April 19, 2025 • 20 mins
Our host Darriel Roy interviews musical superstar, Jason Derulo. Jason has sold over 250 million singles worldwide.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello and welcome. Thank you so much for watching. This
shows all about giving you insights and showcasing brands that
help you to live your best life and give you confidence.
As always, I want to kick start your morning with
some motivational advice to help you to feel inspired and
energized to start your day today. I want to talk
about the importance of understanding that every day is a
fresh start to get things right. The reality is, just
(00:22):
because you had a bad day, bad week, or even
a bad month, it doesn't mean that things need to
stay that way. In fact, each and every day is
a fresh start to get things right, to get your
life back on track, and to make better decisions. The
great news is it's never too late to make a
positive change in your life. Your future is completely in
your control, which means you have the power to decide
(00:45):
right now that a bad day doesn't equal life remaining
that way. You and you alone have the ability to
change things around by simply changing your mindset. Making your
mission today to start cultivating the belief that each day
we have the opportunity to start anew and that today
is the day that you decide that everything always works
out in your favor. As Douglas Pagel's quotes. Each new
(01:06):
day is a blank page and the diary of your life.
His secret of success is turning that diary into the
best story you possibly can. Next time on the show,
we have musical superstar Jason Derulo. Jason has sold over
two hundred and fifty million singles worldwide. Jason, thank you
so much for being on the show today.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
How are you doing fantastic fantastic itself.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I am doing really well. I was just telling you
I'm such a big fan of your music. I've been
listening to your music for years. So it is an
honor to have you on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Oh not, a pleasure is mine. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
So before we talk about all your accolades as an
amazing artist, let's take it back to the beginning. I
know that you started writing music at just eight years old,
So wonder that passion for music begin.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
For music?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I mean, I had a passion from four years old.
I was completely obsessed from a very very early age. Now,
honestly think that was one of the the greatest gifts
is the certainty of knowing exactly what I wanted and
what I wanted to do from four So I started
writing songs at eight because of this girl in my
(02:12):
class name Amy, and I was trying trying to impress
her and trying to give her something that I ain't
have any money obviously, so I was like, let me
write a song, and yeah, that started a journey of songwriting.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Very nice, and I love that you discover that so early.
Most people do not know what they want to do
at four years old, let alone eight years old, so
that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
And then a lot of people's interests changed, right Like
you may think you do one thing and then you know,
things change pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
So yeah, I was. I was definitely blessed with that
for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
And before your music really took off, you were writing
songs for people like Cassie Lil Wayne, So tell us
about that in your songwriting as well.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, it was my entry way, you know. I was
going to do it by any means necessary, however, I
had to kick down the doors, however, I had.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
To weasel, you know, wiggle my way in. I was
gonna do that.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
The songwriting thing happened because I wanted to get in
more sessions with different producers, and producers don't typically want
to necessarily work with the star of an artist that's
trying to make it right.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
They're trying to play songs with people that are already on.
