November 21, 2021 • 18 mins
A special edition of a Women of iHeartCountry interview and performance. Amy welcomes new artist Callista Clark!
Amy and Callista talked about her new song that you’ve probably heard on the radio called “It’s Cause I Am”, how she taught herself to play guitar and what it’s like being from a very small town.
She also performed a couple covers from Sugarland and Maren Morris. And be sure to check out Women of iHeartCountry on your local iHeartCountry station every weekend hosted by Amy!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, Sami, thanks for listening and being subscribed to the
Bobby Bones Show podcast. I wanted to share with you
an interview that I did on Women of Ihart Country.
It's a show that I host every weekend where we
showcase women in country music, and this week my guest
was Callista Clark. We talked about her new song that
you probably heard on the radio. It's called It's Because
I Am, and how she taught herself to play guitar
(00:21):
and what it's like being from a very small town.
She also performed a couple of covers from Sugarland and
Marion Morris and you'll hear all of that coming up.
And just a heads up, you can listen to Women
of Ihart Country again, hosted by me every weekend. Just
check out your local iHeartRadio station or search Women of
I Heart Country on your iHeartRadio app. Right now, we're
(00:42):
going to play my interview with Callista Clark, a special
edition of Women of Ihart Country. Here you go, let's
go go give it up for I Heart Country with
Amy Brown in studio now with list of Clark. So
you just turned eighteen in September, So what was more
(01:05):
exciting for you turning eighteen and being a real life
adult or signing your record deal. Well, I'm gonna say
signing my record deal for sure. Also, I did just
turn eighteen, but it doesn't feel any different, like at all,
So there's that. Yeah, I'm not sure that eighteen really
does much were you except for now you are considered
(01:28):
an adult. So what does it feel like as a
new artist to have your debut song in the top twenty.
It's so unreal. I mean, I just put out this
first collection of music in February and it's now November,
so it's all seemed to happen really fast, and it's
I don't even know if I can put it in
(01:48):
the right words, but it's incredible. Was he wrote the
song with Cameron James and Laura Veltz And so how
did the idea come about for the song? So there
had been a lot of moments in my career being
a young girl. And you know, I started doing carrits
in Nashville when I was fourteen, so and I started
doing gigs when I was eleven. So you know, picture
a little girl with the guitar like, well, who, I
(02:09):
have big hopes and dreams and I'm going to be
an artist and all of these things, and so there
were a lot of moments where people kind of doubted
me for that, and so I wanted to write a
song as a new artist that introduced me in a
really bold, fun, confident way, and we got It's because
I Am. Well, yeah, that's a song we're talking about.
It's because I Am, and we're gonna play it now.
(02:30):
Here's Callista Clark on Women of iHeart Country. If I
ain't watching, that's sill the fundament. I'm a woman. That's okay.
Stand if I seem so complicated. Boy, yeah, it's because
I Am. It goes. I am in studio now with
(02:57):
Calista Clark and she's got her guitar, which is awesome.
Want't strummt so that every you can hear my guitar
And she's about to perform a cover of baby Girl
from Sugarland. You probably know that song came out in
two thousand and three, and that's actually the same year
you were born. It sure is oah, So when do
you remember hearing this song for the first time? Well,
(03:20):
growing up my whole family, we've always been like super
huge Sugarland fans, and I believe the first song that
I ever heard by them was Stuck Like Glue, and
I immediately loved that song. But I had also heard
about Jennifer Nettles through four age. We were both in
the same full age performing arts group. It's called Clovers
(03:40):
and Company, and it's where all these kids from the
age of I believe thirteen through eighteen, and you know,
we all play these instruments and sing and dance. It's
like show choir type thing. And so I'd heard about
her my whole life, and I heard Baby Girl and
it was, you know, about hopes and dreams and making
it in Nashville and making as an artist. And so
(04:01):
obviously that's the one that's always been my favorite. And
I got to sing that one with her when I
was twelve, so it's always been one that's super special.
