October 25, 2024 • 18 mins
Gabi Sklar Drops By The NYC Dunkin Music Lounge!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, everyone that's checking us out online, appreciate it. This
is our dunkin music lounge. My name is Maxwell, But
most importantly, I'm sitting next to a dear friend of mine.
Local love that you are right here in New York.
Girlfriend is Gabby Sklar. How are you, homie.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm so good now.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
The smile is always big. As I very much mentioned
growing up here in New York Long Island to be exact,
do you consider that New York.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I always just got out there. If I'm out of town,
people are like, where are you from? I like New York,
you know, but then when you say Long Island it
sounds a little less cool. But nonetheless I still wrap
my Long Island. So shout out to any Long Island.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It is home and your growth. For those that are
watching and don't know, we've had a chance to have
amazing conversations in the past. Your growth through your musical
journey has been something truly special. So I guess we
should maybe start with when When did you know that
music was gonna be the thing that was? And to
feel your heart?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I like to say that like you kind of look
for the thing that's your purpose, But I feel like
sometimes equally that finds you. Yeah, when I was a kid,
I just like loved to play piano. We had this
dusty piano that was passed down from generations.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
In my childhood home. No one knew how to play it,
and one day I just sat down kept hitting keys.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Eventually something made sense, and then I took it more seriously,
started writing when I was thirteen, started flying to LA
with sessions, and then.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, the rest is history a period. It kind of
just happened.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
What does one write about at thirteen?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I I thought I was like, really really living. I
was writing about breakups and love and all these struggles
and I was seven years old, and of course people
can experience that at any age, yes, but I never
went through any.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Of those emotions.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I was like, these words sound beautiful, let's put them together.
They were trash, But then like you really live a
little and then suddenly things make sense and things are
really beautiful. And I think even like your music taste changes.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And yeah, so to go through that and to find
your musical taste changing, to find you know, the direction
that your heart is leading you in, and to create
from that space as a songwriter, Like how cool is it?
To sit there at a dusty piano even and you know,
just put those words together that you don't think makes sense,
but they do, because that's just where your heart is
(02:23):
to now, to be able to really tap in and
learn who you are and create from that space. From
a songwriter's perspective, what is that like when you accomplish
those goals and you put those songs out for the world.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
There's no better feeling like really seeing the process all
the way through. I think like something starts as simple
as a voice note or a little song title and
my whatever and my memos, and I would honestly be
very embarrassed if anyone saw my voice memos or my notes.
But you know, it starts small and then all of
a sudden, like when you're listening to that first demo
(02:56):
and you're driving home or back from the studio, it's
so amazing. And even like playing that live and then
hearing people sing the words and bring it to a
live space is really it's so special.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Let's talk about some of those and it's the cliche
question when we're getting to learn about you know, artistry
and who you are, But some of those folks that
you listened to when you were growing up that you
just fell in love with their sound, with their presence,
with their stories. Who were some of those musical influences
of yours.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I feel like it's changed so much.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
But even like growing up, I remember listening to Z
one hundred in the car all the time. All American
Rejects was actually the moment when I heard that song,
there's like two piano notes. That's what influenced me to
go back to my piano that day when I was
like seven or eight years old and start playing it.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Was that in trying to win jingle ball tickets.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Probably of course, and my sisters and we were all
going for it, but that it was also like Wicked soundtrack,
Celine Dion, Hillary Duff, Like there was such a vast mix,
and I feel like you can kind of tell it
trickled into like my tastes into my twenties for sure.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So yeah, and with that, you know, to learn from
those artists to grow your sound, not to emulate, but
to you know, use that as a as a north star,
that sound that you heard, whether it was All American
Rejects or it was, like you said, the salines to
navigate through all this and to find you, Like, how
how cool is that? Because there are some differences between
(04:24):
the first EPs to you know where we are now?
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Definitely, I think like it just comes with living, Like
you really live and you experience and you learn and
grow along the way. And I think even like writing
things that you realize are not for you sure help
you kind of navigate what is.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
And yeah, it's just been amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I love like looking back at artists that have influenced
me and things in life that have influenced me.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And it definitely translates to the song right now.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
And that's one of the questions I have written down here,
like what have you what have you noticed about yourself?
