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Kali Uchis definitely prank called people growing up—so today’s no different. In this episode of “Phoning It In,” the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter returns to her prankster roots, asking Omar Apollo if her entire family can crash at his place (while he graciously offers to order food), pitching Kaytranada on hosting her album release party at his beach house, and convincing JT she was the source who leaked a rumor that Kali used AI vocals on their collab. Plus, she calls her hairstylist to ask if they’ll join her on a trip to the moon—because flawless hair in zero gravity is non-negotiable.
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00:00It's a prank for Elle.
00:01It's a prank.
00:02I always thought Elle pranks was fake, Callie.
00:04No, no, no.
00:05Hey, I'm Calliches, and this is Phoning It In with Elle.
00:10I definitely prank call people growing up, yeah.
00:12We used to prank call boys or other girlfriends from school
00:16or our parents sometimes.
00:20OK.
00:21Say that you're hosting an album release party,
00:23but your location fell through.
00:25I'm going to call Kaytrenada.
00:30Hello?
00:30Hello.
00:32How are you?
00:33How are you, Kaytra Waitra?
00:35I'm good.
00:35I'm good.
00:36I'm in Paris right now.
00:37What's going on?
00:38Nothing.
00:38You know, I'm dropping my album.
00:40I wanted to invite you to a bunch of stuff.
00:42Do you still have your house out here?
00:44Um, yeah.
00:46OK, so I was thinking, what if we do one of the events
00:49at your house in June?
00:51Oh, Lord.
00:53Like, make it a real house party experience.
00:56You know, you bring the house party vibes.
00:58It wouldn't even be a lot of people.
01:00It would be, like, 150 people, some catering.
01:03OK, so it's a new place.
01:06OK.
01:07Because I was thinking, like, it would be cute if we could
01:09paint it all red and make it, like, a red concept.
01:12Oh, Lord.
01:13Like, the red rooms.
01:14We could call the party, like, the red rooms parties.
01:17Yeah.
01:18Like, some low-key freaky shit, but not really.
01:22Exactly.
01:22You get the vibes.
01:23You get the vibes.
01:24You know, I really had this idea for, like, a swan ice sculpture.
01:27It could be in the living room.
01:28And it could just be melting the whole time.
01:31Mm-hmm.
01:32Yeah.
01:33Like, a think piece on time.
01:34You know, how we're all just melting away.
01:37OK.
01:38You get it.
01:39Well, the thing is, like, my house is,
01:41it looks like a damn beach house.
01:43It's like.
01:43Oh, that's perfect.
01:45It's really not.
01:45Yeah.
01:46It's, like, not even giving.
01:47I mean, not even say beach house.
01:48I would say pool house.
01:49Mm.
01:50So pool party vibe.
01:53Maybe.
01:54Maybe.
01:54Maybe.
01:55Let me know if you come up with any ideas.
01:57I could just, like, put us on a shared note,
01:59and we could just put stuff together there.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Anyway, this was a, this was a prank for Elle.
02:06Uh-huh.
02:09Here, look.
02:09Answer the FaceTime so you can see.
02:11My gosh.
02:15I think you're sitting here, like, this girl is crazy.
02:18She wants to paint my whole house.
02:20Yeah.
02:21I'm like, you want to paint the whole house, right?
02:22It's even matched with your damn album.
02:25Oh, my goodness.
02:26Oh, my God.
02:27Have a great tour.
02:28Mwah.
02:29Love you, girl.
02:30Bye.
02:30He was like, uh, I mean, it's not really that vibe at my house.
02:38What do you think about that?
02:39Like, if I call and I'm like, we're going to go to the moon,
02:41and then I need him to do my hair to go to the moon.
02:43So let's see if you'll go with me.
02:48Jason?
02:49Hello?
02:50Can you hear me?
02:51Yeah, I can hear you.
02:52OK.
02:53So they want me to go to the moon, and I need you to do my hair.
