March 31, 2025 • 33 mins
In this conversation with Canadian R&B sensation Aqyila she talks about her musical journey, her past relationships and the inspirations behind her new album 'Falling Into Place'. From her breakout hit to her latest project, Aqyila shares the stories behind her artistry, her creative process, and what’s next for her career.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The old Man.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey everyone, this is Yo. It's your boy, Funky, the
coolest teen rapper online.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
What's up? It's me Alfie.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
You're listening to the Cool Table with.
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A listening to the You're listening to the Cool Table.
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You're listening to the Cool Table.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
And I'm not sure if you know this, but right
now you're in the cut with my man, Adriel Smile.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. My
name is Adril Smiley aka Aosmiley dot Com aka Adril
Smiley Official aka the Godfather. Now Here in the cut
we challenge I guess to finish I toll of ice
cream before the end of the conversation. You got a
special guest here today. I'm mad for a couple of
Junos A Kila. Welcome to the show. Hi, So talk
(00:44):
about the ice cream that you chose and what do
you feel like your chances are actually getting this done?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Apple par I liked it with a vanilla in it.
I know, I don't know. Apparently, if I chose been
allowed to be bullied so I could get bullied, I
was gonna do it, Nolla. But I chose apple Pie
because it is like one of my favorite desserts. The
chances of me finishing this very slim. Okay, I beat
(01:10):
very slow, so this actually might turn into a milkshake.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I'm screaming.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay, it's still solid right now.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
But okay, I personally don't judge. I think judging with
people is a low vibrational behavior. But I would have
started if you had vanilla, So thank god we don't
got to go down that road. Bigs out to Eva's
original chimneys. There ice cream sponsored for all of season three,
so please go check them out. On all of you
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(01:35):
flavors as well, so you don't have to worry about that.
So let's let's see you get started. I'm going to
distract you a bit with some of these questions. But
you said you were a bird eater, is what you
called it?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, like I eat like a bird, Like I take
my time.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Okay, fair enough. I think I want to start with
talking about self care because once I found that out
you were a self care queen, I was way more
excited for this because people have said to me, when
they think of me, they think of self love, and
I feel like self love and self care are cousins. Yes,
in this and of course you still get your flowers
every couple of weeks. You're still doing that. Okay, So
(02:12):
if someone wants to build a self care routine, what
would be your advice for them? Okay, I'll give you
mind us for context. Yeah, mine is going to the movies.
Oh yes, VIP movie, put my feet up. Yeah you
usually I fall asleep. I do, but it's a great.
It's a great sleep and sleep counts the self care.
So someone who they don't know where to start again
(02:32):
the sun is coming out? Yeah, Well, do you have
any suggestions for someone starting their self care routine, like
what they could do.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I'm such a fan of like ambering yourself with like
and it doesn't have to be athing crazy expensive like
I love to do like face masks, bubble bats, some
salt light, a candle.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
You can do all those same time.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
So yeah, all those same time, exactly. I'm I'm also
like a fan of like wine, so I love the
good like hot chocolate or wine or something. And then like, yeah,
if I'll order in food, if I'm feeling like I
have enough energy, then I'll have a glass of wine
and I'll make lasagna. You know. Yeah, like those are
my that's my typical, like self care vibes, and watch
(03:10):
like a favorite like rom Com because rom coms are fun.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
What's what's your like? Go to rom Com on a
self care Bridesmaids. I love it is good, Okay, funny. Okay,
there's another one. This one's not a rom com. This
one's just rude but funny but super bad.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yes, okay, I'm super bad. Yeah that's a good one.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, and what else? And then if not like wrong
qualm or like like funny movies. I love action movies,
so I could rewatch like Transformers like eighty times.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Like the O G Transformers. I love both.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, I love the whole series. So
even when they switched out the characters, I was like.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Oh, you're deep in it like that.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, I'm very much. I'm in the trenches with that one.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I've never I've never heard of anyone who's that deeper
with Transformers fans.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Oh my god, I love Transformers.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, so fun My like show for that would probably
be Girlfriends.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Oh god.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, unfortunately it's not on Netflix anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
No, they you've taken off and then put.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It, yeah, disrespectful. So I'm like, I gotta find I
gotta find like a replacement for that. But that used
to be the go to. And then I recently, probably
like six months ago, Wet Sex and the City for
the first time. It's actually funny, better than I thought
it was going to be. It's still not Girlfriends. Girlfriends
is still you know, top to not to, but I
actually was surprised how good it was. I'm like, I
could see that being someone's like, you know, self care,
(04:24):
self Care show. It's funny, and the movies are decent too,
not watch the movie not as good as a show.
