00:00We're here at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.
00:02What do you remember about the first time you heard yourself on the radio?
00:06Oh my god.
00:07I think the first time I heard myself on the radio was actually
00:10like when I went into the radio station and they played my song Crush,
00:16which was my first single I ever released.
00:18They played it in New York, Z100, and they're in the studio and I just couldn't believe it.
00:22I was like, what is going on?
00:24It was wild.
00:25And then I think the next time I heard myself on the radio, I was like home in Utah.
00:30Just with my friends and then the song came on.
00:32I was like, what?
00:34I just randomly come up on the radio?
00:36This is crazy.
00:37So it's fun.
00:40You've had an amazing journey and now you have new music coming out.
00:44What can you tell us about it?
00:45Yeah, oh my gosh.
00:46Yeah, I feel like it's David Archila to 2.0.
00:49I'm in my flirty era, like just owning my sensuality and being confident in my body.
00:54And a little bit of Spanglish in this song.
00:57It comes out Friday.
00:59It's called Crème Brûlée.
01:00And I hope people just feel like they can be confident with themselves too as they listen to it and just enjoy vibing out to it.
01:07Since we are here at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, who's somebody you're excited to see here tonight?
01:12Well, I love my girl Billie, Billie Eilish, That Bunny, Mariah Carey's getting the Icon Award, Lady Gaga's being honored too.
01:21I think all of them are going to be really sick to see.
01:23And you recently released a cover of Freedom by George Michael, correct?
01:27Yeah, yeah.
01:28What made you want to cover that song?
01:30Well, George Michael, he was exposed with his sexuality being a gay man 35 plus years ago.
01:39And he didn't have a chance to process that.
01:45He was just outed, so he just owned it.
01:47He's like, yeah, now you know, and this is who I am.
01:49And he just took himself to another level.
01:54Like, I felt like he, like, liberated not just himself, but a whole generation of the LGBT community.
02:01And it's impacting people like me today, who I just came out a few years ago.
02:06And it was hard to feel comfortable and okay with myself.
02:10And so, like, I was like, I'm going to channel some George Michael and just give myself freedom.
02:15And it's worked.
02:17It's really helped me out.
02:18And now I'm entering my creme brulee era and excited for it.
02:21How do you hope your journey inspires LGBTQ plus youth?
02:26I mean, there's, I feel like, I hope that they see, like, in spite of what everyone is saying right now.
02:33Because LGBT community has been used a lot as, like, political ammunition.
02:38And, you know, we're not trying to, you know, a lot of it's just fear mongering.
02:42There's a lot of beautiful, great people in the LGBT community.
02:47And we're just living our lives just like anybody else.
02:51Maybe who we fall in love with or end up in a relationship with looks a little different.
02:57But there's not too much else different.
02:59We have a beautiful, creative community that contributes so much to the entertainment, music, acting, dance, art.
03:07And so let yourself be you.
03:11And if they say, like, oh, that's gay or something, like, I would be self-conscious.
03:19And now I'd be like, you know what, and that's on period.
03:22Gay and that's on period.
03:23And I'm queer and I'm here and I'm loving it.
03:26I've never, when I've embraced that about me, I never felt so, like, excited to live, you know.
03:34So I hope that you, be excited to be you.
03:38There's a lot of wonderful things to celebrate being queer.
03:41That's an amazing message.
03:42And we're so excited to hear your new music.
03:44I want to ask you, so last summer was brat summer.
03:47What kind of vibes are we manifesting for this summer?
03:49Is it going to be a creme brulee summer?
03:51I hope so.
03:52I hope it's just like a tasty, sweet, but savory kind of vibe.
03:57Creme brulee all the way.
03:59Ha ha ha.
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