July 30, 2024 • 41 mins
In this exclusive interview, we sit with the incredible Luna Elle to explore her multifaceted journey and inspirations for her lyrics. Luna shares her passion for R&B and reflects on finding her own musical voice and how legends like Toni Braxton have inspired her sound and career.
We dive into some of her lyrics, and she dishes on how she pieces songs together without spilling any beans. She reveals her favourite Beyoncé songs and how Queen Bey's artistry motivates her. This interview is packed with countless gems!
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We dive into some of her lyrics, and she dishes on how she pieces songs together without spilling any beans. She reveals her favourite Beyoncé songs and how Queen Bey's artistry motivates her. This interview is packed with countless gems!
You can listen to the radio show every Wednesday @ 11 AM EST
1280AM on your Radio 📻
metradio.ca Online 💻
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The old Man. Hey everyone, this is Yo. It's your boy, Funky,
the coolest teen rapper online. What's up. It's me Alfie.
You're listening to the Cool Table with a listening You're
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(00:21):
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to the Cool Table. If you want to hear the
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challenge our guests to finish set of ice cream before
the end of the conversation. My name is Adri Smiley
(00:42):
aka Adrosmileer dot com aka Adril Smiley Official aka the Godfather,
and we are joined for the first time with the
future of R and B in Canada. Lou Now, thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I've actually been looking forward to this a lot eating
ice cream, and you.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Know that, of course important to be here the important things,
yes period for season three. All of our ice creams
provided by Eva's original Chimneys. Please go check them out
at all of the locations, especially the one on Bloor
I love over there. Tell us about the flavor that
you chose, and what do you think your chances are
of getting this done?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Okay, the flavor I chose was carameln Nutella brownie crunch
because I just like nutella and brownie's and you know,
a pint is a lot. We'll see how far we get.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I'm estimating like.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Maybe half maybe, but I'll try.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
To finish it. Let's let's get started. Let's get started.
I like that you chose basically chocolate and chocolate and chocolate.
We'll call this flavor the root for everybody black flavor.
I think that that's that's fitting here. You know, it's
pretty good. That's pretty good. I want to go back
as far as we can. Obviously, we know you've been
singing it for quite some time, yes, you know, at
(02:00):
your grand old age, but you saying that your voice
being deeper and you kind of like having to figure
that out and Tony Braxton's Unbreak My Heart being what
did that for? You? Talk about that? Because I feel
like that is the song for a lot of people.
That's like, you know, people will people point to. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
So growing up, obviously, like I was listening to what
was on radio, and that was like the Taylor Swift,
the Ariana Grande, but I didn't sound similar to them,
but I tried to. And it was only when I
actually started paying attention to what my mom was playing,
because that was her break my Heart Tony was her song.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
So basically little Oh, I'm gonna see my gudgy, little Luna.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Little Luna.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I mean, everybody kind of knows my name, but little
Luna was listening to what my almost playing and I
actually like actively listened to it, and I was like, oh,
her voice is really low, it's really paltry, and it's
kind of similar to mine, Like there was similarities. Obviously
I was a little younger, so it wasn't as low
(03:15):
as it is now. But that's when I really started
appreciating like lower voices and I was like, maybe I
don't need to sound like Ariana Grande.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Oh yeah, yeah. When I when I saw you mentioned that,
it really kind of peaked something in my head because
I realized that that deeper voice is almost an older sound,
Like there's not as many people now and I don't
I don't remember when that happened, but I thought about
Teddy Pindergrass, Luther Van Dross and just people who had
that deeper register continuing to make the most popular music.
(03:50):
Basically not a thing anymore. Is there anyone new who
you who you could think of as like a deep
voice like that, because I don't really see that many
people like that.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
First one I think of. There's also lean on like
TikTok finding a lot of artists. Recently, there's this artist
named Shaye Universe, and she has a beautiful low register
and I just absolutely love her.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
I can't think of that many. I mean me, you
have to care for something. I saw the face you
made with that first It was really good. Yeah, yeah,
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
It was like, there's like the saltiness of it. Okay,
should I describe the notes the props like so when
you first so when you first, like get the first bite,
it's like chocolate, but then the aftertaste is like the caramel.
It's like the saltiness, And I think is a really
good contrast.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Okay, Okay, food blogger, I see you. Clearly I like
food a lot. Period. Right there, you stopped, You didn't
need to call it out there. You basically started it.
I did period all episode like it's contagious.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Oh my gosh, I'm not gonna lie. My manager started
saying it, I know, but.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
He'll say it as a joke. I never heard him
say it. I'm gonna start saying it period that. Oh
my goodness. When I heard that you used to play footy,
that's something you saw for yourself, I was like, oh,
that kind of makes sense. I could kind of see.
(05:31):
So first of all, what position were you playing? And
do you have someone who you could you would compare
your game to, because you did say you were nice.
You did say you were nice compare my game two?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Mm hmmm, okay, So first I did play an underrated position,
center D. So I played central events, yes, which was
I feel like really fun. Like people don't like defense.
I love defense?
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, what a I compat.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Weirdly enough, I don't have like a specific person, but
I feel like Mike like characteristics are more like a.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Striker, interesting, like Alonso Davis type beat low key.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
But I feel like it's only just because I was
really fast, Like you're not expecting center D to be
very like fast, but I was the fastest person on
my team, so they just I don't know why I
was defense, but I'm not complaining.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yeah, usually they don't put the person with the speed
at defense. So it's like, I guess you must have
been not going a defense. I guess so damn. So
what was when did you make that change to go over?
Because I say, like, I group playing ball, and before
that I was a drummer. So you have like your
different lives where you go, Okay, I'm done drumming, now
(06:52):
I'm playing ball. So when when was the Swiss you
made you say, Okay, I'm done playing footy. I'm a
singer now.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Honestly, it was kind of when I just couldn't juggle
everything at all at once. Yeah, because I really do
love soccer. I've played it since I was I think eight,
so it's always been a part of my life. So
letting go of it was really hard. So I was
like really like grasping at straws. But at a certain
point it was getting in the way of my focus
(07:21):
on music, and music has my heart over everything else.
So that and also it wasn't fair to my team
because I had come to like half the practices.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
So but it was only for a little bit, and
then I was like, I can't keep eating that because
it's just not fair to the team. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah, and too, it's like there's so much practice you
have to do. It's it's not like you can just
show up to the games and school. Like I don't
know how it is in footy, but in basketball it
was like if you miss practice, you don't play.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Oh yeah, see it was never that, like I'd still
go to one practice or at least one practice a week.
So my coach was like he recognized that I was
really trying, but I definitely had more off games when
I stopped going consistently.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Oh so you so your play started to get affected
like they could see that a little bit. Yeah, I
know people's been talking crazy, said she ain't even a
footy player no more, she is singer. I bet they are.
But so I got a top five for you that
I'm giving you a heads up so it could be
on your mind because I want to hear your top
five okay, cause I know you're a huge Beyonce fan.
(08:26):
So we're gonna get to that later, but I want
to give you the heads up. I'm gonna ask you
for your top five Beyonce songs. Okay, I'm gonna. I'm
giving the heads up. You've got time to think about it. Listen,
I'm behigh too. I've had my Beyonce training. I always say,
as a black man, if you haven't had your Beyonce training,
you're not ready to date. So we're on the on
the on, We're on the same page here completely. I'm
(08:48):
getting your heads up. We'll come all the way back
to it. You you gave a lot of love to
Oakland and you said that on the I DK to
that's one of your favorite stops. Have you heard from
Zoe at all? Is that have you? You? Guys didn't
contact at all?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
M I haven't heard from her since Oaklyan, but I
do know. I think she's close to I DK Okay,
so I'm very sure, like if I reached out, I could,
My god, maybe I should.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Yeah, it might be happening soon. Definitely should. Yeah, Zoe, Zoe,
I'm putting in the universe for you, Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Please, Oh my gosh, she's so cute.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
She was curving living life out of you and now
I got your back. I got your back.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
No, I was not, don't do that don't do that.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
That's what that's what happened. You had a lot of
love for Zoe. You said you haven't heard from her,
so I'll definitely reach out. Yeah, okay, there, Zoe, You're welcome.
