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July 31, 2026 12 mins

Dan + Shay stop by to talk about their deeply personal new album, Young, out August 21st, share why releasing new music still gives them butterflies, reveal the story behind their annual Christmas songs, and put their duo knowledge to the test in a fun game.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show,
Never a dull moment.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
With Dan and Shaddy and We're back and We're back.
You should have heard us during the commercials.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
That was nuts.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Those were nuts and then someone turned the lights on him.
It's all good.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
So with an album coming out August twenty first, that's
just right around the corner. And we were talking about
this earlier. Do you still get the butterflies? It's like
Christmas Eve, like what's gonna happen when we open the
presence or when the album comes out?

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Time one hundred percent. I feel like this album. I
mean every artist comes in and says like this is
our most personal and it really is like such about
this one. Yeah, this is like if you listen to it,
it feels very autobiographical, and it feels like where you're standing,
where our feet are, like, it feels like grounded. It
feels like what we've been working towards. There have been
times in the past where we make an album. In
the night before I'm calling the label like we gotta

(00:57):
pull this one, gotta pull. And it's not because it's bad,
but it's just like you work so hard and again
our manager's back there, Like you're saying that about this
one too. Now I'm not saying it about this one,
and I never really mean it. But it just is
that thing. You work so hard on, this piece of art,
you're proud of it, and then it's it's precious, it's yours,
you know, and then it comes time to surrenders the
wrong word, but surrender it to the people, and then

(01:17):
it's theirs, and it's just like then you no longer
have this I don't know thing, but it's exciting, feels good.
We haven't released it now. I'm in three years, which
is a while. Our frequency has been like every two years,
so we're we made the fans wait a little bit,
probably too long.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
But Daniel, is it like pushing a baby out, because
once the baby's out, maybe maybe not out of the womb,
but maybe out of the house. Like you have a
son that went to college, it's like your album. Your
album has now been released, and there's really not a
lot you can do, right because you.

Speaker 5 (01:45):
Can protect it when it's with you, or even exactly
it at my house. I protect what's going on now
he's you know, in the UK in college, and I
can't protect him anymore.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
I can.

Speaker 5 (01:55):
I can look at him on Life six.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Your album is out, Your album is out, My album's gone.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
He's done an album. Yeah, you don't own your album anymore.
We subject to all the trolls.

Speaker 6 (02:04):
You know, you guys, it is art and you guys
work as a duo. Have you ever disagreed on a
song that then played and got very positive reviews and
you pointed each other like I told.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
You I think, I mean, well, let's go ahead, and
you looked up to the sky. He was like, no, no, Honestly,
I feel like you know, through the process. This one
was very unique because Dan and I wrote every single
song together, which was like, obviously we write a lot
most of our all of our songs together, but this
is the first time an entire album has been him
and I on every single song, and it does feel

(02:38):
feel very like autobiographical. But I don't think there's ever
been a time if we are on the same page,
then we know, like, all right, if both of us
agree that this is a great song, it usually is
like we have a pretty good gauge on what you know,
we think is good anyway. But I don't think there's
ever been a time where like either either of us
were like mad at the other person, like pushing a

(02:59):
song like I love this and you don't love it.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
No, you're looking for a juicy your answer.

Speaker 4 (03:03):
Yeah, yeah, hated Tequila and Dan really champion.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Noah, it's I mean, that's just like the music's the
most important thing to us, and I feel like there
are a lot of people that weigh in opinions, and
we'd like those opinions. But at the end of the day,
it's like if him and I agree on something, it's
like it's usually it's usually right for better for worse,
you know, or spread for us.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
Gandhi is the instigator of the group and she failed questions.

Speaker 6 (03:28):
So who's annoying on tour?

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Probably me who stuck up the bus.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:36):
Is it true you have a new Christmas song every year?

Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yes? We do. I think we have every year, right,
We have some years that we do too, So if
we miss the year then we could kind of spread
it out.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Is there a Dan and Shay Christmas album?

Speaker 1 (03:47):
Yes, there is a double album double album? Now am
we didn't know what we should have came in here
to promote it.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
Yeah, it's out because we just hear the singles, but
do you want to tell them what Charlie Pooth said
to us?

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Oh yeah, yea, what you're coming on?

Speaker 1 (04:02):
I can't wait.

Speaker 6 (04:02):
We were asking Charlie Pooth about Christmas music and he said,
if you hear me do a Christmas album, you know
I'm either in debt or I did something wrong, because
that's when they forced you to do the Christmas because this.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
Is the year we put out our Christmas out. We
did a song with Charlie put That's a great song.
That's not how this works so well.

