May 1, 2025 • 60 mins
His performances were divinely good in season six, and now 'Roderick Meeks' himself is gracing the pod with his presence!
Glee alum Noah Guthrie is one of the first season six 'newbies' to appear on the pod with Jenna and Kevin! He reveals what joining the show in its sixth and final season was like, why he thought Ryan Murphy wasn't impressed with his audition, meeting all of the original cast members for the very first time, and what all the season six 'newbies' did after a long day of filming! Plus, the behind-the-scenes scoop on shooting "Take Me to Church," his experience on the show's final episode, and his post-Glee appearance on America's Got Talent!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And That's what you Really missed with Jenna.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Welcome to and That's what You're Really miss podcast the
season six cast.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Not everybody, Just Noah, Noah, Sweet Noah.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Voice of an angel. Crazy.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
He is the craziest voice. The tone is just milk butter.
And he's an incredible songwriter, yes that's right, and a
wonderful person. The first time you heard him sing on
the show, we were all like, oh my god, it
was shocked.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know, we're all used to each other's voices at
this point, and then you get someone in there and he.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Just blows everybody through the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
We're like, oh, well, we have finally, like we've raised
this new person and he is better than all of us.
This is great.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
I'm excited to for you guys to hear his experience
coming in as a new being season six at the
end of the beginning of the end.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So here's Noah, Hello, Hello, Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The undisputed best male vocalist and all of Glee.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Oh I got it. That's very sweet, thank.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You, and it's the truth the rest of us, but
like true, I mean, everybody says it.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Here.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
You came you came on, and it was like, oh.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Thank god, Oh don't worry. I was a pile of
nerves the entire time.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Oh no, let's talk about it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
No, thank you so much for being here. We've been
so excited to talk to you. Hard not to get
you on here like sooner, but we're like, let's wait
until we get Oh.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, well, I mean it doesn't make any sense, of course.
I mean, you're you're diving into season six.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right, We're here, We're here here, we are just.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Starting awesome, and so we want to start with you
in terms of obviously your incredible vocalists. You are a
great musician and artist. But then you ended up on
this show. So take us back to your roots of
the entertainment biz, like how did this start? So we
(02:24):
can figure out how you got to us.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Yeah, it was out of the blue for me. I
mean I was I was very much not into acting
in any way. It was not something that I was
seeking out, and I was kind of doing my own
thing and in music, you know, if I'm still an
independent artist, but I was an independent artist back then,
and and uh, you know, I was just kind of
(02:48):
like finding my way. I was out there touring a lot.
I had a record out at the time, and all
of that happened because I had had a few like
viral videos on YouTube and stuff for some cover songs
that I had did that I had done, and yeah,
I was touring in uh, San Francisco, and I played.
(03:12):
You know, so sometimes in between two like actual shows,
you'll like sneak a house show in there or something,
you know, just to fill a gap and make a
little more money. And I had this like really small
house show in San Francisco, like an apartment. I think
I played from maybe ten to fifteen people. And one
of the people there was and I wish that I
(03:36):
had gotten his name written down. I used to know
his name. But one of the people there. The next
day was on a judging panel for like a talent
show in Los Angeles, and one of the casting agents
was was on that panel as well, and they had
(03:57):
started talking and you know, of the what was told
to me was that they said, Hey, we're looking for
this like super you know, we're looking for a type
and we need someone that's like kind of shy and
and maybe a little chubby and like, but he needs
(04:18):
to have like like a soulful like Otis Redding type
voice or whatever. And this guy was just like I
saw that guy last night, Like he was just in
San Francisco. So he ended up, you know, just kind
of passing on the information, said that he had talked
(04:39):
to someone and that we'd probably get a phone call.
And I thought, okay, it's like yeah, and I went home,
you know, and then sure enough I got a phone call,
uh from the casting department and and said they wanted
me to do a self tape. And I barely knew
what that was, you know, and ended up doing doing
(05:01):
one I think at my dad's house, sent that in, uh,
and then a couple days later, I ended up flying
out to Hollywood, and you know, I I thought, I
don't I don't really know what I thought, because it
was such a it was such a thing like I'm
not gonna get this, you know, like I'm not, this
is not they're gonna.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Like You're not you weren't trying to pursue acting.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Not at all, not at all. It was just not
even a not even on my radar in the slightest
and I came out and I, uh, I remember the audition.
I was super, super nervous.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
I think I I think I sang.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Maybe maybe all of Me by John Legend or it
was some John Legend song. I sang that and something else,
like I'm pretty sure I blocked that whole day. I
was so nervous, and I was there with like several
other you know, like very much theater kids very much
wanted this part. Was like this was the thing. And
(06:04):
I just remember thinking, I like watched all of their
auditions and I was just like, wow, yeah, I mean
this is gonna their their killer, So this will be fun.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I'll be you know, I'll get some good food and
i'll go home or something. Yeah, and yeah. So I
did my audition and I remember it was Robert. I
guess is it old Rich Robert.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
He told me before the audition, he was like, hey, listen,
and they knew that I was new to this, so
they they gave me just kind of the quick spark
notes of like what to expect, and uh, he was like, listen,
when you go on that stage, they're gonna look like
they don't like you, Like, no matter what you do,
they're gonna look like that They're just gonna be so focused.
(06:47):
And I remember thinking on stage I was like looking
at Ryan's face the whole time, and I was just like,
this is this is bad. I remember leaving and you know,
just kind of hearing like, yeah, you know, well we
tell you one way or another, We'll tell you. And
I ended up going to sleep that night, and I
think the next morning I woke up and I had
(07:09):
a flight home that day, and I woke up and
I got a call from Robert and he was just like, Hey,
you're going home for like two days. Gather all your
stuff and and come on out here. You're on the show.
Just like God, I am.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Were you like, oh no, what the hell? Did I
just get myself in a little bit?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, a little bit, I was.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
It took me.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
It took me a while to kind of acclimate.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
And you know, I mean, you guys were all thrown
into this is a system that has a well oiled
machine rights up and running for six years, and so
you're just starting. My good luck.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Me and all the other newbies too, were just like,
you know, we had no idea while we were shooting.
We had no idea what to expect as far as reaction,
you know, from fan base and stuff. So we were
all just kind of like biting our nails really bad,
and but no, it was. It was the weirdest, quickest,
uh you know, super like fulfilling experience. But uh yeah,
(08:13):
it just it happened. I mean, I'll never forget being
told I had two days just to move out to
Los Angeles, just like I guess I'll do that.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
Did you know about Lee before? I mean, like yes,
probably heard about it, but like, had you watched it?
Like did you how much did you know about it?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
I I think, you know, like a lot of people,
I think I had watched the first like one or
two seasons. I know that I had watched the first
two like two seasons for sure, because I used to
watch it with my step mom all the time, and
I remember liking it, like you know, I did, But
it wasn't like a I didn't have like a strong
feeling about it one way or another. But I remember
liking it and I always like, you know, uh fun
(08:51):
musical arrangements and stuff. So I also I kind of
think now looking back, I think I should have in
a musical theater kid. Probably I think that I like
really would have, you know, because I was in like
I was in you know, I was in marching band
and stuff like that in high school and then I
was in on or choir and like all. You know,
(09:12):
so I was like very glee club adjacent. I just
never quite like in that world all the way. And
I think if i'd like done drama or something like that,
that would have benefited me a lot, because I really do.
I love it now. So yeah, I don't know, it
was just it's very weird. But yeah, i'd seen the
first couple of seasons.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
And did you know that you were going to be
on for the remainder of season six? Also, did we
know it was only going to be thirteen at that
point or did we think of No?
Speaker 1 (09:39):
No, I remember them saying something about it being a
shorter season probably, but that was of It was kind
of up in the air totally. And then no, I
thought I was going to be on for I think
like three episodes is kind of what I thought. Oh wow,
And you know, for me at the time, I like, great,
(10:00):
that's I ever thought.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I was.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Yeah, and yeah, I mean it just kind of snowballed
from there, and I really I'm very happy I got
to do it. It's like a some of the you know,
I have fans that come to shows today that are
just diehard Glee fans and they're just really really great,
loyal fans and they all, like I was afraid when
(10:25):
I first started doing music again after the show is over,
I was afraid that those fans wouldn't like kind of
translate over to my stuff because I just don't really
do the kind of like poppy arrangements that please going
for And they all stick around. You know, they're amazing,
really really great people.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah, I've had really really good luck with those people.
There's something about you as a performer, and I'm sure
this came through in your audition when you a and
be your voice to musical theater people both technically incredible, sure,
but there is that otis redding like quality, soulfulness to
your voice, and I think like that's sort of for
(11:06):
a lot of us that were on Glee, like the
gateway for fans to get to know our characters, that
is through the music, yeah, and through our voice. And
it makes total sense that that would that would translate
for you because your voice is just insane.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Yeah, I think, you know, I think that it's for
a long time, Like you know, I've always known like yeah,
I have a good voice, Like I've always known that
from a kid. That was just the thing I could do.
And well, no, it's just like I don't know, it's
just what it came out.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah, No, it feels like that.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
It feels like, yeah, it took a long time to
just kind of be okay with people. This sounds so
privileged and ridiculous, but it is true, Like especially when
you're someone like me who like I all, you know,
I want to be known for both my voice and
like my songwriting, and like you want to be like
a well rounded musician. And for a long time, I
(12:06):
think I had a lot of people from a lot
of different places telling me, you know, you got to
be doing like this like kind of soulful blue stuff,
or you've got to be doing like this real R
and B stuff, And I'm like, I don't you know,
that's that's not me, just because my voice sounds that way.
But I think I, you know, I finally like found
a way to use that like soulfulness in an authentic way,
(12:29):
and it just took forever to find that. So yeah,
I'm I'm super happy with it now.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Now you are also a semifinalist on America's Got Talent was.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
That that was prely correct.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
No, it's postally y because they tried to make a
big deal out of it being postly.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
I did not like it.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Okay, what was and before we dive into like your
full gle experience then like a filming what.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
How did that happen? And what was that experience?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Like I'm saying, yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Kind of the same ish deal. I, you know, having
the voice I have I've I've had as well, having
the voice I have on the internet when you have
like a YouTube channel and stuff. People have reached out
to me a bunch of times as far you know,
the Voice or American Idol or whatever those shows are
(13:35):
at the time, and America's Got Talent had reached out
a couple of times and just said, hey, you know,
we'd love to have your voice on the show and
think you can go far and stuff. And I had
always turned those shows down just because they're not They're
not really my thing. And I think that I think
those shows really benefit people with a certain a certain
(13:58):
kind of brand, and I just didn't have that brand.
But at the time, I just I don't know if
something about it that felt like the right time to
just kind of give it a shot. And I really
at that time, I felt like I didn't have much
to lose on it. You know. I figured, Okay, if
I go on for a show or two and you're
(14:21):
in front of like fifteen million people every show, that's
that's a shot in the arm, right. So that's what
I treated as. And I think as far as how
it was, I think I had a lot of like
preconceived ideas about what a reality show like that is,
(14:42):
and I would say that's probably like ninety percent I
was correct. I think it was time. They're just weird. Yeah,
that's that's honestly the best way to put it, Like,
because I get that question all the time, like what
was it like? You never want to seem I don't
want to seem ungrateful for it, because I really was.
(15:04):
I did have a good time, and I do still.
I have a lot of fans from that too. But
the best way to put it is, it's just weird.
It's this very strange, like, yeah, we're telling you the truth,
but it's this weird kind of TV, you know. And
I knew that going into it. I just didn't know
what that would feel like.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Correct. I did Celebrity X Factor in the UK and
it was different, like I wasn't like really competing. I
was like, let me go see what this is like yeah,
and it was I didn't have the foresight that you had.
