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Yes Girl Podcast Talks with SWV
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00:00I don't know who should start with their story, their SWV story.
00:03Kori, I'm just so excited.
00:04You know how much I love them.
00:06SWV story.
00:07We have tons of SWV stories.
00:09So does everybody.
00:10I have video in my phone, literally.
00:13Y'all know we love you.
00:14Oh my God.
00:15Y'all the sisters with voices are here.
00:17Yeah, so.
00:18Welcome.
00:19Welcome back.
00:20You guys are Essence family.
00:21You've been.
00:22You've been here.
00:23We need to be at Essence every year.
00:25That would be a dream come true.
00:27I feel like that should be required in the contract.
00:29I really do.
00:30I really do.
00:31Okay, we're going to make that out.
00:32You don't have to convince us because we have SWV stories.
00:34Okay, okay.
00:35I'm going to start with mine.
00:36Go ahead.
00:36Every time I tried to pull off one of the looks y'all gave us in the video, every trend,
00:41I failed miserably.
00:43Oh my God.
00:43The riding boots.
00:45Okay, but I had to grow into that.
00:46My awkward black girl phase was around that time and it was not a moment.
00:51Every time.
00:52Which look do you remember?
00:53Okay, so the one with the horseback riding boots, was that right here?
00:56Oh yeah.
00:56And the tan leggings with the white shirt.
01:00Well, I couldn't find that blouse.
01:01It was not it.
01:02They didn't make those clothes for my age, so it was not a moment.
01:05Oh yeah.
01:06But it was really bad.
01:06I don't know where they got them from either.
01:08And then I thought I wanted to go fishing, which is the one you went fishing in the video.
01:12Remember?
01:12Or fake fishing.
01:13You got on the denim shorts and the white.
01:15Oh, that was the same.
01:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:17Apparently, you were trying to, there was some lines.
01:20I don't know what it was doing.
01:22I know it was 115 degrees.
01:25Were you skipping rocks?
01:26I don't know what it was.
01:27But see?
01:27But it's human nature?
01:28I remember failing, huh?
01:29Oh, it's human nature videos.
01:31Yes, yes, yes.
01:32And then the sheer with the black.
01:35It was like the black pride and the sheer.
01:37We started that.
01:37And then all the hair weaves that didn't come out.
01:47See, people don't understand.
01:49That was our hair.
01:50That's right.
01:51Yeah, people don't understand that.
01:53SWB was doing ombre before ombre was everywhere.
01:56Oh, that's true.
01:57First anything.
01:58Yes.
01:59Yes.
01:59Yes.
02:00Yes.
02:00But I had the long on one side and the short.
02:02We was bobbing it, ombreing it back then.
02:05I know.
02:05Y'all better give us our credit.
02:07Yeah.
02:08Run the receipts.
02:09Coco said that was our hair.
02:10That's why.
02:11I said, okay, well, mystery sauce.
02:13I know, right?
02:14Deep conditioning treatments work.
02:16That explained everything.
02:18Yes.
02:18Because that's what we did.
02:19We printed out this photo or brought it up on our, well, we didn't have phones.
02:23No.
02:23How did we tell people we wanted?
02:24We just said, oh, you know, the SWB.
02:25The Xerox copied.
02:26Yeah, no, true.
02:28Well, you brought it in the magazine.
02:29You brought it in the magazine.
02:30You brought it in the magazine.
02:32And honestly, the CD covers.
02:33Yes, the CD covers.
02:34And no tape.
02:34Well, tape covers.
02:35I was dumb of, yeah.
02:36I was just talking about my Sam Goody days.
02:39Remember that?
02:40Sam Goody days.
02:41Remember the CD single wall?
02:42Yeah.
02:42Do y'all remember having a CD club membership?
02:45Because I did.
02:45Yeah.
02:46And I had to put my CDs on Lailway with the set.
02:48I always owe them money.
02:50Life has changed.
02:51It was the only way to go.
02:53Now you just make a Spotify playlist.
02:55Exactly.
02:56Which, by the way, always has an SWB song on it.
