November 17, 2025 • 24 mins
Moliy on Shake It to the Max, Touring Dreams & Staying Grounded
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, Hello, I am at kryst odal Sas inside of
our Ze one hundred artist Interview Lounge presented by a
Celsius Energy Drinks. Today we are joined by an artist
whose unique blend of West African rhythms, afropop and dance.
Hollis taken over the world by storm, the voice behind
the viral smash Shake It to the Max, which has
racked over five hundred million streams and has been named
(00:24):
one of the top five songs of this year's summer.
She's performed on stages from BT Wars to Reggae Fest,
was crowned Billboards African Rookie of the Month, and now
she's back with her new single Body Goo, a high
energy anthem already making waves worldwide.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Hi Mollie, Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
You are so You're You're just your vibe is always
at max. I love it the Hareton soul.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Right, it's really cute. I've been wanting to do it
for a while. Finally did it.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, we need to get a nail cam too. This
is the cam to show off the claus. Look at
those cats here?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Does it?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Ain't it? Girls?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You've been in New York for a few days. How
does it feel coming back to the city.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
No, I might as well call that second home by now,
you know.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
What do you like to do in the city. Do
you like favorite spots or what is your you know, I'm.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Not that familiar just yet when it comes to just
like casual stuff. I do like a dinner at Miss
Lily's though, Okay Miss Lily's.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, uh uh, it's Caribbean food.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I need to go. I need to go. Well, thanks
for putting us on. Now, how are you feeling today?
I mean, you've been going NonStop this year, so how
are you?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Like?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Where are you at right now?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Right now? I'm feeling quite cool. Like I just I
just did like a.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Bunch of activities in London and I just got here.
It's been quite chill, so you know, I'm feeling the vibes. Also,
it's not that as cold as.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I thought it would be, So I'm like, okay, great.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, it's a hit or miss in the fall time. Yeah,
but then by like January, February, especially March, it's oh
you need that puff for girl, right. And now that
you've been able to get settled a little bit into
the stardom worlds, how's it been like? Traveling and all
the awesome things that you've been able to do this year.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Honestly, it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
But also it's like you never know so you're actually
doing it, how much it actually takes, you know, to do,
you know, touring and stuff. I find like doing stuff
like this, like meeting people and doing performances because like
prior to this year, I wasn't really doing much performing.
So obviously being in the moment now and having all
the experience and growing as an artist really really means
(02:36):
a lots. And also building relationships. Obviously a girl, when
I say, moving my suitcase from place to place gives
me anxiety. Oh my god, I'm just a girl, just
a girl, and I'm on the road with my super
great manager Teres, So like we're two ladies like on
the road, like just working it. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Let's talk about that. You said you wouldn't do much
performing until this year or so. Yeah, you grew up
with music though, I mean you have inspirations from all
over the world, So did you grow up writing, Like
when did your love for music start?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
It started like at a fairly young age. Like I
was also super like drawn to music. I would always
try and like rewrite or recreate like other people's songs.
I remember Taylor Swift was like a big one, like
I would try and recreate Taylor Swift like lyrics, like
using her melodies, rappers like Eminem I really loved.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, So I think I've always been really drawn to music.
I remember listening to music on repeat like for so long.
I would just be like John like in my headphones.
So I think a lot of that has just built
into like so many influences you know that I use
in my songwriting.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
So was that a secret weapon of yours? And talent?
Or did you go to open mics? Did you do
talent shows at school?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Well?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, okay, oh you did.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
There was one instance, just talk about it that didn't
go very well.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
What happened? I was just know, obviously trying to strut
my stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
It was like a school I guess you could say, uh,
what is it called? No, like you know how they
do miss missus USA or pageant?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Yeah, like a pageant show.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Yeah, so I enrolled in my talent was supposed to
be staying gay, but no, I totally had like stage fright.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I couldn't.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
I could barely get through the first line of the song,
like the song was watched, I fall up follow Ut, No,
it was Rihanna. Obviously I love Rihanna down, but yeah,
I don't think I was ready for Rihanna back then.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
That song.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
It was that song. I don't know why we know.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Who we were.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I knew it wasn't at a young age. My body
was just trying to play catch up.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
But yeah, I wasn't ready, you know it was. It
was very humiliating. I'm not gonna lie I cried, But yeah,
I think I just kept going.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
That's the thing. I can't really.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Middle school, elementary school, it was like high school.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
It was like.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Maybe the seventh grade.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yeah, oh you're a little yeah, but did your family,
like did your parents know that you liked Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And you were always singing at home.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Like on the way to school, on the way back
from school, like just.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
All the time.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
So then, how did Shake It to the Max come about?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
It came about at a point in my life where
I wasn't really releasing music as an artist. I think
I had taken like a one year kind of break
from releasing because I was trying to figure it out.
You know, I think the music business is something I'm
still like fairly learning, and I was just trying to
figure out, like how does it go to the next step.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Like I've been.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
A fairly like new artist for a while and I
just didn't know how I could take it to the
next level.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
But I knew I wanted it there.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
I also knew like, Okay, the sound I want to
make now is a sound that it's not gonna be chill.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
It's not gonna be relaxed.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
It's gonna get people to move, it's gonna be like
really fun. And I had connected with these producers Silent
Addi and Disco Neo, and they're really cool Jamaican producers.
