Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and actress Tori Kelly talks with Bobby about becoming a new mom, touring while pregnant and how motherhood has changed her perspective. She looks back at signing a record deal at 12, growing up in the music industry and learning to stay grounded. Tori also opens up about songwriting, why “Bird” came from some of her deepest fears and what makes performing live feel so rewarding. Plus, she takes Bobby behind the scenes of voicing Meena and reveals whether she could return for Sing 3.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
The role that I play is so similar to me
as a kid. Like she's literally a shy girl who
wants to sing, has this big voice, but she just
has the stage fright and I relate to that so much,
so I can definitely appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah, Hey, everybody, Bobby here. Today's guest is Tory. Kelly
won a lot of awards, three time Grammy Award winner.
She has a ton of songs that have a ton
of dreams. She's also like really nice. She's also the
voice of Mina in the Sing Movies, Love the Sing Movies.
Fun fact. Before all that, she won America's Most Talented
(00:43):
Kids as a kid. Now she's got a new album
out called God Must Really Love Me. We talk about that.
She's on the road now, so hopefully you can go
and see her on the road because she is a
fantastic singer. The tour is the Jesus Generation tour she
has done at all. Here she is the very kind
Tory Kelly. Tory. Good to meet you. We haven't met.
(01:07):
I haven't got to the age with my daughter yet
where we're watching anything for her, No movies, no any
but my nephew. I watched Sing Yeah and I've not
seen any no Disney movie, nothing, just generally in my life.
I didn't watch them as a kid. I've probably seen
less than five movies ever, like animated. Yeah, I've seen
a few movies. Yeah, yeah, but I'm like kid movies. Yeah,
(01:29):
I never watched them when I was a kid.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
What did you do as a kid?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Had a job at eleven? I was out with the
coal mines. Yeah, that is a rough life.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
But we watched Sing Yeah, it's so good. It's good, right,
and I never planned to watch it to enjoy it
for myself. Really, it was like here's some screen time, kid,
like honestly, that was it is so that Sing one,
and then we watched Sing two.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, actually we watched.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Sing one, and then just to keep him at bay,
we would go to YouTube and put on just a
video of the song from Sing Too. It's amazing, so
kind cheating. I ended up watching Sing Too.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, but those are so good, So I'm I can't
believe I'm a part of that.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Can you appreciate it though, since you're a part of it?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes, absolutely, that's why when you said those are so good,
I'm like, yeah, right, they're so good, Like I don't
even feel like I should say thank you because I'm like,
I forget that I'm a part of it. I feel
like they did such a good job with those movies.
Hopefully there's a I've been told there's a third one
coming at some point. I don't know when, but it's
the type of thing where now you know, now it's
(02:34):
been the first one came out I think ten years ago,
just so insane. But I look back and I'm like,
that's that's literally a dream role like that. I couldn't
have asked for a more perfect, you know, franchise to
be a part of. And the role that I play
is so similar to me as a kid. Like she's
(02:55):
literally a shy girl who wants to sing, has this
big voice, but she just has this age right, and
I relate to that so much. So yeah, I it's
I can definitely appreciate it. Yeah from from Afar when
I step you know, when I step back, and like,
these are really good movies. Like I'm just crying watching it.
Like the end of Sing two, I feel like has
(03:15):
you know, it's really emotional. I feel like they just
keep getting better and better.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Which one ends with spoiler hold yeh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I've seen much.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's the second one.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Okay, the second one.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I was crying in the theater with everyone else because
I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
It's been a minute. But the old guy the Lion. Yes,
and then Bono comes out, is he is.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
The old Yeah, he's the Lions.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Oh good, so good.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I'm like, how are they going to top this? Like?
Who are they going to get?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Now? How'd you get the job?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So they I'm thinking back. This was because yeah, if
the first one came out twenty sixteen, I mean, it
takes them a long time to do these movies. So
this was like twenty thirteen, I want to say, maybe
fourteen somewhere around there. They were. They reached out and
asked me. I still had to audition, but they definitely
(04:06):
had an idea, I think of what they wanted, like vocally.
So they reached out and you know, just told me
about this movie they're working on. It was like this
sounds kind of great, and I went in did an
audition like over zoom, and then I got to like
meet the.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Director and act in the audition too.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yes, that was like a big because they knew I
could sing or I had music already so the main
thing was, you know, let's make sure she can actually act.
So I was super nervous because I had never done
any voice acting before. And I think it kind of
worked out that the character is supposed to be shy though,
because I kind of felt like I was just any
nervous energy that I already had, I was able to
just you know, put that into the character. So, like
(04:49):
I said, dream role, because I really felt like I'm
just being myself when I'm playing this character. But yeah,
you know, one thing led to another, and they told
me I I was Mina the elephant. It's like amazing.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
When you go in to do the voice. Do you
record it all in a couple weeks and then keep
going back if they change it? Or how does that work?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Good question? So they it's very like piecemeal, like they'll
have me come in. I mean they can get a
lot done though in one session like I'll do. They'll
usually block out a couple hours, and when we do,
maybe like an hour of lines and then an hour
of singing, and then sometimes you'll go back in because
(05:31):
they'll change the script sometimes too and have you come
in and punch things. And but I'd say I feel
like it probably went in maybe like five times total
because I mean, also, I'm one of like five main
characters too, So even if you see Mina on the screen,
(05:52):
you know, doesn't mean she's always like saying a bunch
of lines and she's shy.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
So that's a good point because she's actually not there.
So yeah, you're right. I think I'm such an idiot
because I think, ah, there's me Na, So yeah, I
guess Tory Kelly. It's just there hanging out and then
with a microphone in the room, right.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Well, I mean there is one of the fun parts
of is there's a lot of like sound effects, so
maybe she's reacting to something, but it's just you know,
they'll give me a long list. They're like, okay, you know,
act like you're scared, but like a quick sound you
just be like, you know, stuff like that. So it's quick.
She's there on the screen, but it's yeah, it's not
it's not always a ton of lines. I think the
(06:28):
singing part of it, you know, it felt natural for
me because it's just, you know, kind of what I
used to being in the studio and so the yeah,
doing the lines and the singing together was was cool.
Because it I feel like that's the thing about voice
acting that's nice. It is so similar to just recording
(06:48):
music because you're not having to think about what you
look like on screen. You can just focus on like
selling whatever emotion you're trying to sell. So yeah, I
love it again, dream Job. I just I'm like, let
me know when the third ones come in. I'm I'll
be there. I haven't signed a lot of menas. I
(07:10):
get a lot of parents coming up to me with
their kids, trying to tell the kid that that's the elephant,
and they are so confused and they would be like,
can you sing a little something like and I'll do it,
and they're still are just like it's not computing, like
you can see in their face. So I do get
(07:30):
a lot of that. But yeah, it's it's also wild though,
because I have now there's kids, there's like sixteen year
olds who would have been six when the first one
came out, like what is time? What is happening? It's yeah,
it's just it's so wild. But I think what's cool
about these movies is I feel like they'll just be around.
I mean, it's so awesome to be a part of
(07:53):
sharing these iconic, you know, classic songs with each generation.
I I just have to make sure they know that
it's Stevie Wonder singing don't you know about a thing?
And not me or me because yeah, not me, or
Mina because that's been a thing. Like they actually think
it's my song. I'm like, no, like, make sure you
go listen to the og. So but it's cool because
(08:16):
I feel like the songs that they pick, it's keeping
that music alive, which is it's fun to be a
part of that.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Do you spend much time here in Nashville.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
I've been here quite a few times over the last gosh,
like fifteen years, I want to say, but I don't.
It's always just like tour related or popping in for
like promo and stuff. I actually have written here though, too.
I've spent like a couple of weeks writing. So yeah,
I feel like I've gotten a good like Nashville experience
(08:45):
at this point.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
What's the difference in writing here versus writing back in California.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
There's quite a few differences. I feel like the biggest
one that threw me off the first time I came
out here was just the start time. It's like wake
they're talking about like nine am start times, and I
was like, guys, the time change first of all is
coming from la it's like even earlier. And then yeah,
I just it was. It was actually good for me though,
(09:12):
because I think it was nice to shake things up
and kind of challenge my my songwriting ability and just
like wake up and go almost like treat it as
like a real job. You know. It's like very that's
the vibe I get here.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
It's very like.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Nine to five. But I actually, now starting my own family,
I kind of love that and understand it way more
because it's like, let's do our thing, write our songs,
and then actually have a night. Still, I feel like
I had my writing till three am phase like in
my twenties, and I'm like, yeah, it's not it's not sustainable.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Songwriting here is almost like a factory. Yeah, not in
the way of it's the art is any different. But yeah,
you wake up, you do not the three Yeah, if
it's great, maybe you keep going, maybe come back and
you keep working on that song the next day. But
usually unless you're on the road, you don't ride at
(10:09):
night or the weekends. Yeah, which I can see now too,
as like a real life, an adult. Yeah, why that
would be cool to do when you song right now though,
or in la is that just whenever you feel it
and then you just call people?
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yeah, I feel like I definitely need to allow myself
to live some life in between albums. I've noticed, and
because I'm definitely not a machine, I've tried to kind
of like just snap into it, force the inspiration. Sometimes
it does actually work if I'm just in a studio
environment and I'm like, all right, I don't feel like
(10:45):
writing a song, but let's see what happens. Sometimes I'll
surprise myself, and that's actually what I appreciate about. I
think the Nashville mindset is like, let's just do what
we came here to do. If we get a song, great,
If it sucks, it's fine, we'll come back tomorrow, and
like you said, just kind of keep chipping away at it.
So I do. I think I can tap into that,
(11:05):
and I appreciate that structure. But actually with this album
in particular, my latest album, it was so just led
by like burst of inspiration, not forced at all, and
I was very grateful for it because I get nervous
sometimes and like, Okay, I'm living life and like, I
don't I don't know what the next project's going to
(11:27):
be like, and I kind of have to just wait
and see, you know, when inspiration's going to hit again.
And thankfully it did at just the right time with
this one.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
One of the odd things that I think people experience
when they move here to pursue music is the co
write because a lot of folks will get here and
they've just been writing themselves, yeah, living in the town
they live in, and then all of a sudden, you
get to Nashville and you get a publishing a deal
and they're matching you with people, and every day you're
in a room with two people that you don't know,
you know, sharing your deepest, darkest secrets and design. Like,
(11:58):
that's a weird thing?
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Is that the same with how you write? Do you write?
You ever write with people you don't know and share
big secrets?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yeah, I definitely do. I mean I think I've I
think at this point in my career, I always say
I feel kind of like young and old at the
same time, being in the in the spot that I'm
in in my career because I've lived some life, I've
had a great career already, but I feel like, I,
you know, I obviously have so much more. I want
to say, I have so much music I want to
write still, So I think at this point, learning what
(12:29):
I have learned, I think I just know, even on paper,
I can usually tell like, Okay, we'd be probably a
good fit even if I haven't worked with them before,
or maybe I have like mutual friends with them, just
because I've been doing this for so long. So there's
that aspect of it. I think, Yeah, I don't love
(12:49):
I don't love the speed dating kind of songwriter thing.
I've done it, and yeah, it can be really awkward.
