June 23, 2025 • 39 mins
Multi-talented doesn't begin to describe Jenna Davis. At just 21, she's already conquered Hollywood as the chilling voice behind horror sensation Megan while simultaneously establishing herself as a rising country music star.
Our conversation with Jenna reveals an artist wise beyond her years, having navigated the entertainment industry since childhood with remarkable grace. Starting in community theater productions at age 9 in Minnesota, Jenna recalls how a director first recognized her acting potential during a production of "Annie." With unwavering family support, she made the leap to Los Angeles at 11, balancing homeschooling with professional acting opportunities.
What strikes you immediately about Jenna is her refreshing perspective on rejection. "No's are no's for a reason, and yes's are yeses for a reason," she shares, explaining how maintaining childlike enthusiasm for each opportunity has been key to her success. This wisdom served her well when landing the role of Megan, which she originally thought was for a video game. Without knowing she was auditioning for what would become a blockbuster horror franchise, she created Megan's distinctive voice by infusing the character with sass and personality beyond traditional robot delivery.
The conversation takes fascinating turns when Jenna discusses her upcoming debut album "Where Did That Girl Go?" dropping June 27th – the same day as "Megan 2.0." The album title reflects her current transitional phase, acknowledging her evolution from child performer to adult artist. Growing up on Patsy Cline and Dolly Parton, Jenna's drawn to country music's storytelling tradition while incorporating pop influences from artists like Miley Cyrus.
Whether discussing the unexpected embrace of Megan by the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month or revealing what fans can expect from "Megan 2.0," Jenna demonstrates authentic passion for her craft. Follow @JennaDavis across all platforms and mark your calendar for June 27th when both her debut album and the highly anticipated horror sequel arrive simultaneously.
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
welcome back everyone to milk and honey is the
podcast where we sip, spill andserve up stories behind your
favorite stars.
I'm your host, kayla becker andI'm vanessa.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Today we've got a treat for you guys.
She's an actress, singer anddigital creator who's taken the
world by storm.
You know her as the voice ofthe killer robot.
That both is terrifying andiconic.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
More iconic.
Plus, she's making waves as arising country star with her
debut album when Did that GirlGo?
Dropping the same day as Megan2.0, june 27th.
And let's not forget her 2024EP, psych.
That gave us a taste of hersignature pop country sound.
Please welcome themulti-talented.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Jenna Davis.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yay, hello everyone, thank you so much for joining us
.
I know you are a busy, busygirl.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I am just so excited to be here.
This is so fun.
I feel like the energy you knowlike when you walk into your
room.
You feel like the energy youknow like when you walk into
your room.
You feel like the energy ismatched.
The energy.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Oh, we're matching energy.
We love when people say that wehave a lot to dive in, but we
want to kind of go all the wayback.
You started dancing at likewhat two years old, so basically
out of the womb, started actingat five.
Can you tell us a little bitabout your early beginnings?
You know, being raised in Texas, kind of what first drew you to
the world of performance.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah, absolutely so.
Born in Texas?
Yes, I was born in Plano, livedin Frisco and lived there for
only about four years.
Then my family moved toMinnesota because my dad got a
job offer there Well, a jobpromotion there and so we moved
up there and my mom was a voiceand piano teacher.
So I'd always kind of had musicin my life because of that and
(01:47):
I always wanted to sing.
Whenever she was teaching herstudents I always wanted to be
taught.
I would wait by the the doors.
We'd have this room in ourhouse in Minnesota.
That was her room to teach herstudents in and I would just
wait outside their little glassdoors and I would just wait
there until she was done for theday.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
It's my turn.
Exactly that was it.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
It was my turn and she was also my music teacher a
little bit at my Montessori andI always would get so mad when
she didn't pick me so it wasimmediately just something that
I was, I guess, attracted to,and I always really loved music
since I was young.
I was terrible at sportsanything in that regard.
I was awful, so I knew thatwasn't for me.
(02:30):
And so around five, yeah, mymom started putting me in these
musical theater camps and then Istarted doing my first musical
theater productions when I wasnine.
So I started off then and thenpretty much I was doing a
production of Annie at mycommunity theater and the
director came up to my mom andshe said your kid can really act
, my mom's like she can.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Were you, annie.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
No, I played Molly, okay, yes, so it was Molly the
little baby orphan.
And after that I told my mom Iwanted to do professional
theater and film.
My mom said, okay, well, let'ssee how we can make that happen.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
We love a supportive parent yes, absolutely yes yes,
that makes all the difference inthe world it really does.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I couldn't have done it without my family.
I mean, I am an only child, soI think, in that regard, it was
easier for them to put a lot offocus on me and what I wanted to
do.
So I think that would have mademade it more difficult if I had
a sibling, because you knowthat's a lot harder.
But yeah, we started doingprofessional theater.
I started leaving school earlybecause I got to go do shows and
(03:30):
I thought I was the coolestfifth grader in the world.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Which I'm sure you were.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I mean, like I was hanging upside down on the
monkey bars when I was in fifthgrade trying to get attention
from you know.
Meanwhile she's off to play.
I know I mean you've had rolesin Raven's Home, chicken Girls
and voiced characters inTreehouse, detectives and
Vampirina, which you got to playmany voices in.
How did those early actingexperiences shape your
performance today?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
You know, I think it's taught me that no's are
no's for a reason, and yes oryeses for a reason.
I think really early on, when Iwas diving into theater and film
, you know you go in and you'rejust so excited and so
enthusiastic and so so fresh andnew to the industry that every
opportunity is just so exciting.
(04:16):
And I think you know, as youget older, the opportunities
because rejection is soprevalent.
Sometimes you lose theexcitement because you're like,
okay, here's another one, we'rejust going to have to go for it.
And I think something that I'vealways taught myself is to
never lose that excitement, likethat childhood excitement that
I felt so early on and becauseevery role that's supposed to
happen is going to happen ifit's meant for you.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
And there's no sense.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
You know like there's no sense of thinking too much
into it.
It's really not that deep.
Sometimes it can literally justbe because the color of your
eyes or your height.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It doesn't have to be that deep.
We've talked about that, youknow, and it's hard.
Even we're a little bit olderthan you, but like still dealing
with the exact same thing andjust it's really refreshing that
you know someone your age Imean, you've been in the
business for a very long time,so but just has that works?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Well, it doesn't matter how old or young you are,
it's just.
It comes down to if theopportunity is meant for you
Exactly.
And that's kind of the mindsetthat I had to really find early
on and just also introducemyself to other things like
music, like social media, tofeed into the auditions that I
was doing, because I wasn't aslucky as others who just come
(05:24):
out here and book the firstthing that they audition for.
Sometimes I call those unicornsthat happens and I think, oh my
goodness, that's amazing.
Yes, that was not me.
Yes, it took a lot more.
It took a lot more of a grind,and that's OK, and I'm very
grateful for that grind becauseI think it's taught me to be
appreciative of everything.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Yeah, along the way.
Look how well-rounded you arenow.
Like we'll get to your music ina little bit in addition to
everything else you're doing.
But I do want to talk aboutyour leap to Los Angeles.
You know, from Texas, you saidMinnesota, yes To.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
LA.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Now, that's a big, that's a little bit of a.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Very impromptu, I'm sure like a huge culture shock.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
What was that like?
For you as a young artist youknow, I think I was very excited
because there's a stigma aroundla of course, and there's like
these expectations when you movehere that it's going to be like
this.
And then you, you move here andit's like, oh, it's a bit
different than I thought becauseit is, in some regard,
everybody's's just so busy andmoving around so fast, but also
(06:27):
it's very lonesome at the sametime, right.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
If that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
No, it makes total sense, and I think you only have
to live here to witness that,because when you come here and
visit, it's fun.
It's fun, it's exciting, it'sthis.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
And then when?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
you live here, it's very different Because you're
working to survive, run so high,we're all like, yes, we're all
running around like craziness.
But I think you know, at first,when I was so young I was only
11, so it's different from whenI'm an adult now and
experiencing it versus when Iwas younger.
I think when I was younger, myparents really tried to guard me
(07:02):
in the best way that they could.
My parents didn't want me to.
They wanted me to pursue theindustry, but they didn't want
me to ever grow up and feel thatI lacked the normal life.
That was very important.
My mom told me that I never wantyou to say that I prevented you
from having a normal life.
She's like I never want that tohappen, because so many people
(07:22):
that start off as a child cankind of go back and say that.
And so my parents gave me everyopportunity, from going to
middle school, to public school,to high school, to whatever I
wanted to do, and I alwaysdeclined.
I said, no, this is not what Iwant.
I want to pursue this and Iwant to do it.
And they're like, okay, well,here we go.
And I think it was at timeslonesome in the regard that you
(07:44):
know I was homeschooled but Ichose that.
But I think it prepped me forwhat I wanted to do, and I think
I also saved myself a lot ofin-person like scrutiny and
bullying because I experiencedthat online.
Yeah, because I put myself outonline.
At that same time that westarted moving here, my mom
noticed that social media wasstarting to become really
important, and so she thoughtwell, what's a better way to
(08:10):
market you than to put yourselfout there as a kid and just be
you and have fun?
