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00:02Zara Larson, welcome to Call Our Daddy.

00:04Thanks.

00:04It is so nice to meet you.

00:06Nice to meet you.

00:07I have been really, really looking forward to this.

00:10Me too.

00:11Girl, you are having a moment.

00:15I know.

00:15It's so crazy.

00:16How has Zira felt for you and how are you handling all the attention?

00:20No, it feels amazing.

00:22Honestly, I've been thinking a lot about it because internally, it's so crazy because

00:26I've been doing this forever.

00:27And I think a lot of people might just discover me and find out about me.

00:33And sometimes, you know, a lot of artists, it seems like they just like pop out of nowhere.

00:36But I've really been doing this for my whole entire life.

00:41And yeah, internally, it just feels exactly the same.

00:45I feel like nothing's really changed for me like in my day to day or how I feel when I

00:52wake up and like what I do.

00:53I'm still on tour right now and I've been touring for like the past year.

00:57So everything feels really normal.

01:00I think the only difference or the biggest difference is like my interactions on like

01:04my posts look different.

01:06And like the amounts of like likes and comments and shares and even things I say in interviews

01:13or like things I say to that today.

01:15I think earlier it might have been like, wow, like I just say something.

01:19But then.

01:20Yeah, it's like a bigger microscope.

01:22Yes.

01:23That is so interesting because it's like you're talking about how your life you feel.

01:26It's like it's been the same.

01:27But then there's these big moments that, yes, you can pinpoint there.

01:30It's like, OK, more people are noticing me.

01:31Like then we have the Olympics.

01:33Alyssa Luce skated to Stateside, which was everyone's talking about it.

01:39What did that mean to you?

01:40It was so amazing.

01:42And I knew she was going to do that because she mentioned it in an interview like the day

01:46before some some interview asked her like, what are you going to do for for this performance?

01:50And when I saw it, I just kept watching it.

01:53I maybe watch it like five times with my friends and we filmed the first time and I put it

01:57on

01:57TikTok.

01:58But then the more I watched it, like the more emotional I felt because I think it's also

02:03just seeing her looking so.

02:08In it, like she's so in her body and she's so free and she looks so joyful like that is

02:16my vibe and the way she talks about her sport.

02:20And why she doesn't.

02:21And the fact that it just seems to come from this place of true passion and love and not

02:29that no one's forcing her to do it or that, you know, it just feels like on her terms.

02:35And then she did it to to Pink Panther's and my song.

02:40It just felt like, obviously, I will give her all the credit for pushing it up to number

02:44one.

02:45But being in that moment for me feels bigger than like the charts, because I feel like

02:53that's like a cultural is like her story.

02:57Truly.

02:58It's the Olympics.

02:59It's like it's representing of countries in the world.

03:03No, she just I'm so excited to like have been a part of that because that's that's iconic.

03:08Did you get to talk to her at all?

03:11Did you guys DM?

03:12I did.

03:13Yes.

03:13Because that's actually a very fun part about getting recognized and like having more followers

03:18and having this like celebrity situation.

03:21I feel like I can reach out to basically like a lot of people and I know I will probably

03:26get an answer.

03:27Have you been sliding into people's DMs, Zara?

03:30Yeah, but I do it with like with like love, like Queen, like, hey, Queen.

03:35Have you gotten any like messages back where like, I can't believe I'm even DMing with this

03:40person casually?

03:41I reach out to a lot of artists, like a lot of girls, sometimes just to say like, hey,

03:47big fan, like love what you do.

03:50Like, I'm the one that you know that they're going to read it because you go right to the

03:53top.

03:53You got that check.

03:54You're like, hi, it's me.

03:56Yeah.

03:56Have a good Wednesday.

03:57Yeah.

03:58Yeah.

03:58It's amazing.

03:59But I just said like, thank you so much.

04:00That was incredible.

04:02You're amazing.

04:03Like, please come to a show.

04:04She has to.

04:05I mean, I feel like this new album and era has been really transformative for you.

04:12It almost feels like a reintroduction in a way and not even just with your music.

04:16It's also your style and your image.

04:19Like, what inspiration did you pull to create this new world?