And so is it your parents that got you into
country music? Yes, I grew up singing in church, so
that's the first place that I ever sang at. But
I've also been listening to eighties and nineties country since
for as long as I can remember. And I would
(04:21):
go around places and sing at really small venues with
my siblings and we would do yeah, eighties and nineties
country and motown a classic rock, and I started listening
to the more current country the older I got, and
it's a really big part of me. How many siblings
do you have? I have too. So I have an
older brother and he's nineteen and a little sister and
(04:41):
she just turned fifteen, and y'all all play yes, So
y'all could just form a little family bandage. Yeah. I
always would sing around places with them and do three
part harmony and all of those kinds of things. But
the older they got, the more they were kind of like,
you know what, like this is you have fun with that.
But honestly, I feel like it's kind of what had
happened because growing up I was always really shy, and
(05:04):
so I feel like if they wouldn't have done that,
I don't know if I would, if I would have
had the courage to do that. You know. Yeah, Well,
how about we play baby Girl right now? You want to,
let's do it? Okay? Here is Callista Clark covering baby
Girl by sugar Land on Women of by Heart Country.
(05:33):
They say this town the star step on night, Well,
I don't know, can't see them for the glow of
the kneeon lights Well, it's a long way from here
to the place where the home fires burned with its
two thousand miles and one lift to your mom and dad.
(05:57):
Please some money, I'm so broke that it ain't funny. Well,
I don't need much, just enough to get me throughe
Please don't worry, because I'm Alrightsy I'm playing here at
the bar now this time, gonna make her dreams come true. Well,
(06:20):
I love you more than anything in the world. Love
your baby, girl, Yeah, your baby, go your baby. God
(07:02):
drink us, come shoe. So Klissa, you're from Zebula and Georgia,
population one thousand and seventy eight. So what's there to
do there? Nothing? Absolutely nothing. You have to go to
the city above us called Griffin to do anything like
(07:22):
grocery shop. There's literally nothing. And then how far after
Griffin to get to Like is that where a Walmart
would be? Or okay, yes, that's where everything As we
go there a lot, so y'all probably still do the
whole I was thinking about this the other day. If
I need a cup of sugar, I just go to
the store and get a cup of sugar, like gone
or the days at least where I live where you
(07:43):
go to the neighbor to get a cup of sugar
and egg. But that probably still goes on. Yeah, it
definitely does. I love that. I know, it's so sweet.
So when did you learn to play the guitar? I
have been playing guitar since I was eleven. The first
instrument I learned was ukulele and I was ten, and
so yeah, I just love music and I love learning
(08:03):
different things. Okay, I read somewhere that you self taught
your self how to play eight different instruments. Yeah, I
believe it's a I got really bored during Quarantine, I
mean yeah, and plus there's nothing to do in your
in your hometown. But um, so what are those like
a piano? Lately? What is this list of instruments? Okay,
(08:23):
let's see ukulele, guitar, piano, bass, if you count electric
guitar being separate, yeah, why not? You know it's kind
of different, U six string banjo, mandolin, and then a
keytar that one you know, Like I said, Quarantine, I
feel like that's all I have to say about. What
is a keytar for those of us that don't know, So,
(08:45):
it's a keyboard that you play like a guitar. Okay,
hold it and that's like on your hip, it's kind
of okay, think of eighties keytar. That's what it is.
I'm picturing it now. So which one are you best at? Mmm?
I would say acoustic guitar. That's the one I play
the most, for sure. And when it comes to writing songs,
(09:06):
you wrote your first one at eleven. So what was
that called and what was it about? It was called
Wildfire and it started off as a poem for a
school poetry contest and my mom read it, and she
had been writing songs for church and things like that,
and she had been trying to get me to write songs,
but I, for some reason, was really scared to do that.
(09:26):
I guess because I thought since I was so young,
nobody would believe anything that I was writing about, or like,
no one would want to hear my stories anyway. And
so she read that and was like, we definitely need
to turn this into a song, and that's what we did.
