lolitslea - BUS INVADERS Ep. 2118 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the neon pop punk band, lolitslea, while on tour with Diva Bleach and 5ever. lolitslea is currently supporting their newest album, Nothing Lasts Forever.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - June 11, 2025 Location - Beat Kitchen in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH LOLITSLEA: Facebook - https://facebook.com/lolitslea Instagram - https://instagram.com/lolitslea Twitter - https://twitter.com/lolitslea  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Start of Video 00:58 Driver's Area 03:23 Middle of the Van 07:41 Back of the Van  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.

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00:00We got butters. This is a new addition.

00:02Colin is the passenger princess.

00:04Patrick usually sleeps right here with the stuffed poo.

00:30Hey guys, what's up? I'm Leah, aka LOL, it's Leah, and we are on tour with Diva Bleach, Five Ever, and we also have Risk here in Chicago tonight.

00:45We have Ring Pop who's coming back on. They were on before, and then we have Lake Drive joining us tomorrow.

00:51So we also are playing stuff from my latest album, Nothing Lasts Forever.

00:57I'm going to show you around the band today, so let's hop in.

00:59Alright, so up here, I'm in the driver's seat, and Nolan is the passenger princess.

01:05That's what we call anyone who sits in the seat the passenger princess.

01:08Typically me.

01:09It's mostly Nolan. We switched, so I bought this van for this tour and anything moving forward.

01:14So I like to drive it. It zens me out. It makes me comfortable to just like sit here and kind of like tune out the world.

01:21But then I switch off with Nolan, and they take some shifts when I need to do some content editing or take a break from driving.

01:27Entertainment while driving. I feel like it's whoever doesn't need their phone, or yeah, whoever doesn't need their phone at the moment.

01:36So like if I'm editing, Nolan takes over and puts on, I guess really, what do you listen to? What do you play?

01:41I've been like shuffling my like songs, which is good and bad.

01:45That's kind of what I've been doing too.

01:47It can get a little weird, but then, I don't know, what was yesterday? It was a lot of like Vanessa Hudgens and Hannah Montana.

01:53Oh, we had a Hannah Montana moment. The cast of Victorious as well.

01:57Yes. We also played like songs from middle school when I was on the AUX.

02:00I had this like playlist where we played a lot of what we like replay. We played...

02:05Bedrock. Bedrock. Yeah.

02:08The Young Money Crew. Yeah.

02:10Stuff like that. Very miscellaneous music.

02:12Sixth grade dance. Middle school dance music.

02:14Yeah, middle school dance music for sure. And then a lot of pop punk.

02:16So as far as like trinkets and stuff, I have all my friendship bracelets that I was given before this tour.

02:23And now I'm wearing ones that I was given on this tour that I'm going to add to the...

02:27What is it? The gear? The stick? The stick?

02:30The shift. The shift.

02:32And then I also have... What else is like back here? We got butters.

02:37This is a new addition. Dee, our drummer, just collected butters at the Pancake House in Chicago.

02:45Chicago or...

02:46We have Leah's emotional support cupped olives.

02:49Yeah. I uh... My favorite snack is... is cupped of olives. That's for sure.

02:54We also... I guess... Oh, throat coat. The iconic throat coat. Very important. I have one of those a day.

03:00I have medicine ball at Starbucks every day too. We have not eaten those yet so I don't know how relevant they are

03:05but hopefully they will come into play at some point. Honey mustard? Irrelevant.

03:09And then my emotional support cliff bars because sometimes when you're on the road you forget to eat

03:15and if there's not time to have a meal we pull out a dozen cliff bars and they're mini so they're great.

03:21Alright, so this is the back of the van. We usually have more people in it like our photographer Abby who's right there if you want to say hi.

03:28Patrick, our merch guy. He's downstairs eating right now but they have their own rows so we definitely have plenty of room.

03:35We bring some friends in the van sometimes when we're visiting so there's plenty of room for that.

03:39But right here we have Dee, our drummer, who sits in this whole row.

03:44And if you would recognize and notice this very dirty but purposeful welcome mat that everyone keeps tripping on.

03:53But it's for the vibes. And then I have a blue and green pillow over there because that also matches my obviously hair and entire aesthetic.

04:02I tried to decorate it a little bit before we went on the road but obviously it's turned into...

04:06Actually we've kept it pretty clean. It looks pretty good but yeah.

04:10Alright, so usually I'm chilling here when we're driving. We got some nice soft comfy pillows.

04:16If I want to like crash and take a nap or like sprawl out, do the whole thing.

04:21Depending on the day, sometimes we'll have some friends. They'll usually...

04:26Depending on the city, they'll usually come sit up here or like the next row.

04:30So usually like if it's a long drive, I usually just kind of like...