I was like, Oh, this is gonna go be like
fun like they're getting you know, like but we were
(15:46):
treated like it was a regular reality show. Sure, And
then I was like the amount of empathy I had
for people who go on these types of shows because
we were treated obviously probably the best that you can
be treated because it wasn't like a normal season. And
even then it was weird and it irked me. And
I had a great time performing. I met a lot
(16:07):
of great people, but it was like something was very
strange And it's exactly that. It's it's just like a
it doesn't feel genuine all the time because yeah, it's
like you are saying like you said, they're saying nice things.
But like there's TV.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
I feel like most people would be like, well duh,
it's a TV show, Like why would you? But it's
it's different when you're the person having to go on
TV and like tell this like version of your story
that they need to be told, and I remember they
did have like it. They kind of like used this
angle of like wanting to the storyline they tried to
(16:44):
pitch was basically that like once Glee was over, I
was like shattered and like couldn't figure out what to
do anymore and stuff, And I just wouldn't give that
to them.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
It's I mean, I was, you know, like the same
thing happened to me. Yeah, they were like, you're part
of an ensemble. You're finally trying to like find your voice.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
I'm like, we're, Wow, Well good for you for like
holding your gun, do you know what I mean? It's
very easy to fall into that sure it, you know,
I think.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
So the main thing that's weird after that show is
just that it has kind of it has shifted the
way I look at any other reality show. I can't
watch reality TV anymore because I like, I know how
it works now, and I can see I can always
tell when, like you know, they'll cut to like an
(17:40):
interview section. You can always tell when it's a producer
that's like asked, would you say you felt this way?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
I felt this way for sure. I also think like
your personality, like you always are so authentic like you're
always you all the time.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, thanks and.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
A great yeah and the best way possible. And I
feel like going into one of those situations where it
is very much not that they want you to, you know,
make a slished version.
Speaker 4 (18:12):
Of you, like acting, but you're acting as yourself, so
there's like the acting part of it, but also like
you're telling a story that doesn't feel completely true that
but it's kind of true, but it's not really.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
I really do think you I mean, I think weird. Really,
it's just the word for it. It's not it's you know.
I again, I had a great time on that show too,
but it was just like just a different vibe. It
was very different from Glee, like extremely different.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Us about okay, okay, oh, it was.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Definitely weird, but in a good way.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Tell us like about the first dude, do you remember
the first time you stepped on set? Tell me about
like recording Mustang Sally, Like, I gotta know, like what
your feelings are about all of it. Do you remember
meeting us like the whole thing?
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, I think I met you guys the first time.
I guess was that library scene like episode two? I
think yes, And I remember that being yeah, I was
like sweating through my shirts.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
I was.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
I felt very out of place, but at the same time,
everybody really did do a great job of making me
feel welcome. And I think, you know, I'm sure that
everyone was kind of told like, hey, this kid's really green.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
But I don't think we were.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Well, you guys may not have been, but I think
like as far as the crew and stuff, everybody was
just very gentle. And I think, you know, my first
like that whole first like few weeks of just like
moving to Los Angeles and just doing the thing is
still kind of a blur, honest, and it was like
(20:00):
years ago, which is insane, wow. But I do remember
trying to just kind of put all my anxiety to
the side and just like go, okay, just go do
your job, do the lines. You'll figure it out, you know.
And I remember being my first day, we had the
(20:22):
library scene where all of you meet me in the
library where I'm supposed to be like singing the song
and you guys find me. So that was like most
of the like original cast, I think I'm pretty sure
you were there. I remember having to look into Diana's
eyes and say a line, and it was just like
I don't know how to. I can't look at you.
(20:46):
I cannot look at you. And everyone you were all again,
very sweet about it, but I was just like because
I'm it's hard for me to make eye contact in normal.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
Situation, right, But then Diana's.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Staring there and I'm just like and they're like, all right,
now hold that for a minute. I'm like I'm going
to burst into flames. But that scene I remember when,
you know, I thought I was like, okay, I don't
think I completely failed that. I think I did okay.
And then that was like I want to say, that
(21:22):
was probably my first day even like I hadn't I
didn't have a place yet. I was like living in
a hotel. Oh my god, I literally had like just
gotten in.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
It's like everything you're experiencing is new, yeah, everything.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
All of it. Yeah. And I you know, I had
been to Los Angeles plenty of times. I used to
have management out there before all this happened, and I
would go out there and you know, hang out and stuff.
So the city wasn't as much of a culture shock,
but it was just working there, like having a job
there was.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Weird and not like having a home.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Yeah, and just not yeah, like not knowing if I
could get a place or not. Not just I just
had no idea what the schedule would be like any
of that stuff. So but I think that was my
first day. So we did that scene and then uh,
I went back to my hotel and they did. I
think they just were trying to keep it light on
(22:17):
me for the first day, either like he has this
one scene where he actually has dialogue and stuff, Let's
just let him go home. So I went back to
the hotel and I like was like, you know, trying
to relax and just you know, take it EASi or whatever.
And I got another phone call to come back to
set because they wanted to put me in something that
it just made sense for my character to be there.
(22:38):
And I got back to set and it ended up
being a dance number that I had no like they
taught me on set.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
The oppos.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
The way it was.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
And you know, I didn't like. I like literally just
watched it a minute ago.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
And I didn't have It wasn't like this big crucial
thing that I was there. It's just they wanted me
in that dance with everybody, and I just remember being
because especially I don't dance Like I don't act for sure,
and I definitely don't dance, you know, so like it
(23:24):
was just like they just really threw it at me
the first day, but honestly I felt better afterwards. And
then they were like, and all the dances going forward,
you're gonna have like choreography classes and stuff too. I
was like, okay, great, right, we're solid.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
They're like, welcome to Glee.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Yeah, right, Like there's no way you're just getting away
with doing one scene like we tried it. No, Actually,
you're just gonna get the full Glee experience pretty.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Much, and then it never It was pretty much that
way for.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
The rest of Yeah, that sounds right now.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
Can we go back just like for one second you
said something that like I was like, oh my god, your.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Audition for Glee was on a stage.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
It was on the like that's what I wanted to
the auditorium, I believe. So yeah, you know, at that time,
I didn't really put that together, but I'm.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
Pretty sure it's like a tiny room with like you know,
fluorescent lighting, you know, stuff.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Like with with Robert and everything. You know, they kind
of like went over lines and stuff with me, but
like other than that, No, the one for Ryan was
like on.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
The stage, so sorry, who was who?
Speaker 1 (24:33):
And I can't remember his name for the life of me.
Who was the piano player that was there for So
it was Brad and me.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
All of us be cast. He was an all of
our audition. He played for everybody, Yes, and was on
the show like that's nuts.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Yes, he's literally the best.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Do you remember now having them having you go into
the recording studio to do Mustang Sally?
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (25:00):
I did you feel like a little more at home
doing something? I mean, do you still feel like really big?
Speaker 1 (25:06):
Yes? And no, I mean I felt at home because
I was recording and like I'm used to that, but
I was also at Capital Studios. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
And also I have to I have to like preface this.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
So everywhere I went in Los Angeles, I I drove
around in a little like beat up convertible, like a
really beat up like twelve hundred dollars Pontiac ninety eight
Pontiac Sunfire convertible.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Incredible yep, with like sun spots all over it.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Yeah. I had a bullet hole in the side. It
was it was. I bought it out there for the trip,
you know.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Oh my God.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Now I remember, like every time I would have to
go to set or have to go to the recording
studio or anything like that, I would pull in in
this just broken, just broke ass car, like next to
all these like Tesla's and land Rovers and stuff, and
I was just like here I am was.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Ian Brennan. Ian Brennan drove. I can't remember the car.
It must have been like it.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
Was a Prius, I think.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
No, before the Prius was a Toyota camera.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
It was like Camri or Corolla.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Dolphin Silver ye. And there was a dead bee in
the trunk or in the bat rear window. And he
never every time we walk by it on the lot,
it was always still there, always still there.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
And that car had seen better days. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
I would pull into Capital Studios in that just super
busted car and just feels so weird. Uh. And then yeah,
but I remember meeting Alex and and he was great,
and uh, I think we hit it off pretty well,
as I think he was.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
He was happy to just have someone that could sing
and sing the song I was singing about that this
morning before we were talking to you. I was like, yeah,
because I wonder you take a note quickly I'm like
your pitch.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Try yeah, Like, well, the thing is though, it was
a very different type of singing to what I do
because it was, you know, there's a lot more there's
a lot more acrobatics one just a lot more like
runs and trills and stuff, which is fine, but it's
just not I have kind of I always think of
my voice as very much like a it's kind of
(27:38):
like a cello, like it kind of has to warm
up to get to the to the note. So it's
hard for me to do like fast stuff. But I
do remember like one of the best compliments I ever
got was from Alex and it was we were during
a doing a session, and uh, he told me that
it was just kind of like in passing to him,
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but it made me feel really good, and he was
just like, it's fun when you're in here because it's
kind of just like I just take the best take
that you do, Like we do like three or four takes,
and I just do the best one instead of having
to chop up a bunch of you know. Because there
was definitely some songs and stuff that I were really
hard for me. Actually, Mustang Sally was really hard for me,
(28:24):
even though it's kind of like in my vocal wheelhouse. Hm.
You know that songs by Wilson Pickett, and Wilson Pickett
is one of the best soul singers of all time
and he has these very like distinct super growy, raspy
high notes and I did try to get those so
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many times and I just couldn't do it. And I
think I could do it now because I can, I
can kind of do them now, but like then, I
just could not get. I remember telling Alex like we
that was like the one time where I told her.
I was like, hey, mann happen, Like, I'm not Wilson Pickett. Yeah,
I don't smoke, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is
(29:08):
the seventies. So like but it was really really, uh
an incredible experience for me, and you know, it was
just so cool to go in there and get to
see everything and just kind of know that you're in
that weird circular building.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Yes, it was also weird when we moved there. That
was the only season we were there and you recorded,
like the vocal booth was a very separate room and
there were like video monitors, yeah, talk between where Alex
was and where we were, which was also so strange. Yeah,
did you have a heart like for some of us
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and for me, like sometimes like my voice doesn't necessarily
fit like the exact math that they sort of there.
Alex is very precise in his vocal production. And was
that hard for you, Like I had a hard time
because there was you know, there would be a demo
we'd match our guide vocal as closely as and like
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really really really close.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Yeah, they wanted it really close. I remember I tried
to do a few things on mine one time and
he was like, don't do that.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Okay, I guess we're just gonna do it this way.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
It was I wish I could remember who my demo
singer was, but like it was like this one guy
who I got every single time, who would every time
I got a demo and he was very good.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
I wonder if it was Luke.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
Yeah, it might have been Luke and he was.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yeah, and my voice cannot do it takes me so long,
like you had to like get there. I'm like, I
don't know how, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
It's it's just something that's not you know, that type
of singing isn't always something that's naturally a thing that
comes to people you know, you do have to learn
a lot of vocal stuff. So I mean Mustang Sally
was hard. It was really fun, but it was hard,
and and you.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Got to perform at the Holy Trinity and that also.
I also did not know what that meant.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
I saw it in the school. Yeah, I saw it
in the scripts and I was like, okay, I don't
know what that means. And then we get to set
and they come up and I'm like, oh there, oh right.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Yeah, okay, that's more eye contact for you.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
It is so much more eye contact. And it was
so hard.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
Was how was that? Take me to Church?
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Very fun? Yeah. I remember they were like rumors on
set throughout the whole season that we were either going
to do that song or not going to do that
song because it was like blowing up at the time.