03:00It's going to take three days to get there,
03:02but you have to do my hair every day in there,
03:05and then you have to do my hair when we land, too,
03:07because we're going to take pictures when we get there,
03:09when we land.
03:09Would you do it?
03:11I mean, obviously, it's going to be hard because, you know,
03:14we're going to be in a different atmosphere,
03:16no gravity, et cetera.
03:18Uh-huh.
03:19Hey, are you in real life?
03:21No, I'm serious.
03:22So to do it, they said that you have to take a class,
03:24because since it's no gravity, just to make sure
03:27that nobody gets hurt and stuff.
03:29OK, when is that?
03:30It will be the day before.
03:31They're just going to do, like, a 12-hour course.
03:34Are you going to be there, too?
03:35Girl, you think I got 12 hours?
03:37I don't got the time.
03:41Oh, look at this.
03:43So we're going to go up to the sky,
03:44and then we're going to come down right away?
03:45Not right away.
03:46I just said it's going to take three days to get there.
03:48Like, 20 days.
03:49They don't have any budget either.
03:51They said they don't have budget.
03:52It's more for, like, the history, you know, like...
03:56Why are you laughing?
04:00You could put the Mexican flag up there on the moon,
04:03and you're over here.
04:04Like, who cares about a budget at that point?
04:06Yeah.
04:08OK, then, so they were going to the moon.
04:13OK.
04:13This was a prank for Elle magazine.
04:16Yeah!
04:18I love that you were down, though.
04:20I was down.
04:21Tell me why I just searched it up right now.
04:22I was like, how long does it take to the moon
04:24that it's three days?
04:25Let's say it.
04:27All right.
04:28See you later at dinner, Buki.
04:30OK.
04:30Bye.
04:32He was scared.
04:32He was like, do I want to do it?
04:35All right.
04:36Say a tabloid is dropping a bombshell story
04:39about your personal life and cited them as the source.
04:42I'm going to call JT.
04:47Hello.
04:48Hello.
04:49Hi, baby.
04:50How are you?
04:51I'm fine doing my hair.
04:52What you doing?
04:52OK.
04:53This is so random, but...
04:56Why are you laughing?
04:58Because you told me this is so random.
04:59I want to know how random it is.
05:00OK.
05:01This is how random it is.
05:02OK.
05:02So remember how you went to my house
05:04and we did the Muñequita song there in my house, right?
05:07Yes.
05:07Yeah.
05:07So why are they saying that my voice is AI,
05:11that I didn't actually do my verse?
05:13And they're saying that you're the one who said that.
05:16Me?
05:17Yeah.
05:18They're saying that you said my verse is AI.
05:21I thought that she was going to ask me, like, to say, like, to clarify.
05:26Why don't you...
05:26What?
05:27I don't even know nothing about AI music, to be really, really honest.
05:32But I would never say no shit like that, because that don't even make sense.
05:34Because, you know, AI don't make sense to me at all.
05:36And I don't...
05:37I wouldn't even think that would be true for anybody.
05:40Exactly.
05:41That's why I said that's ridiculous.
05:42I don't know why that would be a story even with that song being so old.
05:46Exactly.
05:46I'm like, what is the correlation?
05:48I don't get it.
05:48But who's doing that?
05:50Let me DM it to you in a second.
05:51Hold on.
05:52No, no, no.
05:53I would never do that.
05:54Yeah, I'm like, what the heck?
05:55I'm like, where is that even coming from?
05:57Like, I've never used AI in my life.
05:59I don't even talk like that.
06:02Like, oh, somebody was seeing an AI.
06:04Like, that's corny to me.
06:06That's what I said.
06:06I was like, um, that doesn't sound like her.
06:08But then tell me why they were saying that they will kill the story
06:11if I say something about you.
06:16Uh-huh.
06:17Yeah, like, they were like, oh, well, take it down.
06:19But can you tell us something about JT?
06:20I was like, what?
06:22Somebody made out a thin air.
06:23Your album about to come out.
06:25Somebody just literally being evil and hateful.
06:28Like, our friendship is our friendship.