So I knew like, Okay, if I link up with
these people, I can get a certain sound. I can
get you know, dance, salt dance, all music. So we
started working together consistently. We have like multiple multiple records together,
(06:27):
but that was the last one that we made. And yeah,
that's that's that's how it happened. I did it in Miami.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
And then did you so then you release a song.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Before I released the song, there was a long long
period of time where I was just teasing it, like
on social media. Let's say, I started teasing it last
year October, so I think for like two solid ones,
I was just putting out videos like every day, every day,
every day, and there was it had garnered so much attention.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
It had gone viral in some parts of.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Africa and Kenya, Uganda, and then it went viral in Jamaica.
So at that point, like I feel like there was
a lot of demand for it to be released. So
I finally released it in December that last year.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Oh, so it was already trickling in like.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
That was the original song though before the remix wowow.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
So then it's it's popping off and the song gets
released and then it's still like it's pumping now like
the beginning of the years going and you're seeing it
blow up even more and more.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, because so many artists were kind of hopping on
the beat, like you had Stephlan Dawn, like people had
made a Vibe Cartell version. Yeah, like there were so
many even Elephant Man from Jamaica. And then just like
you know, creators were is creating their own renditions, Like
it just got so popular that we knew like, no,
there's gonna be a remix, and this remix is going
(07:57):
to be massive.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
So how did you finally set on the remix that
you had control and wanted to hone in and the
names that you wanted to get in there.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I think Jamaica was a very big part of the
blow up of the song, so we definitely knew that
going with a Jamaican artists would be, you know, a
good way to go.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Initially we reached out to Sean Paul.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah, he was the first I think Jamaican artist we
thought would like be a great addition, but I don't
think the timelines were working for him. Yeah, I don't
think the timelins were right at the time. So then
the producer was in Jamaica at the time, Silent Addi
was in Jamaica and he met Skilly Bang. They spoke
about the song and that's how Skilly got on and
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I believe he knew Shansia's manager as well, So it
just kind of fell into place. And I think everyone
is really instrumental in making it happen, because even Shansia
and Skilly were madly promoting it like on social media,
and I think it had so many like legs of
life because yeah, because every time someone did something, it
(08:59):
just made it blow up all over again.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
We did eventually get Shan Fall to do a remix
as well, so wow, he eventually.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
And then the coolest part is that it was like
the anthem for Carnival, which was insane, Like everyone was
posting there was using that song. How did it feel
to be such an instrumental moment for this year's Carnival?
Speaker 2 (09:21):
It was?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It was incredible I got to do I got to
do the one in New York, the West Indies Parade.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah, I got to be on a float and performance
that was massive and amazing. I'm just glad I did that.
That was actually my first Carnival experience right here.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Yeah, how did it feel seeing like all parts of
the Caribbean and just like even Africa come together for that?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I can't even put it into words.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I'm just very glad that I have been able to
experience a firsthand. Like I've done multiple shows in different
Caribbean countries, so I've got to personally feel the love
and perform to the fan directly. I think that has
been the most incredible part for me. Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And then something that I thought was really closing that
Mister Beast turned hood mister Beast.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
At first, I didn't know what was happening because he didn't.
He wasn't the first one to do it. I think
someone just randomly put him in a cap cut edit
with the sound over it, and it just blew up.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
It blew up. I didn't fully get it.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
But then I'm just like, Okay, mister Beast just posted
a video and that just revived the virality all over again,
like it's crazy. And I got to meet him at
the VMA's.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
And yeah, it was. It was. It was pretty really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Yeah, what was it like meeting mister Beast?
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Where I was just like, Hi, it's me, remember me
from the viral challenge and he was like, oh my gosh, yes,
we should take a photo together. I'm like, absolutely, we
should take a photo together. I tried to get him
to do the dance, you know, the viral dance, but yeah,
he wasn't that it was not having it.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
But I'm like, that's fine, that's cool. I'll get you
next time. Yeah. I think it was actually really cool
meeting him.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Were there other artists or celebs that you met that
you just first shook um?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Hmmm, there was. There was a couple, most definitely.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
I just I met Zarah Larson. She was like a
couple of seats away from me. That was cool, But yeah, no,
I think mostly I was thrown in front of a
lot of press, so I was just like, you know, showing.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Face that hey, Molly's here, Molly's in the building.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
And it was my first time, so everything was basically
brand new to me, the whole experience.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I know that you are shouting out the pard you
did here in New York City? Was there another oh
my gosh, I can't believe I'm doing this moment that
has stuck out to you so far.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
It was like my first show at the Barclays Center.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah, it was like a huge thing.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Me, Skilly, Shancia and Vice Cartel on the same stage
like with Shickens and the Max booming to what twenty
thousand people?
