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On this week’s Hot 100 show, we dive deep into the biggest chart movements with special guest Bebe Rexha discussing her independent era with "New Religion" and brand new single "Hysteria." Bebe Rexha opens up about her "Dirty Blonde" era and filming 13 music videos in 3 days,Olivia Rodrigo debuts at No. 1 with "Drop Dead," her fourth consecutive #1 debut, Ella Langley's "Choose Texas" continued chart dominance, Kehlani's "Folded" holds strong in the top 10 alongside her new self-titled album, Justin Bieber's Coachella effect sends catalog tracks soaring globally, and more.
Plus, exclusive insights on upcoming Billboard Women in Music performances and festival season highlights from Coachella and Stagecoach!
Plus, exclusive insights on upcoming Billboard Women in Music performances and festival season highlights from Coachella and Stagecoach!
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00:00Hey everyone, it's Bebe Rexha, and you're watching The Hot 100 Show.
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00:20Hey, what's up? And welcome to another episode of The Hot 100 Show.
00:23That's right, we got my girl Bebe Rexha on today.
00:26And of course, all your charts and the New York team to discuss it.
00:29So let's jump into numbers 10 through 8.
00:32Down to 10 is Folded.
00:38As is Golden to number 9.
00:48Coachella brings Daisies back to 8.
00:55That's the beginning of our charts.
00:57New York, what do you guys think?
00:59All right, well, we've got to talk about Beaver, right?
01:02You were just at Coachella.
01:03I was at Coachella, but then we also have to talk about Folded,
01:06and we've got to talk about Golden,
01:08because I'm going to get to see them live in a few days for WIM.
01:12Oh my God, of course.
01:13Oh, that's right.
01:14K-pop Beaver 100, our Women of the Year.
01:16Our Women of the Year making history as the first group
01:19to obtain the honor of Women of the Year.
01:23Women, not just women.
01:24Women.
01:25We love plurals.
01:26We love plurals around this camp,
01:28and we will also see a live performance of Folded.
01:33So I'm actually eating very good over here.
01:36I'm three for three.
01:37I love this for Huntrix, too,
01:39because I felt like the Oscars were like,
01:41you know, everything was coming down to that,
01:42and that was like the big finish of their big campaign,
01:45their big year, the whole run.
01:47But now, like, this is like another thing
01:49that we get to award them with something,
01:51and this might be the icing on top of everything.
01:54So, yeah.
01:55Yeah, and of course, with Kehlani,
01:56the album, Kehlani, self-titled, came out just last week.
02:00So Kehlani's in a big season again,
02:01obviously Folded, still to be in the top ten.
02:03It's one of those things that, you know,
02:05when this record came out,
02:06it's sort of part of that R&B renaissance
02:08that we saw with Mud as well,
02:09where Mud, it took a long time to get there.
02:11Folded got there a little quicker.
02:12But I don't know about y'all,
02:13I'm impressed that Folded is hanging on as well as it did.
02:16I knew it would have a run and a window,
02:18but here we are, you know, at the end of April.
02:20I mean, this song really broke out around November last year.
02:23And so just to continue to have that milestone for Kehlani,
02:26and then, of course, we'll see what the album does.
02:28There's a lot of big features on there,
02:29everybody from Clips and Missy and Lil Wayne
02:32and probably ten other guests that I can't even name right now.
02:35But we'll see, you know, as big as the lead-up is for this album,
02:38hopefully that can continue the momentum for her.
02:40And so between, you know,
02:42just these powerhouses of Bieber coming off Coachella,
02:44you've got Huntrix, Women in Music,
02:47and then Kehlani with this big album.
02:49I mean, all three of these people in the top ten,
02:51they are, as Delisa likes to say, they are eating.
02:53They are eating, they are eating.
02:55And I think a big thing about Kehlani
02:57and also the K-pop Demon Hunters with EJ's storytelling
03:01around the song that we got to see from this latest album run,
03:05it really is all about your timing.
03:07So to be able to see Kehlani, who had her career really pop younger
03:12and probably like, what, would it be like eight years ago?
03:16Am I tripping on the timeline?
03:17It's been a while.
03:18It's been like, we first, she came to our consciousness,
03:21we were excited about Kehlani,
03:22and then she took the time to continue to hone her craft,
03:24folded, getting celebrated,
03:26this new Kehlani album being celebrated,
03:28also with EJ talking about her kind of journey through the K-pop world
03:32and not feeling like she belonged,
03:34and then all of a sudden getting this massive, massive, massive film
03:37and massive success based off of her writing and her storytelling.
03:42Both of these women are true testaments to staying in your time,
03:46so I'm excited to celebrate them in just a few days.
03:49Yeah.
03:49Do want to give a shout-out also,
03:51I know we're talking about Bieber and Daisies,
03:52obviously with Coachella coming up in the past week,
03:55but obviously with Daisies having been a more recent song.
03:58That catalog really, though, is continuing to show
04:00in a way that we really haven't seen a Coachella performance
04:03do this kind of lift for any artist.
