00:00This van gets pretty mucky because we're all big fans of a wild swim.
00:05My t-shirt tonight is Let Trans People Pee.
00:34Hello, my name is Gurley.
00:36I am an artist from the UK.
00:40I am currently on my opinionated pop music tour of the US.
00:44We're in Chicago right now.
00:46I think we're halfway through the tour.
00:48I am promoting my recent third album that just came out called It's Just My Opinion.
00:54And this is The Whip.
00:58So I may be from the UK where we make the bizarre decision to drive on the left.
01:04However, I'm really good at driving on the right.
01:07So Smiles, my amazing tour manager, does 95% of the driving.
01:13But occasionally I'll hop in the driver's seat for an hour or two.
01:17And I love driving on the right.
01:19It makes more sense to me, you know.
01:22We kind of play musical chairs around the van.
01:24The back row is designated as the nap row.
01:28So if anyone's, you know, trying to have a little snooze, then they're back there.
01:34And whoever chooses to sit as co-captain is down for a yap, basically.
01:41So when I'm driving, I'm a big true crime podcast girl.
01:46I love my favorite murder.
01:48That's my favorite true crime podcast.
01:50But I also love, I love a full album.
01:53We love putting on full albums.
01:55We had some Avril on the other day.
01:58We had some Slater on the other day.
02:03We had some Muna.
02:04We're just always throwing around suggestions.
02:07We also love a good country playlist.
02:10Casey, my guitarist, is from Texas.
02:14So yeah, we're always asking her for good country music suggestions.
02:19So in the front, we have these very cute little bracelets that fans make.
02:25This is Don't Make Me Cry.
02:27That's a song on the new album.
02:28This stands for Nothing Hurts Like a Girl, which is a song from my last album.
02:34A fan also, yeah, we have a bunch of fan gifts in here.
02:37A fan gave me this thing, which I think is so cute.
02:41Also got this patch gifted to me today from some fans who came to watch Soundcheck.
02:46Very cute.
02:48What else?
02:49This is the t-shirt I'm wearing tonight.
02:51I'm on a big slogan t-shirt vibe because the album is called It's Just My Opinion.
02:57My t-shirt tonight is Let Trans People Pee
03:01because all this bullshit about bathrooms and stuff, you know?
03:06So welcome to the middle row.
03:08So in the crew, we have Smiles, tour manager and photographer.
03:12We have Chloe, drums.
03:15We have Casey, guitar.
03:16And we have me, Curly.
03:18So there's four of us.
03:21I love when my crews are all women and non-binary people.
03:26It's so fun and silly and badass.
03:30And it's nice.
03:31Everyone has some good space.
03:33I think it's funny because I definitely think people assume that, you know,
03:39it's like boy crews are really dirty and gross.
03:42But this van gets pretty mucky because we're all big fans of a wild swim.
03:47And if we have a day off or we're just driving somewhere, like the other day,
03:52we just stopped at a random creek and just all got back in afterwards.
03:56And the van got really disgusting.
03:59It got really like muddy.
04:02And then there's just so many snacks, big snack people.
04:06So, yeah, don't look down.
04:08There's a lot of crumbs.
04:09Well, in the back, we have a little set up here.
04:11This is the communal pillow.
04:14That goes right there.
04:16Stretch out.
04:17This is my journal for when I'm feeling, you know, pensive in the back.
04:22Casey on guitars usually.
04:25Don't look at the crams.
04:27Eyes up.
04:29Casey, this is her spot.
04:31She loves this spot.
04:33Chargers, cup holders.
04:34Feels quite, quite modern.
04:37I've done tours in some pretty hectic vehicles and this feels quite nice.
04:42We all are big readers.
04:44I think if you're not in the front yapping and on the, on the, you know, the orcs, then
04:50we're reading books back here.
04:51We are doing a lot of admin and editing.
04:55I'm usually editing a lot of content from the shows and posting and, you know, promoting.
05:02The hustle never stops or I'm napping or I'm snacking.
05:07Snacking, yapping, napping is the vibe of this van.
05:10Usually this back bit is full of gear and merch, but we're in Chicago, um, where people love to
05:18steal things.
05:19So we were advised by the venue to take all of our shit inside.
05:24So it's barren back here.
05:25It's empty.
05:26But okay, here we have our, our whole foods, the snack bag.
05:30Um, we've got some great, great things in here.
05:32We've got coconut water.
05:34That's a big one.
05:36Fruit.
05:37We love some good fruit.
05:38Big fan of these.
05:39We don't have these in England.
05:41Love LaCroix.
05:42Um, what else have we got going on?
05:45This is actually, uh, the pink spray paint that we used to decorate the mic stand.
05:51Don't know why it's in the snack bag.
05:53Um, red wine.
05:55I'm not really a drinker.
05:57I'm not a party girl on tour, but like, I love the occasional glass of red wine, but
06:01I think we got given this by a venue a few days ago.
06:04It hasn't been cracked open.
06:05So we're not really wild in that way.
06:08Um, we're wild in other ways.
06:10What else have we got here?
06:12Chickpeas.
06:12It's just, it's a lot of, it's a lot of vegan, healthy shit, you know, which I love.
06:18That's what I'm all about.
06:19To be honest, I used to be a big rider girl.
06:24And actually now I way prefer just getting a buyout from the venue, which means you can
06:29just take the money and go and get your own food.
06:32We're a big foodie group.
06:35Uh, I cannot be eating fast food on the road.
06:40I'm like, I'm already sleep deprived.
06:43I'm busting my ass.
06:44I cannot be fueling my body in, in that kind of way.
06:48Well, it doesn't fuel your body.
06:49You're just eating shit.
06:50So for me, I, I need to be getting all the right things.
06:55And honestly, everyone is kind of aligned.
06:57So we're always just trying to find like really nourishing, yummy food spots.
07:03It's quite nice when the whole crew kind of get hungry at the same time.
07:07I know that I've, you know, been on tours before where people just, I guess eating is not really a
07:12priority, eating is a priority in this crew.
07:17You've got to fuel yourself.
07:18So yeah.
07:19End of the night, we have really perfected the quick loadout.
07:23Um, usually I come off stage and I'll maybe have some friends come up and say hi in the dressing
07:29room or I'll have some, you know, like VIP fans who are part of my Patreon, who I might invite
07:36up to say hi to.
07:38But usually the band are just straight on packing down the stage and I get my hands dirty.
07:44I get involved.
07:45I pack down some of the tech.
07:47And then we're just, I mean, my fans are amazing.
07:50They really support me with merch.
07:51So we're usually just kind of waiting until merch is done.
07:54And then we just absolutely cram it in this van.
07:58I would say Chloe, the drummer, is the Tetris person.
08:01She's so good at making everything just squeeze and fit.
08:07And it all, it all works.
08:10I mean, the most annoying thing is the mic stand because it's covered in this shit.
08:16And this gets everywhere, even when dry.
08:19So there's just a lot of pink over everything, which, you know, is on brand.
08:25So thank you for visiting the van.
08:28I forgot to say the van is, is called Chloe Jr.
08:31We've affectionately named her Chloe Jr.
08:33Um, yeah.
08:34Thanks for visiting Chloe Jr.
08:36My name's Gurley.
08:37You can find me online at Gurley music everywhere.
08:41But Gurley is with an I, G-I-I-L-I.
08:44You can find my music, just type in Gurley.
08:47You'll see the pink and, um, yeah.
08:51Come see me live sometime.
08:53It's fun.
09:18Come see you live sometime.
09:20You'll see you live sometime.
09:21Bye bye.
09:25Bye bye.
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