I think the first one is better than second one,
So I think you watched the first one. No spoilers,
but it's you know, it wraps up a lot of things,
so I think the first one is worth watching. But yeah,
I think if you haven't seen any of the shows
that we're talking about, any moves you're talking about, add
these to your self care like get into it.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yeah, these are are worth watching.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I want to know what's on your vision board right now,
because you've had had a very successful last couple of
years and I'm feeling like you have you know, things
that you want to accomplish that are past you've done already. Yeah,
we're going to manifest on this show, we speak things
into existence. What are some of those things that you
have on a vision board that you want for yourself
in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I would love, love, love to do performance at Coachella, Okay, okay,
I'd also love to win or not win, but like
get a plaque for my debut album. I think that'd
be awesome.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Okay, album plaque?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yeah? And uh, and I guess for my album to
be nominated in some capacity, whether it be like in
Canada or in the US for like, you know, if
it's like the US, like an international you know, breakthrough
or something, or South Africa what I mean? Or South
Africa too, yes, out there, so yeah, I feel like
those those things would be dope.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
And to travel more, okay, any any place that you
want to go that you haven't been.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
South Africa's in my bucket list, okay, twenty five? And
where else? I would love to go to Greece, yeah,
just like a vacation.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, Greece is as on my list too. It's I
have a picture of Greece on my vision board. So
Greece is online.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
You know what's going to come true. I don't tell
you before I started any of this, I put a
photo of La Atlanta and New York on my twenty
twenty vision board. And that was before I was even
doing music. That was like went at the top of
the year. In twenty twenty, I was working as a
hostess at like a restaurant, and I put like a
passport everything. I didn't have a valid passport at the time.
(06:19):
I never traveled, and I put all three of those places.
And then twenty twenty one, I went to all three
of those places. So I feel like, you know, you
just got to just put it out there.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Well, you have to, that's the only way. Okay. I
hear that, because here's the thing. My mom went to
Italy and Greece last year. You know she got robbed.
Oh yeah, yeah, crime crimes were committed and I was
just like a bad omen like bad Jujuka. I still
want to go.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yeah, But I.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Never forget that call when she told me Adriel we
lost everything, yeah, And I felt really bad, And I'm like,
that's something like that. We don't think when we think
of Europe.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yeah, or traveling really like you know, it's like you
you kind of be extra cautious, so like for that
to happen, that's.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Like, No, it's horrible.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
And I feel like the off day were targeted because
her and my dad, like they're older, so I think
that that must have been a part of it. But
I thought of it because I recently watched Taken You talking.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
About actually yes, and I like that movie.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Think about the fact that he told his daughter be careful.
So happened to you and then she ends up taken
got and I'm like, this is this is the movie
you gotta show your kids.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Just watch this.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Yeah, it's like your dad's always right, Like that's the
more of the story. Yes, when I rewatched it, I
said that wasn't the point of the movie, But now
I get it. It's like, listen to your pause.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
He went to find her too. He was not playing
my daughter.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Know, he killed half of half a friend.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
It was crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
No, I couldn't believe, Like watching it back, and he's
old in the first one, so you're like, you're this
old killing.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Half the country.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
You got energy.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
No, he's a real one. I respect it. I want
to talk about some of your lyrics, because you have
some bars on the album that I don't want you
to name names. We don't need to get crazy. But
I think about imagine the person listening to this knowing
this is about them. That's what I always think of
when I hear some of your lyrics. I was like, damn,
if this is about you, you cannot play the song
(08:16):
now I'm a wolf.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
You start off by saying, you piss me off.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
You playing in my face now, don't pull me on
your way down, can't fool me anymore. Talk about that
because I don't want no one to say that to
me in real life period.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, I want it to be direct, you know what
I mean. Understatement of the year, literally just bearing my
soul and explaining, like listen, too many times I feel disrespected.
So it's like I'm not even dancing around it now
that I see what it is, what it is now,
and it's like you continuously lie. I'm just gonna say
(08:53):
what it is and you piss me off. That's how
I feel.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
It's like they got all the chances and now yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It's like no more chances, absolutely, no more chances.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Yeah. I think it's starting off with like you playing
in my face. Now I thought of that show Temptation Island.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Oh my gosh. My brother was just showing me that show.