02:58So thank y'all for being who you are.
03:00I'll kill you.
03:01I said it better.
03:03Absolutely.
03:04Absolutely.
03:05All right.
03:05I want to share my SWB story.
03:06Okay.
03:06Your turn.
03:07Your turn.
03:07So I went to Hampton.
03:09And on Fridays in the cafeteria, we had a DJ.
03:12What?
03:13Yes.
03:13It was kind of cute.
03:14Kind of lit, right?
03:14So they would play, I'm so into you, but the Wu-Tang remix.
03:18And I always wanted to go down the middle of the aisle.
03:22Anything had Wu-Tang.
03:23Oh, anything.
03:24I'm sorry.
03:25So when Beth the man would come on, I wanted to just get up and dance on the tables like fame.
03:29And it never happened for me.
03:31But to this day, when I hear that song, I have like, I always look around like, can I do it right now?
03:35Can I do it?
03:38That was to get hyped.
03:39I was to get.
03:40So fast forward, I have a nine-year-old.
03:42Y'all performed recently at King's Theater in Brooklyn.
03:45Yes.
03:46I took her.
03:47She was like, who's SWB?
03:48Oh, bless her.
03:49Bless her.
03:49Because she didn't know.
03:50We got a little pet.
03:51And I was like, we're going to stay here till this song comes on.
03:53She was tired.
03:54She was so sleepy.
03:55I was like, mommy has heard her songs.
03:57I was in the aisle with her dancing as y'all was like walking off the stage.
04:01I was like, okay, I heard everything and I was gone.
04:03So thank you.
04:04We won't tell the mom to me.
04:06That was worth it.
04:06Does she like us now?
04:07She's sleepy.
04:08No.
04:09You know, but I love my daughter, but she likes Taylor Swift.
04:12I'll just leave it there.
04:13Her taste buds need some seasoning.
04:15That's all.
04:16I love you.
04:17She hasn't seasoned her taste buds yet.
04:18She hasn't.
04:19That's all.
04:20Anyways, but I'm going to work on her.
04:21I'm going to work on her.
04:23Congratulations on this new series, though.
04:26I saw the first episode.
04:28I love it.
04:29I love it.
04:30Really?
04:30Yes.
04:31You really do?
04:31I do.
04:32I really do.
04:33You special.
04:34I am.
04:35And Coco, I was you in Africa when y'all were on the trip.
04:40They were on safari.
04:42Yeah, we did.
04:43Moment.
04:43Okay.
04:44Y'all tell the story moment.
04:46What happened?
04:47There was a lion.
04:48What happened on the safari?
04:50He was like, you don't shut up.
04:51You were like, you don't shut up.
04:53Y'all both were trying to take pictures in the safari going towards the lion's bed.
04:58We've been to the safari many times.
05:01So, every time we go, she wants to live.
05:04I love you.
05:05I'm like, girl.
05:06You know goodwill if this lion comes up here, you're going to run with us.
05:10And she's the type, she'll be like, hey, Lord, this girl is so cute.
05:13He's so cute.
05:14And then one day we went out there.
05:16And y'all just want to go home.
05:17Open the door.
05:18And she's like, oh, it's okay.
05:20I'm like, no, it's not okay.
05:22Coco was not blank.
05:23I said, you don't close that door.
05:25And Tosh wanted her animal encounters.
05:27Yes.
05:28We got four hours.
05:30That is very important.
05:31I'm an animal lover, so I don't know.
05:32I adopt them and everything.
05:34I'll take one home and get mauled or something.
05:36I have an elephant in Africa named Godoma.
05:38No, you're real with it.
05:41I'm serious.
05:41Okay, that's next level.
05:43Dedication.
05:43Yes.
05:44We all did, but she kept in touch with her elephant.
05:46I don't even know my elephant's name.
05:49You wait, your elephant has a name?
05:50You said her name's name?
05:51Yes, it's a girl.
05:52Oh, okay.
05:52Her name is Godoma.
05:53I skipped my email.
05:54Yeah, I deleted mine.
05:56She said I skipped my email.
