11Give you an A
16:13Good start
16:15You think you're clever
16:17Good God
16:19Good God
16:20You think I'm pretty? You think I'm pretty cool? You wanna fuck me? I know most people do
16:33Here, take this packet, you read it, it says March 2
16:38You think I'm pretty? You think I'm pretty cool? You wanna fuck me? I know most people do
16:42You think I'm pretty cool? You wanna fuck me? I know most people do
16:46Here, take this packet, you read it, it says March 2
16:49I give you magic beans, I hope you're gonna get out soon
16:53I really hope you're gonna get out soon
16:57Oh man, I hope you're gonna get out soon
17:01I really hope you're gonna get out soon
17:04I know, I know, I know, you're up at night
17:09Hunched over your phone line
17:13A tree at Papa Hill that's crooked from the wind it bites
17:20You say, you're lost at sea, call the R&L light
17:27You're washed up, irrelevant
17:31You're standing in my light
17:34You're standing in my light
17:38You're standing in my light
17:41You're standing in my light
17:43You're standing in my light
17:45You think I'm pretty? You think I'm pretty? You think I'm pretty cool?
17:52You wanna fuck me? I know most people do
17:55This is the real world, honey, the avenue
17:59Inspire everything, I guess there's just no getting through
18:03Nice try, I'll get out the way
18:07Good job, just pick a fuck again
18:10And I said, I'll be the, we wanna be ya
18:13We wanna be ya
18:15I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I
18:17Nice try, get out the way
18:21Look in on the way
18:23Que los jueves
18:40I'll be your diviner, I'm coming to catch you
19:02Fetch you from the station, never gonna let you go
19:06Is that kind of love?
19:13Sipping a rapina, fuck like Coca-Cola
19:17Ask me if I love you, baby, you already know
19:23Is that kind of love?
19:28Crazy and too sweet
19:34While I'm not with you
19:38To be with you is but a
19:43Dream about us taking all of this together
19:47We won't even care if we fish any weather
19:51Oh, oh
19:53Cause you're alive or so
19:58Days turn to months and months into years
20:02We grow into the pain and dry each other's tears
20:06Oh, oh
20:07You're my sweet baby angel
20:11The room that I would do
20:14And I can't hold for you
20:16It's like a dream of the truth
20:20Every day you spend trying to say something to make you smile
20:28I'll be your Shakira whenever, wherever
20:47You know I'll walk them sailing through the stormy weather
20:51Oh, oh
20:53It's that kind of love
20:56Never would I leave you stranded on the side
21:02But you know I will hold you tighter than a python
21:06Oh, oh
21:08It's that kind of love
21:09It's that kind of love
21:10It's that kind of love
21:14Dreams and the truth to me
21:19When I'm with you
21:23I go to hell and darkness
21:28To spend an hour with you
21:31To say I want to
21:35To be part of
21:37This kind of love
21:39Is kind of cold on Earth
21:42Anything else
21:48To run
21:49And I'm still alive to see
21:50If you think about you in the dream
21:53Then I know
21:55Oh, oh
21:56Look out
22:01And I'm still confused
22:04Oh, I love you, just believe it
22:07And I know that you wouldn't care
22:34Oh, I love you, just believe it
23:04I went to school and I got a degree
23:06All my friends call it the big D
23:09I went to school and I got the big D
23:12I got the big D
23:15I got the big D
23:18I got the big D
23:21I went to school and I got the big D
23:24Is your muffin buttered?
23:32Would you like us to a song?
23:34I want some butts in your muffin
23:35Excuse me
23:36Excuse me
23:40Hey you, over there
23:44On the shades long in your underwear
23:46What are you doing sitting down?
23:50You should be horizontal now
23:52Oh, she's long, oh she's long
24:06I'll be long, oh she's long
24:10I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long
24:13I'm the Big Mom, I'm the Shays' Long
24:15If you're in my gut words, don't you like us to assign someone to worry your mother?
24:21Excuse me?
24:22What?
24:23Excuse me?
24:25What?