I love that. And then when it came down to
you posting covers on YouTube, whose idea was that? It
was my idea. I started doing social media just to
(09:48):
keep in touch with my friends in different performing arts
groups like I was telling you about and things like that,
just posting, oh, here's this song, this is what stuck
in my head today. And I would just be in
my pajamas and like not even brush my hand and
just be really laid back and chill and just post
really last minute covers of things. And I guess the
one that most people would know me from is my
cover of have You Ever Seen the Rain? By Credence
(10:10):
Clearwater Revival. I was at the beach with my family
and my granddad said I should bring back some CCR.
It was a song that my brother used to sing
when we would play gigs and stuff, and so it
was really last minute. I'm like scrolling on my phone
in the video looking at the chords. But yeah, and
then what about TikTok? When did you decide to hop
on that? Hm? I feel like it was longer ago
(10:33):
than I think because of last year of being like
so strange. But let's say I think it was like
two or three years ago. Now. I love TikTok and
at first I was like, no, I'm not going to
do it because I know I'm gonna be so addicted
to it. And here we are now my friend describes
TikTok as the last happy place left online. Yeah. Yeah,
(10:55):
there is so much on there that can be positive.
But when it comes to comments from people online, what's
number one comment that you're most tired of hearing? Oh,
like a negative one? Yeah, or just any anything that's
referencing you that I need to gain weight? Oh that one,
that's a good one. You know what, I'm just gonna
go ahead and say here and now, and you can
(11:15):
agree with me, Like, we just need to stop commenting
on people's bodies, period. I think that's a good rule.
I do. Yeah, I agree, or like, yes, eat a
burger not necessary. Yeah, And for some reason, people feel
the need to comment on people's bodies no matter which
way it's swinging, they have something to say. And in general,
we just need to stop commenting about bodies period. Grew
(11:37):
with that rule. And it's always a burger. It's never
any other fattening food. It's always it's always that. I
don't get it. It's people's go to and just gotta stop.
I'm in studio now with Calista Clark, and she's got
her guitar and she's about to perform a cover of
the Bones by Maren Morris, which is such a good one.
So how has Maren inspired you as an artist? Maren
(11:58):
is one of my favorite country singers. She's just so
powerful and I also I love women who do it all,
women who play instruments and write songs and have incredible vocals,
and she's definitely one of those women. Have you had
a chance to meet Marin yet? Not yet. I met
Ryan Yes, Yes, which is Marin's husband who's also a
(12:19):
singer song Yes, So that was cool and he knew
who I was. So maybe I'm a little closer to
Marin knowing who Yeah, No, for sure, and it's only
a matter of time before you come across her. Well,
that would be amazing. I really do love her in
her music. So if you could put together a dream tour,
like an all female country tour, like, what artists would
(12:40):
you put on the lineup with you? M Well, Maren
for sure, definitely, Marion Morris, Jennifer Nettles, let's go girl power.
And then to Neil Arts. I just got to be
a part of her brand new album and it's really
incredible And I love to Neil. She's so sweet. Oh yeah,
we love her too, Okay, that'd be a good one.
So once you let us know, because we're all gonna
(13:02):
want to come. Okay, all right, are you ready to
cover the song? Here's Calista Clark The Bones by Marion Morrison.
Women are buy her Country in the home stretch of
(13:26):
the hard times. We took a hard left. We're all right,
all that shot can try to put off through it,
but we build this right. So butting's that gonna move it?
(13:49):
When the bones are good, the rest allmat together. Painker
Bill Glass could shodow let it right because you went,
I'm in the set. When they ain't a cruck in
the foundation, they'd be on any storm if they sent
will blode it all the while we stay put the
(14:12):
house off, all in the bomb. Good, so good, thank you.
So how long after you did the whole TikTok thing
YouTube whatnot that the record deal came into play? I okay,
so it's actually pretty crazy. I the way I remember
(14:34):
it is, I went to public school in like sixth grade,
and then I decided that I wanted to be homeschooled.