04:34If we're not like putting music on like passing around like Spotify queuing up,

04:38I'll usually just like kind of put in my AirPods and like zone out and like play games on my phone or like take a nap or something.

04:44Oh yeah, also the sound. The sound between the front of the car and the back of the car.

04:50Yeah.

04:51Half the time we don't hear Patrick. We barely hear Abby.

04:54If they're back here, usually Abby's working so that's okay.

04:58She can be up in her headphones over here.

05:00But Patrick's usually sleeping in the back.

05:02So if I talk from up there and I'm trying to rest my voice, I have to...

05:07It's like telephone.

05:08I'm usually the communicator. They're like...

05:10I'm like, hey! And I yell back.

05:12And then I'm like, just kidding. They're asleep half the time.

05:15So I am... LOL, it's Leah's photographer. Most of the time I am back here editing.

05:19I don't have my stuff with me because it's in the venue, but I'll usually just prop my laptop back here

05:24and then I will plug it into a charger, which is super handy for long drives,

05:28especially because I'm shooting for both Leah and Diva Bleach on this tour.

05:31So it's really just me, headphones in, whirled out, doing my little edits.

05:35And then because I'm up so late editing, this is also my little bed during the day.

05:38So this is my nice little pillow and I kind of just sprawl out and vibe out.

05:43I literally am just...

05:44That's just a fucking...

05:45I'll just go like this.

05:47Oh, for that idea?

05:48For like sleeping, I'll just be like...

05:49Oh, you do that?

05:50Yeah, I do that.

05:51This is how I sleep back here.

05:52See, I don't even know. I don't know what goes on in the back of the car.

05:54I honestly can get really comfy too. Like, I can...

05:56I'll go like this sometimes too. I'll take my pillow out of here.

05:59The world is my oyster in this little row.

06:02Okay, so this back row, this is where we usually stack the vinyl.

06:05They're in the venue right now, so we don't have them.

06:07I have two giant blue and green vinyl crates from Amoeba Music in Los Angeles

06:12that my friend Josh, who is also here on this stop and the last stop,

06:16they drove from Los Angeles to New Jersey for me for this tour.

06:20So those would normally sit right here with the beach balls in it

06:23and we use those during Roller Coaster Tycoon during our set.

06:26And then Patrick usually sleeps right here with the stuffed poo.

06:31And headphones in, absolutely tuned out from the world.

06:36And then occasionally has the best sassiest little comment from the back seat and makes us all laugh.

06:41So honestly, this is Patrick's dome. He's very tall.

06:45So anytime I go over a bump, he hits his head and I feel terrible.

06:50And there he is in the flesh.

06:52Patrick!

06:54So Patrick decided to join us just now. So he's in the back row. Patrick, take it away.

07:03Being in the back row, you really get the privilege of not hearing anything that's going on up front.

07:09So I'm just sleeping in the back. The big question on this tour always is,

07:14is Patrick awake? And the answer is usually no.

07:17So I got my blankie, of course, and then I have my little Pooh Bear flush that doubles as my pillow.

07:24It's a Tsum Tsum, not sponsored.

07:27And he's just really comfy. So usually I'm just posted up like this with my headphones in.

07:34And when I'm needed, then someone gets me.

07:39So this is the back of my van. And actually I ordered this decal.

07:45First of all, shout out three stitch on IG.

07:48They're an incredible artist that does cartoon drawings and just honestly mixed media art.

07:53And they made this little icon for me that I use digitally.

07:56And before I got my van, I kind of manifested it.

07:58And I ordered this online as a decal before I had the car.

08:02So I put it on immediately when I got it and it's me.

08:05So anyone knows if they know me, they'll know this is my van.

08:09But if they don't know me, it's just cute. So that's cool.

08:12Yeah, we're opening this up.

08:17We took out the last row.

08:19So in the back here, it was a 15 passenger Ford Transit.

08:24We took out a row of four seats.

08:26Probably could have used to take out those two chairs, but then Patrick wouldn't have his little sanctuary.

08:30So that's all right.

08:31And in the back here, we have gone through so many different ways on how to stack all of our stuff in here.

08:37Right now we have Five Evers kick drum that we bring in our car.

08:40And then we have my rack, which comes into here.

08:44And then we have two bins for merch that go behind it.

08:47And then the rest is fair game.

08:49We got Dee's drum hardware.

08:51We got Nolan's guitar.

08:52And then we stack all of our duffels on top of all of that.

08:56So believe it or not, it all does fit, but it takes a little bit of finagling before we get it perfect.

09:03And if you want to check out any of my music, LOL It's Leah on social media, Spotify, Apple Music, wherever you listen to anything.

09:11LOLIt's Leah.com.

09:13Google LOL It's Leah and I will come up.

09:15And yeah, check out my latest album, Nothing Lasts Forever.

09:20Out now.

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