It really does feel like you're dating very quickly because
you have to like get to the deep stony Yeah, super,
I totally get it. But I yeah, I think at
this point I'm pretty I think I'm just pickier because
(13:11):
I kind of know myself more now, I know what
I want. So on one hand, yeah, I'm not saying
I'll never write with people that I've never worked with before,
because even on this album there's people that it was
like the first time we've met and then we wrote like,
you know, some of my favorite music ever. But I
just think my team at this point knows me too
well enough where they're like, okay, they would click, you know.
(13:31):
So I think I feel like I've put in the
hours I've put in the work now where it just
feels like I can navigate the some of the awkwardness,
the initial awkwardness.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Now, what's the last few years of life been like
that you've lived, that you've been able to pour into
the project?
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Oh my gosh, I mean the biggest The biggest thing
is becoming a mom, which I heard you've also just mom. Yeah,
become a mom. Yeah, isn't it just the best?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
It's it's crazy, I'll but it's crazy. It's just it's bizarre. Yeah, yeah,
it's how old?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
So my boy just turned seven months?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Oh, then we're kind of in it around the same time. Yeah,
how my girl just turned three months. So what's the
difference in where I'm at now then where you are now?
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Well, it was just yesterday that he was three months.
So yeah, it goes Obviously, everyone's telling me it's like,
don't blink because it goes by so fast, And I'm like,
it's so true. I feel like every day he's becoming
a different little human. I'm trying to think three months.
I mean, it feels like such a blurt from three
to seven. I'm just like, whoa, Like, is she like rolling?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Yeah, she's just now starting to like do the tumbles
over okay, yeah, And we act like it's the biggest thing.
Like the first time that I saw drone a drone
show instead of fireworks, I'm like, oh my god, that's crazy.
But now that's what I do. When the baby just
turns over, I'm like, oh, she did it. We're high
fiving each other. So that and she doesn't say actual words,
but she does a lot of dog wow, oh nice,
(15:11):
like talking yeah, And so that's been kind of a
new element where she'll make just two sounds that sound
kind of like a D and I'll say she said dad, I.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Totally yeah, I'm the same. I feel like he's gonna
say mama.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Like any they don't talk yet seven months.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I don't, at least mine isn't. Yeah, it's hard, like
I feel like because it's our first, it's like I
don't know what to compare to. So I'm asking everybody
to like is this normal? Like what is your baby doing?
And I'm just like googling stuff every five seconds. But
uh yeah, he I remember when I feel like around
that time is that when they like kind of start
noticing their hands and stuff too.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, she can now can now put it in her mouth.
Oh yeah, which is gond have been a big win
for us because she can almost self soothe a little bit.
Oh yeah, I learned all these terms.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Yeah, self soothing. Yeah, so it's so crazy picture.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Yes, please, I won't share the camera, but i'll should Okay,
So she's three months.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Yeah, I came out. I'm obsessed with babies. Now that's
a new thing for me.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I'm obsessed with birth stories.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Oh this is like cool.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Yeah, Jay, I never knew. I don't know. I just
didn't have any idea. And I didn't meet my wife
until I was thirty nine, and so I never knew
if I would even get married, much less have a baby,
and so I didn't know anything about babies. Yeah, so
I never knew that everybody's birthtory was different. I thought,
maybe just go in pop squad, baby comes out, it
(16:34):
doesn't hurt, you're good, just go raise it.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
It's one month so different, too.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Wild for me. There's such a respect. Not that I
didn't have it. I wasn't educated enough to have it
on what you guys go through after the birth.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, like the fourth trimester they call it, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
The fact that you're expected to be a mom h
and physically rehabilitate like he'll ye.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
That blew my mind too, actually was I was really
nervous for that part of it because there's just I mean,
it's the whole thing is just unknowns. So I just
didn't know what it was going to be like. And
I was like, yeah, wow, this is like looking back
on it, because it is such a blur, you know,
but looking back on it, I was like, wow, I
really I really did that. Like I'm kind of like,
(17:23):
I get more confidence, like wow, that's so cool. And
I also have so much more respect just for like
moms in general and what women's bodies can do. And
it's just a whole wild thing.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
I also want to punch people who parents shame now,
oh my gosh. Yeah, way more than I ever would
have because I just didn't think about it. And now
just from I like to read, but reading different people's perspective,
but based on environment, based on genetics, based on all
of these things, and still nobody's right.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
So when people start screaming they're right and their ways
right and your way's wrong. It really pisses me off.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
I feel that.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Yeah, it's like, because you don't know, we don't know
what we're doing, right, You don't know what we're dealing with,
so we don't put our baby on social media at all. Yeah, Yeah,
and that was a I would have I'd probably just
watched the whole page. But my wife is like, yeah,
I think we're gonna. I think we're gonna.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
It's just weird. The internet. It's a weird place too.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
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Speaker 2 (18:35):
It's been a fun three months, but it's been a
very much a blurter. Yeah, it's constant. You guys, never
get to not be a mom again the rest of
your like you're it's forever.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
That that's a trippy thought.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
And always it's forever, but it's also always always.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Yeah, you don't turn it off. There's not a break.
I have been having this weird thing though, where when
he goes down for the night, like literally just last night.
I'm on tour right now, so we're doing the tour
bus thing. He has his own like crib with the
zip thing and one of the bunks like they set
it up is really cool. They're like, oh, yeah, we
do this all the time, babies around the road. I'm like, no,
(19:14):
I didn't realize this was a common thing. Makes sense.
But I'm doing this thing where I put him down,
and then maybe an hour or two goes by and
I'm just like, you know, having my night whatever I'm doing,
and then I just get this weird, like flood of sadness,
and I'm just like, what's happening, Like, Oh, it's because
(19:35):
I miss him, Like he's just asleep. He's right there,
and I'm like, I want to hang out. I want
to see him. That's so weird. But then at the
same time, I'm like, it's kind of nice to have
like a second you know. So it's this constant push
and pull of Yeah, it's like hard, but also I
feel like the good just completely outweighs any ounce of hard,
(19:58):
at least for me. I can again, yeah, I can
only speak from experience, and I'm just I'm absolutely loving it.
I love stepping into motherhood and this new chapter just
is really really fun. I feel really blessed.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
My wife on Mother's Day because we had just had
our baby, and I definitely am trying to be the
dad that knows how to do everything and that can
do everything and that does Now I'm gone a lot,
especially in the day, but when I'm home, I'm dialed in. Yeah. Yeah,
and there's nothing that I can't do.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
I don't do it as well as her, but I
can do it all. And on Mother's Day, I said, hey,
I'm just gonna take the baby and give you a break,
just a straight break, four hours, whatever you want to do.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
About thirty minutes into it, she's like, I don't need
a break, I just want to come hang out. I mean,
it was what you said there. She's like, I just
want to hang out. I don't want the break.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
But the bed part that putting the baby to sleep
has been, that's that's a lot of work, like the bedtime,
because it's we're having we do a bath, right, like
we're building in the things in order the baby.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Yeah, So we do a bathe and all I'm good
at bath love that, and then we do like like
put lotion on the baby at night before put pajamas
on but I can never get the close over the
lotion because the lotion is so hard to put close over.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I would they have They have like a like an oil,
like a baby and it's not, well it sounds so basic.
Not it's baby oil, but it's not. It's this other
brand that it's.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Like, I don't know, I'll need to inquire.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah, I'll send you a link.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Yeah, and then we have all the we watched this
little like we have Nana and owlet and yeah, yeah,
all that stuff. The gadget Yeah, like a thing that
wraps around the foot so you can watch the breathing.
I need that so much.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
My Yeah, seriously, you know right, My it's funny. My
mom has just been really all the grandparents have just
been like, you guys have so much stuff. We did
not have half of it. She's like, okay, is this
really necessary? But so much of it. She's like, wow,
this would have been so awesome to have, Like I got, yeah,
(22:06):
so many gadgets now that are just feel spoiled.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
We'll buy some fake little piano or some toy that
costs eighty dollars. Yeah, but it's the thing that we
bought for a nickel that goes click click click click,
and it's all she wants to play with and so yeah,
so it's it's always the cheap, easy stuff. But it's
been it's been awesome.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Oh, I'm so happy for you.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, and it's cool that you're just barely ahead of us.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yeah, I feel I know nothing, by the way, I
don't want to, you know, look at me for months
then I do, No, you.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Do you know double double what I know?
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I know it's funny because then I'm doing the same
thing with like people. Yeah, just today I'm talking to
someone like an eleven month old and I'm like.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
What's nice?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
What is happening with your baby? Yeah, it's it's it's
so fun. I'm just really excited to see like who
he becomes. And just yeah, when he starts talking, I'll
probably lose my mind. But that's yeah, that's that's going
to freak me out, I think a little bit, just
lose my mind out of cuteness. Just that's going to
be too much for me to handle.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
But do you share his name?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
So great?
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Have you shared his name? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah, his name is Zayden with a Z.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
We call him zay where'd you get the name?
Speaker 1 (23:17):
So I actually boy names were very hard, so we
didn't know the gender, don't we We decided to just
keep it a surprise for ourselves, which was really fun.
I highly recommend if you're into that, but it was
just fun, like have people guess, and you know, I wasn't.
I was on the road pretty much the whole pregnancy,
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so I wasn't, you know, in a rush to like
decorate anything. I was like, it doesn't matter to me
what colors. So yeah, we kept it a surprise. So
we had to think of girl names and boy names.
Girl names, we both were like, oh, this would be great,
this would be great. We had a little list. Boy
names were so hard. I don't know what it is
about boy names. I was just like I wanted to
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be not too simple, like kind of unique, but not
too crazy where it doesn't sound like a name. So
I it's a lot of pressure too, because you're literally naming. Yeah,
Like I didn't think of that because when I think
of my name, it's just it's always been my name.
But as the parent, like, this is so much pressure.
So I always knew I wanted a name with like
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a built in nickname. That's how my name is too
my full name is Victoria. I obviously go by toy,
so definitely wanted that. And then I just kind of
started hyperfixating on Z names for whatever reason. I was like,
that just sounds really cool and like kind of rock star.
So yeah, I just went down a list of Z
names and then saw Zayden, and I liked that it
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kind of it has somewhat of or what is the
word I'm looking for. It's like has kind of like
a meaning of growth, or it stems from another name
that that can mean growth. So it's like, that's kind
of cool. I wanted to at least have, you know,
kind of depth and not just mean nothing. So it
was like growth is cool because we in a literal
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sense were growing our family because of this baby, and
we decided to give him the middle name Michael, which
is named after my father in law, so my my
husband's dad, and he just like he lost it when
we told him the middle named, so we kind of, yeah,
just the combinations Zayde and Michael. Michael actually means who
is like God, and we just kind of like the
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combination of that.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
So yeah, similar we named our daughter after my wife's dad.
His name is Billy so we'd be I L L
I E cute And we never told him until after
ye Billy was born because they were at the hospital
with us, and I think he was confused for a
second because he saw her name and thought maybe they
had misspelled his name on something.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Oh my gosh, that's so sweet. Did he freak out?
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so sweet. I love yeah that. I
love that. Being able to kind of give like honor
you know, our parents in that way is really sweet.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Your parents did they do music?
Speaker 1 (26:07):
So? Yes and no. My dad, My dad's a musician.
I grew up with him just he was always he
plays bass and he sings as well, and he was
always in bands growing up. So I remember having like
he would have band practice all the time at the house.