Speaker 2 (12:07):
It was incredible.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
That was like, yeah, my first time performing at you know,
a venue like that.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
What is little Molly that's like, you know, crying after
the seventh grade talent show? Like what is she thinking
seeing you? Now?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
You know, I think she might be very proud of me,
you know, I don't know if she ever knew It
was remotely possible.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
To come this far in this period of time.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
But like, I just want to say shout out to
her for consuming as much music as she did at
that time for no reason, just by pure enjoyment. Because yeah,
I think part of Little Molly's love for music is
what has brought me here.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
I mean, they're calling your record a global anthem for
the girls.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yes, for the baddies, yep, yep, yep.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
What does that mean to you?
Speaker 2 (13:00):
It means a lot, and it's not it's not that's
not where it ends.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
I have a lot more music, like totally inspired by
young women just feeling confident in the hearts and sexy
and living their best lives.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah, coming up next.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I mean we were lasting Bodygirl featuring Tilt congratulationally.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Exactly, Like you have two of Africa's biggest bodies on
one record, like and it's it's incredible, it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
It's beautiful to see, like the empowerment that you're giving
the girls, you know, especially a time right now, like
women we need it the most all over the world,
like in parts of Africa, here in the States. So
how cool is it to be part of that woman
empowerment confidence movement?
Speaker 3 (13:44):
It means a lot to me, especially when like there's
there's so many reasons why people try to tear women
down like online and even like pit them against each
other like it's crazy. So actually, when women do come
together and create collaborations like this, it's just like it
fights back against you know, those those ideas, those energies.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Where did the vibe from Bodygo come from? Like where
were you at? What were you trying to get out there?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Hmm?
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I think I was definitely feeling myself, like I'm visiting
this visioning myself and like you know, the club, get
a lit, having a drink, feeling vibely. Yeah, I think
a lot a lot of my sound right now is
really about feeling good, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
And then how did it come about to Tyler getting
on the record.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
I was showing her lots of love, like I feel like,
you know, and I do it a lot too with
even a lot of female artists. Actually, I send out
lots of dms like if I hear your sound or
if I see your or and your energy and I
think it's something that I connect to and I think
we could create something good together, Chances are I'm reaching
(14:55):
out because that's just what I do. I shoot my
shots a lot, so yeah, but it didn't happen until
like our teams got involved, like you know, my team,
her team kind of came together to make it happen.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
How are you staying grounded in the craziness that came
from putting out a first release in a long time
to the virality that you're getting now?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
How am I staying grounded? Who?
Speaker 3 (15:22):
I need some alone time sometimes because you can get overwhelming,
like you know, having to it's almost like a full
time entertaining job. Because even me sitting here right now
having this conversation, and I'm sure you feel it too,
is like it's it's entertainment in a way, this is
entertainment right here. So it's like everyone I'm meeting, all
the places, all the events and stuff. I need to
(15:45):
switch off sometimes. And when I get the moment too,
I just go in the room and I close the
door and I just like reflect. I need to have
moments of like feeling gratitude, you know, because sometimes you're
tired that you don't even get to it doesn't click
to you like oh my gosh, like I'm fully living
out my dreams right now.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
So I have to like.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Disconnect and just like remember and you know, feel it
all for real and try and be present.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
What does the setting like that look like? Are you
listening to something? Are you watching something?
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Are you I might be listening to, like maybe like
a YouTube affirmation video something like that.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I love those, They really help me a lot.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
So yeah, a lot of the time I'm listening to
inspirational positive affirmations.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Others is just like.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
You know, maybe praying in my head or like just
feeling gratitude, just like, ah, what a beautiful day. Look
at the sun, like this is a great day. Like
a lot of that connecting with just like being present
totally grounds me.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Do you have time to work on other hobbies that
don't involve music.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
I used to obsessively play Call of Duty Mobile, but
being on the road, I haven't played as much.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
And I used to like go live on TikTok just
playing and sometimes I see.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Comments Molly come back and play cod I'm my.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Guys, you don't even know the half of it, but yeah,
that's usually what I do to.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
You know, have fun and de stressed, just play Call
of Mobile.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
What were some of your first user names?
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Do you remember Gun Moles gun Moles was the first one,
but then yeah, I renamed it Molly just so the
fans can know that it's me.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
If you happen to get me in like your hop on.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Yeah, but it's to get me to have fun, then
you know, like you're playing money. But my idea was
initially gun.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Molest I've never played Call of Duty.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
It's a girl you should try.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Sometimes you just need to shoot people in a different universe.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Digitally, I hear you. I hear you, and I love
that you are working on staying present and the gratitudes
and even thinking about what you've wanted your whole life
and a lot of the things happening now. Are there
other topics on your manifestation board, on your vision board?
Like yeah, what else are you hoping to achieve even
(18:05):
next year or in the next few years.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
I feel like I'm very passionate about food.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I really love good food, and I think that's something
that I may do. I'm not really sure what it is.
If it's having a product or having a restaurants or so.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
You be cooking, I'll be whipping it. I don't know,
tell me about it.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
I don't know this I can cook, and I love
spicy food, So I just think in some way, I
don't know which way yet, I would definitely be in
that market.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Do you cook everything? Like what do you what are your.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Special to say everything? But definitely I make a great pasta, like.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Like if we're coming over for a dinner that you're
gonna make, like, what is it looking like?