My mom helped me manageeverything, so obviously I her
and I would just create thecontent together, and it was
very innocent, it was justlittle singing videos.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Well, the penny nickel dime video.
Was that one of them?
Yeah, yeah, it was later on, sothat was when I was like 13 or
14.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I started posting when I was like 11.
So even younger.
But we started doing thatbecause I told my mom that music
was also something that I wasinterested in pursuing more
seriously.
But we noticed that I was only11 years old.
So there was no sense of usreally rushing for that.
Instead, let's just do covers,let's just see what happens,
let's just post so people getfamiliar with my face and my
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voice.
But I was always very carefreeand a little bit dorky when I
was younger that I just didn'tcare.
So we just kind of posted andhad fun with it.
But I let my mom take care ofthat and I just was a kid and
had fun.
But in times that you know Ionly got to really know the
people that I worked on set with.
So in that regard it could bekind of lonesome.
But I think I'll always holdsuch a special place in my heart
(09:12):
for LA because there's no otherplace that could have allowed
me to do what I love so much.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Absolutely, and you know it's having that support to
, like we said, from your parent, like they're, they're your
protector, right.
So it's so great that you'vehad that this whole time, since
you were 11, you know I thinkit's also protected me from a
lot in this industry too, youknow, I think having your parent
there and still continues to bemy mom's here today.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You know, I think it's so important to have that,
I guess, protector, as younotice.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yes, I totally agree.
I want to have that person allthe way through.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
My mom would be here too If she lived in LA, like she
would be here on set with meevery single time I love I feel
the same energy with like frommy mom to your mom, and it's a
it's a really special thingbecause a lot of people don't
have that support.
So go moms, go support.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I do let's.
I do want to jump into your.
To your, though, because, likeyou said, that's something that
you have always been verypassionate about, although we're
just seeing it now your debutalbum.
Where Did that Girl Go?
Dropping June 27th, by the way,the same day as Megan 2.0, so
it's kind of a big day.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Iconic, you know.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
I mean, how does that feel to have two major projects
launching at the exact sametime?
Speaker 3 (10:22):
You know, I think we have that phrase in Texas go big
or go home, and that was kindof my mentality with it.
I thought what better than tocombine my two biggest passions
in one?
Obviously, I didn't get todecide the Megan to premiere?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
You didn't.
I thought you probably sentsome messages like guys listen,
listen.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
I asked you on the same day, but after we figured
out what day it would be, Ithought you know what.
It's so exciting to be able totalk about two things that
you're so excited about.
And I feel like this industryis so secretive.
And until it all is not, yep,and I thought you know what,
let's just put two in one andjust go for it and have fun and
(11:00):
just see what happens.
And with all the press thatI've been doing for Megan, it's
also just a great way to showaudiences what else I have going
on, because after one projectis done, everybody asks you
what's next, absolutely All thetime.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
All the time.
Is that frustrating In someregard?
Like let me just breathe.
Yeah, enjoy this one, yeah, andsometimes you don't even know.
I don't know what project Halfthe time.
I don't think any of us know wewant that consistency.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
That's what we want.
We want to be able to do whatwe love and get paid for it.
Yeah, pantsomely.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Period.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
It seems so easy.
Yeah, Simple right.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
So what is the meaning behind the title of the
album?
Where did that girl go?
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So I'm at this point, I just turned 21 back in may.
Happy birthday, thank you.
But everybody, like I guessI've been getting comments
recently that saying that I'mnot like a girl anymore, I'm
like a woman, like you're anadult, you're a woman, and that
really scares me, like thethought of that, like not being
a quote-unquote girl.
I mean, I'm always gonna be agirl, but of course you know it.
(11:59):
That phrase of adulting andgetting into that sphere where
you're seen as an adult is soscary but also thrilling and
exciting at the same time.
And I think that's what.
Where did that girl go?
For me means it's, you know,it's kind of a tribute to my
younger self, kind of coming ofage moment, but it's also
everything in the project is sowhere I'm at right now and
(12:20):
there's like three differentspheres.
We have like a sweetness to it,there's a saltiness to it, and
there's like three differentspheres.
We have like a sweetness to it,there's a saltiness to it, and
there's also just like a bitter,a bitter sweetness to it.
It's this whole array ofdifferent things that have
occurred in my life that havekind of shaped me to be.
I don't want to use the woman Iam today, but like who I am
today, yeah, of course, andyou're never going to forget
(12:42):
those other versions ofyourselves.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
They're always going to be with you.
That's the most beautiful partabout it and you know your music
is making waves in Nashvilleand beyond.
You have, like you said, a lotof different versions in this
album.
So what kind of got you to thatpop infused country sound?
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah, so ironically my relative is Gene Autry, who's
like the country singing cowboy, who did Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer, and so from a veryyoung age like just being in
Texas and, I think, just beingraised on country music and just
loving the storytelling that'sbehind it, I think it's.
I've just always been drawn toit.
My mom raised me like on PatsyCline and Dolly Parton and all
(13:21):
of those iconic women in country, and so I think I've always
just been attracted to it,because it's what I've grown up
with right.
But also I don't think any othergenre tells the stories that
country music does, and so Ithink I've always just been
called to it and I think lessthings are so generalized now.
Everything's just making musicabout what you want to make
(13:42):
music about, but I've alwaysknown that that's what I wanted
since I was very, very young.
I think I started singing a lotof pop music primarily just to
start growing my audience inthat regard, because so many
people are attracted to popmusic and there's definitely
elements of pop in my tracks,for sure, because Miley Cyrus is
(14:02):
one of my favorite artists.
I've just again grown up withpop music as well, and I think
you know a hit's a hit and inpop music there's so many of
those.
But I love the blend and I lovethat I can blend the two and
that there doesn't have to be asignificant oh it's country, oh
it's pop, anymore, right, it'san infused infused music.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Country is the most timeless genre of all infused
music.
I love that.
I feel like country is the mosttimeless genre of all.
It truly is.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I mean I'm biased, since I'm in it, but I went to
college at Belmont University inNashville.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
No way, and I know when I was I didn't grow up
loving country music.
I was almost like rebellingagainst it.
Because I'm from the South, I'mlike I can't help but like fall
in love with country music andto this day it's one of my
favorite things to put on theradio, whether it's from 30
years ago, 40 years ago or today, yeah it's just, it's always a
bop.
So now, before this album, wehave to talk about 2024.
(14:53):
You released your ep uh psych.
We got that's when we first gota taste of your musical style.
How would you say that that epconnects with your upcoming
album?
You?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
You know, I think Psych was very witty and it was
the first couple of ideas that Ihad for my music FBI, six Foot,
nothing, even Psych in generalall just came from the notes of
my phone and just the titlesthat I've always wanted to write
.
So in that regard it was kindof what I wanted to first say.
But I think when Did that GirlGo is?
(15:22):
I think it's more vulnerable.
I think it's also seeing newsides.
Psych was very I want to say itwas pretty bitter.
It was very more on the edgierside and when I look to who
Jenna is and who I am and who Iwant to be as an artist and
(15:44):
where I want to go, I'm notcompletely edgy and I didn't
want people in psych to thinkthat that was who I was as a
person.
It was like this person whojust experienced all this bad
love and rage because at the endof the day I'm only 21 and I
really have not had that muchrelationship experience.
But it can kind of come off oflike that in psych where I'm
(16:05):
just so bitter and mad.
But it was just.
That was the time of my lifewhere I was writing, I was in my
heartbreak era and that's whereI was at and with when Did that
Girl Go?
There's contrast which I'mreally excited for people to see
.
I have a love song.
I have my first love song thatI wrote about my boyfriend and
experiencing how healthy love is, and I could never.
I mean, I wrote love songsbefore but nothing that I ever
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wanted to cut right.
And San Diego was that's thesong.
It was my first song that Ireally wanted to cut because it
felt so real and genuine to meand it was the first time that I
felt like, oh, this is like areally healthy thing that I
really want to write about.
And so there is that.
But also I have like a littlebit of an ode to psych.
I have a song called fun dip onthere that's very witty and fun
and spicy and kind of kind ofplays an ode to what psych was.
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But then I have a song calledactor on there, which is like my
last track of the project,which talked about how, during
the first megan premiere, I wentthrough a breakup and how I was
broken up with the same day aslike the biggest week of in my
life and I had to pretty muchpretend that none of that was
going on and at the end, thissong is like you made me a
better actor, and thank you fordoing that, like that.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
I love that.
Oh, preach, that's like what itis.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
You said earlier, like the adulting is scaring.
I feel like you've beenadulting longer than I've been
adulting.
You're so mature the way you'reable to handle everything
that's been happening in yourlife over the last you know I
think it's just.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
you know, especially in the acting industry, you're
surrounded by so many adults.
Of course that it's just whatyou're used to.
Sometimes I feel like I getalong better with adults than I
do with kids my own age becauseI have been surrounded by more
adults than I have kids andyou're on set.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
You know the set etiquette right.
It's being respectful toeverybody on there.