So I wasn't getting a lot of sessions with people
that wanted to work with me.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
So the moment I started to switch gears and say, hey.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm a songwriter, let's do.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
A song for so and so, let's do a SO
for this person, all of a sudden, like the doors
started to open and people started to let me in sessions,
and I got to work with a lot of different producers,
and I was going to take them songs and just
put it on my demo and you know, try to
get a deal like that. But oddly enough, those songs
started to get placed and it started that.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
That you know, journey of ghostwriting.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But it was not necessarily something that you know, I
wanted to do. It's just just so happened to happen.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I think that's something everyone can take away from is
that you you did what you could to get into
your foot in the door, right. I think that's and
look how far it's taking you now. You're a superstar,
So that's incredible.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
It's just that any by any means necessary kind of
approach willing to do any and everything to just get.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Closer to the goal that I think a lot of times.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
People get too big for their breeches and are like,
oh no, I'm not doing that, Oh no, that's beneath me,
or I ain't doing that.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
And I've always had the approach of like.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to just be
in the room. You know, there's no shame in starting
as as an intern, finding an internship somewhere and learning
and growing and being in the room. There's nothing like
like being in the room, you know, in any in
any field, it's not not just music. Being in the
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room is the best teacher.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You know. You can have somebody tell you should do this,
that and the other.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
But if you can actually be a fly on the
wall and actually be a part of what's happening in
the room and you know, have that open ear and
that open mind and nothing, it will be.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Better than that.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Absolutely. I feel you on that. You know, I work
for free at a TV station for four years before
you know, I got paid, and it took me ten
years to manifest this show. So yeah, you gotta hustle, right,
It's the grind.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Congrats, You're do an amazing job.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Thank you so much. And you know, one of your
first number one songs was what You Say. I want
to ask you, what is your favorite song that you've
written and saying so far? And why.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
It's hard to say. You know, all my songs are
my babies, and.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I guess it depends on what vibe I'm in, you know,
if I'm you know, on my independent vibes, I want
to celebrate myself.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I'll say riding solo if I'm feeling that's a good one,
lovey dovey.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You know, I might do like a little marry me
or eight girl, or if I'm trying to go to
the club, talk thirty or SOI la.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
If I want to do like a sing along moment
with the families, probably like want to want Me? You know,
a moment with my son is probably trumpets or take
you dance.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
You know, it really depends on like the the what's
going on?
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And what I like about you is that your music
is different. You don't have one genre that you have pop,
you have rock. I mean, You've been collaborating with a
lot of Indian artists, well recently So how would you
define your musical style.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Yeah, I think I'm just really just just open. I've
always just been a huge fan of music, and I
just love all the diferent kinds of genres.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
And I think part of that is from being from Miami.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Miami is just such a melting pot as people from.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
All over the world in Miami, So I got.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Exposed to a lot of different food, a lot of
different languages, a lot of different forms of music because
a I studied.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Music in school and all forms of music, but also
everybody was from all different walks of life, you know,
in Miami.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
So I've always had a world perspective, you know, when
it comes to music, and I've never wanted to be
boxed into one genre, you know. And I think that's
that's something really unique to me that I like, I
generally don't put any barriers on myself at all.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
And I'm not the person that likes to.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Put on an album and then the whole album sounds
the same, you know. I like to put on an
album that takes me on a journey and like this
song is like.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
This, and this song was like this, and I.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Was just listening to justin Timberlake's Future Sex Love Sound,
and I was like, wow, like this this is a
solid piece of work, because no record sounds like the
last record, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
So that's that's basically my vibe.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
R Like I like to reinvent and and do things
completely different. All the songs that I mentioned earlier, I
feel like our world's apart.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
And I think that's just from being a fan of all.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Force of music and speaking about music. You have new
music Snake with Nora Fataki. I know you had over
one hundred million views, surpassed that actually on that song
talks about that song actually.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Uh yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
I got introduced to Nora by a close friend of mine, Tommy,
who lives down the street for me, and yeah, he
brought the idea up and he introduced me to her
artistry and I watched her videos and I was like, damn,
like nobody's doing it like this. This is like a
lost art like where she's like actually dancing and performing
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in her videos, and you know, it was just bringing
back that that that.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
That heyday when people were actually like making real music videos.
You know.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
I was like, yeah, count me in that evening I
did my verse and and yeah, the rest was history.
It's crazy because even like when we were posting on
social media, at anytime that like we posted something together,
there was some sort of like magic like I'm talking
about like on Instagram, like these videos is getting like
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ninety one hundred million, eighty million views.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Like this is crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
It's crazy, And I think it was beautiful because I
feel like she introduced me to an entirely new audience.