So some of my core memories are actually just with
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his band practice at the house. And I think that
was like a big I just feel like I really
soaked that in like a sponge. My mom actually grew
up playing piano. She's more like classically trained. She can
like read music and has like a really good ear
for music. She's like a big fan of music, I
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would say, and really into lyrics. So they're both just
big music lovers, So I'm guessing that's where I got
some of it.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
What were they like as stage parents then when you
were really young as.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
A stage parents? I like that term.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
You mean like when I was well, I mean you're
a kid performing. Yeah, so their parents when they're kids
on stage, like, I don't know what they like for
a kid who's performing.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Yeah, it's interesting. I feel like from my perspective, they
were always really supportive. I know, Yeah, there's kind of
a stigma around, like it's almost like the pageant parent
thing or the stage parent can be like maybe too
much like this, too overbearing. But I never got like,
I don't think my parents were that at all. I
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think they really were. You know, of course they're gonna
be protective. I was like six years old when I
first started performing on stage, and then I actually got
signed to my first record label, had my first record
deal by twelve, So of course they're naturally going to
be there in a part of that process. But they, yeah,
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always really supportive. They One thing I really liked that
they did though, that I want to incorporate into my
family is my I have one little brother and we're
pretty close, and I really took notice as a kid
that they they valued any any activities that he was doing.
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They were They made it a point I think, to
like treat us very equal, even though my stuff was
kind of like taking over and obviously it was like,
you know, kept us really busy. I remember them really
making a point to you know, he would have like
soccer games and they would either like tag team, split
up or whatever they need to do. I just remember them.
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They were really good. I think about teaching me what
humility looks like. And you're no better than anyone else.
You have this amazing talent and you're obviously really good
at it, and you're starting to get a lot of
attention for it. But just remember, you know, be kind
to everyone. Like there's you're not you know, worth more
than someone else. Like you want to treat everybody with
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respect and kindness. And I think they exercise that even
just within our own family, with the way they like, yeah,
valued my brother's activities and stuff. So perhaps of them
for that, That's just one of the many ways I
think they instilled like some pretty good values.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
I'd say the Bobby cast will be right back. This
is the Bobby Cast.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
What do they tell a twelve year old when she
signs a record deal.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I don't think they even really there's not one thing
that stood out. I think I just remember them really
being there for it, and you know, I would be.
It's so weird thinking back because that is so young.
I'm like, I look at twelve year olds now, like
my niece is twelve, and I'm just like, how was
I What was I doing? Like it's so wild. I
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really was a kid, you know. And I think in
some ways too, I look back at that time and
I really do feel like it's meant to be that
I didn't have kind of a big breakthrough moment back then,
because I do feel like I I'm grateful that I
stepped into it and then stepped out of it or
was kind of forced to step out of it, and
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things just you know, doors were being closed. It just
didn't work out then, But I got to have a
real childhood to an extent. I just I have some good, yeah,
really great childhood memories that don't have anything to do
with the industry, which I think is really nice looking
back on that.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
I was looking on a map to see where your
hometown was versus where Los Angeles is. Yeah, so and
half helf wear from LA.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Yeah, exactly about hour and a half on a good
day with no traffic.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
So is that close enough to experience the resources but
not so close it feels like you're in it?
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Yeah, exactly, that's spot on. I remember going to LA
for random things that were music related or like an
audition or something, and it just felt like, oh, this
is a normal, you know, two our drive up to LA.
But it was nice to kind of have that retreat,
you know, back with my friends and kind of out
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of out of the city. But yeah, it's kind of
it's kind of out there.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
It's in an empire, yeah, but not so close where
it felt like there were all the LA kids. Right. Yeah,
that's probably different if you're going to like an LA school, right. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
I wouldn't call myself like LA feels like home, but
I definitely feel I even't feel like San Diego is
probably closer to where I grew up, where I kind
of I feel like I just claim all of So
cal Honestly, Like, when I'm on tour, it's I'm almost
like jealous of certain artists that get to have like
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their very specific hometown. Oh, because I think, you know,
in California. You got La, you got Anaheim shows, you
got San Diego, and I'm just like, all of this
is home. So but yeah, I would definitely say that
I wouldn't I wouldn't consider myself yet growing up in LA.
It was definitely on the outskirts for sure.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Are those LA shows like in Nashville? Even if I'm
doing like a comedy show here, I don't like to
do Nashville shows because it's very much like a meeting,
not even a meet and great. It's like everybody comes, yeah,
and you spend all before the show and you like everybody,
or they wouldn't be there for the most part, unless
it's like agents and managers. But it's just a lot.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
It's a lot. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
So artists for the most part don't like to do
shows in their hometown because or not their hometown, but
here because of that. Yeah, does it feel like that
in LA?
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Kind of I do this thing now. I feel like
I've gotten pretty good at the routing. My team and
I've i mean, they know, I'm pretty like particular. My
favorite routing when I do tours is starting in one,
you know, whether it's San Diego or Anahei. I'm one
of those, and I have I always tell my friends,
don't go to the LA show, go to like one
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of the other sokow shows, because LA, like you said,
it's industry, you know, it's a little more like you know,
shaking hands, meeting people, saying thank you, which is great
and all fine, but yeah, it's I also don't like
starting in LA because it feels like more pressure. I
don't know if it's the same with here. You kind
of want to work out the kinks and get it,
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you know, feeling good. And so my favorite thing is
to like start at home, sort of treat it as
like a farewell to all my friends, go all the
way around, and then end in LA. That's to me
like the sweet spot because then I'm home again and
then I can.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Just stay home at the end. Yeah, exactly, It's weird,
and I'm making the story up in my head, I'm sure,
but I always feel like here, if the industry comes,
there's judgment, way more judgment at that show than any
other show. So, like you, I don't want to do
it at the beginning because, especially if I'm telling jokes,
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I need to have this stuff worked out totally. And
if I'm doing it early in the tour. They're only
gonna see me perform once every two years or so,
and they're gonna see me early on when it's not
as good, and they're gonna go back to their office
and be like, he really wasn't that good. All that
lives in my head. Yeah, yeah, So this show is
here and people will ask why don't they do more
shows in Nashville, just artists in general. That's why. Because
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it's such a production. Yeah, to just have to like
do the industry, it's like.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Slightly more pressure. I kind of like, I like the
big city shows, though I do. I think I do
really well under pressure. I like when I don't have
time to overthink. That's actually I think that's actually why
I like being on tour, because it's like show that's
the Lady Gaga clip, She's like plane, another show, another plane,
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another Like That's how I feel when I'm on tour
or another club another club. Yeah, I feel like, yeah,
there's no time to really overthink stuff. When I'm sitting
too long and I'm just like I have a you
know something on the calendar that I'm anxiously waiting for.
I feel like I'll still be fine, But I just
I think I thrive when I don't have time to think.
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So you get to the big shows and it's like, okay,
let's just you know, something cool always happens because I'm
not thinking so much.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
Are there any odd pockets of the States where you
sell really well and you go, dang, that's crazy that
like Pittsburgh loves me.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Oh, that's a good question. I feel like I don't
know if it, like I don't really keep track of
the I wouldn't know the actual amount of tickets if
it's one that's like way bigger, but I can feel
the energy of the crowd way more in certain cities.
I feel like Atlanta is always one of my favorites,
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Like they're just they go so hard Atlanta Philly. I
also though, I've found that so I to Asia for
the first time two years ago, and there's like Manila,
for example, in the Philippines that's definitely a pocket of
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the world I would say I was. I was like
blown away. That's like one of the top my top
three favorite shows of all time. And yeah, I'm like
itching to go back to Asia because they were just
showing so much love. It was so loud that I
couldn't hear myself sing.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Did you get to experience those places wherever you're that
because here most of time it's city to city and
you don't. But there you made time.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Yeah for some of the cities. So it was a
pretty quick tour. I mean it was, you know, different
cities all over Asia. So certain ones it was like
cam just popping it, sadly, even Philippines. Actually I didn't
get to really see much of so I definitely want
to go back there, but I had. I got lucky
because the routing the way they did it ended in Tokyo,
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so I was like, we have to day in Japan.
Obviously it was my first time there, and I'm pretty
obsessed with Japan. Have you been?
Speaker 2 (37:07):
I have? Did you ever watch Full House? Yeah? Okay,
So I went to Tokyo by myself because Jesse and the
Rippers played Tokyo. His band got famous in Japan. Oh,
so that's why I went.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
Yeah, I mean no literally, I mean I'm an idiot,
but I didn't go anywhere growing up at all. And
so once I started to have some success and some money,
I was by myself forever, and so I was like,
I'm just going to go to Japan. So I went
to Tokyo and I tell my friends, now, yeah, it's clean,
it's safe, the food is good and healthy. There's parts
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of it that feel like a small town. There's parts
of it that feel like the future. There's no trash
cans on the streets and people will say, what do
you mean? Everybody holds their trash until they get home.
It's about such a lovely Yes.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I literally got so sad when I came home. I
was like, I hate it here. I was kidding. I
love where I'm from, but I'm obsessed. Now I'm just like,
when can I go back? I love the people, I
love the food. Yeah, everyone's so respectful.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
Everyone that they wear masks just because they don't want
to get other people sick.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Yeah this. I went before COVID and everybody had masks
on and I would ask they said, yeah, this is
their culture. The people that live here. If they maybe
have a cold, they don't want to spread it, so
they wear a mask just out chilling.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
Before it was so crazy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:34):
Yeah the food. I'm a big foodie too, so I
was just on cloud nine out there.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Bathrooms were kind of weird, do you think, Well, they
had holes in the ground. I didn't know what that was.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
I didn't.
Speaker 2 (38:44):
I didn't my bathrooms.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
I didn't see that there, like you.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Go into a public bathroom.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
There's like I saw it in China, I think, And yeah, yeah,
the hole in the ground was Yeah, I was that. Yeah,
that was one of the stops on the same tours
we did. We only did Shanghai.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
What's that like? That was?
Speaker 1 (39:01):
I mean, it was just a culture shock too. It was.
It was so wild to feel, you know, like we
were we were walking around like that, you know, my
my tour party, and we totally stood out like in
so many ways. Like my husband is six seven, so
just that alone, like he gets a lot of looks
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and you know, people just like I think even got
asked for a picture at one point, like thinking he
was somebody. But it was, Yeah, it was just a
culture shock. I mean, I just I loved it though.
I loved getting to see that part of the world.
And like I said, it's just it was only Shanghai.
So I'm looking forward to popping into different different cities
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in China too.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
But feel safe.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Yeah, I felt safe. Yeah, it was it was interesting.
How well, yeah, I will save our our WiFi was
kind of driven when we got there. I was like,
because I.
Speaker 2 (39:58):
Know they have like their own you mean they were
watching you.
Speaker 4 (40:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
No, I don't know if they were watching me, but
I but just like my phone wasn't working, they were
watching you?
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Yeah, there were.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
I did clock that there were Like we were we
were walking. It felt totally normal, like very touristy the
area that we were at, and yeah, we were just
walking in some kind of like food court area. I
was like, this is so cool. And then I clocked
like camera there, camera there, so yeah, maybe they maybe
they were watching, but yeah, it's still it was. It
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was fine, though it wasn't. I wasn't scared.
Speaker 3 (40:32):
Let's take a quick pause for a message from our sponsor,
and we're back on the Bobby Cast.
Speaker 2 (40:46):
I have a friend's pro athlete and he travels because
it's a solo sport that he plays. And he played
in Russia. What does he play tennis? He did play tennis.