And so it's nice when you areon set with other people who are
like-minded like that, but youdon't always get that.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
No, and you have to continuously remain yourself and
know what you bring to thetable, but your single On a
Budget written by KelseyBallerini, jimmy Robbins and
Shane McAnally.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Came out in March and was instantly relatable and
catchy.
Tell us about that track andwhat that means to you.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Yeah, so On A Budget, really came to me.
It was a pitch song.
Obviously it was a KelseyBallerini song.
I did not realize that at thetime, though I did not figure
out that it was them three whohad written the song until I was
cutting the vocal.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Really, what was your like when you feel out Like
what?
Yeah, but maybe it helped tokind of ease the nerves before
you knew.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
I feel like if I knew beforehand I'd be like extra,
like right yeah, and I love thatmy label didn't tell me,
because I think they wanted meto really be in love with the
song versus like loving the ideathat these people were behind
it, because I think obviouslywhen, like, a big name is behind
a song, obviously it'sintriguing, of course, but for
me I never want to cut somethingthat's not authentic to me,
(18:50):
because most of my songs I havewritten.
There's a few that I haven't,but any song that is an outside
song that I've cut has to beauthentic to me because I feel
like my audience can readthrough that very quickly.
And so with On A Budget, it wasinteresting because I was an
online meme when I was youngercalled Penny Nickel Dime.
Yes, and that was a difficulttime in my life in the sense of
(19:12):
receiving like so much hateagainst something that wasn't
even supposed to be anythinglarge.
Right, it just became a memebecause the internet decided it
wanted to be a meme and so withthat, I'd always wanted to do
like a tribute or an ode to it,because it was a time in my life
and it's still something that'sstill brought up till this day,
(19:37):
which is ironic to me.
But when I heard on a budgetthat it was a clapback song
related to money that had to dolike it was just it was clapping
back to haters yeah, in moneyterms, it felt like so oddly
coincidental and meant to be,and the fact that I heard it I
thought like this is so weirdthat I did not write this, but
it just applies to my situation.
So so well, and that's kind ofwhat happened.
(19:57):
I heard it and I didn't reallydo anything with it the first
couple of months, but then,after I started thinking about
it, I thought you know what?
It'd be really fun to start thesong with the meme and just go
right into it and just kind ofclap back at anybody who's ever
called me that name.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
We love clapping back .
We love a clap back.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yes, and so that's what I decided to do, and I'm
really grateful that Kelsey,shane and Jimmy believed in me
enough to give me that song.
At the end of the day, I willnever discredit if I don't know,
I think some artists.
It really frustrates me thatthey sometimes pretend a song is
theirs, that they think theywrote it.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
I'll never do that.
I don't believe in that yougive credit where it's due.
Yeah, absolutely, because oneday you might be writing songs
for up-and-coming artists andyou know it's a full circle
thing, yeah 1,000%.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Everyone deserves their flowers 1,000% 1,000%.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Well, very excited about all of your music, I think
it's so cool Again.
You're juggling that, alongwith everything else you've been
juggling for over a decade.
But we got to talk about Megan.
Yeah, oh my gosh, I was tellingher earlier when I first moved
to Los Angeles, my first moviepremiere I thought it was so
Hollywood was the Megan premiere, that's so great.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I mean, that is so Hollywood.
What are you talking about?
Speaker 1 (21:11):
In the best way.
I moved here from Tampa Floridaso there was no big premieres
happening there.
So so impressed to see whatyou've done since then, very
excited for 2.0.
But yeah, let's talk about it.
So you've voiced a characterhit Blumhouse sci-fi horror film
.
For those of you who do notwatch, who have not seen it yet,
2.0 is dropping June 27.
I want to hear about how youlanded this role, what the
audition process was likevoicing a character like this.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Yeah.
So I received the auditionthrough a casting director that
I had known for a few years.
Typically it comes through youragency, but she told me that
they were having a hard timecasting for this role called
Megan, and I thought, okay,interesting, she's like I think
you'd be a really good fit forit.
Can you just send me anaudition, give it a shot, I'll
(21:50):
talk to your team and everything.
I'm like sure, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I get the audition.
I didn't know what it was for.
All I knew it was for Megan.
The character's name is Meganand I thought it was for a video
game.
I had no clue, so I read thebrief description.
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She was an AI robot.
I was like interesting.
I've always done voiceovers soI can manipulate my voice into
different things, but as I wasreading the script and kind of
the brief about the character, Inoticed that she had a lot of
sass and wit behind her and Ididn't want to read her as a
traditional robot because Ithink that would be very boring.
And I noticed that she had a lotof dialogue.
So I thought, okay, if I readher like a robot, that would be
very boring for a very long timebecause she had just so much
dialogue and I thought that waskind of interesting for a video
game.
But I didn't.
I didn't really ask manyquestions, I just I did it on my
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bedroom floor closet and sentit in.
Just kind of got the voicepretty like instantly and just
went with it and sent it in.
After that I got called back acouple of times.
They were sending me a thingcalled redirects.
I don't know if you guys arefamiliar with that term, but
it's pretty much where they giveyou a, a redirect or a comment
of saying hey, can you try thisor do this?
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So they did a few of those.
I remember I was in Nashvillerecording music and they were
giving me a few redirects aswell and I was like this is so
interesting, like obviouslythey're interested, but I never
get my hopes up until I'm on setor the contract's in my hand,
because I feel like it's neverit, you're never safe.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Yeah, I never save, once it's on tv or out, then
we're safe we know how manythings have we done where, I
mean, I've done so many thingswhere I've never even seen them
so you never know until it's,it's there and you're physically
seeing it yeah did you knowright away that Megan was going
to be such a phenomenon?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
No, like dance, like that dance which I still can't
do.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
You know the dance when I was watching it.
I remember her walking down thehall and I was like you go,
girl, and she's a profusa, shewas a pussycat dancer, pussycat
doll, and professional dancerLaker girl.
When I watched that, I'm like,let me try this real quick.
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Meanwhile I trip over my feet.
But did you know when you werefilming it?
Did you feel that, or were youas shocked as everyone?
Speaker 3 (23:58):
else.
I think I was definitely asshocked as everybody else.
I knew the script was well doneand I knew that it had a very
different plot that.
I think Hollywood hadn't seen,which I think is always
attractive.
But the thing is, with a newvillain, especially playing one,
it's quite intimidating becauseyou don't know how people are
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going to respond and I didn'trealize how passionate the
horror community is.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
They are so passionate.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
It's a cult.
It's beautiful, yes.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
It's really beautiful to see.
They're so sweet and everybodywas just so complimentary of it
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that it was so rewarding andjust felt so surreal and insane.
But it was not something that Icould have predicted.
I had no clue.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
And I don't even think Universal and Blumhouse
now Right.
When did you find out therewould be a sequel Like what was
that called?
Pretty instantly Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
I didn't.
I think they I mean theyannounced it to deadline and
everything before I even knew.
I found out through that Ifound out through that and even
then I didn't I never wanted tomake the assumption that I'm
returning until I get the call,of course.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
But of course I saw it and I thought, okay, well hey
, yeah, is anyone gonna tell methat, like we're this again?
Because I would love to know.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
Exactly.
It came really fast after thefirst one, though, which was so
cool and obviously the successof the film in the box office
was really surreal as well.
I mean, you can't predict any ofthat, and I feel like sometimes
I've always been told thathaving expectations can
sometimes lead you to failedrealities, and so, even with the
second film, it's nervewracking too, because it's a
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sequel, and I feel likeeverybody has a stigma around
sequels of oh, is it going tobeat the first one?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
But I really do think oursequel is so well written, but
it's also taking the story tonew heights where I feel like
people are not expecting it.
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
I can't wait.
I mean, I can wait, I want tosee it right now, because I will
be watching it like this that'show.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
I watch it.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
Because I want to see it, but I only want to see like
a little bit.
So I literally watch scarymovies like this.
It's only a smidgen.
I don't want to see the wholescreen.
I know it's going to something.
Bad's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Beyond the horror community, another community
that really embraced Megan andthe dance.
It's Pride Month here.
Yes, the gay community lovesMegan.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Loves Megan.
What did?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
it mean for you to see Megan embraced so much by
the gay community.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
You know, it was really again surreal.
It seems like she, it feelslike in some way, her bluntness
and her sass and everything likeI totally see why they love her
.
They have named her an icon andfor me I'm sitting here and
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it's so surreal.
I think it just means so muchand obviously I love when, you
know, people come up to me andcompliment her.
But it's so sweet because Ifeel like the community also
didn't even see her as a villainand that was so cool to me that
the fact that they didn't evensee her as a villain, like they
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saw her as a hero.
And it was so funny because Ithink that line is people were
like well, megan didn't doanything wrong, that's what she
was programmed to do and shejust loves Katie so much and so
she didn't do anything wrong,that's what she was programmed
to do and she just loves katieso much, and so she didn't do
anything wrong.
Love that, and I think findingthat line and seeing who was on
her side as a villain versus ahero, yep was so cool you know
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people, people love to hate thevillain, but we love to love.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
We love our villain, we love to love a villain.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
So many reality shows that we love, based on villains
yes, what was the mostchallenging part about?
