August 7, 2024 • 15 mins
Priscilla Block spent some time talking with us about all kinds of things...from her chance meeting with Taylor Swift that changed her life, to being flat broke in a strange new town at the start of the pandemic, to pivioting and inventing a new way to connect to her fans, and much more! We love her!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Christ and the Laurie Celebrity hotline is ringing, good morning?
Is this Priscilla Block?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This sure is good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Good to talk to you, Priscilla. What a pleasure it
is to have you on the show with us this morning.
So much to talk to you about. We're all very
happy that you're going to be at the Shenandoa County
Fair up on the Q one O two stage. And
I guess first off we should probably ask you about
this show.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
What is your show like?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Oh my gosh, it is it's a party. We definitely yeah,
we have a fun time on stage. I feel like it.
You know, we got the party songs. We got the
songs for some of the sad girls going through their breakups.
But we're back to going off the deep end. No worries,
but you know, it's it's just a fun time. And
(00:45):
you'll see the fans. I mean they show up in
their safety best and it's wild.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
We know that there was a chance encounter with Taylor
Swift that changed your life, right and I know you
must have told this like story. You must have told
this like many times, but could you give us a
short version of what happened with a T shirt.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yes. So I moved to Nashville eleven years ago and
I was about a year into town, and Nashville is
just like it was hard. I was, you know, I
had been robbed a couple times and just like trying
to figure out what I was doing. I could barely
afford anything. Like it was just it was crazy. And
I remember I had called my sister one day and
(01:28):
I was like, man like, I just feel like I'm
sailing and I don't know what the heck I'm doing here.
And she was like, you know, you can come home
like you haven't failed if you come home, just maybe
restart and figure out what you're going to do next. Well,
that day, I'm leaving work. I had worked at this
little yogurt shop from nine to five and then I
went to community college from six to nine. And I
(01:51):
was leaving work and I happened to be wearing a
Taylor Swift T shirt. And Taylor Swift was driving by
and she saw me, and she pulled her car over
and was like, hey, like, oh my gosh, I love
your shirt so much, Like it was the craziest thing ever,
like just random, and I literally just I can't even
(02:12):
make it up. I'm like I looked at her and
I think I was like a deer in headlights and
she was like, here, come over, and we talked for
a little bit. And it's interesting, like I never I
look back on it, and I never told her I
did music, Like I never, oh, really really got it. Yeah,
I didn't even get into that. I just I just
remember like saying thank you so much, like you have
(02:33):
no clue how much I needed this, like, and it
was really everything that I needed to just keep going.
Like and so that was really the day that I
was like, I'm quitting my job, I'm quitting school. I'm
going to go figure out how to like do what
I came out here to do, and that's to be
a country music artist. And like, what are the chances
(02:53):
that Taylor Switch would see me on the side.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Of the road right and listen and be so generous too.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
We've heard a lot of things about Taylor and you
know how wonderful she is, but there's just you know,
she never went to get any publicity out of this.
She was just her being her and being incredibly generous.
And I think that that really teaches all of us
we should be a little more generous and give a
little more look at the impact it made in your life.
Now we've got your music and we've got Taylor to
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think in a way for that. So that's pretty cool.
So let's speak about your music real quick. There is
a song that Laurie and I both love and we
were really just curious about how you came to sing
with Justin Moore.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, I got a call from Justin. You know, I
had seen him at we've played a radio show together,
a Saint Jude benefit, and I introduced myself prior to
the show and I told him what a huge fan
I was, And to be honest, I think he had
no clue who I was at the time, Like, well, anyways,
it was me, him and some other guys and anyway,
(03:57):
I sang my songs, dage, I sang my bar and
just got over you and fix size all the things,
and anyways, after the show, he came up to me
and was like, uh, he like came and found me.
He was like, so he was like, I'm not gonna lie.
He was like, I literally had no clue what to expect,
But I want you to know I am leaving tonight
(04:19):
such a huge fan of you wow and yeah, and
he was like, here's my number. If you need anything,
call me. If there's anything that I can do to
help you in your career, call me. And uh. It
was interesting because I ended up getting getting a call
from him about a couple months later and he was like, Hey,
I got this song. It's called You, Me and Whiskey,
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and I want you to be on it. And it
was just crazy, like I wasn't expecting that at all.