So my first year being homeschool was seventh grade. And
I started posting covers and doing things like that, and
not thinking anything of it. I don't think I fully
realized how big social media could be, and so I
was just posting really last minute, not thinking anything of it,
and I posted the have you ever seen the rain cover?
(14:55):
When I was thirteen, and like lit early, Scooter Braun,
my manager, and his partner Alison Kay saw it, and
then literally a week later, I was at Scooter's house.
So it was just like it all happened so fast,
and I am still processing that. It's so crazy. No,
(15:16):
I mean that's pretty crazy. I mean, did you ever
ask him, like when you're sitting in this house, like,
how in the world did you come across my video?
So Alison Kay is the one that saw it first,
and then she showed it to him and I don't
even know. I think somebody just tagged her in it.
It's crazy how social media works. Oh my goodness. All right,
So now we're going to fast forward to the here
and now, which is cool because you're going on tour
with Maddie and Tay. It's the CMT Next Woman of
(15:38):
a country tour, All song, no Static, which is gonna
be cool. So how do you prepare for a tour
like that? I try not to freak out. No, but
I love Maddie and Tay so much and it's really
special that I'm getting to go out on the road
with them. I myself am just like, I'm so excited
to be on the road every night and playing my
music in front of actual people after quarantine and not
(16:00):
seeing people in doing zoom and all of those kinds
of things. I could not be any more excited for it.
Do you have to do something to prepare your vocals
for something like that? I mean, you're so young that
it's like, oh, maybe you don't have to do what
some other artists have to do, But would you what's
something that's necessary before you hit the stage? I definitely
do you know, like the yoga, the staying calm, the
vocal warm ups, and then you even have to like
(16:22):
vocal cool down. Like there's a lot of things, say
really hydrated, all the things. You definitely have to be
on top of it because it's a lot. Do you
mentioned the yoga. Do you do you have something you
try to practice daily that helps keep you calm, especially
being so excited about a tour, or breathing exercises, all
the things you just said. Honestly, yoga. I just have
(16:43):
this app on my phone. It's nothing fancy, so it's
just something that I try and do as much as
I can. And also something that I've found that really
helps me is all like throw something with someone before
I go on stage. It takes my mind off of
it and it's just something I don't know, it's really relaxing. No,
it's a sensory thing. Yeah, Like my kid's therapists have
even talked about it like too, just so kind of
(17:03):
if there is like my son in particular, like if
there's stuff going on with him or he's not regulated,
like we can go outside and throw a ball as
hard as possible and something will reset him. That's right. Nice, Yeah,
I so hear you heard it here. If you've got
something going on, or you you have like nerves, or
you're something you're dealing with, I've heard too, you can
just if you don't have a ball to throw, or
(17:25):
you don't have anywhere to like throw it against anything
or someone to throw with, you can just go get
an ice cube out of the freezer and chunk it,
Oh my god, side as hard as possible. I've never
even thought about that, but I feel like it would work. Yeah,
you heard it here. Um, you're also gonna be doing
a few dates with Scott and McCreary, which is cool.
The same truck tour and that's next year. And he
was on American Idol. Did you ever think about auditioning
(17:46):
for a show like that? I did, But honestly, for me,
it's just something that I've seen that and I've watched
all those shows and I really really love it. We
still watch the Voice in American all of those every
single season, especially now that Ariana grandees the Voice. What
oh yeah she went? Who is she one of your favorites? Yes?
I love her. I haven't met her yet, but what
(18:08):
an icon maybe one day. I love Kelly Clarkson. She's
nice that They're all great. Okay, Well, Callista, thank you
so much for hanging out with me this weekend. If
y'all want to follow Calista on TikTok and Instagram is
just at Callista Clark and you can check out her
new Real to Me ep, which is so awesome. We
just want to encourage you. Like the women that you
(18:29):
hear on the show, you've got to support them. We've
got the new up and coming artists, the ones that
have you know, already paved the way for girls like
Calissa Um. We got throwbacks, but supporting these up and
coming women is where it's at. Right Kalistas, I totally agree.