I mean, I know you're a voiceactress, so even watching your
Penny Nickel Dime video, whereyou remade it and you resorted-
back to your original voice.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
That scared me.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
I'm like I don't even know how did you do that?
Yeah, what was the mostchallenging part, though, about
finding the right tone for Megan?
Speaker 3 (28:17):
And did you ever scare yourself a little bit,
like creep yourself out, whenyou were doing the voice?
You know?
I mean, I think seeing it comeout of her mouth was sometimes
weird.
Yeah, um, I think the mostchallenging part I think about
voice acting in general is nothaving another face to interact
with.
It's just you and the mic.
And especially for Megan, shedoesn't really have emotion
because she's a robot, but atthe same time she does have
empathy and she does have love.
So that was an interesting lineto find and also to play with
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those tones, as you mentioned,was another interesting thing,
because there's moments,especially in the first film,
where she gets mad at Gemma,where she's mad but she's not
loud about it right, like it'sjust scary.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Yeah, it's like when your parents don't yell at you.
They talk to you like this.
I'm like that's the scariestway.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Yeah, it's like the silent but deadly type of thing
and so I think finding thatbalance with her was the most
challenging part, but thedirector and I, mr jar johnstone
, him and I really werecollaborative on that sense.
There was times where we wouldgo back and forth and say, okay,
hey, no, I think this is, thisis where she's loud, this is
where she's soft.
With megan in specific, though,her funniest lines are usually
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the loudest and her most scarylines are usually the quietest.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Yes, they are yes, yes, they are.
You played an iconic villain,like we just said, a one that
people love, one that people aregonna hate, one that people are
gonna be scared of.
What is your iconic villainlike?
Speaker 3 (29:40):
what's your favorite you know this is quite funny.
So I grew up watching thismovie called Thumbelina I
remember Thumbelina.
And they have.
The mother frog is my favoritevillain of all time Go back and
rewatch Thumbelina.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
I mean, I feel like a lot of people don't expect that
because she, you know, it'ssuch an older film and she's not
really technically a villain.
I mean, in some ways she is,but she just has so much sass
and personality and flair andthe music and everything tied to
it, Like that's my favorite,but I mean in the grand scheme
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of things, I have to be sobiased and say that Megan is
also one of my favorites.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Of course, of course, not course, of course.
It's not even biased, it's justfacts, I mean obviously, like
you could already tell, but Ihave to confess I am not a
horror person.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
After the show we're going to show you.
We filmed her watching Meganyesterday.
We're going to have to show you.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:51):
But were you a fan of horror before you did Megan or
no?
I was terrified.
I was very terrified.
I would say I was prettysheltered in my movie watching
when I was young, not because ofmy parents, but just because I
was scared.
Yep, just scared, yeah.
And so, like you know, afterdoing Megan it's opened my eyes
because I know what it's likebehind the scenes.
Now I don't really watchanything demonic.
Those things really scare me.
But I have watched other filmsthat I didn't ever consider
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watching before.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Have you seen Jaws yet?
I haven't seen Jaws.
Go, watch the original Jaws.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
I need to go see Jaws .
Just don't go swimming in theocean after.
That's my thing.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Just wait like a month or two, forget about it
and then go in the ocean 27meters down.
I don't know if you guys sawthat that one was terrifying.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
All those ocean-based horror movies are.
I don't like getting into theocean past my knees because of
that yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
You know, it is terrifying.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
It is terrifying.
So did you.
Was your approach to voicingMegan 2.0 different from the
first one?
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Yes and no.
Obviously, you know, ifsomething's not broke, don't fix
it, but I mean, that's me likeif it's, if it's, if it's not
broke, don't fix it.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
If it's not broke, don't fix it.
Speaker 3 (31:59):
No, you were right.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
You were right, sorry let me, let me take a break,
hold on before I stutter in thisone.
Speaker 3 (32:07):
So obviously I wanted to keep the beauty of what she
possessed in the first film, ofher sass and her flair and her
fun, and I think we onlyheighten that for the sequel,
which is so fun.
But also I think now that meganhas another villain that she's
battling, there's a new side toher and there's almost a heroic
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side that I'm really excited foraudiences to see because, it's
this new.
There's new nuances of her thatI don't think the first film
really got to see because shewas such the villain in the
first one right and now in thissecond film, like it's very
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action-based.
The trailer showed a lot ofthat, and you know she's
battling somebody else now, butshe also is protecting Katie at
the same time, and there's somuch else that goes on.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
So my feelings are going to be all confused.
I can't know what to feel.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Yeah, I think there's also a sweetness to it too I
think her relationship withGemma obviously is a little bit
rough because she almostmurdered her in the first film,
but she still has that love forkatie, so much so that she'll do
anything for her.
And again, where does that takeher?
Speaker 1 (33:23):
exactly.
Do you think megan and chuckycould ever be friends on the
same, or the chucky just?
I don't know if chucky's nice,though at all.
I don't know if there's athere's like a emotional what do
you think?
Speaker 2 (33:34):
maybe the only time you saw emotional Chucky was
like Bride of Chucky A littlebit, a little bit.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
I think that a lot of people have brought that up and
I think it could be really coolto see a collaboration.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
I would love that Nothing would make me happier.
They would be so fun together.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
They would be very iconic together, truly.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
So I guess we shall see.
I think, if fans beg Universaland Blumhouse enough, maybe it
could happen.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Guys, start begging, everyone tweet it.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
We need a Chucky and Megan collab ASAP With Megan 2.0
and when Did that Girl Go?
Both releasing on June 27th.
What are you most excited foryour fans to experience with
everything that you have coming?
Speaker 1 (34:20):
out.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Same day yeah.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
You know, I think it's just excitement to show
people what I've been working onfor so long that I couldn't
really share.
You know, when it comes toMegan, I'm so excited for them
to see her legacy continue and,you know, hopefully, hopefully,
we get a third, like that wouldbe amazing.
I'm just excited for people tosee where she goes next and,
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like, also just see thedifferent sides of her in this
film and just the love thatwe've received has just been so,
so awesome and sweet.
And seeing people collectmemorabilia and just have dolls
of her is just insane.
So it's really truly, I think,exciting to see where and I
guess, what people love aboutthe second one, what lines
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become iconic, what moments arespecial and mean something to
them.
And I think, with my music, I'mjust excited for people to get
more of who Jenna is.
I think when Words Fail, musicspeaks and to tell stories that
they haven't heard before.
But to also be able to haveenough music to go out and tour
and get out there and to performlive, I think is what really
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excites me and entices me.
But there's so much variety inthis project that I'm excited
for people to be able to clickand hear the next one and just
be like, oh, this sonicallysounds the same, but it's
different.
Yep, this is a story.
What's this, what's this?
You know, it's that excitement,and I think just to finally
release what I've been hidingfor so long.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
Is there a person that you would are manifesting
to go on tour with?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
like any dream collaborations, you know.
Speaker 3 (35:52):
I think I love, I love Miley Cyrus so much.
Uh, I think Megan Maroney issuch a sweet, like girly, like
she seems like a big sister tome.
I've never met her but justlike her girliness I think could
be really cool to open for herone day.
I think she's incredible.
Also Kelsey Ballerini againlike having two songs written by
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her would also be a really coolmoment and another like big
sister moment and just like alot of women in country, like
it's so sweet.
But I don't think I'm pivotingor I guess pinpointing anybody
in particular, because just howit isn't acting.
I'm like, whatever opportunityis going to come up, absolutely
here we go and I'm going tolearn from it and I'm going to
love it and I'm just going tohave a blast with it.
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So, it's so open ended, and Ithink that's a beautiful thing
about this industry is that younever know what's going to
happen next.
That's the most exciting part.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
I learned so much today.
It's like it's, it's we.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
we know that, but it's always nice to hear
somebody else to say that we cantell it to ourselves.
All look up to you and I canonly imagine the interactions
that you have had with them.
What would be some advice thatyou would give to, like the
youngest performers, the onesstarting out at creating content
at eight, nine, 10?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
You know, I think it's authenticity and
consistency is the biggest thing, and not wavering from being
you or posting about you orbeing afraid to post about you.
I think so many people want toreplicate things that have
already been done or try to besomebody else or try to be quote
unquote cool, when I don'tthink anybody really knows how
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to be cool.
I think we just create thoseimages in our head of who we
think is cool and I have toremind myself that a lot and I
think, especially as I've gottenolder, you know you care more
about what you look like onscreen, you care more about this
, and I try to always look backto my younger self of being so
carefree and not caring abouthey, oh my gosh, you had a
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double chin in that click, oryou had this and that, or you
had this and that.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
it's more just being you and being authentic and
being real, because I think atthe end of the day, people are
going to watch you if you'rerelatable and if you admit hey
I'm human yeah, and that's realthis is me, yeah, yeah, I love
that well, jenna, it has beensuch a pleasure having you on
milk and honey, as I reallyappreciate you again taking the
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time uh, amidst all of yourcrazy press tour and schedule,
getting ready for everythingthat's coming out Before we do
wrap up, as it just aboutknocked my mic off of it.
Hold on, it's this damn reverb.