Like I said, I'm such a big fan, and you know,
we got to take it to number one together, which
was my very first number one. And it just says
so much about him that he was like, I believe
in this girl so much that I'm I could put
a lot of girls on this song, but I want
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Priscilla on it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Oh man, that's awesome. That really is just a terrific
and he is also a great guy. We've been reading
him several times here on the Chris and Laurie Show.
So let me ask you this, was there was there
a moment after you after you said I'm all in,
I'm doing this, you quit school, you quit your job.
Did your friends support you or were they like Priscilla,
(05:23):
come here, Han we got to talk what are you doing?
Did you have any friends that really doubted you? Or
were they just one hundred percent behind? It was curious to.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Being howest I didn't have many friends at the time.
Like I was, I was as lost as it gets
out in Nashville. I mean, I had my family back
at home, but like I was, I couldn't get into
any bars. I didn't even know how to meet people.
And I think that also was like a very weird
thing for me too, because I'm so social and I
started over in the city that I didn't even know
(05:52):
where to start. But I think everybody around me was
just like, you know, she's determined and no one's going
to stop her. And I think even my family was
just like Priscilla, like they've taught me to be a
go getter, and it really stems from my parents and
just don't take no as an answer. Go bust your
bud and there's going to be hard years and there's
going to be great years, but it'll all pay off.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
How did you decide to go TikTok wow?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I also had no option in that too. I had
just a lot of people don't know this, but June
of twenty twenty, I had just gotten evicted out of
my apartment. I was four months behind on my rent,
and I moved into this little house in Nashville, like
the only thing that I could afford. And at the time,
(06:38):
we're in the middle of the pandemic, so everything that
I was working towards, I was playing in the bars,
doing all the things. All of that shut down, so
I had no way of like making money anymore. And
so at that time, TikTok was this brand new app.
I mean I literally thought it was a dancing app.
Like I didn't even think about, like, oh, I'm going
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to put my music on and this is what it's
going to become. Like I really didn't even I was
just doing it, you know. I was like, man, maybe
i'll throw sing a song on here and just see
what happens. And I just started posting tons of videos online,
and I'm like, if I can't play in the bars,
then I'm going to start trying to make fans on
the internet. And that's exactly what I did. I just
pivoted and just started posting twenty videos a day. And
(07:22):
one month after I moved out of my apartment was
when I wrote just about over you?
Speaker 3 (07:28):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
And yeah, it really changed my life again. I had
no clue what the song was going to be. I
had no clue what this app would do. It just
became this storm online and it really I don't think
country music had ever seen that before. It was so
in real time of how everything was happening. I think
(07:49):
fans loved that they got to be a part of
the entire process. I mean I literally had written it
and I posted it online. I was like, I wrote
this yesterday, like what do you guys think? And everyone
was just so invested in it, and fans all over
the world they helped crowdfund me to record that song.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
And what does that feel?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
What does that feel like when all these people you've
never met, no real connection except the music, believe in
you enough to crowdfund you. Suddenly you see people saying
I'm in, I'm in, I'm in.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
What does that feel like to you?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
It just is overwhelming, Like you really can't describe the feeling,
but it just like I'd feel like the whole thing
is just like God, you know, and even back to
the Taylor Swift thing, you know, there's people that take
time and again it is humanity and just wanting to
champion somebody, and you know, when that happens, a lot
(08:44):
of times people are at their wits end, you know,
in life, and it just it's such a testament of being, like,
you know, go a smile can go a long way.
Just opening up the door for somebody can go a
long way. Picking up somebody's tab can be everything that
somebody needs. And in that moment of the just about
over youthing, haven't I mean, I swear to you, I
(09:05):
still get emotional, like it really changed my life and
it's something that I'll never forget.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
And yeah, I like you. I do, Prisilla, I really do.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
And it sounds to me like you were at a
point where as you said, you'd been kicked out of
your house, you had no income coming in. I don't
want to say you're almost broken, but you were at
a real place and then to see all this humanity
just pour out for you, the crowdfunding especially, I think
people dug in their pockets to make sure that this
could happen for you, and suddenly everything changed for you.
(09:39):
And now look at where you are today. So let's
talk about where you are today.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
Right, You've got.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
A record deal and you're on the road and you're
in demand. Have you thought about because what happens a
lot of the time with famous people is you get famous,
and suddenly the more in demand you are, the more
in demand you will be, so people will start reaching
out for you for crazy things like like wanting you
want to be on Celebrity Family Feud, You want to
(10:05):
be on Celebrity Jeopardy. Have you ever thought about that?