Of course, I dabbled in, you know, with working with
Indian artists, with Jellaby Baby, with Teher.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
We actually had Tesser on the show as well when
that song came out. Yeah yeah, So like this is
like a you know, like the next step to being
introduced to that audience.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Man. So I'm really really thankful and happy how that
came up.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And you posted on your Instagram a promo day and
what it looks like. I think you were up at
four am going to the gym. You had a promo
day all day till like two am. And I'm glad
that you posted that because it shows that it's not
all glids and glam, right, There's a lot of grind
behind being successful in any field. So so tell us
about that, about how your work ethic and your drive
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has really played a part in your success.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah, I've reached like a new like I'm taking like
a new wave. I'm like enterning like a new chapter
on my socials. And I've done a lot of the
fun stuff, you know, I've done a lot of the comedic.
I've done a lot of the like jokey, you know,
pranks and all of that stuff, and I wanted to
enter a more serious So that kind of shows the
(11:02):
lifestyle because I wrote I wrote this book called sing
your Name, I allowed thirteen rules uh to accomplishing your dream.
And I feel like that that book inspired a lot
of people, and I feel like they didn't have a
visual representation of what it takes, you know, So I
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want to give people a deeper dive into what my
days are actually like. So I'm slowly like introducing that
form of content on my on my socials and it's
and it's been it's been really refreshing and people have
been really taking to it. But yeah, like my days
are typically pretty full on, pretty crazy. So as time progresses,
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like people will see a little more and a little
more they'll see how my like, like you said, like
a promo date they'll see how like a tour date is.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
They'll see like a like a one off.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Date, you know, for me flying from this location to
this location and having to perform that evening that I
flew in. So it's going to be like a real
deep dive into to what my life is like, which
I don't think people have really gotten to see that
from any musician. Yeah, so I think I think it'll
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be really cool, really different to the other stuff that
I've that I've done on social So I'm excited for
the new other.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Yeah, I love it. I've been watching them and I
even sent one of the videos to my producer and
he's like, my gosh, his day is jam Pat. I
mean you're at at four am, You're going to bet
at two am. I think you're cooking dinner yourself even
at like one am. So it really shows the hustle
and I think people respect that. People like to see that,
you know, to see what goes into being you know,
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a musician and a successful one like you. So I
think that's keep it up, keep posting though. And you
know a lot of people don't know that you are
an author. You've written multiple books, so tell us about that.
Passion as well for writing.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Yeah, you know, I really wanted to write that first,
the first book. It's a self help book, you know,
and I wanted to write it because there's a lot
of dreamers out that I feel like it's too late
or they feel like they don't know how to start.
And I've seen so many people come out with material
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that talks about how to be successful, but it doesn't
really give you a step by step like how to
you know, it kind of.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Like starts in the middle. Yeah, I know I need
to work hard.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Yeah, I know I need to be focused, But like,
really though, like how do I begin?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Like how do I you know, how do I start?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
So I took a look at my life and I
picked a part all the little idiosyncratic things that I
felt like made the difference. The biggest difference is and
I created this step by step how to a book that.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Works in any field. You know.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
It worked for me in music, it worked for me
in social media, it worked.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
For me in business.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
And I feel like, well, I know that these things
translate to every single field. No matter what it is
that you want to do in life. These same principles,
these same rules apply.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Yeah, absolutely, and you know, speaking about that. You know,
I created my platform to inspire, to uplift and to
really showcase that anything is possible with the dream of
vision and hard work. So I always like to ask
my guests for anyone that's watching that's, you know, going
through a hard time, that's hustling, not seeing results, but
like or it's just feeling unmotivated, what would you say
to inspire and uplift them.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
I was just talking to a friend the other day
and they were saying, how I'm like locked in in
this zone where people aren't they're just not watching the videos,
and like, I feel like I'm doing the right thing,
and I feel like my videos are doing well. I mean,
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I feel like I'm doing my videos well, but it's
not translating. I'm just kind of like stuck in the
same place. Themes are not hot until they are, you know,
So I would say to the person that's struggling, stay
the course. You know, Like it's so easy to get
discouraged when you're not seeing the results or you're not
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seeing the growth. But every single day, every single time
you post, is another opportunity for a new person to
see you. For a new person that joined the party
and it's not lit until it is. You know, we've
seen this happen over and over and over and over again,
where people are posting on socials and then all of
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a sudden they have like one video that goes crazy
and then now you have this back catalog that people
can go and check.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Now they can take a deep dive. You know, it
really only just takes.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
That one video to like really pop off, and then
people will be introduced to you.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
And and the rest of the work that you've been doing.