Where can our listeners findall the information about what
you got coming up?
Speaker 3 (38:27):
Yeah, I'm just everywhere pretty much at Jenna
Davis, spotify, apple Music,instagram, tiktok, deezer, tidal
, you know all the things in theworld.
Amazon Music everywhere,youtube Snapchat everywhere.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
Everywhere.
Jenna Davis, that's me I loveit.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
And everyone listening.
Don't forget to check outJenna's single on a budget Miss
Wannabe in San Diego and markyour calendars for when Did that
Girl Go?
And Megan 2.0 on June 27th.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
All right, thank you guys for tuning in.
Yes, thank you so much.
Thank you, see you next time.
welcome back everyone to milk and honey is the
podcast where we sip, spill andserve up stories behind your
favorite stars.
I'm your host, kayla becker andI'm vanessa.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Today we've got a treat for you guys.
She's an actress, singer anddigital creator who's taken the
world by storm.
You know her as the voice ofthe killer robot.
That both is terrifying andiconic.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
More iconic.
Plus, she's making waves as arising country star with her
debut album when Did that GirlGo?
Dropping the same day as Megan2.0, june 27th.
And let's not forget her 2024EP, psych.
That gave us a taste of hersignature pop country sound.
Please welcome themulti-talented.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Jenna Davis.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yay, hello everyone, thank you so much for joining us
.
I know you are a busy, busygirl.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I am just so excited to be here.
This is so fun.
I feel like the energy you knowlike when you walk into your
room.
You feel like the energy youknow like when you walk into
your room.
You feel like the energy ismatched.
The energy.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Oh, we're matching energy.
We love when people say that wehave a lot to dive in, but we
want to kind of go all the wayback.
You started dancing at likewhat two years old, so basically
out of the womb, started actingat five.
Can you tell us a little bitabout your early beginnings?
You know, being raised in Texas, kind of what first drew you to
the world of performance.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah, absolutely so.
Born in Texas?
Yes, I was born in Plano, livedin Frisco and lived there for
only about four years.
Then my family moved toMinnesota because my dad got a
job offer there Well, a jobpromotion there and so we moved
up there and my mom was a voiceand piano teacher.
So I'd always kind of had musicin my life because of that and
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I always wanted to sing.
Whenever she was teaching herstudents I always wanted to be
taught.
I would wait by the the doors.
We'd have this room in ourhouse in Minnesota.
That was her room to teach herstudents in and I would just
wait outside their little glassdoors and I would just wait
there until she was done for theday.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
It's my turn.
Exactly that was it.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
It was my turn and she was also my music teacher a
little bit at my Montessori andI always would get so mad when
she didn't pick me so it wasimmediately just something that
I was, I guess, attracted to,and I always really loved music
since I was young.
I was terrible at sportsanything in that regard.
I was awful, so I knew thatwasn't for me.
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And so around five, yeah, mymom started putting me in these
musical theater camps and then Istarted doing my first musical
theater productions when I wasnine.
So I started off then and thenpretty much I was doing a
production of Annie at mycommunity theater and the
director came up to my mom andshe said your kid can really act
, my mom's like she can.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Were you, annie.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
No, I played Molly, okay, yes, so it was Molly the
little baby orphan.
And after that I told my mom Iwanted to do professional
theater and film.
My mom said, okay, well, let'ssee how we can make that happen.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
We love a supportive parent yes, absolutely yes yes,
that makes all the difference inthe world it really does.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I couldn't have done it without my family.
I mean, I am an only child, soI think, in that regard, it was
easier for them to put a lot offocus on me and what I wanted to
do.
So I think that would have mademade it more difficult if I had
a sibling, because you knowthat's a lot harder.
But yeah, we started doingprofessional theater.
I started leaving school earlybecause I got to go do shows and
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I thought I was the coolestfifth grader in the world.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
Which I'm sure you were.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I mean, like I was hanging upside down on the
monkey bars when I was in fifthgrade trying to get attention
from you know.
Meanwhile she's off to play.
I know I mean you've had rolesin Raven's Home, chicken Girls
and voiced characters inTreehouse, detectives and
Vampirina, which you got to playmany voices in.
How did those early actingexperiences shape your
performance today?
Speaker 3 (03:55):
You know, I think it's taught me that no's are
no's for a reason, and yes oryeses for a reason.
I think really early on, when Iwas diving into theater and film
, you know you go in and you'rejust so excited and so
enthusiastic and so so fresh andnew to the industry that every
opportunity is just so exciting.
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And I think you know, as youget older, the opportunities
because rejection is soprevalent.
Sometimes you lose theexcitement because you're like,
okay, here's another one, we'rejust going to have to go for it.
And I think something that I'vealways taught myself is to
never lose that excitement, likethat childhood excitement that
I felt so early on and becauseevery role that's supposed to
happen is going to happen ifit's meant for you.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
And there's no sense.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
You know like there's no sense of thinking too much
into it.
It's really not that deep.
Sometimes it can literally justbe because the color of your
eyes or your height.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It doesn't have to be that deep.
We've talked about that, youknow, and it's hard.
Even we're a little bit olderthan you, but like still dealing
with the exact same thing andjust it's really refreshing that
you know someone your age Imean, you've been in the
business for a very long time,so but just has that works?
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Well, it doesn't matter how old or young you are,
it's just.
It comes down to if theopportunity is meant for you
Exactly.
And that's kind of the mindsetthat I had to really find early
on and just also introducemyself to other things like
music, like social media, tofeed into the auditions that I
was doing, because I wasn't aslucky as others who just come
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out here and book the firstthing that they audition for.
Sometimes I call those unicornsthat happens and I think, oh my
goodness, that's amazing.
Yes, that was not me.
Yes, it took a lot more.
It took a lot more of a grind,and that's OK, and I'm very
grateful for that grind becauseI think it's taught me to be
appreciative of everything.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Yeah, along the way.
Look how well-rounded you arenow.
Like we'll get to your music ina little bit in addition to
everything else you're doing.
But I do want to talk aboutyour leap to Los Angeles.
You know, from Texas, you saidMinnesota, yes To.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
LA.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Now, that's a big, that's a little bit of a.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Very impromptu, I'm sure like a huge culture shock.
Speaker 3 (06:04):
What was that like?
For you as a young artist youknow, I think I was very excited
because there's a stigma aroundla of course, and there's like
these expectations when you movehere that it's going to be like
this.
And then you, you move here andit's like, oh, it's a bit
different than I thought becauseit is, in some regard,
everybody's's just so busy andmoving around so fast, but also
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it's very lonesome at the sametime, right.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
If that makes sense.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
No, it makes total sense, and I think you only have
to live here to witness that,because when you come here and
visit, it's fun.
It's fun, it's exciting, it'sthis.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
And then when?
Speaker 3 (06:40):
you live here, it's very different Because you're
working to survive, run so high,we're all like, yes, we're all
running around like craziness.
But I think you know, at first,when I was so young I was only
11, so it's different from whenI'm an adult now and
experiencing it versus when Iwas younger.
I think when I was younger, myparents really tried to guard me
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in the best way that they could.
My parents didn't want me to.
They wanted me to pursue theindustry, but they didn't want
me to ever grow up and feel thatI lacked the normal life.
That was very important.
My mom told me that I never wantyou to say that I prevented you
from having a normal life.
She's like I never want that tohappen, because so many people
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that start off as a child cankind of go back and say that.
And so my parents gave me everyopportunity, from going to
middle school, to public school,to high school, to whatever I
wanted to do, and I alwaysdeclined.
I said, no, this is not what Iwant.
I want to pursue this and Iwant to do it.
And they're like, okay, well,here we go.
And I think it was at timeslonesome in the regard that you
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know I was homeschooled but Ichose that.
But I think it prepped me forwhat I wanted to do, and I think
I also saved myself a lot ofin-person like scrutiny and
bullying because I experiencedthat online.
Yeah, because I put myself outonline.
At that same time that westarted moving here, my mom
noticed that social media wasstarting to become really
important, and so she thoughtwell, what's a better way to
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market you than to put yourselfout there as a kid and just be
you and have fun?
My mom helped me manageeverything, so obviously I her
and I would just create thecontent together, and it was
very innocent, it was justlittle singing videos.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Well, the penny nickel dime video.
Was that one of them?
Yeah, yeah, it was later on, sothat was when I was like 13 or
14.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I started posting when I was like 11.
So even younger.
But we started doing thatbecause I told my mom that music
was also something that I wasinterested in pursuing more
seriously.
But we noticed that I was only11 years old.
So there was no sense of usreally rushing for that.
Instead, let's just do covers,let's just see what happens,
let's just post so people getfamiliar with my face and my
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voice.
But I was always very carefreeand a little bit dorky when I
was younger that I just didn'tcare.
So we just kind of posted andhad fun with it.
But I let my mom take care ofthat and I just was a kid and
had fun.
But in times that you know Ionly got to really know the
people that I worked on set with.
So in that regard it could bekind of lonesome.
But I think I'll always holdsuch a special place in my heart
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for LA because there's no otherplace that could have allowed
me to do what I love so much.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Absolutely, and you know it's having that support to
, like we said, from your parent, like they're, they're your
protector, right.