He's like, look at the show, and I'm like, first
of all, that's insane. I'm so sorry. I'm not going
on a TV show with my boyfriend or potential future fiance.
And then putting a random partner is like, that is crazy,
and then being like, please don't cheat.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
No, it's a lot like I didn't know it was
even like that. I didn't know what it's like.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I'm like, this is insane, guys, I don't know if
I have to do that. That's a new level now that.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Is divorced on its own. We're even casting right now,
just this is the end of our relationship.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Let's just leave because we shouldn't have to do that
to figure out if we need to get married.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
And it's crazy because spoilers you guys haven't seen it,
but there's one couple that ends up actually getting married.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
They end up stronger, and the guy proposes.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
At the end of it. I shocked, so I'm like, wow,
like this is what they're looking for. There's another couple
where this guy has a threesome the six second or
third day there, and the girl takes him back and
I said, the ring bro.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
I said, I could not be metic.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
But I'm like, that is the energy is on that
show sometimes because they see what the other person does.
So it's very much like you're playing in my face
out there.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
But then it's like you guys aren't together anymore. It's
really interesting because I know this show is built basically
to make you feel those feelings of like I missed
my partner, how could you do this? And they show
you footage of your partner, But sometimes it's like misconstrued,
like it's actually story it's supposed to be. Yeah, so
it's pretty interesting.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I think that show should be sponsored by better help,
like not therapy. Come on, I'm strong behind that strong.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I couldn't sit there and watch that. That would hurt
my heart.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
You have this other lyric on most wanted this one,
this one because you're kind of like popping your stuff
on this one. I like when you're when you're in
your bag and you're just like, I'm feeling myself, this
is what it is right now. I feel like you
do good at those.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Records, Like it's like, yeah, up yourself it's like, it's like,
I really feel that from you.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Sometimes I hate to call him out, but you know,
everyone talks about it not and they're like, we're not
talking about see things women and his songs.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
People say they don't believe it. They're like, na, these
girls don't like you.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
But it's like when you talk about hyping yourself up,
I'm like, I feel like this is really her. So
I really like those ones, and this one I think
is fitting for today. You said I most wanted Sun's
out getting hotter. You won't beg but you want to.
You want to see me up at the altar, take
you straight to Nirvana. I know that you're hoping for
more waitning for my heart's open door. Talk about that
(11:38):
because I like that. I like that part.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It's kind of like, you know when you can tell
that somebody's feeling you, but they're like trying to deny it,
but they're also playing into it. It's just like, listen,
Sun is out definitely hot, it's summer. What are we doing.
What are you trying to do?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
You're trying to keep their gangster up?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Yeah, like drop the ego, like just give in to
the moment. It's fine. You know what it's like, I'm
not You're right, it's literally hot, that's just like the vibe.
I don't know, so you know what it is. It's
too much like nonchalantness nowadays, like people don't want to
show emotions. I don't know why that's the thing now,
(12:14):
Like I'm somebody that very much like bears my soul,
Like I'm like very much like open, like and I'm
sad and I'm sad, I'm happy. I'm happy, there's no shame.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
I want to stand up for the nonchalant group because
I've been called nonchalant before, and I think that they
need to be seen as well currently I'm right now,
So I say, if you are one those nonchalant people,
you can change. You can change, you can still be
nonchalant to your core and then just step outside for
a second, switch it up.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
I think it's just I think people you know what
it is. It's probably just like a feeling of like
being scared of just embracing like who you actually are
to somebody, and then you can't understand that fear, like
you know, nobody wants to be judges. It's a fear
of judgment. But I feel like there's nothing wrong with
at least knowing that if you entered into a relationship
or you know, or started to like try to dive
(13:02):
into something that at least you tried and you like
showed your actual self and if that person really appreciates you,
they're going to accept you wholeheartedly as is. And if not,
then it's like, okay, then this is not for me.
But I have no shame in that.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You know, Yeah, you only want someone who's gonna love all.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
The parts of you exactly, not feel like, oh I
gotta like act cool now and then show my emotions
that it it's like it's it's gonna be too much
of like a pile up of emotions all the time.
I think.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
I think we talked about it yesterday. Yeah, of like
on a first day, like do you eat with your hands?
And I said, I said, I that's only one har
said I do. I was like, I'll have some wings,
you know. And they're like, y'all worried about what stuff
getting in your beard? I said, I said, listen, if
something's in your beard, if food in the beard is
going to deter you, then we am.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Man think you like that's a been insane I'm not
going to be food politics, like I'm I need to eat.