And I remember someone saying like, well, if we do it,
you're probably gonna get it, and I was like, okay, cool, great, awesome,
(31:54):
And I got it and it was really fun. And
the day of the shoot, I remember I had a
for whatever reason, I had a gig that night. I
had a gig at like Room five or something like that,
and I remember like I had to get like prior clearance,
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you know, to do it right so that it didn't
conflict with the show and everything. And it had been
scheduled for like two months and I had sold tickets
and stuff, so I remember, well, I did end up
working that day and I knew it was God was like, Okay, cool,
it's the take Me to Church shoot, So I'm gonna
literally be there all night long. I'm gonna have to
cancel the gig or whatever. And I remember they the
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crew was like really sweet, and everybody really tried to
do their best to like get me out of there,
and they did. And the way they did that was
I did pretty much everything except for uh, like the
very opening of that chorus where like I raised my
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hands and the curtains come up and take me to church,
you know, and my stand in, Michael McCrae did that
and it's like his favorite thing to point out now
and great, and it was just it's so funny because
like every time I see it now, I'm just like,
that's not me.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Very very rarely did that.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
It was that. It was they must have really liked
you to do that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think they
might have because they may have.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
Just like messed up and for goof that you were
had an out and then they're like, all right totally
because there was it worked out.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
I had a great show that night. And it's honestly
I have Michael to think for that.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
I'm Luke said he did do your guide vocals?
Speaker 1 (33:39):
Oh really very cool? Yeah, man, well tell him he
terrified me. He was so good, so good.
Speaker 4 (33:58):
There's a bunch of new people, newbies that come in
in season six in like kind of your debut debut episode.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
Right, you're saying the episode, did it.
Speaker 4 (34:09):
Feel feel nice to have people who were also new
with you?
Speaker 3 (34:14):
Did you guys bond? What was that experience?
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Like it was?
Speaker 1 (34:18):
I think it worked out the best way it could
because we were all we were all very scared and
we ended up being very close, and I mean pretty
much after pretty much after every rap, we would end
up at Billie's house. We would end up over there
(34:41):
and just all kind of decompress together and just about
like hey this was cool, or like hey that was weird,
because you know, it's like every day was different and
there were some really awesome days and there were some
really not great days. And there you know, everybody, I
think that I was unprepared for how long the days were,
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you know, I think we were adding it up. At
one point when we were there, was like a it's
like middle of the season. We were all super homesick
and just kind of trying to not be weird, yea
depressed because we're like, well, we're also on like a
Hollywood show. We shouldn't be depressed. But you know, it's
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just like it was a lot and we were adding
it up. One day, I was like, have we been
here for sixteen hours today? And Billy is like, yeah, man,
yeah we have. We've been in this box for so long. Wow.
I was just like, yeah, you literally are just going
to a big box for ever. And it was I
remember having a lot of really good times though, because
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me and uh Me and Billy were probably and I think,
I mean maybe we still are the closest of that group,
I guess, but I mean we started bringing the football
and all sorts of stuff. Is trying like keep spirits up,
you know, especially like we had so many scenes where
we weren't the main focus of the scene, but we
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had to be there. So you know, you're literally just.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Like sitting in a chair over and over.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
And over maybe giving a look here and there, and
that's about it. So then we would do that, We're
all right, cool, it's good, a candy bar and go
throw the pigskin, you know.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Yep, And it was a lot of fun. Those little
things helped keep your sanity through those law for sure.
Speaker 1 (36:28):
It really was nice. And yeah, I mean, any you know,
any days off we had, we'd just go and explore
as much as we could. I remember we went to
I had my twenty first birthday on set and they
made me a cake, which was great. And I remember
me and Billy and Laura Dreyfuss went to we rented
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this really great house up in I want to say Summerville,
Summerville maybe anyway, coastal Town. It was beautiful, and I
just remember, like I don't know, just spending my birthday
like on the waves and just like having a super
low key thing and then going back to a set
and I just felt super refreshed, and everybody's just you know,
(37:15):
I don't know, vibes were high. Yeah, So yeah, but
it was crucial, I think for me to have people
that were also kind of thrown into this crazy scenario
at the same time, because we all really didn't know
what to expect.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
What imagine like for you guys, like you're coming up
on the end of our show, right, and we've been through,
you know, a.
Speaker 2 (37:43):
Lot good end of the roller coaster.
Speaker 4 (37:46):
The crew has been there since the beginning. We've got
cast coming in and out. So it's a lot to
take on, right, because you guys are the ones there
all the time. We're coming in and out, you know,
but you're there with the crew kind of in it,
but you're new at it.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
So that must have been like a lot.
Speaker 4 (38:04):
It's kind of like reliving the what we experienced in
the beginning in some ways where.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
You're just like, it feels very similar all the hangouts afterwards,
figuring out what's going on, how are you handling it?
Adjusting to the sixteen hour.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
Days every dingy had like our whole dynamic on top
of that for them, you know what I mean, it's
that's so so crazy.
Speaker 2 (38:26):
It's not really a lot there to you guys in
a lot of ways, because like you know, when Cord
and Darren came in, yeah, we were there more so
like we could sort.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
Of guide Shepherd, yeah, yeah, and like.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
Look, this is what's going to happen. Give you a
lay of the land. But by season six, I think
if we weren't already mentally checked out, we were physically
checked out a lot of the times you weren't there, Yeah,
and a lot, but we spoken to a lot of crew,
and you guys left such a great impression on everybody.
(39:01):
Everybody loved you guys, and like we've genuinely loved that crew,
like very much, the best, the best.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
Yeah, I really did feel very invited and and into
that family, and you know, yeah, I think it was
I'm sure it probably did mirror a little bit of
what you guys went through when the show first started.
But it was also like whenever you guys were on set,
(39:28):
we you know, we didn't know. You don't know what
the dynamic is, you know, who to talk to or
if it's like okay to talk to you know, like
because you guys are great, like you just never know.
Of course, it's like anybody else. You see somebody else
that you've seen on TV the open, You're like, probably
shouldn't say anything to them, they don't want to talk
to me. Yeah, So we just didn't know what to do.
(39:53):
But you know, it got easier and easier and I
really did. I mean the crew really made a huge
difference in that. Yeah, just seeing like the same familiar
faces every day, and you know, you build a relationship
with these people.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
Yeah, they're the ones to really look out for you
and like take care of you and you're there, like
every department there, they did it for us and that's
how we learned things from them. They'd be like sixteen
hour days like this are not normal, or you know,
like other things and so yeah, it was I'm so
glad that you guys had them the way we did.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
Yeah, yeah, no, it was good. Kevin Ronan always made
sure I had allergy medicine.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
Oh he was.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
He was like on it. He like saved me from
a couple of panic attacks a couple of times. He was.
Everybody was. Everybody was great.
Speaker 4 (40:39):
Yeah, you really find the ones and that like you
kind of connect with and you just like called on
to them, you know.
Speaker 2 (40:45):
When the show started airing, because you said, you know,
you were all very anxious or nervous to see what
the fans thought about you. What did you feel when
the show started airing.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
We all had a watch party together. Just think that
was the way to do it, right. Yeah, let's do it,
you know, and uh. I remember Billy saying something when
we had watched it, and he's a really he's a character.
He's great. I love him to death. He was like
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the first thing he said, like we all watched it,
and you know, we had like our little things like oh,
look you did that, and you know, you know, you
did so good, and like, oh, it wasn't that bad.
But at the end of it, like like the credits
came on and Bially was like, well, I guess that's
what I did forever and there it is and there
(41:39):
it is forever ever. I was like, oh man, yeah, yeah,
it's I think I think most of all it was
it was a pretty good experience. I don't think there
was anything like too cringe worthy for us at that time.
I do remember one time. This wasn't like the first time.
(42:00):
It wasn't the first episode that we watched the air,
but it was like in the middle of the season.
There was at some point I remember like saying, so
I was like, you can see we have like full
five o'clock shadow in like a couple of these.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
Like there, yeah, that's what that's you know. One of
the negatives of a sixteen hour day. Yeah, I remember
the first season, my first solo they shot, you know,
you do the numbers in like a lot of different
areas in the school, like going down the hallway, and
then it finished on the auditorium stage. By the time
we got to the auditorium stage at the end of
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the day, I fully had like the mustache going back
in and sure it's like, oh, I'm supposed to be
sixteen fifteen.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
You and your dry shade.
Speaker 2 (42:48):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (42:48):
Did you guys start getting recognized like quickly in la
or were you kind of like in the bubble of
Glee filming.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, I feel like we got recognized a good bit,
especially the first like couple episodes that were airing.
Speaker 2 (43:03):
Especially if you're all hanging out together, going out together.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
That was also like pretty obvious.
Speaker 6 (43:07):
You know.
Speaker 1 (43:09):
We would go like to you know, the grove or
something and people would hey, I just saw you, you know.
But yeah, I think that was that was also like
less weird than I thought it would be.
Speaker 2 (43:24):
And I mean you came from performing like toying around,
so you at least had some you had experience talk.
Speaker 1 (43:33):
To people that like my music all the time, so
it's yeah, it was deal, you know, but but it
was weird, especially like just to not be in my
hometown and that be the case.
Speaker 3 (43:44):
You know, crazy.
Speaker 4 (43:48):
I'm curious how, like after Glee ended, how your experience
ugly or like your songwriting was affected by Yeah, the show.
Speaker 1 (44:03):
That's interesting. It's a good question.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
He was like, that's what I do not want to do. No,
it's really not like after this show like I'm never
writing back.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
I am at all. No, I would say, I mean,
if anything, it probably helped me because I think you
do and you know you do this with any kind
of listening, but like you do pick up little things
here and there, even if you're not consciously thinking about it.
You kind of absorb different ways of creating. And I
(44:39):
would say it definitely. It definitely honed my sense of
like attension grabbing, like you you know, finding a good hook,
like you have to you know, you have to like
reel people in within the first like thirty seconds, right,
A lot of that kind of stuff. I'm sure you know.
(45:01):
At the time. Again, when when it ended, I was
like twenty one, so I'm sure I thought I knew
everything about everything, so like I probably would if you'd
asked me then i'd be like nah do, but no,
I'm sure that it helped. I'm sure that it has
had a mark on my music for sure, because I
(45:23):
mean it. I just don't see how it couldn't have
for sure.
Speaker 2 (45:26):
Yeah, even like technically, like have you noticed the difference, Well,
did you notice the difference in like how you would record?
Speaker 1 (45:32):
I would notice a difference in how it's sing. Oh yeah, yeah,
I would. I came home and I had a band.
I mean I still technically have that band, but like
you know, I had a band that I was working
with a lot, and I remember after I came home,
I would just sing differently, sing with more, with with
(45:56):
more finesse, and with more like.
Speaker 2 (45:59):
Just like doff, you know, because I'm very.
Speaker 1 (46:02):
Much like a I'm I'm a big believer of just
kind of let the song do the do the talking.
You know, you don't really need to, like, if you
have a great voice, awesome, but like you don't, I
don't need you to like jump around and do a
bunch of flashy stuff if if the song is good enough.
Story right, But I definitely I think it honestly, you
(46:25):
know what, I bet it helped my live show more
than anything. I think it probably did help me like
open up a little bit more on stage and just
be more comfortable with doing things on stage that before
probably just felt like too awkward or anything. And I'm
talking like the bare Bones you're talking about like getting
(46:48):
the audience to participate in a song, you know, or
something like that. Just stuff like that, but just wasn't
really a thought for me. Definitely, it definitely had an
effect on just my entertainment side of things, you know.
