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00:06Hello gang. How are we? Oh, Abby. Looking a million bucks today. Love your dress. You
00:12look great. Gorgeous. Thank you, Lee. Hey, Sam. How are you? Good. How are you? Yeah,
00:17good. Thank you. What about you, Abby? I'm feeling a bit starstruck today, Lee.
00:25Oh, I think that's her either.
00:30It looks like her walking behind you now, Abby. Here she is. Behind you. Act normal.
00:37Calm down. Hi, Jess. So nice to meet you.
00:43You're going to have such a great time today. I'm looking forward to it very much.
00:47Come through and say hi to everyone. Hi. Hi, everyone. Hi, Jess. Hi. Hi, Jess. Hi, I'm Jessica.
00:54Hello. Andrew. Andrew. Nice to meet you. Happy to meet you. I'm so excited for today.
01:00Hello, Jess. We are a collective of autistic journalism students, and we're very happy to have you here
01:06today. Our rules are there is no subject that is out of bounds, no question is off the table,
01:11and anything could happen. Welcome to the assembly. Thank you. You're going to do great. Yeah.
01:21When you're going to be on camera yourself, you just straighten up your shirt like that.
01:24Okay. You're good to go.
01:27Straight down the barrel of the camera, okay? Everyone good? Okay, in three.
01:34Tonight, the assembly returns. And graduates from past series are back.
01:40Prep day one. Prep day one. Hey, guys. And Lee Sayles is mentoring us.
01:46Hi, everybody. The students have graduated from the Journalism Foundations course,
01:52and they're ready for the next step. Taking us on the road. Wow.
01:55Let's keep going. Wow. And behind the scenes.
01:58This is really awesome. To level up our media skills.
02:03Hey, Abby. We're about to record a song. Okay. I'm ready to go.
02:07On both sides of the camera. So stay on your mark.
02:10Some of Australia's most celebrated names are taking the hot seat.
02:15No making me cry, okay? For interviews like you've never seen before.
02:19What intentional decision have you made knowing that you'll die?
02:22Um. Have you ever been arrested? That is a good question.
02:25What is the most bogan thing you've ever done? Oh, ho, ho.
02:29You've got this, Jess. Sorry.
02:32Tissue girl is back again. Cheeky question.
02:36We are the assembly.
02:47Let's go, team. Let's go.
02:49Fletcher, you're not going in it.
02:54All righty.
02:56Well, how are you, James? Yeah, great.
02:59Good to see you. Good to see you, too.
03:01Just pop it there. Who cares?
03:04Have you seen how hectic King Mark can get sometimes in the toy section?
03:07Oh, yes. How are you?
03:09I'm all right. Are you feeling all right?
03:11Yeah, I'm fine. Mm. That's good.
03:12Of course I'm next to Fletcher.
03:16Good morning, everybody. How are we all today?
03:20Good. Yeah? Good? Ready for action?
03:23Oh, yeah, yeah. Let's do it.
03:25Let's go.
03:26Okay. Our next guest is a beloved Australian singer,
03:31award-winning actor.
03:34She's been in Eurovision for Australia.
03:38Her own amazing singing and her charisma has made it very popular with the Australian public.
03:43Jessica Malboy.
03:45Jessica Malboy.
03:46Oh, my God.
03:47Oh, my God.
03:48Wow.
03:48How did she know?
03:50I don't know. I just guessed.
03:51Wow. What do we know about Jessica Malboy?
03:55She's a beautiful pop star.
03:57Yeah.
03:57With her pop star music.
03:58I make big things out of little things
04:02and I watch you keep missing them.
04:06She won an aria for best female artist.
04:09Yeah.
04:10In 2013.
04:11This is so incredible.
04:12Um, to be an Indigenous Australian woman.
04:18She was on The Voice.
04:19That's right. She's a judge on The Voice.
04:21Were any of you old enough that you watched her on Australian Idol?
04:24One of my earliest television memories was watching Idol and all the ads had gone,
04:30Australian Idol goes regional.
04:34What are you going to sing, darling?
04:35Today I'll be singing I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston.
04:38Oh, yeah.
04:40Take my love.
04:42I'll never ask for too much.
04:46Abby?
04:47She was in the movie The Sapphires.
04:49Yes.
04:59And she has just recently had a little baby.
05:02Okay, so it sounds like there's going to be tons to ask her about.
05:04Should we split into our groups and get ready to work on our questions?
05:07Okay, good. Let's do it.
05:13Let's get our questions ready for Jessica Mowboy.
05:17How would Jessica Mowboy go on 7.30?
05:21I think she could stand up to Sarah Ferguson.