Oh cool, So he was in Russia and he said
that he was convinced they were in his phone. Really yeah, yeah,
and he was convinced when he was walking around. Yeah,
there were people not following him to beat him up.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
Oh, but just to check in.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
You're Russia. Now he's pretty famous. Yeah, and so he
felt a little That just feels what China would feel
like too, like they got their eye on you.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
Yeah. I think there's a little bit of that. I mean,
I have you know, I have nothing to hide. They
can look in my phone.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
That's what I feel too, like I got nothing. Have
you been to South Korea?
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Yes? That was that was when we we did Soul.
Speaker 2 (41:30):
That would be the one place I haven't been that
I think would be super cool to go to.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
It was so it was so great. I yeah, I
really loved it. I was I'm trying to think of that.
We really only had one day there, so I was.
I was like, we have to get Korean barbecue obviously
in Korea, so we did that, and then coffee is
great there too. They had like really great coffee shops.
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Everything also very clean there, and yeah, I loved it.
Speaker 2 (41:59):
I was watching some of the World Cup and the
Japan team after they finished, their fans go out and
they clean their section.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
O my god.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
That's what got me talking to my friends about Japan
is that after the Japan national team had played, all
of their fans took their took trash bags and cleaned
up their own section. Yeah, and everyone's like wow. I'm like,
if you'd been to.
Speaker 1 (42:18):
Japan, Yeah, oh my gosh, did you have did you
go into what's the it's seven eleven? Did you do
the seven eleven experience.
Speaker 2 (42:27):
In they have it's a different name though, right, actually.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
No, it's actually seven eleven.
Speaker 2 (42:32):
Then you have to tell me what that means.
Speaker 1 (42:33):
And there's also Family Mark. I guess there's just like
little convenience stores. But their seven to eleven is so much
better than ours.
Speaker 2 (42:40):
What do they have?
Speaker 1 (42:41):
Like you can eat full meals and it's not gross
like they did. Oh my gosh, they have this thing.
We would eat it like almost every day. It's like
you get the egg sandwich and their bread is just
like perfect and soft, and then you get they have
like a chicken. They have like a fried chicken situation
and you put the chicken into the egg sandwich. It's
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like a hack that I saw online and I did
it and it changed my life.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
It was so good.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
It was so good. Everything there is good, though, it's
just I couldn't even read the packaging. But I was like,
that looks cute. I'm gonna get it. Yeah, everything's so cute.
I love that. We've talked about Japan, by the way
for twenty minutes. It's my favorite.
Speaker 2 (43:18):
Well, we went to my wife and I went to Italy.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
They have gas stations that are like that.
Speaker 1 (43:22):
Yes, and it's the best sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (43:24):
Oh yeah, it's the freshest, biggest kitchens and they have
the gas station and all the regular snacks. But then
it's a plus food. It's great at random, it's the best.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
It's the best. I really get excited for people when
they get to travel, because I'm like, I know, you know,
not everybody's able to or can, but I just I
think it's so great when we can get outside of
our own bubbles and really experience just how big the
world is and get into like other cultures and yeah,
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it's it's really beautiful.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
It's been the greatest teaching for me. I grew up
in a very rural part of the South. I never
left the state. I mean I was in my mid
twenties before I went anywhere, and so then I just
was like, I want to go everywhere. Yeah, and I
think that taught me that I know nothing. Yeah, and
that's the greatest thing to know is that I don't
I don't know. I don't know anything.
Speaker 1 (44:19):
It's a great phrase.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
I thought I did, I don't know, but I don't
know anything. And I think that allows me to be
way more receptive to other people and other cultures and
other ideologies. Yeah, to travel around and just see people
that live in other parts of the world. But music's
got to do that too, Like you get like, I'm
sure you write songs and people will take a message
from it that maybe you specifically didn't mean to put
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in there totally. Yeah, And people will say, hey, this
song means so much to me because it makes me
feel blank. Yeah, and you think maybe I didn't really
write it. Does that happen sometimes.
Speaker 1 (44:51):
All the time? Yeah, when I do like meet and greets,
or when I actually get to talk to fans once
they've you know, lived within music. I think that's my
favorite part, because I know, I know people that they
can just write and write and write and just be
in the studio and that's it, and they put the
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songs out and I feel like I it doesn't feel
complete like once I once I make the music. It doesn't. Yeah,
it doesn't feel complete until I either go on the
road or I get to really like perform the songs,
and like that's when they feel more lived in. So
when I get to actually meet people and hear stories
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of how these very personal songs affect their lives, and
I mean people will tell me the craziest things, like
I was, you know, in the hospital, this thing happened,
and your song got me through that and I was like,
WHOA like that. It's like some really heavy stuff with
some of my some of my songs, and so it's
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it kind of I think it continuously adds fuel to
what I do because I think if it just stayed
in my own head, in my own world and I
put out my little songs and then that was it,
I feel like it's yeah, I wouldn't feel complete. And
it gives me so much joy and fills me with
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so much purpose when I when it feels bigger than myself.
So it's like I get to put the music out
there and then whatever happens to it is great. And
when you know, when I actually do get to talk
to fans, it's just the best feeling ever because I'm like, wow,
that's not even you know what I wrote it for,
and yeah, and it's it's usually the songs that are
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the most personal too, where I'm like, surely, as I'm writing,
I'm surely no one's gonna relate to this, you know,
super specific thing, and then sure enough it's it just
hits people somehow.
Speaker 2 (46:49):
We were talking about the new album before you came in.
What's a song from it where that happens where you
maybe didn't expect for it to resonate so much, but
it keeps happening.
Speaker 1 (46:58):
I feel like, I mean, it's it's still pretty fresh,
so I'm kind of you know, I'm reading comments and stuff,
but I haven't really I haven't had a lot of
interactions with fans yet in person since I've put it out.
But what I've been seeing there is a song, probably
the most vulnerable song is a song called Bird on
the album, and that was one where I deliberately in
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the studio I remember being like, I don't care who
relates to this. I'm just gonna literally write out every
fear that I've ever had and just put it in
the song as like a run on sentence. I almost
wanted to feel chaotic in the verses and just you know,
spill all the things. And so I did that and
(47:44):
I've been seeing, Yeah, a lot of people resonate with
that one. And I mean I'm saying pretty specific things, like,
you know, any fear that's kind of crossed my mind.
Like the song literally opens with just me saying, what
if I'm past my prime? I've wasted precious time. That's
just feeling I had, just like, oh, I'm getting older,
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Like what if all the good things have passed? Or
what if, you know, looking at my husband, what if
you leave, like my dad left, my mom, Like what
if that happens? And it's just all these fears I'm
kind of going down the list. And so, yeah, that
one has has been It's been cool to see people
kind of relate to that, because it's kind of scary
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to put out a song like that. It's like, here
you go, guys, this is just my feelings. But it
feels kind of good when people can be like, oh, yeah,
I felt that too. You know.
Speaker 2 (48:38):
The odd thing is whenever it's something so personal. I
wrote my first book, I put in a lot of
stuff in it that was very personal to me, very
specific to me, that I wasn't nervous about sharing, but
I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. And
there's a difference where I wanted to share, but I
did not want people's sympathy, And then there was a
little bit of like late her embarrassment worth they did
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feel bad. But then I think nobody would relate to this,
and it was the thing that people related to the most.
They would bring up to me. Yeah, And that was
a I feel like a big lesson for me was
that I can be as specific as I need to
be about what's affecting me and somebody is going through
something so similar. Mm hm, we just have no idea
(49:22):
because we don't talk. We don't really talk about those
so open.
Speaker 1 (49:26):
Yeah, we're all very similar, more similar than yeah, we're
not similar, I guess. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
Does your name mean bird bird?
Speaker 1 (49:34):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (49:34):
Okay, when you said the name of the song to.
Speaker 1 (49:35):
Japan that's crazy. Yeah, so my name Tory. I was
watching anime one day and it does mean bird in Japanese,
specifically Japanese. I saw some I posted it one time
and there was some comments that were like, it can
also mean chicken. That's fine, I'll take it. I don't care.
(49:59):
It's obviously my love for Japan. I was freaking out
when I found this out. And also just just birds
in general have kind of followed me around, not literally,
but just the idea of birds and the you know,
the symbolism and the imagery of birds. I've always gravitated towards.
So yeah, I was I was watching anime and they
were saying Tory. They were saying, my name is kind
(50:21):
of I heard it like in the background, and I
so I googled it and I was like, yeah, Torri
means bird. Was like, what nobody told me this? So
I thought that was a cute, little fun fact that
now I'm going to just tell everybody that I meet.
Speaker 2 (50:37):
Well in the song too is bird. Yeah, but those
have nothing to do with each other.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
They kind of do because I think I wrote I
wrote Bird the song after finding this out, and like
I said, I've always been kind of obsessed with just
the idea of birds. And there's a one of my
favorite Bible verses is there's a there's a few verses.
There's actually my artist logo that I've had for a while.
(51:05):
It started out as a feather and then has kind
of morphed into now like two wings, and so that's
based on one of my favorite Bible verses. It's a
Psalm ninety one four talks about God like covering us
with his feathers, keeping us safe. So that's always stuck
with me. And then this is like ten over ten
(51:28):
years ago that I had that logo, and then and
then I find out my name means bird more recent years,
and then writing the song bird, I was inspired by
another verse Matthew six twenty six, which is basically like
Jesus saying, you know, look at the birds. They don't worry,
(51:52):
So why would you worry when I take care of them.
I'll obviously you know, I value you more than the birds.
So yeah, just all that to say, I think just
birds in general. I said birds fifty nine times, but
have just I just yeah, there's something about it. It's
very it feels very tattooable, even though I don't have one,
(52:12):
but maybe that'll be my first one. We'll see.
Speaker 2 (52:14):
Well, congratulations on the record, thank you and the tour.
Thanks and your tour are you This is obviously going
to air after the show, but you're you're playing tonight, Uh, well.
Speaker 1 (52:26):
Tonight, I'm doing the opry oh yeah, and then that
we Yeah, tomorrow is a show on.
Speaker 2 (52:34):
Tour and how long are you out?
Speaker 1 (52:38):
We're out. It's like a couple months of being on
the road, but we're already actually approaching like the halfway point,
which is crazy. I went by so fast, but yeah,
I'm loving it. It's yeah, on the road with Forrest
Frank who's great and got my own shows after that too.
We're going to do like a Europe run and then
(52:59):
you know, hopefully more after that.
Speaker 2 (53:01):
Right now is the Jesus Generation Tour, rightes.
Speaker 1 (53:03):
Yeah, that's what I'm on currently.
Speaker 2 (53:05):
And guys can get tickets at Tory's website which is
Tory kellymusic dot com. Album Again, it's awesome, Thank you
so much for coming in, thanks for talking about everything.
I know we kind of went all over the place,
but I love it. Super fun for me. Yeah, you
guys Tory kellymusic dot com if you want to go
and watch her live. She's doing her own shows too
later this year, and I'm sure all that will be
(53:25):
out right yeah soon, All right, there she is Tory Kelly.
Speaker 3 (53:28):
Thank you, thanks for listening to a Bobby Cast production
The role that I play is so similar to me
as a kid. Like she's literally a shy girl who
wants to sing, has this big voice, but she just
has the stage fright and I relate to that so much,
so I can definitely appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yeah, Hey, everybody, Bobby here. Today's guest is Tory. Kelly
won a lot of awards, three time Grammy Award winner.