From the Heartbreaking Heaven ep to now being America's most wanted.
I mean there's a there's a difference in there's a
difference in who Gabby is.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah, I think like there's both sides, and I think
it's important to address like people are so multi dimensional.
We have so much about us, especially like women, like
we have so many different layers, and especially going into
your twenties, you discover so much about yourself. So I
think like while the first EP, Heartbreak in Heaven is
like a very deep, very much a lot with.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Love and loss, and.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
The America's Most Want is just so much more fun
and you put the windows down and listen to it. It
pays homage to like all of the greats and female
pop and rock, and I still have both sides for sure,
for sure, it's just sometimes certain sides come out more.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
But that that's about finding and learning. You know who
you are and where you are at that time. Yeah,
you know, feeling that that openness and that that emotional
vulnerability in heartbreaks and heaven that that's one. But now
to hear a song like me tune in just a
little big, I mean the seventh. They've been on repeat
for me for a while now because we're fam But
(06:04):
I wrote down right here that persona is it's giving
Fleetwood Mac, you know what I mean. And I'm sure
I'm sure you've heard that a couple of times or
have you not?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
No? I have, And it's okay, such a tremendous compliment
because like one of the greats I was referring to
with the America's Most Wanted was obviously Stevie Nick. I mean,
she's an icon, we love her, but yeah, I think
it was like important for me to play up that
duality that like coming off of that last project that
was a little more somber, being like okay, well, there's
(06:33):
also so much like rock influence that I love, and
I want to make a project that I can listen
back to and be like, oh, that's the music I
love to hear and that's what.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I grew up on.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Now, even with the Creative because there's a couple of
different album covers. I mean, we see one where you
know what I mean, we got the Heart, we got
the but then it's like, all right, all of a sudden,
you got a mug shot, Like yeah, like like let's
crack it there. To watch the creative, to to be
a part of the creative, to to know who you
are and to want to have every you know, every
(07:05):
part of who you are displayed. Like how fun is
it to be in that creative space and watching that
come to life?
Speaker 3 (07:12):
It's so fun, especially because I'm an independent artist, so
like a lot of basically every single idea kind of
trickles from me. And then of course I have like
a beautiful team of people that helped me to like
bring that vision to life. But it's funny because even
in like the mugshot photo, I'm low key like six
four and I'm actually five too, and I didn't Yeah,
(07:32):
I didn't catch it either, And then I was like
I printed into vinyl and like people are like, wait
a minute, it's enlarge now, six six four. It's like
I think, I think you're like at least a foot
shorter than that.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
But yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Fun, it's fun. It's where you are in that space.
Let's let's talk about the songs that are in this
particular body of work. What do these songs? As you said,
it's fun, drop the top down, you know what I mean,
you're getting that kind of energy. But like, where were
you at when you were creating these songs and why now?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I had taken a trip to Sweden.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
A lot of the writers I love to work with
are from Sweden, and we were just there in like
the dead of winter, where I feel like a lot
of the time, like industries shut down for the holidays,
and we were like no, like we just feel like
a family. We love to just create for fun. It's
just like friends writing and hanging out. But in Sweden,
we were snowed into the studio and we just started
writing like a body of songs that naturally paved.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Its own direction. And I think like on the board
we had written Twilight was an influence.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
The soundtrack for Twilight, all right, Fleetwood, Mac Gotcha, Dolly Abba,
so many, so many different influences, and it just, yeah,
it just piece itself together.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
To know that you were able to follow your heart
into put some of those big names on a board
and to you know, and I don't know, and to
really you know, solidly step into that but make it
your own. Is that a difficult thing or is it
you know, from you know, a creative space. I've never
tried to write a song, and many people they've never
(09:06):
you know, thought about putting a feeling to melody. But
to know that you have those icons on the board
and that you have done a good job being yourself
but melding that together, yeah, is it tough to get there?