05:24Uh-huh.
05:27Evie, you're a super fan.
05:28Oh, oh, oh.
05:29I wouldn't say super fan.
05:30I know like four songs, but they're four really good songs that I love listening to.
05:35And you're such a music lover too, so you'll have that great point of connection with her.
05:39Yeah.
05:39Have you ever been to a recording studio?
05:42Ooh, I don't think so.
05:46Okay, ready?
05:48Coming to a recording studio means the students are going to see firsthand how music is put together.
05:54Welcome to Forbes Street Studios.
05:56And I think that'll be really useful in helping them come up with some questions for Jess.
06:02So keen today to find out all about the ins and outs of recording.
06:08And it'll help us know more about Jess, get insights into Jess's world.
06:13Thanks so much for having us in, Tash.
06:16Yes, I'm welcome.
06:16So Tash is a music producer.
06:18So you've worked with Jess Mowboy, who the students are interviewing?
06:20Yes.
06:21She's such an amazing vocalist.
06:23She's such a beautiful person as well.
06:26Is there a connect, like one thing that connects you and Jessica?
06:29Yeah, actually, um, her partner is Greek.
06:33And...
06:34I'm Greek!
06:34Are you?
06:35You too!
06:35Yeah!
06:37Who wants to have a go talking into the mic?
06:39Um...
06:39I'll have a go.
06:40Okay, jump in, Mitch.
06:41Yeah, you go.
06:42You'll be able to adjust the level.
06:45We are the assembly.
06:47Thinks about to go crazy.
06:49We're walking for hours.
06:51You can see how the vocals...
06:53Oh, yeah!
06:54...perfecting the VU meter there.
06:56Many of the students absolutely love music, so bringing them to an actual music studio is really invaluable.
07:02Hey, Abby, we're about to record a song.
07:03Okay, I'm ready to go.
07:05All right, let's do this!
07:07They think up questions on the spot.
07:08It's really good for them, actually, in their process.
07:11I make big things out of little things and I watch you keep missing them.
07:20Coming to the studio today, I've got so many more questions for Jess.
07:23You did so well!
07:25Yay!
07:26It's her world, um, her roots, essentially.
07:29It's really cool to see that side of things as well.
07:33Very excited to meet her.
07:38Hello, everyone.
07:40Hi, Lee.
07:41How y'all doing?
07:42Good.
07:43Are we excited about Jess?
07:44I think so.
07:45Yeah?
07:46Is anyone a particular fan?
07:47I love Pop a Bottle Fill Me Up.
07:49Surely she's going to sing a song for us.
07:51Yeah.
07:52Surely.
07:52I want her to sing Pop a Bottle Fill Me Up.
07:54I'm excited to meet Jessica Mowboy because she's beautiful.
07:58She has a beautiful smile.
08:00She seems popular, well-loved.
08:02She just seems so sweet.
08:04What have we got here?
08:07I'm still thinking of a few.
08:09Yeah?
08:09I reckon just think creatively, Savannah, and see what unusual questions you can come
08:14up with that might surprise her.
08:15What stood out to you?
08:16That she's from Darwin.
08:18That she's from Darwin, okay.
08:19And also, she's in a family of five sisters.
08:23So, were you the popular girl in school?
08:26That is a great question.
08:27I would be very interested to see what she says to that.
08:30Me too.
08:31Got some good options there.
08:33All right.
08:34What are we brainstorming over here?
08:36All right, she's alive.
08:38She's 36.
08:39She's a she, um, and I know she likes collecting shoes.
08:43This time on the assembly, I am doing more research and just having fun with it,
08:48especially with the questions.
08:49What year did she win Idol again?
08:50She didn't win.
08:51She came second.
08:51I came second.
08:52What year did she come second?
08:53You get a freedom on this show to ask whatever you want,
08:55and I think that's the best part about it.
08:57Has she considered a career as a professional spy?
09:00Yes.
09:01That could be a route there.
09:02I mean, Darwin is close to Pine Gap, so she could.
09:08I'm thinking, like, what is her favourite, her favourite train line,
09:12but at the same time, would it be bad of me to ask that?
09:16Because, you know, most neurotypicals don't, don't care about trains.
09:21Hello.
09:22How are we going?
09:23I'm good.
09:23Good.
09:24Who's are you drawing there, Daniel?
09:26I am practicing doing Jessica Malvoy.
09:28Fantastic.
09:29Because I want to do a really good portrait for her.
09:31Great.
09:31Yes.
09:32I'm a visual artist and she's a singer, so it's a bit different,
09:34but being able to ask about areas that are related to the arts and creativity,
09:40I think is so, so cool and such an amazing opportunity.