04:25Well, a lot of people, you know, give credit to the dolphin trend on TikTok, which

04:31girl, we got to talk about it, which honestly, you know, it's I don't think they're wrong.

04:38I think subconsciously.

04:41When you move through life, you just pick up a bunch of stuff.

04:44I can't I can't say with the hand on my heart, like the dolphin was not on the mood board,

04:51but, you know, it's like it was there.

04:53It was a big part of my 2024.

04:57Can you just quickly just for anyone who lives under a rock and maybe it's like,

05:01No, some people do.

05:02What are you guys talking about?

05:03The dolphin?

05:04What dolphin?

05:05Can you explain the dolphin where they came from and how they essentially impacted your life?

05:10Yeah.

05:11Okay.

05:12Where did they come from?

05:13I don't know.

05:14I remember one time I was doing a festival.

05:16I was in Norway and my friends just this day, particularly, I remember because they kept

05:21sending me these videos on TikTok.

05:24It was just very colorful dolphins.

05:26They're jumping out of the water.

05:28It's rainbows.

05:29It's blue skies.

05:30It's like happiness in a picture, vivid.

05:35And then that picture paired with the kind of explosive chorus of symphony with a very

05:45depressing quote of your life, you know, and I think it's that.

05:50But what's the word juxtaposition?

05:52Yes.

05:53Yeah.

05:54Yes, it is.

05:55It's like a big word.

05:55It's like something so.

05:56Yeah.

05:56It's something so depressing in text.

06:00Yeah.

06:00To symphony in the background.

06:02I just want to be part of this.

06:04And it's like so random.

06:05And it makes you laugh every single time you see one.

06:08And that blew up.

06:10Insane.

06:10Because when they when they sent me those videos, it was like maybe five to ten thousand likes

06:15per video.

06:15And I was like, whoa, like, why is this becoming a thing?

06:18And then from one day to another, it was just everywhere.

06:22But yeah, I think like my style and everything from that.

06:27The thing is, I did feel like it spoke to me, just the image, because I have always loved

06:32glitter.

06:32I love glam.

06:34I love the sparkle.

06:34I love colors.

06:36I love like, whoa, like this, you know, I love that.

06:39And I have always felt a little bit, not embarrassed, but like being from Sweden, which is very

06:46like minimalistic.

06:48It's like clean lines.

06:50It's a lot of neutrals, a lot of black, like in fashion.

06:54And I've always wanted to be like in fashion, because I think music and fashion go so hand

06:59in hand.

06:59I feel like I had to repress that side of me a little bit and like be fashion.

07:04And then it just turned into like a really weird style.

07:08And I think this album just allowed me to fully do what I love.

07:16What you said, too, with the fashion element is so true to artists, the way that they express

07:23themselves and the way that they also differentiate themselves from other artists is through fashion,

07:28not just the music.

07:29And obviously your fashion sense has really popped off.

07:34And I think people are obsessed with the way that you dress.

07:37And I can tell that so much of your creative vision is poured into your fashion.

07:42People have called you a mermaid Barbie.

07:44Does that resonate?

07:46I love that.

07:47You love it.

07:48I love it.

07:49I love it.

07:50It's perfect.

07:51Like that's my dream.

07:52Is that how you would describe your aesthetic?

07:54Yeah, maybe definitely colorful.

07:56You know, I love the long hair, especially when I'm on tour to just like throw it around,

08:02have the wind, have the sparkles.

08:04Like I love the showness of it.

08:07I love that it feels like.

08:12It's not pedestrian, you know, it's like nowhere we're putting on a show.

08:17And especially this time around, because I'm doing my US run and we have like maybe the budget is five

08:24dollars.

08:24Like, you know what I mean?

08:25It's like it's small.

08:26Like I was when we when we did these when we booked these venues, like I didn't know that this

08:31was going to happen.

08:32Like I didn't know I was going to sit here and talk to you like a year ago.

08:35I didn't know like what would be happening to me.

08:38So we have these like amazing, amazing women that I share the stage with and my band and my dancers

08:43and me.

08:44And that's the show.

08:45I mean, we are the show.

08:47So like the show has to be like the outfits, you know, the light and the hair.

08:52But that makes sense where it's like people forget that tours are booked so far in advance.