Thank you so much for having me, Thanks for coming women.
Hi
Hey, Sami, thanks for listening and being subscribed to the
Bobby Bones Show podcast. I wanted to share with you
an interview that I did on Women of Ihart Country.
It's a show that I host every weekend where we
showcase women in country music, and this week my guest
was Callista Clark. We talked about her new song that
you probably heard on the radio. It's called It's Because
I Am, and how she taught herself to play guitar
(00:21):
and what it's like being from a very small town.
She also performed a couple of covers from Sugarland and
Marion Morris and you'll hear all of that coming up.
And just a heads up, you can listen to Women
of Ihart Country again, hosted by me every weekend. Just
check out your local iHeartRadio station or search Women of
I Heart Country on your iHeartRadio app. Right now, we're
(00:42):
going to play my interview with Callista Clark, a special
edition of Women of Ihart Country. Here you go, let's
go go give it up for I Heart Country with
Amy Brown in studio now with list of Clark. So
you just turned eighteen in September, So what was more
(01:05):
exciting for you turning eighteen and being a real life
adult or signing your record deal. Well, I'm gonna say
signing my record deal for sure. Also, I did just
turn eighteen, but it doesn't feel any different, like at all,
So there's that. Yeah, I'm not sure that eighteen really
does much were you except for now you are considered
(01:28):
an adult. So what does it feel like as a
new artist to have your debut song in the top twenty.
It's so unreal. I mean, I just put out this
first collection of music in February and it's now November,
so it's all seemed to happen really fast, and it's
I don't even know if I can put it in
(01:48):
the right words, but it's incredible. Was he wrote the
song with Cameron James and Laura Veltz And so how
did the idea come about for the song? So there
had been a lot of moments in my career being
a young girl. And you know, I started doing carrits
in Nashville when I was fourteen, so and I started
doing gigs when I was eleven. So you know, picture
a little girl with the guitar like, well, who, I
(02:09):
have big hopes and dreams and I'm going to be
an artist and all of these things, and so there
were a lot of moments where people kind of doubted
me for that, and so I wanted to write a
song as a new artist that introduced me in a
really bold, fun, confident way, and we got It's because
I Am. Well, yeah, that's a song we're talking about.
It's because I Am, and we're gonna play it now.
(02:30):
Here's Callista Clark on Women of iHeart Country. If I
ain't watching, that's sill the fundament. I'm a woman. That's okay.
Stand if I seem so complicated. Boy, yeah, it's because
I Am. It goes. I am in studio now with
(02:57):
Calista Clark and she's got her guitar, which is awesome.
Want't strummt so that every you can hear my guitar
And she's about to perform a cover of baby Girl
from Sugarland. You probably know that song came out in
two thousand and three, and that's actually the same year
you were born. It sure is oah, So when do
you remember hearing this song for the first time? Well,
(03:20):
growing up my whole family, we've always been like super
huge Sugarland fans, and I believe the first song that
I ever heard by them was Stuck Like Glue, and
I immediately loved that song. But I had also heard
about Jennifer Nettles through four age. We were both in
the same full age performing arts group. It's called Clovers
(03:40):
and Company, and it's where all these kids from the
age of I believe thirteen through eighteen, and you know,
we all play these instruments and sing and dance. It's
like show choir type thing. And so I'd heard about
her my whole life, and I heard Baby Girl and
it was, you know, about hopes and dreams and making
it in Nashville and making as an artist. And so
(04:01):
obviously that's the one that's always been my favorite. And
I got to sing that one with her when I
was twelve, so it's always been one that's super special.