09:44Why don't we go through your questions first and have a look?
09:46OK.
09:47All right.
09:48Well, since last time I was on the Assembly, I've been very busy.
09:51I've been doing a lot of art.
09:53I also had a meeting with the Government General to talk about a potential commission.
10:00Hello, Daniel.
10:02It's so good to see you.
10:03Welcome to Admiralty House.
10:05Thank you so much.
10:06After you.
10:08Wow.
10:10It's quite something, isn't it?
10:12It's quite something.
10:12Really?
10:13It's a lot to take him when he come in.
10:15It is.
10:17So I've got a range of things here.
10:20So one of my artworks I've brought here on the front here is a print.
10:25Utterly beautiful.
10:26Oh, and now this looks very familiar given where we are.
10:29There we are, yes.
10:30And given that we had started talking about whether there was a work that you could create
10:34that we could have in one of our residences, this is just looking magnificent.
10:39Do we go and see what I see when we look out at this incredible harbour view?
10:47Wow, it is truly quite an incredible view.
10:51It's an incredible view.
10:52I think I'm going to create a landscape of Sydney Harbour from the view of Admiralty House.
10:57I've given artworks to Maggie Beer, Guy Sebastian, and now I'm going to be
11:02doing an artwork for the Government-General and a drawing for Jessica Mowboy.
11:08It's such a surreal feeling.
11:18I love your outfit.
11:20I thought I would go kind of like a tranquil kind of feel look.
11:24I'm just excited to meet you.
11:27Pop star.
11:30Hi, I'm Jessica.
11:31I'm James.
11:32James, lovely to meet you.
11:33Nice to meet you.
11:34Hi, I'm Jessica.
11:36Hi, I'm Anastasia.
11:37Anastasia, lovely to meet you.
11:38Lovely to meet you too.
11:40Hello, Jessica.
11:40Hi, hello, I'm Jessica.
11:42I'm Chow.
11:42Chow, lovely to meet you.
11:44How wonderful.
11:45So it's all, we're all good.
11:46Yeah.
11:48Um, okay, Evie, do you want to start us off today?
11:50Okay, um, this is a safe space.
11:55Everyone can relax and be themselves.
11:59There will be no judgement.
12:01Please do what you need to join in.
12:05For example, fidget, move, take a break.
12:09Ask if you need anything to help you be included.
12:13James.
12:15Hi, Jess, I'm James.
12:17Hi, James.
12:17Do you have a particular place where you feel at one with the world?
12:25Darwin.
12:26I think Darwin on Larrakia Country is, um, just, there's this energy,
12:32the landscape, the kind of smell, like, particularly around the dry season.
12:38That's kind of where I feel the most at peace or the most happiest.
12:46Well, thank you so much.
12:47Yeah, thank you.
12:49I'm Savannah.
12:52Hi.
12:53Hi, Jess.
12:54Hi.
12:54My name's Savannah.
12:55Lovely to meet you, Savannah.
12:57Lovely to meet you too.
12:58You're the only celebrity I have ever heard of from Darwin.
13:02What was life like as a kid growing up there?
13:06There was a lot of freedom.
13:08I remember running barefoot on the hot gravel and just, you know, trying to get home after school to,
13:15like, watch my favourite show on ABC.
13:17I would, you know, climb the trees, like, the tamarind trees and the mango trees.
13:22Mango?
13:23Yeah.
13:24What?
13:25What show did you watch anyway?
13:27Um, Arthur was my favourite.
13:31What I want a full time today where we can learn to work and play and get along with each
13:38other.
13:40My favourite.
13:41That was my, yeah, I loved that show.
13:44Anything else with your, um, Darwin life?
13:47Yeah, um, there was, um, during the monsoon season, we could actually smell the rain coming.
13:53And we would run really fast and, you know, find ourselves in the gutters and try and, um,
13:59slide down the gutters and just be in the water and...
14:02The climate Darwin has is called the Savannah climate, FYI.
14:06It's very hot.
14:08It is very hot.
14:09Thank you very much, Jess.
14:10Thank you, Savannah.
14:11Thanks, Savannah.
14:12Okay, Willow, your turn.
14:15Um, I was born the same year as you were on the Australian Idol.
14:18I was just a baby when you were on the Australian Idol.
14:21What was like, what was, what was the year like for you?
14:24Oh, I was 16 when I entered the show.
14:29It was an amazing time because I learnt a lot of skills when it came to performing on stage.
14:37I, uh, met a lot of people along the way.
14:40There were cameras, lights and the experience and the opportunity was amazing.