So just because it's not.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Being noticed now doesn't mean that it won't get noticed.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
That's so true. And you never know when your next
breakthrough is just around the corner, right. I know, for me,
before I had my show, I was kind of at
the end of my road where I was like, you know,
I've been doing this for like ten years, I think
it's time to give up. And right before that this
was my I had one interview with the station and
my show took off. And you know, if I had
given up, which I was very close to you, very
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very close, I wouldn't have had this. And I've been
doing this for five years now. I've had some of
the biggest celebrities in the world on my show, and
it's it was just that one extra you know, like
just that extra ten percent when you want to give
up and you just give it a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
You never know, right, Oh my god. I mean, I
couldn't sit have said it any better.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Honestly, the sooner you give up on yourself, like I
mean to me, like, you just.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Never know when that breakthrough is going to happen. You
have no.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Clue, and if you give up on yourself, then you'll
never know if you would have made it or not.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
You know, And I think you deserve.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
I think you deserve to do what you would love
to do every single day, you know, whatever that is
for you. You should have fun when you wake up in
the morning and you know that you have to do this,
that and the other. It should be like, oh, this
is what I love then obviously, like I want to
do this. And if you pick the thing that you
actually love doing, chances of you working hard at that
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thing are really high.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
If you pick something that you that's just for the
money and you want to do it just to be successful,
it's still a miserable existence.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
My favorite part of my job is.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Not the money, you know, it's not even close. It's
not even in the same ballpark. My favorite thing to
do in the world is to create a song.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Yeah, you know, it's like my favorite thing to do
in the world.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
And if I had to give it all up to
be able to do that every single day, if I
had to give up every cent, I would do it
in a heartbeat because it's my passion, is what I
love to do.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
So it's easy to work at doing that every single day.
You know, after I've had a long, long ass day, I.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Still look forward to, like, oh now I get the
main music.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Now I get to do you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
It's still the same passion, is still the same love
that I have that I've always had, you know, to.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Make a song.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
And you can feel that in your music. Your music's
not like other artists. You stand out and you have
passion and soul and that's what makes the songs great. Right,
It's not just the song, it's about your passion. So yeah,
and Jason, what else are you currently working on? What
are your current projects?
Speaker 3 (18:59):
So, I'm I'm currently working on new music first and foremost.
My new project is coming out really soon, but I'm
releasing my first single.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Out of the Sky.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
I can't tell you exactly I'm out of this guy.
So new music is on the horizon. I've been working
on it for the past six months. It's my greatest
music that I've done in my entire life. I couldn't
be more excited. Is Gonna Stop the World second, because
it's so polarizing, it's so different. It sounds like nothing
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else else out And Yeah, I couldn't be more excited
to share this music. I've had amazing collaborators. I'm really
excited to share these people with the world because some
of them have never even had a hit yet. But
when the world here's their sound, they'll be the next
big thing.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
So I'm really excited for them too.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Amazing. Thank you so much for being on the show today.
It's really an honor. I really am such a big
fan of your music, so I have I'm not usually nervous,
but I was nervous for this one. When you're genuinely
a fano, when you're a fan, I was like, oh, so,
I'm really excited to have us spoken to you and
congratulations on all your success.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Thank you saying to you and continue success to you.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
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Hello and welcome. Thank you so much for watching. This
shows all about giving you insights and showcasing brands that
help you to live your best life and give you confidence.