Speaker 3 (09:17):
You just at your times, I think, like to be
quite honest, there's definitely waves, and I think we're always
growing and developing, and that's like the hope is you
want to just evolve to the next version.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Of who you were.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
So there are times, but I think also like sometimes
it just feels really right. And I think being in
an environment where you're super comfortable with the people that
you're making music with is so important. And you know,
I've had the flip of the coin and it's you know,
it translates in the music.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
It's not good, but yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Feel like I've gotten now to a place where I'm comfortable,
which means that I have to keep pushing until I'm
uncomfortable and you keep growing.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
That's the tough part, is is you. And I'm so
enamored by so many artists who are able to take
those emotions that aren't the easiest to sing about or
talk or talk about first, and then sing about them
and then have to repeat and relive those stories. So
I just think that the courage and the bravery that
comes along with doing that, it's such a special superpower
(10:15):
that I'm just so, like I said, blown away when
I get to see the show come to life and
then the fans take their own stories and connect them
to what you were going through. Yes, how cool is
that from your vision on the stage To see people
just really dial into your words and make them their own.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
It's really emotional.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
I have one song on my first epre Heartbreak in
Heaven where I played it live for the first time
and I almost couldn't get through it. And it's crazy
because it's, you know, like I've rehearsed it so many times.
It had been a couple months since I wrote the song,
and it's just seeing people's reaction too, just like feeling
a certain energy in the rooms big or small, Like
(10:58):
it's just it's very emotional, just kind of you don't
forget the place where you started.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I've been there. I've seen the show come to life.
I vividly in my mind right now, or I'm seeing
that leopard print jersey and being on the road just
not too long ago, and here in New York City
with our buddy Jonah formerly with why Don't We Too.
I remember seeing the digital come together where he asked
(11:23):
you to be a part of the show. When you
get that call and you get to be there to
support a friend and he's there to support you as well,
Like how full of a you know, heart do you
have in those moments?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I mean I didn't know Jonah in person, and so
my team was like, yeah, like Jonah wants to reach
out and give you a call. I knew that he
was looking for an opener, and I wanted to be
that opener so badly, especially in New York at con
Mercy Theater, Like I had so much pride in that.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
And so I get a FaceTime call, not knowing what
was going on. He's like, do you want to just
like open for me on my show? I'm like yes
from my phone, I'm like yes, A thousand times yes.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
And it was just like such a special experience and
there's no one I would have rather opened for.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
He's a great guy.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Before we get to some music here, homie, and we'll
double back after the performance. But yeah, more live shows,
looking forward to doing that. What's twenty twenty five starting
to shape up to be? Which is another thing kind
of crazy that we're talking about twenty twenty five, Like
why don't we have flying cars by now?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I know like that part, it's scary, it goes by
so fast.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I'm more music, more live shows, I feel like, similar
to last year, but hopefully coming to even more cities
near whoever's watching, and more New York shows.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Of course we're.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Here for it, dude. I you know what, man, this
is a situation for where does that power. Where's that emotion,
where's that voice come from? Your five? Zero?
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Okay five two? Give me those two heard?
Speaker 1 (12:59):
No?