05:58Was yours a girl or boy?
05:59A girl, I know that much.
06:00I don't remember what.
06:02They all look alike.
06:03They do.
06:04Are you looking at me?
06:05Zooming in.
06:05We would love to have the opportunity
06:07to perform at the Essence Festival
06:11on the big stage.
06:15We were there last year on the big stage.
06:18We did it with Teddy Bali.
06:20I was so scared.
06:22There's so many people when you look out there, right?
06:24There's something about Essence.
06:26It was a big moment.
06:27I got stuck.
06:28No, you didn't.
06:29I was there.
06:30I was like, oh, shoot.
06:32Because she's always whispering stuff next to me.
06:36And she'd be like,
06:37And then you'd look out there and just like,
06:40While you're on stage?
06:41Oh, yeah.
06:42You're the whisperer?
06:43Yes.
06:44Like, if I'm there, I'm like, oh, my God.
06:46And she's like, uh-uh, not today.
06:47Not today.
06:48And just to hear them singing with us,
06:52that was like incredible.
06:55It was incredible.
06:55It's big.
06:56Essence is just...
06:57It is 550,000 black women descending from New Orleans.
07:00But I think there's also...
07:02I hear you in that.
07:03Yes, you guys...
07:04No one wants that your fans will be fine
07:07without a new album.
07:08But I think that we love what you guys have done.
07:11And we've always respected you guys,
07:12no matter...
07:13Yes, the industry may not have.
07:15And that's why you guys got your flowers so late.
07:17But we have always been there for you guys.
07:20And we've always recognized that.
07:21And I think that's what you...
07:23I wonder if that's what you feel at Essence.
07:25I'm sorry.
07:26Because, you know, you guys are R&B.
07:28Yeah.
07:28Like, they've tried to whitewash R&B.
07:30You know what I mean?
07:31But you guys are...
07:32Come on, sisters with voices.
07:34It's like we feel forgotten about.
07:35But then when we got on that Essence stage
07:36and it was all those people
07:37and it was like,
07:38I guess...
07:39I was like...
07:40Yeah.
07:41Okay.
07:42This song really was that big.
07:43It was huge.
07:44I think we forget sometimes.
07:46Yes.
07:46Yeah.
07:47I dare someone to play that song
07:49and not have anyone in the room
07:50not sing along.
07:51I've never seen it happen.
07:52Like, we go to Japan.
07:53They don't even speak English,
07:54but they know the song.
07:55Yeah.
07:57It's really an experience over there.
07:59Yeah.
08:00Yeah.
08:00So how have you all grown as women
08:02throughout your time in the industry?
08:03Because we've really literally
08:04watched you grow up.
08:05Yeah, we've all gone a little bit.
08:06Stop it.
08:07I don't see it.
08:09I'm a big girl, man.
08:12She's still growing.
08:13I am still growing.
08:15You know, every day is a challenge.
08:17I think at this point in my life,
08:19I just want to live...
08:20I've learned how to find peace
08:22and live peacefully.
08:23Like, you never know
08:24what cards are going to be laid out for you.
08:27People are dying by the day.
08:29I just don't want to be in that number yet.
08:32We know we have to die one day.
08:35But I just want to do something today
08:37that's going to make sense for tomorrow.
08:40So when I'm gone,
08:41you could say,
08:41Lele wasn't shit,
08:42but she sure did this good.
08:47I'm just joking.
08:48So you're at peace.
08:49You're in a peaceful place.
08:50Oh my God, yes.
08:51Yes.
08:52So you found your peace.
08:53Yes, you have to create your own environment
08:55and just be thankful to be alive.
08:58You know, I'm sitting here talking to you.
09:00We're sitting here.
09:01I love that.
09:02Interviewing, you know.
09:04Now this is your, you guys,
09:05well, you guys coming back to reality TV.
09:08What brings you back to that?
09:10Why do you guys want to keep sharing your story?
09:12This story, I mean,
09:13to me it's like a continuation of you
09:15reuniting and what goes on.
09:17What brings you guys back there?
