March 24, 2023 • 13 mins
from his iheart radio, most requested live ask anything chat with romeo, here's rema talking about #CalmDown featuring selena gomez
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, I'm Rama and my new song is called Calmdown
featuring Selena Gomez and you're watching my most requested Live
Ask Anything chat thanks to Romeo and I had Radio
for having me on tonight. Becky from Birmingham, what moments
in your career stands out in your mind? Moment in
(00:21):
my career was when I was performing in Australia and
the beat for Calmdown came on and they sang the
song word for word and I didn't even sing the song.
They were just going hard. I know that videos everywhere
is like viable out. Yeah, I was emotional. I was
(00:41):
very emotional. I was shook, most especially as far away
from Home Australia means of looks Constance from luck Haven.
How do you pronounce your full name with a proper
nitty hometown ascent Rama, I love players, I go to
this Arima Arima, Rema, but yeah, I'm Rema. That's how
(01:06):
you pronounced it. Tom from Trent And how did calm
Down come together? So a weekend and go before I
may calm Down? I had a party of mine where
I just had friends pull up, new people pull up,
and part of the new people that pull up was
(01:28):
a beautiful girl and her friends, and I approached the
girl for a dance. I just wanted to get to
know how to more. But our friends were all pushy
and stuff like that, and she had to go with
whatever our friends decided. So I tried again. I told
her to just come down and hear me out, and
she did and yeah, and we had a great time
(01:53):
and that was it. Yeah, And then I went to
the studio later and I made it countdown and lift
from Turkey. What do you pay most attention to when
you sing your songs? I pay most attention to my spirit,
(02:15):
because that's where the music comes from. I pay most
attention to inside. Sometimes here I would want to clash,
you know, but I just let my soul like events
when I'm in a studio. Alexa from Columbus, had you
known Selena prior to have been on the Calmdown? Yes,
for a little bit. I did, um and yeah, I
(02:40):
made an amazing remix better Gianna from Pittsburg. I guess
if you could tell twelve year old aspiring realm or something,
what would what would it be? Do not overthink, don't
be shy, don't worry. Everything's gonna work at nice tieing
(03:04):
out from Jamestown. What was it like growing up in Africa?
Growing up in Africa, I would lie to Its very fun,
so much to do. Mostly you are connected to nature
and whatever nature has to offer. You know, in as
much as you know, phones were very much available. You know,
(03:29):
in the Alia days of rama, we were still outside.
You know, in Africa you have to know your neighborhood,
you have to know everybody. Everybody knows everybody, so it's
beyond like chatting on your phones. Like in Africa, you
still got to connect, you know, person to person. You know,
the local dialects, the beautiful architecture, the arts and culture,
(03:53):
the type of music as well. You know, I was
around very amazing you know. Yeah, av from Grand Rapids. Wow,
which was your worst subject at school? Mask same thing
for everybody. I guess mass wasn't so good. It wasn't
(04:16):
a mass. Elaine from Philadelphia. How was the NBA All
Star Game? Wow? That was a blessing. It was a
blessing for me. Great honor watching basketball for years, you know,
popping up on the popping up on the Internet and
social apps, seeing the greats do it in the basketball world,
(04:38):
and now being at the halftime show, representing the culture,
mental lot for me, my team, my family, Africa and
being in city where I'm from. Molly from my Chest
what's your favorite go to snack? To be honest, if
it's not fruits, is cattle cooked potato chips? Lord in
(05:05):
five Angie from North oak I should think, I guess
it's from like norwayes or will it be on tour
this year? Yes, I will be on tour this year.
Wendy from Glenn Head. What is your process for writing lyrics?
(05:29):
The truth is I don't write lyrics. When I get
to the studio, I just create, you know, I just
tap into my memories, tap into whatever I need to
tap into, and just create a fit. I like to
create in a moment. Natalie from Jersey City. What was
(05:53):
the biggest surprise for you when you first got into
the industry something that you weren't expecting hate. Yeah, to
be honest, you know, growing up, like when I walk
in a round, people people like me. You know, I
connect with everybody. I didn't really I didn't really expect
to be hated because like I was pretty much a
(06:14):
kid too, I was. I was nineteen when I dropped
my EP, But We're like, Wow, the hates on the
was on another scale. I've never got to another amounts
of hates, so maybe that's why it was overwhelming to me. Um,
you know, we ain't in high school just have like
two people hates and known that's fine. We have like
over a thousand hates and even for no reason. You're like,
(06:35):
what did I do? You know? Yeah? But love to all.