So it's so great that you'vehad that this whole time, since
you were 11, you know I thinkit's also protected me from a
lot in this industry too, youknow, I think having your parent
there and still continues to bemy mom's here today.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You know, I think it's so important to have that,
I guess, protector, as younotice.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yes, I totally agree.
I want to have that person allthe way through.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
My mom would be here too If she lived in LA, like she
would be here on set with meevery single time I love I feel
the same energy with like frommy mom to your mom, and it's a
it's a really special thingbecause a lot of people don't
have that support.
So go moms, go support.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
I do let's.
I do want to jump into your.
To your, though, because, likeyou said, that's something that
you have always been verypassionate about, although we're
just seeing it now your debutalbum.
Where Did that Girl Go?
Dropping June 27th, by the way,the same day as Megan 2.0, so
it's kind of a big day.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Iconic, you know.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
I mean, how does that feel to have two major projects
launching at the exact sametime?
Speaker 3 (10:22):
You know, I think we have that phrase in Texas go big
or go home, and that was kindof my mentality with it.
I thought what better than tocombine my two biggest passions
in one?
Obviously, I didn't get todecide the Megan to premiere?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
You didn't.
I thought you probably sentsome messages like guys listen,
listen.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
I asked you on the same day, but after we figured
out what day it would be, Ithought you know what.
It's so exciting to be able totalk about two things that
you're so excited about.
And I feel like this industryis so secretive.
And until it all is not, yep,and I thought you know what,
let's just put two in one andjust go for it and have fun and
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just see what happens.
And with all the press thatI've been doing for Megan, it's
also just a great way to showaudiences what else I have going
on, because after one projectis done, everybody asks you
what's next, absolutely All thetime.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
All the time.
Is that frustrating In someregard?
Like let me just breathe.
Yeah, enjoy this one, yeah, andsometimes you don't even know.
I don't know what project Halfthe time.
I don't think any of us know wewant that consistency.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
That's what we want.
We want to be able to do whatwe love and get paid for it.
Yeah, pantsomely.
Speaker 1 (11:29):
Period.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
It seems so easy.
Yeah, Simple right.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
So what is the meaning behind the title of the
album?
Where did that girl go?
Speaker 3 (11:39):
So I'm at this point, I just turned 21 back in may.
Happy birthday, thank you.
But everybody, like I guessI've been getting comments
recently that saying that I'mnot like a girl anymore, I'm
like a woman, like you're anadult, you're a woman, and that
really scares me, like thethought of that, like not being
a quote-unquote girl.
I mean, I'm always gonna be agirl, but of course you know it.
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That phrase of adulting andgetting into that sphere where
you're seen as an adult is soscary but also thrilling and
exciting at the same time.
And I think that's what.
Where did that girl go?
For me means it's, you know,it's kind of a tribute to my
younger self, kind of coming ofage moment, but it's also
everything in the project is sowhere I'm at right now and
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there's like three differentspheres.
We have like a sweetness to it,there's a saltiness to it, and
there's like three differentspheres.
We have like a sweetness to it,there's a saltiness to it, and
there's also just like a bitter,a bitter sweetness to it.
It's this whole array ofdifferent things that have
occurred in my life that havekind of shaped me to be.
I don't want to use the woman Iam today, but like who I am
today, yeah, of course, andyou're never going to forget
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those other versions ofyourselves.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
They're always going to be with you.
That's the most beautiful partabout it and you know your music
is making waves in Nashvilleand beyond.
You have, like you said, a lotof different versions in this
album.
So what kind of got you to thatpop infused country sound?
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah, so ironically my relative is Gene Autry, who's
like the country singing cowboy, who did Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer, and so from a veryyoung age like just being in
Texas and, I think, just beingraised on country music and just
loving the storytelling that'sbehind it, I think it's.
I've just always been drawn toit.
My mom raised me like on PatsyCline and Dolly Parton and all
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of those iconic women in country, and so I think I've always
just been attracted to it,because it's what I've grown up
with right.
But also I don't think any othergenre tells the stories that
country music does, and so Ithink I've always just been
called to it and I think lessthings are so generalized now.
Everything's just making musicabout what you want to make
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music about, but I've alwaysknown that that's what I wanted
since I was very, very young.
I think I started singing a lotof pop music primarily just to
start growing my audience inthat regard, because so many
people are attracted to popmusic and there's definitely
elements of pop in my tracks,for sure, because Miley Cyrus is
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one of my favorite artists.
I've just again grown up withpop music as well, and I think
you know a hit's a hit and inpop music there's so many of
those.
But I love the blend and I lovethat I can blend the two and
that there doesn't have to be asignificant oh it's country, oh
it's pop, anymore, right, it'san infused infused music.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Country is the most timeless genre of all infused
music.
I love that.
I feel like country is the mosttimeless genre of all.
It truly is.
Speaker 3 (14:26):
I mean I'm biased, since I'm in it, but I went to
college at Belmont University inNashville.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
No way, and I know when I was I didn't grow up
loving country music.
I was almost like rebellingagainst it.
Because I'm from the South, I'mlike I can't help but like fall
in love with country music andto this day it's one of my
favorite things to put on theradio, whether it's from 30
years ago, 40 years ago or today, yeah it's just, it's always a
bop.
So now, before this album, wehave to talk about 2024.
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You released your ep uh psych.
We got that's when we first gota taste of your musical style.
How would you say that that epconnects with your upcoming
album?
You?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
You know, I think Psych was very witty and it was
the first couple of ideas that Ihad for my music FBI, six Foot,
nothing, even Psych in generalall just came from the notes of
my phone and just the titlesthat I've always wanted to write
.
So in that regard it was kindof what I wanted to first say.
But I think when Did that GirlGo is?
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I think it's more vulnerable.
I think it's also seeing newsides.
Psych was very I want to say itwas pretty bitter.
It was very more on the edgierside and when I look to who
Jenna is and who I am and who Iwant to be as an artist and
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where I want to go, I'm notcompletely edgy and I didn't
want people in psych to thinkthat that was who I was as a
person.
It was like this person whojust experienced all this bad
love and rage because at the endof the day I'm only 21 and I
really have not had that muchrelationship experience.
But it can kind of come off oflike that in psych where I'm
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just so bitter and mad.
But it was just.
That was the time of my lifewhere I was writing, I was in my
heartbreak era and that's whereI was at and with when Did that
Girl Go?
There's contrast which I'mreally excited for people to see
.
I have a love song.
I have my first love song thatI wrote about my boyfriend and
experiencing how healthy love is, and I could never.
I mean, I wrote love songsbefore but nothing that I ever
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wanted to cut right.
And San Diego was that's thesong.
It was my first song that Ireally wanted to cut because it
felt so real and genuine to meand it was the first time that I
felt like, oh, this is like areally healthy thing that I
really want to write about.
And so there is that.
But also I have like a littlebit of an ode to psych.
I have a song called fun dip onthere that's very witty and fun
and spicy and kind of kind ofplays an ode to what psych was.
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But then I have a song calledactor on there, which is like my
last track of the project,which talked about how, during
the first megan premiere, I wentthrough a breakup and how I was
broken up with the same day aslike the biggest week of in my
life and I had to pretty muchpretend that none of that was
going on and at the end, thissong is like you made me a
better actor, and thank you fordoing that, like that.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
I love that.
Oh, preach, that's like what itis.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
You said earlier, like the adulting is scaring.
I feel like you've beenadulting longer than I've been
adulting.
You're so mature the way you'reable to handle everything
that's been happening in yourlife over the last you know I
think it's just.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
you know, especially in the acting industry, you're
surrounded by so many adults.
Of course that it's just whatyou're used to.
Sometimes I feel like I getalong better with adults than I
do with kids my own age becauseI have been surrounded by more
adults than I have kids andyou're on set.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
You know the set etiquette right.
It's being respectful toeverybody on there.
And so it's nice when you areon set with other people who are
like-minded like that, but youdon't always get that.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
No, and you have to continuously remain yourself and
know what you bring to thetable, but your single On a
Budget written by KelseyBallerini, jimmy Robbins and
Shane McAnally.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
Came out in March and was instantly relatable and
catchy.
Tell us about that track andwhat that means to you.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Yeah, so On A Budget, really came to me.
It was a pitch song.
Obviously it was a KelseyBallerini song.
I did not realize that at thetime, though I did not figure
out that it was them three whohad written the song until I was
cutting the vocal.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Really, what was your like when you feel out Like
what?
Yeah, but maybe it helped tokind of ease the nerves before
you knew.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
I feel like if I knew beforehand I'd be like extra,
like right yeah, and I love thatmy label didn't tell me,
because I think they wanted meto really be in love with the
song versus like loving the ideathat these people were behind
it, because I think obviouslywhen, like, a big name is behind
a song, obviously it'sintriguing, of course, but for
me I never want to cut somethingthat's not authentic to me,
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because most of my songs I havewritten.
There's a few that I haven't,but any song that is an outside
song that I've cut has to beauthentic to me because I feel
like my audience can readthrough that very quickly.