Is there a game show you'd like to be on?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Oh, I'm I mean, I'm down for it all. Like,
I don't know how well I do. You know, I've
never been a good test taker, so I don't know
if people want me as like the key person on
those shows. But I can definitely you know, I could
add to it. Yeah, I would be so down for anything.
You know.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Is there a specific reality show that you might be
into being on?
Speaker 2 (10:34):
You know, it's funny. I'm like, if if this music
thing wouldn't have like worked out, I probably would have
gone on like Jersey Shore way back in the day.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
It was not expecting Jersey Store. I thought you might
say Survivor or Amazing Race or even The Bachelorette.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Yeah, you mean, like the games. No, I'm like full reality.
I'm like I like I said, I'm so what you
see is what you get. So it's like I need
to go on something that's not too scripted. You love it,
but no, I mean Survivor would be crazy. But I
don't know. Those people I think are way stronger than
I am.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
I will never know how they do it. So this
is a fun interview. I'm really enjoying talking to you.
I hope you don't mind is taking this much of
your time. But here's another thing that I was I
was curious about, you know. So you just said if
this music thing didn't happen, have you thought about other ways?
You might end up diversifying because a lot of people
they'll come at them with what would you like to
be in this movie? We've got a little role for you,
or a TV show. Have you thought about acting? Have
(11:31):
you done acting before?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Oh? Yeah, I would love I mean I would love
to ask Back in high school, actually I did. This
is so random, but I had never acted before and
they were doing Hairspray.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Oh my gosh, what a great show.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Yeah, and I ended up just trying out. I was like,
you know what, this would be fun like, I feel
like I can you know, I'm funny and I can sing,
so let's just try out. And well, anyways, I end
up landing like the lead role in the play, and
it was one of the funnest times I've ever had,
like the acting, the dancing, like just the whole thing,
(12:09):
and anyway, I could totally see myself kind of dabbling
in that space. I like I said, I kind of
want to do it all. Like I would love to
write a book one day, just about like Nashville and
my journey, and like, I feel like there's so many
things that people don't know about me that I would
just love to share with people, you know, because it's
(12:29):
easy to just be like, oh, she was the girl
that just blew up all the internet, you know, but
there's so many just miles and miles and miles of
time and distance that we've gone to get here. So
I'm excited to, like I want to share that with everyone.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
What is something that you'd like to share that people
don't know about you?
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Man? I mean, I think a lot of it was
you know, we talked about on this call. But I
think that this world changes so much, and you know,
there's artists kind of come out of nowhere, and for
a little bit, it was it was the narrative kind
of was like, oh, she's that TikTok girl. And I
think a lot of that has changed, you know, thank God.
But and I'm proud of that. I'm proud of I'm
(13:12):
proud of being a girl that blew up on the Internet.
But I just think that there's so many reasons for
my journey and moving out to Nashville when I was
seventeen years old, and the way that I was raised,
you know, Like I think it just shapes you to
who you are. And you can see something sparkly on stage,
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but that thing, it took a lot to get there.
And I think that's what I would want to share
with people because it's inspiring. And there's so many people
that are going through crazy times in life that you
just don't expect, you know, And so I would love
to just use my story to like hopefully inspire others
to just keep going.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
And you should be proud of being a TikTok girl.
Look at what TikTok's given us. Bailey zimmer Mels for
one right, Okay, so here's one more question for you artists.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Artists. As they get more.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Famous and they get a little money behind them, their managers,
their business managers start to look and say, listen, you
need to diversify and capitalize on your name. So you
get the bar, the restaurant. What would you what would
you hope to maybe open one day?
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
I mean, y'all know I love a good bar.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
So definit me a bar. We I one hundred percent
want to open a bar and maybe call it my bar.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
The sky's the limit, Like we can talk ideas and
all the things.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
You know, all you've got to do is look at
Dolly pardon.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
If there's a way to slap her name on it,
she's done it. God bless her, we love her. But yeah,
you absolutely can. You can diversify any way you want to,
and I think that's terrific. Well listen, I know we're
hogging up like all of your time, but we really.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
This has been a fun call. I hope you've enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
That's been great.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Well, we are really excited about having you on the
Q one O two Stay again, Priscilla Block. She's going
to be in town Shenanoa County Fair. Get your tickets
right now it's going to be an awesome time on
the Q one O two stage.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Priscilla, thank you so much for calling us well.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Thank y'all so much.