I'm here to help. I'm here to help your your lyrics.
I have a couple of lyrics I want to go
through specifically, but before that, your your sister's really you
say your sister plays a big part in your lyrics.
Talk talk about that, because that's something I think people
(09:54):
think of with someone like Billy and Phineas when they
write together. But what's the case for you when your
sister in terms of her impact on your lyrics.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Well, my sister is much older than me, So throughout
her life, I've been like she's basically been my second mother,
so like she took me everywhere, and we're super close
and I'm her little best friend, you know. So if
my sister says she's not telling anybody, I know, that's
(10:23):
basically what it is. So I've always had like a
very like front seat you to her life, and I've
got all the tea and all that. So that's like
a big source of inspiration for a lot of my lyrics,
especially especially when I first started, because I was fifteen
writing about love and I know nothing.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
So I love I was interesting because me and my brother,
he's ten years younger than me, so we have like
a cultlationship like that, and some of your songs, I'm like,
this wasn't when I was sixteen, Like my maybe I
wasn't it, but my sixteen year old bag was not
this deep. So yeah, I was like a pretty cool
thing of like it's still close to you in a
sense where it's not you're just totally making it up.
(11:05):
But because that's your like one of your best friends,
you have that relationship and can like put it into
the lyrics exactly. Is there anything that she gets a
little uset about of like this might be a little
too much.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
No, So I'm very careful when I write to make sure,
like I'm like mixing and blending stories together, because last
thing I want is to put anybody's business out there
when they did not want it fair. So like I'll
just take like one verse might be about something in
my sister's life, another verse will be like something in
(11:37):
my friend's life, and I'll just like intermingle it and
make a new.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Story out of it.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah yeah, yea, because I don't want no problems, no issues.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah yeah. I feel like as an artist, those days
are numbered. That's something I've always said, because the more
honestly you are in your music, the better the music gets.
And so as time goes on, it is going to
be a point where it's like, Okay, these lyrics are
about you. I had I had an X who made
songs about me, and oh so, how did that make
(12:10):
you feel? If we're taking a total quick aside here,
it was actually nuts. It was actually nuts because she
wouldn't say they were about me, but like we would
have an argument and it would be like in the
song next day song, what you think? Yeah, And like
sometimes she wouldn't send it to me, like right away.
(12:30):
I would just have to find out on her song cloud.
And I was like, fam, So I've been on other side,
so I know. I know what it's like on pick
up I'm Alone. I like that. I like that song
a lot because I feel like that is if you're
going to be in a toxic place, that's the best
toxic place to be in, because it's it's like someone
you're obsessed with you can't quit them, you still have
(12:54):
that you know, fire for them in a sense. Talk
about that song because I think that's where a lot
of people have spent a lot of time where it's
like if I call you, are you going to pick up?
Like literally, where are we at? That song?
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That song was a little more personal.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Period.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Yeah, but it was slightly more personal. It's definitely it
was more inspired by like when you move on from
people and you know you need to give yourself the distance,
but like what happens if I need you?
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Like will you be there?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
That's kind of what it was.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
That's a tricky part. How do you personally navigate that?
Like forget about the songs? Like, how do you personal
navigate that? Because me, I'll tell you my move all right?
Hopefully selfs anybody out here? Mute story, mute posts. That's
that's that's step one. Step two you swipe left on
(13:57):
the message and you put high alerts. Wow, that's that's
the whole instructions for this. I've been through this a
couple of times, Okay, and then and then step three.
If they're on any of those special lists, like no,
you can pin attacks or put them in your favorites,
take them.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Out oh, take that's a big one, the favorites, because
you'll forget about it.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Mm hmmm, yeah, that is so hidden. So what advice
do you have? I just gave the little preliminary stuff.
What big advice do you have?
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yeah, you definitely need to give yourself a space from
said person and the favorites. That's a really good one.
Get them out, your favorites. And also, like all forms
of social media, it's like everything's so accessible now that
you need to make yourself very unaccessible to this person.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
And also the other way around as well, because so
you're a blocker. Not that's why I said. I said
mute story and posts because I don't really block often,
but you will. But if my piece is disturbed, period,
I'm so sorry. You're gonna catch it.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You superior again, period, You're gonna catch a little block
It's just a little bit.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I saw this meme. I said this to my friend.
It's like, if he didn't block you, he never liked you.
That's actually fact. I think that's fact because I thought
about the people who I have on social media still,
who will we have a little tanglement situation whatever, And
it's like, I'm cool to look at you. My heart
ain't going to hurt from looking at you, and the
when I go through my block list, it's like deep love.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Yeah, it's like it hits a little yeah, because you
obviously have to be a little hurt to block.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah, big time. So let's decide are we pro block
anti block? Like because I think pick up I'm alone
to me when I heard that, I said, this is
like the five days leading up to you blocking someone.
It's like I'm toiling with it. I'm toiling with it. Okay,
let me just block them, you know what I'm say?
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Pro block because you got to protect your piece.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Yeah, oh I love that. I love that. We got
to be pro block here, like.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Just not too much though not too much USUS sparingly.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
I think the block is strong, but the block is
more for you than for that, you know. I think
That's where I look at it is like I don't
even need to be involved. I can I block you
on TikTok. That's Instagram is like preliminary level. You know
what else we use? Twitter is like I don't really
(16:36):
I don't really need to block you if it's not
that deep TikTok. If I block you, it's deep. Don't
send me nothing.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yeah, don't send me this relatable bit video, Please leave
me alone?
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, we're trying to protect people from
Spinning the Block. I think Spinning the Block is a
you know, a great disease that's going around, and we
got to protect people from him. This this one is
a little bit more wholesome. Oh in a sense? Is it?
On soulcal line, you said, I got you losing all
your self control, try pushing you away, but you're so helpless.
(17:08):
Keep coming back for me, back for my soul. I
love that one because you're kind of popping a little bit,
being like, listen, I got you like I got you
by the balls. That's that's how I took it. Tell
me if I'm wrong, No, you're correct.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
It's definitely like you're realizing you're worth in another person's life.
And also like I'm just hurt. That's what I wanted
it to give period.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Period.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yeah literally, And yeah, I feel like a lot of
my songs are about like heartbreak and oh I'm sad,
but wouldn't you be sad too? I know that I
know that you'd be sad.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Come on.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, So that's like I just kind of wanted to
like reverse things for a song or two. And also,
so my the EP that it's off of was very
the whole like theme of it was growth, and I
feel like growing is also learning about yourself and realizing
(18:17):
your own worth, and that's kind of part of it.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
So, yeah, it is because I think sometimes your worth
can be tied up in someone and how they view you. Yeah,
and so that separation, this is like the firste that separation.
You're being like, listen, I know you think I'm it,
and you're right, I am at So I think that's
a big part of Girl because I think that I've
seen it with like my friends and family. They go
(18:41):
through something and their worth takes a huge shot, you know,
because they don't have that person anymore. So this is
a helpful song for that. Yes, exactly. Okay, So you
you did say that you have a favorite moon. Do
you remember which moon you says your favorite moon of
all the moons? Good answer? Still still the quarter moon,
not going to change. Okay, what is the most overrated
(19:05):
moon to you? I'm I'm gonna look controversial, I'm sorry,
but which is the most overrated moon to you? Because
I think the quarter moon is pretty underrated. I think
people under She would say full moon. See that's my answer,
full moon.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
It's like it's nice, yeah, because it's like nice to
look at for three seconds, but then like you're not
do you keep track of the days that.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
The full moon is out? No? Yeah, so the full
moon has no substances. But you're saying it's a little bit. Yeah,
it's just like a little it's just overrated. Jessica Simpson
of Moons. This is where a period would go.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Period.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Oh, I love that. I love that. We'll get to
our Beyonce top top five, but I'm going to give
you some of my favorite Beyonce. Okay to me, maybe
help with your top five?
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Wait before is Halo one of them? Oh no, okay,
just making sure, just making.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Sure, Chris, that would be in DeMar's top five. Yeah.