She has a ton of songs that have a ton
of dreams. She's also like really nice. She's also the
voice of Mina in the Sing Movies, Love the Sing Movies.
Fun fact. Before all that, she won America's Most Talented
(00:43):
Kids as a kid. Now she's got a new album
out called God Must Really Love Me. We talk about that.
She's on the road now, so hopefully you can go
and see her on the road because she is a
fantastic singer. The tour is the Jesus Generation tour she
has done at all. Here she is the very kind
Tory Kelly. Tory. Good to meet you. We haven't met.
(01:07):
I haven't got to the age with my daughter yet
where we're watching anything for her, No movies, no any
but my nephew. I watched Sing Yeah and I've not
seen any no Disney movie, nothing, just generally in my life.
I didn't watch them as a kid. I've probably seen
less than five movies ever, like animated. Yeah, I've seen
a few movies. Yeah, yeah, but I'm like kid movies. Yeah,
(01:29):
I never watched them when I was a kid.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
What did you do as a kid?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Had a job at eleven? I was out with the
coal mines. Yeah, that is a rough life.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
But we watched Sing Yeah, it's so good. It's good, right,
and I never planned to watch it to enjoy it
for myself. Really, it was like here's some screen time, kid,
like honestly, that was it is so that Sing one,
and then we watched Sing two.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, actually we watched.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Sing one, and then just to keep him at bay,
we would go to YouTube and put on just a
video of the song from Sing Too. It's amazing, so
kind cheating. I ended up watching Sing Too.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Yeah, but those are so good, So I'm I can't
believe I'm a part of that.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Can you appreciate it though, since you're a part of it?
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes, absolutely, that's why when you said those are so good,
I'm like, yeah, right, they're so good, Like I don't
even feel like I should say thank you because I'm like,
I forget that I'm a part of it. I feel
like they did such a good job with those movies.
Hopefully there's a I've been told there's a third one
coming at some point. I don't know when, but it's
the type of thing where now you know, now it's
(02:34):
been the first one came out I think ten years ago,
just so insane. But I look back and I'm like,
that's that's literally a dream role like that. I couldn't
have asked for a more perfect, you know, franchise to
be a part of. And the role that I play
is so similar to me as a kid. Like she's
(02:55):
literally a shy girl who wants to sing, has this
big voice, but she just has this age right, and
I relate to that so much. So yeah, I it's
I can definitely appreciate it. Yeah from from Afar when
I step you know, when I step back, and like,
these are really good movies. Like I'm just crying watching it.
Like the end of Sing two, I feel like has
(03:15):
you know, it's really emotional. I feel like they just
keep getting better and better.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Which one ends with spoiler hold yeh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I've seen much.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's the second one.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Okay, the second one.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I was crying in the theater with everyone else because
I don't.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
It's been a minute. But the old guy the Lion. Yes,
and then Bono comes out, is he is.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
The old Yeah, he's the Lions.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Oh good, so good.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
I'm like, how are they going to top this? Like?
Who are they going to get?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Now? How'd you get the job?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So they I'm thinking back. This was because yeah, if
the first one came out twenty sixteen, I mean, it
takes them a long time to do these movies. So
this was like twenty thirteen, I want to say, maybe
fourteen somewhere around there. They were. They reached out and
asked me. I still had to audition, but they definitely
(04:06):
had an idea, I think of what they wanted, like vocally.
So they reached out and you know, just told me
about this movie they're working on. It was like this
sounds kind of great, and I went in did an
audition like over zoom, and then I got to like
meet the.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Director and act in the audition too.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yes, that was like a big because they knew I
could sing or I had music already so the main
thing was, you know, let's make sure she can actually act.
So I was super nervous because I had never done
any voice acting before. And I think it kind of
worked out that the character is supposed to be shy though,
because I kind of felt like I was just any
nervous energy that I already had, I was able to
just you know, put that into the character. So, like
(04:49):
I said, dream role, because I really felt like I'm
just being myself when I'm playing this character. But yeah,
you know, one thing led to another, and they told
me I I was Mina the elephant. It's like amazing.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
When you go in to do the voice. Do you
record it all in a couple weeks and then keep
going back if they change it? Or how does that work?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Good question? So they it's very like piecemeal, like they'll
have me come in. I mean they can get a
lot done though in one session like I'll do. They'll
usually block out a couple hours, and when we do,
maybe like an hour of lines and then an hour
of singing, and then sometimes you'll go back in because
(05:31):
they'll change the script sometimes too and have you come
in and punch things. And but I'd say I feel
like it probably went in maybe like five times total
because I mean, also, I'm one of like five main
characters too, So even if you see Mina on the screen,
(05:52):
you know, doesn't mean she's always like saying a bunch
of lines and she's shy.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
So that's a good point because she's actually not there.
So yeah, you're right. I think I'm such an idiot
because I think, ah, there's me Na, So yeah, I
guess Tory Kelly. It's just there hanging out and then
with a microphone in the room, right.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Well, I mean there is one of the fun parts
of is there's a lot of like sound effects, so
maybe she's reacting to something, but it's just you know,
they'll give me a long list. They're like, okay, you know,
act like you're scared, but like a quick sound you
just be like, you know, stuff like that. So it's quick.
She's there on the screen, but it's yeah, it's not
it's not always a ton of lines. I think the
(06:28):
singing part of it, you know, it felt natural for
me because it's just, you know, kind of what I
used to being in the studio and so the yeah,
doing the lines and the singing together was was cool.
Because it I feel like that's the thing about voice
acting that's nice. It is so similar to just recording
(06:48):
music because you're not having to think about what you
look like on screen. You can just focus on like
selling whatever emotion you're trying to sell. So yeah, I
love it again, dream Job. I just I'm like, let
me know when the third ones come in. I'm I'll
be there. I haven't signed a lot of menas. I
(07:10):
get a lot of parents coming up to me with
their kids, trying to tell the kid that that's the elephant,
and they are so confused and they would be like,
can you sing a little something like and I'll do it,
and they're still are just like it's not computing, like
you can see in their face. So I do get
(07:30):
a lot of that. But yeah, it's it's also wild though,
because I have now there's kids, there's like sixteen year
olds who would have been six when the first one
came out, like what is time? What is happening? It's yeah,
it's just it's so wild. But I think what's cool
about these movies is I feel like they'll just be around.
I mean, it's so awesome to be a part of
(07:53):
sharing these iconic, you know, classic songs with each generation.
I I just have to make sure they know that
it's Stevie Wonder singing don't you know about a thing?
And not me or me because yeah, not me, or
Mina because that's been a thing. Like they actually think
it's my song. I'm like, no, like, make sure you
go listen to the og. So but it's cool because
(08:16):
I feel like the songs that they pick, it's keeping
that music alive, which is it's fun to be a
part of that.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Do you spend much time here in Nashville.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
I've been here quite a few times over the last gosh,
like fifteen years, I want to say, but I don't.
It's always just like tour related or popping in for
like promo and stuff. I actually have written here though, too.
I've spent like a couple of weeks writing. So yeah,
I feel like I've gotten a good like Nashville experience
(08:45):
at this point.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
What's the difference in writing here versus writing back in California.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
There's quite a few differences. I feel like the biggest
one that threw me off the first time I came
out here was just the start time. It's like wake
they're talking about like nine am start times, and I
was like, guys, the time change first of all is
coming from la it's like even earlier. And then yeah,
I just it was. It was actually good for me though,
(09:12):
because I think it was nice to shake things up
and kind of challenge my my songwriting ability and just
like wake up and go almost like treat it as
like a real job. You know. It's like very that's
the vibe I get here.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
It's very like.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Nine to five. But I actually, now starting my own family,
I kind of love that and understand it way more
because it's like, let's do our thing, write our songs,
and then actually have a night. Still, I feel like
I had my writing till three am phase like in
my twenties, and I'm like, yeah, it's not it's not sustainable.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Songwriting here is almost like a factory. Yeah, not in
the way of it's the art is any different. But yeah,
you wake up, you do not the three Yeah, if
it's great, maybe you keep going, maybe come back and
you keep working on that song the next day. But
usually unless you're on the road, you don't ride at
(10:09):
night or the weekends. Yeah, which I can see now too,
as like a real life, an adult. Yeah, why that
would be cool to do when you song right now though,
or in la is that just whenever you feel it
and then you just call people?
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Yeah, I feel like I definitely need to allow myself
to live some life in between albums. I've noticed, and
because I'm definitely not a machine, I've tried to kind
of like just snap into it, force the inspiration. Sometimes
it does actually work if I'm just in a studio
environment and I'm like, all right, I don't feel like
(10:45):
writing a song, but let's see what happens. Sometimes I'll
surprise myself, and that's actually what I appreciate about. I
think the Nashville mindset is like, let's just do what
we came here to do. If we get a song, great,
If it sucks, it's fine, we'll come back tomorrow, and
like you said, just kind of keep chipping away at it.
So I do. I think I can tap into that,
(11:05):
and I appreciate that structure. But actually with this album
in particular, my latest album, it was so just led
by like burst of inspiration, not forced at all, and
I was very grateful for it because I get nervous
sometimes and like, Okay, I'm living life and like, I
don't I don't know what the next project's going to
(11:27):
be like, and I kind of have to just wait
and see, you know, when inspiration's going to hit again.
And thankfully it did at just the right time with
this one.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
One of the odd things that I think people experience
when they move here to pursue music is the co
write because a lot of folks will get here and
they've just been writing themselves, yeah, living in the town
they live in, and then all of a sudden, you
get to Nashville and you get a publishing a deal
and they're matching you with people, and every day you're
in a room with two people that you don't know,
you know, sharing your deepest, darkest secrets and design. Like,
(11:58):
that's a weird thing?
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Is that the same with how you write? Do you write?
You ever write with people you don't know and share
big secrets?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yeah, I definitely do. I mean I think I've I
think at this point in my career, I always say
I feel kind of like young and old at the
same time, being in the in the spot that I'm
in in my career because I've lived some life, I've
had a great career already, but I feel like, I,
you know, I obviously have so much more. I want
to say, I have so much music I want to
write still, So I think at this point, learning what
(12:29):
I have learned, I think I just know, even on paper,
I can usually tell like, Okay, we'd be probably a
good fit even if I haven't worked with them before,
or maybe I have like mutual friends with them, just
because I've been doing this for so long. So there's
that aspect of it. I think, Yeah, I don't love
(12:49):
I don't love the speed dating kind of songwriter thing.
I've done it, and yeah, it can be really awkward.
It really does feel like you're dating very quickly because
you have to like get to the deep stony Yeah, super,
I totally get it. But I yeah, I think at
this point I'm pretty I think I'm just pickier because
(13:11):
I kind of know myself more now, I know what
I want. So on one hand, yeah, I'm not saying
I'll never write with people that I've never worked with before,
because even on this album there's people that it was
like the first time we've met and then we wrote like,
you know, some of my favorite music ever. But I
just think my team at this point knows me too
well enough where they're like, okay, they would click, you know.
(13:31):
So I think I feel like I've put in the
hours I've put in the work now where it just
feels like I can navigate the some of the awkwardness,
the initial awkwardness.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Now, what's the last few years of life been like
that you've lived, that you've been able to pour into
the project?
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Oh my gosh, I mean the biggest The biggest thing
is becoming a mom, which I heard you've also just mom. Yeah,
become a mom. Yeah, isn't it just the best?