04:05We've seen it after the Super Bowl,
04:06obviously Bad Bunny this year had a huge run,
04:08we saw with Kendrick Lamar last year,
04:10sort of the same thing.
04:11But when you look at, you know,
04:12what the Bieber catalog's doing,
04:14Beauty and a Beat,
04:15the one with Nicki Minaj from,
04:16I mean, at this point it's almost 14 years, I think,
04:18is right just outside the top 10,
04:20number 11 this week.
04:21It is number one on the Billboard Global Excluding US chart,
04:25so taking outside the US,
04:26really one of the biggest songs in the world,
04:28and just, you know, not Bieber's sort of signature song,
04:31not this one that you'd expect to be blowing up.
04:33The fans really, you know, really supporting it out there.
04:36Of course, Barb's Nicki Minaj,
04:37you know they're going to be a big force behind it.
04:39So to see, you know,
04:40some of these tracks that are over a decade old
04:42getting this kind of love
04:43and continuing to get it,
04:45it's not just sort of this one two-day bump.
04:46Here we are, you know,
04:48two weeks from the first performance,
04:50the one that was really, you know,
04:51so buzzed and talked about.
04:52I mean, just to see this little Bieber-sance moment,
04:55it is something, again,
04:56that you just would not have expected,
04:57but it's always cool to see this kind of thing happen.
04:59Yeah, and we saw even more gains from the,
05:01like his second weekend performance,
05:03where he brought out, you know,
05:04SZA and Billie Eilish and all these other people.
05:06Like, it's really amazing.
05:07I think on our global chart,
05:08he had over 20 songs charting at the same time.
05:11So I think having that live stream
05:13where everybody can tune in from around the world
05:15was, it really paid off for not just Coachella,
05:17but for Bieber and his catalog as well.
05:19Good to hear from you guys.
05:21As always, let's jump into the next part of the chart.
05:24So Easy slips to seven.
05:32With Ordinary to number six.
05:41Be Her to five.
05:48And Man I Need to number four.
05:56And that was number seven through four.
05:58What do you guys think?
05:59Double Dean.
06:01Yeah, we got a little,
06:02we got a little bookend with Olivia Dean
06:04in this section coming in at four and seven.
06:07So Easy to Fall in Love.
06:08Number one this week on the pop airplay chart.
06:11So a big radio win for that song this week.
06:13It continues to climb up the Hot 100 a bit.
06:15I don't know about y'all.
06:17I mean, with Man I Need there,
06:18you know, so easy to fall in love.
06:19It's a different kind of sound.
06:21I'm a little surprised that, you know,
06:23impressed that people are still kind of,
06:24like, like,
06:25matching on to this in this kind of way.
06:27It's so fun.
06:28Have y'all ever seen the wedding date
06:29with, um, Deborah Messing?
06:32No?
06:33No.
06:33Wedding planner check.
06:35Like, wedding crashers.
06:36But wedding dating.
06:38Okay, so there's a moment in the wedding date
06:39where Michael Buble starts to play.
06:41And that's what this So Easy to Fall in Love
06:44really gives me.
06:45It gives me cinematic.
06:47It gives me main character,
06:48which I think Olivia Dean's music
06:49just leans toward a main character energy.
06:51Yes.
06:52And so it makes actually all the sense in the world for me
06:55that So Easy to Fall in Love is getting this,
06:57this wind.
06:58I think, obviously, Man I Need open the door
07:00for a lot of people to say,
07:02who is Olivia Dean?
07:03And I think the more and more you listen to her track list,
07:05the more bright spots really start to emerge.
07:07And I think that's the great thing of a breakthrough single
07:10is, like, it breaks through your discography
07:12to more and more people
07:13so that they can find other, you know,
07:16hate to be this, more songs to love.
07:18So I think So Easy to Fall in Love
07:20is definitely one of those ones that you,
07:22if you are in a Nancy Meyers movie
07:26and you are the main character waking up
07:29to start your day with a cup of coffee
07:30and you're beautifully outfitted home
07:33even though you're a writer of only one book,
07:35that is the perfect soundtrack for you.
07:38So love it.
07:39So true.
07:39I hope that this is, like,
07:41this is just the beginning for So Easy to Fall in Love
07:43where maybe it can still continue to climb.
07:45Man I Need was just so massive
07:47that I think it's still getting so much radio play
07:49and so many streams where it's been in the top 10
07:52for months now.
07:53So I know it might be a little tougher
07:55to have another Olivia song,
07:56maybe outshine it and climb even higher,
07:59but I don't know.
08:00I guess we'll just have to see.
08:01Yeah, I think with So Easy to Fall in Love,
08:02it's kind of, I mean, the video I think definitely has
08:04that kind of main character vibe
08:06and it's really fun to watch.
08:08You know, it also has this, like, flair
08:10at the same time at Risk It All,
08:11Bruno Mars is coming up.