I love everybody actually from Park City. What's your least
favorite color, least favorite callow, least pink. Yeah, Brittany from
(06:59):
mississ Saga. What was your first job. My first job
was being a bartender. Yeah, at a barbecue from Louisville.
What were your favorite foods when you were a kid. Food, food, foods.
(07:26):
I love snack when I was a kid, To be honest,
I love snagging. Like if you give me a whole
plate of food, I will pick a biscuit or candy
or stuff. Like I loved candy, but I didn't really
connect with food that much. I really loved snacks. Yeah.
Kelsey from Harrisburg. Do you have brothers and sisters? What
(07:51):
do they do? I have two sisters and a little brother,
and they're being really amazing. One of them is in college.
The other one is just having a great time investing
and traveling. And yeah, my little girls in school too,
(08:13):
And it's quite a character, just like you want to
know Lie Rama when he's coming is growing up? Yeah.
Caro from chat Chattanooga. Caro from Chattanooga. Yeah, who's the
most famous person you've met? Ms? Sella Gomez. Yeah, that's
(08:40):
the most famous. Kelly from Jesseph Finville. Do you have
a better outset of wheels than your friend? I would
say I would say no, Why because I'm not really
all about the flash lifestyle I have. I have good, good,
(09:03):
shut up cars. I have nice picks, and I have
vintage sets as well. But I never really like buy
cars to compare. I just like my taste. Just keep
it there. But yeah, whenever my guy's getting new with
I'm decided to drive it. You know, it's all about
what's important. That is when you have successful people around you,
(09:25):
you know, that's the most important thing. Yeah, Andrea from
Cherry Hill, what do you text the most with? You know?
The imog that goes like this, That's what I do.
And I feel like girls don't like it, but I
just like, you know, when you'd be like good night.
(09:46):
Even though I say good night or I say I
love you, I just be like this. I don't know.
I'm used to them. It was a sign of respect,
you know. Yeah, Gemma from Nashville. As a singer, what
are some things you do to prevent from straining your voice?
M nothing. I screaming a little on the stage. I
(10:14):
swear my team and my team tells me to stop it.
Because when I'm on stage, I'm in the moment. I scream.
Like when I sing. Sometimes I'm raving the crowds, screaming crazy.
I should be like, ah, you know, sometimes I scream,
So for me, there's no rule. Sometimes I go on
stage with a cracked voice and I expressed myself to
the crowd like where I'm just coming from. I screamed,
(10:38):
but please, I'm gonna do my best for you guys,
and just enjoy yourself. And I end up doing a
great show. So sometimes it's just all about doing you.
I'm being trustful and honest wherever you find yourself. Lay
Love from Toronto. Is that time for you to do
anything during the day besides music, to be honest, not really,
(11:03):
And if I actually get time, I'd rather spend it
with friends and family and being there for them and
even when though they are not the impression I called
him and now from Buffalo. What inspired you as a
kid to become a musician. I feel like when the
(11:27):
church accepted me and I kept wrapping the ovation I
was getting, I kind of enjoyed what I was doing,
not just because of the ovation I was getting bod
what I was doing in church for God, you know,
I just wanted to do it more. It was between
music and drawing. I paused on the drawing and focused
(11:50):
on music most specially. But right now in this case
of my career, you can also tell my art's side.
It's still it's still out there, you know from my
art covers and my stage designs and my creative direction.
Nancy from Pittsburgh. What's the breakfast cereal that you always
(12:11):
have a home? To be honest, I don't eat cereal.
I eat a lot of vegetables though. Vanity from New Orleans.
If you could pick one go to karaoke song, what
would it be? One go to karaoke song? Collateral Damaged
(12:35):
by Burner Boy Susan from NYC favorite TV show. To
this day, nothing has ever beat in Papa Day School.
It's an African TV show. To this day, nothing has
(12:56):
bats stats, love like like, I wait like even when
they change that dates. Sometime I make time for it.
It's unfortime. Thanks again for watching my most requested live
Ask Anything chat. My new song is called Calmdown featuring
Selena Gomez. Thanks to Romeo for having me on the
show tonight.