Speaker 2 (14:01):
It's it's crazy, I'll but it's crazy. It's just it's bizarre. Yeah, yeah,
it's how old?
Speaker 1 (14:10):
So my boy just turned seven months?
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Oh, then we're kind of in it around the same time. Yeah,
how my girl just turned three months. So what's the
difference in where I'm at now then where you are now?
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Well, it was just yesterday that he was three months.
So yeah, it goes Obviously, everyone's telling me it's like,
don't blink because it goes by so fast, And I'm like,
it's so true. I feel like every day he's becoming
a different little human. I'm trying to think three months.
I mean, it feels like such a blurt from three
to seven. I'm just like, whoa, Like, is she like rolling?
Speaker 2 (14:50):
Yeah, she's just now starting to like do the tumbles
over okay, yeah, And we act like it's the biggest thing.
Like the first time that I saw drone a drone
show instead of fireworks, I'm like, oh my god, that's crazy.
But now that's what I do. When the baby just
turns over, I'm like, oh, she did it. We're high
fiving each other. So that and she doesn't say actual words,
but she does a lot of dog wow, oh nice,
(15:11):
like talking yeah, And so that's been kind of a
new element where she'll make just two sounds that sound
kind of like a D and I'll say she said dad, I.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Totally yeah, I'm the same. I feel like he's gonna
say mama.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Like any they don't talk yet seven months.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I don't, at least mine isn't. Yeah, it's hard, like
I feel like because it's our first, it's like I
don't know what to compare to. So I'm asking everybody
to like is this normal? Like what is your baby doing?
And I'm just like googling stuff every five seconds. But
uh yeah, he I remember when I feel like around
that time is that when they like kind of start
noticing their hands and stuff too.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Yeah, she can now can now put it in her mouth.
Oh yeah, which is gond have been a big win
for us because she can almost self soothe a little bit.
Oh yeah, I learned all these terms.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Yeah, self soothing. Yeah, so it's so crazy picture.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Yes, please, I won't share the camera, but i'll should Okay,
So she's three months.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Yeah, I came out. I'm obsessed with babies. Now that's
a new thing for me.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
I'm obsessed with birth stories.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Oh this is like cool.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Yeah, Jay, I never knew. I don't know. I just
didn't have any idea. And I didn't meet my wife
until I was thirty nine, and so I never knew
if I would even get married, much less have a baby,
and so I didn't know anything about babies. Yeah, so
I never knew that everybody's birthtory was different. I thought,
maybe just go in pop squad, baby comes out, it
(16:34):
doesn't hurt, you're good, just go raise it.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
It's one month so different, too.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Wild for me. There's such a respect. Not that I
didn't have it. I wasn't educated enough to have it
on what you guys go through after the birth.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah, like the fourth trimester they call it, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
The fact that you're expected to be a mom h
and physically rehabilitate like he'll ye.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
That blew my mind too, actually was I was really
nervous for that part of it because there's just I mean,
it's the whole thing is just unknowns. So I just
didn't know what it was going to be like. And
I was like, yeah, wow, this is like looking back
on it, because it is such a blur, you know,
but looking back on it, I was like, wow, I
really I really did that. Like I'm kind of like,
(17:23):
I get more confidence, like wow, that's so cool. And
I also have so much more respect just for like
moms in general and what women's bodies can do. And
it's just a whole wild thing.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
I also want to punch people who parents shame now,
oh my gosh. Yeah, way more than I ever would
have because I just didn't think about it. And now
just from I like to read, but reading different people's perspective,
but based on environment, based on genetics, based on all
of these things, and still nobody's right.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
So when people start screaming they're right and their ways
right and your way's wrong. It really pisses me off.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
I feel that.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Yeah, it's like, because you don't know, we don't know
what we're doing, right, You don't know what we're dealing with,
so we don't put our baby on social media at all. Yeah, Yeah,
and that was a I would have I'd probably just
watched the whole page. But my wife is like, yeah,
I think we're gonna. I think we're gonna.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
It's just weird. The internet. It's a weird place too.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
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Speaker 2 (18:35):
It's been a fun three months, but it's been a
very much a blurter. Yeah, it's constant. You guys, never
get to not be a mom again the rest of
your like you're it's forever.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
That that's a trippy thought.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
And always it's forever, but it's also always always.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
Yeah, you don't turn it off. There's not a break.
I have been having this weird thing though, where when
he goes down for the night, like literally just last night.
I'm on tour right now, so we're doing the tour
bus thing. He has his own like crib with the
zip thing and one of the bunks like they set
it up is really cool. They're like, oh, yeah, we
do this all the time, babies around the road. I'm like, no,
(19:14):
I didn't realize this was a common thing. Makes sense.
But I'm doing this thing where I put him down,
and then maybe an hour or two goes by and
I'm just like, you know, having my night whatever I'm doing,
and then I just get this weird, like flood of sadness,
and I'm just like, what's happening, Like, Oh, it's because
(19:35):
I miss him, Like he's just asleep. He's right there,
and I'm like, I want to hang out. I want
to see him. That's so weird. But then at the
same time, I'm like, it's kind of nice to have
like a second you know. So it's this constant push
and pull of Yeah, it's like hard, but also I
feel like the good just completely outweighs any ounce of hard,
(19:58):
at least for me. I can again, yeah, I can
only speak from experience, and I'm just I'm absolutely loving it.
I love stepping into motherhood and this new chapter just
is really really fun. I feel really blessed.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
My wife on Mother's Day because we had just had
our baby, and I definitely am trying to be the
dad that knows how to do everything and that can
do everything and that does Now I'm gone a lot,
especially in the day, but when I'm home, I'm dialed in. Yeah. Yeah,
and there's nothing that I can't do.
Speaker 1 (20:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
I don't do it as well as her, but I
can do it all. And on Mother's Day, I said, hey,
I'm just gonna take the baby and give you a break,
just a straight break, four hours, whatever you want to do.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
About thirty minutes into it, she's like, I don't need
a break, I just want to come hang out. I mean,
it was what you said there. She's like, I just
want to hang out. I don't want the break.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
But the bed part that putting the baby to sleep
has been, that's that's a lot of work, like the bedtime,
because it's we're having we do a bath, right, like
we're building in the things in order the baby.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Yeah, So we do a bathe and all I'm good
at bath love that, and then we do like like
put lotion on the baby at night before put pajamas
on but I can never get the close over the
lotion because the lotion is so hard to put close over.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I would they have They have like a like an oil,
like a baby and it's not, well it sounds so basic.
Not it's baby oil, but it's not. It's this other
brand that it's.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
Like, I don't know, I'll need to inquire.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
Yeah, I'll send you a link.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Yeah, and then we have all the we watched this
little like we have Nana and owlet and yeah, yeah,
all that stuff. The gadget Yeah, like a thing that
wraps around the foot so you can watch the breathing.
I need that so much.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
My Yeah, seriously, you know right, My it's funny. My
mom has just been really all the grandparents have just
been like, you guys have so much stuff. We did
not have half of it. She's like, okay, is this
really necessary? But so much of it. She's like, wow,
this would have been so awesome to have, Like I got, yeah,
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so many gadgets now that are just feel spoiled.
Speaker 2 (22:10):
We'll buy some fake little piano or some toy that
costs eighty dollars. Yeah, but it's the thing that we
bought for a nickel that goes click click click click,
and it's all she wants to play with and so yeah,
so it's it's always the cheap, easy stuff. But it's
been it's been awesome.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
Oh, I'm so happy for you.
Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, and it's cool that you're just barely ahead of us.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Yeah, I feel I know nothing, by the way, I
don't want to, you know, look at me for months
then I do, No, you.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Do you know double double what I know?
Speaker 1 (22:39):
I know it's funny because then I'm doing the same
thing with like people. Yeah, just today I'm talking to
someone like an eleven month old and I'm like.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
What's nice?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
What is happening with your baby? Yeah, it's it's it's
so fun. I'm just really excited to see like who
he becomes. And just yeah, when he starts talking, I'll
probably lose my mind. But that's yeah, that's that's going
to freak me out, I think a little bit, just
lose my mind out of cuteness. Just that's going to
be too much for me to handle.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
But do you share his name?
Speaker 1 (23:09):
So great?
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Have you shared his name? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Yeah, his name is Zayden with a Z.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
We call him zay where'd you get the name?
Speaker 1 (23:17):
So I actually boy names were very hard, so we
didn't know the gender, don't we We decided to just
keep it a surprise for ourselves, which was really fun.
I highly recommend if you're into that, but it was
just fun, like have people guess, and you know, I wasn't.
I was on the road pretty much the whole pregnancy,
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so I wasn't, you know, in a rush to like
decorate anything. I was like, it doesn't matter to me
what colors. So yeah, we kept it a surprise. So
we had to think of girl names and boy names.
Girl names, we both were like, oh, this would be great,
this would be great. We had a little list. Boy
names were so hard. I don't know what it is
about boy names. I was just like I wanted to
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be not too simple, like kind of unique, but not
too crazy where it doesn't sound like a name. So
I it's a lot of pressure too, because you're literally naming. Yeah,
Like I didn't think of that because when I think
of my name, it's just it's always been my name.
But as the parent, like, this is so much pressure.
So I always knew I wanted a name with like
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a built in nickname. That's how my name is too
my full name is Victoria. I obviously go by toy,
so definitely wanted that. And then I just kind of
started hyperfixating on Z names for whatever reason. I was like,
that just sounds really cool and like kind of rock star.
So yeah, I just went down a list of Z
names and then saw Zayden, and I liked that it
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kind of it has somewhat of or what is the
word I'm looking for. It's like has kind of like
a meaning of growth, or it stems from another name
that that can mean growth. So it's like, that's kind
of cool. I wanted to at least have, you know,
kind of depth and not just mean nothing. So it
was like growth is cool because we in a literal
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sense were growing our family because of this baby, and
we decided to give him the middle name Michael, which
is named after my father in law, so my my
husband's dad, and he just like he lost it when
we told him the middle named, so we kind of, yeah,
just the combinations Zayde and Michael. Michael actually means who
is like God, and we just kind of like the
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combination of that.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
So yeah, similar we named our daughter after my wife's dad.
His name is Billy so we'd be I L L
I E cute And we never told him until after
ye Billy was born because they were at the hospital
with us, and I think he was confused for a
second because he saw her name and thought maybe they
had misspelled his name on something.
Speaker 1 (25:51):
Oh my gosh, that's so sweet. Did he freak out?
Speaker 2 (25:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so sweet. I love yeah that. I
love that. Being able to kind of give like honor
you know, our parents in that way is really sweet.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Your parents did they do music?
Speaker 1 (26:07):
So? Yes and no. My dad, My dad's a musician.
I grew up with him just he was always he
plays bass and he sings as well, and he was
always in bands growing up. So I remember having like
he would have band practice all the time at the house.
So some of my core memories are actually just with
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his band practice at the house. And I think that
was like a big I just feel like I really
soaked that in like a sponge. My mom actually grew
up playing piano. She's more like classically trained. She can
like read music and has like a really good ear
for music. She's like a big fan of music, I
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would say, and really into lyrics. So they're both just
big music lovers, So I'm guessing that's where I got
some of it.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
What were they like as stage parents then when you
were really young as.