08:57And so like we try to upgrade and it's just it's booked out like so far in advance.

09:01But I will be back, though.

09:03You will be back.

09:03And you know what?

09:04Maybe it's fun that it's like this is going to be the most intimate it will ever get because it's

09:10like your career is on the rise.

09:11OK, you mentioned you're chronically online.

09:14Yeah, which I remember seeing an interview.

09:16You said that your screen time was like 16 hours a day.

09:18And I'm like, perfect.

09:19She doesn't sleep.

09:20No, I don't.

09:21What app are you using the most?

09:23TikTok.

09:24I figured.

09:25What is like taking over your for you page?

09:28Like what is it?

09:28If I was if I was on your phone, what am I?

09:31No, it's me.

09:33You're your own biggest fan.

09:34I'm obsessed.

09:35For real.

09:35Like I try to engage also so much in like what people post and like what they say.

09:40And I like always like and comment and like engage.

09:42So I feel like my algorithm is like, oh, you must like be a really big fan of Zara Larson.

09:48So it's just like I'm like, yes, like, like, like, like, like, repost, repost.

09:54And then what else is it?

09:56But that's the that's the that's the crazy part of it all.

09:58You can spend like six hours on that app.

10:00And then you lay down your phone.

10:02You're like, what have I just watched for six hours?

10:05And then you pick it up because you're like, I need more.

10:07And you're like, what did I even watch the way you scroll?

10:09It's like next video will be amazing.

10:11Next video will be amazing.

10:12It's that.

10:13I love how you're saying that.

10:14And your videos are you because I know the next one's good.

10:17No, I feel like some people's are like would be like whenever people would see themselves

10:22on an app.

10:23They'd be like, oh, my God, quickly scroll whether they're like, I'm going to be cringe

10:26or whatever you have.

10:27You're like, I fucking love myself.

10:30Yes.

10:31But also, I think it's like that's funny.

10:32How can you say that, actually, because I used to really be like that?

10:36I used to like not watch anything.

10:38I didn't want to watch any performances.

10:40I was like, oh, like, get it away from me, you know.

10:44And now I think it's just so in in my face a lot of the times.

10:48And it truly did come from me wanting to like engage with the people who are posting it.

10:55But but I think also the older I get, I've never actually been a very shameful person.

11:01Like everything that I do, I think that's one of my best qualities is that I I don't

11:07carry like a lot of shame.

11:10And I think that just allows me to have more fun and like not be so hard on myself and

11:16judgmental because I really used to be like every time I would step off stage, it wasn't

11:21good enough.

11:22I it wasn't fun, like I could have done better.

11:24That was embarrassing.

11:26Oh, I messed this up.

11:27I did.

11:28I was just like everything was like, boo.

11:30What do you think was that turning point for you, though?

11:32Was it age?

11:34Perhaps age.

11:36I think it was also me really feeling like I because I've been doing this for like so

11:41long.

11:43It wasn't until quite recently.

11:45I felt like I.

11:48I am finally like a part of creating what I do, because when I started out, I didn't

11:53write my music.

11:54I didn't like really creatively.

11:59Make like my shows, my video, I feel like it was just kind of happening around me and

12:05it was happening with I was always like a part of the decision, the overall like decision

12:09making.

12:09And I got I got to like, no, I want to do this song like I don't want to do

12:13this song.

12:13But overall, I think a sense of control that I have now where it's like it's coming from

12:19me.

12:20That's when I feel like it represents me.

12:23And I feel like it's I have to plant the seed.

12:27I can't just like tend to the garden that somebody else planted.

12:30I have to like this how I feel.

12:32I have to make like write my music, be a part of the show, be a part of designing like

12:38what

12:38I wear, be a part.

12:39And then it just makes me feel like in control and it makes it so much more fun.

12:44Right.

12:44It's almost like I was thinking about it when you're saying that you saying you don't scroll

12:49past yourself.

12:50It's because you're fully aware of what you're about to see, because all of the creative

12:54you chose, all of your outfits, what you're singing, you chose.

12:57So you're like, oh, I remember.

12:59Oh, and I hit that dance move.

13:00And I like that moment where before you're probably like, oh, God, why did I do that?

13:04Why did I do that?

