Benson Boone chats backstage with Bennett on Most Requested Live!

Check out this backstage interview with Benson Boone and Bennett on Most Requested Live!

Episode Transcript

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In collaboration with The New ninety sixto five. Benson Boone chats with Bennett
on most requested line. It isBennett backstage with Benson Boone. How are
we doing Bennett? Bennett and Bensonout here for the interview. Let's go.
We're tag teaming this. You know, I try to go a little
a little guy here. No,I think it's a little more than a
little guy, you think, so. Yeah, he's small, but he's

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my little lip let us right.Yeah. When I first started this one,
you know, it's not it's notthat great of a mustache, but
it's all I got. It's beautifulin person. I love it. Thank
you, Yeah, thank you verymuch. Absolutely good to see you in
person. Good to have you backin Philadelphia. Man, it's good to
be back. I'm really liking thevibe here. We were walking around last
night and just kind of, Idon't know, just enjoying, enjoying the

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company of everybody out on the streets. We've heard from various New ninety sixty
five listeners they've seen you, youknow, out and about last night.
Yeah, yeah, we were out. We went and saw this new movie
called Civil War, and then wejust like walked around for like two hours
and it was really fun. Iwas gonna ask you about some like pre
show rituals, but you actually justanswer one of my questions. You want

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you went out rollerblading? Well,yeah, here in the Northern Liberties area.
Yeah. Yeah, it's this tour. We've all been kind of getting
into blading a little bit. I'vebeen rollerblading for a while and we're kind
of getting some of the boys intoit. So very on brand with the
album. But is this kind oflike your your meditation with the escape before
the madness up on stage? Yeah, a little bit, just kind of

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Yeah, it's just relaxing, andespecially it's such a beautiful day, so
just been waiting for this. Weatheris freaking gorgeous out here. It is.
It's not too hot, but it'snot cold. It's just yeah,
let's talk about this album. Itis out. People are loving it.
Congratulations. This album is is sofreaking great man. How has it been
performing these songs live? I knowthat adds like a whole nother element to

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this, you know, this project. Yeah, you know, before I
came on tour, I was prettyworried about singing these songs live because are
really difficult to sing, but prettymuch after the first night, I mean
like it all feels really good tosing, like all of it, and
my voice has never felt better.And I think they're like like these songs

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kind of hit a little different live. So it's been a it's been a
blast, I bet. And Iwas like thinking, like, yeah,
how do you keep it going?All tour along? Like you're like,
are you drinking throat coat with somehoney? Like what are you doing back
here? Take us through like something? Yeah, take us through some like
backstage you know, rituals, Likehow do you get ready for it?
It's a great question. I haven'treally figured out anything that like that I

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do every day and I have todo it. I just kind of like,
I don't know. I just tryand take care of my voice.
I I do the throat coat thing. I brought a steamer, but I
haven't used it. Yeah, Soyeah, that's really it just like drinking
a lot of water, trying tostay healthy and be twenty one. Then

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else too be one. So there'stwo things about Philly that you need to
know. You know, two wordslike john is a word you could use
in flavor. Heard the word john? Yeah? Wait, John j A
W n oh John John. Andthe cool thing about John is you can
use that with anything, like aJohn could be a person. Have you

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have you seen that Joan? Wow? I've never heard that. No,
alright, bro, look at thatJohn boom Wow, that's nice. Another
thing is to either say hey,what's up? Or goodbye? It's interchangeable,
go birds, go birds? Noway? That actually a thing?
Yeah? Yeah, Hi? Orby what's up? How are you go?

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Birds? I have just I havenever heard of either of those things.
That's so great. You could useboth in a sentence and they'd be
like, oh wow, so wherein Philly did you grow up? You
know what I mean? Like,I think you're right a part of the
street. Wow John? And gobird? Okay? So yeah if yeah,
maybe he's up on stage. Ifyou ever get stuck, just go
birds, all right, it allright, I'm gonna try the go birds

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thing. Yeah, or you justsit yell at the word e and they'll
finish the eagles chant e A GL E s Eagles okay Philly, Yeah,
and then they'll they'll finish the rest. See. I feel like Philly
is gonna be the most passionate crowdout there tonight. Wow, Okay,
I really do I really think thatPhilly's gonna bring it tonight. Last time,

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last time we came through Philly,they were insane, so got I
got my hopes up tonight We're gonnabring it. We're gonna bring it for
sure. A song off the newalbum that you were like, Wow,
they're responding to this bit. Becauseyou never really know or do you know
when you're putting these songs together.I don't know. Yeah, It's like
I always think I know and thenI'm wrong, So I just try not

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to know. But my favorite songon the album is a song called My
Greatest Fear, and that that one'sactually like I think a lot of people
have been really liking that one.Same with same with be Someone Focus,
which is the first track on thealbum, I guess besides the intro.

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But like those two, I didn'treally know how they would go, especially
My Greatest Fear. But yeah,they've been really liking those. Isn't it
ridiculous? Like you write these songsand you're, you know, in the
studio, then you perform and youcan see their fans let's like scream it
back at you for the first time. Like that's just gonna be nutty.
Yeah, and it was. It'sit's been a crazy transition. The first
couple of shows we did on tourwere like, no, like the album

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was not out sure, so itwas just like performing a lot of these
songs with no energy, sure,because you're hearing it for the first time.
Yeah, but like now that theyknow the words, it's crazy.
I bet yeah, slow it down, cry, I mean, you can
go on. This album is superspecial, man. So congratulations. And
if you listen to the New ninetysix five at any given time, you're

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gonna hear your song on the redlike we play it NonStop. If you
listen to me in the morning,you're gonna hear the song. So just
congratulations on the song and the album. This is just the start for you
now, absolutely, and welcome backto Philly. Thank you. It's good
to be back, especially on abeautiful day. Yeah, go birds,
go birds. Young h