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (18:47):
There would be like a jellyfries, which would be like
the main sides, maybe a nice salad, some grilled chicken.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
What kind of salad?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
So Ghana salad is like a very it's like just
filled with tons of proteins, has like corned beef and
eggs and like maybe even sardines and big beans.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Okay, it's just a whole It's a whole. Yeah, it's
a whole thing.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
Call it ghana salada, Okay. And maybe like a nice
hot sauce, you know, some with beef in it. Just variations,
you know, I like my protein. But yeah, something like that.
Probably if you were gonna visit my house for the
first time, I'll give you a nice taste of ghana.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Who taught you how to cook?
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I actually taught myself because out of high school, I
moved to the USA for college, and I just felt
like there was a big difference in the food here.
So for me to taste food from home, I had
to learn to make it really, So that's how I
was learning to cook.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
And so we were like people in the dorms and
friends coming over and like you're giving some gin of
salad or you're.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Giving it just for me my family, but no, if
we had friends over, yeah, definitely, I'm not sharing. Yeah,
but other stuff, like I remember, like being a kid,
my first dream was like to be an actress.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
I don't know how much goes.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Into doing it, but I feel like I may have
the personality for it or like even doing voiceovers, animations
stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Yeah, what is like your like Mount rushmore of actors,
like some of your favorites.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
M halle Berry, Eddie Murphy, and Jim Carrey.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
So Jim Carrey with the theatrics and the and the
different characters so cool. Now we're looking forward to the
holidays as well, So what does the holidays look like
for you?
Speaker 3 (20:44):
Usually, like with my family, my siblings, my cousins, we
like to go to the water, like either the beach
or buy the pool. Yeah, that's that's our thing. Or
have like a really fun.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Game night with Uno and Ludu and you know, different games.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Yeah, what kind of uh, no player?
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Are you.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
The petty kind?
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Let's work. Don't have that.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
No, Like I will get if you get me, I
will get you back, trust me. It's coming back around.
I love it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Yeah, we play, you know too. So we're looking maybe
by the water for the holidays, and or is a
family expecting like extrav getting gifts or are you like, hey,
we have some goals. Calm down.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
I think it's more about the enjoyment of getting together,
not really about gifting.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
I don't think we're the gifting kind. Honestly, I love
us either.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Like we do we do one name per person and
that's all you're getting for the holidays. Oh you do that,
like we pick the names and then you give one nice,
big gift for one person. But too many it's just
too much.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Yeah, I don't know. We don't really be doing that.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Yeah. So looking forward at twenty twenty six, I mean
we have your single, congratulations and thank you. Obviously we're
asking if you're working on more music, more tours. Is
everything on the table.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, I hope to actually be on tour next year.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
I don't know on work capacity, whether it's gonna be
solo or like joining someone else on tour, but like
I'm super open minded to it and having that experience.
I'm looking forward to that. But also I'm gonna put
out my next body of work.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Yeah, yeah, what is that sounding?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Like?
Speaker 2 (22:19):
High energy? That's a base that's of twerking.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
We want it, We need it more than ever, We
need the tworking more. Yeah, right now.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
And so how has the writing experience been for you?
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Like writing music, it's pretty like straightforward, like I just
get in with the producer. I like to be alone
mostly or unless I'm super comfortable with you. But I
usually don't like strangers in my session. Yeah, because I
just like to focus and not really have to pay
attention to what's around me. I think music to me
is very personal, mostly for the personal experiences. So yeah,
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the creating parts, I generally don't like a lot of
people to be there for that. But yeah, usually have
lots of chemistry with the producer. And I'm also very
open to you know, ideas or like corrections and stuff
like that.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Like, but yeah, I definitely feed off the energy in
the studio and.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Just usually it takes me a couple of hours to
write a song and be happy with it, and usually
the demo version is mostly how it sounds when it's done.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Okod So you're confident when you're in there, you're like.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yeah, like redoing vocals and stuff like that. I don't
usually do that. I'm just like, Okay, I got it.
This is this is what it is?
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Good. Yeah, Well, we cannot wait to hear more of
what you're working on and hopefully see you on tour
next year and do more and more. I mean, mister
Be's making a video like, I don't know how bigger
you can get, but there's never saying never. So congratulations
on everything, thank you so far this year. How does
it feel right now to be Molly?
Speaker 2 (23:59):
I feel.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Excited about the future because you know, moments like this
I prayed for so it just makes me, you know,
wonder what else is possible? What more can I do?
And how much greater can I be? And what more
can I create? Like you know, when when it hasn't
happened yet, you're just like, where is this going to go?
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But then I know it's gonna keep going, you know,
better and better.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
What about to the fans that are constantly playing your music, reposting,
giving you so much love everywhere and everything that you're doing.
What do you have to say to those fans?
Speaker 3 (24:36):
I have to say thank you because without you, probably
this wouldn't be possible. So I want to thank you,
and I hope you like what comes next.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Yeah I do.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Amen, Well, thank you so so much for your time.