So when I would take the band out, I would
make sure to like I was thinking a lot more
(47:10):
about Okay, well this section of the song, like I
really want to, like let's bring it down here, and
I want to like really give it like one on
one to these people in this moment where like, hey,
I am going to hit this weird high note that
probably doesn't need to go there, but like people are
going to love it right right. Yeah, So like I
did learn how to do that. I would say that
(47:30):
that in America's Got Talent kind of taught me that
as well, because you have such a short amount of
time to like emote to people and you want to
like give them, you know, the money note really.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
Right, yeah, show them what you can do as quickly
as possible. You guys did come in at a weird time. Yeah,
the show probably, and you probably felt that. I'm sure
(48:03):
there's no way to not feel that. Yeah, it was
strange the show. The very end of the show, you know,
we were all coming back. It was very emotional. How
did that feel? I mean, you guys were having your
own experience like you guys had been there this entire season,
regardless of what you know, the ending of the show
(48:25):
meant for us. How was that for you guys, Because
you know, it's you have this bond where, like you know,
the way we bonded, the way you guys bonded, where
you have those people who are going through the exact
same experience as you. It's such a gift to be
able to share all of that with somebody else. So
when it came to the end, Yeah, what was your guys' experience?
(48:49):
What was your experience?
Speaker 1 (48:50):
Like it was very emotional, I remember it was. There
was a little bit more of that kind of feeling
of Okay, well, I don't know, you know, like I'm
I definitely feel emotional about this, Like this was a
big thing in my life, and you know, I've made
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all these friends, I've made this family, and I don't know,
you know, when I'm going to see these people again
and all that stuff. So there's definitely that, But there
was also the you know, we all we were very
conscious of this being like I kind of like to
think of it as like me and the newbies were
closing a chapter and you guys were closing a book, right,
(49:33):
so like you guys were like wrapping up a whole
thing that you have, Like I mean, these were this
was your life for so long, and this was our
life for this short amount of time, and it was special.
But we were very conscious of you guys, and you know,
how to try and be I remember there we we
you know, it's not we didn't like plan on how
(49:54):
to act or anything around you guys. But I remember
like having a few discussions with the new new guys
just about like, you know, imagine how this must feel
for these people and you know, everybody that's been on
the show forever.
Speaker 6 (50:06):
And that's very thoughtful because well, I mean, I don't know,
it just seemed and you know, I think those final
moments you do kind of have the full cast and
everybody around and everybody's you know, hanging out and reminiscing
and you hear stories and you hear different things.
Speaker 1 (50:27):
And and yeah, I mean you just kind of know
that again, this is like a whole saga that's coming
to an end, right, And that's a huge deal in
any kind of scenario like that, It's a huge deal
for somebody. So, uh, it was weird. It was kind
of like, I mean, I remember I cried my eyes out,
but I felt weird crying my eyes out around you
(50:51):
guys crying about a whole different thing. And I'm crying
probably because you guys are crying.
Speaker 2 (50:57):
But yeahs were so high, but you know, like an
important chapter for everybody.
Speaker 1 (51:04):
I went through so much, you know, like it wasn't
just the show, it was just like everything around it.
And it's like, yeah, I mean, how do you not
that's a part of you.
Speaker 2 (51:12):
You guys are always so respectful and sweet, and yeah,
I'm glad to hear it.
Speaker 4 (51:17):
It's also so interesting like on that final day you
probably met a lot.
Speaker 3 (51:21):
Of people you had and met before were on the show.
Speaker 4 (51:25):
You know, like I think about like JUSTLN and like
row Me and you know, all the people who were
kind of around but you didn't really get to work with.
Speaker 1 (51:34):
Yeah, it was really weird. And I also just remember
like meeting a lot of like the writers and stuff
that I had never interacted with, and like these are
people that wrote lines for me and I just never
knew or like you know, different directors and different I
think I met not I met him before, but I
(51:56):
met Ian really that night, like good you know or whatever,
and I just remember, like, man, you are You're something else.
But yeah, I really liked Yeah, just like he was.
He was on a different planet, you know for sure.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Yes, that's I think.
Speaker 1 (52:16):
At some point, Kevin, I think me and you hung
out together at some point, like in a group of people.
I don't remember where or when that was.
Speaker 2 (52:24):
I remember being around you guys a lot in general.
That makes sense, Like I always, I feel like I
don't remember what happened this season, like we're just starting it,
and so I'm interested to see because I feel like
I spent so much time with you guys.
Speaker 3 (52:39):
I feel like you did too, because you like told.
Speaker 4 (52:42):
Me about it, yeah, and like you were also you
like knew everybody, and I feel like it was there
for maybe the beginning in the end, but like I
feel like you were like mashed in there Kevin a
lot more than I was so but.
Speaker 2 (52:54):
I wasn't when like Phineas showed up and like I
wasn't there for.
Speaker 4 (52:58):
That, right right, But it was, Yeah, it was.
Speaker 1 (53:02):
It was interesting. I think.
Speaker 2 (53:05):
Fun experience because we don't know what we're getting into six,
because our memory is terrible. We've been asking the fans
a lot about things we should look for, look forward
to watch out for. They love the love you guys.
I'm so glad they love you. You were terrified of that.
(53:28):
I get it.
Speaker 3 (53:29):
I would be too, I get it.
Speaker 1 (53:32):
So I don't know, and I don't know. I had
heard a rumor and I don't know. I have no
idea if it's true or not. But like when we
had first gotten on set, I had heard that like
the fan base, like the season five people had to
grow on the fan base, and yeah, we were terrified
of that. Yeah sure, but we I remember thinking, like
(53:54):
after the first episode aired, we had like nothing but
good comments and stuff like that. We were very very had.
Speaker 3 (54:00):
People really took to you guys.
Speaker 2 (54:01):
I think you guys had the benefit of the first
like group of newbies, the writers. I think we're figuring
out how do we do this, and there was a
lot of mimicking the characters that were already on the
show to sort of have it look like you know,
season one. Yeah, and that didn't really work. And I
think what fans have told us about you guys is
(54:25):
that you're all so different, not trying to be anything else,
and you're all very interesting, and the characters are deep
and loved watching you guys, and so it's very exciting
for us. They go into this like, Okay, great.
Speaker 1 (54:37):
Great, great, remember thinking it was really cool when I
didn't know, and I still it's hard for me to do.
But like one of the biggest things for me with
acting was just like trying to figure out how to
be my character and not just say things like I
(54:58):
would say them or or you know thing. And I
remember Michael Hitchcock really helped me with that a lot
in the fact that he was very close to me
on set and would like get to know me well
so that he wrote my stuff. He's awesome.
Speaker 4 (55:15):
He really like like took you guys under his wing.
Speaker 1 (55:19):
But yeah, he very much did. I think he really
he was a huge help. Him and Joaquin and and
you know, a lot of a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (55:27):
They're good at looking out for people.
Speaker 1 (55:29):
Yeah, they're very good. I get I get messages from
those two all the time, you know, and they're still
very much in contact. And but yeah, I mean, you know,
he like learned. They were really good at learning our
personality traits and what we were comfortable with and what
we weren't comfortable with. So every time I got a
script it did it just felt like something I would say, anyway,
that's great, thanks.
Speaker 4 (55:48):
A good writer.
Speaker 3 (55:49):
Yeah, before we let you.
Speaker 4 (55:51):
Go, Oh, we had a question and we asked everybody,
and that is what is the feeling that Glee leaves
you with.
Speaker 1 (55:59):
Oh, I'm not gonna be able to say it just
in one word. I'm really bad at that. I would say,
I mean mostly joyful. I would say, you know, there's
a the whole experience as a whole, like as a package,
(56:19):
was a lot of learning and a lot of ups
and downs. But I think overall, I was very grateful.
I was very just every time I see the show,
like even you know, like preparing for this, I watched
like the first episode or two of that season, and
you know, even just seeing it just makes me smile,
you know, like it just it just brings this kind
(56:42):
of joyfulness to me. And I think some of that is,
you know, Glee in a lot of ways brought up
and handled a lot of the issues that I dealt
with in high school that just not talked about. And
you know, obviously that it happened at a time when
(57:05):
we were all kind of experienced a pretty a pretty
big cultural shift in the country, and and I just
think that it brought a lot of things to light
that needed to be brought to light and talked about.
And that always makes me feel really happy. It just
makes me feel good to know that, you know, even
(57:25):
you know, obviously the show has its flaws like everything,
but I do think that it's like a net good
and I think that it really especially from my experience
of talking with fans of the show, because you know,
like I'm I'm a fan of the show because I
was on the show, right more fans of the show
(57:45):
because the show like touched them to the core. You know,
I have people talk to me at shows and stuff
that are so deeply affected by Glee and the kind
of message that it brought that it was like life
changing for these people, and uh, yeah, I don't know,
(58:07):
it's just really special to be a part of something
like that.
Speaker 2 (58:11):
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Speaker 4 (58:13):
Glee was very lucky to have you in the season
six cast. We're very excited to dive into this and
like experience it with you guys again, because I feel
like I missed a lot of it and it's just
like a It's just.
Speaker 3 (58:31):
It's such a crazy time capsule for everybody. For us,
it was just a little bit longer, you know, maybe
a lot longer, but even.
Speaker 1 (58:39):
I heard like it's even the little things too. It's
like I heard my voice on one of these episodes
and I was like, why does it sound like that?
Why do I sound that way?
Speaker 2 (58:51):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (58:51):
What it was ten years ago?
Speaker 2 (58:52):
You know, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (58:53):
Yeah, it's just like a little yeah exactly. Time capsule
is a great word for it.
Speaker 2 (58:57):
Tell people about you put out a song this year.
Speaker 1 (59:00):
Yeah, so I have a I've got a new song
out right now. It's called Route Down, and yeah you
can find it, you know wherever you get your music
these days. I'm touring, I'm I'm all over the country
this year and then working on a new album right now.
Speaker 2 (59:17):
So yeah, incredible. Go go get some Noah tickets. Go
see no alive, Go stream route down, please down. His
personality is as sweet as his voice. Go see and
support He's incredible. Thank you so much, Noah.
Speaker 3 (59:31):
Thanks Noah.
Speaker 2 (59:31):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (59:32):
I appreciate you guys. I hope you guys are will
thank you.
Speaker 3 (59:35):
What is sweet soul?
Speaker 2 (59:36):
Sweet soul true? He's great. Go go stream his music,
go see him on tour. He really is just the best,
and it was so nice having him on set.
Speaker 4 (59:45):
It was he was a very calm presence. And now
we know that he was a ball of nerves, but
really it seemed calm.
Speaker 2 (59:52):
It never came out.
Speaker 3 (59:53):
And they were just so wonderful and so nice every time.
I remember like talking to like Billy and Laura. I
knew Laura a little bit and him.
Speaker 4 (01:00:00):
They were just always like so grateful to be there,
and obviously you hear it from them too, like the
days are long, and it didn't.
Speaker 3 (01:00:07):
Really you know, that didn't really change.
Speaker 4 (01:00:09):
So interesting and kind of comforting to know that, like
everybody who was in it together, so.
Speaker 2 (01:00:14):
And company, yeah company, to know they also had each
other throughout.
Speaker 3 (01:00:17):
Yeah, Yeah, that's key. Thanks for listening to Noah.
Speaker 4 (01:00:21):
Thanks Noah for taking the time, And I hope you
guys enjoyed this episode.
Speaker 2 (01:00:25):
And That's what you really missed. Thanks for listening, and
follow us on Instagram at and That's what you really
miss pod. Make sure to write us a review and
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And That's what you Really missed with Jenna.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
And Kevin an iHeartRadio podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Welcome to and That's what You're Really miss podcast the
season six cast.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
Not everybody, Just Noah, Noah, Sweet Noah.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Voice of an angel. Crazy.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
He is the craziest voice. The tone is just milk butter.