Speaker 5 (04:19):
Michael bou Blaine said he wishes we would start celebrating
Christmas a little bit longer and earlier, because that's when
he makes this most money.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Blaze the Christmas Coat. He's unreal.

Speaker 3 (04:28):
I feel like you can you know, we're Christmas guys.
I think it either like I think we can. We
can pull off the Christmas thing. You kind of got
to be a Christmas band. Not everybody can like pull
it off, but the Sweater Boys we come in every year.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
The thing is, Charlie could do it insane Christmas. You
know what I'm saying. He could come a crazy arrangement.
I want to hear it now.

Speaker 3 (04:44):
Yeah, So now that he said that he can't do it,
because everyone's really well he must be.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
We're going to convince him to do it on the
d be like, bro, like we're just so inspired by
you your musical creativity. And he'll be like, I'm down
and do a Christmas song and then you guys clip it.
What he said there, Charlie Pooth must be in debt.

Speaker 4 (05:00):
A short story to tell you about you and Charlie
doing a song together. But if this philosophy is true,
does this mean Sharon needs money because she had a
Chris's album.

Speaker 1 (05:08):
That song was a smash.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Otherwise, we played in July, I play all your all year.

Speaker 1 (05:13):
I was sick.

Speaker 4 (05:13):
I was on an airplane with Charlie Poos. He said
I got a song I want you to hear, and
I put the headphones on. I started listening. It was
a song you guys did and then okay, ready to
look behind the curtain. So maybe two months later he
puts on Instagram, Hey, I'm writing a song right now
with Dan and Shay. It sounds like I can't get

(05:33):
it right. And I heard the song two friggin months ago.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
Are you sure that you heard it? There. Yeah, yeah,
were you in? Were you in the future?

Speaker 4 (05:46):
My time traveling again? This is another thing the older
you get the drugs or that they can't get it.
So Dan and Shaye album is called Young. It's out
August twenty first. Do you have music for this?

Speaker 3 (05:58):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (05:58):
There it is.

Speaker 2 (05:59):
It's now time to play. What's this called?

Speaker 1 (06:02):
And I like it?

Speaker 2 (06:04):
It's gonna be a good okay, Dan and Shay. So
maybe some of these songs you're familiar with these artists.
Maybe not.

Speaker 1 (06:12):
Okay, let's put it to test. Let's do this.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
Here we go. Okay, it's Blank and Blank? Who's this.

Speaker 1 (06:19):
Casey and Jojo?

Speaker 4 (06:22):
Okay, Okay, you won't get this one. I love one
of my favorite songs. And no one knows these guys
at all. Who's this Blank and Blank?

Speaker 2 (06:30):
Niko and Vince Damn.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
Yeah, he's good. It's good. Yeah. No one knows these
guys except me. We had sweatshirts we did.

Speaker 2 (06:42):
Nobody knew who shout?

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Nico and Vince and the Boy's just wrong doing it?
Songs called am I wrong? Guy?

Speaker 2 (06:51):
Blank and Blank? Who's the.

Speaker 1 (06:55):
Big and rich?

Speaker 2 (06:56):
Rich?

Speaker 1 (06:57):
We all hold on?

Speaker 2 (06:58):
My favorite?

Speaker 1 (06:59):
I got Sonny and Share, So I don't even have
a chance.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
To fas.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
I'll let you get this.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
You're a share face.

Speaker 3 (07:07):
I studied here we go, I know, I know for
I don't know what song is. I know it's Brooks
and Done.

Speaker 2 (07:16):
I gotta oh god, damn.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
I was Florida Georgia line.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
A solid by Ashford and Simpson.

Speaker 1 (07:25):
Okay, okay, I know Ashlee Simpson. Yeah, big fans hold
up pieces of me work. It's great.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
Here's okay and who Yeah, but we we sang that song.

Speaker 1 (07:40):
Yeah, we did in New York.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
I feel like I know, why don't it Captain Engineer,
all right, that's from fans.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
That's what my rolling nexa.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
That's okay and logs at the scene of Get Out
of Here that Seals and Crofts.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Ah, terrible, terrible, I.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
Say it, say it, I got nothing stuff and.

Speaker 1 (08:27):
Wow wow wow, pretty good.

Speaker 2 (08:28):
It's kind of funny. None of none of people know this.