I think I saw this some Oh no, there was
this TikTok. This girl ordered like I think she ordered sixty.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Oh yeah, something like that.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
The slurping thing. Oh, first of all, I can't do it.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
The texture looks crazy, is crazy.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
The texture looks hectic. But she ordered like sixty of
those and the guy I was like, I'm not paid
for that's totally got sixty is a bit insane.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
But also it's like, are you eating for the week, Like.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Like I don't understand.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
There was no rush, but like I feel like eating
with your hands because to me, you know what I
think works. I feel like the faster you get to
be yourself is the more successful this relationship is going
to be.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yeah, exactly. And I feel like when two people are
just open and honest, I think that's why communication is
like super important honestly, and like I'm tying it back
to Wolf, I think it's just again, it's like me
communicating like I'm fed up with how you are treating
me in this situation. This is not what I envisioned
to be, like the person I'm visioned to be with
at this point, like, if you're going to keep lying,
(14:49):
it's like, what are we doing. I'm telling the truth,
I'm being honest, I'm opening up your hiding.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
But I think even communicating that is part of them,
because I think there's a lot of times when it's
like I might feel a way, but I'm not saying it.
So I'm just hoping and praying that you fix up,
you know, and I should probably say something yeah, but it's.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Like, yeah, maybe maybe listen grown. I just like, I
feel like I'm also somebody that just does not have
patience for.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Nonsense noted noted no patience.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
No, no patience.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Now I understand that because I feel like you you
said before, you've had some of those situations and you're like,
I'm not going back.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I'm not going back to that. Yeah. I feel like
life is about obviously experience. You know, you're not You're
going to do everything once at least once, So it's
like you're going to experience like the heartbreaking and experience
the joy. But once you realize there's certain patterns, if
you want better for yourself, you're not going to try
to align with the same things. You're not trying to
waste time either life is you know, there's only some
amount of time.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yet there's this quote that I heard that it really
stuck with me, and I I hated how real it was,
and I said, there's most of this thing as dating up
or dating down. Whoever you're with at that moment is
where your energy is. And I hated that because the
person I was with that.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
You're making a reflect you know, I said, damn, You're like,
damn it.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
I'm vibrating low right now. But I really thought about
it because it's a lot of times you might be
with someone who's not right or whatever it is, and
you're kind of like, Okay, I gotta guy this, but
it's like you are part of the problem or accepting
that and you're okay, you know what, I'm accepting this.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
From now on totally. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
I think I think that's huge.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
My favorite song on the album, and that's my favorite song,
but one of my favorites is down Oh my god,
that's my favorite tip.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
All right, I'm on the right track, on the right track,
I said vocally, I'm so proud of myself and that song.
It's like, I haven't done anything like that yet, so
I'm just like oh, I can't wait for people to
hear Okay, okay, so talk us about because when I
heard it, that's the first song.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
That I played more than once right away because I
was kind of like, there's not something like this that
you have before. And I was like, I'm like, maybe
I'm not familiar. That's why I thought, like I'm not familiar.
Maybe you've done this before, but it felt different to
me on first listen. So talk about that.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Oh, man, like the chord progression, shout out Casey and Rex.
We're like the Caribbean trio. We also did Most Wanted together,
so they're behind that as well, which.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Is so cool because very different.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
And yeah, and so Rex was playing the guitar and
I was like, it'd be really cool if you gave
me like some like indie type chords, Like I don't
want like the regular type of progressions. I want something
a bit different. And so yeah, there's actually a video
I posted on Instagram when we made it the first
time round, and so you can see me like singing
into the melodies, and then that same day we cut
the song and I just love it, like I think
(17:33):
it's just a really good depiction of just how it
feels to kind of like want to be with somebody,
but they're also weighing you down. Yes, yeah, and it's
like they don't really see how like how it's affecting you,
and it's like you want to hold on, but it's
like you also were wondering, like I gotta let go
at some point because this is not helping me progress.