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Sometimes thank you? Honestly, you just you.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
You live, Yeah, you live, and you learn and you
feel your trumas and they come out in music and
it's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
You're you, and that's what's really special. But listen, it's
not just you. I mean, show love to who's sitting
right there immediately to your.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
One time Yeah, absolutely, yeah, legend.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
This is this is like, this is so this is
so cool. One of the things before we wrap up here,
I want to talk about the amazing success on social
media and utilizing you know, platforms like Instagram and TikTok
to connect I mean, very much like you said, uh
for the song, is that everybody you find that way
through emotion through music to connect to so many people,
(13:45):
folks that don't even know English as their first language,
but you're able to utilize, gosh, the platform like Instagram,
like TikTok to really get out there. How fun is
it to see that piece and it's somebody that lives
in Kuala Lampour.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
It's so crazy because I am quite literally sending out
merch right after this to Japan to like Illinois, yeah, Illinois,
to and comments and France, and I'm like, that's crazy
that all of these orders just pinged and they're from
quite literally everywhere in the world, and it's such a
beautiful thing. Social media is one of those things where
(14:23):
it's funny because you can try to study the math
of it and try to figure out what works and
it doesn't. And it's always the imperfect moments where you're like,
I don't think I'm gonna post this.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
I don't know, like you critique yourself.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
And what's so beautiful is that about that is that's
what ends up resonating because there's a rawness and a
realness and yeah, I'm just so grateful for my platform.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
There's there's an authenticity to it. You know, there's a
there's a stairwell that a lot of people freaking know, like, man,
the acoustics in here are really fire, you know, and
that's what that's what So to come to a stairwell
near you, Yeah, what's it about that series? How fun
is it just to you know, park your butt in
a random stay and.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
A random stairwell well.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
That's the thing, Like watch your stairwells. Be careful because
there might be someone who looks just like us, is
obviously not us singing a song that sounds like mine.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
That's not but it's it's just fun.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
I think it's just being spontaneous and taking advantage of
a moment.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
And also, like the acoustics are really good, So it can't.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Complain when when you're thinking about the covers, where you're
thinking about the songs that you love to bring to
life and put your personal spin on it, how does
that process go? Like I can imagine there are so
many videos in the drafts.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Yes, I keep getting the notification that my storage is
almost full and that I have to delete things, and
I have like so many of the same take that
I just I'm hoarding for no reason at all.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
That would be like my seasonal cleaning.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
I just love listening to different playlists or like thinking
of artists that I love who really sing and like
connect in their soul and like you just feel it.
It could just be plain vocals, nothing in the background,
no instruments, and you just really feel it to your core.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
So those are the songs that are usually like my favorite.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
But also I'll be standing in the line for like
a coffee a donkey at the airport, and sometimes I
just hear a song playing and I'm like, you know
what that would that'd be a fun cover, So you
just go with it.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Really just comes from wherever.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
All right, speaking of Duncan before we get out of
this year Dunkey Music Lounge, I got a dunk in question.
I'm gonna go to the both of y'all. All right,
so we're we're hanging out, you know. Answer, Yeah, well
we'll see all right. So you're kicking it hanging out,
you know what I mean, And you're pulling up to
the front of that line at the Duncan and you
want to grab a nice ice coffee. Yeah, who would
(16:37):
be that person, that famous, that celebrity that you would
love to see behind the counter serve you up your
ice coffee, caramel, little almond milk in it.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
So that.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
That is the right answering. Oh my gosh, I.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
No fun answer and it's you or my mom.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
But yeah, yeah, probably it's just nice when we have
like a nice friendly face, we probably have the same
coffee order. And I think so, yeah, fellow New Yorkers, Yeah,
oh my god, I.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Think that's my answer.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Are you also saying me you all say you know
I got someone Bruno Mars imagine that would be hey,
can I get your order at right there?
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Oh man, I don't know if we're gonna be able
to I hope so, I mean, it's always an open
door policy, but I hope you to see each other here. No, no,
I was gonna finish my question. That has nothing to
do with that.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Just I want to say, like, this is your family
and you know here with ZE one hundred and iHeartRadio
New York like it's it's always you. Just shoot me
a text message. I'll make sure that the key card
work is to let you guys come and hang Like seriously,
this can't be the last time that we hang before
at the end of the year. How crazy that we're
again going back to what we said earlier getting ready
for twenty twenty five. Crazy, But man, I just want
(17:55):
to put that out there and let you know that
you have a forever home here and if I have
to be the one behind the counter, you know what
I mean serving you up?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Do you make a good coffee?
Speaker 1 (18:03):
I'm solid? Yeah, yeah, my latte game is really it's
very specific, it tastes, it's consistent.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
I trust him, I trust you.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
That's me.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
There you go. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Everyone is checking us out. Oh before we go, homie,
let's make sure we drop all your actual factuals and
we make sure that we're following the right Gabby.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Slar on so you can follow me in my music
journey at g A b I s k l a
R Sclar rhymes a star on all social platforms TikTok, Instagram.
Thank you guys so much at home or wherever for
tuning in and.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Noes music, but follow Gabby.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Thank you so much for having me. This is so fun.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Enjoy a chocolate munchkin and a latte at home or
wherever you are on the go.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
There it is, See you, lady skaters,
Hey, everyone that's checking us out online, appreciate it. This
is our dunkin music lounge. My name is Maxwell, But
most importantly, I'm sitting next to a dear friend of mine.