08:12It kind of reminds me, like,
08:13we're in this little pocket where,
08:15especially when I think summertime comes up
08:16and people kind of want that,
08:17you know, just that little fresh sound
08:19that really accompanies that season,
08:21that that could really kind of drive it up
08:22a little more.
08:23But also, huge shout out for Olivia Dean
08:25to sort of get out of the one-hit-wonder conversation
08:28very quickly.
08:29So Easy to Fall in Love has been a hit on Hot 100
08:31for a while now,
08:32so it's not like she was really,
08:33you know, has not been in danger of that
08:34for a long time.
08:35But certainly when you get that second top 10
08:37to follow that first one,
08:38you know, nowadays the critics on the internet
08:40are so quick to pigeonhole you and say,
08:43okay, you got Man I Need and Great,
08:44like, but what else?
08:45What else you got?
08:45What else you got?
08:46And she's like, oh, I got this
08:48and I got probably some more on the way.
08:49Certainly, I know people are looking at her
08:51as a huge Grammy contender.
08:52We're already more than halfway through
08:53the Grammy season on the calendar next year.
08:56So yeah, a lot of things can continue to happen
08:58in the summer and the fall for Olivia.
08:59So, I mean, shout out to her for just keeping it going.
09:02Shout out the Brits.
09:03Shout out the Brits.
09:04And then we also have another Ella Langley
09:06mentioned here.
09:07Beat her.
09:10Loving this pocket that Ella is really heading down.
09:14I think we talked about this maybe like
09:17the first time we had this show,
09:18but just I really appreciate this lane
09:21that Ella Langley is carving out for herself.
09:23I'm excited to see her play.
09:25I think we've seen it in country artists
09:27like a Kacey Musgraves,
09:28who really figure out their signature
09:30really quite early on.
09:32I think Ella's doing that.
09:33And I think it's showing with how well
09:36her music is being received.
09:38But she's got a pocket and I'm liking it.
09:42I think what's so crazy too
09:43is that she just played stage coach
09:44this past weekend,
09:46but she wasn't even a headliner.
09:47I think she was on the second or third row
09:49of that lineup.
09:50And obviously if they were making the lineup
09:52like today,
09:53easily be a headliner.
09:54And she's been so massive,
09:55but she was playing in the afternoon
09:58and obviously played Jews in Texas,
09:59which we'll get to,
10:00and be her.
10:01And coming off of a win
10:03with a two-week number one album,
10:05Dandelion,
10:06it's a good time to be Ella Langley.
10:08That just goes to show also
10:09how early these festivals are booked
10:11because the fact that like,
10:13you know,
10:13of course,
10:13yeah,
10:14like any sort of regular goer
10:15is going to be like,
10:15oh my God,
10:16they messed up by not putting.
10:17It's like,
10:17yo,
10:17we signed this contract
10:18like six months ago.
10:19How would they know?
10:20Before we were,
10:21you know,
10:21yeah.
10:21So.
10:22How would they know?
10:23How would they know?
10:24I know y'all saw Zara Larson
10:25was on the college tour.
10:26Did you see her respond?
10:27And she was like,
10:28guys,
10:29they booked me a long time ago,
10:30but baby,
10:31I'm seeing it through.
10:32And I love that.
10:32I really appreciated that.
10:34She was like,
10:35I signed something.
10:36I'm going to commit to it.
10:37I'm going to honor it.
10:37Right.
10:38I mean,
10:38get your tickets now
10:39because you might not see me
10:40in this space again
10:41for a long time.
10:42So,
10:43you know,
10:43just see that glow up
10:44in real time was cool.
10:45Yeah.
10:46And also got to give a shout out
10:47to our dude,
10:47Alex Warren.
10:48I think I called it
10:49maybe when we first started this.
10:51I was like,
10:52I think we're going to be talking
10:52about this song
10:53for a very long time.
10:54Number one on Hot AC Radio
10:55for I think an 11th week.
10:58Yeah.
10:58Okay.
10:59It's been there.
10:59It's still hanging on.
11:00I mean,
11:01remember,
11:02this was the song
11:02of the summer of 2025.
11:04Here we are in late April.
11:06We're not far from,
11:07you know,
11:07starting the song
11:08of the summer 2026 conversations.
11:10And this song,
11:11you know,
11:11at least be in the contention,
11:13you know,
11:13to be in the top 10
11:14two consecutive summers.
11:15And really,
11:16I mean,
11:16I know we have Iceman on the way.
11:18I don't know.
11:18I feel too much other stuff
11:20that looks like it could really,
11:21you know,
11:22clog up some spots.
11:23Olivia Rodrigo
11:23a little further down the summer.
11:24But I mean,
11:25Alex has survived.
11:27Maybe.
11:28Yeah.
11:28We have a Sabrina Carpenter song
11:30with Madonna.
11:31I was saying,
11:31is Madonna coming?
11:32Okay.
11:33We've got some contenders.
11:34But you know,
11:34Alex has survived.
11:35I mean,
11:35look,
11:36he survived Bruno.