One of my co hosts. Whenever he has the favorite
song of an artists, it's always like their biggest hit.
That's like the most annoying song. Yeah, okay, you love
for sure, but that would be that would be Judge
easy answer me myself and I that's like that's like
(20:31):
one that has to be in there, no question second
for me. This is this might be my actual favorite song.
It's from Lemonade. All Night, All Night.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Is okay, So you know what's up because.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
I have my training, Like, come on, this is real. Listen.
I could name songs from the dream Girl soundtrack, but
we're not going to do that because that don't open
up that y'all not ready for that. Y'all not ready
for that, like for that. Okay. So that's that's three
XO off self titled x So. When that song came out,
that was like one of like the happiest songs. It's
(21:09):
just a good energy, such a good vibe. So that
has to be on there. Upgrade you yeah, that was
like when I was younger, upgrade you was yeh yeah yeah.
So that's that's the other one. And then party. I
think parties are underrated Beyonce under Yeah, parties Like you
(21:32):
could throw that in the ox anywhere and it's gonna
go up. So that's my five. You could you could
take from my five, but I want to give you some
time to think of your five. So your top five Beyonce.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Songs issue is I have a cute eleven hour playlist.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Cute.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Of all her songs and all her features.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
So this is difficult. Place is so nuts. I know
you're not playing I don't play it all the way through.
All the time you're be high about like, okay, so
are you are you counting any of the Lion King stuff?
Are you kind girls? Like are you counting?
Speaker 2 (22:12):
You know it has to there has to be one
off of the Lion King and that's bigger, Bigger is
so underrated.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
I literally cannot Okay, So that's one. I don't know
you through so much.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Yeah, Like I'm trying to go through your catalog in
my head and it's not working.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
Okay, I've been trading for this. Oh I care off
of four four Okay, okay, So I think the direction
you're going and.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
You're you're real like, yeah, i'd be listening, like you
cry when she cries?
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Okay, not really. It sounds like you're getting close to that.
We might be there soon.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Oh okay, wait, no, I definitely saw her renaissance and
I definitely cry.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
I'm not even.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I said, wow, Well, I mean she's like my biggest inspiration.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
I finally got to see her. You have to cry,
like like if when and if I see Diangela alive,
Like there's gonna be one thugged here just yeah, you
know you out of respect and.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Like if somebody looks over, they're not even gonna judge, Like, okay, period,
it was, it was, I can't do this, so we
have bigger? What did I say, bigger?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
I care?
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Oh love drought Lemonade. But then all Night too?
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Can I do six? Okay?
Speaker 2 (23:46):
And then also all Night but title like her title
performance of it All Night.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah, and then.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oh this is hard definitely something off her recent album Carter.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Have Some Jams Protector.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
That one makes me so like, it makes me want
to cry so bad. It's just so good. Okay, okay, it.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Gives like motherly love and I'm not even a mother.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
I just have a dog. I guess that counts. I count.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Are you gonna go for your six? That's five? Are
you gonna do a six? Or you're gonna keep it
at that five? Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
Okay, I'll keep it at the five.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
It's like I'm going to regret that if something something
comes to you before we're done, you can bring it
back up. I like Protector that you chose that off
Cowboy Carter. Bodyguard is my other favorite of Cowboy.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Such a dyguard is top down just on a highway.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
Amazing. Yeah, yeah, this is this is a lesson to everyone,
and get your Beyonce training. You don't have it yet, Like, yeah,
I I have a Beyonce story. I didn't. Well, I
worked at What's the toy was it? I worked at
the beyonda concert, the tour where she swam in the pool,
the pool I worked. I worked that tour, So that
was fun to see how they built that. But X
(25:15):
of mine, our first time like hanging out and hooking
up was to the Homecoming movie and you and she
was just dropping facts the whole time. She was big,
she big, big into African American history Beyond say it
out and every time what they're wearing right there, it's
(25:35):
actually from So that's YouTube. Okay.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So like actually the last time I watched it was
uh dono weekend? Yeah no, Like I was getting ready,
like I was doing my hair, my makeup, and I
was like, I want to listen to Beyonce. But then
everybody else had to be entertained as well. So I
was like, oh, let's put it on TV. And the
entire time my nager was watching it, and then he
(26:04):
was asking me questions because obviously I know so much
about it, and then I was also giving him like
little facts in this and.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
That one of those two.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, just just a little bit.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Yeah, like I get it. Homecoming was amazing. And that
time that I told you when I watched it with
one of my exes, we actually watched it twice. I
was so caught up by the movie. I didn't make
a move, I wouldn't try to kiss her. And then
we finished and we said, I guess running it back.
We watched it again, So yeah, make sure the Homecoming curder.
(26:39):
I will talk about Jazmine Sullivan because I feel like
there are some songs that you have that I really
think of, like this is like jazz, This is what
Jasmine's looking for. Like you and Jazz would be a good,
good combo to sing together. Guess I know that's an
obvious one. Is there anyone else who you feel like
just your sounds would go go well together? I feel like, oh, yeah,
(27:03):
that'd be a vibe. I would love. That'd be a
good contract. Yeah, Okay, I like that one.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
And because I get a lot of people that say
sound like the female version.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Of him, interesting, I'd like to test the theory. I
can see that. Actually, yeah, I can see that. Give
you a kind of toxic though, I'm not gonna lie
a little bit. Give you on definitely blocking you and
unblocking you watching your story d M, and you on
sending it a little bit a little bit. Yeah, that's
that's a give you on the giving. But I like
(27:35):
actually like those two. Yeah really yeah, you and give
you on I think would be good. I think you
and Snow would be a banger for sure. Yeah. And
and like you know, you're stepping into this news section
of like doing afrom Is there anyone on that side
that you feel like would work with you? Because I
think from what I've heard, I think your voice is
a great, great fit on that. Anyone you think that
(27:58):
also that you would do well with Thames? Oh yeah,
Times of Baby Girl. Period you started it.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
You're gonna be saying period for the next week.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
No, I haven't said period like in years, well and
now I said it like a literally. Times would be
a good one, right, Yeah. How do you feel about
about kind of stepping away from traditional R and B
and doing more than afro sound because I personally I
like when artists do that, But I know there's a
(28:33):
push and pull between what's traditional and what's authentic and
doing something like that. Hm hmmm.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
See for me, I also grew up on Afrobe's like
old school Ghana high life though, but yeah, so I
like Afrobe's will always have a special place.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
In my heart. But R and B different.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
It's just like I will always explore into afro and
I love it and I love doing the fusion of
the boat.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
But R and B has my entire heart. Yeah, I don't.
I just don't know. Yeah, No, R and Be different.
I feel like like you just can't can't duplicate it,
can't replicate it.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
There's just like the feeling that you get from it
is just amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
So yeah, I feel you. Like, since it's been nice
out and the weather's been good, like what I've been
doing is to sitting outside and like reading, journaling, meditating,
stretchings hours like until it's too cold to do so.
Literally I'm just outside and my playlist is like of
course like older and being like I feel like if
you if you're sitting outside playing like trap music, that's
(29:44):
like obviously a mental health issue. But I feel like
from warning, okay, I think that's obvious and but like
when I'm outside, I'm playing like Chaka Khan, Monica, like Maxwell,
and that music just has a certain place that will
(30:04):
like never never, never die, and it's like no matter
what else happens. And that's I think, this is why
I feel like you're unique in this era because I
actually don't like a lot of new R and B.
Like I'm not I'm not a fan of new R
and B because because yours sounds like actual old R
and B me too much. But new R and B
(30:24):
is so similar to hip hop and it's like it's
the trap high hats, those same drum patterns, and it's
someone singing over it, and it's kind of like if
I wanted to hear hip hop, Like there's plenty hip
hop to go listen to, and so that that warmth
of old school R and B is something that's like
missing from what's going on. So when you say R
(30:45):
and B is like the home like.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
Because I feel like R and B, like especially old
school R and B, just feels like a warm hug. Yes,
And that's I want to feel that when I'm.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
Listening to music. Yes, you know, when you're on the
bus or something and as like an older black art,
and she goes, it's okay, baby, that's what literally what
R and B sounds. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, that is a great way to explain it.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I'm going to use it. I'm definitely going to do
the accent though, the like I didn't, so you can do.