As always, I want to kick start your morning with
some motivational advice to help you to feel inspired and
energized to start your day today. I want to talk
about the importance of understanding that every day is a
fresh start to get things right. The reality is, just
(00:22):
because you had a bad day, bad week, or even
a bad month, it doesn't mean that things need to
stay that way. In fact, each and every day is
a fresh start to get things right, to get your
life back on track, and to make better decisions. The
great news is it's never too late to make a
positive change in your life. Your future is completely in
your control, which means you have the power to decide
(00:45):
right now that a bad day doesn't equal life remaining
that way. You and you alone have the ability to
change things around by simply changing your mindset. Making your
mission today to start cultivating the belief that each day
we have the opportunity to start anew and that today
is the day that you decide that everything always works
out in your favor. As Douglas Pagel's quotes. Each new
(01:06):
day is a blank page and the diary of your life.
His secret of success is turning that diary into the
best story you possibly can. Next time on the show,
we have musical superstar Jason Derulo. Jason has sold over
two hundred and fifty million singles worldwide. Jason, thank you
so much for being on the show today.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
How are you doing fantastic fantastic itself.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I am doing really well. I was just telling you
I'm such a big fan of your music. I've been
listening to your music for years. So it is an
honor to have you on the show.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Oh not, a pleasure is mine. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
So before we talk about all your accolades as an
amazing artist, let's take it back to the beginning. I
know that you started writing music at just eight years old,
So wonder that passion for music begin.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
For music?
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I mean, I had a passion from four years old.
I was completely obsessed from a very very early age. Now,
honestly think that was one of the the greatest gifts
is the certainty of knowing exactly what I wanted and
what I wanted to do from four So I started
writing songs at eight because of this girl in my
(02:12):
class name Amy, and I was trying trying to impress
her and trying to give her something that I ain't
have any money obviously, so I was like, let me
write a song, and yeah, that started a journey of songwriting.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Very nice, and I love that you discover that so early.
Most people do not know what they want to do
at four years old, let alone eight years old, so
that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
And then a lot of people's interests changed, right Like
you may think you do one thing and then you know,
things change pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
So yeah, I was. I was definitely blessed with that
for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
And before your music really took off, you were writing
songs for people like Cassie Lil Wayne, So tell us
about that in your songwriting as well.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, it was my entry way, you know. I was
going to do it by any means necessary, however, I
had to kick down the doors, however, I had.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
To weasel, you know, wiggle my way in. I was
gonna do that.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
The songwriting thing happened because I wanted to get in
more sessions with different producers, and producers don't typically want
to necessarily work with the star of an artist that's
trying to make it right.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
They're trying to play songs with people that are already on.
So I wasn't getting a lot of sessions with people
that wanted to work with me.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
So the moment I started to switch gears and say, hey.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
I'm a songwriter, let's do.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
A song for so and so, let's do a SO
for this person, all of a sudden, like the doors
started to open and people started to let me in sessions,
and I got to work with a lot of different producers,
and I was going to take them songs and just
put it on my demo and you know, try to
get a deal like that. But oddly enough, those songs
started to get placed and it started that.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
That you know, journey of ghostwriting.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
But it was not necessarily something that you know, I
wanted to do. It's just just so happened to happen.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
I think that's something everyone can take away from is
that you you did what you could to get into
your foot in the door, right. I think that's and
look how far it's taking you now. You're a superstar,
So that's incredible.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
It's just that any by any means necessary kind of
approach willing to do any and everything to just get.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Closer to the goal that I think a lot of times.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
People get too big for their breeches and are like,
oh no, I'm not doing that, Oh no, that's beneath me,
or I ain't doing that.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
And I've always had the approach of like.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to just be
in the room. You know, there's no shame in starting
as as an intern, finding an internship somewhere and learning
and growing and being in the room. There's nothing like