And he's an incredible songwriter, yes that's right, and a
wonderful person. The first time you heard him sing on
the show, we were all like, oh my god, it
was shocked.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know, we're all used to each other's voices at
this point, and then you get someone in there and he.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Just blows everybody through the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
We're like, oh, well, we have finally, like we've raised
this new person and he is better than all of us.
This is great.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
I'm excited to for you guys to hear his experience
coming in as a new being season six at the
end of the beginning of the end.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
So here's Noah, Hello, Hello, Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
The undisputed best male vocalist and all of Glee.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Oh I got it. That's very sweet, thank.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You, and it's the truth the rest of us, but
like true, I mean, everybody says it.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Here.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
You came you came on, and it was like, oh.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Thank god, Oh don't worry. I was a pile of
nerves the entire time.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Oh no, let's talk about it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
No, thank you so much for being here. We've been
so excited to talk to you. Hard not to get
you on here like sooner, but we're like, let's wait
until we get Oh.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, well, I mean it doesn't make any sense, of course.
I mean, you're you're diving into season six.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right, We're here, We're here here, we are just.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Starting awesome, and so we want to start with you
in terms of obviously your incredible vocalists. You are a
great musician and artist. But then you ended up on
this show. So take us back to your roots of
the entertainment biz, like how did this start? So we
(02:24):
can figure out how you got to us.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Yeah, it was out of the blue for me. I
mean I was I was very much not into acting
in any way. It was not something that I was
seeking out, and I was kind of doing my own
thing and in music, you know, if I'm still an
independent artist, but I was an independent artist back then,
and and uh, you know, I was just kind of
(02:48):
like finding my way. I was out there touring a lot.
I had a record out at the time, and all
of that happened because I had had a few like
viral videos on YouTube and stuff for some cover songs
that I had did that I had done, and yeah,
I was touring in uh, San Francisco, and I played.
(03:12):
You know, so sometimes in between two like actual shows,
you'll like sneak a house show in there or something,
you know, just to fill a gap and make a
little more money. And I had this like really small
house show in San Francisco, like an apartment. I think
I played from maybe ten to fifteen people. And one
of the people there was and I wish that I
(03:36):
had gotten his name written down. I used to know
his name. But one of the people there. The next
day was on a judging panel for like a talent
show in Los Angeles, and one of the casting agents
was was on that panel as well, and they had
(03:57):
started talking and you know, of the what was told
to me was that they said, Hey, we're looking for
this like super you know, we're looking for a type
and we need someone that's like kind of shy and
and maybe a little chubby and like, but he needs
(04:18):
to have like like a soulful like Otis Redding type
voice or whatever. And this guy was just like I
saw that guy last night, Like he was just in
San Francisco. So he ended up, you know, just kind
of passing on the information, said that he had talked
(04:39):
to someone and that we'd probably get a phone call.
And I thought, okay, it's like yeah, and I went home,
you know, and then sure enough I got a phone call,
uh from the casting department and and said they wanted
me to do a self tape. And I barely knew
what that was, you know, and ended up doing doing
(05:01):
one I think at my dad's house, sent that in, uh,
and then a couple days later, I ended up flying
out to Hollywood, and you know, I I thought, I
don't I don't really know what I thought, because it
was such a it was such a thing like I'm
not gonna get this, you know, like I'm not, this
is not they're gonna.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Like You're not you weren't trying to pursue acting.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Not at all, not at all. It was just not
even a not even on my radar in the slightest
and I came out and I, uh, I remember the audition.
I was super, super nervous.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
I think I I think I sang.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Maybe maybe all of Me by John Legend or it
was some John Legend song. I sang that and something else,
like I'm pretty sure I blocked that whole day. I
was so nervous, and I was there with like several
other you know, like very much theater kids very much
wanted this part. Was like this was the thing. And
(06:04):
I just remember thinking, I like watched all of their
auditions and I was just like, wow, yeah, I mean
this is gonna their their killer, So this will be fun.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I'll be you know, I'll get some good food and
i'll go home or something. Yeah, and yeah. So I
did my audition and I remember it was Robert. I
guess is it old Rich Robert.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
He told me before the audition, he was like, hey, listen,
and they knew that I was new to this, so
they they gave me just kind of the quick spark
notes of like what to expect, and uh, he was like, listen,
when you go on that stage, they're gonna look like
they don't like you, Like, no matter what you do,
they're gonna look like that They're just gonna be so focused.
(06:47):
And I remember thinking on stage I was like looking
at Ryan's face the whole time, and I was just like,
this is this is bad. I remember leaving and you know,
just kind of hearing like, yeah, you know, well we
tell you one way or another, We'll tell you. And
I ended up going to sleep that night, and I
think the next morning I woke up and I had
(07:09):
a flight home that day, and I woke up and
I got a call from Robert and he was just like, Hey,
you're going home for like two days. Gather all your
stuff and and come on out here. You're on the show.
Just like God, I am.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Were you like, oh no, what the hell? Did I
just get myself in a little bit?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Yeah, a little bit, I was.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
It took me.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
It took me a while to kind of acclimate.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
And you know, I mean, you guys were all thrown
into this is a system that has a well oiled
machine rights up and running for six years, and so
you're just starting. My good luck.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Me and all the other newbies too, were just like,
you know, we had no idea while we were shooting.
We had no idea what to expect as far as reaction,
you know, from fan base and stuff. So we were
all just kind of like biting our nails really bad,
and but no, it was. It was the weirdest, quickest,
uh you know, super like fulfilling experience. But uh yeah,
(08:13):
it just it happened. I mean, I'll never forget being
told I had two days just to move out to
Los Angeles, just like I guess I'll do that.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
Did you know about Lee before? I mean, like yes,
probably heard about it, but like, had you watched it?
Like did you how much did you know about it?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
I I think, you know, like a lot of people,
I think I had watched the first like one or
two seasons. I know that I had watched the first
two like two seasons for sure, because I used to
watch it with my step mom all the time, and
I remember liking it, like you know, I did, But
it wasn't like a I didn't have like a strong
feeling about it one way or another. But I remember
liking it and I always like, you know, uh fun
(08:51):
musical arrangements and stuff. So I also I kind of
think now looking back, I think I should have in
a musical theater kid. Probably I think that I like
really would have, you know, because I was in like
I was in you know, I was in marching band
and stuff like that in high school and then I
was in on or choir and like all. You know,
(09:12):
so I was like very glee club adjacent. I just
never quite like in that world all the way. And
I think if i'd like done drama or something like that,
that would have benefited me a lot, because I really do.
I love it now. So yeah, I don't know, it
was just it's very weird. But yeah, i'd seen the
first couple of seasons.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
And did you know that you were going to be
on for the remainder of season six? Also, did we
know it was only going to be thirteen at that
point or did we think of No?
Speaker 1 (09:39):
No, I remember them saying something about it being a
shorter season probably, but that was of It was kind
of up in the air totally. And then no, I
thought I was going to be on for I think
like three episodes is kind of what I thought. Oh wow,
And you know, for me at the time, I like, great,
(10:00):
that's I ever thought.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I was.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
Yeah, and yeah, I mean it just kind of snowballed
from there, and I really I'm very happy I got
to do it. It's like a some of the you know,
I have fans that come to shows today that are
just diehard Glee fans and they're just really really great,
loyal fans and they all, like I was afraid when
(10:25):
I first started doing music again after the show is over,
I was afraid that those fans wouldn't like kind of
translate over to my stuff because I just don't really
do the kind of like poppy arrangements that please going
for And they all stick around. You know, they're amazing,
really really great people.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Yeah, I've had really really good luck with those people.
There's something about you as a performer, and I'm sure
this came through in your audition when you a and
be your voice to musical theater people both technically incredible, sure,
but there is that otis redding like quality, soulfulness to
your voice, and I think like that's sort of for
(11:06):
a lot of us that were on Glee, like the
gateway for fans to get to know our characters, that
is through the music, yeah, and through our voice. And
it makes total sense that that would that would translate
for you because your voice is just insane.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Yeah, I think, you know, I think that it's for
a long time, Like you know, I've always known like yeah,
I have a good voice, Like I've always known that
from a kid. That was just the thing I could do.
And well, no, it's just like I don't know, it's
just what it came out.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah, No, it feels like that.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
It feels like, yeah, it took a long time to
just kind of be okay with people. This sounds so
privileged and ridiculous, but it is true, Like especially when
you're someone like me who like I all, you know,
I want to be known for both my voice and
like my songwriting, and like you want to be like
a well rounded musician. And for a long time, I
(12:06):
think I had a lot of people from a lot
of different places telling me, you know, you got to
be doing like this like kind of soulful blue stuff,
or you've got to be doing like this real R
and B stuff, And I'm like, I don't you know,
that's that's not me, just because my voice sounds that way.
But I think I, you know, I finally like found
a way to use that like soulfulness in an authentic way,
(12:29):
and it just took forever to find that. So yeah,
I'm I'm super happy with it now.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Now you are also a semifinalist on America's Got Talent was.
Speaker 3 (12:47):
That that was prely correct.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
No, it's postally y because they tried to make a
big deal out of it being postly.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
I did not like it.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Okay, what was and before we dive into like your
full gle experience then like a filming what.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
How did that happen? And what was that experience?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Like I'm saying, yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Kind of the same ish deal. I, you know, having
the voice I have I've I've had as well, having
the voice I have on the internet when you have
like a YouTube channel and stuff. People have reached out
to me a bunch of times as far you know,
the Voice or American Idol or whatever those shows are
(13:35):
at the time, and America's Got Talent had reached out
a couple of times and just said, hey, you know,
we'd love to have your voice on the show and
think you can go far and stuff. And I had
always turned those shows down just because they're not They're
not really my thing. And I think that I think
those shows really benefit people with a certain a certain
(13:58):
kind of brand, and I just didn't have that brand.
But at the time, I just I don't know if
something about it that felt like the right time to
just kind of give it a shot. And I really
at that time, I felt like I didn't have much
to lose on it. You know. I figured, Okay, if
I go on for a show or two and you're
(14:21):
in front of like fifteen million people every show, that's
that's a shot in the arm, right. So that's what
I treated as. And I think as far as how
it was, I think I had a lot of like
preconceived ideas about what a reality show like that is,
(14:42):
and I would say that's probably like ninety percent I
was correct. I think it was time. They're just weird. Yeah,
that's that's honestly the best way to put it, Like,
because I get that question all the time, like what
was it like? You never want to seem I don't
want to seem ungrateful for it, because I really was.
(15:04):
I did have a good time, and I do still.
I have a lot of fans from that too. But
the best way to put it is, it's just weird.
It's this very strange, like, yeah, we're telling you the truth,
but it's this weird kind of TV, you know. And
I knew that going into it. I just didn't know
what that would feel like.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
Correct. I did Celebrity X Factor in the UK and
it was different, like I wasn't like really competing. I
was like, let me go see what this is like yeah,
and it was I didn't have the foresight that you had.
I was like, Oh, this is gonna go be like
fun like they're getting you know, like but we were
(15:46):
treated like it was a regular reality show. Sure, And
then I was like the amount of empathy I had
for people who go on these types of shows because
we were treated obviously probably the best that you can
be treated because it wasn't like a normal season. And
even then it was weird and it irked me. And
I had a great time performing. I met a lot
(16:07):
of great people, but it was like something was very
strange And it's exactly that. It's it's just like a
it doesn't feel genuine all the time because yeah, it's
like you are saying like you said, they're saying nice things.