And so with On A Budget, it wasinteresting because I was an
online meme when I was youngercalled Penny Nickel Dime.
Yes, and that was a difficulttime in my life in the sense of
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receiving like so much hateagainst something that wasn't
even supposed to be anythinglarge.
Right, it just became a memebecause the internet decided it
wanted to be a meme and so withthat, I'd always wanted to do
like a tribute or an ode to it,because it was a time in my life
and it's still something that'sstill brought up till this day,
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which is ironic to me.
But when I heard on a budgetthat it was a clapback song
related to money that had to dolike it was just it was clapping
back to haters yeah, in moneyterms, it felt like so oddly
coincidental and meant to be,and the fact that I heard it I
thought like this is so weirdthat I did not write this, but
it just applies to my situation.
So so well, and that's kind ofwhat happened.
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I heard it and I didn't reallydo anything with it the first
couple of months, but then,after I started thinking about
it, I thought you know what?
It'd be really fun to start thesong with the meme and just go
right into it and just kind ofclap back at anybody who's ever
called me that name.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
We love clapping back .
We love a clap back.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yes, and so that's what I decided to do, and I'm
really grateful that Kelsey,shane and Jimmy believed in me
enough to give me that song.
At the end of the day, I willnever discredit if I don't know,
I think some artists.
It really frustrates me thatthey sometimes pretend a song is
theirs, that they think theywrote it.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
I'll never do that.
I don't believe in that yougive credit where it's due.
Yeah, absolutely, because oneday you might be writing songs
for up-and-coming artists andyou know it's a full circle
thing, yeah 1,000%.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Everyone deserves their flowers 1,000% 1,000%.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
Well, very excited about all of your music, I think
it's so cool Again.
You're juggling that, alongwith everything else you've been
juggling for over a decade.
But we got to talk about Megan.
Yeah, oh my gosh, I was tellingher earlier when I first moved
to Los Angeles, my first moviepremiere I thought it was so
Hollywood was the Megan premiere, that's so great.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I mean, that is so Hollywood.
What are you talking about?
Speaker 1 (21:11):
In the best way.
I moved here from Tampa Floridaso there was no big premieres
happening there.
So so impressed to see whatyou've done since then, very
excited for 2.0.
But yeah, let's talk about it.
So you've voiced a characterhit Blumhouse sci-fi horror film
.
For those of you who do notwatch, who have not seen it yet,
2.0 is dropping June 27.
I want to hear about how youlanded this role, what the
audition process was likevoicing a character like this.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
Yeah.
So I received the auditionthrough a casting director that
I had known for a few years.
Typically it comes through youragency, but she told me that
they were having a hard timecasting for this role called
Megan, and I thought, okay,interesting, she's like I think
you'd be a really good fit forit.
Can you just send me anaudition, give it a shot, I'll
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talk to your team and everything.
I'm like sure, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I get the audition.
I didn't know what it was for.
All I knew it was for Megan.
The character's name is Meganand I thought it was for a video
game.
I had no clue, so I read thebrief description.
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She was an AI robot.
I was like interesting.
I've always done voiceovers soI can manipulate my voice into
different things, but as I wasreading the script and kind of
the brief about the character, Inoticed that she had a lot of
sass and wit behind her and Ididn't want to read her as a
traditional robot because Ithink that would be very boring.
And I noticed that she had a lotof dialogue.
So I thought, okay, if I readher like a robot, that would be
very boring for a very long timebecause she had just so much
dialogue and I thought that waskind of interesting for a video
game.
But I didn't.
I didn't really ask manyquestions, I just I did it on my
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bedroom floor closet and sentit in.
Just kind of got the voicepretty like instantly and just
went with it and sent it in.
After that I got called back acouple of times.
They were sending me a thingcalled redirects.
I don't know if you guys arefamiliar with that term, but
it's pretty much where they giveyou a, a redirect or a comment
of saying hey, can you try thisor do this?
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So they did a few of those.
I remember I was in Nashvillerecording music and they were
giving me a few redirects aswell and I was like this is so
interesting, like obviouslythey're interested, but I never
get my hopes up until I'm on setor the contract's in my hand,
because I feel like it's neverit, you're never safe.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
Yeah, I never save, once it's on tv or out, then
we're safe we know how manythings have we done where, I
mean, I've done so many thingswhere I've never even seen them
so you never know until it's,it's there and you're physically
seeing it yeah did you knowright away that Megan was going
to be such a phenomenon?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
No, like dance, like that dance which I still can't
do.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
You know the dance when I was watching it.
I remember her walking down thehall and I was like you go,
girl, and she's a profusa, shewas a pussycat dancer, pussycat
doll, and professional dancerLaker girl.
When I watched that, I'm like,let me try this real quick.
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Meanwhile I trip over my feet.
But did you know when you werefilming it?
Did you feel that, or were youas shocked as everyone?
Speaker 3 (23:58):
else.
I think I was definitely asshocked as everybody else.
I knew the script was well doneand I knew that it had a very
different plot that.
I think Hollywood hadn't seen,which I think is always
attractive.
But the thing is, with a newvillain, especially playing one,
it's quite intimidating becauseyou don't know how people are
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going to respond and I didn'trealize how passionate the
horror community is.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
They are so passionate.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
It's a cult.
It's beautiful, yes.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
It's really beautiful to see.
They're so sweet and everybodywas just so complimentary of it
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that it was so rewarding andjust felt so surreal and insane.
But it was not something that Icould have predicted.
I had no clue.
Speaker 1 (25:03):
And I don't even think Universal and Blumhouse
now Right.
When did you find out therewould be a sequel Like what was
that called?
Pretty instantly Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
I didn't.
I think they I mean theyannounced it to deadline and
everything before I even knew.
I found out through that Ifound out through that and even
then I didn't I never wanted tomake the assumption that I'm
returning until I get the call,of course.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
But of course I saw it and I thought, okay, well hey
, yeah, is anyone gonna tell methat, like we're this again?
Because I would love to know.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
Exactly.
It came really fast after thefirst one, though, which was so
cool and obviously the successof the film in the box office
was really surreal as well.
I mean, you can't predict any ofthat, and I feel like sometimes
I've always been told thathaving expectations can
sometimes lead you to failedrealities, and so, even with the
second film, it's nervewracking too, because it's a
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sequel, and I feel likeeverybody has a stigma around
sequels of oh, is it going tobeat the first one?
Oh, no, no, no, no.
But I really do think oursequel is so well written, but
it's also taking the story tonew heights where I feel like
people are not expecting it.
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
I can't wait.
I mean, I can wait, I want tosee it right now, because I will
be watching it like this that'show.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
I watch it.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
Because I want to see it, but I only want to see like
a little bit.
So I literally watch scarymovies like this.
It's only a smidgen.
I don't want to see the wholescreen.
I know it's going to something.
Bad's going to happen.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Beyond the horror community, another community
that really embraced Megan andthe dance.
It's Pride Month here.
Yes, the gay community lovesMegan.
Speaker 2 (26:30):
Loves Megan.
What did?
Speaker 1 (26:31):
it mean for you to see Megan embraced so much by
the gay community.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
You know, it was really again surreal.
It seems like she, it feelslike in some way, her bluntness
and her sass and everything likeI totally see why they love her
.
They have named her an icon andfor me I'm sitting here and
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it's so surreal.
I think it just means so muchand obviously I love when, you
know, people come up to me andcompliment her.
But it's so sweet because Ifeel like the community also
didn't even see her as a villainand that was so cool to me that
the fact that they didn't evensee her as a villain, like they
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saw her as a hero.
And it was so funny because Ithink that line is people were
like well, megan didn't doanything wrong, that's what she
was programmed to do and shejust loves Katie so much and so
she didn't do anything wrong,that's what she was programmed
to do and she just loves katieso much, and so she didn't do
anything wrong.
Love that, and I think findingthat line and seeing who was on
her side as a villain versus ahero, yep was so cool you know
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people, people love to hate thevillain, but we love to love.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
We love our villain, we love to love a villain.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
So many reality shows that we love, based on villains
yes, what was the mostchallenging part about?
I mean, I know you're a voiceactress, so even watching your
Penny Nickel Dime video, whereyou remade it and you resorted-
back to your original voice.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
That scared me.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
I'm like I don't even know how did you do that?
Yeah, what was the mostchallenging part, though, about
finding the right tone for Megan?
Speaker 3 (28:17):
And did you ever scare yourself a little bit,
like creep yourself out, whenyou were doing the voice?
You know?
I mean, I think seeing it comeout of her mouth was sometimes
weird.
Yeah, um, I think the mostchallenging part I think about
voice acting in general is nothaving another face to interact
with.
It's just you and the mic.
And especially for Megan, shedoesn't really have emotion
because she's a robot, but atthe same time she does have
empathy and she does have love.
So that was an interesting lineto find and also to play with
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those tones, as you mentioned,was another interesting thing,
because there's moments,especially in the first film,
where she gets mad at Gemma,where she's mad but she's not
loud about it right, like it'sjust scary.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
Yeah, it's like when your parents don't yell at you.
They talk to you like this.