We know you're so busy. Thanks for spending a little
time with us here as you and hundred and we
can't wait to see everything you have next year.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Molly, thank you, of course,
Hello, Hello, I am at kryst odal Sas inside of
our Ze one hundred artist Interview Lounge presented by a
Celsius Energy Drinks. Today we are joined by an artist
whose unique blend of West African rhythms, afropop and dance.
Hollis taken over the world by storm, the voice behind
the viral smash Shake It to the Max, which has
racked over five hundred million streams and has been named
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one of the top five songs of this year's summer.
She's performed on stages from BT Wars to Reggae Fest,
was crowned Billboards African Rookie of the Month, and now
she's back with her new single Body Goo, a high
energy anthem already making waves worldwide.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Hi Mollie, Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
You are so You're You're just your vibe is always
at max. I love it the Hareton soul.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Right, it's really cute. I've been wanting to do it
for a while. Finally did it.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah, we need to get a nail cam too. This
is the cam to show off the claus. Look at
those cats here?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Does it?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Ain't it? Girls?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You've been in New York for a few days. How
does it feel coming back to the city.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
No, I might as well call that second home by now,
you know.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
What do you like to do in the city. Do
you like favorite spots or what is your you know, I'm.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Not that familiar just yet when it comes to just
like casual stuff. I do like a dinner at Miss
Lily's though, Okay Miss Lily's.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, uh uh, it's Caribbean food.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I need to go. I need to go. Well, thanks
for putting us on. Now, how are you feeling today?
I mean, you've been going NonStop this year, so how
are you?
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Like?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Where are you at right now?
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Right now? I'm feeling quite cool. Like I just I
just did like a.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Bunch of activities in London and I just got here.
It's been quite chill, so you know, I'm feeling the vibes. Also,
it's not that as cold as.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
I thought it would be, So I'm like, okay, great.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, it's a hit or miss in the fall time. Yeah,
but then by like January, February, especially March, it's oh
you need that puff for girl, right. And now that
you've been able to get settled a little bit into
the stardom worlds, how's it been like? Traveling and all
the awesome things that you've been able to do this year.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Honestly, it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
But also it's like you never know so you're actually
doing it, how much it actually takes, you know, to do,
you know, touring and stuff. I find like doing stuff
like this, like meeting people and doing performances because like
prior to this year, I wasn't really doing much performing.
So obviously being in the moment now and having all
the experience and growing as an artist really really means
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a lots. And also building relationships. Obviously a girl, when
I say, moving my suitcase from place to place gives
me anxiety. Oh my god, I'm just a girl, just
a girl, and I'm on the road with my super
great manager Teres, So like we're two ladies like on
the road, like just working it. You know.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Let's talk about that. You said you wouldn't do much
performing until this year or so. Yeah, you grew up
with music though, I mean you have inspirations from all
over the world, So did you grow up writing, Like
when did your love for music start?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
It started like at a fairly young age. Like I
was also super like drawn to music. I would always
try and like rewrite or recreate like other people's songs.
I remember Taylor Swift was like a big one, like
I would try and recreate Taylor Swift like lyrics, like
using her melodies, rappers like Eminem I really loved.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, So I think I've always been really drawn to music.
I remember listening to music on repeat like for so long.
I would just be like John like in my headphones.
So I think a lot of that has just built
into like so many influences you know that I use
in my songwriting.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
So was that a secret weapon of yours? And talent?
Or did you go to open mics? Did you do
talent shows at school?
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Well?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, okay, oh you did.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
There was one instance, just talk about it that didn't
go very well.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
What happened? I was just know, obviously trying to strut
my stuff.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
It was like a school I guess you could say, uh,
what is it called? No, like you know how they
do miss missus USA or pageant?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Yeah, like a pageant show.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Yeah, so I enrolled in my talent was supposed to
be staying gay, but no, I totally had like stage fright.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I couldn't.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
I could barely get through the first line of the song,
like the song was watched, I fall up follow Ut, No,
it was Rihanna. Obviously I love Rihanna down, but yeah,
I don't think I was ready for Rihanna back then.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
That song.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
It was that song. I don't know why we know.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Who we were.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I knew it wasn't at a young age. My body
was just trying to play catch up.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
But yeah, I wasn't ready, you know it was. It
was very humiliating. I'm not gonna lie I cried, But yeah,
I think I just kept going.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
That's the thing. I can't really.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Middle school, elementary school, it was like high school.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
It was like.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Maybe the seventh grade.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yeah, oh you're a little yeah, but did your family,
like did your parents know that you liked Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And you were always singing at home.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Like on the way to school, on the way back
from school, like just.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
All the time.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
So then, how did Shake It to the Max come about?
Speaker 3 (05:24):
It came about at a point in my life where
I wasn't really releasing music as an artist. I think
I had taken like a one year kind of break
from releasing because I was trying to figure it out.
You know, I think the music business is something I'm
still like fairly learning, and I was just trying to
figure out, like how does it go to the next step.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Like I've been.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
A fairly like new artist for a while and I
just didn't know how I could take it to the
next level.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
But I knew I wanted it there.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
I also knew like, Okay, the sound I want to
make now is a sound that it's not gonna be chill.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
It's not gonna be relaxed.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
It's gonna get people to move, it's gonna be like
really fun. And I had connected with these producers Silent
Addi and Disco Neo, and they're really cool Jamaican producers.