But like there's TV.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
I feel like most people would be like, well duh,
it's a TV show, Like why would you? But it's
it's different when you're the person having to go on
TV and like tell this like version of your story
that they need to be told, and I remember they
did have like it. They kind of like used this
angle of like wanting to the storyline they tried to
(16:44):
pitch was basically that like once Glee was over, I
was like shattered and like couldn't figure out what to
do anymore and stuff, And I just wouldn't give that
to them.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
It's I mean, I was, you know, like the same
thing happened to me. Yeah, they were like, you're part
of an ensemble. You're finally trying to like find your voice.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
I'm like, we're, Wow, Well good for you for like
holding your gun, do you know what I mean? It's
very easy to fall into that sure it, you know,
I think.
Speaker 1 (17:19):
So the main thing that's weird after that show is
just that it has kind of it has shifted the
way I look at any other reality show. I can't
watch reality TV anymore because I like, I know how
it works now, and I can see I can always
tell when, like you know, they'll cut to like an
(17:40):
interview section. You can always tell when it's a producer
that's like asked, would you say you felt this way?
Speaker 2 (17:47):
I felt this way for sure. I also think like
your personality, like you always are so authentic like you're
always you all the time.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, thanks and.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
A great yeah and the best way possible. And I
feel like going into one of those situations where it
is very much not that they want you to, you know,
make a slished version.
Speaker 4 (18:12):
Of you, like acting, but you're acting as yourself, so
there's like the acting part of it, but also like
you're telling a story that doesn't feel completely true that
but it's kind of true, but it's not really.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
I really do think you I mean, I think weird. Really,
it's just the word for it. It's not it's you know.
I again, I had a great time on that show too,
but it was just like just a different vibe. It
was very different from Glee, like extremely different.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Us about okay, okay, oh, it was.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Definitely weird, but in a good way.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Tell us like about the first dude, do you remember
the first time you stepped on set? Tell me about
like recording Mustang Sally, Like, I gotta know, like what
your feelings are about all of it. Do you remember
meeting us like the whole thing?
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yeah, I think I met you guys the first time.
I guess was that library scene like episode two? I
think yes, And I remember that being yeah, I was
like sweating through my shirts.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
I was.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
I felt very out of place, but at the same time,
everybody really did do a great job of making me
feel welcome. And I think, you know, I'm sure that
everyone was kind of told like, hey, this kid's really green.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
But I don't think we were.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Well, you guys may not have been, but I think
like as far as the crew and stuff, everybody was
just very gentle. And I think, you know, my first
like that whole first like few weeks of just like
moving to Los Angeles and just doing the thing is
still kind of a blur, honest, and it was like
(20:00):
years ago, which is insane, wow. But I do remember
trying to just kind of put all my anxiety to
the side and just like go, okay, just go do
your job, do the lines. You'll figure it out, you know.
And I remember being my first day, we had the
(20:22):
library scene where all of you meet me in the
library where I'm supposed to be like singing the song
and you guys find me. So that was like most
of the like original cast, I think I'm pretty sure
you were there. I remember having to look into Diana's
eyes and say a line, and it was just like
I don't know how to. I can't look at you.
(20:46):
I cannot look at you. And everyone you were all again,
very sweet about it, but I was just like because
I'm it's hard for me to make eye contact in normal.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
Situation, right, But then Diana's.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
Staring there and I'm just like and they're like, all right,
now hold that for a minute. I'm like I'm going
to burst into flames. But that scene I remember when,
you know, I thought I was like, okay, I don't
think I completely failed that. I think I did okay.
And then that was like I want to say, that
(21:22):
was probably my first day even like I hadn't I
didn't have a place yet. I was like living in
a hotel. Oh my god, I literally had like just
gotten in.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
It's like everything you're experiencing is new, yeah, everything.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
All of it. Yeah. And I you know, I had
been to Los Angeles plenty of times. I used to
have management out there before all this happened, and I
would go out there and you know, hang out and stuff.
So the city wasn't as much of a culture shock,
but it was just working there, like having a job
there was.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Weird and not like having a home.
Speaker 1 (21:56):
Yeah, and just not yeah, like not knowing if I
could get a place or not. Not just I just
had no idea what the schedule would be like any
of that stuff. So but I think that was my
first day. So we did that scene and then uh,
I went back to my hotel and they did. I
think they just were trying to keep it light on
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me for the first day, either like he has this
one scene where he actually has dialogue and stuff, Let's
just let him go home. So I went back to
the hotel and I like was like, you know, trying
to relax and just you know, take it EASi or whatever.
And I got another phone call to come back to
set because they wanted to put me in something that
it just made sense for my character to be there.
(22:38):
And I got back to set and it ended up
being a dance number that I had no like they
taught me on set.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
The oppos.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
The way it was.
Speaker 2 (22:57):
And you know, I didn't like. I like literally just
watched it a minute ago.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
And I didn't have It wasn't like this big crucial
thing that I was there. It's just they wanted me
in that dance with everybody, and I just remember being
because especially I don't dance Like I don't act for sure,
and I definitely don't dance, you know, so like it
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was just like they just really threw it at me
the first day, but honestly I felt better afterwards. And
then they were like, and all the dances going forward,
you're gonna have like choreography classes and stuff too. I
was like, okay, great, right, we're solid.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
They're like, welcome to Glee.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Yeah, right, Like there's no way you're just getting away
with doing one scene like we tried it. No, Actually,
you're just gonna get the full Glee experience pretty.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Much, and then it never It was pretty much that
way for.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
The rest of Yeah, that sounds right now.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
Can we go back just like for one second you
said something that like I was like, oh my god, your.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Audition for Glee was on a stage.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
It was on the like that's what I wanted to
the auditorium, I believe. So yeah, you know, at that time,
I didn't really put that together, but I'm.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
Pretty sure it's like a tiny room with like you know,
fluorescent lighting, you know, stuff.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
Like with with Robert and everything. You know, they kind
of like went over lines and stuff with me, but
like other than that, No, the one for Ryan was
like on.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
The stage, so sorry, who was who?
Speaker 1 (24:33):
And I can't remember his name for the life of me.
Who was the piano player that was there for So
it was Brad and me.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
All of us be cast. He was an all of
our audition. He played for everybody, Yes, and was on
the show like that's nuts.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Yes, he's literally the best.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Do you remember now having them having you go into
the recording studio to do Mustang Sally?
Speaker 1 (24:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (25:00):
I did you feel like a little more at home
doing something? I mean, do you still feel like really big?
Speaker 1 (25:06):
Yes? And no, I mean I felt at home because
I was recording and like I'm used to that, but
I was also at Capital Studios. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (25:18):
And also I have to I have to like preface this.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
So everywhere I went in Los Angeles, I I drove
around in a little like beat up convertible, like a
really beat up like twelve hundred dollars Pontiac ninety eight
Pontiac Sunfire convertible.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
Incredible yep, with like sun spots all over it.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Yeah. I had a bullet hole in the side. It
was it was. I bought it out there for the trip,
you know.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Oh my God.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Now I remember, like every time I would have to
go to set or have to go to the recording
studio or anything like that, I would pull in in
this just broken, just broke ass car, like next to
all these like Tesla's and land Rovers and stuff, and
I was just like here I am was.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
Ian Brennan. Ian Brennan drove. I can't remember the car.
It must have been like it.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
Was a Prius, I think.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
No, before the Prius was a Toyota camera.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
It was like Camri or Corolla.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
Dolphin Silver ye. And there was a dead bee in
the trunk or in the bat rear window. And he
never every time we walk by it on the lot,
it was always still there, always still there.
Speaker 2 (26:40):
And that car had seen better days. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
I would pull into Capital Studios in that just super
busted car and just feels so weird. Uh. And then yeah,
but I remember meeting Alex and and he was great,
and uh, I think we hit it off pretty well,
as I think he was.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
He was happy to just have someone that could sing
and sing the song I was singing about that this
morning before we were talking to you. I was like, yeah,
because I wonder you take a note quickly I'm like
your pitch.
Speaker 1 (27:16):
Try yeah, Like, well, the thing is though, it was
a very different type of singing to what I do
because it was, you know, there's a lot more there's
a lot more acrobatics one just a lot more like
runs and trills and stuff, which is fine, but it's
just not I have kind of I always think of
my voice as very much like a it's kind of
(27:38):
like a cello, like it kind of has to warm
up to get to the to the note. So it's
hard for me to do like fast stuff. But I
do remember like one of the best compliments I ever
got was from Alex and it was we were during
a doing a session, and uh, he told me that
it was just kind of like in passing to him,
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but it made me feel really good, and he was
just like, it's fun when you're in here because it's
kind of just like I just take the best take
that you do, Like we do like three or four takes,
and I just do the best one instead of having
to chop up a bunch of you know. Because there
was definitely some songs and stuff that I were really
hard for me. Actually, Mustang Sally was really hard for me,
(28:24):
even though it's kind of like in my vocal wheelhouse. Hm.
You know that songs by Wilson Pickett, and Wilson Pickett
is one of the best soul singers of all time
and he has these very like distinct super growy, raspy
high notes and I did try to get those so
(28:46):
many times and I just couldn't do it. And I
think I could do it now because I can, I
can kind of do them now, but like then, I
just could not get. I remember telling Alex like we
that was like the one time where I told her.
I was like, hey, mann happen, Like, I'm not Wilson Pickett. Yeah,
I don't smoke, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is
(29:08):
the seventies. So like but it was really really, uh
an incredible experience for me, and you know, it was
just so cool to go in there and get to
see everything and just kind of know that you're in
that weird circular building.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Yes, it was also weird when we moved there. That
was the only season we were there and you recorded,
like the vocal booth was a very separate room and
there were like video monitors, yeah, talk between where Alex
was and where we were, which was also so strange. Yeah,
did you have a heart like for some of us
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and for me, like sometimes like my voice doesn't necessarily
fit like the exact math that they sort of there.
Alex is very precise in his vocal production. And was
that hard for you, Like I had a hard time
because there was you know, there would be a demo
we'd match our guide vocal as closely as and like
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really really really close.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Yeah, they wanted it really close. I remember I tried
to do a few things on mine one time and
he was like, don't do that.
Speaker 2 (30:12):
Okay, I guess we're just gonna do it this way.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
It was I wish I could remember who my demo
singer was, but like it was like this one guy
who I got every single time, who would every time
I got a demo and he was very good.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
I wonder if it was Luke.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
Yeah, it might have been Luke and he was.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Yeah, and my voice cannot do it takes me so long,
like you had to like get there. I'm like, I
don't know how, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (30:41):
It's it's just something that's not you know, that type
of singing isn't always something that's naturally a thing that
comes to people you know, you do have to learn
a lot of vocal stuff. So I mean Mustang Sally
was hard. It was really fun, but it was hard,
and and you.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
Got to perform at the Holy Trinity and that also.
I also did not know what that meant.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
I saw it in the school. Yeah, I saw it
in the scripts and I was like, okay, I don't
know what that means. And then we get to set
and they come up and I'm like, oh there, oh right.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
Yeah, okay, that's more eye contact for you.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
It is so much more eye contact. And it was
so hard.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
Was how was that? Take me to Church?
Speaker 1 (31:33):
Very fun? Yeah. I remember they were like rumors on
set throughout the whole season that we were either going
to do that song or not going to do that
song because it was like blowing up at the time.