14:46Um, I love your song, Little Things.
14:48I can relate to this song as I try really hard to make friends and, and, but my efforts are
14:53ignored.
14:54Is there anything you try but feel like your efforts are ignored?
15:00Oh, um, I love that song, by the way.
15:04Um, I wrote that song for my mum.
15:07Um, we saw her struggle a lot.
15:10So I wrote that about, um, I wrote that song about her and I found writing it was the best
15:17way to,
15:18um, I guess, approach that and how I felt watching her struggle.
15:24Um, Molly.
15:27On Australian Idol, you were told that you needed to lose your jelly belly if you wanted to succeed.
15:32You then were on the cover of who magazine sexiest people issue.
15:36They are two very different ends of the body image spectrum.
15:39What has this taught you about yourself and the way the media view people in the music industry?
15:43Yeah, it's, that's such an important question.
15:47Um, because I remember being 16 and hearing that from, um, one of the judges at the time,
15:54you know, thank goodness for my parents and stealing within me that I was already beautiful
16:00and very young and, and I'm, you know, from one of five sisters.
16:04So I was already getting it for my sisters.
16:07But in, in this case, so publicly, I remember kind of just going, oh, well, that's, that's who I am
16:13and this is what I look like and I'm, I'm okay with it.
16:19Um, Dale.
16:22Hello, Jess. I'm Dale.
16:23Hi. Hi, Dale.
16:24You've been signed to two of the biggest labels in the world, Sony and Warner Brothers Music,
16:27and now you've chosen to go independent. Why did you do that and do you think will work out?
16:32Ah, that's a good one. I've, I've slept on that thought.
16:35Uh, for many nights, ever since I, um, officially launched my, um, independent label, Jay Malley.
16:43For 21 years, I'd spent obviously Sony Music and, and Warner's. Um, I tried them both and I,
16:51I think I got enough knowledge and tips and tools and advice that I felt I could create my own
16:59indie
17:00label where that I would have a lot more kind of control over my music and I finally just released
17:10my first single on it. So I'm really proud. Awesome. Thank you for that. Thank you. Anastasia.
17:17Yep. Hello, Jessica. Hello. I'm Anastasia. Lovely to meet you. Lovely to meet you.
17:21Just a heads up. Um, I'm also Greek like your partner. So, yes. You probably get a lot of call
17:27outs. Like for example, somebody would probably scream out, marry me. When you, when you perform in
17:34a concert and when you're on the voice, what is the funniest call out you have received?
17:41Oh, sign my shoe. Wow. Literally. Um, and actually, I, it was the first time I'd ever experienced it
17:55and I was quite shocked and, um, please sign my shoe. At least he said please. And so I went
18:02down
18:02and I grabbed their shoe and I was like, okay, where am I going to sign? I found the small,
18:08smallest part of the shoe and I just put JM. That's a good, I like that. That's a really good
18:16signature. Okay. Um, when you record your singing in the studio, do you do any silly noises into the
18:22mic? Oh, yes, I do. I do. Um, one thing that helps clear the kind of mucus in my throat,
18:31um, is I go,
18:33oh, oh, oh, the more kind of like whiny, the more my vocal cords are loose and they're warm and
18:47they,
18:47they're very kind of stretchy. So it's like, it's, it's, um, oh, oh, there's, there's another one.
18:55There's like, um, peanut popcorn. I know it sounds silly, but it works because it just helps the
19:06inflections and get the kind of, you know, yeah, get the gunk out of the throat. That was really good.
19:14Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Evie, would you like to have a go?
19:18Okay. Um, my name's Evie. Hi, Evie. I'm Jessica. Lovely to meet you.
19:24Your music was really important to me growing up, in particular, Burn and Inescapable in my childhood
19:33and Fallin' When I Met You, Risk It and This Ain't Love in My Teen Years. Do you have a
19:41song that it,
19:43that is especially meaningful to you, whether it be you, one of your own songs or another person's song?
19:49Ah, that's a great question. Um, I've written a lot of songs.
19:55And the ones that you just mentioned, I just felt like I wanted to break out in song.
19:59Um, uh, Inescapable is a really fun one. I'll be inescapable, like a song in your head,
20:07unshakable. Try to fight, but you'll be incapable. You won't get rid of me, rid of me, yeah.
20:18You'll think you can keep me out. I'll be all you think about. My spell will be unbreakable.
20:28You got it. Yeah, I'll be inescapable.
20:32Oh, oh, oh, oh. Thank you.
20:40Hey, Jess. Hi. Hi, Jen.
20:43Is your creative process chaotic or structured?