09:20We felt like it was a great opportunity
09:22just to keep SWV visible
09:24for the younger generation
09:26because they don't get to see us
09:28or hear us as much on the radio.
09:30But if they,
09:31they all tune in the VH1, BET,
09:34whatever station.
09:35Yeah.
09:35So we felt like it was an opportunity
09:37to introduce ourselves again
09:38to more younger people
09:40who may not be exposed to SWV as much.
09:43They need to understand
09:44what real R&B sounds like
09:46because they don't know.
09:47They don't know.
09:48And just for the fans that we have
09:50that saw us on WE TV,
09:51they get to see how much we've grown
09:54since being on WE TV
09:56and the things that we're going through
09:57in our lives right now.
09:59So that's why we decided to go ahead,
10:02do it.
10:03Clearly there was a gap
10:04because when I saw her son,
10:06I was like, wait, what?
10:08You knew New Mexico?
10:09I know.
10:10We were into it
10:11and then there was the break.
10:12So it's nice that we get to catch up.
10:14Yeah, you're going to catch up
10:15on a lot of stuff.
10:15Yeah, you're going to see
10:16the transparency
10:17and the diva.
10:18You were going on dates.
10:20Yeah.
10:20Yeah, we had a lot to catch up on.
10:22Oh, yeah.
10:23Damn, I do dates.
10:25You don't think I date?
10:26She's talking about on WE TV.
10:27On the show.
10:27Yeah, WE TV.
10:29Oh, jeez.
10:29Oh, jeez.
10:30You were going on dates.
10:33That's what I'm saying.
10:34You were going through
10:34your whole podcast.
10:35She's like, I do dates.
10:37I'm like, girl, you guys.
10:38Oh, jeez.
10:39I'm like, damn.
10:40I can't get a date.
10:43She's like, you went on a date?
10:45You guys were very vulnerable
10:47on that show
10:47and we appreciated it.
10:48We got to see all sides
10:49of your lives.
10:50On WE TV?
10:51Yeah.
10:52Yeah.
10:52You don't feel like you were?
10:54No, because I don't know
10:56who I was then.
10:59So who are you now?
11:01Yeah.
11:02You've gone through some changes.
11:04I've gone through
11:04a lot of changes.
11:05New jewelry, I like to say.
11:07I've gotten divorced.
11:08Misses, you know.
11:09So I'm happily divorced
11:12and, you know,
11:13I'm just living my life.
11:14I'm finding my old zhuzh.
11:16You know, I'm getting back
11:17into myself, you know.
11:19So I'm back.
11:20Welcome back.
11:23Coco 2.0.
11:24Yes.
11:25Yes.
11:26So, yeah.
11:27You get to see all of that
11:28in Ladies Night.
11:29Oh, we get to.
11:30Okay, we get all the tape.
11:31Oh, you get to see a lot.
11:32So we should bring our mugs.
11:33Yeah.
11:34I'm serious.
11:34I mean, the first episode
11:36y'all looking for.
11:37Like, where's Coco?
11:38What?
11:38Where is Coco?
11:40And Taz had to be like,
11:41yo, she's going through something.
11:43She's going through here.
11:44She can.
11:45Yes.
11:46I mean, like,
11:46I literally was going through
11:47all of that while we were filming.
11:49So it just made it,
11:50it made it hard for me to film
11:52because I couldn't always be there
11:53like I wanted to.
11:55But I had to get everything done
11:56and taken care of.
11:57So everybody gets to
11:59travel that journey too.
12:01What was it like doing it this time?
12:02Because also we're seeing you guys,
12:04your sisters,
12:05and then you have your
12:06colleagues come together
12:08and support you.
12:09Was that something
12:10we're going to see on film
12:11or on the show?
12:12Oh, yeah.
12:13Colleagues who?
12:14I mean, like,
12:15I mean,
12:15I'm sorry.
12:17Colleagues.
12:17I didn't know you were close though.
12:19I'm like,
12:20but you know,
12:21I mean,
12:22they're not close.
12:22You guys are not close,
12:23but you guys work together.