So I knew like, Okay, if I link up with
these people, I can get a certain sound. I can
get you know, dance, salt dance, all music. So we
started working together consistently. We have like multiple multiple records together,
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but that was the last one that we made. And yeah,
that's that's that's how it happened. I did it in Miami.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
And then did you so then you release a song.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Before I released the song, there was a long long
period of time where I was just teasing it, like
on social media. Let's say, I started teasing it last
year October, so I think for like two solid ones,
I was just putting out videos like every day, every day,
every day, and there was it had garnered so much attention.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
It had gone viral in some parts of.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Africa and Kenya, Uganda, and then it went viral in Jamaica.
So at that point, like I feel like there was
a lot of demand for it to be released. So
I finally released it in December that last year.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Oh, so it was already trickling in like.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
That was the original song though before the remix wowow.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
So then it's it's popping off and the song gets
released and then it's still like it's pumping now like
the beginning of the years going and you're seeing it
blow up even more and more.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Yeah, because so many artists were kind of hopping on
the beat, like you had Stephlan Dawn, like people had
made a Vibe Cartell version. Yeah, like there were so
many even Elephant Man from Jamaica. And then just like
you know, creators were is creating their own renditions, Like
it just got so popular that we knew like, no,
there's gonna be a remix, and this remix is going
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to be massive.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
So how did you finally set on the remix that
you had control and wanted to hone in and the
names that you wanted to get in there.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
I think Jamaica was a very big part of the
blow up of the song, so we definitely knew that
going with a Jamaican artists would be, you know, a
good way to go.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Initially we reached out to Sean Paul.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yeah, he was the first I think Jamaican artist we
thought would like be a great addition, but I don't
think the timelines were working for him. Yeah, I don't
think the timelins were right at the time. So then
the producer was in Jamaica at the time, Silent Addi
was in Jamaica and he met Skilly Bang. They spoke
about the song and that's how Skilly got on and
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I believe he knew Shansia's manager as well, So it
just kind of fell into place. And I think everyone
is really instrumental in making it happen, because even Shansia
and Skilly were madly promoting it like on social media,
and I think it had so many like legs of
life because yeah, because every time someone did something, it
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just made it blow up all over again.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
We did eventually get Shan Fall to do a remix
as well, so wow, he eventually.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
And then the coolest part is that it was like
the anthem for Carnival, which was insane, Like everyone was
posting there was using that song. How did it feel
to be such an instrumental moment for this year's Carnival?
Speaker 2 (09:21):
It was?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It was incredible I got to do I got to
do the one in New York, the West Indies Parade.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah, I got to be on a float and performance
that was massive and amazing. I'm just glad I did that.
That was actually my first Carnival experience right here.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Yeah, how did it feel seeing like all parts of
the Caribbean and just like even Africa come together for that?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
I can't even put it into words.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
I'm just very glad that I have been able to
experience a firsthand. Like I've done multiple shows in different
Caribbean countries, so I've got to personally feel the love
and perform to the fan directly. I think that has
been the most incredible part for me. Wow.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
And then something that I thought was really closing that
Mister Beast turned hood mister Beast.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
At first, I didn't know what was happening because he didn't.
He wasn't the first one to do it. I think
someone just randomly put him in a cap cut edit
with the sound over it, and it just blew up.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
It blew up. I didn't fully get it.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
But then I'm just like, Okay, mister Beast just posted
a video and that just revived the virality all over again,
like it's crazy. And I got to meet him at
the VMA's.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
And yeah, it was. It was. It was pretty really cool.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Yeah, what was it like meeting mister Beast?
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Where I was just like, Hi, it's me, remember me
from the viral challenge and he was like, oh my gosh, yes,
we should take a photo together. I'm like, absolutely, we
should take a photo together. I tried to get him
to do the dance, you know, the viral dance, but yeah,
he wasn't that it was not having it.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
But I'm like, that's fine, that's cool. I'll get you
next time. Yeah. I think it was actually really cool
meeting him.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Were there other artists or celebs that you met that
you just first shook um?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
Hmmm, there was. There was a couple, most definitely.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
I just I met Zarah Larson. She was like a
couple of seats away from me. That was cool, But yeah, no,
I think mostly I was thrown in front of a
lot of press, so I was just like, you know, showing.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Face that hey, Molly's here, Molly's in the building.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
And it was my first time, so everything was basically
brand new to me, the whole experience.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
I know that you are shouting out the pard you
did here in New York City? Was there another oh
my gosh, I can't believe I'm doing this moment that
has stuck out to you so far.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
It was like my first show at the Barclays Center.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Yeah, it was like a huge thing.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Me, Skilly, Shancia and Vice Cartel on the same stage
like with Shickens and the Max booming to what twenty
thousand people?
Speaker 2 (12:07):
It was incredible.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
That was like, yeah, my first time performing at you know,
a venue like that.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
What is little Molly that's like, you know, crying after
the seventh grade talent show? Like what is she thinking
seeing you? Now?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
You know, I think she might be very proud of me,
you know, I don't know if she ever knew It
was remotely possible.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
To come this far in this period of time.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
But like, I just want to say shout out to
her for consuming as much music as she did at
that time for no reason, just by pure enjoyment. Because yeah,
I think part of Little Molly's love for music is
what has brought me here.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
I mean, they're calling your record a global anthem for
the girls.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yes, for the baddies, yep, yep, yep.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
What does that mean to you?