The Christ and the Laurie Celebrity hotline is ringing, good morning?
Is this Priscilla Block?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This sure is good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Good to talk to you, Priscilla. What a pleasure it
is to have you on the show with us this morning.
So much to talk to you about. We're all very
happy that you're going to be at the Shenandoa County
Fair up on the Q one O two stage. And
I guess first off we should probably ask you about
this show.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
What is your show like?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Oh my gosh, it is it's a party. We definitely yeah,
we have a fun time on stage. I feel like it.
You know, we got the party songs. We got the
songs for some of the sad girls going through their breakups.
But we're back to going off the deep end. No worries,
but you know, it's it's just a fun time. And
(00:45):
you'll see the fans. I mean they show up in
their safety best and it's wild.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
We know that there was a chance encounter with Taylor
Swift that changed your life, right and I know you
must have told this like story. You must have told
this like many times, but could you give us a
short version of what happened with a T shirt.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yes. So I moved to Nashville eleven years ago and
I was about a year into town, and Nashville is
just like it was hard. I was, you know, I
had been robbed a couple times and just like trying
to figure out what I was doing. I could barely
afford anything. Like it was just it was crazy. And
I remember I had called my sister one day and
(01:28):
I was like, man like, I just feel like I'm
sailing and I don't know what the heck I'm doing here.
And she was like, you know, you can come home
like you haven't failed if you come home, just maybe
restart and figure out what you're going to do next. Well,
that day, I'm leaving work. I had worked at this
little yogurt shop from nine to five and then I
went to community college from six to nine. And I
(01:51):
was leaving work and I happened to be wearing a
Taylor Swift T shirt. And Taylor Swift was driving by
and she saw me, and she pulled her car over
and was like, hey, like, oh my gosh, I love
your shirt so much, Like it was the craziest thing ever,
like just random, and I literally just I can't even
(02:12):
make it up. I'm like I looked at her and
I think I was like a deer in headlights and
she was like, here, come over, and we talked for
a little bit. And it's interesting, like I never I
look back on it, and I never told her I
did music, Like I never, oh, really really got it. Yeah,
I didn't even get into that. I just I just
remember like saying thank you so much, like you have
(02:33):
no clue how much I needed this, like, and it
was really everything that I needed to just keep going.
Like and so that was really the day that I
was like, I'm quitting my job, I'm quitting school. I'm
going to go figure out how to like do what
I came out here to do, and that's to be
a country music artist. And like, what are the chances
(02:53):
that Taylor Switch would see me on the side.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Of the road right and listen and be so generous too.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
We've heard a lot of things about Taylor and you
know how wonderful she is, but there's just you know,
she never went to get any publicity out of this.
She was just her being her and being incredibly generous.
And I think that that really teaches all of us
we should be a little more generous and give a
little more look at the impact it made in your life.
Now we've got your music and we've got Taylor to
(03:20):
think in a way for that. So that's pretty cool.
So let's speak about your music real quick. There is
a song that Laurie and I both love and we
were really just curious about how you came to sing
with Justin Moore.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, I got a call from Justin. You know, I
had seen him at we've played a radio show together,
a Saint Jude benefit, and I introduced myself prior to
the show and I told him what a huge fan
I was, And to be honest, I think he had
no clue who I was at the time, Like, well, anyways,
it was me, him and some other guys and anyway,
(03:57):
I sang my songs, dage, I sang my bar and
just got over you and fix size all the things,
and anyways, after the show, he came up to me
and was like, uh, he like came and found me.
He was like, so he was like, I'm not gonna lie.
He was like, I literally had no clue what to expect,
But I want you to know I am leaving tonight
(04:19):
such a huge fan of you wow and yeah, and
he was like, here's my number. If you need anything,
call me. If there's anything that I can do to
help you in your career, call me. And uh. It
was interesting because I ended up getting getting a call
from him about a couple months later and he was like, Hey,
I got this song. It's called You, Me and Whiskey,
(04:39):
and I want you to be on it. And it
was just crazy, like I wasn't expecting that at all.
Like I said, I'm such a big fan, and you know,
we got to take it to number one together, which
was my very first number one. And it just says
so much about him that he was like, I believe
in this girl so much that I'm I could put
a lot of girls on this song, but I want
(05:00):
Priscilla on it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Oh man, that's awesome. That really is just a terrific
and he is also a great guy. We've been reading
him several times here on the Chris and Laurie Show.