12:25We weren't close
12:26in the beginning,
12:26but as we filmed
12:29and like towards the end,
12:30we just become like,
12:31we're sisters,
12:32you know,
12:32it just,
12:33you can't help,
12:34but we fell in love
12:34with each other.
12:35So you'll see all the sisterhood
12:37and the bonding
12:38and everything.
12:39Everybody have similar struggles.
12:40I think it's women.
12:41We try to conceal
12:42a lot of those things.
12:44We want everybody
12:45to feel like
12:45we got our Superman cape
12:47on all the time,
12:48but we get weak,
12:49we get vulnerable,
12:50and you get to see,
12:51you get to see,
12:53you know,
12:54all of those things.
12:55And, you know,
12:56I love Salt-N-Pepa.
12:58Oh, it's a moment.
12:59You'll get to see that.
13:00You'll get to see that too.
13:03Since I was little.
13:04You had your stand moment too.
13:05Oh, man, yes.
13:08To this day,
13:09like just seeing them now,
13:10I'm like,
13:11hey.
13:13She's like that
13:13throughout the whole series.
13:14Since I was little,
13:15I just love it.
13:16Well, and that's how
13:17we feel about y'all,
13:18and that's why it's so good
13:19to have you keep giving us
13:21more access.
13:22Thank you for the content.
13:23Look, giving us the access.
13:25You guys are going to love
13:26the show though.
13:27Oh, we're ready.
13:28You are, you are.
13:29Well, it's good to see,
13:30because, you know,
13:30as kids,
13:31we couldn't really,
13:32you know,
13:32unless you were reading
13:33right on us on,
13:33you didn't really know
13:34what was going on,
13:35but now we get to see,
13:36I don't want to call it struggles,
13:37but what you guys are up against
13:38every day.
13:39A real story.
13:40A real story.
13:41It's like, you're parents now,
13:42but you're also still recording artists,
13:46you're a performance artist,
13:47everything is out there.
13:49And life is still happening.
13:50It don't stop.
13:52No.
13:52Yeah, we deal with mental health issues
13:54on the show.
13:55You get to see all of that.
13:57Yeah.
13:58So, you guys are going to be surprised.
14:00Dating young men.
14:01Surprise too.
14:01She said what?
14:03She said dating now?
14:05Dating younger men.
14:07You know,
14:08loving our husbands.
14:10All the things.
14:11Yeah.
14:12Everything.
14:13Yeah.
14:13Well, we're ready.
14:15We are ready.
14:16Yeah.
14:17We're ready.
14:17What are you doing on the show?
14:19She loving her husband.
14:21She loving her husband, honey.
14:22Oh my gosh,
14:23we need us too.
14:24Yeah, she's loving.
14:25I'm just chilling.
14:26Like, I'm an accessory.
14:28I just,
14:28I stand in the background.
14:30But I think you're alone.
14:31I think you have to do issues
14:32for everybody.
14:35I just have a lot of issues.
14:36Doing this together,
14:37still working together.
14:39Yeah.
14:39Still being together.
14:40That's beautiful.
14:41Yeah.
14:42I can't get rid of it.
14:43The sisters are still sisters.
14:44You know?
14:45Yes.
14:45You know,
14:46because it doesn't work out that way
14:47for everybody in the street.
14:49You know what I mean?
14:49That's why we're blessed, man.
14:51We are so blessed
14:52because everybody's not sitting
14:54on this couch.
14:55So, I mean,
14:56I don't take it lightly.
14:59We are definitely blessed
15:00and happy to be here.
15:02Well, we are blessed y'all came.
15:03And come back anytime.
15:04Yeah.
15:05Y'all know what I mean.
15:06Of course.
15:08We're ready for season two
15:09of Ladies Night.
15:10That's what we want.
15:11Let's claim it.
15:12And you know,
15:12if you guys want to come
15:12and sing for us again,
15:13you know,
15:14just saying,
15:15you know,
15:15we love that.
15:16Anytime.
15:17Anytime.
15:18Yes.
15:19Yes.
15:21Just for you.
15:23It's my private
15:24concert experience.
15:26Yay.
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