I'm like that's the scariestway.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
Yeah, it's like the silent but deadly type of thing
and so I think finding thatbalance with her was the most
challenging part, but thedirector and I, mr jar johnstone
, him and I really werecollaborative on that sense.
There was times where we wouldgo back and forth and say, okay,
hey, no, I think this is, thisis where she's loud, this is
where she's soft.
With megan in specific, though,her funniest lines are usually
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the loudest and her most scarylines are usually the quietest.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
Yes, they are yes, yes, they are.
You played an iconic villain,like we just said, a one that
people love, one that people aregonna hate, one that people are
gonna be scared of.
What is your iconic villainlike?
Speaker 3 (29:40):
what's your favorite you know this is quite funny.
So I grew up watching thismovie called Thumbelina I
remember Thumbelina.
And they have.
The mother frog is my favoritevillain of all time Go back and
rewatch Thumbelina.
Speaker 1 (30:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
I mean, I feel like a lot of people don't expect that
because she, you know, it'ssuch an older film and she's not
really technically a villain.
I mean, in some ways she is,but she just has so much sass
and personality and flair andthe music and everything tied to
it, Like that's my favorite,but I mean in the grand scheme
(30:25):
of things, I have to be sobiased and say that Megan is
also one of my favorites.
Speaker 2 (30:28):
Of course, of course, not course, of course.
It's not even biased, it's justfacts, I mean obviously, like
you could already tell, but Ihave to confess I am not a
horror person.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
After the show we're going to show you.
We filmed her watching Meganyesterday.
We're going to have to show you.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (30:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:51):
But were you a fan of horror before you did Megan or
no?
I was terrified.
I was very terrified.
I would say I was prettysheltered in my movie watching
when I was young, not because ofmy parents, but just because I
was scared.
Yep, just scared, yeah.
And so, like you know, afterdoing Megan it's opened my eyes
because I know what it's likebehind the scenes.
Now I don't really watchanything demonic.
Those things really scare me.
But I have watched other filmsthat I didn't ever consider
(31:16):
watching before.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Have you seen Jaws yet?
I haven't seen Jaws.
Go, watch the original Jaws.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
I need to go see Jaws .
Just don't go swimming in theocean after.
That's my thing.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Just wait like a month or two, forget about it
and then go in the ocean 27meters down.
I don't know if you guys sawthat that one was terrifying.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
All those ocean-based horror movies are.
I don't like getting into theocean past my knees because of
that yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
You know, it is terrifying.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
It is terrifying.
So did you.
Was your approach to voicingMegan 2.0 different from the
first one?
Speaker 3 (31:46):
Yes and no.
Obviously, you know, ifsomething's not broke, don't fix
it, but I mean, that's me likeif it's, if it's, if it's not
broke, don't fix it.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
If it's not broke, don't fix it.
Speaker 3 (31:59):
No, you were right.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
You were right, sorry let me, let me take a break,
hold on before I stutter in thisone.
Speaker 3 (32:07):
So obviously I wanted to keep the beauty of what she
possessed in the first film, ofher sass and her flair and her
fun, and I think we onlyheighten that for the sequel,
which is so fun.
But also I think now that meganhas another villain that she's
battling, there's a new side toher and there's almost a heroic
(32:27):
side that I'm really excited foraudiences to see because, it's
this new.
There's new nuances of her thatI don't think the first film
really got to see because shewas such the villain in the
first one right and now in thissecond film, like it's very
(32:49):
action-based.
The trailer showed a lot ofthat, and you know she's
battling somebody else now, butshe also is protecting Katie at
the same time, and there's somuch else that goes on.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
So my feelings are going to be all confused.
I can't know what to feel.
Speaker 3 (33:04):
Yeah, I think there's also a sweetness to it too I
think her relationship withGemma obviously is a little bit
rough because she almostmurdered her in the first film,
but she still has that love forkatie, so much so that she'll do
anything for her.
And again, where does that takeher?
Speaker 1 (33:23):
exactly.
Do you think megan and chuckycould ever be friends on the
same, or the chucky just?
I don't know if chucky's nice,though at all.
I don't know if there's athere's like a emotional what do
you think?
Speaker 2 (33:34):
maybe the only time you saw emotional Chucky was
like Bride of Chucky A littlebit, a little bit.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
I think that a lot of people have brought that up and
I think it could be really coolto see a collaboration.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
I would love that Nothing would make me happier.
They would be so fun together.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
They would be very iconic together, truly.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
So I guess we shall see.
I think, if fans beg Universaland Blumhouse enough, maybe it
could happen.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Guys, start begging, everyone tweet it.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
We need a Chucky and Megan collab ASAP With Megan 2.0
and when Did that Girl Go?
Both releasing on June 27th.
What are you most excited foryour fans to experience with
everything that you have coming?
Speaker 1 (34:20):
out.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
Same day yeah.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
You know, I think it's just excitement to show
people what I've been working onfor so long that I couldn't
really share.
You know, when it comes toMegan, I'm so excited for them
to see her legacy continue and,you know, hopefully, hopefully,
we get a third, like that wouldbe amazing.
I'm just excited for people tosee where she goes next and,
(34:44):
like, also just see thedifferent sides of her in this
film and just the love thatwe've received has just been so,
so awesome and sweet.
And seeing people collectmemorabilia and just have dolls
of her is just insane.
So it's really truly, I think,exciting to see where and I
guess, what people love aboutthe second one, what lines
(35:06):
become iconic, what moments arespecial and mean something to
them.
And I think, with my music, I'mjust excited for people to get
more of who Jenna is.
I think when Words Fail, musicspeaks and to tell stories that
they haven't heard before.
But to also be able to haveenough music to go out and tour
and get out there and to performlive, I think is what really
(35:29):
excites me and entices me.
But there's so much variety inthis project that I'm excited
for people to be able to clickand hear the next one and just
be like, oh, this sonicallysounds the same, but it's
different.
Yep, this is a story.
What's this, what's this?
You know, it's that excitement,and I think just to finally
release what I've been hidingfor so long.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
Is there a person that you would are manifesting
to go on tour with?
Speaker 1 (35:49):
like any dream collaborations, you know.
Speaker 3 (35:52):
I think I love, I love Miley Cyrus so much.
Uh, I think Megan Maroney issuch a sweet, like girly, like
she seems like a big sister tome.
I've never met her but justlike her girliness I think could
be really cool to open for herone day.
I think she's incredible.
Also Kelsey Ballerini againlike having two songs written by
(36:12):
her would also be a really coolmoment and another like big
sister moment and just like alot of women in country, like
it's so sweet.
But I don't think I'm pivotingor I guess pinpointing anybody
in particular, because just howit isn't acting.
I'm like, whatever opportunityis going to come up, absolutely
here we go and I'm going tolearn from it and I'm going to
love it and I'm just going tohave a blast with it.
(36:32):
So, it's so open ended, and Ithink that's a beautiful thing
about this industry is that younever know what's going to
happen next.
That's the most exciting part.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
I learned so much today.
It's like it's, it's we.
Speaker 1 (36:50):
we know that, but it's always nice to hear
somebody else to say that we cantell it to ourselves.
All look up to you and I canonly imagine the interactions
that you have had with them.
What would be some advice thatyou would give to, like the
youngest performers, the onesstarting out at creating content
at eight, nine, 10?
Speaker 3 (37:04):
You know, I think it's authenticity and
consistency is the biggest thing, and not wavering from being
you or posting about you orbeing afraid to post about you.
I think so many people want toreplicate things that have
already been done or try to besomebody else or try to be quote
unquote cool, when I don'tthink anybody really knows how
(37:28):
to be cool.
I think we just create thoseimages in our head of who we
think is cool and I have toremind myself that a lot and I
think, especially as I've gottenolder, you know you care more
about what you look like onscreen, you care more about this
, and I try to always look backto my younger self of being so
carefree and not caring abouthey, oh my gosh, you had a
(37:48):
double chin in that click, oryou had this and that, or you
had this and that.
Speaker 1 (37:51):
it's more just being you and being authentic and
being real, because I think atthe end of the day, people are
going to watch you if you'rerelatable and if you admit hey
I'm human yeah, and that's realthis is me, yeah, yeah, I love
that well, jenna, it has beensuch a pleasure having you on
milk and honey, as I reallyappreciate you again taking the
(38:12):
time uh, amidst all of yourcrazy press tour and schedule,
getting ready for everythingthat's coming out Before we do
wrap up, as it just aboutknocked my mic off of it.
Hold on, it's this damn reverb.
Where can our listeners findall the information about what
you got coming up?
Speaker 3 (38:27):
Yeah, I'm just everywhere pretty much at Jenna
Davis, spotify, apple Music,instagram, tiktok, deezer, tidal
, you know all the things in theworld.
Amazon Music everywhere,youtube Snapchat everywhere.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
Everywhere.
Jenna Davis, that's me I loveit.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
And everyone listening.
Don't forget to check outJenna's single on a budget Miss
Wannabe in San Diego and markyour calendars for when Did that
Girl Go?
And Megan 2.0 on June 27th.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
All right, thank you guys for tuning in.
Yes, thank you so much.
Thank you, see you next time.
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