20:48That's a good question. Um, it sometimes is both. If I'm not familiar with the person I'm working with,
20:57it can be quite scattered and, um, the day can feel a little bit everywhere and stop and start.
21:04You know, if I'm comfortable with the person, you know, I could write a song in half an hour if
21:10I
21:10know the person and I just feel comfortable and safe. Yeah.
21:13Yeah, it's fair. Like, if you've got that rapport, yeah.
21:16Yeah.
21:16You sort of know each other's style. That's right.
21:20You're just kind of in sync, sort of, I guess. So, um, do you prefer life now or before fame?
21:26What do you reckon?
21:27Oh, that's a really good one. Do I prefer life now? Um, yeah, definitely.
21:38You like it now? Like, the life now, I think I've been able to, like, curate and, um, and just
21:45have a
21:46little bit more control, I guess, in my adulthood years. Um, I started very young in the music industry
21:51and, you know, at the age of 11 and so I feel like I very much, yeah, live for now.
21:59Yeah, fair. Yeah.
22:00I agree.
22:01Yeah.
22:01Doing this, yeah, fair enough. Thanks, Jess.
22:04Yeah.
22:05Thomas?
22:07Hello, Jess. I'm Thomas.
22:09Hi, Jess.
22:10So, out of all of the, um, international artists you've worked with, which one was your most favourite and why?
22:17I would have to say...
22:22Midnight Oil. I think they're so full of knowledge and it was just so nice to be in their presence
22:28and, um,
22:29to understand how they work as, as a band and as an artist. And then, obviously, growing up,
22:34listening to Midnight Oil's music. I just love their work and what they do in the community.
22:40Did you do any of those Peter Garrett moves, you know?
22:43Oh, yeah, right. I, that's what I was waiting for and I got to see a lot of that whilst
22:49making
22:49the music video. And so, yeah, there was me going...
22:54I love those moves.
22:56Yeah, so iconic. Yeah.
22:59Thank you, Thomas.
23:00So, Fletcher, you'll go.
23:02Good evening. My name's Fletcher.
23:04Hi, Fletcher.
23:04Hello.
23:05Now that you have a baby, there must be some days when you just can't be bothered to go to
23:09an event.
23:10What is the worst excuse that you have ever made up just to stay home in your pyjamas?
23:17Oh my gosh.
23:19Why should I really put you on the spot there?
23:22Oh, that's a really good one.
23:28I'm scared.
23:29I haven't, I don't, I have not used that excuse yet.
23:33But if baby Mia Rae had a blowout...
23:41Maybe.
23:45Lots of autistic people have special interests.
23:48Mine is the Wiggles. I know everything about them.
23:50If you were lucky enough to be autistic like us, what would your special interest be?
23:56Oh, just collecting things, I think.
24:00I mean, I already do that. I collect records, vinyls.
24:05So that's something I like and I'd love to like just frame them and make like a shrine of vinyls
24:12on a
24:13wall in photo frames.
24:15Oh, that's cool.
24:16And thank you, Jess.
24:18Thanks, Fletcher.
24:19I'm Bethany.
24:21Hello, Jess. I'm Bethany.
24:22Hi, Bethany.
24:23Lovely to meet you.
24:24Lovely to meet you too.
24:25I often think about what people are thinking in their heads as they're walking to work.
24:29Sometimes they look so anxious. What makes you anxious?
24:35Oh, if I don't know what I'm doing or if I've felt like I don't know my lyrics enough.
24:42But yeah, not knowing my lyrics like makes me very anxious.
24:46That's totally fair. That's what you do.
24:50Thank you so much.
24:52I'm Mitch.
24:55Hello, I'm Mitch. Nice to meet you, Jessica.
24:58Lovely to meet you.
24:59Um, so my first question is, you've taken children's books and rapped the words to them.
25:08Um, and I'm a big fan of rap.
25:11Oh.
25:11And, um, I think you can probably see where I'm heading with this.
25:15Oh.
25:15Could you rap for us now?
25:17Oh, wait, what?
25:18It can be anything.
25:19Yes, yes, yes.
25:22Okay, I don't know if you know the beginning of a song I wrote called Saturday Night.
25:28But there's a rap artist who performs at the beginning of the song.
25:33And he says, I got my cup filled up all the way to the rim, rim, rim, rim.
25:39Black on black Cadillac with a custom trim, trim, trim, trim.
25:42Smoke filling up my lungs and I'm blowing bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble.
25:46It's Saturday night, let's get in trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble.
25:50Nice.
25:55I think you can do a better job than I just did though.
25:59Nice job.