Local love that you are right here in New York.
Girlfriend is Gabby Sklar. How are you, homie.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm so good now.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
The smile is always big. As I very much mentioned
growing up here in New York Long Island to be exact,
do you consider that New York.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I always just got out there. If I'm out of town,
people are like, where are you from? I like New York,
you know, but then when you say Long Island it
sounds a little less cool. But nonetheless I still wrap
my Long Island. So shout out to any Long Island.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It is home and your growth. For those that are
watching and don't know, we've had a chance to have
amazing conversations in the past. Your growth through your musical
journey has been something truly special. So I guess we
should maybe start with when When did you know that
music was gonna be the thing that was? And to
feel your heart?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I like to say that like you kind of look
for the thing that's your purpose, But I feel like
sometimes equally that finds you. Yeah, when I was a kid,
I just like loved to play piano. We had this
dusty piano that was passed down from generations.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
In my childhood home. No one knew how to play it,
and one day I just sat down kept hitting keys.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Eventually something made sense, and then I took it more seriously,
started writing when I was thirteen, started flying to LA
with sessions, and then.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, the rest is history a period. It kind of
just happened.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
What does one write about at thirteen?
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I I thought I was like, really really living. I
was writing about breakups and love and all these struggles
and I was seven years old, and of course people
can experience that at any age, yes, but I never
went through any.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Of those emotions.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
I was like, these words sound beautiful, let's put them together.
They were trash, But then like you really live a
little and then suddenly things make sense and things are
really beautiful. And I think even like your music taste changes.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And yeah, so to go through that and to find
your musical taste changing, to find you know, the direction
that your heart is leading you in, and to create
from that space as a songwriter, Like how cool is it?
To sit there at a dusty piano even and you know,
just put those words together that you don't think makes sense,
but they do, because that's just where your heart is
(02:23):
to now, to be able to really tap in and
learn who you are and create from that space. From
a songwriter's perspective, what is that like when you accomplish
those goals and you put those songs out for the world.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
There's no better feeling like really seeing the process all
the way through. I think like something starts as simple
as a voice note or a little song title and
my whatever and my memos, and I would honestly be
very embarrassed if anyone saw my voice memos or my notes.
But you know, it starts small and then all of
a sudden, like when you're listening to that first demo
(02:56):
and you're driving home or back from the studio, it's
so amazing. And even like playing that live and then
hearing people sing the words and bring it to a
live space is really it's so special.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Let's talk about some of those and it's the cliche
question when we're getting to learn about you know, artistry
and who you are, But some of those folks that
you listened to when you were growing up that you
just fell in love with their sound, with their presence,
with their stories. Who were some of those musical influences
of yours.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
I feel like it's changed so much.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
But even like growing up, I remember listening to Z
one hundred in the car all the time. All American
Rejects was actually the moment when I heard that song,
there's like two piano notes. That's what influenced me to
go back to my piano that day when I was
like seven or eight years old and start playing it.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Was that in trying to win jingle ball tickets.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Probably of course, and my sisters and we were all
going for it, but that it was also like Wicked soundtrack,
Celine Dion, Hillary Duff, Like there was such a vast mix,
and I feel like you can kind of tell it
trickled into like my tastes into my twenties for sure.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
So yeah, and with that, you know, to learn from
those artists to grow your sound, not to emulate, but
to you know, use that as a as a north star,
that sound that you heard, whether it was All American
Rejects or it was, like you said, the salines to
navigate through all this and to find you, Like, how
how cool is that? Because there are some differences between
(04:24):
the first EPs to you know where we are now?
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Definitely, I think like it just comes with living, Like
you really live and you experience and you learn and
grow along the way. And I think even like writing
things that you realize are not for you sure help
you kind of navigate what is.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
And yeah, it's just been amazing.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I love like looking back at artists that have influenced
me and things in life that have influenced me.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
And it definitely translates to the song right now.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
And that's one of the questions I have written down here,
like what have you what have you noticed about yourself?