And I remember someone saying like, well, if we do it,
you're probably gonna get it, and I was like, okay, cool, great, awesome,
(31:54):
And I got it and it was really fun. And
the day of the shoot, I remember I had a
for whatever reason, I had a gig that night. I
had a gig at like Room five or something like that,
and I remember like I had to get like prior clearance,
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you know, to do it right so that it didn't
conflict with the show and everything. And it had been
scheduled for like two months and I had sold tickets
and stuff, so I remember, well, I did end up
working that day and I knew it was God was like, Okay, cool,
it's the take Me to Church shoot, So I'm gonna
literally be there all night long. I'm gonna have to
cancel the gig or whatever. And I remember they the
(32:38):
crew was like really sweet, and everybody really tried to
do their best to like get me out of there,
and they did. And the way they did that was
I did pretty much everything except for uh, like the
very opening of that chorus where like I raised my
(32:58):
hands and the curtains come up and take me to church,
you know, and my stand in, Michael McCrae did that
and it's like his favorite thing to point out now
and great, and it was just it's so funny because
like every time I see it now, I'm just like,
that's not me.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Very very rarely did that.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
It was that. It was they must have really liked
you to do that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think they
might have because they may have.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
Just like messed up and for goof that you were
had an out and then they're like, all right totally
because there was it worked out.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
I had a great show that night. And it's honestly
I have Michael to think for that.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
I'm Luke said he did do your guide vocals?
Speaker 1 (33:39):
Oh really very cool? Yeah, man, well tell him he
terrified me. He was so good, so good.
Speaker 4 (33:58):
There's a bunch of new people, newbies that come in
in season six in like kind of your debut debut episode.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
Right, you're saying the episode, did it.
Speaker 4 (34:09):
Feel feel nice to have people who were also new
with you?
Speaker 3 (34:14):
Did you guys bond? What was that experience?
Speaker 2 (34:17):
Like it was?
Speaker 1 (34:18):
I think it worked out the best way it could
because we were all we were all very scared and
we ended up being very close, and I mean pretty
much after pretty much after every rap, we would end
up at Billie's house. We would end up over there
(34:41):
and just all kind of decompress together and just about
like hey this was cool, or like hey that was weird,
because you know, it's like every day was different and
there were some really awesome days and there were some
really not great days. And there you know, everybody, I
think that I was unprepared for how long the days were,
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you know, I think we were adding it up. At
one point when we were there, was like a it's
like middle of the season. We were all super homesick
and just kind of trying to not be weird, yea
depressed because we're like, well, we're also on like a
Hollywood show. We shouldn't be depressed. But you know, it's
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just like it was a lot and we were adding
it up. One day, I was like, have we been
here for sixteen hours today? And Billy is like, yeah, man,
yeah we have. We've been in this box for so long. Wow.
I was just like, yeah, you literally are just going
to a big box for ever. And it was I
remember having a lot of really good times though, because
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me and uh Me and Billy were probably and I think,
I mean maybe we still are the closest of that group,
I guess, but I mean we started bringing the football
and all sorts of stuff. Is trying like keep spirits up,
you know, especially like we had so many scenes where
we weren't the main focus of the scene, but we
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had to be there. So you know, you're literally just.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Like sitting in a chair over and over.
Speaker 1 (36:14):
And over maybe giving a look here and there, and
that's about it. So then we would do that, We're
all right, cool, it's good, a candy bar and go
throw the pigskin, you know.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Yep, And it was a lot of fun. Those little
things helped keep your sanity through those law for sure.
Speaker 1 (36:28):
It really was nice. And yeah, I mean, any you know,
any days off we had, we'd just go and explore
as much as we could. I remember we went to
I had my twenty first birthday on set and they
made me a cake, which was great. And I remember
me and Billy and Laura Dreyfuss went to we rented
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this really great house up in I want to say Summerville,
Summerville maybe anyway, coastal Town. It was beautiful, and I
just remember, like I don't know, just spending my birthday
like on the waves and just like having a super
low key thing and then going back to a set
and I just felt super refreshed, and everybody's just you know,
(37:15):
I don't know, vibes were high. Yeah, So yeah, but
it was crucial, I think for me to have people
that were also kind of thrown into this crazy scenario
at the same time, because we all really didn't know
what to expect.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
What imagine like for you guys, like you're coming up
on the end of our show, right, and we've been through,
you know, a.
Speaker 2 (37:43):
Lot good end of the roller coaster.
Speaker 4 (37:46):
The crew has been there since the beginning. We've got
cast coming in and out. So it's a lot to
take on, right, because you guys are the ones there
all the time. We're coming in and out, you know,
but you're there with the crew kind of in it,
but you're new at it.
Speaker 3 (38:01):
So that must have been like a lot.
Speaker 4 (38:04):
It's kind of like reliving the what we experienced in
the beginning in some ways where.
Speaker 2 (38:10):
You're just like, it feels very similar all the hangouts afterwards,
figuring out what's going on, how are you handling it?
Adjusting to the sixteen hour.
Speaker 4 (38:19):
Days every dingy had like our whole dynamic on top
of that for them, you know what I mean, it's
that's so so crazy.
Speaker 2 (38:26):
It's not really a lot there to you guys in
a lot of ways, because like you know, when Cord
and Darren came in, yeah, we were there more so
like we could sort.
Speaker 3 (38:36):
Of guide Shepherd, yeah, yeah, and like.
Speaker 2 (38:38):
Look, this is what's going to happen. Give you a
lay of the land. But by season six, I think
if we weren't already mentally checked out, we were physically
checked out a lot of the times you weren't there, Yeah,
and a lot, but we spoken to a lot of crew,
and you guys left such a great impression on everybody.
(39:01):
Everybody loved you guys, and like we've genuinely loved that crew,
like very much, the best, the best.
Speaker 1 (39:08):
Yeah, I really did feel very invited and and into
that family, and you know, yeah, I think it was
I'm sure it probably did mirror a little bit of
what you guys went through when the show first started.
But it was also like whenever you guys were on set,
(39:28):
we you know, we didn't know. You don't know what
the dynamic is, you know, who to talk to or
if it's like okay to talk to you know, like
because you guys are great, like you just never know.
Of course, it's like anybody else. You see somebody else
that you've seen on TV the open, You're like, probably
shouldn't say anything to them, they don't want to talk
to me. Yeah, So we just didn't know what to do.
(39:53):
But you know, it got easier and easier and I
really did. I mean the crew really made a huge
difference in that. Yeah, just seeing like the same familiar
faces every day, and you know, you build a relationship
with these people.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
Yeah, they're the ones to really look out for you
and like take care of you and you're there, like
every department there, they did it for us and that's
how we learned things from them. They'd be like sixteen
hour days like this are not normal, or you know,
like other things and so yeah, it was I'm so
glad that you guys had them the way we did.
Speaker 1 (40:25):
Yeah, yeah, no, it was good. Kevin Ronan always made
sure I had allergy medicine.
Speaker 2 (40:30):
Oh he was.
Speaker 1 (40:33):
He was like on it. He like saved me from
a couple of panic attacks a couple of times. He was.
Everybody was. Everybody was great.
Speaker 4 (40:39):
Yeah, you really find the ones and that like you
kind of connect with and you just like called on
to them, you know.
Speaker 2 (40:45):
When the show started airing, because you said, you know,
you were all very anxious or nervous to see what
the fans thought about you. What did you feel when
the show started airing.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
We all had a watch party together. Just think that
was the way to do it, right. Yeah, let's do it,
you know, and uh. I remember Billy saying something when
we had watched it, and he's a really he's a character.
He's great. I love him to death. He was like
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the first thing he said, like we all watched it,
and you know, we had like our little things like oh,
look you did that, and you know, you know, you
did so good, and like, oh, it wasn't that bad.
But at the end of it, like like the credits
came on and Bially was like, well, I guess that's
what I did forever and there it is and there
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it is forever ever. I was like, oh man, yeah, yeah,
it's I think I think most of all it was
it was a pretty good experience. I don't think there
was anything like too cringe worthy for us at that time.
I do remember one time. This wasn't like the first time.
(42:00):
It wasn't the first episode that we watched the air,
but it was like in the middle of the season.
There was at some point I remember like saying, so
I was like, you can see we have like full
five o'clock shadow in like a couple of these.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
Like there, yeah, that's what that's you know. One of
the negatives of a sixteen hour day. Yeah, I remember
the first season, my first solo they shot, you know,
you do the numbers in like a lot of different
areas in the school, like going down the hallway, and
then it finished on the auditorium stage. By the time
we got to the auditorium stage at the end of
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the day, I fully had like the mustache going back
in and sure it's like, oh, I'm supposed to be
sixteen fifteen.
Speaker 3 (42:45):
You and your dry shade.
Speaker 2 (42:48):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (42:48):
Did you guys start getting recognized like quickly in la
or were you kind of like in the bubble of
Glee filming.
Speaker 1 (42:57):
Yeah, I feel like we got recognized a good bit,
especially the first like couple episodes that were airing.
Speaker 2 (43:03):
Especially if you're all hanging out together, going out together.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
That was also like pretty obvious.
Speaker 6 (43:07):
You know.
Speaker 1 (43:09):
We would go like to you know, the grove or
something and people would hey, I just saw you, you know.
But yeah, I think that was that was also like
less weird than I thought it would be.
Speaker 2 (43:24):
And I mean you came from performing like toying around,
so you at least had some you had experience talk.
Speaker 1 (43:33):
To people that like my music all the time, so
it's yeah, it was deal, you know, but but it
was weird, especially like just to not be in my
hometown and that be the case.
Speaker 3 (43:44):
You know, crazy.
Speaker 4 (43:48):
I'm curious how, like after Glee ended, how your experience
ugly or like your songwriting was affected by Yeah, the show.
Speaker 1 (44:03):
That's interesting. It's a good question.
Speaker 2 (44:07):
He was like, that's what I do not want to do. No,
it's really not like after this show like I'm never
writing back.
Speaker 1 (44:15):
I am at all. No, I would say, I mean,
if anything, it probably helped me because I think you
do and you know you do this with any kind
of listening, but like you do pick up little things
here and there, even if you're not consciously thinking about it.
You kind of absorb different ways of creating. And I
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would say it definitely. It definitely honed my sense of
like attension grabbing, like you you know, finding a good hook,
like you have to you know, you have to like
reel people in within the first like thirty seconds, right,
A lot of that kind of stuff. I'm sure you know.
(45:01):
At the time. Again, when when it ended, I was
like twenty one, so I'm sure I thought I knew
everything about everything, so like I probably would if you'd
asked me then i'd be like nah do, but no,
I'm sure that it helped. I'm sure that it has
had a mark on my music for sure, because I
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mean it. I just don't see how it couldn't have
for sure.
Speaker 2 (45:26):
Yeah, even like technically, like have you noticed the difference, Well,
did you notice the difference in like how you would record?
Speaker 1 (45:32):
I would notice a difference in how it's sing. Oh yeah, yeah,
I would. I came home and I had a band.
I mean I still technically have that band, but like
you know, I had a band that I was working
with a lot, and I remember after I came home,
I would just sing differently, sing with more, with with
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more finesse, and with more like.
Speaker 2 (45:59):
Just like doff, you know, because I'm very.
Speaker 1 (46:02):
Much like a I'm I'm a big believer of just
kind of let the song do the do the talking.
You know, you don't really need to, like, if you
have a great voice, awesome, but like you don't, I
don't need you to like jump around and do a
bunch of flashy stuff if if the song is good enough.
Story right, But I definitely I think it honestly, you
(46:25):
know what, I bet it helped my live show more
than anything. I think it probably did help me like
open up a little bit more on stage and just
be more comfortable with doing things on stage that before
probably just felt like too awkward or anything. And I'm
talking like the bare Bones you're talking about like getting
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the audience to participate in a song, you know, or
something like that. Just stuff like that, but just wasn't
really a thought for me. Definitely, it definitely had an
effect on just my entertainment side of things, you know.