11:36He survived Harry Styles.
11:38K-pop Demon Hunters.
11:39He survived K-pop Demon Hunters.
11:40He survived
11:40Life of the Showgirl.
11:43Yeah.
11:43He, I mean,
11:44He's still there.
11:45Anybody's, yeah.
11:46Look at him.
11:46He's a Marvel cinematic character
11:48at this point.
11:49No ordinary things
11:50to say about Mr. Alex Warren.
11:52I'm curious
11:52what his follow-up
11:53is going to be.
11:53If he has,
11:54I'm sure he has some plans
11:55that his team are in the works
11:56to create,
11:57you know,
11:57what his comeback
11:58is going to be
11:58with a new song
11:59that's going to
11:59maybe even bigger
12:01than ordinary.
12:01But I guess we'll just
12:02have to wait and see.
12:03I mean,
12:04no rush
12:04the way this song's going.
12:05So just keep riding this out.
12:07Take it to him.
12:08Okay,
12:08enough opinions for now.
12:10Bebe Rex is here.
12:11Let's check out
12:11her new single.
12:17Well,
12:18look who I have here
12:18at the Hot 100 show,
12:20the Dirty Blonde herself.
12:21Hey, Bebe,
12:21what's going on?
12:22Hi, Tetris Kelly.
12:23How are you?
12:24I'm good.
12:25You've been so busy.
12:26Yes.
12:26And I love this rollout
12:27because it's so
12:28including the fans.
12:29Yes.
12:29So tell me,
12:30how has it been
12:31to have the fans
12:31like involved
12:32with the whole rollout
12:33for Dirty Blonde?
12:34It's been,
12:34I mean,
12:35I love it
12:35and especially
12:36being independent.
12:37It's fun,
12:38but then also
12:38have received
12:39some threats.
12:40Threats?
12:41Well,
12:41when we did
12:42the voting thing,
12:43when we were doing
12:44the voting
12:44and I was going to
12:45like pick a single
12:47or whatever
12:47and they were like,
12:49if you don't pick
12:49New Religion,
12:50like we are going
12:51to stop standing you
12:53and it's over
12:53and I was like,
12:55heard you loud
12:55and clear.
12:57Got you.
12:57Well,
12:58I mean,
12:58you did pick a good one.
12:59They picked a good one.
13:00We'll give them
13:00the credit for this.
13:01they did.
13:02They did.
13:02So New Religion,
13:03how has it been
13:04to get that response
13:05for this song?
13:06I mean,
13:06people are DJing
13:07and doing their sets
13:07and stuff.
13:08So the community
13:09is ready to kind
13:09of embrace you with it.
13:11You know,
13:12I was kind of scared
13:13because the sample
13:15is such an iconic
13:16dance sample
13:18and, you know,
13:19for a lot of,
13:20like I remember
13:20playing it for David Guetta
13:21and he was like,
13:22this is dangerous territory
13:23because it's such,
13:24it's like a religious song
13:27for, like it's such
13:28an important song
13:29for the dance community
13:30and I said,
13:31well,
13:31I'm doing it
13:31with Faithless
13:32and they've got,
13:33given me clearance
13:33and they've never cleared
13:34it in like 30 years.
13:36Wow,
13:36that's insane.
13:36About 30 years
13:37and I was shocked
13:39when they cleared it
13:40and for me,
13:41what I'm thinking
13:41to myself is
13:42I just wanted
13:43to do the best version
13:45and be respectful
13:46and include them
13:47because especially
13:48as a songwriter,
13:49I'm also very skeptical
13:50when people do remakes
13:52and especially
13:52after I'm good,
13:53I was like,
13:53I don't want to do another,
13:55you know what I mean?
13:55But it just happens
13:56so naturally
13:57and the fans love it
14:00and yeah,
14:02I mean,
14:02the way that I think
14:03about it too
14:04is that now
14:05I feel like
14:06the younger generations
14:07are hearing it
14:07and be like,
14:08I've heard this,
14:09I don't know what this is,
14:10this sounds like,
14:11I've heard this before
14:12so I think that's
14:13like a really cool
14:14part of it.
14:15Yeah,
14:16a certain bop.
14:17Check it out.
14:23So good
14:23and I mean,
14:24we got to talk
14:24about the new one,
14:25Hysteria.
14:26Yes.
14:26And I love again,
14:27dropping with visuals
14:28at the same time,
14:29so exciting.
14:30So how was it
14:30to film that
14:31and how's the reaction
14:31been for that?
14:32It's been amazing
14:33and you know,
14:35we shot 13 visuals
14:36in three days
14:36Wait,
14:37you did it all
14:37in three days?
14:38Yeah.
14:39Yes.
14:39There was a lot of,
14:41it was crazy.
14:42It was crazy.
14:43now you got to tell me
14:44right away,
14:44what was one of the
14:45craziest moments
14:46that you happened on set?
14:47Like hair,
14:48makeup,
14:48all this stuff.