It's only fair.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Oh my god, this is going to sound so bad.
I second accents.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
It's okay baby, It's okay baby, that's what R and
B sounds like. Literally, Yeah, okay. We have a few
questions we ask everyone on the show before we get
to that. I got a personal question for you. You said
that something that you've done a lot in your life
is kind of brush your feelings to the side, like
kind of you know, show face. Do you feel like
(31:49):
you're still doing that? That's something you still do a
lot of.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Definitely happens often working on it, but it's something that
is a hog. So it's going to take a while
for me to kind of break away from it. But
I feel like I've been getting a lot better at
expressing my feelings and kind of just accepting that it's
okay to feel how you're feeling.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Yeah, I resonated with that when you say that because
I grew up in a similar way of us like
I'm just gonna hug it. I'm not going to cause
any problems, like I'm not going to say anything. And
once I grew out of that, it was like I
felt like so like so much stronger. And it's almost
like you to tell yourself that you just expressing yourself
isn't being mean, Like like you've convinced yourself that this
(32:34):
is you being mean or I'm not being nice.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
That's a really big thing for me when it's like
it's really not I'm.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
Really like nervous.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
To be perceived as someone who's mean just because I
want something, yes, And so then it takes me like
I hesitate before I speak up, and I feel like
I want to get rid of that hesitation. I just
want to like speak up and say how I'm feeling,
what I want, yeah, and yeah, because I don't want
(33:04):
to be perceived as a mean person, Like that's the
last thing I want to be perceived as. So, yeah,
that's a lot of the issue.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
That I don't know if that will ever even go
away in a sense, because I think that that's something
I still think about of like being perceived as mean.
But I think what helped me grow from that was
realizing that it's like that's so far out of your
control and you could be you could be doing anything
that's considered me, you know, Like I like, I could
be being mean to can by being nice to you,
(33:36):
you know, and he's like, why why is he so
nice to her? That's mean to me? And so sometimes
you're thinking logically and you're like, Okay, I don't want
to be seen this mean. But sometimes, like I had
a situation with someone where I wasn't comfortable with where
we're going with our relationship. I said, listen, I'm not
comfortable with how much you like me. This is not right.
I don't I don't want this. And then I came
(33:57):
tell that person a few years later and they said
that I ghosted and they're like, remember you goosted me?
And I said, you mean when I sat you down
and told you verbata. So that kind of made me
see I was like, you know what.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
Because it's the perception of things, like everybody perceived exactly differently.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
So so it's like I did what I said I
wanted to do. They see it as me and I
got to live with that. Basically, Okay, this is a
question that we ask everyone on the show. And when
you get a hundred million dollars, everyone buys an exotic animal. Okay.
I don't make the rules. This is just how it goes.
Michael Jackson with his monkey, Justin Bieber with his monkey,
(34:34):
Mike Tyson with his tiger. That's just the rules. When
you get a hundred million dollars, you gotta buy an
exotic animal. Okay. So when you get to that one
hundred million dollar level, what animal are you adding into
your life? I feel like an elephant? Wow, Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I'm intelligent, Like they have really great memories, and they're
also just cute, like like they're large.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Just one or you got like a group of them,
You're gonna.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
Probably a group.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Aren't they endangered species? I think so?
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Yeah, So I protect them to my humble of boat.
I'll make you like a nice little farm in the back.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Yeah. I have a couple of friends who have met elephants.
Sounds like they're a celebrity, but have met elephants, and
apparently they are super calm, super loving.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yeah, except for that one video I saw online where
there's like the Safari and the elephants chasing the what's
it called the geeper whatever. That was the one thing
that might turn me away from olephant.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
But other than that, that's kind of nuts.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
Yeah, you know, like, now that I'm thinking about it,
what happens if one of them turns on me?
Speaker 1 (35:54):
Well, your elephant has to come with a staff member.
I think that's okay. You gotta hire someone, you know,
like you know when Britney Spears had the snake and
they have like the snake charmer with her, Like, you
need to have a staff member that's always with you.
Are you gonna go snake instead of an elephant? No?
They key.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Or black.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
Panther, black panther, Okay, black panther is a popular one.
A lot of people.
Speaker 3 (36:23):
Say, yeah, I I think it's all the black people,
you know, but you're probably right.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
So are we going panther and elephant or we're just doing.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
I'm gonna stick with the elephant, but panther's like second choice.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
What you do have, though, is you have the opportunity
to make that joke basically every day, like when someone
else comes over, it's like, let's address the elephant in
the room. So you could run that joke back over.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
That is something my dad would do. He's like a
really big like dad joke type guy. He would say
that to everyone who walks in.
Speaker 1 (37:05):
There there you go. Yeah, I feel like you have to,
Like the joke is right there. You you kind of
have to.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
It's either you say it or the person who walked
in is gonna say it.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
No, for surehat them to it. Yeah, you guys having
a joke of who could say? At first? I think
I think that's that's a good one. So no black panther,
just elephant. Yeah. I'm trying to trying to picture it,
and it's not going well in my brain. I'm really
just trying to picture you with the elephant, and I'm
just all i'm picturing is you just not being close
to the elephant at all.
Speaker 2 (37:35):
You're like, oh hi, and I'd be like twenty miles away.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
Yeah, you're waving. You're not You never pet him or her, Like, okay,
the elephant rides not me. I wouldn't do it. I
think you're gonna have to at some point, Like they're
gonna feel neglected. And who's never pet your dog? Oh?
When you put it like that, yeah, like imagine you
just never hugged you. You're like, you don't know how
me every day, but like, yeah, helped me once. Yeah,
(38:02):
I'll put them once yearly, schedule it once a month. Yeah,
see you free today. Okay, I'm going to come pet you.
Damn scheduled visits, I know. Okay, Let's see where you're
at with the ice cream.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Okay, it's not doing very well. We're actually like you
could have called it though it's a quarter.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
You kind of called it. Yeah, it's it's because you're
a gemini. That's how that's how you knew. Did you
just make that up? Yeah, I don't know anything. You
could have been whatever sign and that would have I
would have said the same thing. I'm really trying. Let's
(38:43):
show the camera. Let's show the camera. Listen, it's still
at the top. It's kind of melted a little bit,
but it's still at the top. It's a little smoothieish
a little bit, but like soft serve. But but it
was good though, it was really good. It's really good. Okay.
So we have a segment on the radio show call
(39:04):
Wednesday Wisdom. Look for a motivational quote or saying, either
you remind yourself of or the people around you. So
in all your years of wisdom, when you get people
a motivational quote that they can take with them, you know,
throughout their day.
Speaker 2 (39:18):
Okay, definitely, don't be afraid of your dreams and aspirations.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
That's it. That's the quote.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
And also, discomfort means you're growing.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
That's a fact. Yep, that's a fact.
Speaker 2 (39:35):
That's a lot of what I've been through. So I'm
never really comfortable, and I feel like I don't mind it.
I actually enjoy it because that just means I'm pushing
myself better more.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
I like that last one. Discomfort means you're growing. I
think there's a part of myself that's fall in love
with growth. I think I got that from my parents.
But I think that when you see yourself growing, it's
almost like a in no matter what it is, of
being like wow, like I'm really growing little by little
doing this thing. So I like those two to end
(40:09):
it off, the two good ones. I want thank you
for joining us, thank you for having first time on
the cool table. You tried your best, No, no you,
you actually called it for being fair.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
And I said, I try to make it to half
and that's very much.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
But you did say what it was going to be like.
I don't feel like I was gas lit or anything,
you know, so that's true. Yeah, appreciate you making it
as far as you did. If you want to listen
to The Cold Table Live every Wednesday at eleven am
Eastern twelve eighty am in Toronto met Radio dot ca online,
you can find us on Instagram at the Cool Table Live,
(40:47):
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of The Cool Table All Right Adrielsmiley dot com. Until
next time, Know yourself, know your work,
The old Man. Hey everyone, this is Yo. It's your boy, Funky,
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You're listening to the Cool Table with a listening You're
listening to the Cool Table. You're listening to the Cool Table.