26:00I don't know if you could call that rapping.
26:01I'm no Eminem, that's for sure.
26:04Um, did you ever get left out by your siblings is my next question.
26:09Yeah, there was a lot of, kind of, my older sisters leaving myself and my younger sister out.
26:15I wasn't allowed to play any of my, my elder siblings music.
26:18Um, couldn't touch their stereo, couldn't touch their CDs, but I did.
26:25Yay!
26:26I snuck in somehow.
26:30Go Jessica.
26:30Thank you Jessica.
26:31Thank you so much.
26:31Thanks very much Mitch.
26:33Hey Jessica.
26:34Ciao here, how are you going?
26:35Ciao lovely to meet you.
26:36Nice to meet you.
26:36Um, we live in an imbalanced world, especially for those in the First Nations community.
26:44We try things like closing the gap, but we know that progress takes a very long time.
26:50Yes.
26:51Um, what's something you want to see change in the near future that'll make, that you will
26:55say actual change in your eyes?
26:58Yeah, I think, you know, I think it comes down to culture and language.
27:05Um, you know, I work with Indigenous literacy and, you know, um, the kids are, their language
27:13is, their language is, is first language and English is second language.
27:17But I think, um, it does make a difference when that is placed in the curriculum.
27:23And I hope to, and dream to see, um, the Indigenous language being, yeah, being shared
27:30in schools.
27:31Yeah, it's something that I have seen in the Northern Territory and I hope that can exist
27:36all across Australia.
27:38Thanks for answering my questions Jessica.
27:40Andrew.
27:42Hello Jessica, I'm Andrew.
27:44Hi Andrew, lovely to meet you.
27:45Um, you had the huge honour of being awarded the Making a Difference Medal for speaking
27:49out against racism and bullying.
27:51I have been bullied throughout my life and I was wondering what did it mean to you personally
27:55and could you talk a bit about your experience growing up?
27:59Wow, thank you so much for that question.
28:02Yeah, I, I remember being bullied in high school.
28:06Yes.
28:07Um, you know, for wearing glasses or the colour of my skin.
28:11Um, I remember running home one day when, um, you know, a young student, uh, referenced
28:19the colour of my skin and, ah, I just felt, um, sad.
28:26Yes, that's not good.
28:27I remember feeling, yeah, and I ran home and I shared that news with my parents
28:34and my mum looks at me and says, there's going to be people that, you know, will like you
28:39and will not like you, but you have to love yourself, be kind to yourself, you know, she
28:44says you are beautiful just the way you are, um, keep your head tall.
28:49That's right.
28:49And, um, yeah, just, uh, know how strong.
28:53Yes, we are beautiful Jessica.
28:53Yeah, we are beautiful.
28:55That's right.
28:55Yeah.
28:56Yes.
28:56And I've got another question for you too.
28:58What is something about going up in Darwin that shaped you that people from Sydney and
29:03Melbourne just wouldn't understand?
29:05Oh, going crabbing.
29:11Going mud crabbing.
29:12Yes.
29:12Um, in my, in my dad's little tin boat.
29:15Oh, lovely.
29:15We would go out and drink, you know, and weave through the mangroves and in the murky, you
29:21know, brown water and you might just get one crab, but, um, we, we would always come home
29:27with something and food on the table and mum would prepare the food and yeah, so that's,
29:33that's something I feel like has really shaped, shaped me.
29:36Well, thank you so much, Jessica.
29:39Thank you so much.
29:40Hello, Jess.
29:41I'm Oliver.
29:42Hi, Oliver.
29:43Lovely to meet you.
29:44Um, you've been on The Voice, which Australia loved.
29:49You also supported The Voice, the parliament, which Australia rejected.
29:53How do you make sense of a nation that celebrates your voice when you sing, but resists your
29:58voice when you use it to make change?
30:01Yeah, it's, um, that's a really, it's a really tough one because everyone has an idea of,
30:08you know, creating the right thing for so many of us.
30:14Um, and I, you know, I always take it back to empathy.
30:17You know, if empathy is really shared, that things could, can work.
30:23So yeah, I think it's still a conversation to have and it's important to obviously find a solution.
30:30Thank you very much.
30:31Pat.
30:32Hello, Jessica.
30:33I'm Pat.
30:34Hi.
30:34Hi, Pat.
30:34Nice to meet you.
30:35Lovely to meet you.
30:36I hear that you really like young kids.
30:39I'm the opposite.
30:40I can't stand them.
30:41I can only be around them.
30:43I can only be around little kids for about 30 minutes before I get drained.
30:47So yeah, how long can you hang around kids until you get drained?