So let me ask you this, was there was there
a moment after you after you said I'm all in,
I'm doing this, you quit school, you quit your job.
Did your friends support you or were they like Priscilla,
(05:23):
come here, Han we got to talk what are you doing?
Did you have any friends that really doubted you? Or
were they just one hundred percent behind? It was curious to.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Being howest I didn't have many friends at the time.
Like I was, I was as lost as it gets
out in Nashville. I mean, I had my family back
at home, but like I was, I couldn't get into
any bars. I didn't even know how to meet people.
And I think that also was like a very weird
thing for me too, because I'm so social and I
started over in the city that I didn't even know
(05:52):
where to start. But I think everybody around me was
just like, you know, she's determined and no one's going
to stop her. And I think even my family was
just like Priscilla, like they've taught me to be a
go getter, and it really stems from my parents and
just don't take no as an answer. Go bust your
bud and there's going to be hard years and there's
going to be great years, but it'll all pay off.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
How did you decide to go TikTok wow?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I also had no option in that too. I had
just a lot of people don't know this, but June
of twenty twenty, I had just gotten evicted out of
my apartment. I was four months behind on my rent,
and I moved into this little house in Nashville, like
the only thing that I could afford. And at the time,
(06:38):
we're in the middle of the pandemic, so everything that
I was working towards, I was playing in the bars,
doing all the things. All of that shut down, so
I had no way of like making money anymore. And
so at that time, TikTok was this brand new app.
I mean I literally thought it was a dancing app.
Like I didn't even think about, like, oh, I'm going
(06:58):
to put my music on and this is what it's
going to become. Like I really didn't even I was
just doing it, you know. I was like, man, maybe
i'll throw sing a song on here and just see
what happens. And I just started posting tons of videos online,
and I'm like, if I can't play in the bars,
then I'm going to start trying to make fans on
the internet. And that's exactly what I did. I just
pivoted and just started posting twenty videos a day. And
(07:22):
one month after I moved out of my apartment was
when I wrote just about over you?
Speaker 3 (07:28):
What is it?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
And yeah, it really changed my life again. I had
no clue what the song was going to be. I
had no clue what this app would do. It just
became this storm online and it really I don't think
country music had ever seen that before. It was so
in real time of how everything was happening. I think
(07:49):
fans loved that they got to be a part of
the entire process. I mean I literally had written it
and I posted it online. I was like, I wrote
this yesterday, like what do you guys think? And everyone
was just so invested in it, and fans all over
the world they helped crowdfund me to record that song.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
And what does that feel?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
What does that feel like when all these people you've
never met, no real connection except the music, believe in
you enough to crowdfund you. Suddenly you see people saying
I'm in, I'm in, I'm in.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
What does that feel like to you?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
It just is overwhelming, Like you really can't describe the feeling,
but it just like I'd feel like the whole thing
is just like God, you know, and even back to
the Taylor Swift thing, you know, there's people that take
time and again it is humanity and just wanting to
champion somebody, and you know, when that happens, a lot
(08:44):
of times people are at their wits end, you know,
in life, and it just it's such a testament of being, like,
you know, go a smile can go a long way.
Just opening up the door for somebody can go a
long way. Picking up somebody's tab can be everything that
somebody needs. And in that moment of the just about
over youthing, haven't I mean, I swear to you, I
(09:05):
still get emotional, like it really changed my life and
it's something that I'll never forget.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
And yeah, I like you. I do, Prisilla, I really do.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
And it sounds to me like you were at a
point where as you said, you'd been kicked out of
your house, you had no income coming in. I don't
want to say you're almost broken, but you were at
a real place and then to see all this humanity
just pour out for you, the crowdfunding especially, I think
people dug in their pockets to make sure that this
could happen for you, and suddenly everything changed for you.
(09:39):
And now look at where you are today. So let's
talk about where you are today.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
Right, You've got.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
A record deal and you're on the road and you're
in demand. Have you thought about because what happens a
lot of the time with famous people is you get famous,
and suddenly the more in demand you are, the more
in demand you will be, so people will start reaching
out for you for crazy things like like wanting you
want to be on Celebrity Family Feud, You want to
(10:05):
be on Celebrity Jeopardy. Have you ever thought about that?
Is there a game show you'd like to be on?