And I'm not sure if you know this, but right
now you're in the cut with my man Adril Smile.
(00:21):
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Welcome
to the Cool Table. If you want to hear the
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MET Radio dot t A. Now in the cut, we
challenge our guests to finish set of ice cream before
the end of the conversation. My name is Adri Smiley
(00:42):
aka Adrosmileer dot com aka Adril Smiley Official aka the Godfather,
and we are joined for the first time with the
future of R and B in Canada. Lou Now, thank you.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
I've actually been looking forward to this a lot eating
ice cream, and you.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Know that, of course important to be here the important things,
yes period for season three. All of our ice creams
provided by Eva's original Chimneys. Please go check them out
at all of the locations, especially the one on Bloor
I love over there. Tell us about the flavor that
you chose, and what do you think your chances are
of getting this done?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Okay, the flavor I chose was carameln Nutella brownie crunch
because I just like nutella and brownie's and you know,
a pint is a lot. We'll see how far we get.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I'm estimating like.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Maybe half maybe, but I'll try.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
To finish it. Let's let's get started. Let's get started.
I like that you chose basically chocolate and chocolate and chocolate.
We'll call this flavor the root for everybody black flavor.
I think that that's that's fitting here. You know, it's
pretty good. That's pretty good. I want to go back
as far as we can. Obviously, we know you've been
singing it for quite some time, yes, you know, at
(02:00):
your grand old age, but you saying that your voice
being deeper and you kind of like having to figure
that out and Tony Braxton's Unbreak My Heart being what
did that for? You? Talk about that? Because I feel
like that is the song for a lot of people.
That's like, you know, people will people point to. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
So growing up, obviously, like I was listening to what
was on radio, and that was like the Taylor Swift,
the Ariana Grande, but I didn't sound similar to them,
but I tried to. And it was only when I
actually started paying attention to what my mom was playing,
because that was her break my Heart Tony was her song.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
So basically little Oh, I'm gonna see my gudgy, little Luna.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Little Luna.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I mean, everybody kind of knows my name, but little
Luna was listening to what my almost playing and I
actually like actively listened to it, and I was like, oh,
her voice is really low, it's really paltry, and it's
kind of similar to mine, Like there was similarities. Obviously
I was a little younger, so it wasn't as low
(03:15):
as it is now. But that's when I really started
appreciating like lower voices and I was like, maybe I
don't need to sound like Ariana Grande.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Oh yeah, yeah. When I when I saw you mentioned that,
it really kind of peaked something in my head because
I realized that that deeper voice is almost an older sound,
Like there's not as many people now and I don't
I don't remember when that happened, but I thought about
Teddy Pindergrass, Luther Van Dross and just people who had
that deeper register continuing to make the most popular music.
(03:50):
Basically not a thing anymore. Is there anyone new who
you who you could think of as like a deep
voice like that, because I don't really see that many
people like that.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
First one I think of. There's also lean on like
TikTok finding a lot of artists. Recently, there's this artist
named Shaye Universe, and she has a beautiful low register
and I just absolutely love her.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
I can't think of that many. I mean me, you
have to care for something. I saw the face you
made with that first It was really good. Yeah, yeah,
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
It was like, there's like the saltiness of it. Okay,
should I describe the notes the props like so when
you first so when you first, like get the first bite,
it's like chocolate, but then the aftertaste is like the caramel.
It's like the saltiness, And I think is a really
good contrast.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Okay, Okay, food blogger, I see you. Clearly I like
food a lot. Period. Right there, you stopped, You didn't
need to call it out there. You basically started it.
I did period all episode like it's contagious.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Oh my gosh, I'm not gonna lie. My manager started
saying it, I know, but.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
He'll say it as a joke. I never heard him
say it. I'm gonna start saying it period that. Oh
my goodness. When I heard that you used to play footy,
that's something you saw for yourself, I was like, oh,
that kind of makes sense. I could kind of see.
(05:31):
So first of all, what position were you playing? And
do you have someone who you could you would compare
your game to, because you did say you were nice.
You did say you were nice compare my game two?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Mm hmmm, okay, So first I did play an underrated position,
center D. So I played central events, yes, which was
I feel like really fun. Like people don't like defense.
I love defense?
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, what a I compat.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Weirdly enough, I don't have like a specific person, but
I feel like Mike like characteristics are more like a.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Striker, interesting, like Alonso Davis type beat low key.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
But I feel like it's only just because I was
really fast, Like you're not expecting center D to be
very like fast, but I was the fastest person on
my team, so they just I don't know why I
was defense, but I'm not complaining.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Yeah, usually they don't put the person with the speed
at defense. So it's like, I guess you must have
been not going a defense. I guess so damn. So
what was when did you make that change to go over?
Because I say, like, I group playing ball, and before
that I was a drummer. So you have like your
different lives where you go, Okay, I'm done drumming, now
(06:52):
I'm playing ball. So when when was the Swiss you
made you say, Okay, I'm done playing footy. I'm a
singer now.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Honestly, it was kind of when I just couldn't juggle
everything at all at once. Yeah, because I really do
love soccer. I've played it since I was I think eight,
so it's always been a part of my life. So
letting go of it was really hard. So I was
like really like grasping at straws. But at a certain
point it was getting in the way of my focus
(07:21):
on music, and music has my heart over everything else.
So that and also it wasn't fair to my team
because I had come to like half the practices.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
So but it was only for a little bit, and
then I was like, I can't keep eating that because
it's just not fair to the team. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Yeah, and too, it's like there's so much practice you
have to do. It's it's not like you can just
show up to the games and school. Like I don't
know how it is in footy, but in basketball it
was like if you miss practice, you don't play.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Oh yeah, see it was never that, like I'd still
go to one practice or at least one practice a week.
So my coach was like he recognized that I was
really trying, but I definitely had more off games when
I stopped going consistently.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
Oh so you so your play started to get affected
like they could see that a little bit. Yeah, I
know people's been talking crazy, said she ain't even a
footy player no more, she is singer. I bet they are.
But so I got a top five for you that
I'm giving you a heads up so it could be
on your mind because I want to hear your top
five okay, cause I know you're a huge Beyonce fan.
(08:26):
So we're gonna get to that later, but I want
to give you the heads up. I'm gonna ask you
for your top five Beyonce songs. Okay, I'm gonna. I'm
giving the heads up. You've got time to think about it. Listen,
I'm behigh too. I've had my Beyonce training. I always say,
as a black man, if you haven't had your Beyonce training,
you're not ready to date. So we're on the on
the on, We're on the same page here completely. I'm
(08:48):
getting your heads up. We'll come all the way back
to it. You you gave a lot of love to
Oakland and you said that on the I DK to
that's one of your favorite stops. Have you heard from
Zoe at all? Is that have you? You? Guys didn't
contact at all?
Speaker 2 (09:02):
M I haven't heard from her since Oaklyan, but I
do know. I think she's close to I DK Okay,
so I'm very sure, like if I reached out, I could,
My god, maybe I should.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Yeah, it might be happening soon. Definitely should. Yeah, Zoe, Zoe,
I'm putting in the universe for you, Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Please, Oh my gosh, she's so cute.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
She was curving living life out of you and now
I got your back. I got your back.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
No, I was not, don't do that don't do that.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
That's what that's what happened. You had a lot of
love for Zoe. You said you haven't heard from her,
so I'll definitely reach out. Yeah, okay, there, Zoe, You're welcome.
I'm here to help. I'm here to help your your lyrics.
I have a couple of lyrics I want to go
through specifically, but before that, your your sister's really you
say your sister plays a big part in your lyrics.