13:05I was already feeling icky about it before I went on stage because I actually didn't even really

13:08know if I wanted to sing that song.

13:09Yeah.

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15:44You sparked a lot of conversation when you said that you finally broke out of the Kia

15:50Asylum.

15:51First of all, for anyone who does not know what that means, can you explain what the

15:56Kia Asylum is?

15:57I feel like it's a place that, okay, here we go.

16:04It's a place, I don't know how it was started.

16:07And it's this institution where I think it's mostly girls in there, honestly, like the pop

16:14girls that have big hits.

16:17So they've been charting, like they maybe have billions of streams on their songs.

16:21Like I have really popular songs, but they have little to no like cultural relevance,

16:28I would say, or maybe like an identity.

16:32So they have like the songs and people know, can sing along with them, but they might not

16:38necessarily know who is singing the song.

16:41And I've always kind of struggled with this.

16:43I'm like, oh, I've been so aware of it.

16:45And I didn't know about like the Kia Asylum or the Kia Asylum before, you know, like five,

16:51six, seven years ago, but I've always felt like, what is it that, because I feel like

16:57I have so much inside of me that people can connect with.

17:01Why, why can't I bridge that gap?

17:03Because I've had these amazing songs, but like, what the fuck is happening that makes

17:09me not, you know, isn't clicking.

17:12Yeah.

17:12In your opinion, now looking back, what do you think was keeping you there?

17:16I think, I think it was being free in like sharing myself because I, you know, I've tried

17:26the whole like, I'm going to be mysterious.

17:28There's something very like, like sexy about that, you know, but I'm not a mysterious person.

17:33And that's just genuinely not who I am.

17:36So with this Midnight Sun, because it felt so much like me, I also felt like just sharing

17:44who I am with people and my followers.

17:46I think my, my like, you know, hardcore fans have always kind of known me and like checked

17:52out all my interviews and like all of that.

17:54But I think I've also just shared more of myself with my followers and like online.

18:01And I think it's, again, I think it's all these small things coming together, like the

18:05music, the fashion, the personality, just me being freer, but also more, um, yeah, like

18:17myself.

18:18It's like you thought being in the music industry, you're like, maybe I'll just try to be mysterious

18:23and look at when you just leaned into yourself.

18:26Everyone's like, bitch, but it's also hard.

18:28I think like Instagram is like hard because it is so like aesthetic, you know, it's so hard.

18:33And I think that's why it's just so much easier to like, like connect because I don't have

18:37to think about and, and, and even sometimes I do want to wear like a black leather jacket.

18:43And now I'm like, wait, can I do that?

18:45But it's like the duality of a woman.

18:48Like I still have it in me.

18:49I still have a leather jacket in me.

18:51I love it.

18:52But it's hard.

18:53It's hard to like, I think that's also what it is.

18:57Actually, now when I think back at it, it's like staying a little bit disciplined because

19:00it is me and it is what I love, but it's also like, if you want to create some sort

19:06of brand, you have to have the consistency and the discipline.

19:09You're so right.

19:11You said in an interview that people used to call you a flop like 50 times a day.

19:16I was like, no, listen, girl, that's why I had to delete Twitter.

19:19I'm like, take care.

19:21You're like, goodbye.

19:23But how did those type of comments affect you when you were reading them and consuming

19:27them?

19:28It's weird because it's this like game with my brain.

19:33I think reading it's it's so strange how I don't think we're meant to read a thousand

19:39opinions about ourselves a day, even like over five.

19:44Like that's a lot.

19:45And I think what matters is like what the people around you are saying.

19:49Right.

19:50So having having like some sort of social media or platform where people would just kind

19:56of say everything.

19:57And I have to be honest, like, yeah, I searched for my name.

19:59I did that.

20:00I don't want to see the mention.

20:02Oh, you want to talk about Wikipedia?

20:04Oh, we know.

20:06How do we can we quickly talk about that?

20:08Really pivot?

20:09Sorry.

20:09Yeah.

20:10This Wikipedia beef that you have.

20:12Have we settled it?

20:14Have we squashed it?

20:14They lock the page.

20:16They did.

20:16No one can no one can come in and edit it anymore.

20:20And explain the photo to people who haven't seen it.