From the Heartbreaking Heaven ep to now being America's most wanted.
I mean there's a there's a difference in there's a
difference in who Gabby is.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yeah, I think like there's both sides, and I think
it's important to address like people are so multi dimensional.
We have so much about us, especially like women, like
we have so many different layers, and especially going into
your twenties, you discover so much about yourself. So I
think like while the first EP, Heartbreak in Heaven is
like a very deep, very much a lot with.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Love and loss, and.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
The America's Most Want is just so much more fun
and you put the windows down and listen to it. It
pays homage to like all of the greats and female
pop and rock, and I still have both sides for sure,
for sure, it's just sometimes certain sides come out more.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
But that that's about finding and learning. You know who
you are and where you are at that time. Yeah,
you know, feeling that that openness and that that emotional
vulnerability in heartbreaks and heaven that that's one. But now
to hear a song like me tune in just a
little big, I mean the seventh. They've been on repeat
for me for a while now because we're fam But
(06:04):
I wrote down right here that persona is it's giving
Fleetwood Mac, you know what I mean. And I'm sure
I'm sure you've heard that a couple of times or
have you not?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
No? I have, And it's okay, such a tremendous compliment
because like one of the greats I was referring to
with the America's Most Wanted was obviously Stevie Nick. I mean,
she's an icon, we love her, but yeah, I think
it was like important for me to play up that
duality that like coming off of that last project that
was a little more somber, being like okay, well, there's
(06:33):
also so much like rock influence that I love, and
I want to make a project that I can listen
back to and be like, oh, that's the music I
love to hear and that's what.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I grew up on.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Now, even with the Creative because there's a couple of
different album covers. I mean, we see one where you
know what I mean, we got the Heart, we got
the but then it's like, all right, all of a sudden,
you got a mug shot, Like yeah, like like let's
crack it there. To watch the creative, to to be
a part of the creative, to to know who you
are and to want to have every you know, every
(07:05):
part of who you are displayed. Like how fun is
it to be in that creative space and watching that
come to life?
Speaker 3 (07:12):
It's so fun, especially because I'm an independent artist, so
like a lot of basically every single idea kind of
trickles from me. And then of course I have like
a beautiful team of people that helped me to like
bring that vision to life. But it's funny because even
in like the mugshot photo, I'm low key like six
four and I'm actually five too, and I didn't Yeah,
(07:32):
I didn't catch it either, And then I was like
I printed into vinyl and like people are like, wait
a minute, it's enlarge now, six six four. It's like
I think, I think you're like at least a foot
shorter than that.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
But yeah, it's fun.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Fun, it's fun. It's where you are in that space.
Let's let's talk about the songs that are in this
particular body of work. What do these songs? As you said,
it's fun, drop the top down, you know what I mean,
you're getting that kind of energy. But like, where were
you at when you were creating these songs and why now?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
I had taken a trip to Sweden.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
A lot of the writers I love to work with
are from Sweden, and we were just there in like
the dead of winter, where I feel like a lot
of the time, like industries shut down for the holidays,
and we were like no, like we just feel like
a family. We love to just create for fun. It's
just like friends writing and hanging out. But in Sweden,
we were snowed into the studio and we just started
writing like a body of songs that naturally paved.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Its own direction. And I think like on the board
we had written Twilight was an influence.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
The soundtrack for Twilight, all right, Fleetwood, Mac Gotcha, Dolly Abba,
so many, so many different influences, and it just, yeah,
it just piece itself together.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
To know that you were able to follow your heart
into put some of those big names on a board
and to you know, and I don't know, and to
really you know, solidly step into that but make it
your own. Is that a difficult thing or is it
you know, from you know, a creative space. I've never
tried to write a song, and many people they've never
(09:06):
you know, thought about putting a feeling to melody. But
to know that you have those icons on the board
and that you have done a good job being yourself
but melding that together, yeah, is it tough to get there?