like being in the room, you know, in any in
any field, it's not not just music. Being in the
(05:12):
room is the best teacher.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
You know. You can have somebody tell you should do this,
that and the other.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
But if you can actually be a fly on the
wall and actually be a part of what's happening in
the room and you know, have that open ear and
that open mind and nothing, it will be.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Better than that.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Absolutely. I feel you on that. You know, I work
for free at a TV station for four years before
you know, I got paid, and it took me ten
years to manifest this show. So yeah, you gotta hustle, right,
It's the grind.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Congrats, You're do an amazing job.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Thank you so much. And you know, one of your
first number one songs was what You Say. I want
to ask you, what is your favorite song that you've
written and saying so far? And why.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
It's hard to say. You know, all my songs are
my babies, and.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
I guess it depends on what vibe I'm in, you know,
if I'm you know, on my independent vibes, I want
to celebrate myself.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I'll say riding solo if I'm feeling that's a good one,
lovey dovey.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You know, I might do like a little marry me
or eight girl, or if I'm trying to go to
the club, talk thirty or SOI la.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
If I want to do like a sing along moment
with the families, probably like want to want Me? You know,
a moment with my son is probably trumpets or take
you dance.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
You know, it really depends on like the the what's
going on?
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Yeah for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
And what I like about you is that your music
is different. You don't have one genre that you have pop,
you have rock. I mean, You've been collaborating with a
lot of Indian artists, well recently So how would you
define your musical style.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Yeah, I think I'm just really just just open. I've
always just been a huge fan of music, and I
just love all the diferent kinds of genres.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
And I think part of that is from being from Miami.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
Miami is just such a melting pot as people from.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
All over the world in Miami, So I got.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Exposed to a lot of different food, a lot of
different languages, a lot of different forms of music because
a I studied.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Music in school and all forms of music, but also
everybody was from all different walks of life, you know,
in Miami.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
So I've always had a world perspective, you know, when
it comes to music, and I've never wanted to be
boxed into one genre, you know. And I think that's
that's something really unique to me that I like, I
generally don't put any barriers on myself at all.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
And I'm not the person that likes to.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Put on an album and then the whole album sounds
the same, you know. I like to put on an
album that takes me on a journey and like this
song is like.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
This, and this song was like this, and I.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
Was just listening to justin Timberlake's Future Sex Love Sound,
and I was like, wow, like this this is a
solid piece of work, because no record sounds like the
last record, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
So that's that's basically my vibe.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
R Like I like to reinvent and and do things
completely different. All the songs that I mentioned earlier, I
feel like our world's apart.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
And I think that's just from being a fan of all.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Force of music and speaking about music. You have new
music Snake with Nora Fataki. I know you had over
one hundred million views, surpassed that actually on that song
talks about that song actually.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Uh yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
I got introduced to Nora by a close friend of mine, Tommy,
who lives down the street for me, and yeah, he
brought the idea up and he introduced me to her
artistry and I watched her videos and I was like, damn,
like nobody's doing it like this. This is like a
lost art like where she's like actually dancing and performing
(09:04):
in her videos, and you know, it was just bringing
back that that that.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
That heyday when people were actually like making real music videos.
You know.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
I was like, yeah, count me in that evening I
did my verse and and yeah, the rest was history.
It's crazy because even like when we were posting on
social media, at anytime that like we posted something together,
there was some sort of like magic like I'm talking
about like on Instagram, like these videos is getting like
(09:38):
ninety one hundred million, eighty million views.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
Like this is crazy.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
It's crazy, And I think it was beautiful because I
feel like she introduced me to an entirely new audience.