Talk talk about that, because that's something I think people
(09:54):
think of with someone like Billy and Phineas when they
write together. But what's the case for you when your
sister in terms of her impact on your lyrics.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
Well, my sister is much older than me, So throughout
her life, I've been like she's basically been my second mother,
so like she took me everywhere, and we're super close
and I'm her little best friend, you know. So if
my sister says she's not telling anybody, I know, that's
(10:23):
basically what it is. So I've always had like a
very like front seat you to her life, and I've
got all the tea and all that. So that's like
a big source of inspiration for a lot of my lyrics,
especially especially when I first started, because I was fifteen
writing about love and I know nothing.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
So I love I was interesting because me and my brother,
he's ten years younger than me, so we have like
a cultlationship like that, and some of your songs, I'm like,
this wasn't when I was sixteen, Like my maybe I
wasn't it, but my sixteen year old bag was not
this deep. So yeah, I was like a pretty cool
thing of like it's still close to you in a
sense where it's not you're just totally making it up.
(11:05):
But because that's your like one of your best friends,
you have that relationship and can like put it into
the lyrics exactly. Is there anything that she gets a
little uset about of like this might be a little
too much.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
No, So I'm very careful when I write to make sure,
like I'm like mixing and blending stories together, because last
thing I want is to put anybody's business out there
when they did not want it fair. So like I'll
just take like one verse might be about something in
my sister's life, another verse will be like something in
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my friend's life, and I'll just like intermingle it and
make a new.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Story out of it.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Yeah yeah, yea, because I don't want no problems, no issues.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
Yeah yeah. I feel like as an artist, those days
are numbered. That's something I've always said, because the more
honestly you are in your music, the better the music gets.
And so as time goes on, it is going to
be a point where it's like, Okay, these lyrics are
about you. I had I had an X who made
songs about me, and oh so, how did that make
(12:10):
you feel? If we're taking a total quick aside here,
it was actually nuts. It was actually nuts because she
wouldn't say they were about me, but like we would
have an argument and it would be like in the
song next day song, what you think? Yeah, And like
sometimes she wouldn't send it to me, like right away.
(12:30):
I would just have to find out on her song cloud.
And I was like, fam, So I've been on other side,
so I know. I know what it's like on pick
up I'm Alone. I like that. I like that song
a lot because I feel like that is if you're
going to be in a toxic place, that's the best
toxic place to be in, because it's it's like someone
you're obsessed with you can't quit them, you still have
(12:54):
that you know, fire for them in a sense. Talk
about that song because I think that's where a lot
of people have spent a lot of time where it's
like if I call you, are you going to pick up?
Like literally, where are we at? That song?
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That song was a little more personal.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Period.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Yeah, but it was slightly more personal. It's definitely it
was more inspired by like when you move on from
people and you know you need to give yourself the distance,
but like what happens if I need you?
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Like will you be there?
Speaker 2 (13:35):
That's kind of what it was.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
That's a tricky part. How do you personally navigate that?
Like forget about the songs? Like, how do you personal
navigate that? Because me, I'll tell you my move all right?
Hopefully selfs anybody out here? Mute story, mute posts. That's
that's that's step one. Step two you swipe left on
(13:57):
the message and you put high alerts. Wow, that's that's
the whole instructions for this. I've been through this a
couple of times, Okay, and then and then step three.
If they're on any of those special lists, like no,
you can pin attacks or put them in your favorites,
take them.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
Out oh, take that's a big one, the favorites, because
you'll forget about it.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Mm hmmm, yeah, that is so hidden. So what advice
do you have? I just gave the little preliminary stuff.
What big advice do you have?
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yeah, you definitely need to give yourself a space from
said person and the favorites. That's a really good one.
Get them out, your favorites. And also, like all forms
of social media, it's like everything's so accessible now that
you need to make yourself very unaccessible to this person.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
And also the other way around as well, because so
you're a blocker. Not that's why I said. I said
mute story and posts because I don't really block often,
but you will. But if my piece is disturbed, period,
I'm so sorry. You're gonna catch it.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You superior again, period, You're gonna catch a little block
It's just a little bit.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I saw this meme. I said this to my friend.
It's like, if he didn't block you, he never liked you.
That's actually fact. I think that's fact because I thought
about the people who I have on social media still,
who will we have a little tanglement situation whatever, And
it's like, I'm cool to look at you. My heart
ain't going to hurt from looking at you, and the
when I go through my block list, it's like deep love.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Yeah, it's like it hits a little yeah, because you
obviously have to be a little hurt to block.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
Yeah, big time. So let's decide are we pro block
anti block? Like because I think pick up I'm alone
to me when I heard that, I said, this is
like the five days leading up to you blocking someone.
It's like I'm toiling with it. I'm toiling with it. Okay,
let me just block them, you know what I'm say?
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Pro block because you got to protect your piece.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Yeah, oh I love that. I love that. We got
to be pro block here, like.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Just not too much though not too much USUS sparingly.
Speaker 1 (16:16):
I think the block is strong, but the block is
more for you than for that, you know. I think
That's where I look at it is like I don't
even need to be involved. I can I block you
on TikTok. That's Instagram is like preliminary level. You know
what else we use? Twitter is like I don't really
(16:36):
I don't really need to block you if it's not
that deep TikTok. If I block you, it's deep. Don't
send me nothing.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Yeah, don't send me this relatable bit video, Please leave
me alone?
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, we're trying to protect people from
Spinning the Block. I think Spinning the Block is a
you know, a great disease that's going around, and we
got to protect people from him. This this one is
a little bit more wholesome. Oh in a sense? Is it?
On soulcal line, you said, I got you losing all
your self control, try pushing you away, but you're so helpless.
(17:08):
Keep coming back for me, back for my soul. I
love that one because you're kind of popping a little bit,
being like, listen, I got you like I got you
by the balls. That's that's how I took it. Tell
me if I'm wrong, No, you're correct.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
It's definitely like you're realizing you're worth in another person's life.
And also like I'm just hurt. That's what I wanted
it to give period.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Period.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yeah literally, And yeah, I feel like a lot of
my songs are about like heartbreak and oh I'm sad,
but wouldn't you be sad too? I know that I
know that you'd be sad.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Come on.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, So that's like I just kind of wanted to
like reverse things for a song or two. And also,
so my the EP that it's off of was very
the whole like theme of it was growth, and I
feel like growing is also learning about yourself and realizing
(18:17):
your own worth, and that's kind of part of it.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
So, yeah, it is because I think sometimes your worth
can be tied up in someone and how they view you. Yeah,
and so that separation, this is like the firste that separation.
You're being like, listen, I know you think I'm it,
and you're right, I am at So I think that's
a big part of Girl because I think that I've
seen it with like my friends and family. They go
(18:41):
through something and their worth takes a huge shot, you know,
because they don't have that person anymore. So this is
a helpful song for that. Yes, exactly. Okay, So you
you did say that you have a favorite moon. Do
you remember which moon you says your favorite moon of
all the moons? Good answer? Still still the quarter moon,
not going to change. Okay, what is the most overrated
(19:05):
moon to you? I'm I'm gonna look controversial, I'm sorry,
but which is the most overrated moon to you? Because
I think the quarter moon is pretty underrated. I think
people under She would say full moon. See that's my answer,
full moon.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
It's like it's nice, yeah, because it's like nice to
look at for three seconds, but then like you're not
do you keep track of the days that.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
The full moon is out? No? Yeah, so the full
moon has no substances. But you're saying it's a little bit. Yeah,
it's just like a little it's just overrated. Jessica Simpson
of Moons. This is where a period would go.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Period.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Oh, I love that. I love that. We'll get to
our Beyonce top top five, but I'm going to give
you some of my favorite Beyonce. Okay to me, maybe
help with your top five?
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Wait before is Halo one of them? Oh no, okay,
just making sure, just making.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
Sure, Chris, that would be in DeMar's top five. Yeah.
One of my co hosts. Whenever he has the favorite
song of an artists, it's always like their biggest hit.
That's like the most annoying song. Yeah, okay, you love
for sure, but that would be that would be Judge
easy answer me myself and I that's like that's like
(20:31):
one that has to be in there, no question second
for me. This is this might be my actual favorite song.
It's from Lemonade. All Night, All Night.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Is okay, So you know what's up because.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
I have my training, Like, come on, this is real. Listen.