20:22It was just an ugly photo of me.

20:24And I was like, I don't want that to be the photo.

20:26I want it to be a hot photo.

20:27And then we try to change it.

20:29And then they kept changing back.

20:30And we emailed them like, can can like we just keep this picture?

20:33And they were like, well, it has to be by a photographer who have to give up like the

20:38copyright.

20:38And I'm like, yeah, but like I took the photo or like my friend took the photo.

20:42And they were like, what camera?

20:44And then we send this camera and they were like, send us a full resolution.

20:46And we're like, it's just like a small bad digital.

20:49Going back and forth with Wikipedia.

20:51No, like back and forth.

20:52I think they didn't believe that I like owned the picture.

20:55And I was like, no, like I have to send them a video.

20:57Like, hey, this is our Larson.

20:59Like I took this photo, like my friend took this photo and they were like, yeah, so the

21:04cut, no, girl, it was the whole thing.

21:06The length that you went to be like, there will be no ugly photo of me.

21:10Get this shit out.

21:12Zara.

21:14I'm like, that's the one I want.

21:16You're like, I want to serve face.

21:17Also, I love how of all the photos, you're like, no one even looks at fucking Wikipedia

21:21these days.

21:22But you're like, my Wikipedia will slay to the gods.

21:24And don't you ever forget it.

21:26Honestly, I have a lot of respect for that.

21:28How many times did you go in and try to change it?

21:30Oh, like 20.

21:32Yes.

21:33It was over a period of time.

21:35And then when I posted the video, I posted a video on TikTok.

21:38I was like, whoever is changing this, like, stop it.

21:41Like, because I will not give up.

21:43I will change it 21 times.

21:45I'm obsessed.

21:46Like every morning you're having your coffee, you're like, here we go.

21:50Refresh.

21:50Yes.

21:51Yes.

21:52Like I will text my friend Vandala.

21:54Just be like, you have to change it again.

21:55Like it's changed back.

21:56Okay, so you're searching yourself online constantly.

22:00You're as deep in as Wikipedia.

22:04And I think it's like, again, a sense of false control of like, what are people saying about

22:08me?

22:08What are they thinking about me?

22:09Because at the end of the day, I'm like an artist, right?

22:12Like I have this ego that I have to soothe and I want people to love me and I want

22:17people

22:17to like what I do.

22:19And when I have a bad day, I almost go in and I search for like the good comments gives

22:25me a boost and like, yay, you know, it's like, woo.

22:28But then I just kind of look for the bad comments to almost confirm what I feel about myself that

22:37day.

22:37And it's like, I knew it.

22:40I knew it.

22:41What are some of the negative things that you feel about yourself?

22:44Because I feel like people online would look and be like, oh, you want to know what I look

22:48up when I want to like get confidence?

22:50It's a Zara Larson dancing video of you shaking your ass, looking like the hottest goddess in

22:56the world and then like, so I'm assuming people are like, wait, what do you mean?

22:59Like, no, I think it is.

23:00I think if I have a bad day, I mean, what the only the only thing that affects me is,

23:06which

23:06I guess it's true for everyone.

23:08The things that affects you is the things that you believe even a little bit, you know?

23:15So because I always like, I always felt this disconnect with people or like, fuck, I'm in

23:22the key asylum, like I'm really stuck in here, you know?

23:25Or like, maybe I am a flop or like, what is it that doesn't connect?

23:28Like, what am I missing?

23:30And like all those things, I think that affects me more because I've been like beefing with

23:36people online since I was like 14 and I had my blog and I would just, you know, but I

23:42used to write a lot about feminism.

23:43I used to write a lot about like, I was out here hating men before it became a thing.

23:48Yes, no, truly.

23:51And when it comes to me personally, I think, yeah, like when I have a bad day, it just

23:59reinforces what I feel like I already felt.

24:02Right.

24:03Do you look back at the time when there was negativity and when it would get to you before

24:07you got yourself out of this asylum?

24:10Did it impact the way that you felt about releasing music?

24:14Yes.

24:15Talk to me about that.

24:16Well, I think I just cared a lot about what people would think and what people would say.

24:23And earlier on, I also, again, I didn't like write my stuff.