Of course, I dabbled in, you know, with working with
Indian artists, with Jellaby Baby, with Teher.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
We actually had Tesser on the show as well when
that song came out. Yeah yeah, So like this is
like a you know, like the next step to being
introduced to that audience.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Man. So I'm really really thankful and happy how that
came up.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
And you posted on your Instagram a promo day and
what it looks like. I think you were up at
four am going to the gym. You had a promo
day all day till like two am. And I'm glad
that you posted that because it shows that it's not
all glids and glam, right, There's a lot of grind
behind being successful in any field. So so tell us
about that, about how your work ethic and your drive
(10:36):
has really played a part in your success.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Yeah, I've reached like a new like I'm taking like
a new wave. I'm like enterning like a new chapter
on my socials. And I've done a lot of the
fun stuff, you know, I've done a lot of the comedic.
I've done a lot of the like jokey, you know,
pranks and all of that stuff, and I wanted to
enter a more serious So that kind of shows the
(11:02):
lifestyle because I wrote I wrote this book called sing
your Name, I allowed thirteen rules uh to accomplishing your dream.
And I feel like that that book inspired a lot
of people, and I feel like they didn't have a
visual representation of what it takes, you know, So I
(11:27):
want to give people a deeper dive into what my
days are actually like. So I'm slowly like introducing that
form of content on my on my socials and it's
and it's been it's been really refreshing and people have
been really taking to it. But yeah, like my days
are typically pretty full on, pretty crazy. So as time progresses,
(11:49):
like people will see a little more and a little
more they'll see how my like, like you said, like
a promo date they'll see how like a tour date is.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
They'll see like a like a one off.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Date, you know, for me flying from this location to
this location and having to perform that evening that I
flew in. So it's going to be like a real
deep dive into to what my life is like, which
I don't think people have really gotten to see that
from any musician. Yeah, so I think I think it'll
(12:20):
be really cool, really different to the other stuff that
I've that I've done on social So I'm excited for
the new other.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
Yeah, I love it. I've been watching them and I
even sent one of the videos to my producer and
he's like, my gosh, his day is jam Pat. I
mean you're at at four am, You're going to bet
at two am. I think you're cooking dinner yourself even
at like one am. So it really shows the hustle
and I think people respect that. People like to see that,
you know, to see what goes into being you know,
(12:47):
a musician and a successful one like you. So I
think that's keep it up, keep posting though. And you
know a lot of people don't know that you are
an author. You've written multiple books, so tell us about that.
Passion as well for writing.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Yeah, you know, I really wanted to write that first,
the first book. It's a self help book, you know,
and I wanted to write it because there's a lot
of dreamers out that I feel like it's too late
or they feel like they don't know how to start.
And I've seen so many people come out with material
(13:24):
that talks about how to be successful, but it doesn't
really give you a step by step like how to
you know, it kind of.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Like starts in the middle. Yeah, I know I need
to work hard.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Yeah, I know I need to be focused, But like,
really though, like how do I begin?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Like how do I you know, how do I start?
Speaker 3 (13:47):
So I took a look at my life and I
picked a part all the little idiosyncratic things that I
felt like made the difference. The biggest difference is and
I created this step by step how to a book that.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
Works in any field. You know.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
It worked for me in music, it worked for me
in social media, it worked.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
For me in business.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
And I feel like, well, I know that these things
translate to every single field. No matter what it is
that you want to do in life. These same principles,
these same rules apply.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Yeah, absolutely, and you know, speaking about that. You know,
I created my platform to inspire, to uplift and to
really showcase that anything is possible with the dream of
vision and hard work. So I always like to ask
my guests for anyone that's watching that's, you know, going
through a hard time, that's hustling, not seeing results, but
like or it's just feeling unmotivated, what would you say
to inspire and uplift them.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
I was just talking to a friend the other day
and they were saying, how I'm like locked in in
this zone where people aren't they're just not watching the videos,
and like, I feel like I'm doing the right thing,
and I feel like my videos are doing well. I mean,
(15:07):
I feel like I'm doing my videos well, but it's
not translating. I'm just kind of like stuck in the
same place. Themes are not hot until they are, you know,
So I would say to the person that's struggling, stay
the course. You know, Like it's so easy to get
discouraged when you're not seeing the results or you're not
(15:29):
seeing the growth. But every single day, every single time
you post, is another opportunity for a new person to
see you. For a new person that joined the party
and it's not lit until it is. You know, we've
seen this happen over and over and over and over again,
where people are posting on socials and then all of
(15:51):
a sudden they have like one video that goes crazy
and then now you have this back catalog that people
can go and check.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Now they can take a deep dive. You know, it
really only just takes.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
That one video to like really pop off, and then
people will be introduced to you.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
And and the rest of the work that you've been doing.