Speaker 1 (27:04):
A stage parents? I like that term.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
You mean like when I was well, I mean you're
a kid performing. Yeah, so their parents when they're kids
on stage, like, I don't know what they like for
a kid who's performing.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Yeah, it's interesting. I feel like from my perspective, they
were always really supportive. I know, Yeah, there's kind of
a stigma around, like it's almost like the pageant parent
thing or the stage parent can be like maybe too
much like this, too overbearing. But I never got like,
I don't think my parents were that at all. I
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think they really were. You know, of course they're gonna
be protective. I was like six years old when I
first started performing on stage, and then I actually got
signed to my first record label, had my first record
deal by twelve, So of course they're naturally going to
be there in a part of that process. But they, yeah,
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always really supportive. They One thing I really liked that
they did though, that I want to incorporate into my
family is my I have one little brother and we're
pretty close, and I really took notice as a kid
that they they valued any any activities that he was doing.
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They were They made it a point I think, to
like treat us very equal, even though my stuff was
kind of like taking over and obviously it was like,
you know, kept us really busy. I remember them really
making a point to you know, he would have like
soccer games and they would either like tag team, split
up or whatever they need to do. I just remember them.
(28:41):
They were really good. I think about teaching me what
humility looks like. And you're no better than anyone else.
You have this amazing talent and you're obviously really good
at it, and you're starting to get a lot of
attention for it. But just remember, you know, be kind
to everyone. Like there's you're not you know, worth more
than someone else. Like you want to treat everybody with
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respect and kindness. And I think they exercise that even
just within our own family, with the way they like, yeah,
valued my brother's activities and stuff. So perhaps of them
for that, That's just one of the many ways I
think they instilled like some pretty good values.
Speaker 4 (29:20):
I'd say the Bobby cast will be right back. This
is the Bobby Cast.
Speaker 2 (29:36):
What do they tell a twelve year old when she
signs a record deal.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I don't think they even really there's not one thing
that stood out. I think I just remember them really
being there for it, and you know, I would be.
It's so weird thinking back because that is so young.
I'm like, I look at twelve year olds now, like
my niece is twelve, and I'm just like, how was
I What was I doing? Like it's so wild. I
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really was a kid, you know. And I think in
some ways too, I look back at that time and
I really do feel like it's meant to be that
I didn't have kind of a big breakthrough moment back then,
because I do feel like I I'm grateful that I
stepped into it and then stepped out of it or
was kind of forced to step out of it, and
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things just you know, doors were being closed. It just
didn't work out then, But I got to have a
real childhood to an extent. I just I have some good, yeah,
really great childhood memories that don't have anything to do
with the industry, which I think is really nice looking
back on that.
Speaker 2 (30:43):
I was looking on a map to see where your
hometown was versus where Los Angeles is. Yeah, so and
half helf wear from LA.
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Yeah, exactly about hour and a half on a good
day with no traffic.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
So is that close enough to experience the resources but
not so close it feels like you're in it?
Speaker 1 (31:01):
Yeah, exactly, that's spot on. I remember going to LA
for random things that were music related or like an
audition or something, and it just felt like, oh, this
is a normal, you know, two our drive up to LA.
But it was nice to kind of have that retreat,
you know, back with my friends and kind of out
(31:21):
of out of the city. But yeah, it's kind of
it's kind of out there.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
It's in an empire, yeah, but not so close where
it felt like there were all the LA kids. Right. Yeah,
that's probably different if you're going to like an LA school, right. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
I wouldn't call myself like LA feels like home, but
I definitely feel I even't feel like San Diego is
probably closer to where I grew up, where I kind
of I feel like I just claim all of So
cal Honestly, Like, when I'm on tour, it's I'm almost
like jealous of certain artists that get to have like
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their very specific hometown. Oh, because I think, you know,
in California. You got La, you got Anaheim shows, you
got San Diego, and I'm just like, all of this
is home. So but yeah, I would definitely say that
I wouldn't I wouldn't consider myself yet growing up in LA.
It was definitely on the outskirts for sure.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Are those LA shows like in Nashville? Even if I'm
doing like a comedy show here, I don't like to
do Nashville shows because it's very much like a meeting,
not even a meet and great. It's like everybody comes, yeah,
and you spend all before the show and you like everybody,
or they wouldn't be there for the most part, unless
it's like agents and managers. But it's just a lot.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
It's a lot. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
So artists for the most part don't like to do
shows in their hometown because or not their hometown, but
here because of that. Yeah, does it feel like that
in LA?
Speaker 1 (32:45):
Kind of I do this thing now. I feel like
I've gotten pretty good at the routing. My team and
I've i mean, they know, I'm pretty like particular. My
favorite routing when I do tours is starting in one,
you know, whether it's San Diego or Anahei. I'm one
of those, and I have I always tell my friends,
don't go to the LA show, go to like one
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of the other sokow shows, because LA, like you said,
it's industry, you know, it's a little more like you know,
shaking hands, meeting people, saying thank you, which is great
and all fine, but yeah, it's I also don't like
starting in LA because it feels like more pressure. I
don't know if it's the same with here. You kind
of want to work out the kinks and get it,
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you know, feeling good. And so my favorite thing is
to like start at home, sort of treat it as
like a farewell to all my friends, go all the
way around, and then end in LA. That's to me
like the sweet spot because then I'm home again and
then I can.
Speaker 2 (33:43):
Just stay home at the end. Yeah, exactly, It's weird,
and I'm making the story up in my head, I'm sure,
but I always feel like here, if the industry comes,
there's judgment, way more judgment at that show than any
other show. So, like you, I don't want to do
it at the beginning because, especially if I'm telling jokes,
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I need to have this stuff worked out totally. And
if I'm doing it early in the tour. They're only
gonna see me perform once every two years or so,
and they're gonna see me early on when it's not
as good, and they're gonna go back to their office
and be like, he really wasn't that good. All that
lives in my head. Yeah, yeah, So this show is
here and people will ask why don't they do more
shows in Nashville, just artists in general. That's why. Because
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it's such a production. Yeah, to just have to like
do the industry, it's like.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
Slightly more pressure. I kind of like, I like the
big city shows, though I do. I think I do
really well under pressure. I like when I don't have
time to overthink. That's actually I think that's actually why
I like being on tour, because it's like show that's
the Lady Gaga clip, She's like plane, another show, another plane,
(34:53):
another Like That's how I feel when I'm on tour
or another club another club. Yeah, I feel like, yeah,
there's no time to really overthink stuff. When I'm sitting
too long and I'm just like I have a you
know something on the calendar that I'm anxiously waiting for.
I feel like I'll still be fine, But I just
I think I thrive when I don't have time to think.
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So you get to the big shows and it's like, okay,
let's just you know, something cool always happens because I'm
not thinking so much.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
Are there any odd pockets of the States where you
sell really well and you go, dang, that's crazy that
like Pittsburgh loves me.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Oh, that's a good question. I feel like I don't
know if it, like I don't really keep track of
the I wouldn't know the actual amount of tickets if
it's one that's like way bigger, but I can feel
the energy of the crowd way more in certain cities.
I feel like Atlanta is always one of my favorites,
(35:50):
Like they're just they go so hard Atlanta Philly. I
also though, I've found that so I to Asia for
the first time two years ago, and there's like Manila,
for example, in the Philippines that's definitely a pocket of
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the world I would say I was. I was like
blown away. That's like one of the top my top
three favorite shows of all time. And yeah, I'm like
itching to go back to Asia because they were just
showing so much love. It was so loud that I
couldn't hear myself sing.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Did you get to experience those places wherever you're that
because here most of time it's city to city and
you don't. But there you made time.
Speaker 1 (36:37):
Yeah for some of the cities. So it was a
pretty quick tour. I mean it was, you know, different
cities all over Asia. So certain ones it was like
cam just popping it, sadly, even Philippines. Actually I didn't
get to really see much of so I definitely want
to go back there, but I had. I got lucky
because the routing the way they did it ended in Tokyo,
(36:58):
so I was like, we have to day in Japan.
Obviously it was my first time there, and I'm pretty
obsessed with Japan. Have you been?
Speaker 2 (37:07):
I have? Did you ever watch Full House? Yeah? Okay,
So I went to Tokyo by myself because Jesse and the
Rippers played Tokyo. His band got famous in Japan. Oh,
so that's why I went.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
I didn't know.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
Yeah, I mean no literally, I mean I'm an idiot,
but I didn't go anywhere growing up at all. And
so once I started to have some success and some money,
I was by myself forever, and so I was like,
I'm just going to go to Japan. So I went
to Tokyo and I tell my friends, now, yeah, it's clean,
it's safe, the food is good and healthy. There's parts
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of it that feel like a small town. There's parts
of it that feel like the future. There's no trash
cans on the streets and people will say, what do
you mean? Everybody holds their trash until they get home.
It's about such a lovely Yes.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I literally got so sad when I came home. I
was like, I hate it here. I was kidding. I
love where I'm from, but I'm obsessed. Now I'm just like,
when can I go back? I love the people, I
love the food. Yeah, everyone's so respectful.
Speaker 2 (38:13):
Everyone that they wear masks just because they don't want
to get other people sick.
Speaker 1 (38:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Yeah this. I went before COVID and everybody had masks
on and I would ask they said, yeah, this is
their culture. The people that live here. If they maybe
have a cold, they don't want to spread it, so
they wear a mask just out chilling.
Speaker 1 (38:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
Before it was so crazy. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (38:34):
Yeah the food. I'm a big foodie too, so I
was just on cloud nine out there.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Bathrooms were kind of weird, do you think, Well, they
had holes in the ground. I didn't know what that was.
Speaker 1 (38:43):
I didn't.
Speaker 2 (38:44):
I didn't my bathrooms.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
I didn't see that there, like you.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Go into a public bathroom.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
There's like I saw it in China, I think, And yeah, yeah,
the hole in the ground was Yeah, I was that. Yeah,
that was one of the stops on the same tours
we did. We only did Shanghai.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
What's that like? That was?
Speaker 1 (39:01):
I mean, it was just a culture shock too. It was.
It was so wild to feel, you know, like we
were we were walking around like that, you know, my
my tour party, and we totally stood out like in
so many ways. Like my husband is six seven, so
just that alone, like he gets a lot of looks
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and you know, people just like I think even got
asked for a picture at one point, like thinking he
was somebody. But it was, Yeah, it was just a
culture shock. I mean, I just I loved it though.
I loved getting to see that part of the world.
And like I said, it's just it was only Shanghai.
So I'm looking forward to popping into different different cities
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in China too.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
But feel safe.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Yeah, I felt safe. Yeah, it was it was interesting.
How well, yeah, I will save our our WiFi was
kind of driven when we got there. I was like,
because I.
Speaker 2 (39:58):
Know they have like their own you mean they were
watching you.
Speaker 4 (40:01):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (40:02):
No, I don't know if they were watching me, but
I but just like my phone wasn't working, they were
watching you?
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Yeah, there were.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
I did clock that there were Like we were we
were walking. It felt totally normal, like very touristy the
area that we were at, and yeah, we were just
walking in some kind of like food court area. I
was like, this is so cool. And then I clocked
like camera there, camera there, so yeah, maybe they maybe
they were watching, but yeah, it's still it was. It
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was fine, though it wasn't. I wasn't scared.
Speaker 3 (40:32):
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Speaker 2 (40:46):
I have a friend's pro athlete and he travels because
it's a solo sport that he plays. And he played
in Russia. What does he play tennis? He did play tennis.