Hi, I'm Rama and my new song is called Calmdown
featuring Selena Gomez and you're watching my most requested Live
Ask Anything chat thanks to Romeo and I had Radio
for having me on tonight. Becky from Birmingham, what moments
in your career stands out in your mind? Moment in
(00:21):
my career was when I was performing in Australia and
the beat for Calmdown came on and they sang the
song word for word and I didn't even sing the song.
They were just going hard. I know that videos everywhere
is like viable out. Yeah, I was emotional. I was
(00:41):
very emotional. I was shook, most especially as far away
from Home Australia means of looks Constance from luck Haven.
How do you pronounce your full name with a proper
nitty hometown ascent Rama, I love players, I go to
this Arima Arima, Rema, but yeah, I'm Rema. That's how
(01:06):
you pronounced it. Tom from Trent And how did calm
Down come together? So a weekend and go before I
may calm Down? I had a party of mine where
I just had friends pull up, new people pull up,
and part of the new people that pull up was
(01:28):
a beautiful girl and her friends, and I approached the
girl for a dance. I just wanted to get to
know how to more. But our friends were all pushy
and stuff like that, and she had to go with
whatever our friends decided. So I tried again. I told
her to just come down and hear me out, and
she did and yeah, and we had a great time
(01:53):
and that was it. Yeah, And then I went to
the studio later and I made it countdown and lift
from Turkey. What do you pay most attention to when
you sing your songs? I pay most attention to my spirit,
(02:15):
because that's where the music comes from. I pay most
attention to inside. Sometimes here I would want to clash,
you know, but I just let my soul like events
when I'm in a studio. Alexa from Columbus, had you
known Selena prior to have been on the Calmdown? Yes,
for a little bit. I did, um and yeah, I
(02:40):
made an amazing remix better Gianna from Pittsburg. I guess
if you could tell twelve year old aspiring realm or something,
what would what would it be? Do not overthink, don't
be shy, don't worry. Everything's gonna work at nice tieing
(03:04):
out from Jamestown. What was it like growing up in Africa?
Growing up in Africa, I would lie to Its very fun,
so much to do. Mostly you are connected to nature
and whatever nature has to offer. You know, in as
much as you know, phones were very much available. You know,
(03:29):
in the Alia days of rama, we were still outside.
You know, in Africa you have to know your neighborhood,
you have to know everybody. Everybody knows everybody, so it's
beyond like chatting on your phones. Like in Africa, you
still got to connect, you know, person to person. You know,
the local dialects, the beautiful architecture, the arts and culture,
(03:53):
the type of music as well. You know, I was
around very amazing you know. Yeah, av from Grand Rapids. Wow,
which was your worst subject at school? Mask same thing
for everybody. I guess mass wasn't so good. It wasn't
(04:16):
a mass. Elaine from Philadelphia. How was the NBA All
Star Game? Wow? That was a blessing. It was a
blessing for me. Great honor watching basketball for years, you know,
popping up on the popping up on the Internet and
social apps, seeing the greats do it in the basketball world,
(04:38):
and now being at the halftime show, representing the culture,
mental lot for me, my team, my family, Africa and
being in city where I'm from. Molly from my Chest
what's your favorite go to snack? To be honest, if
it's not fruits, is cattle cooked potato chips? Lord in
(05:05):
five Angie from North oak I should think, I guess
it's from like norwayes or will it be on tour
this year? Yes, I will be on tour this year.
Wendy from Glenn Head. What is your process for writing lyrics?
(05:29):
The truth is I don't write lyrics. When I get
to the studio, I just create, you know, I just
tap into my memories, tap into whatever I need to
tap into, and just create a fit. I like to
create in a moment. Natalie from Jersey City. What was
(05:53):
the biggest surprise for you when you first got into
the industry something that you weren't expecting hate. Yeah, to
be honest, you know, growing up, like when I walk
in a round, people people like me. You know, I
connect with everybody. I didn't really I didn't really expect
to be hated because like I was pretty much a
(06:14):
kid too, I was. I was nineteen when I dropped
my EP, But We're like, Wow, the hates on the
was on another scale. I've never got to another amounts
of hates, so maybe that's why it was overwhelming to me. Um,
you know, we ain't in high school just have like
two people hates and known that's fine. We have like
over a thousand hates and even for no reason. You're like,
(06:35):
what did I do? You know? Yeah? But love to all.