Speaker 3 (09:17):
You just at your times, I think, like to be
quite honest, there's definitely waves, and I think we're always
growing and developing, and that's like the hope is you
want to just evolve to the next version.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Of who you were.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
So there are times, but I think also like sometimes
it just feels really right. And I think being in
an environment where you're super comfortable with the people that
you're making music with is so important. And you know,
I've had the flip of the coin and it's you know,
it translates in the music.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
It's not good, but yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
Feel like I've gotten now to a place where I'm comfortable,
which means that I have to keep pushing until I'm
uncomfortable and you keep growing.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
That's the tough part, is is you. And I'm so
enamored by so many artists who are able to take
those emotions that aren't the easiest to sing about or
talk or talk about first, and then sing about them
and then have to repeat and relive those stories. So
I just think that the courage and the bravery that
comes along with doing that, it's such a special superpower
(10:15):
that I'm just so, like I said, blown away when
I get to see the show come to life and
then the fans take their own stories and connect them
to what you were going through. Yes, how cool is
that from your vision on the stage To see people
just really dial into your words and make them their own.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
It's really emotional.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
I have one song on my first epre Heartbreak in
Heaven where I played it live for the first time
and I almost couldn't get through it. And it's crazy
because it's, you know, like I've rehearsed it so many times.
It had been a couple months since I wrote the song,
and it's just seeing people's reaction too, just like feeling
a certain energy in the rooms big or small, Like
(10:58):
it's just it's very emotional, just kind of you don't
forget the place where you started.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I've been there. I've seen the show come to life.
I vividly in my mind right now, or I'm seeing
that leopard print jersey and being on the road just
not too long ago, and here in New York City
with our buddy Jonah formerly with why Don't We Too.
I remember seeing the digital come together where he asked
(11:23):
you to be a part of the show. When you
get that call and you get to be there to
support a friend and he's there to support you as well,
Like how full of a you know, heart do you
have in those moments?
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I mean I didn't know Jonah in person, and so
my team was like, yeah, like Jonah wants to reach
out and give you a call. I knew that he
was looking for an opener, and I wanted to be
that opener so badly, especially in New York at con
Mercy Theater, Like I had so much pride in that.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
And so I get a FaceTime call, not knowing what
was going on. He's like, do you want to just
like open for me on my show? I'm like yes
from my phone, I'm like yes, A thousand times yes.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
And it was just like such a special experience and
there's no one I would have rather opened for.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
He's a great guy.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Before we get to some music here, homie, and we'll
double back after the performance. But yeah, more live shows,
looking forward to doing that. What's twenty twenty five starting
to shape up to be? Which is another thing kind
of crazy that we're talking about twenty twenty five, Like
why don't we have flying cars by now?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I know like that part, it's scary, it goes by
so fast.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
I'm more music, more live shows, I feel like, similar
to last year, but hopefully coming to even more cities
near whoever's watching, and more New York shows.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Of course we're.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Here for it, dude. I you know what, man, this
is a situation for where does that power. Where's that emotion,
where's that voice come from? Your five? Zero?
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Okay five two? Give me those two heard?
Speaker 1 (12:59):
No?