24:28So I felt like since it wasn't really like coming from me, like my words.

24:37I could kind of only lean on other people's like, I could know that it's good.

24:43I think it's good.

24:44But also, like, it was very important for other people to also feel like it was good for

24:48me because I started like I got signed at 14.

24:51And at that point, you're so young and you're around all these grownups.

24:54And they just, you know, have been in the industry for a really long time and they're

25:00very talented.

25:01So it's like we're giving you this song and we're giving you this song.

25:03And it wasn't really like an option for me to what I didn't know, like I when you don't

25:09know what it is, you don't know.

25:10You just don't even know where to start.

25:12And I've always kind of I've loved writing.

25:14Like I said, I had my blog.

25:15I love to like I love to like express myself.

25:19But I think also I try to be in some sessions and and I think there's just this sense of

25:25like, like when you're 14, 15, it's hard to truly emotionally connect with someone who

25:31is like 40.

25:34And those are the type of people you're sitting in that room with.

25:36Yeah, you feel really small and they're so amazing and incredible.

25:41So I just kind of felt like, oh, what do I have to say?

25:44Like, you guys know better than I do when really it's not about that.

25:47It's just about like it's not about who who is better.

25:51It's like who can now I realize like who can get who can get me the most comfortable so

25:58I can be the most myself.

26:00But even Zara, I'm thinking to you referenced, you know, you're a young girl at the time when

26:06you started your career.

26:07When you would walk into rooms with label executives and producers, you would be the

26:15youngest person there.

26:16Definitely.

26:16What did that make you feel like?

26:21It's just always been like that for me.

26:25And now when that's no longer the reality, I'm like, wow, I think I really, really would

26:31have benefited from being around people more like my age.

26:38But it's really hard to find like the next big but the number one writer, 15 year old

26:44like, you know what I mean?

26:45You're not stacking your studio with 15 year olds.

26:47Yeah, yeah.

26:49Just like come hang after school.

26:53Who's paying for the studio?

26:55None of us have jobs.

26:57No, I get it.

26:58No, so it's just always been like that.

27:00And the thing is, I used to have my mom with me everywhere.

27:03OK, my mom was with me everywhere, like in every session and every studio, like she would

27:08sit right there.

27:10Like she was just with me.

27:12And I think that is such a blessing for me.

27:16And like thinking back at it, I'm very thankful that she was just there, you know, and I've

27:22always felt like the people I started working with were also because I got signed to an

27:28independent label in Sweden called 10.

27:31And starting out, it was kind of this 360 deal where they were like managing and record

27:37label, which kind of worked in the beginning because it was so small and it was just kind

27:40of in Sweden.

27:41But they were also with me and I felt like I could really trust them.

27:48They always wanted like what was best for me.

27:50I've been lucky to have been around good people.

27:53You go on tour with all these women.

27:55Yes.

27:56Since surrounding yourself with women, what difference has that made for you in your career?

28:01I feel so confident.

28:02Yeah.

28:02I feel so free in expressing myself.

28:06I also feel like for a lot of women, like in whatever kind of work they're doing, even

28:13like on tour, because we're all women on stage, but there's so much happening.

28:20Also, a lot of women holding the mics, you know, performing, being pop stars, but the producers

28:24and the people working backstage, like nothing of this would work without people surrounding

28:31me or like the industry.

28:33So I think they always just have to, the classic, you know, work twice as hard to take or to

28:44get half the recognition that men get.

28:47And it feels really, um, it feels really like they're just so accomplished and I feel like

28:56everyone is being taken seriously and it does.

28:58You don't have to like prove all the time that you know what you're talking about or that

29:03you know what you want.

29:05It's so refreshing.

29:06And I'm curious, like since having this success, I, in your song Stateside, you say, I'm that

29:12girl, I've been it.

29:13Yes.

29:14What does it feel like now that you really have people finally recognizing that?

29:18Like, is it a little annoying?

29:20Like are people coming out of the woodwork?

29:22I love it.

29:23I love it.

29:24And they just prove like, oh, I'm the shit.

29:26Like I'm hot right now.

29:27Like that's fun.

29:28It just, it says more about like what I'm doing then.

29:31Um, and I think, I think, I think actually maybe the opposite for me.