Speaker 2 (13:00):
It means a lot, and it's not it's not that's
not where it ends.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
I have a lot more music, like totally inspired by
young women just feeling confident in the hearts and sexy
and living their best lives.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yeah, coming up next.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I mean we were lasting Bodygirl featuring Tilt congratulationally.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Exactly, Like you have two of Africa's biggest bodies on
one record, like and it's it's incredible, it's amazing.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
It's beautiful to see, like the empowerment that you're giving
the girls, you know, especially a time right now, like
women we need it the most all over the world,
like in parts of Africa, here in the States. So
how cool is it to be part of that woman
empowerment confidence movement?
Speaker 3 (13:44):
It means a lot to me, especially when like there's
there's so many reasons why people try to tear women
down like online and even like pit them against each
other like it's crazy. So actually, when women do come
together and create collaborations like this, it's just like it
fights back against you know, those those ideas, those energies.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Where did the vibe from Bodygo come from? Like where
were you at? What were you trying to get out there?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Hmm?
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I think I was definitely feeling myself, like I'm visiting
this visioning myself and like you know, the club, get
a lit, having a drink, feeling vibely. Yeah, I think
a lot a lot of my sound right now is
really about feeling good, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
And then how did it come about to Tyler getting
on the record.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
I was showing her lots of love, like I feel like,
you know, and I do it a lot too with
even a lot of female artists. Actually, I send out
lots of dms like if I hear your sound or
if I see your or and your energy and I
think it's something that I connect to and I think
we could create something good together, Chances are I'm reaching
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out because that's just what I do. I shoot my
shots a lot, so yeah, but it didn't happen until
like our teams got involved, like you know, my team,
her team kind of came together to make it happen.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
How are you staying grounded in the craziness that came
from putting out a first release in a long time
to the virality that you're getting now?
Speaker 2 (15:20):
How am I staying grounded? Who?
Speaker 3 (15:22):
I need some alone time sometimes because you can get overwhelming,
like you know, having to it's almost like a full
time entertaining job. Because even me sitting here right now
having this conversation, and I'm sure you feel it too,
is like it's it's entertainment in a way, this is
entertainment right here. So it's like everyone I'm meeting, all
the places, all the events and stuff. I need to
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switch off sometimes. And when I get the moment too,
I just go in the room and I close the
door and I just like reflect. I need to have
moments of like feeling gratitude, you know, because sometimes you're
tired that you don't even get to it doesn't click
to you like oh my gosh, like I'm fully living
out my dreams right now.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
So I have to like.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Disconnect and just like remember and you know, feel it
all for real and try and be present.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
What does the setting like that look like? Are you
listening to something? Are you watching something?
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Are you I might be listening to, like maybe like
a YouTube affirmation video something like that.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
I love those, They really help me a lot.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
So yeah, a lot of the time I'm listening to
inspirational positive affirmations.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Others is just like.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
You know, maybe praying in my head or like just
feeling gratitude, just like, ah, what a beautiful day. Look
at the sun, like this is a great day. Like
a lot of that connecting with just like being present
totally grounds me.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Do you have time to work on other hobbies that
don't involve music.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
I used to obsessively play Call of Duty Mobile, but
being on the road, I haven't played as much.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
And I used to like go live on TikTok just
playing and sometimes I see.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Comments Molly come back and play cod I'm my.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Guys, you don't even know the half of it, but yeah,
that's usually what I do to.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
You know, have fun and de stressed, just play Call
of Mobile.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
What were some of your first user names?
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Do you remember Gun Moles gun Moles was the first one,
but then yeah, I renamed it Molly just so the
fans can know that it's me.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
If you happen to get me in like your hop on.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Yeah, but it's to get me to have fun, then
you know, like you're playing money. But my idea was
initially gun.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Molest I've never played Call of Duty.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
It's a girl you should try.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Sometimes you just need to shoot people in a different universe.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Digitally, I hear you. I hear you, and I love
that you are working on staying present and the gratitudes
and even thinking about what you've wanted your whole life
and a lot of the things happening now. Are there
other topics on your manifestation board, on your vision board?
Like yeah, what else are you hoping to achieve even
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next year or in the next few years.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
I feel like I'm very passionate about food.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
I really love good food, and I think that's something
that I may do. I'm not really sure what it is.
If it's having a product or having a restaurants or so.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
You be cooking, I'll be whipping it. I don't know,
tell me about it.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
I don't know this I can cook, and I love
spicy food, So I just think in some way, I
don't know which way yet, I would definitely be in
that market.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Do you cook everything? Like what do you what are your.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Special to say everything? But definitely I make a great pasta, like.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Like if we're coming over for a dinner that you're
gonna make, like, what is it looking like?