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Sometimes thank you? Honestly, you just you.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
You live, Yeah, you live, and you learn and you
feel your trumas and they come out in music and
it's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
You're you, and that's what's really special. But listen, it's
not just you. I mean, show love to who's sitting
right there immediately to your.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
One time Yeah, absolutely, yeah, legend.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
This is this is like, this is so this is
so cool. One of the things before we wrap up here,
I want to talk about the amazing success on social
media and utilizing you know, platforms like Instagram and TikTok
to connect I mean, very much like you said, uh
for the song, is that everybody you find that way
through emotion through music to connect to so many people,
(13:45):
folks that don't even know English as their first language,
but you're able to utilize, gosh, the platform like Instagram,
like TikTok to really get out there. How fun is
it to see that piece and it's somebody that lives
in Kuala Lampour.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
It's so crazy because I am quite literally sending out
merch right after this to Japan to like Illinois, yeah, Illinois,
to and comments and France, and I'm like, that's crazy
that all of these orders just pinged and they're from
quite literally everywhere in the world, and it's such a
beautiful thing. Social media is one of those things where
(14:23):
it's funny because you can try to study the math
of it and try to figure out what works and
it doesn't. And it's always the imperfect moments where you're like,
I don't think I'm gonna post this.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
I don't know, like you critique yourself.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
And what's so beautiful is that about that is that's
what ends up resonating because there's a rawness and a
realness and yeah, I'm just so grateful for my platform.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
There's there's an authenticity to it. You know, there's a
there's a stairwell that a lot of people freaking know, like, man,
the acoustics in here are really fire, you know, and
that's what that's what So to come to a stairwell
near you, Yeah, what's it about that series? How fun
is it just to you know, park your butt in
a random stay and.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
A random stairwell well.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
That's the thing, Like watch your stairwells. Be careful because
there might be someone who looks just like us, is
obviously not us singing a song that sounds like mine.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
That's not but it's it's just fun.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
I think it's just being spontaneous and taking advantage of
a moment.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
And also, like the acoustics are really good, So it can't.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
Complain when when you're thinking about the covers, where you're
thinking about the songs that you love to bring to
life and put your personal spin on it, how does
that process go? Like I can imagine there are so
many videos in the drafts.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Yes, I keep getting the notification that my storage is
almost full and that I have to delete things, and
I have like so many of the same take that
I just I'm hoarding for no reason at all.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
That would be like my seasonal cleaning.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
I just love listening to different playlists or like thinking
of artists that I love who really sing and like
connect in their soul and like you just feel it.
It could just be plain vocals, nothing in the background,
no instruments, and you just really feel it to your core.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
So those are the songs that are usually like my favorite.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
But also I'll be standing in the line for like
a coffee a donkey at the airport, and sometimes I
just hear a song playing and I'm like, you know
what that would that'd be a fun cover, So you
just go with it.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Really just comes from wherever.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
All right, speaking of Duncan before we get out of
this year Dunkey Music Lounge, I got a dunk in question.
I'm gonna go to the both of y'all. All right,
so we're we're hanging out, you know. Answer, Yeah, well
we'll see all right. So you're kicking it hanging out,
you know what I mean, And you're pulling up to
the front of that line at the Duncan and you
want to grab a nice ice coffee. Yeah, who would
(16:37):
be that person, that famous, that celebrity that you would
love to see behind the counter serve you up your
ice coffee, caramel, little almond milk in it.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
So that.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
That is the right answering. Oh my gosh, I.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
No fun answer and it's you or my mom.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
But yeah, yeah, probably it's just nice when we have
like a nice friendly face, we probably have the same
coffee order. And I think so, yeah, fellow New Yorkers, Yeah,
oh my god, I.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
Think that's my answer.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
Are you also saying me you all say you know
I got someone Bruno Mars imagine that would be hey,
can I get your order at right there?
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Oh man, I don't know if we're gonna be able
to I hope so, I mean, it's always an open
door policy, but I hope you to see each other here. No, no,
I was gonna finish my question. That has nothing to
do with that.
Speaker 3 (17:33):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Just I want to say, like, this is your family
and you know here with ZE one hundred and iHeartRadio
New York like it's it's always you. Just shoot me
a text message. I'll make sure that the key card
work is to let you guys come and hang Like seriously,
this can't be the last time that we hang before
at the end of the year. How crazy that we're
again going back to what we said earlier getting ready
for twenty twenty five. Crazy, But man, I just want
(17:55):
to put that out there and let you know that
you have a forever home here and if I have
to be the one behind the counter, you know what
I mean serving you up?
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Do you make a good coffee?
Speaker 1 (18:03):
I'm solid? Yeah, yeah, my latte game is really it's
very specific, it tastes, it's consistent.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
I trust him, I trust you.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
That's me.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
There you go. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Everyone is checking us out. Oh before we go, homie,
let's make sure we drop all your actual factuals and
we make sure that we're following the right Gabby.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Slar on so you can follow me in my music
journey at g A b I s k l a
R Sclar rhymes a star on all social platforms TikTok, Instagram.
Thank you guys so much at home or wherever for
tuning in and.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Noes music, but follow Gabby.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
Thank you so much for having me. This is so fun.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Enjoy a chocolate munchkin and a latte at home or
wherever you are on the go.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
There it is, See you, lady skaters,
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