29:37I think a lot of my friends, because I'm so bad at staying in contact with my friends

29:43when I travel just in general, like this really been an issue for me and a lot of my friendships

29:48throughout the years, because I'm away a lot.

29:50And like the only thing that exists for me, I'm very present.

29:53It's this, like whatever's in front of my nose that exists.

29:57But I think almost the opposite that people might be scared of now, like clothes, clothes

30:02friends that I had are a bit like scared of calling me because maybe they don't want

30:10to think that I, like that they're calling me because that it's going well for me.

30:15I see.

30:15So it's almost like the opposite.

30:17Where you're like, girl, call me.

30:18Yes.

30:19Let's go.

30:20Yes.

30:20Let's go get dinner.

30:21Yes.

30:22But also like, yeah, I've been, I feel like I am just, um, doing what I do, you know,

30:28and that's what makes it so fun and easy.

30:29I think this whole era is just, I don't really have to think about like, oh, fuck,

30:34what's going to be the next thing?

30:35Like, oh, because I just do what I like.

30:38And like, I just do what feels right.

30:41And that's just who I am at the moment.

30:44And then I don't have to overthink what's next so much or what it is.

30:49Like, it's just is.

30:50And I've, I'm just, I'm just this.

30:52Like, I'm very open.

30:53What you see is what you get.

30:54Okay.

30:54Let's talk about tour.

30:56Yeah.

30:56First of all, the one note in your song, Midnight Sun.

31:00Yeah.

31:00It's like kind of long.

31:01It's kind of long.

31:02Do you have to like prep for it?

31:05Like when you do it live, are you like, like, could you bust it out right now?

31:09Or do you have to like fully prep for that?

31:13I could bust it out right now.

31:14It's just loud.

31:16Would you do it for me?

31:17Wait.

31:18Wait.

31:20Not me fangirling.

31:21Okay.

31:21Me pushing my mic way too.

31:24Okay.

31:25I think that's the right key.

31:27So I do take a breath.

31:29That's what I do.

31:29Take a breath.

31:52I think that was the right key.

31:54Maybe it was, I think it was lower.

31:55If that wasn't the right key.

31:57Maybe it's up there.

31:58Yeah.

31:59I just got tears in my eyes.

32:01Oh, stop it.

32:01Wait.

32:03No, no, no.

32:04I'm not even gassing you up.

32:05Every single woman in this room right now.

32:07Your voice.

32:09Oh, thanks.

32:11Getting a little live performance right now.

32:13I'm like, I have full chill.

32:15But you know, I used to do that.

32:17I think that was like when I used to go to these like record labels to be signed.

32:21I would be like, and now I'm going to sing acapella for you.

32:25Like old school shit.

32:27And then they would just literally with their mouth open be like, oh, shit.

32:30She doesn't need any auto tune.

32:32I used to sing.

32:33I would rather go blind.

32:34Stop.

32:36You like get up on the chair.

32:37You're like, are you all ready to be graced with greatness?

32:41Sit down.

32:42Yes.

32:42Zara.

32:43Yeah.

32:43You have an insane voice.

32:45Thanks.

32:45Oh my God.

32:46You didn't even do a, do you do vocal warmups?

32:48You just hit it.

32:49I literally don't.

32:51I feel like the first song of the show, Midnight Sun, that is like my warm up.

32:56That'll do it.

32:57And then I, yeah.

32:58And then I just get like warm, warmed up throughout the show.

33:02I'm never going to get over that.

33:03First of all, I've also never had someone sing that loud in the Call of Duty studio.

33:07And I am, whoa.

33:10Okay.

33:12You've been touring for like 10 years.

33:14Yeah.

33:14I'm assuming you have some wild stories, like things that have happened.

33:18But okay.

33:18You're like, no.

33:19No, no.

33:19I'm doing that face because the craziest thing we do is like throw some candy wraps on the

33:24floor in the bus.

33:25Stop.

33:26Okay.

33:27What's the craziest thing that's happened on stage?

33:29Ooh.

33:31Malfunctions, disasters, people.

33:33Oh, all the time.

33:34All the time.

33:35Yeah.

33:35But that's just like that showbiz, baby.

33:38You just got to suck it up and move on.

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