And so is it your parents that got you into
country music? Yes, I grew up singing in church, so
that's the first place that I ever sang at. But
I've also been listening to eighties and nineties country since
for as long as I can remember. And I would
(04:21):
go around places and sing at really small venues with
my siblings and we would do yeah, eighties and nineties
country and motown a classic rock, and I started listening
to the more current country the older I got, and
it's a really big part of me. How many siblings
do you have? I have too. So I have an
older brother and he's nineteen and a little sister and
(04:41):
she just turned fifteen, and y'all all play yes, So
y'all could just form a little family bandage. Yeah. I
always would sing around places with them and do three
part harmony and all of those kinds of things. But
the older they got, the more they were kind of like,
you know what, like this is you have fun with that.
But honestly, I feel like it's kind of what had
happened because growing up I was always really shy, and
(05:04):
so I feel like if they wouldn't have done that,
I don't know if I would, if I would have
had the courage to do that. You know. Yeah, Well,
how about we play baby Girl right now? You want to,
let's do it? Okay? Here is Callista Clark covering baby
Girl by sugar Land on Women of by Heart Country.
(05:33):
They say this town the star step on night, Well,
I don't know, can't see them for the glow of
the kneeon lights Well, it's a long way from here
to the place where the home fires burned with its
two thousand miles and one lift to your mom and dad.
(05:57):
Please some money, I'm so broke that it ain't funny. Well,
I don't need much, just enough to get me throughe
Please don't worry, because I'm Alrightsy I'm playing here at
the bar now this time, gonna make her dreams come true. Well,
(06:20):
I love you more than anything in the world. Love
your baby, girl, Yeah, your baby, go your baby. God
(07:02):
drink us, come shoe. So Klissa, you're from Zebula and Georgia,
population one thousand and seventy eight. So what's there to
do there? Nothing? Absolutely nothing. You have to go to
the city above us called Griffin to do anything like
(07:22):
grocery shop. There's literally nothing. And then how far after
Griffin to get to Like is that where a Walmart
would be? Or okay, yes, that's where everything As we
go there a lot, so y'all probably still do the
whole I was thinking about this the other day. If
I need a cup of sugar, I just go to
the store and get a cup of sugar, like gone
or the days at least where I live where you
(07:43):
go to the neighbor to get a cup of sugar
and egg. But that probably still goes on. Yeah, it
definitely does. I love that. I know, it's so sweet.
So when did you learn to play the guitar? I
have been playing guitar since I was eleven. The first
instrument I learned was ukulele and I was ten, and
so yeah, I just love music and I love learning
(08:03):
different things. Okay, I read somewhere that you self taught
your self how to play eight different instruments. Yeah, I
believe it's a I got really bored during Quarantine, I
mean yeah, and plus there's nothing to do in your
in your hometown. But um, so what are those like
a piano? Lately? What is this list of instruments? Okay,
(08:23):
let's see ukulele, guitar, piano, bass, if you count electric
guitar being separate, yeah, why not? You know it's kind
of different, U six string banjo, mandolin, and then a
keytar that one you know, Like I said, Quarantine, I
feel like that's all I have to say about. What
is a keytar for those of us that don't know, So,
(08:45):
it's a keyboard that you play like a guitar. Okay,
hold it and that's like on your hip, it's kind
of okay, think of eighties keytar. That's what it is.
I'm picturing it now. So which one are you best at? Mmm?
I would say acoustic guitar. That's the one I play
the most, for sure. And when it comes to writing songs,
(09:06):
you wrote your first one at eleven. So what was
that called and what was it about? It was called
Wildfire and it started off as a poem for a
school poetry contest and my mom read it, and she
had been writing songs for church and things like that,
and she had been trying to get me to write songs,
but I, for some reason, was really scared to do that.
(09:26):
I guess because I thought since I was so young,
nobody would believe anything that I was writing about, or like,
no one would want to hear my stories anyway. And
so she read that and was like, we definitely need
to turn this into a song, and that's what we did.