So just because it's not.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Being noticed now doesn't mean that it won't get noticed.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
That's so true. And you never know when your next
breakthrough is just around the corner, right. I know, for me,
before I had my show, I was kind of at
the end of my road where I was like, you know,
I've been doing this for like ten years, I think
it's time to give up. And right before that this
was my I had one interview with the station and
my show took off. And you know, if I had
given up, which I was very close to you, very
(16:38):
very close, I wouldn't have had this. And I've been
doing this for five years now. I've had some of
the biggest celebrities in the world on my show, and
it's it was just that one extra you know, like
just that extra ten percent when you want to give
up and you just give it a little bit more.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
You never know, right, Oh my god. I mean, I
couldn't sit have said it any better.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
Honestly, the sooner you give up on yourself, like I
mean to me, like, you just.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Never know when that breakthrough is going to happen. You
have no.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Clue, and if you give up on yourself, then you'll
never know if you would have made it or not.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
You know, And I think you deserve.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
I think you deserve to do what you would love
to do every single day, you know, whatever that is
for you. You should have fun when you wake up in
the morning and you know that you have to do this,
that and the other. It should be like, oh, this
is what I love then obviously, like I want to
do this. And if you pick the thing that you
actually love doing, chances of you working hard at that
(17:38):
thing are really high.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
If you pick something that you that's just for the
money and you want to do it just to be successful,
it's still a miserable existence.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
My favorite part of my job is.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
Not the money, you know, it's not even close. It's
not even in the same ballpark. My favorite thing to
do in the world is to create a song.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Yeah, you know, it's like my favorite thing to do
in the world.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
And if I had to give it all up to
be able to do that every single day, if I
had to give up every cent, I would do it
in a heartbeat because it's my passion, is what I
love to do.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
So it's easy to work at doing that every single day.
You know, after I've had a long, long ass day, I.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
Still look forward to, like, oh now I get the
main music.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Now I get to do you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
It's still the same passion, is still the same love
that I have that I've always had, you know, to.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Make a song.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
And you can feel that in your music. Your music's
not like other artists. You stand out and you have
passion and soul and that's what makes the songs great. Right,
It's not just the song, it's about your passion. So yeah,
and Jason, what else are you currently working on? What
are your current projects?
Speaker 3 (18:59):
So, I'm I'm currently working on new music first and foremost.
My new project is coming out really soon, but I'm
releasing my first single.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Out of the Sky.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
I can't tell you exactly I'm out of this guy.
So new music is on the horizon. I've been working
on it for the past six months. It's my greatest
music that I've done in my entire life. I couldn't
be more excited. Is Gonna Stop the World second, because
it's so polarizing, it's so different. It sounds like nothing
(19:38):
else else out And Yeah, I couldn't be more excited
to share this music. I've had amazing collaborators. I'm really
excited to share these people with the world because some
of them have never even had a hit yet. But
when the world here's their sound, they'll be the next
big thing.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
So I'm really excited for them too.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Amazing. Thank you so much for being on the show today.
It's really an honor. I really am such a big
fan of your music, so I have I'm not usually nervous,
but I was nervous for this one. When you're genuinely
a fano, when you're a fan, I was like, oh, so,
I'm really excited to have us spoken to you and
congratulations on all your success.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Thank you saying to you and continue success to you.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
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