I could name songs from the dream Girl soundtrack, but
we're not going to do that because that don't open
up that y'all not ready for that. Y'all not ready
for that, like for that. Okay. So that's that's three
XO off self titled x So. When that song came out,
that was like one of like the happiest songs. It's
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just a good energy, such a good vibe. So that
has to be on there. Upgrade you yeah, that was
like when I was younger, upgrade you was yeh yeah yeah.
So that's that's the other one. And then party. I
think parties are underrated Beyonce under Yeah, parties Like you
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could throw that in the ox anywhere and it's gonna
go up. So that's my five. You could you could
take from my five, but I want to give you some
time to think of your five. So your top five Beyonce.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Songs issue is I have a cute eleven hour playlist.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Cute.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Of all her songs and all her features.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
So this is difficult. Place is so nuts. I know
you're not playing I don't play it all the way through.
All the time you're be high about like, okay, so
are you are you counting any of the Lion King stuff?
Are you kind girls? Like are you counting?
Speaker 2 (22:12):
You know it has to there has to be one
off of the Lion King and that's bigger, Bigger is
so underrated.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
I literally cannot Okay, So that's one. I don't know
you through so much.
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Yeah, Like I'm trying to go through your catalog in
my head and it's not working.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
Okay, I've been trading for this. Oh I care off
of four four Okay, okay, So I think the direction
you're going and.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
You're you're real like, yeah, i'd be listening, like you
cry when she cries?
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Okay, not really. It sounds like you're getting close to that.
We might be there soon.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Oh okay, wait, no, I definitely saw her renaissance and
I definitely cry.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
I'm not even.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
I said, wow, Well, I mean she's like my biggest inspiration.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
I finally got to see her. You have to cry,
like like if when and if I see Diangela alive,
Like there's gonna be one thugged here just yeah, you
know you out of respect and.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Like if somebody looks over, they're not even gonna judge, Like, okay, period,
it was, it was, I can't do this, so we
have bigger? What did I say, bigger?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
I care?
Speaker 2 (23:36):
Oh love drought Lemonade. But then all Night too?
Speaker 1 (23:43):
Can I do six? Okay?
Speaker 2 (23:46):
And then also all Night but title like her title
performance of it All Night.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Yeah, and then.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oh this is hard definitely something off her recent album Carter.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Have Some Jams Protector.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
That one makes me so like, it makes me want
to cry so bad. It's just so good. Okay, okay, it.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
Gives like motherly love and I'm not even a mother.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
I just have a dog. I guess that counts. I count.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Are you gonna go for your six? That's five? Are
you gonna do a six? Or you're gonna keep it
at that five? Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
Okay, I'll keep it at the five.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
It's like I'm going to regret that if something something
comes to you before we're done, you can bring it
back up. I like Protector that you chose that off
Cowboy Carter. Bodyguard is my other favorite of Cowboy.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Such a dyguard is top down just on a highway.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
Amazing. Yeah, yeah, this is this is a lesson to everyone,
and get your Beyonce training. You don't have it yet, Like, yeah,
I I have a Beyonce story. I didn't. Well, I
worked at What's the toy was it? I worked at
the beyonda concert, the tour where she swam in the pool,
the pool I worked. I worked that tour, So that
was fun to see how they built that. But X
(25:15):
of mine, our first time like hanging out and hooking
up was to the Homecoming movie and you and she
was just dropping facts the whole time. She was big,
she big, big into African American history Beyond say it
out and every time what they're wearing right there, it's
(25:35):
actually from So that's YouTube. Okay.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
So like actually the last time I watched it was
uh dono weekend? Yeah no, Like I was getting ready,
like I was doing my hair, my makeup, and I
was like, I want to listen to Beyonce. But then
everybody else had to be entertained as well. So I
was like, oh, let's put it on TV. And the
entire time my nager was watching it, and then he
(26:04):
was asking me questions because obviously I know so much
about it, and then I was also giving him like
little facts in this and.
Speaker 1 (26:10):
That one of those two.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Yeah, just just a little bit.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
Yeah, like I get it. Homecoming was amazing. And that
time that I told you when I watched it with
one of my exes, we actually watched it twice. I
was so caught up by the movie. I didn't make
a move, I wouldn't try to kiss her. And then
we finished and we said, I guess running it back.
We watched it again, So yeah, make sure the Homecoming curder.
(26:39):
I will talk about Jazmine Sullivan because I feel like
there are some songs that you have that I really
think of, like this is like jazz, This is what
Jasmine's looking for. Like you and Jazz would be a good,
good combo to sing together. Guess I know that's an
obvious one. Is there anyone else who you feel like
just your sounds would go go well together? I feel like, oh, yeah,
(27:03):
that'd be a vibe. I would love. That'd be a
good contract. Yeah, Okay, I like that one.
Speaker 2 (27:10):
And because I get a lot of people that say
sound like the female version.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Of him, interesting, I'd like to test the theory. I
can see that. Actually, yeah, I can see that. Give
you a kind of toxic though, I'm not gonna lie
a little bit. Give you on definitely blocking you and
unblocking you watching your story d M, and you on
sending it a little bit a little bit. Yeah, that's
that's a give you on the giving. But I like
(27:35):
actually like those two. Yeah really yeah, you and give
you on I think would be good. I think you
and Snow would be a banger for sure. Yeah. And
and like you know, you're stepping into this news section
of like doing afrom Is there anyone on that side
that you feel like would work with you? Because I
think from what I've heard, I think your voice is
a great, great fit on that. Anyone you think that
(27:58):
also that you would do well with Thames? Oh yeah,
Times of Baby Girl. Period you started it.
Speaker 2 (28:11):
You're gonna be saying period for the next week.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
No, I haven't said period like in years, well and
now I said it like a literally. Times would be
a good one, right, Yeah. How do you feel about
about kind of stepping away from traditional R and B
and doing more than afro sound because I personally I
like when artists do that, But I know there's a
(28:33):
push and pull between what's traditional and what's authentic and
doing something like that. Hm hmmm.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
See for me, I also grew up on Afrobe's like
old school Ghana high life though, but yeah, so I
like Afrobe's will always have a special place.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
In my heart. But R and B different.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
It's just like I will always explore into afro and
I love it and I love doing the fusion of
the boat.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
But R and B has my entire heart. Yeah, I don't.
I just don't know. Yeah, No, R and Be different.
I feel like like you just can't can't duplicate it,
can't replicate it.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
There's just like the feeling that you get from it
is just amazing.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
So yeah, I feel you. Like, since it's been nice
out and the weather's been good, like what I've been
doing is to sitting outside and like reading, journaling, meditating,
stretchings hours like until it's too cold to do so.
Literally I'm just outside and my playlist is like of
course like older and being like I feel like if
you if you're sitting outside playing like trap music, that's
(29:44):
like obviously a mental health issue. But I feel like
from warning, okay, I think that's obvious and but like
when I'm outside, I'm playing like Chaka Khan, Monica, like Maxwell,
and that music just has a certain place that will
(30:04):
like never never, never die, and it's like no matter
what else happens. And that's I think, this is why
I feel like you're unique in this era because I
actually don't like a lot of new R and B.
Like I'm not I'm not a fan of new R
and B because because yours sounds like actual old R
and B me too much. But new R and B
(30:24):
is so similar to hip hop and it's like it's
the trap high hats, those same drum patterns, and it's
someone singing over it, and it's kind of like if
I wanted to hear hip hop, Like there's plenty hip
hop to go listen to, and so that that warmth
of old school R and B is something that's like
missing from what's going on. So when you say R
(30:45):
and B is like the home like.
Speaker 2 (30:48):
Because I feel like R and B, like especially old
school R and B, just feels like a warm hug. Yes,
And that's I want to feel that when I'm.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
Listening to music. Yes, you know, when you're on the
bus or something and as like an older black art,
and she goes, it's okay, baby, that's what literally what
R and B sounds. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Yeah, that is a great way to explain it.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I'm going to use it. I'm definitely going to do
the accent though, the like I didn't, so you can do.
It's only fair.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
Oh my god, this is going to sound so bad.
I second accents.