30:53Um, it depends, right? Like, um, I mean, I love sleep too.
31:00Um, I reckon I could handle like, maybe, well, yeah, for the rest of my life, I've got my daughter,
31:08so.
31:09Well, I, it must be good because, um, you wanted to be a school teacher, right?
31:13So, you know, you'd need at least eight hours of battery life.
31:16Yes, I do.
31:17Yeah.
31:17Well, I got, I got it now.
31:19Yeah.
31:20Oh, well, no.
31:21Well, that, that's good.
31:22Your, your purpose built for kids.
31:23Yes.
31:25Well, thank you.
31:26Thank you so much.
31:27Silas.
31:29Hi, I'm Silas.
31:31Hi, Silas.
31:31Lovely to meet you.
31:33Yes.
31:33What intentional decision have you made in your life knowing that you'll die?
31:38Knowing that I'll die?
31:42That's a really good question.
31:43I have never, I've, um, well, that's a really good question.
31:51Oh, you got me.
31:53You really got me.
31:56Um, having my baby, I think has really kind of put that into, you know, now she's in the world.
32:04I'm like, I just want to be there every second, every moment.
32:09Um, and I know, you know, I will one day, but, you know, I hope I get to teach her
32:16all the things that,
32:18you know, and, and witness her grow and become the person that she, she wants to be in this life.
32:24So, yeah, that's, that's something that I, um, I have intention to live, to watch that.
32:31Yeah.
32:32What, what do you most want to teach her?
32:34Oh, that's a really good, this is very good.
32:38You got me.
32:39Um, uh, I, I just, I want to be able to teach her kindness, um, and love firsthand, you know.
32:49Yeah.
32:50Um, Abby.
32:51How does your connection to your family and now a new mum to Mia shine through in your music?
32:57Oh, so deeply.
32:59Ah, you know, I feel like I have a, a new perspective on how I look at life, particularly through,
33:06through Mia Rae.
33:07I'm just living in the moment with her.
33:10I'm, I feel like I'm always constantly creating melody in front of her and she's just gazing at me
33:17with wide eyes and thinking that's really familiar.
33:21And I sung a lot when I was carrying her, I was still, I was touring and I was making
33:27music.
33:27So I think maybe she is really familiar with those sounds and when I hum or when there's vibration
33:35that happens, she's, she just, she really turns her neck and she's like breaking her neck to look
33:41at me and, you know, just an awe of when I'm singing and it's just really beautiful right now.
33:49Yeah.
33:50Well, um, you never know.
33:51Well, maybe your next album might be nursery rhymes or lullabies.
33:56There you go.
33:57That's the next album.
33:59Okay.
34:00Great.
34:01Well, thank you, Jess.
34:02Daniel.
34:03Alrighty.
34:04Hello.
34:05Hello.
34:05Oh, all right.
34:08So I know, I gotta compose myself.
34:13Me too.
34:14Uh, I know you're a singer, but you're also an actor.
34:17How did you end up as an actor as well as a singer?
34:21And do you enjoy acting?
34:25Oh, I sometimes think about that.
34:27How did I land any of those roles?
34:31I do love acting when I first had my audition for the role of Rosie in Brand New Day.
34:40I'd never done like an audition like that.
34:42I'd done music auditions, but this was like reading a script and then having to memorize it.
34:48It was a little bit of awkwardness.
34:50I didn't know how to be, but I remember the lady behind the camera.
34:54She's like, just, just relax.
34:56And I was like, I don't know how to relax.
34:59This is, this is awkward.
35:00There's so many people behind the camera.
35:02Um, and I just remember, okay, just, you know, think of it as like, if you were singing,
35:08there's a rhythm in, in projecting a line, um, to someone.
35:14But I, yeah, I, that first kind of taste, I was like, I'm in, I want to be in more
35:21films.
35:22If a script landed in my lap, you know, today, I would read it and then I would go and
35:26audition.
35:26Hmm. Yeah.
35:28Yeah. All right.
35:29Um, my second question is, well, from what I've heard, the music industry can be very brutal.
35:34We have lost some famous singers due to mental illness, depression, alcohol and drug addiction.
35:40How have you managed the low points in your career?
35:44Oh, wow.
35:46There is a side to the music industry that, um, can be sad and brutal.
35:52Hmm.
35:53I think upholding a strong connection with my family and an open conversation, you know,
35:58they've given me a lot of advice along the way and I feel like that's given me a lot of
36:02clarity to
36:03remain strong and go about how I, you know, represent myself and how I connect with other people in the
36:10music industry.
36:11That's really, really lovely.
36:13Yeah.