Speaker 4 (08:31):
When Dan and Shaye first the first time we came
to see us, you guys sang in our performing arts center.
It was not here right downtown, two three studios, and
I said, and I said, I said to uh so,
I said, which one's Dan?

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Which one? Shay said, Dan is always on the left,
Shaye is always on the right. Do you still do that?

Speaker 1 (08:51):
I gotta I guess, so.

Speaker 2 (08:53):
You're doing it right now?

Speaker 3 (08:54):
Yeah? Yeah usually we honestly we do it, but it's
not as big of a deal nowadays. And honestly is
the first time ever, like we're on opposite sides on
this album cover.

Speaker 1 (09:03):
And it threw us off when we were like signing
the vinyls or whatever you know you're going through it was.
It was threw us off pretty big time.

Speaker 3 (09:10):
Wow signature.

Speaker 1 (09:14):
There was one Okay, so we signing these CDs. This
is too much inside baseball. You get this stack of
ten thousand CDs, one hundred thousand CDs that were signing.
There weren't one hundred thousand. There's a lot of CD booklets, right,
and they kind of start sticking together and I'm signing
them and then I finished, and then you sign yours. Yeah,
there were a couple that I missed, and he had
the box and them they were like do that day?

(09:34):
He was like should I just like org it. I
was like, hey, go ahead. It was like one it
was one or two CDs and he was like spot
to fake and I was like top right. It was
absolutely terrible. Mine were like super fast. You could see
he like slowly did it.

Speaker 3 (09:49):
And the thing it was like I sat there for
like twenty five minutes to make this signature.

Speaker 1 (09:54):
So there's one.

Speaker 3 (09:55):
It was only double traced over. It was one and
I and I. So somebody one look one lucky list.
I don't think we actually set it out that product.

Speaker 4 (10:05):
I think that'd be special, you know, I'm so disappointed.

Speaker 1 (10:10):
Yeah, we did that.

Speaker 5 (10:11):
In here all the time, sign my name, what everyone's
birthday card?

Speaker 1 (10:17):
All for everybody listening out there. Elvis isn't here. This
is AI not at iHeart.

Speaker 2 (10:23):
No, we're all real people. Guaranteed human.

Speaker 3 (10:25):
That is.

Speaker 1 (10:26):
That's the big thing.

Speaker 2 (10:28):
Guaranteed human.

Speaker 4 (10:29):
But so okay, so New York City, you're gonna go
out and have a big old dinner tonight. But what
what what are you doing while you're here? Other than that?
Do you get to do anything or is it just
promo and run for your life?

Speaker 2 (10:39):
This trip?

Speaker 3 (10:40):
I mean it's mainly just coming to see you guys
and hopefully getting the invite to your farm. Haven't got
that yet, but we'll work on it. Okay, you should
come on out, Okay, Okay, Well, well We're gonna just
show up if that's our I feel like we could.

Speaker 4 (10:51):
We heard all about it. We were digging for the details. No,
nothing about my farm. Have you if you promised to
come mow my lawn, you're in. I have to get
a lawnmower. We'll bring the more.

Speaker 2 (11:09):
Dan, Shay, Shae and Dan no matter how you slash.

Speaker 4 (11:12):
Congratulations ahead of time on this album, which I know
everyone's gonna love. And just you know, it's so great
to hang out with people who are truly passionate about
what you're doing in life. You know, it doesn't matter
if you're a librarian, or you sell cars or lawnmowers,
or you write music and you perform for audiences.

Speaker 2 (11:30):
You guys are the best. Thank you for staying true
to yourself and being our friends. We appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (11:36):
I'm gonna tear up a little bit and we'll not
y'all man. Seriously, thank you guys for letting us crash.
It's it's long overdue. We love you. We're gonna we're
gonna come see against sim Absolutely, we might never leave.

Speaker 2 (11:45):
I'm sure when's your reservation is being called? It to
Polar Bar. We could just all go to the Polar Bar.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
We're not that famous. It's early, it's not them. We
couldn't get that seventh start.

Speaker 2 (11:55):
Okay, you can.

Speaker 4 (11:55):
You can request a song I got, I've got to
say so, I've got Marry You Again, I've got heard
the Kids and Jesus and I've got Young.

Speaker 2 (12:02):
The title track of the album.

Speaker 3 (12:04):
I'd say, played the banger Marry Again. That's that's one
of my favorites in the album. I feel like Marry
Again would get nuts, and.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
We're gonna go ahead and play it right now. One, two, three, four,
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