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (18:47):
There would be like a jellyfries, which would be like
the main sides, maybe a nice salad, some grilled chicken.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
What kind of salad?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
So Ghana salad is like a very it's like just
filled with tons of proteins, has like corned beef and
eggs and like maybe even sardines and big beans.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
Okay, it's just a whole It's a whole. Yeah, it's
a whole thing.
Speaker 3 (19:13):
Call it ghana salada, Okay. And maybe like a nice
hot sauce, you know, some with beef in it. Just variations,
you know, I like my protein. But yeah, something like that.
Probably if you were gonna visit my house for the
first time, I'll give you a nice taste of ghana.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Who taught you how to cook?
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I actually taught myself because out of high school, I
moved to the USA for college, and I just felt
like there was a big difference in the food here.
So for me to taste food from home, I had
to learn to make it really, So that's how I
was learning to cook.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
And so we were like people in the dorms and
friends coming over and like you're giving some gin of
salad or you're.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Giving it just for me my family, but no, if
we had friends over, yeah, definitely, I'm not sharing. Yeah,
but other stuff, like I remember, like being a kid,
my first dream was like to be an actress.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
I don't know how much goes.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Into doing it, but I feel like I may have
the personality for it or like even doing voiceovers, animations
stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
Yeah, what is like your like Mount rushmore of actors,
like some of your favorites.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
M halle Berry, Eddie Murphy, and Jim Carrey.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
So Jim Carrey with the theatrics and the and the
different characters so cool. Now we're looking forward to the
holidays as well, So what does the holidays look like
for you?
Speaker 3 (20:44):
Usually, like with my family, my siblings, my cousins, we
like to go to the water, like either the beach
or buy the pool. Yeah, that's that's our thing. Or
have like a really fun.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Game night with Uno and Ludu and you know, different games.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Yeah, what kind of uh, no player?
Speaker 3 (21:01):
Are you.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
The petty kind?
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Let's work. Don't have that.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
No, Like I will get if you get me, I
will get you back, trust me. It's coming back around.
I love it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Yeah, we play, you know too. So we're looking maybe
by the water for the holidays, and or is a
family expecting like extrav getting gifts or are you like, hey,
we have some goals. Calm down.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
I think it's more about the enjoyment of getting together,
not really about gifting.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
I don't think we're the gifting kind. Honestly, I love
us either.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Like we do we do one name per person and
that's all you're getting for the holidays. Oh you do that,
like we pick the names and then you give one nice,
big gift for one person. But too many it's just
too much.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Yeah, I don't know. We don't really be doing that.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Yeah. So looking forward at twenty twenty six, I mean
we have your single, congratulations and thank you. Obviously we're
asking if you're working on more music, more tours. Is
everything on the table.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, I hope to actually be on tour next year.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
I don't know on work capacity, whether it's gonna be
solo or like joining someone else on tour, but like
I'm super open minded to it and having that experience.
I'm looking forward to that. But also I'm gonna put
out my next body of work.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
Yeah, yeah, what is that sounding?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Like?
Speaker 2 (22:19):
High energy? That's a base that's of twerking.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
We want it, We need it more than ever, We
need the tworking more. Yeah, right now.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
And so how has the writing experience been for you?
Speaker 3 (22:35):
Like writing music, it's pretty like straightforward, like I just
get in with the producer. I like to be alone
mostly or unless I'm super comfortable with you. But I
usually don't like strangers in my session. Yeah, because I
just like to focus and not really have to pay
attention to what's around me. I think music to me
is very personal, mostly for the personal experiences. So yeah,
(22:59):
the creating parts, I generally don't like a lot of
people to be there for that. But yeah, usually have
lots of chemistry with the producer. And I'm also very
open to you know, ideas or like corrections and stuff
like that.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Like, but yeah, I definitely feed off the energy in
the studio and.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
Just usually it takes me a couple of hours to
write a song and be happy with it, and usually
the demo version is mostly how it sounds when it's done.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Okod So you're confident when you're in there, you're like.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yeah, like redoing vocals and stuff like that. I don't
usually do that. I'm just like, Okay, I got it.
This is this is what it is?
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Good. Yeah, Well, we cannot wait to hear more of
what you're working on and hopefully see you on tour
next year and do more and more. I mean, mister
Be's making a video like, I don't know how bigger
you can get, but there's never saying never. So congratulations
on everything, thank you so far this year. How does
it feel right now to be Molly?
Speaker 2 (23:59):
I feel.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
Excited about the future because you know, moments like this
I prayed for so it just makes me, you know,
wonder what else is possible? What more can I do?
And how much greater can I be? And what more
can I create? Like you know, when when it hasn't
happened yet, you're just like, where is this going to go?
(24:23):
But then I know it's gonna keep going, you know,
better and better.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
What about to the fans that are constantly playing your music, reposting,
giving you so much love everywhere and everything that you're doing.
What do you have to say to those fans?
Speaker 3 (24:36):
I have to say thank you because without you, probably
this wouldn't be possible. So I want to thank you,
and I hope you like what comes next.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Yeah I do.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Amen, Well, thank you so so much for your time.
We know you're so busy. Thanks for spending a little
time with us here as you and hundred and we
can't wait to see everything you have next year.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Molly, thank you, of course,
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