14:49I mean,
14:49cause 13 visuals
14:50in three days
14:51is wild.
14:52I think I had,
14:53I counted like
14:53all the black and blues
14:54on me.
14:55I have a video of it.
14:56Like I put in my
14:57dressing room,
14:58it was,
14:59I had paper cuts,
15:00I had nails
15:01falling off consistently.
15:03I had like,
15:03no more nails.
15:04I had like black and blues.
15:05I just kept,
15:06you know,
15:06falling cause we're,
15:07you know,
15:07we were really trying
15:08to give each video
15:09like an hour and a half tops.
15:10Wow.
15:11So it's like,
15:11we were back to back to back,
15:13but it was a fun experience
15:15because like every different song,
15:17we got to change up the outfit,
15:19different location.
15:20So it was really,
15:21it kind of reminded me
15:22of back in the day,
15:23like when I was doing things
15:24and it was like,
15:25you know,
15:26like it was more guerrilla style
15:27and you just needed
15:28to figure it out
15:29and that kind of
15:30was invigorating for me.
15:32I mean,
15:32well,
15:33now that hysteria is out though,
15:34what do you feel like
15:34is one of these visuals
15:35that you're the most excited
15:37for them to see?
15:38The way I want you,
15:40which is me in the shower,
15:41but it's like a really
15:42like deep song
15:43and I think one day
15:44is going to be really good
15:45with me and the bodybuilder.
15:47It's just funny.
15:48Wow.
15:48You shower,
15:49you are doing the most girl.
15:50I know.
15:51I'm always doing the most.
15:53And we love that about you.
15:54So what would you say
15:55the overall theme
15:56for Dirty Blonde is?
15:57Like what is the vibe
15:58for the album itself?
15:59For me,
16:01I've always,
16:02you know,
16:02especially with my story
16:04being a songwriter
16:06and trying to find my voice
16:08and having songs
16:09and, you know,
16:10having to give songs away
16:11with my,
16:11like with my career.
16:13But I had to do that
16:14to get to where
16:14I needed to get to
16:15and to get the voices
16:16and the eyes on me
16:17when it came to the industry.
16:20For me,
16:20I also felt for a very long time,
16:22like who am I
16:24trying to fit a mold?
16:25And I think I've come to a point
16:27for Dirty Blonde.
16:28Dirty Blonde for me
16:29is like being unapologetically yourself
16:30and not asking for permission.
16:32So if I want to put on
16:34a country jersey bounce song
16:36like Drinking a Little Love,
16:37I'm going to do it.
16:38If I want to do
16:38The Way I Want You,
16:40which is,
16:41starts out with acoustic guitar
16:42into a rhythmic verse
16:43and then big guitars
16:44and then into a dance song,
16:46I'm going to do it.
16:46And I think for me,
16:48this is more so
16:49the feeling of like,
16:51I don't want to fit into a box.
16:53I just want to be me,
16:54you know,
16:54like unapologetically,
16:57not unauthentically,
16:58authentically myself,
16:59you know?
17:00And not asking for permission.
17:02It just feels so good,
17:03you know,
17:03being independent,
17:04doing what I want,
17:06putting the music
17:06that I love out,
17:07putting the visuals
17:07I love out,
17:08having a whole new team
17:09of people that believe in me.
17:10It just like really feeds my soul
17:12and then seeing
17:13how the fans are reacting,
17:14like just,
17:18I'm happier.
17:19I'm like happier
17:19than I've ever been.
17:20Listen,
17:20we're proud of you
17:21because I think
17:21that's what makes you great
17:22is how you can do
17:23so many different sounds.
17:24I'm a mess.
17:25It's different from meant to be.
17:26It's different from I'm good.
17:27You know,
17:28you can kind of dip in all those.
17:29And the fans are supporting you
17:31through this.
17:31So can you tell me
17:31how that's been specifically?
17:33That like,
17:33I feel like the Twitter community,
17:35all the online community
17:36was like,
17:36we need to get her
17:37out of the asylum.
17:37Oh yeah.
17:38And they're like,
17:39let's do it.
17:39It's a team effort.
17:40It's a group effort.
17:41I'm like, babes,
17:41whatever makes you happy.
17:42I was like,
17:43we can be in,
17:44we can be out.
17:45But as long as you're
17:45talking about me,
17:47then I'm doing something right.
17:48You know,
17:49you know what I mean?
17:49And I feel like an old person
17:51because you tell me like,
17:52you know what I said?
17:53Can I tell you what I said?
17:54Where is the,
17:55the Kaya Asylum,
17:56Kaya Asylum,
17:57where is it for the men?
17:58Hello,
17:59put them in it.
18:00Where are the men?
18:01Where are the men?
18:02Tell me,
18:02where are the men at?
18:03Why is it only the girls?
18:04Because I didn't even,
18:05to be quite honest,
18:06everybody's been saying this.
18:07I didn't even know
18:08where the saying came from.