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Oh, I'm I mean, I'm down for it all. Like,
I don't know how well I do. You know, I've
never been a good test taker, so I don't know
if people want me as like the key person on
those shows. But I can definitely you know, I could
add to it. Yeah, I would be so down for anything.
You know.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Is there a specific reality show that you might be
into being on?
Speaker 2 (10:34):
You know, it's funny. I'm like, if if this music
thing wouldn't have like worked out, I probably would have
gone on like Jersey Shore way back in the day.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
It was not expecting Jersey Store. I thought you might
say Survivor or Amazing Race or even The Bachelorette.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
Yeah, you mean, like the games. No, I'm like full reality.
I'm like I like I said, I'm so what you
see is what you get. So it's like I need
to go on something that's not too scripted. You love it,
but no, I mean Survivor would be crazy. But I
don't know. Those people I think are way stronger than
I am.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
I will never know how they do it. So this
is a fun interview. I'm really enjoying talking to you.
I hope you don't mind is taking this much of
your time. But here's another thing that I was I
was curious about, you know. So you just said if
this music thing didn't happen, have you thought about other ways?
You might end up diversifying because a lot of people
they'll come at them with what would you like to
be in this movie? We've got a little role for you,
or a TV show. Have you thought about acting? Have
(11:31):
you done acting before?
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Oh? Yeah, I would love I mean I would love
to ask Back in high school, actually I did. This
is so random, but I had never acted before and
they were doing Hairspray.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Oh my gosh, what a great show.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Yeah, and I ended up just trying out. I was like,
you know what, this would be fun like, I feel
like I can you know, I'm funny and I can sing,
so let's just try out. And well, anyways, I end
up landing like the lead role in the play, and
it was one of the funnest times I've ever had,
like the acting, the dancing, like just the whole thing,
(12:09):
and anyway, I could totally see myself kind of dabbling
in that space. I like I said, I kind of
want to do it all. Like I would love to
write a book one day, just about like Nashville and
my journey, and like, I feel like there's so many
things that people don't know about me that I would
just love to share with people, you know, because it's
(12:29):
easy to just be like, oh, she was the girl
that just blew up all the internet, you know, but
there's so many just miles and miles and miles of
time and distance that we've gone to get here. So
I'm excited to, like I want to share that with everyone.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
What is something that you'd like to share that people
don't know about you?
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Man? I mean, I think a lot of it was
you know, we talked about on this call. But I
think that this world changes so much, and you know,
there's artists kind of come out of nowhere, and for
a little bit, it was it was the narrative kind
of was like, oh, she's that TikTok girl. And I
think a lot of that has changed, you know, thank God.
But and I'm proud of that. I'm proud of I'm
(13:12):
proud of being a girl that blew up on the Internet.
But I just think that there's so many reasons for
my journey and moving out to Nashville when I was
seventeen years old, and the way that I was raised,
you know, Like I think it just shapes you to
who you are. And you can see something sparkly on stage,
(13:32):
but that thing, it took a lot to get there.
And I think that's what I would want to share
with people because it's inspiring. And there's so many people
that are going through crazy times in life that you
just don't expect, you know, And so I would love
to just use my story to like hopefully inspire others
to just keep going.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
And you should be proud of being a TikTok girl.
Look at what TikTok's given us. Bailey zimmer Mels for
one right, Okay, so here's one more question for you artists.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Artists. As they get more.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Famous and they get a little money behind them, their managers,
their business managers start to look and say, listen, you
need to diversify and capitalize on your name. So you
get the bar, the restaurant. What would you what would
you hope to maybe open one day?
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
I mean, y'all know I love a good bar.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
So definit me a bar. We I one hundred percent
want to open a bar and maybe call it my bar.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
The sky's the limit, Like we can talk ideas and
all the things.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
You know, all you've got to do is look at
Dolly pardon.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
If there's a way to slap her name on it,
she's done it. God bless her, we love her. But yeah,
you absolutely can. You can diversify any way you want to,
and I think that's terrific. Well listen, I know we're
hogging up like all of your time, but we really.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
This has been a fun call. I hope you've enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
That's been great.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Well, we are really excited about having you on the
Q one O two Stay again, Priscilla Block. She's going
to be in town Shenanoa County Fair. Get your tickets
right now it's going to be an awesome time on
the Q one O two stage.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Priscilla, thank you so much for calling us well.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
Thank y'all so much.
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