I love everybody actually from Park City. What's your least
favorite color, least favorite callow, least pink. Yeah, Brittany from
(06:59):
mississ Saga. What was your first job. My first job
was being a bartender. Yeah, at a barbecue from Louisville.
What were your favorite foods when you were a kid. Food, food, foods.
(07:26):
I love snack when I was a kid, To be honest,
I love snagging. Like if you give me a whole
plate of food, I will pick a biscuit or candy
or stuff. Like I loved candy, but I didn't really
connect with food that much. I really loved snacks. Yeah.
Kelsey from Harrisburg. Do you have brothers and sisters? What
(07:51):
do they do? I have two sisters and a little brother,
and they're being really amazing. One of them is in college.
The other one is just having a great time investing
and traveling. And yeah, my little girls in school too,
(08:13):
And it's quite a character, just like you want to
know Lie Rama when he's coming is growing up? Yeah.
Caro from chat Chattanooga. Caro from Chattanooga. Yeah, who's the
most famous person you've met? Ms? Sella Gomez. Yeah, that's
(08:40):
the most famous. Kelly from Jesseph Finville. Do you have
a better outset of wheels than your friend? I would
say I would say no, Why because I'm not really
all about the flash lifestyle I have. I have good, good,
(09:03):
shut up cars. I have nice picks, and I have
vintage sets as well. But I never really like buy
cars to compare. I just like my taste. Just keep
it there. But yeah, whenever my guy's getting new with
I'm decided to drive it. You know, it's all about
what's important. That is when you have successful people around you,
(09:25):
you know, that's the most important thing. Yeah, Andrea from
Cherry Hill, what do you text the most with? You know?
The imog that goes like this, That's what I do.
And I feel like girls don't like it, but I
just like, you know, when you'd be like good night.
(09:46):
Even though I say good night or I say I
love you, I just be like this. I don't know.
I'm used to them. It was a sign of respect,
you know. Yeah, Gemma from Nashville. As a singer, what
are some things you do to prevent from straining your voice?
M nothing. I screaming a little on the stage. I
(10:14):
swear my team and my team tells me to stop it.
Because when I'm on stage, I'm in the moment. I scream.
Like when I sing. Sometimes I'm raving the crowds, screaming crazy.
I should be like, ah, you know, sometimes I scream,
So for me, there's no rule. Sometimes I go on
stage with a cracked voice and I expressed myself to
the crowd like where I'm just coming from. I screamed,
(10:38):
but please, I'm gonna do my best for you guys,
and just enjoy yourself. And I end up doing a
great show. So sometimes it's just all about doing you.
I'm being trustful and honest wherever you find yourself. Lay
Love from Toronto. Is that time for you to do
anything during the day besides music, to be honest, not really,
(11:03):
And if I actually get time, I'd rather spend it
with friends and family and being there for them and
even when though they are not the impression I called
him and now from Buffalo. What inspired you as a
kid to become a musician. I feel like when the
(11:27):
church accepted me and I kept wrapping the ovation I
was getting, I kind of enjoyed what I was doing,
not just because of the ovation I was getting bod
what I was doing in church for God, you know,
I just wanted to do it more. It was between
music and drawing. I paused on the drawing and focused
(11:50):
on music most specially. But right now in this case
of my career, you can also tell my art's side.
It's still it's still out there, you know from my
art covers and my stage designs and my creative direction.
Nancy from Pittsburgh. What's the breakfast cereal that you always
(12:11):
have a home? To be honest, I don't eat cereal.
I eat a lot of vegetables though. Vanity from New Orleans.
If you could pick one go to karaoke song, what
would it be? One go to karaoke song? Collateral Damaged
(12:35):
by Burner Boy Susan from NYC favorite TV show. To
this day, nothing has ever beat in Papa Day School.
It's an African TV show. To this day, nothing has
(12:56):
bats stats, love like like, I wait like even when
they change that dates. Sometime I make time for it.
It's unfortime. Thanks again for watching my most requested live
Ask Anything chat. My new song is called Calmdown featuring
Selena Gomez. Thanks to Romeo for having me on the
show tonight.
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