36:14Um, some are visual artists.
36:16Um, I've done something for you.
36:19No, you.
36:19What do you mean?
36:20Yeah, I have done, I have done a portrait of you and I want to give it to you.
36:32Oh, you did this.
36:36Yeah.
36:37This is absolutely beautiful.
36:40Oh my gosh.
36:41My eyes, my eyebrows, and my hair.
36:49Oh no, it's so beautiful.
36:51Thank you so much.
36:52I'm going to get emotional and I don't want to get emotional, but thank you so much.
36:56Would you like a hug?
36:56I would love a hug.
37:01It's, uh, it's one thing to look at yourself in the mirror, but then having something from your perspective.
37:07This is really special.
37:08I can't wait to frame it and put it amongst my, my vinyls.
37:13I made you cry, I think.
37:15Oh, you did.
37:16I'm a somber.
37:17Thank you so much.
37:20Oh my gosh.
37:22Oh.
37:26I've been listening to your music all week.
37:30Can you please sing us one of your songs for us?
37:34Like, like, like, uh, perform?
37:37Yeah, there's a piano right there.
37:39What's behind you?
37:41Surprise!
37:42Jens!
37:43Shall I stand up?
37:45Yes.
37:46It's just here?
37:47Oh wow, we have a mic stand.
37:55You've got this, Jess.
37:58I'm a mess already.
38:01Is that crazy?
38:03No, not at all.
38:03I feel the same way.
38:05What's happening?
38:08It's alright.
38:18I just want to say thank you so much for allowing me to, or sharing your space, to have me
38:24here today.
38:25And, um, it's been so wonderful.
38:28And, uh, my heart is so full right now.
38:35And I thank you all for just giving me that.
38:40Oh, even if you didn't know you did, but you did.
38:45Um, and for sharing music too, because that's my love.
38:50It's my first love.
39:00You don't say I'm pretty, not like you used to.
39:09I'm pretty, not like you used to.
39:10And I never admit it.
39:14I'm trying so hard for you.
39:17Um, because all of the moments are treasured in the morning, you won't remember.
39:28Don't know why you can keep it together long enough to try.
39:36I make big things out of little things, and I watch you keep missing them.
39:45And you don't get why it's kidding me every time you mess this up.
39:54Send myself on fire to keep us warm.
39:59I swear I lose my mind watching you ignore all the little things.
40:08The little things mean so much more.
40:16So no, I'm not finished.
40:18The performance was jaw-dropping.
40:21She's so talented and in person.
40:23It's, it's like palpable, goosebumps, just amazing.
40:27You don't mean just cause you're angry.
40:33I could feel like the energy, like this open vulnerability around everyone.
40:40It was amazing to see.
40:43I make big things out of little things, and I watch you keep missing them.
40:52You don't get why it's kidding me.
40:56Every time you mess it up.
41:00Set myself on fire to keep us warm.
41:05I swear I lose my mind watching you ignore all the little things.
41:13The little things mean so much more.
41:21Yeah, they mean so much more.
41:28Bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo.
41:31This is our beatin' ladies and gentlemen.
41:41So superb, thank you.
41:43Jess, can we trouble you to get a photo with all of us before you go?
41:46Yes, please.
41:48Oh my gosh, can I just get a hug?
41:50Oh my gosh.
41:52It was so lovely.
41:54Can I get a hug?
41:56Oh, Abby, this dress is giving me so much.
41:59Aw, thank you, Jess.
42:03Thank you so much.
42:05It was awesome.
42:06I can't believe you're just in front of my eyes.
42:09And same to you, like from me.
42:13It's been an honour to meet you and you've been such a kind heart.
42:16Thank you and likewise.
42:18Thank you so much.
42:19That's awesome.
42:19I really loved the performance.
42:21It made me, it made me cry.
42:23If I had more serotonin in me, I would be crying too, I think.
42:27Thank you so much.
42:27I think we were all emotional.
42:29Oh, I'm so glad.
42:31It was a beautiful performance.
42:33I think everyone always crying.
42:38Our next guest is one of the most famous Olympians in Australian history.
42:43He has five Olympic gold medals.
42:46It is, of course, Ian Thorpe.
42:50Who's the person here that I should be scared of?
42:52No one. No one.
42:53Really?
42:54You've spoken openly about battles with depression.
42:57Do you think it was the result of media scrutiny?
42:59Oh.
43:00How hard was it to get people to accept you as gay?
43:05How did it feel seeing commercially available underwear with your name on it?
43:10Are you dating anyone right now?
43:13Sorry.
43:13You wouldn't want to ask that.
43:16And you could get me busted.
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