So when I would take the band out, I would
make sure to like I was thinking a lot more
(47:10):
about Okay, well this section of the song, like I
really want to, like let's bring it down here, and
I want to like really give it like one on
one to these people in this moment where like, hey,
I am going to hit this weird high note that
probably doesn't need to go there, but like people are
going to love it right right. Yeah, So like I
did learn how to do that. I would say that
(47:30):
that in America's Got Talent kind of taught me that
as well, because you have such a short amount of
time to like emote to people and you want to
like give them, you know, the money note really.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
Right, yeah, show them what you can do as quickly
as possible. You guys did come in at a weird time. Yeah,
the show probably, and you probably felt that. I'm sure
(48:03):
there's no way to not feel that. Yeah, it was
strange the show. The very end of the show, you know,
we were all coming back. It was very emotional. How
did that feel? I mean, you guys were having your
own experience like you guys had been there this entire season,
regardless of what you know, the ending of the show
(48:25):
meant for us. How was that for you guys, Because
you know, it's you have this bond where, like you know,
the way we bonded, the way you guys bonded, where
you have those people who are going through the exact
same experience as you. It's such a gift to be
able to share all of that with somebody else. So
when it came to the end, Yeah, what was your guys' experience?
(48:49):
What was your experience?
Speaker 1 (48:50):
Like it was very emotional, I remember it was. There
was a little bit more of that kind of feeling
of Okay, well, I don't know, you know, like I'm
I definitely feel emotional about this, Like this was a
big thing in my life, and you know, I've made
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all these friends, I've made this family, and I don't know,
you know, when I'm going to see these people again
and all that stuff. So there's definitely that, But there
was also the you know, we all we were very
conscious of this being like I kind of like to
think of it as like me and the newbies were
closing a chapter and you guys were closing a book, right,
(49:33):
so like you guys were like wrapping up a whole
thing that you have, Like I mean, these were this
was your life for so long, and this was our
life for this short amount of time, and it was special.
But we were very conscious of you guys, and you know,
how to try and be I remember there we we
you know, it's not we didn't like plan on how
(49:54):
to act or anything around you guys. But I remember
like having a few discussions with the new new guys
just about like, you know, imagine how this must feel
for these people and you know, everybody that's been on
the show forever.
Speaker 6 (50:06):
And that's very thoughtful because well, I mean, I don't know,
it just seemed and you know, I think those final
moments you do kind of have the full cast and
everybody around and everybody's you know, hanging out and reminiscing
and you hear stories and you hear different things.
Speaker 1 (50:27):
And and yeah, I mean you just kind of know
that again, this is like a whole saga that's coming
to an end, right, And that's a huge deal in
any kind of scenario like that, It's a huge deal
for somebody. So, uh, it was weird. It was kind
of like, I mean, I remember I cried my eyes out,
but I felt weird crying my eyes out around you
(50:51):
guys crying about a whole different thing. And I'm crying
probably because you guys are crying.
Speaker 2 (50:57):
But yeahs were so high, but you know, like an
important chapter for everybody.
Speaker 1 (51:04):
I went through so much, you know, like it wasn't
just the show, it was just like everything around it.
And it's like, yeah, I mean, how do you not
that's a part of you.
Speaker 2 (51:12):
You guys are always so respectful and sweet, and yeah,
I'm glad to hear it.
Speaker 4 (51:17):
It's also so interesting like on that final day you
probably met a lot.
Speaker 3 (51:21):
Of people you had and met before were on the show.
Speaker 4 (51:25):
You know, like I think about like JUSTLN and like
row Me and you know, all the people who were
kind of around but you didn't really get to work with.
Speaker 1 (51:34):
Yeah, it was really weird. And I also just remember
like meeting a lot of like the writers and stuff
that I had never interacted with, and like these are
people that wrote lines for me and I just never
knew or like you know, different directors and different I
think I met not I met him before, but I
(51:56):
met Ian really that night, like good you know or whatever,
and I just remember, like, man, you are You're something else.
But yeah, I really liked Yeah, just like he was.
He was on a different planet, you know for sure.
Speaker 2 (52:15):
Yes, that's I think.
Speaker 1 (52:16):
At some point, Kevin, I think me and you hung
out together at some point, like in a group of people.
I don't remember where or when that was.
Speaker 2 (52:24):
I remember being around you guys a lot in general.
That makes sense, Like I always, I feel like I
don't remember what happened this season, like we're just starting it,
and so I'm interested to see because I feel like
I spent so much time with you guys.
Speaker 3 (52:39):
I feel like you did too, because you like told.
Speaker 4 (52:42):
Me about it, yeah, and like you were also you
like knew everybody, and I feel like it was there
for maybe the beginning in the end, but like I
feel like you were like mashed in there Kevin a
lot more than I was so but.
Speaker 2 (52:54):
I wasn't when like Phineas showed up and like I
wasn't there for.
Speaker 4 (52:58):
That, right right, But it was, Yeah, it was.
Speaker 1 (53:02):
It was interesting. I think.
Speaker 2 (53:05):
Fun experience because we don't know what we're getting into six,
because our memory is terrible. We've been asking the fans
a lot about things we should look for, look forward
to watch out for. They love the love you guys.
I'm so glad they love you. You were terrified of that.
(53:28):
I get it.
Speaker 3 (53:29):
I would be too, I get it.
Speaker 1 (53:32):
So I don't know, and I don't know. I had
heard a rumor and I don't know. I have no
idea if it's true or not. But like when we
had first gotten on set, I had heard that like
the fan base, like the season five people had to
grow on the fan base, and yeah, we were terrified
of that. Yeah sure, but we I remember thinking, like
(53:54):
after the first episode aired, we had like nothing but
good comments and stuff like that. We were very very had.
Speaker 3 (54:00):
People really took to you guys.
Speaker 2 (54:01):
I think you guys had the benefit of the first
like group of newbies, the writers. I think we're figuring
out how do we do this, and there was a
lot of mimicking the characters that were already on the
show to sort of have it look like you know,
season one. Yeah, and that didn't really work. And I
think what fans have told us about you guys is
(54:25):
that you're all so different, not trying to be anything else,
and you're all very interesting, and the characters are deep
and loved watching you guys, and so it's very exciting
for us. They go into this like, Okay, great.
Speaker 1 (54:37):
Great, great, remember thinking it was really cool when I
didn't know, and I still it's hard for me to do.
But like one of the biggest things for me with
acting was just like trying to figure out how to
be my character and not just say things like I
(54:58):
would say them or or you know thing. And I
remember Michael Hitchcock really helped me with that a lot
in the fact that he was very close to me
on set and would like get to know me well
so that he wrote my stuff. He's awesome.
Speaker 4 (55:15):
He really like like took you guys under his wing.
Speaker 1 (55:19):
But yeah, he very much did. I think he really
he was a huge help. Him and Joaquin and and
you know, a lot of a lot of people.
Speaker 2 (55:27):
They're good at looking out for people.
Speaker 1 (55:29):
Yeah, they're very good. I get I get messages from
those two all the time, you know, and they're still
very much in contact. And but yeah, I mean, you know,
he like learned. They were really good at learning our
personality traits and what we were comfortable with and what
we weren't comfortable with. So every time I got a
script it did it just felt like something I would say, anyway,
that's great, thanks.
Speaker 4 (55:48):
A good writer.
Speaker 3 (55:49):
Yeah, before we let you.
Speaker 4 (55:51):
Go, Oh, we had a question and we asked everybody,
and that is what is the feeling that Glee leaves
you with.
Speaker 1 (55:59):
Oh, I'm not gonna be able to say it just
in one word. I'm really bad at that. I would say,
I mean mostly joyful. I would say, you know, there's
a the whole experience as a whole, like as a package,
(56:19):
was a lot of learning and a lot of ups
and downs. But I think overall, I was very grateful.
I was very just every time I see the show,
like even you know, like preparing for this, I watched
like the first episode or two of that season, and
you know, even just seeing it just makes me smile,
you know, like it just it just brings this kind
(56:42):
of joyfulness to me. And I think some of that is,
you know, Glee in a lot of ways brought up
and handled a lot of the issues that I dealt
with in high school that just not talked about. And
you know, obviously that it happened at a time when
(57:05):
we were all kind of experienced a pretty a pretty
big cultural shift in the country, and and I just
think that it brought a lot of things to light
that needed to be brought to light and talked about.
And that always makes me feel really happy. It just
makes me feel good to know that, you know, even
(57:25):
you know, obviously the show has its flaws like everything,
but I do think that it's like a net good
and I think that it really especially from my experience
of talking with fans of the show, because you know,
like I'm I'm a fan of the show because I
was on the show, right more fans of the show
(57:45):
because the show like touched them to the core. You know,
I have people talk to me at shows and stuff
that are so deeply affected by Glee and the kind
of message that it brought that it was like life
changing for these people, and uh, yeah, I don't know,
(58:07):
it's just really special to be a part of something
like that.
Speaker 2 (58:11):
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Speaker 4 (58:13):
Glee was very lucky to have you in the season
six cast. We're very excited to dive into this and
like experience it with you guys again, because I feel
like I missed a lot of it and it's just
like a It's just.
Speaker 3 (58:31):
It's such a crazy time capsule for everybody. For us,
it was just a little bit longer, you know, maybe
a lot longer, but even.
Speaker 1 (58:39):
I heard like it's even the little things too. It's
like I heard my voice on one of these episodes
and I was like, why does it sound like that?
Why do I sound that way?
Speaker 2 (58:51):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (58:51):
What it was ten years ago?
Speaker 2 (58:52):
You know, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (58:53):
Yeah, it's just like a little yeah exactly. Time capsule
is a great word for it.
Speaker 2 (58:57):
Tell people about you put out a song this year.
Speaker 1 (59:00):
Yeah, so I have a I've got a new song
out right now. It's called Route Down, and yeah you
can find it, you know wherever you get your music
these days. I'm touring, I'm I'm all over the country
this year and then working on a new album right now.
Speaker 2 (59:17):
So yeah, incredible. Go go get some Noah tickets. Go
see no alive, Go stream route down, please down. His
personality is as sweet as his voice. Go see and
support He's incredible. Thank you so much, Noah.
Speaker 3 (59:31):
Thanks Noah.
Speaker 2 (59:31):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (59:32):
I appreciate you guys. I hope you guys are will
thank you.
Speaker 3 (59:35):
What is sweet soul?
Speaker 2 (59:36):
Sweet soul true? He's great. Go go stream his music,
go see him on tour. He really is just the best,
and it was so nice having him on set.
Speaker 4 (59:45):
It was he was a very calm presence. And now
we know that he was a ball of nerves, but
really it seemed calm.
Speaker 2 (59:52):
It never came out.
Speaker 3 (59:53):
And they were just so wonderful and so nice every time.
I remember like talking to like Billy and Laura. I
knew Laura a little bit and him.
Speaker 4 (01:00:00):
They were just always like so grateful to be there,
and obviously you hear it from them too, like the
days are long, and it didn't.
Speaker 3 (01:00:07):
Really you know, that didn't really change.
Speaker 4 (01:00:09):
So interesting and kind of comforting to know that, like
everybody who was in it together, so.
Speaker 2 (01:00:14):
And company, yeah company, to know they also had each
other throughout.
Speaker 3 (01:00:17):
Yeah, Yeah, that's key. Thanks for listening to Noah.
Speaker 4 (01:00:21):
Thanks Noah for taking the time, And I hope you
guys enjoyed this episode.
Speaker 2 (01:00:25):
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