00:00What's up you guys? Live from Los Angeles. My name is Tatiana and I am here with Essence at
00:04the 2021 American Music Awards. Stay tuned to see what stars are coming down the carpet. You don't
00:10want to miss it. So you are presenting tonight. How excited are you? I'm so excited. I mean I
00:20love award shows and especially I love music so I think being able to like just be on the stage
00:25for a little bit and seeing the entire audience and their own like energy and personalities it's
00:29going to be awesome. If there is somebody that you would love to collab with in the future
00:33who who would that person be? We know I'm sure your debut album is going to have some collabs
00:38so. There's so many. I love Kanye West. I love Rihanna. I love Beyonce. I love Khalees. Love
00:47Doja. I would love to do something with her again. There's just so many. Rosalia. There's
00:52so many. BTS. I just met them. You did? What was that like? They're so sweet and so handsome.
00:59They are. So nice. Yeah. Biggest boy band in the world. I wish them the most success because
01:04they can perform their asses off and that's why they are as big as they are. I want to ask you
01:08about The Little Mermaid. What song are you most excited for fans to see? Oh my goodness. I think
01:14I'm most excited for people to see my version of Part of Your World. That song just is beautiful
01:22and getting to sing it when I like you know was obsessed with it since I was five is kind
01:27of a dream. What are you guys bringing tonight? Oh we're bringing the heat. We're bringing
01:31the heat tonight. Us and new kids are going to do something that is epic. Long overdue.
01:38We're all friends from Boston so you know us being on stage together for the first time
01:43we have to give the crowd what they want. We have to give the people what they want. If you
01:48are going to dip in your acting bag who would you want to work with in the future? Taraji
01:52Pete. Have two. Taraji. Oh and Loretta Devine. Yes. Yes. I could definitely see that. So is
02:00this your first AMA's? This is my first AMA's. Ah, congrats. And I got nominated. Talk your
02:05stuff. Talk your stuff. How proud are you right now? I'm super proud you know like thank you
02:09for all your support for everyone out there. Like it means a lot and shout out to Meg The
02:13Stallion. She deserves that award. She's a GOAT. Continue to inspire all of us girl. Like
02:17I can't wait till we get this twerk-a-thon going because I'm ready. Oh man this is an amazing
02:23amazing time for music right now. You know having gone through the pandemic and all the things
02:29we are going through and been through. Great music coming out right now. It really soothes the soul
02:35and takes the stress off of all the craziness going on in the world and this is what we need.
02:39We need artists to keep creating and and allow us to enjoy it. You ma'am. I heard you may be going
02:46on tour soon. You were teasing. Definitely going on tour. Yes. I saw you teasing that. So what can the
02:51fans expect? Yes. 2022, 45 dates. America, Canada, Europe. I'm really excited because putting this set
02:59together has been so special because I'm it's my entire catalog. Everything that I've put out since
03:06I was 13 up until now 30. So it's really cool. You are nominated tonight. How excited are you about
03:12that? I'm so excited and so blessed honestly. I mean it's been quite the journey and just to be
03:18recognized to be side by side to other you know female peers in the Latin music space in this category
03:23means so much to me. So I feel like a winner already. I know that's a cheesy thing to say. You guys are
03:27going on tour so is this what we can expect but you know times 10? Oh yeah. Absolutely. We're just
03:34excited to have another opportunity to do this and get prepared to go out and do something that our
03:39fans have been waiting for for a long time. So we're gearing up now. You know we're using Bengay.
03:47We got a little some of us wearing Old Spice. We're trying to change a few things around but we're
03:51looking forward to a 2022. We're looking at coming out and going to come into a city near you.
03:57So 2022 is going down. Watch out of course. The air needs coming to you baby. I love it.
04:03Say Essence on three for me. One, two, three. Essence. Essence on three.
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