18:09Like,
18:10I know where the saying came from,
18:11but I don't want to like,
18:12get into it
18:12because I feel like
18:13it's kind of disrespectful.
18:14Okay, good.
18:15See, I don't know,
18:15I gotta go do some big names.
18:16To the other artists
18:16who I think is incredible
18:18and,
18:20you know,
18:20I just think it's culture
18:21and people like to have fun
18:22and people like to,
18:23you know,
18:24joke.
18:24And I like to be,
18:25I think for me,
18:26in this era,
18:27I'm like,
18:29I want to make fun of myself.
18:30I don't think anything
18:31is that serious.
18:32It's not.
18:32You know,
18:33and I think we live our lives,
18:34like we never know,
18:35like everything is do or die
18:36and like really nothing
18:37is do or die.
18:37Like we're on a floating planet.
18:39And I mean,
18:40how do you feel
18:40with the fame,
18:42how long you've been
18:42in this game?
18:43Like,
18:43how do you approach it now?
18:45Reading online comments,
18:46any of that kind of stuff.
18:47I love the video of you
18:48in Beverly Hills
18:48the other day,
18:48like running.
18:49You're like,
18:50it's from the paparazzi.
18:51I was dying.
18:52I was like,
18:53this girl was living.
18:54Let me tell you,
18:57I,
18:57I swear I had a feeling.
18:59I was like,
18:59should I look cute today?
19:00Oh,
19:01this is,
19:01you're like,
19:01I was like,
19:02should I look cute today?
19:03I was like,
19:03nah.
19:04I was like,
19:04I'm going to like a deli.
19:05Like I went to a deli.
19:06You know,
19:06I was like,
19:07I'm going to a deli.
19:08I'll wear like my leggings
19:10and like whatever,
19:12any hoodie I could find.
19:14Of course,
19:15like that one day.
19:16There they are.
19:17And everyone's like,
19:18oh,
19:18she called the paparazzi.
19:19I was like,
19:19you think I would call
19:20the paparazzi looking like that?
19:22Like I was in leggings
19:23and a hoodie.
19:24Like if I call the paparazzi,
19:26you know,
19:27I would like be looking like
19:28head to toe,
19:30like,
19:30you know,
19:31fire.
19:32So when I saw them,
19:33I don't know my reaction
19:34because they came at me like,
19:35like in two different directions.
19:37And I was like,
19:37ah,
19:37and I just ran.
19:38I was like,
19:39I was like.
19:40Because that's what I think
19:41about all the time.
19:42Like you guys' life
19:43isn't real to us.
19:44So it's like,
19:45how do you even process?
19:45Like I just want to go
19:46to the grocery store,
19:47but now I'm getting chased down.
19:48The thing with me is though,
19:49like people are,
19:50they do clock it.
19:51Like some celebrities
19:52will call paparazzi
19:53for certain things
19:54or you go to certain areas
19:55where you know
19:56the paparazzi's at.
19:57That one area,
19:58like I would never think.
20:00Never think.
20:00Yeah,
20:00because I was just going
20:01to a deli.
20:02Like,
20:02you know,
20:02I was trying to get
20:05like just chill
20:06and hang out with my friends.
20:07And then I'm like,
20:08yeah.
20:09I was like,
20:10ah,
20:10I knew I should have
20:10wore something cute.
20:12Well,
20:12you always look good.
20:13It's all good.
20:14I mean,
20:14when you think about your career
20:15and like you got this new era,
20:17you're putting out new music,
20:18you've accomplished so much.
20:19So what is there left for you?
20:21Like what is,
20:22what are your goals?
20:24You know,
20:25with my journey,
20:25it's been really interesting
20:26and that's why I'm like
20:27really grateful for my fans.
20:29You know,
20:29I've had a lot of ups and downs
20:31and,
20:32you know,
20:33there's been a lot of tough moments.
20:35And with the highs and lows
20:36and now putting out
20:37this new music
20:38and feeling the energy
20:39kind of reinvigorating
20:40the fan base
20:41and building new fans,
20:42that kind of gives you
20:43a life within itself.
20:44And I'm just,
20:45I'm honestly just really excited
20:47to see like how it rolls out.
20:48And what my goal is,
20:50is to feel that fire again.
20:52I've been,
20:52I've been feeling like it
20:54in my,
20:54in my gut,
20:55like,
20:56you know,
20:56like the embers are starting
20:57and they're starting to burn.
20:58But I want to feel like
20:59that full fire of like,
21:01you know,
21:01like the love
21:02and like building the world.
21:03And I think it's going to take
21:04a lot of work
21:05and I'm ready for it.
21:07And even though I've done
21:09and been in this industry
21:10for,
21:10I don't know,
21:1113,
21:1114 years,
21:12for me,
21:13it's like,
21:13I just love what I do.
21:14And the fact that I could be here
21:15even talking to you,
21:17like still in the mix,
21:19that's a blessing for me.
21:20And I think everything happens
21:21for a reason.
21:22You know what I mean?