06:30Me even gossiping about you to anybody would blame.
06:33Why don't we go on Instagram Live right now and sing the song
06:37so that everybody sees that it's real?
06:39My fucking hair is not done.
06:41I'm literally blow-drying it, and I have a neck hair.
06:43But if you want me to comment on a thing, I will do that right now.
06:47I'm gonna say this is a fucking lot.
06:48No, okay.
06:49I'm on Elle.
06:50It's a prank for Elle.
06:53What?
06:54It was just a prank.
06:55What are you doing with me?
06:57I love how dedicated you were.
06:58It's not.
06:59It's a prank.
07:00It's a prank.
07:01I always thought Elle pranks was fake, Callie.
07:04Every time I see somebody doing a prank with Elle, I think it's fake.
07:08No, it's real, girl.
07:10I was ready to go off and you playing with me.
07:13I know.
07:14I was like, aw, she really believes me.
07:15I was starting to feel bad.
07:17You know what I did?
07:17Because I love you.
07:18I would never talk about you.
07:20I know.
07:20I know.
07:22Okay, baby.
07:22Love you too.
07:23Bye.
07:25She's gonna be like, why the fuck did you do that?
07:28Okay.
07:29What's a good one?
07:30I don't know.
07:30I think if I ask him, my family stay at his house.
07:34Okay, let me call Omar.
07:36Oh, he might not even be in town right now, actually.
07:38Your call has been forwarded to voicemail.
07:40Let me text him.
07:42Oh, Omar's FaceTiming me.
07:43Okay.
07:44It looks like I'm obviously...
07:45Oh, no.
07:46I'm gonna be like this.
07:47Hey, boo.
07:49Hey, amigo.
07:50What you doing?
07:52I'm just laying down watching this movie.
07:54Okay.
07:55I know this is so random, but a few of my family members from Colombia
07:59flew in, and I actually can't put them in my house right now,
08:03so I was wondering if they could stay with you.
08:05But it would just be for, like, four days.
08:11I'm not home right now.
08:12I'm in Malibu.
08:13Yeah, I know, but they could just stay wherever you are.
08:17I could...
08:18Let me text somebody.
08:19I could text my homie.
08:21Text who?
08:22I don't want them to stay with a random person.
08:23I want them to stay with you.
08:24No, no, no.
08:24It's my house.
08:25He just got the key.
08:26When do you get back there?
08:27I get back the 28th.
08:29So what if they stay till, like, the 30th?
08:32I'm just...
08:33I'll just...
08:33Yeah.
08:35I mean...
08:36What is going on?
08:38I know it's random.
08:39It's just last minute.
08:40Like, I can't put them in my house right now.
08:42How many people?
08:44It's probably, like, 10 of them.
08:46You're fucking with me.
08:48No, I'm not.
08:50I wish that I was.
08:51That's why I don't want to put them in a hotel,
08:52because it's too many people,
08:53and I don't want it to be uncomfortable for them, you know?
08:57Um...
08:57Yeah, it's fine.
08:58It's fine.
08:58Are you sure?
08:59You don't sound like it's fine.
09:01I just need to text my brother.
09:02That's all.
09:03It's fine.
09:03Okay.
09:04They're going to get there tonight, though.
09:06Yeah.
09:07I can order some food, too,
09:08if you want me to get them some food.
09:11Aw, you're so sweet.
09:13Okay.
09:14This was a prank for Elle.
09:16You passed the test.
09:19I'm like, oh, now he's ready to open his doors to the whole thing.
09:23My face is out.
09:24Why are you going to scare me like that?
09:26All right.
09:26You definitely got me.
09:28I know your face.
09:29You were like, yeah.
09:31Yeah.
09:32All right, baby.
09:33I'm going to text you.
09:33Love you.
09:34Bye.
09:34So love you, too.
09:35Bye.
09:36Oh, my gosh.
09:37He really believed me.
09:39Thank you so much for watching, and be sure to listen to my new album, Sincerely.
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