I love that. And then when it came down to
you posting covers on YouTube, whose idea was that? It
was my idea. I started doing social media just to
(09:48):
keep in touch with my friends in different performing arts
groups like I was telling you about and things like that,
just posting, oh, here's this song, this is what stuck
in my head today. And I would just be in
my pajamas and like not even brush my hand and
just be really laid back and chill and just post
really last minute covers of things. And I guess the
one that most people would know me from is my
cover of have You Ever Seen the Rain? By Credence
(10:10):
Clearwater Revival. I was at the beach with my family
and my granddad said I should bring back some CCR.
It was a song that my brother used to sing
when we would play gigs and stuff, and so it
was really last minute. I'm like scrolling on my phone
in the video looking at the chords. But yeah, and
then what about TikTok? When did you decide to hop
on that? Hm? I feel like it was longer ago
(10:33):
than I think because of last year of being like
so strange. But let's say I think it was like
two or three years ago. Now. I love TikTok and
at first I was like, no, I'm not going to
do it because I know I'm gonna be so addicted
to it. And here we are now my friend describes
TikTok as the last happy place left online. Yeah. Yeah,
(10:55):
there is so much on there that can be positive.
But when it comes to comments from people online, what's
number one comment that you're most tired of hearing? Oh,
like a negative one? Yeah, or just any anything that's
referencing you that I need to gain weight? Oh that one,
that's a good one. You know what, I'm just gonna
go ahead and say here and now, and you can
(11:15):
agree with me, Like, we just need to stop commenting
on people's bodies, period. I think that's a good rule.
I do. Yeah, I agree, or like, yes, eat a
burger not necessary. Yeah, And for some reason, people feel
the need to comment on people's bodies no matter which
way it's swinging, they have something to say. And in general,
we just need to stop commenting about bodies period. Grew
(11:37):
with that rule. And it's always a burger. It's never
any other fattening food. It's always it's always that. I
don't get it. It's people's go to and just gotta stop.
I'm in studio now with Calista Clark, and she's got
her guitar and she's about to perform a cover of
the Bones by Maren Morris, which is such a good one.
So how has Maren inspired you as an artist? Maren
(11:58):
is one of my favorite country singers. She's just so
powerful and I also I love women who do it all,
women who play instruments and write songs and have incredible vocals,
and she's definitely one of those women. Have you had
a chance to meet Marin yet? Not yet. I met
Ryan Yes, Yes, which is Marin's husband who's also a
(12:19):
singer song Yes, So that was cool and he knew
who I was. So maybe I'm a little closer to
Marin knowing who Yeah, No, for sure, and it's only
a matter of time before you come across her. Well,
that would be amazing. I really do love her in
her music. So if you could put together a dream tour,
like an all female country tour, like, what artists would
(12:40):
you put on the lineup with you? M Well, Maren
for sure, definitely, Marion Morris, Jennifer Nettles, let's go girl power.
And then to Neil Arts. I just got to be
a part of her brand new album and it's really
incredible And I love to Neil. She's so sweet. Oh yeah,
we love her too, Okay, that'd be a good one.
So once you let us know, because we're all gonna
(13:02):
want to come. Okay, all right, are you ready to
cover the song? Here's Calista Clark The Bones by Marion Morrison.
Women are buy her Country in the home stretch of
(13:26):
the hard times. We took a hard left. We're all right,
all that shot can try to put off through it,
but we build this right. So butting's that gonna move it?
(13:49):
When the bones are good, the rest allmat together. Painker
Bill Glass could shodow let it right because you went,
I'm in the set. When they ain't a cruck in
the foundation, they'd be on any storm if they sent
will blode it all the while we stay put the
(14:12):
house off, all in the bomb. Good, so good, thank you.
So how long after you did the whole TikTok thing
YouTube whatnot that the record deal came into play? I okay,
so it's actually pretty crazy. I the way I remember
(14:34):
it is, I went to public school in like sixth grade,
and then I decided that I wanted to be homeschooled.
So my first year being homeschool was seventh grade. And
I started posting covers and doing things like that, and
not thinking anything of it. I don't think I fully
realized how big social media could be, and so I
was just posting really last minute, not thinking anything of it,
and I posted the have you ever seen the rain cover?
