January 4, 2026 • 3 mins
Backstage at our Z100 Jingleball presented by Capital One, Elvis, Danielle and Gandhi interviewed the biggest stars of the night!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Talking with the biggest stars from our Mercedes Benz Interview
Lounge backstage at See one hundreds jingle Ball. This is
Elvis Duran in the Morning shows jingle Ball Diaries.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, what up.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
We are live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. My
name is Josh Martinez with Conan Gray.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hi. What's going on?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Man?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You know, just living, smiling? How are you chilling? Listen?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
I so you don't know this, but for like the
last two months, I've been talking about a personal story.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
So a couple of years ago, I was.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Next to you when you were barricade watching Olivia Rodrigo.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Yeah, absolutely at jingle Ball.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
And now fast forward a couple of years now you
get to go on that stage.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
What's that feeling like for you?
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Dog?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Oh, it's exciting.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
I mean, I feel like this whole event is just
very like everyone's very happy and jingle Ball has had
so many special performers over the year, so I feel
very lucky.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
So when you do the tour, is there anybody that
you're like, you know what, I saw their name on
the line of them.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go peek out during their performance. Well,
I love Audrey Hobert. Yes, and so that's been very
fun to have her here. I mean, Layve's here. I
love her very much.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
So it's a it's been a bit of like a
nice little friend group of fair It's a nice excuse
to see each other.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I love that.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Now.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I'm always fascinated by songwriters like writer's block because we
all have it right. But like when you have writer's block,
you got to push through that. So what do you
do from like a writer's block standpoint?
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Sometimes you just got to pee out the kidney stone.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
You just gotta keep going.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Yeah, you just like, even if you're making crap, just
keep trying because you never know something beautiful a kidney
stone might come out.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
You released Wishbone over the summer. What song you mentioned
that that's the most you album? Oh yeah, why exactly?
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Oh God, I mean I think if you listen to it,
it's just like every guard that I've ever had is down.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
There was no expectation for it.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
I wrote it at a time where no one was
thinking that I was going to make an album, So
I made it with no expectations and it ended up
just being this like passion project for me, and I'm
so proud of it. I feel like it's really just
unbelievably me. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
So we're backstage right now at Madison Square Garden. You
have performed here before, Yeah, this say it's your first rodeo?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Nu huh.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
What's that feeling like stepping into Madison Square Garden. No
disrespect to other arenas around the world, but there's just
something special about MSG.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
There is something special.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
I definitely was holding back tears the first time I
walked out and I was like supposed to sing my
first sound.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I was like, there's just something about it. It's just
so special.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
I mean, I think when you're a kid, you like
hear in New York City, you think, okay, Madison Square Garden,
like that's all your only concept of what the city
even is so really special.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So it is the holiday season. That is why we
are here at jingle Ball. If you needed to pick
like that quitt essential song for you to get you
in that holiday spirit, you got one.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
I think, oh god, oh it's so hard. There's so
many really good ones. I think it's gonna be probably
wham right, that's their last Christmas, last Christmas. I mean,
that's like the maybe one of the best songs Flat
ever made. It is a masterpiece. George Michael, best and piece.
(03:07):
I love you, best beard in the game. Yeah, Ab,
I'm trying to be number two on that list. Don't
worry about it anyway. One more time backstage at our.
iHeartRadio jingle Ball, Conen
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Graat, appreciate you stopping by bro than much love, Thank you.
Talking with the biggest stars from our Mercedes Benz Interview
Lounge backstage at See one hundreds jingle Ball. This is
Elvis Duran in the Morning shows jingle Ball Diaries.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, what up.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
We are live from the Mercedes Benz Interview Lounge. My
name is Josh Martinez with Conan Gray.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Hi. What's going on?
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Man?
Speaker 2 (00:18):
You know, just living, smiling? How are you chilling? Listen?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
I so you don't know this, but for like the
last two months, I've been talking about a personal story.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
So a couple of years ago, I was.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Next to you when you were barricade watching Olivia Rodrigo.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Yeah, absolutely at jingle Ball.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
And now fast forward a couple of years now you
get to go on that stage.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
What's that feeling like for you?
Speaker 4 (00:37):
Dog?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Oh, it's exciting.
Speaker 5 (00:38):
I mean, I feel like this whole event is just
very like everyone's very happy and jingle Ball has had
so many special performers over the year, so I feel
very lucky.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
So when you do the tour, is there anybody that
you're like, you know what, I saw their name on
the line of them.
Speaker 4 (00:54):
I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go peek out during their performance. Well,
I love Audrey Hobert. Yes, and so that's been very
fun to have her here. I mean, Layve's here. I
love her very much.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
So it's a it's been a bit of like a
nice little friend group of fair It's a nice excuse
to see each other.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
I love that.
Speaker 5 (01:11):
Now.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I'm always fascinated by songwriters like writer's block because we
all have it right. But like when you have writer's block,
you got to push through that. So what do you
do from like a writer's block standpoint?
Speaker 5 (01:20):
Sometimes you just got to pee out the kidney stone.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
You just gotta keep going.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Yeah, you just like, even if you're making crap, just
keep trying because you never know something beautiful a kidney
stone might come out.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
You released Wishbone over the summer. What song you mentioned
that that's the most you album? Oh yeah, why exactly?
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Oh God, I mean I think if you listen to it,
it's just like every guard that I've ever had is down.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
There was no expectation for it.
Speaker 5 (01:49):
I wrote it at a time where no one was
thinking that I was going to make an album, So
I made it with no expectations and it ended up
just being this like passion project for me, and I'm
so proud of it. I feel like it's really just
unbelievably me. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
So we're backstage right now at Madison Square Garden. You
have performed here before, Yeah, this say it's your first rodeo?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Nu huh.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
What's that feeling like stepping into Madison Square Garden. No
disrespect to other arenas around the world, but there's just
something special about MSG.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
There is something special.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
I definitely was holding back tears the first time I
walked out and I was like supposed to sing my
first sound.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
I was like, there's just something about it. It's just
so special.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
I mean, I think when you're a kid, you like
hear in New York City, you think, okay, Madison Square Garden,
like that's all your only concept of what the city
even is so really special.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So it is the holiday season. That is why we
are here at jingle Ball. If you needed to pick
like that quitt essential song for you to get you
in that holiday spirit, you got one.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
I think, oh god, oh it's so hard. There's so
many really good ones. I think it's gonna be probably
wham right, that's their last Christmas, last Christmas. I mean,
that's like the maybe one of the best songs Flat
ever made. It is a masterpiece. George Michael, best and piece.
(03:07):
I love you, best beard in the game. Yeah, Ab,
I'm trying to be number two on that list. Don't
worry about it anyway. One more time backstage at our.
iHeartRadio jingle Ball, Conen
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Graat, appreciate you stopping by bro than much love, Thank you.
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