Black Eyed Peas Reveal How Taylor Swift Inspired New Residency

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Kiss FM. You know, I'm just thinking about Vegas
because we're going out there in a few days for
the Ihearts Radio Music Festival. Look. I love the restaurants,
I love the vibe. I love that there's people from
all over the country. You get to see like people
from all states of the country out in Las Vegas
coming for a good time. And what's been remarkable to
see in the last generation of time is how all

(00:22):
of the biggest artists come and do a Vegas residency.
And I mean, I think it's good for the artists
because they do have different crowds all the time. You
don't have to travel so much. You're not, you know,
picking up the gear and touring all the time. And
the latest one, which you are going to love because
there's that. I don't know how they're going to pick the

(00:42):
set list. There's so many great songs. But the latest
one to be added to the Las Vegas residency circuit
is that pH live at Planet Hollywood for the Black
Eyed Peas, Will I Am and Taboo. Yeah goodness, see
I'd playing this. So Taboo is on safari somewhere in

(01:03):
a forest and Will I Am is driving his car
is in a seatpot maybe he pulled over.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Part I'm PARTDT. Yeah, yeah, I'm not trying to get
a ticket and be like try to deny it, be
like I want the driving, and you're like, we see
why press.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, we want to hear. Yeah, we want to hear
you trying to get out of the ticket while we're
live exactly. So, guys, I was so psyched that you're
gonna come on to talk about this before a second taboo.
You first the decision to do the residency, now tell
me about it.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
The timing was right, you know, just being able to
come up with the right idea, thinking big, imagineering, putting
on our imagineering cap so that it's flushed out, making
sure that we bring something that's uh an experience where
you actually feel like you're you're being part of, something

(01:55):
that makes you feel like you're on a Disney ride
or something like that, something that makes you inspired to
not only go and have a good time, but also
feel the experience while Black Eyed Peas is bringing. And
I know Will can dive deep into that because you know,
I mean the other day, the other day we were
just brainstorming on the plane going to a gig and

(02:17):
it's just beautiful to be able to dream that big,
you know, especially in this state of our career. What's
next for the Black Eyed Peas? And I think this
is the next iteration twenty twenty five at Planet Hollywood
with the three thousand and eight experience.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
But when I think about, you know, ambition, tech, ambition,
there's guys like Jeff Bezos, right, who can create all
kinds of things like will I am is that in
the music world, like you, you not only make obviously
sounds and songs and lyrics, but you have a brain
that I don't have that is so fascinated and understands

(02:55):
the evolution of technology, and you focus on what's happening
in the future. Sure, and I have to imagine that
you're going to tap into some of that side of
your brain for this.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah, you know Tabi, you know, he hinted on how
we want to innovate. And I'm telling I know the
moment where I was like, oh, hell yeah, I know
the moment that I had where I was like, Yo,
let's do it. Let's take it to the next level.
And it was this summer before we decided that we

(03:29):
were going to do the Vegas residency because they offered
it to us earlier in the year, and the confirmation
of let's go out there and have fun and imagine
and dream up new experiences came after I watched a
particular show. You know, there was a lot of hype

(03:50):
on this show that I'm about to mention, and I
was like, Oh, that's cool, that's really great that you
guys are excited about this particular artist show. Maybe there's
a lot, maybe it's more hyped than it actually is
freaking mind blowing. And then we were in Milan and
they're like, Yo, what are you doing tonight? I was like, nothing, bro.
They were like, let's go watch Taylor Swift and I

(04:15):
left a swiftye on steroids, like They're like, what in
the world.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
I was pumped when I left because translates so seeing
her up on stage doing what she does, which is
an incredible marathon of action. What what did you take
away and how will that translate into what you're going
to do at this Vegas residency.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
So what I got from Taylor Swift show is she's
performing for the cameras. Who's doing the camera block? This
is a TV show with the biggest screens in the world.
The stage is the screens. Yeah, and this the stage
is really the screen, and what we call the stage

(05:03):
is the set, and the magic is the camera. Pluk,
get out of here. This is a broadcast and you
are watching Taylor Swift's world. I felt like I was
seventeen years old, eighteen years old, reinspired. Yeah, like eighteen

(05:24):
years old, like yo, let's do music. It's fake music,
so career. That's how I felt lafterwards.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
So I got to hit a break here in about
thirty seconds. But I want to make sure we get
everbody all this information. Black Eyed Peas, I really appreciate
you coming on to announce this with us. It drives
safely taboo. Good to see it. Will I am as
well the Black Eyed Peas. Take it on sale, take
amaster dot com. See you boys, thank you, thank you. Bye.
I'm telling you. I'm telling you they have a brain
that thinks like no other. I mean, and Will's like

(05:51):
a futuristic guy. He's a tech guy. I mean, Will
really has like that tech brain, coming back with a
lot of kissing me