21:23Especially seeing like
21:24all the girls,
21:25like Zara,
21:26Ray,
21:27like Charlie,
21:28like the way that Sabrina,
21:29like the way that they're able to,
21:31you know,
21:31they,
21:32I remember doing all of the radio shows
21:34with Sabrina a while back
21:35and we were all like grinding.
21:37Like we were all grinding,
21:39doing what we could do.
21:41And that's,
21:41what I'm seeing with them
21:43is just a testament of
21:44you just never have to give up.
21:46And when the timing is right
21:47and it all connects,
21:49then it connects.
21:50So I'm going to just keep doing
21:52what I do
21:53and making the best music
21:55I can make,
21:55putting music I love out.
21:57And then the rest is up
21:59to the universe.
22:00Yay!
22:01I'm so happy for you.
22:02And I mean,
22:03you are here at the Hot 100 show.
22:04So since you're a songwriter,
22:05I do need to get your opinion.
22:06Like how do you feel
22:07about the charts right now?
22:08We got BTS Swim
22:09that's been in the top 10.
22:10Honestly, love.
22:11You're like done.
22:12Like love, love.
22:13And then you talk about
22:14women killing it.
22:15Great, great, great, great record.
22:17Let's talk about
22:18I was going to say
22:18Lividim or Ella Langley?
22:20Oh my God,
22:21Ella Langley.
22:21Both.
22:22Because Ella's been
22:23on the top of the charts
22:23forever right now.
22:24No, but I honestly saw
22:25an interview about her
22:26the other day
22:26and I'm obsessed with her.
22:28Like obsessed.
22:29Like she's so cute
22:29and all her songs are great.
22:30You know what I mean?
22:32I saw Olivia Dean
22:33at the Brit Awards
22:34and I was,
22:34I fell in love with her
22:35because I saw her everywhere
22:37and I loved her music.
22:37But then when I saw her live,
22:39just something about her
22:40is so likable.
22:41Like if somebody doesn't like
22:43were not to like her,
22:44I would think there was
22:45something wrong with that person.
22:46100% that.
22:47Like legit.
22:47I'm like,
22:48she's so sweet
22:49and I just think
22:50Zara,
22:51Pink Panther.
22:52Oh yes,
22:53Stateside.
22:53Like Stateside is a bop
22:54and then now they do
22:55Tyla and Zara
22:56and it's giving me
22:57like that whole
22:57Shakira Beyonce thing.
22:59Yeah.
22:59I'm obsessed.
23:00Oh, see I love this.
23:01The girls are killing it.
23:01The girls are killing it.
23:03I'm like, yeah.
23:04Well, let's see how
23:05they're doing on the chart.
23:06Let's check out
23:06numbers three to one.
23:08Bruno Mars is locked at three.
23:18While Choosing Texas
23:19is out of the number one spot.
23:21Drinking Jack all by myself.
23:25Cause Choosing Texas
23:26I can tell.
23:28So debuting
23:29with her fourth number one
23:31is Olivia Rodrigo
23:32with Drop Dead.
23:38And that is
23:39the Billboard Hot 100
23:41Top 3.
23:42New York,
23:42what are your thoughts?
23:44So this is Olivia Rodrigo's
23:45third album.
23:46All three lead singles
23:47from those albums
23:47have debuted at number one
23:48on the Hot 100.
23:49So we had
23:50Driver's License
23:51ahead of Sour.
23:51We had Vampire
23:52before Guts
23:53and now we've got
23:54Drop Dead from
23:55You Seem Pretty Sad
23:56for a girl
23:57so in love.
23:58Like she's the only person
23:59to debut
24:00their first three
24:01lead singles
24:02from their first three albums
24:02at number one.
24:03I think she was the only person
24:04who's done it
24:04twice even.
24:06Two albums
24:06and now she's done it
24:07three times.
24:08Like it's unbelievable.
24:10The hype is just
24:10always there.
24:11Yeah, it's really
24:12quite interesting to me.
24:15I think we were
24:15talking a little bit
24:16to start this chart
24:18conversation
24:18about the people
24:19who their journey
24:21took some time, right?
24:22They popped
24:23and then like
24:24they needed to
24:25kind of go back
24:26and recenter
24:27and then come back
24:28and well maybe
24:29I don't know
24:29there's some conversations
24:31that could be had
24:31about never changing
24:32but you know
24:33what I'm saying.
24:34It's interesting
24:35because that never
24:36happened to Olivia.
24:37Like quite literally
24:39never happened
24:40to her
24:41and I think
24:41that's wild.
24:42Yeah, Driver's License
24:43was just like
24:44it was a storm
24:45out of nowhere
24:45and it was so huge
24:47and then obviously
24:47got another one
24:48with the second single
24:49Good For You
24:49and it's just like
24:51it's never stopped.
24:52Every time she
24:52you know
24:53announces an album
24:54and releases a single
24:55all of the fans
24:55are there
24:56and everyone
24:57turns up for her.