(14:55):
When I was thirteen, and like lit early, Scooter Braun,
my manager, and his partner Alison Kay saw it, and
then literally a week later, I was at Scooter's house.
So it was just like it all happened so fast,
and I am still processing that. It's so crazy. No,
(15:16):
I mean that's pretty crazy. I mean, did you ever
ask him, like when you're sitting in this house, like,
how in the world did you come across my video?
So Alison Kay is the one that saw it first,
and then she showed it to him and I don't
even know. I think somebody just tagged her in it.
It's crazy how social media works. Oh my goodness. All right,
So now we're going to fast forward to the here
and now, which is cool because you're going on tour
with Maddie and Tay. It's the CMT Next Woman of
(15:38):
a country tour, All song, no Static, which is gonna
be cool. So how do you prepare for a tour
like that? I try not to freak out. No, but
I love Maddie and Tay so much and it's really
special that I'm getting to go out on the road
with them. I myself am just like, I'm so excited
to be on the road every night and playing my
music in front of actual people after quarantine and not
(16:00):
seeing people in doing zoom and all of those kinds
of things. I could not be any more excited for it.
Do you have to do something to prepare your vocals
for something like that? I mean, you're so young that
it's like, oh, maybe you don't have to do what
some other artists have to do, But would you what's
something that's necessary before you hit the stage? I definitely
do you know, like the yoga, the staying calm, the
vocal warm ups, and then you even have to like
(16:22):
vocal cool down. Like there's a lot of things, say
really hydrated, all the things. You definitely have to be
on top of it because it's a lot. Do you
mentioned the yoga. Do you do you have something you
try to practice daily that helps keep you calm, especially
being so excited about a tour, or breathing exercises, all
the things you just said. Honestly, yoga. I just have
(16:43):
this app on my phone. It's nothing fancy, so it's
just something that I try and do as much as
I can. And also something that I've found that really
helps me is all like throw something with someone before
I go on stage. It takes my mind off of
it and it's just something I don't know, it's really relaxing. No,
it's a sensory thing. Yeah, Like my kid's therapists have
even talked about it like too, just so kind of
(17:03):
if there is like my son in particular, like if
there's stuff going on with him or he's not regulated,
like we can go outside and throw a ball as
hard as possible and something will reset him. That's right. Nice, Yeah,
I so hear you heard it here. If you've got
something going on, or you you have like nerves, or
you're something you're dealing with, I've heard too, you can
just if you don't have a ball to throw, or
(17:25):
you don't have anywhere to like throw it against anything
or someone to throw with, you can just go get
an ice cube out of the freezer and chunk it,
Oh my god, side as hard as possible. I've never
even thought about that, but I feel like it would work. Yeah,
you heard it here. Um, you're also gonna be doing
a few dates with Scott and McCreary, which is cool.
The same truck tour and that's next year. And he
was on American Idol. Did you ever think about auditioning
(17:46):
for a show like that? I did, But honestly, for me,
it's just something that I've seen that and I've watched
all those shows and I really really love it. We
still watch the Voice in American all of those every
single season, especially now that Ariana grandees the Voice. What
oh yeah she went? Who is she one of your favorites? Yes?
I love her. I haven't met her yet, but what
(18:08):
an icon maybe one day. I love Kelly Clarkson. She's
nice that They're all great. Okay, Well, Callista, thank you
so much for hanging out with me this weekend. If
y'all want to follow Calista on TikTok and Instagram is
just at Callista Clark and you can check out her
new Real to Me ep, which is so awesome. We
just want to encourage you. Like the women that you
(18:29):
hear on the show, you've got to support them. We've
got the new up and coming artists, the ones that
have you know, already paved the way for girls like
Calissa Um. We got throwbacks, but supporting these up and
coming women is where it's at. Right Kalistas, I totally agree.
Thank you so much for having me, Thanks for coming women.
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