Oh cool, So he was in Russia and he said
that he was convinced they were in his phone. Really yeah, yeah,
and he was convinced when he was walking around. Yeah,
there were people not following him to beat him up.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
Oh, but just to check in.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
You're Russia. Now he's pretty famous. Yeah, and so he
felt a little That just feels what China would feel
like too, like they got their eye on you.
Speaker 1 (41:19):
Yeah. I think there's a little bit of that. I mean,
I have you know, I have nothing to hide. They
can look in my phone.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
That's what I feel too, like I got nothing. Have
you been to South Korea?
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Yes? That was that was when we we did Soul.
Speaker 2 (41:30):
That would be the one place I haven't been that
I think would be super cool to go to.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
It was so it was so great. I yeah, I
really loved it. I was I'm trying to think of that.
We really only had one day there, so I was.
I was like, we have to get Korean barbecue obviously
in Korea, so we did that, and then coffee is
great there too. They had like really great coffee shops.
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Everything also very clean there, and yeah, I loved it.
Speaker 2 (41:59):
I was watching some of the World Cup and the
Japan team after they finished, their fans go out and
they clean their section.
Speaker 1 (42:05):
O my god.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
That's what got me talking to my friends about Japan
is that after the Japan national team had played, all
of their fans took their took trash bags and cleaned
up their own section. Yeah, and everyone's like wow. I'm like,
if you'd been to.
Speaker 1 (42:18):
Japan, Yeah, oh my gosh, did you have did you
go into what's the it's seven eleven? Did you do
the seven eleven experience.
Speaker 2 (42:27):
In they have it's a different name though, right, actually.
Speaker 1 (42:30):
No, it's actually seven eleven.
Speaker 2 (42:32):
Then you have to tell me what that means.
Speaker 1 (42:33):
And there's also Family Mark. I guess there's just like
little convenience stores. But their seven to eleven is so much
better than ours.
Speaker 2 (42:40):
What do they have?
Speaker 1 (42:41):
Like you can eat full meals and it's not gross
like they did. Oh my gosh, they have this thing.
We would eat it like almost every day. It's like
you get the egg sandwich and their bread is just
like perfect and soft, and then you get they have
like a chicken. They have like a fried chicken situation
and you put the chicken into the egg sandwich. It's
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like a hack that I saw online and I did
it and it changed my life.
Speaker 2 (43:05):
It was so good.
Speaker 1 (43:06):
It was so good. Everything there is good, though, it's
just I couldn't even read the packaging. But I was like,
that looks cute. I'm gonna get it. Yeah, everything's so cute.
I love that. We've talked about Japan, by the way
for twenty minutes. It's my favorite.
Speaker 2 (43:18):
Well, we went to my wife and I went to Italy.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
They have gas stations that are like that.
Speaker 1 (43:22):
Yes, and it's the best sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (43:24):
Oh yeah, it's the freshest, biggest kitchens and they have
the gas station and all the regular snacks. But then
it's a plus food. It's great at random, it's the best.
Speaker 1 (43:35):
It's the best. I really get excited for people when
they get to travel, because I'm like, I know, you know,
not everybody's able to or can, but I just I
think it's so great when we can get outside of
our own bubbles and really experience just how big the
world is and get into like other cultures and yeah,
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it's it's really beautiful.
Speaker 2 (43:58):
It's been the greatest teaching for me. I grew up
in a very rural part of the South. I never
left the state. I mean I was in my mid
twenties before I went anywhere, and so then I just
was like, I want to go everywhere. Yeah, and I
think that taught me that I know nothing. Yeah, and
that's the greatest thing to know is that I don't
I don't know. I don't know anything.
Speaker 1 (44:19):
It's a great phrase.
Speaker 2 (44:20):
I thought I did, I don't know, but I don't
know anything. And I think that allows me to be
way more receptive to other people and other cultures and
other ideologies. Yeah, to travel around and just see people
that live in other parts of the world. But music's
got to do that too, Like you get like, I'm
sure you write songs and people will take a message
from it that maybe you specifically didn't mean to put
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in there totally. Yeah, And people will say, hey, this
song means so much to me because it makes me
feel blank. Yeah, and you think maybe I didn't really
write it. Does that happen sometimes.
Speaker 1 (44:51):
All the time? Yeah, when I do like meet and greets,
or when I actually get to talk to fans once
they've you know, lived within music. I think that's my
favorite part, because I know, I know people that they
can just write and write and write and just be
in the studio and that's it, and they put the
(45:11):
songs out and I feel like I it doesn't feel
complete like once I once I make the music. It doesn't. Yeah,
it doesn't feel complete until I either go on the
road or I get to really like perform the songs,
and like that's when they feel more lived in. So
when I get to actually meet people and hear stories
(45:33):
of how these very personal songs affect their lives, and
I mean people will tell me the craziest things, like
I was, you know, in the hospital, this thing happened,
and your song got me through that and I was like,
WHOA like that. It's like some really heavy stuff with
some of my some of my songs, and so it's
(45:55):
it kind of I think it continuously adds fuel to
what I do because I think if it just stayed
in my own head, in my own world and I
put out my little songs and then that was it,
I feel like it's yeah, I wouldn't feel complete. And
it gives me so much joy and fills me with
(46:16):
so much purpose when I when it feels bigger than myself.
So it's like I get to put the music out
there and then whatever happens to it is great. And
when you know, when I actually do get to talk
to fans, it's just the best feeling ever because I'm like, wow,
that's not even you know what I wrote it for,
and yeah, and it's it's usually the songs that are
(46:37):
the most personal too, where I'm like, surely, as I'm writing,
I'm surely no one's gonna relate to this, you know,
super specific thing, and then sure enough it's it just
hits people somehow.
Speaker 2 (46:49):
We were talking about the new album before you came in.
What's a song from it where that happens where you
maybe didn't expect for it to resonate so much, but
it keeps happening.
Speaker 1 (46:58):
I feel like, I mean, it's it's still pretty fresh,
so I'm kind of you know, I'm reading comments and stuff,
but I haven't really I haven't had a lot of
interactions with fans yet in person since I've put it out.
But what I've been seeing there is a song, probably
the most vulnerable song is a song called Bird on
the album, and that was one where I deliberately in
(47:22):
the studio I remember being like, I don't care who
relates to this. I'm just gonna literally write out every
fear that I've ever had and just put it in
the song as like a run on sentence. I almost
wanted to feel chaotic in the verses and just you know,
spill all the things. And so I did that and
(47:44):
I've been seeing, Yeah, a lot of people resonate with
that one. And I mean I'm saying pretty specific things, like,
you know, any fear that's kind of crossed my mind.
Like the song literally opens with just me saying, what
if I'm past my prime? I've wasted precious time. That's
just feeling I had, just like, oh, I'm getting older,
(48:05):
Like what if all the good things have passed? Or
what if, you know, looking at my husband, what if
you leave, like my dad left, my mom, Like what
if that happens? And it's just all these fears I'm
kind of going down the list. And so, yeah, that
one has has been It's been cool to see people
kind of relate to that, because it's kind of scary
(48:26):
to put out a song like that. It's like, here
you go, guys, this is just my feelings. But it
feels kind of good when people can be like, oh, yeah,
I felt that too. You know.
Speaker 2 (48:38):
The odd thing is whenever it's something so personal. I
wrote my first book, I put in a lot of
stuff in it that was very personal to me, very
specific to me, that I wasn't nervous about sharing, but
I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. And
there's a difference where I wanted to share, but I
did not want people's sympathy, And then there was a
little bit of like late her embarrassment worth they did
(49:01):
feel bad. But then I think nobody would relate to this,
and it was the thing that people related to the most.
They would bring up to me. Yeah, And that was
a I feel like a big lesson for me was
that I can be as specific as I need to
be about what's affecting me and somebody is going through
something so similar. Mm hm, we just have no idea
(49:22):
because we don't talk. We don't really talk about those
so open.
Speaker 1 (49:26):
Yeah, we're all very similar, more similar than yeah, we're
not similar, I guess. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
Does your name mean bird bird?
Speaker 1 (49:34):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (49:34):
Okay, when you said the name of the song to.
Speaker 1 (49:35):
Japan that's crazy. Yeah, so my name Tory. I was
watching anime one day and it does mean bird in Japanese,
specifically Japanese. I saw some I posted it one time
and there was some comments that were like, it can
also mean chicken. That's fine, I'll take it. I don't care.
(49:59):
It's obviously my love for Japan. I was freaking out
when I found this out. And also just just birds
in general have kind of followed me around, not literally,
but just the idea of birds and the you know,
the symbolism and the imagery of birds. I've always gravitated towards.
So yeah, I was I was watching anime and they
were saying Tory. They were saying, my name is kind
(50:21):
of I heard it like in the background, and I
so I googled it and I was like, yeah, Torri
means bird. Was like, what nobody told me this? So
I thought that was a cute, little fun fact that
now I'm going to just tell everybody that I meet.
Speaker 2 (50:37):
Well in the song too is bird. Yeah, but those
have nothing to do with each other.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
They kind of do because I think I wrote I
wrote Bird the song after finding this out, and like
I said, I've always been kind of obsessed with just
the idea of birds. And there's a one of my
favorite Bible verses is there's a there's a few verses.
There's actually my artist logo that I've had for a while.
(51:05):
It started out as a feather and then has kind
of morphed into now like two wings, and so that's
based on one of my favorite Bible verses. It's a
Psalm ninety one four talks about God like covering us
with his feathers, keeping us safe. So that's always stuck
with me. And then this is like ten over ten
(51:28):
years ago that I had that logo, and then and
then I find out my name means bird more recent years,
and then writing the song bird, I was inspired by
another verse Matthew six twenty six, which is basically like
Jesus saying, you know, look at the birds. They don't worry,
(51:52):
So why would you worry when I take care of them.
I'll obviously you know, I value you more than the birds.
So yeah, just all that to say, I think just
birds in general. I said birds fifty nine times, but
have just I just yeah, there's something about it. It's
very it feels very tattooable, even though I don't have one,
(52:12):
but maybe that'll be my first one. We'll see.
Speaker 2 (52:14):
Well, congratulations on the record, thank you and the tour.
Thanks and your tour are you This is obviously going
to air after the show, but you're you're playing tonight, Uh, well.
Speaker 1 (52:26):
Tonight, I'm doing the opry oh yeah, and then that
we Yeah, tomorrow is a show on.
Speaker 2 (52:34):
Tour and how long are you out?
Speaker 1 (52:38):
We're out. It's like a couple months of being on
the road, but we're already actually approaching like the halfway point,
which is crazy. I went by so fast, but yeah,
I'm loving it. It's yeah, on the road with Forrest
Frank who's great and got my own shows after that too.
We're going to do like a Europe run and then
(52:59):
you know, hopefully more after that.
Speaker 2 (53:01):
Right now is the Jesus Generation Tour, rightes.
Speaker 1 (53:03):
Yeah, that's what I'm on currently.
Speaker 2 (53:05):
And guys can get tickets at Tory's website which is
Tory kellymusic dot com. Album Again, it's awesome, Thank you
so much for coming in, thanks for talking about everything.
I know we kind of went all over the place,
but I love it. Super fun for me. Yeah, you
guys Tory kellymusic dot com if you want to go
and watch her live. She's doing her own shows too
later this year, and I'm sure all that will be
(53:25):
out right yeah soon, All right, there she is Tory Kelly.
Speaker 3 (53:28):
Thank you, thanks for listening to a Bobby Cast production
Host
Bobby Bones
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