24:26Hey, you, in the front row, and you're coming backstage after the show
24:32Because I got a Shays' Long in my dress in a room
24:35In a pack of warm beer the weekend
24:37And I'll kiss you
24:50I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long
24:53All day long, I'm the Shays' Long
24:55I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long
24:57I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long
24:59All day long, I'm the Shays' Long
25:01I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long
25:03I'm the Shays' Long, I'm the Shays' Long
25:05All day long, I'm the Shays' Long
25:07She's long, she's long, she's long All day long, oh, she's long
25:13Oh, she's lost, she's lost, she's lost, oh, damn, oh, she's lost
25:29Oh, she's lost, she's lost, she's lost, she's lost, oh, damn, oh, she's lost
25:59Oh, she's lost, oh, damn, oh, damn, oh, damn, oh, damn
26:29When Joko's on her way to the party
26:42She doesn't need to wait for anybody
26:45Knows exactly what she's done
26:49Watch as she commands the room
26:53The ambulance was overrated at the party
26:56To run away before we see the start to
27:00I look on my feet then I look for the door
27:03Caught by my friend so I just take a bit more
27:06A bit more, a bit more, a bit more, a bit more, a bit more, a bit more, a bit more, a bit more, a bit more
27:14Then all comes to an end
27:24We all go again, go again
27:36Good times, all the time, good times, all the time
27:42I wish you broke, present you to the party
27:46Show my work and dancing with everybody
27:49Sometimes life gets hard to deal
27:52I like you, you've got sex appeal
27:56But I don't know what I'm even doing here
28:00I was told that there would be free beer
28:03I don't know why I haven't left yet
28:06Don't want none of this
28:11Good times, all the time
28:14Good times, all the time
28:17Good times, all the time
28:27Good times, all the time
28:29Good times, all the time
28:33Good times, all the time
28:34Good times, all the time
28:35Good times, all the time
28:36Good times, all the time
28:37Good times, all the time
28:38Good times, all the time
28:39Good times, all the time
28:40Good times, all the time
28:41Good times, all the time
28:42Good times, all the time
28:43Good times, all the time
28:44Good times, all the time
28:45Good times, all the time
28:46Good times, all the time
28:47Can't help but feel like I've been here before
28:51I don't know what I'm even doing here
28:55I was told that there would be free pick
28:58I don't know what I haven't left yet
29:02I don't want none of this
29:06That
29:10It all
29:12Comes to an end
29:16We all go again
29:19Go again
29:28Good times
29:29All the time
29:31Good times
29:33All the time
29:41Good times
29:43All the time
29:44Good times
29:45All the time
29:54Good times
29:55All the time
29:56Good times
29:57All the time, all the time
30:08All the time, all the time
30:11All the time
30:27Cheers you guys, this is our last song.
30:57I take a rope around my waist, I tend to get lost in your eyes, I took a breath, jumped off the cliff because you told me to.
31:10Is it love or suicide? Is it love or suicide? Is it love or suicide? Is it love or suicide? Is it love?
31:18Put your mouth to mine when you see being on. Call a triple eye when you see being on.
31:35I try to run, head for the hills. Are you a ghost? No, no, my God.
31:46Can you give me the chills?
31:51Is it love or suicide? Is it love or suicide? Is it love or suicide? Is it love?
31:59I'll be the worst, I'll ride or die. When I'm with you, I feel alive. Is it fun? Is this a vibe? Is it love?
32:11Put your mouth to mine when you see being on.
32:16Put your mouth to mine when you see being on.
32:25Hello 999. What's your emergency?
32:27Well, my thing is...
32:31I...
32:33I...
32:35I...
32:37I'm, I'm, I'm in love
32:55Oh, love, you believe
32:59I'm in love, it's good for you
33:03Oh, love, you believe
33:07Oh, love, you believe
33:11Oh, oh, good lady
33:15But you're not too lonely, baby, see me, oh
33:19Oh, oh, good lady
33:23Oh, oh, good lady, see me, oh
33:27Oh, oh, oh, oh
33:41Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
33:48Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
33:50Wet Leg, everybody, give it up for Wet Leg
33:54Did you guys have a great time?
33:56We had a great time
33:57Thank you so much for coming out, I'm Megan Holiday
34:00And we can't wait to see you next time
34:02In our helpful Honda Sound Space
34:04You guys have a great night
34:05And I will hand out some of these set lists
34:07Does that sound good?
34:08All right, cool
34:11Can you catch a medicine ball?