24:58It's really amazing.
24:59Yeah, also should note
25:00I mean she's had
25:00those three number one
25:01debuts obviously
25:02has a fourth number one
25:03Good For You
25:04which also debuted
25:05at number one
25:05so even though
25:06it wasn't the lead single
25:06every time Olivia Rodrigo
25:08has had a number one hit
25:09it's been a song
25:10that has debuted
25:10at number one
25:11so that just goes to show
25:12you know
25:12how anticipated
25:13her albums are
25:14how big events
25:14they are for her
25:15and her fans
25:16and they really rally
25:17to make sure
25:17that these songs
25:18are supported
25:19you know
25:19whatever versions
25:20they're out there
25:21but really making sure
25:22that that machinery
25:22is turning
25:23and getting her
25:24to number one
25:24at a time
25:25when getting to number one
25:27is really hard
25:28I mean we have
25:29we have another
25:29runaway contender
25:30that's been up there
25:31for several weeks
25:32Olivia
25:32one of the only songs
25:34that's been able
25:34to take Ella Langley's
25:35Choose in Texas
25:36out of number one
25:37since it got there
25:38at the top of the year
25:39and it just you know
25:40when you're able
25:41to take out a song
25:42as massive as Choose in Texas
25:43you know you got a big hit
25:44but of course
25:45that already sets the stage
25:46up for week two
25:47two people wondering
25:47okay now we've got a new
25:49number one is Olivia
25:50going to be able to hang
25:51on or is the Ella Langley
25:52train just so strong
25:53that it feels like one
25:54of those things where
25:55you may get her for a
25:56minute but you will not
25:57get her for more than a
25:58week also with Bruno
26:00at number three too like
26:01that is like at number
26:02two and number three are
26:03both former number one
26:04songs heavy hitters
26:05these are heavy hitters
26:06with Bruno and Ella
26:07right now like the fact
26:08that Olivia was able to
26:09debut at number one
26:10ahead of both of those
26:11like man like that
26:13it's a very anticipated song
26:14like her fans really showed
26:15up and I think she's doing
26:17a really great job with
26:18this rollout I think
26:19sometimes we forget and I
26:20don't think that Olivia
26:21Rodrigo has ever approached
26:23her rollout lightly I think
26:25she's always had a really
26:26really strong approach and
26:27we're seeing that here now
26:28she was just at Pete's
26:29candy store in Brooklyn so
26:32she builds her momentum
26:34really really well I think
26:35it's something that like
26:36even some of the biggies do
26:38like the people who are you
26:39know like the Beavers and
26:41the Bruno Mars is and the
26:44Drake's and the the bigs
26:46of the world Olivia does
26:48that really really well
26:49she does that really strong
26:50so I'm not surprised to see
26:52this number one and I
26:53wouldn't be surprised if
26:54we're talking about her
26:55next week and the week
26:56after because she knows how
26:57to build a rollout I thought
26:59one cool thing she did too
27:00was the day I think the day
27:01after the song came out she
27:03performed it live with
27:04Addison Rae at Coachella
27:05too yeah yeah I think there's
27:06some overlap in those fan bases
27:07so I'm sure when Olivia came
27:09out all of the fans there
27:11were just went crazy and it
27:13was really special so I
27:14thought that was a very fun
27:15way to perform it for the
27:16first time and build some
27:18extra hype around it and show
27:20that she's back and she's in
27:21Texas I think at Stagecoach
27:23yeah we were just talking
27:25about her but she also is
27:26continuing to breathe more
27:29and more life into this
27:29Choose in Texas world her
27:31music video dropped about two
27:33or three weeks ago and that
27:37was something that everyone
27:38was waiting for and it did not
27:39disappoint and obviously we
27:41her performance at Stagecoach
27:44I think she brought Theo Vaughn
27:47she had some little really
27:49bright spots and bright moments
27:50so what she's been able to do
27:52with Choose in Texas is really
27:53really something special to watch
27:56I'm loving this Choose in Texas
27:58dance that we're doing on on the
28:00little I hate to be so cheesy but
28:03it's like a little do-si-do
28:04what are we gonna do?
28:04what are we gonna do?
28:04what are we gonna do?
28:05what are we gonna do?
28:06what are we gonna do?
28:06what are we gonna do?
28:07what are we gonna do?
28:07I can do a little some, some, some
28:08a little over time
28:09check our socials after
28:10just step from the studio
28:11exactly exactly but I am I'm a
28:14big Ella Langley fan I'm really
28:17excited to also see her at
28:19Billboard Women in Music
28:20we're gonna see her take the
28:22stage as well we just getting
28:24everybody hot it makes it makes
28:28sense and I am just a lucky girl
28:30because I get to watch these
28:31really really incredible
28:32performances and also be able to
28:34see that how it's connecting with
28:37people because the reason why it's
28:38connecting with people is because
28:39of the world that they're building
28:41so we'll get to see that at WIM
28:42and I'm really excited thank you
28:44guys for another great week of the
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