Speaker 1 (31:27):
It's okay baby, It's okay baby, that's what R and
B sounds like. Literally, Yeah, okay. We have a few
questions we ask everyone on the show before we get
to that. I got a personal question for you. You said
that something that you've done a lot in your life
is kind of brush your feelings to the side, like
kind of you know, show face. Do you feel like
(31:49):
you're still doing that? That's something you still do a
lot of.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Definitely happens often working on it, but it's something that
is a hog. So it's going to take a while
for me to kind of break away from it. But
I feel like I've been getting a lot better at
expressing my feelings and kind of just accepting that it's
okay to feel how you're feeling.
Speaker 1 (32:13):
Yeah, I resonated with that when you say that because
I grew up in a similar way of us like
I'm just gonna hug it. I'm not going to cause
any problems, like I'm not going to say anything. And
once I grew out of that, it was like I
felt like so like so much stronger. And it's almost
like you to tell yourself that you just expressing yourself
isn't being mean, Like like you've convinced yourself that this
(32:34):
is you being mean or I'm not being nice.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
That's a really big thing for me when it's like
it's really not I'm.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
Really like nervous.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
To be perceived as someone who's mean just because I
want something, yes, And so then it takes me like
I hesitate before I speak up, and I feel like
I want to get rid of that hesitation. I just
want to like speak up and say how I'm feeling,
what I want, yeah, and yeah, because I don't want
(33:04):
to be perceived as a mean person, Like that's the
last thing I want to be perceived as. So, yeah,
that's a lot of the issue.
Speaker 1 (33:14):
That I don't know if that will ever even go
away in a sense, because I think that that's something
I still think about of like being perceived as mean.
But I think what helped me grow from that was
realizing that it's like that's so far out of your
control and you could be you could be doing anything
that's considered me, you know, Like I like, I could
be being mean to can by being nice to you,
(33:36):
you know, and he's like, why why is he so
nice to her? That's mean to me? And so sometimes
you're thinking logically and you're like, Okay, I don't want
to be seen this mean. But sometimes, like I had
a situation with someone where I wasn't comfortable with where
we're going with our relationship. I said, listen, I'm not
comfortable with how much you like me. This is not right.
I don't I don't want this. And then I came
(33:57):
tell that person a few years later and they said
that I ghosted and they're like, remember you goosted me?
And I said, you mean when I sat you down
and told you verbata. So that kind of made me
see I was like, you know what.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
Because it's the perception of things, like everybody perceived exactly differently.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
So so it's like I did what I said I
wanted to do. They see it as me and I
got to live with that. Basically, Okay, this is a
question that we ask everyone on the show. And when
you get a hundred million dollars, everyone buys an exotic animal. Okay.
I don't make the rules. This is just how it goes.
Michael Jackson with his monkey, Justin Bieber with his monkey,
(34:34):
Mike Tyson with his tiger. That's just the rules. When
you get a hundred million dollars, you gotta buy an
exotic animal. Okay. So when you get to that one
hundred million dollar level, what animal are you adding into
your life? I feel like an elephant? Wow, Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I'm intelligent, Like they have really great memories, and they're
also just cute, like like they're large.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
Just one or you got like a group of them,
You're gonna.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
Probably a group.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Aren't they endangered species? I think so?
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Yeah, So I protect them to my humble of boat.
I'll make you like a nice little farm in the back.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Yeah. I have a couple of friends who have met elephants.
Sounds like they're a celebrity, but have met elephants, and
apparently they are super calm, super loving.
Speaker 2 (35:31):
Yeah, except for that one video I saw online where
there's like the Safari and the elephants chasing the what's
it called the geeper whatever. That was the one thing
that might turn me away from olephant.
Speaker 1 (35:46):
But other than that, that's kind of nuts.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
Yeah, you know, like, now that I'm thinking about it,
what happens if one of them turns on me?
Speaker 1 (35:54):
Well, your elephant has to come with a staff member.
I think that's okay. You gotta hire someone, you know,
like you know when Britney Spears had the snake and
they have like the snake charmer with her, Like, you
need to have a staff member that's always with you.
Are you gonna go snake instead of an elephant? No?
They key.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Or black.
Speaker 1 (36:19):
Panther, black panther, Okay, black panther is a popular one.
A lot of people.
Speaker 3 (36:23):
Say, yeah, I I think it's all the black people,
you know, but you're probably right.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
So are we going panther and elephant or we're just doing.
Speaker 2 (36:39):
I'm gonna stick with the elephant, but panther's like second choice.
Speaker 1 (36:42):
What you do have, though, is you have the opportunity
to make that joke basically every day, like when someone
else comes over, it's like, let's address the elephant in
the room. So you could run that joke back over.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
That is something my dad would do. He's like a
really big like dad joke type guy. He would say
that to everyone who walks in.
Speaker 1 (37:05):
There there you go. Yeah, I feel like you have to,
Like the joke is right there. You you kind of
have to.
Speaker 2 (37:11):
It's either you say it or the person who walked
in is gonna say it.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
No, for surehat them to it. Yeah, you guys having
a joke of who could say? At first? I think
I think that's that's a good one. So no black panther,
just elephant. Yeah. I'm trying to trying to picture it,
and it's not going well in my brain. I'm really
just trying to picture you with the elephant, and I'm
just all i'm picturing is you just not being close
to the elephant at all.
Speaker 2 (37:35):
You're like, oh hi, and I'd be like twenty miles away.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
Yeah, you're waving. You're not You never pet him or her, Like, okay,
the elephant rides not me. I wouldn't do it. I
think you're gonna have to at some point, Like they're
gonna feel neglected. And who's never pet your dog? Oh?
When you put it like that, yeah, like imagine you
just never hugged you. You're like, you don't know how
me every day, but like, yeah, helped me once. Yeah,
(38:02):
I'll put them once yearly, schedule it once a month. Yeah,
see you free today. Okay, I'm going to come pet you.
Damn scheduled visits, I know. Okay, Let's see where you're
at with the ice cream.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
Okay, it's not doing very well. We're actually like you
could have called it though it's a quarter.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
You kind of called it. Yeah, it's it's because you're
a gemini. That's how that's how you knew. Did you
just make that up? Yeah, I don't know anything. You
could have been whatever sign and that would have I
would have said the same thing. I'm really trying. Let's
(38:43):
show the camera. Let's show the camera. Listen, it's still
at the top. It's kind of melted a little bit,
but it's still at the top. It's a little smoothieish
a little bit, but like soft serve. But but it
was good though, it was really good. It's really good. Okay.
So we have a segment on the radio show call
(39:04):
Wednesday Wisdom. Look for a motivational quote or saying, either
you remind yourself of or the people around you. So
in all your years of wisdom, when you get people
a motivational quote that they can take with them, you know,
throughout their day.
Speaker 2 (39:18):
Okay, definitely, don't be afraid of your dreams and aspirations.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
That's it. That's the quote.
Speaker 2 (39:29):
And also, discomfort means you're growing.
Speaker 1 (39:33):
That's a fact. Yep, that's a fact.
Speaker 2 (39:35):
That's a lot of what I've been through. So I'm
never really comfortable, and I feel like I don't mind it.
I actually enjoy it because that just means I'm pushing
myself better more.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
I like that last one. Discomfort means you're growing. I
think there's a part of myself that's fall in love
with growth. I think I got that from my parents.
But I think that when you see yourself growing, it's
almost like a in no matter what it is, of
being like wow, like I'm really growing little by little
doing this thing. So I like those two to end
(40:09):
it off, the two good ones. I want thank you
for joining us, thank you for having first time on
the cool table. You tried your best, No, no you,
you actually called it for being fair.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
And I said, I try to make it to half
and that's very much.
Speaker 1 (40:26):
But you did say what it was going to be like.
I don't feel like I was gas lit or anything,
you know, so that's true. Yeah, appreciate you making it
as far as you did. If you want to listen
to The Cold Table Live every Wednesday at eleven am
Eastern twelve eighty am in Toronto met Radio dot ca online,
you can find us on Instagram at the Cool Table Live,
(40:47):
on YouTube at the Cool Table Live and all episodes
of The Cool Table All Right Adrielsmiley dot com. Until
next time, Know yourself, know your work,
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