It's not helping me move forward, it's not helping me
(17:54):
think clear. I need clarity, you know. So, Yeah, the
whole song is just really about being just like feeling
really heavy and just feeling like this is not it,
but I don't know what to do.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
I feel like that energy is even in the chords
of the song, which is why I stood out so much,
as like you have the story being told like in
the actual production and in the lyrics, and I'm like,
this is some song that you can like feel heavy
listening to it. It's almost like I don't ever want
to relate to her, Like this is that record where
you're like, it's like what you're going through.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I don't want your heart strings. So I'm glad it's doing.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
That, But that's what I felt. I said, I'm thank
God that I'm about this like God, that's over, Like no,
But I think that means that the song did well
because it really fit the emotion of like, oh, like
this is something we can feel.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
So nah, I like that one a lot. You said
that you.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Knew that Hello was going to be a big song
right away. What about Hello made you feel like that?
Because I feel like that's almost a talent in itself
to know that about a song as it's being made.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
I don't know what it is, but I had the
same feeling yet with Hello and Bloom, and it was
just in the studio when I was making it, I
was like, this is gonna be.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
A big song.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
I just felt it, and.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
So like, I think it's maybe just in the chords.
The chords made me feel really good, and I feel
like when I'm really enjoying myself when I'm singing in
the studio, I started like smile so you can hear.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
There's a difference when I'm cutting a song and I'm
like not smiling, and then when I'm smiling, I can
hear it. So I was like, oh, I'm smiling a
lot in this, Like I feel like this is gonna
make a song. And every time that like that half
the half part of the chorus, some things really happened
for the Veda, Like that part is so true. I
feel like there's so many experiences in life where I
(19:38):
was like, oh, this sucked that this didn't happen. But
then now when I look back, I'm like, I'm kind
of glad things didn't work out the way I thought
they would because something better usually is always around the
corner anyway, And like whatever's meant for me will never
miss me, So if it's not for me, that's okay,
you know. And I feel like that's song even vibrates
really high when people listen to it. They're like, this
(19:59):
song just reminds me that everything's going to be okay,
And that's exactly what I'm trying to relate to people.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
And I think the energy of the song feels true
because I think there's sometimes when the lyrics of a
song are actually true to what's going on. It's like
we're trying to we're trying to make this song, make
this song more than the actual feeling.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Is turning into the music exactly.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
There's so much energy in music, like in all the songs,
like whatever I'm singing about is like how exactly how
I'm like I'm feeling at the time, And so I
think that's also why people love this like relatability with
the music that I put out. It's like, oh, I
love this and I'm going through this, or maybe I
love this and I just love the energy it makes
me feel. And I feel like that's why artists are
doing such a good job. But like pulling at your
heart strings and making you emotional when you hear sad
(20:39):
songs or like Jenaeaiko very high vibrational, like she makes
stuff that makes you just feel like you're floating, and
I love that about music.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Yeah, it's like whatever you're saying, I can believe that
you feel that way. If you say you're pissed off,
I think you're pissed off. Yeah, So I understand and
Bloom I think too. Yes, I can understand you thinking
Bloom is going to be a big red way. And
I like hearing Bloom on the on the project now
because it's like you heard it myself, yeah for so long,
but you found the project still like it still pops,
(21:08):
And I was like, Okay, that's the true test of
like how the song stands. So I like kind of
how it is in the project. What are you most
proud of with this album.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
I'm really proud of my growth in terms of like lyricism,
really like being able to like connect and showcase like
exactly how I'm feeling in words, but also finding a
way to obviously still make it sound cool. Yes, I'm
really proud of like my vocal ability. The older that
I get, I'm finding my I'm able to do, like
(21:38):
do more cool things with my voice and like my
vocal layering and stuff like that, and like doing vocal
production in general. I just it makes me so excited
to get in the studio and like lay down some
harmonies and like think of like cool like ad libs
and floaty stuff like ads texture.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, so I'm really I'm really proud of that as well.
And I'm just proud of over'reall just growth, like being
able to like make new friends, collaborate with more people,
more songwriters, producers, engineers, like shout out all of these
people because like they're what also help you know what
I mean. Yeah, So I feel like it's just like
a mix of all these things. Is just being able
(22:14):
to just meet new people and create more don't music.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Snap for the growth snaps for the growth.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
We love that.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
We love that.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
And let's talk a little bit about the Junos. Cool, Okay,
it's not it's not your first rodeo. Okay, you've you've
been there before. For anyone who's unfamiliar with the Junos, like,
what would you kind of explain something like what that
experience was like for you when you went the first time,
Because it's not it's not your first time around no more,
so talk about what your first time was like and
what that meant to you.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Going to Oh Wow, the first time was so much
fun because it was hosted in Toronto, so we actually
did have the flywear that was that was saving costs
there and we had so much fun. Though we stayed
at like the one hotel. It was so cool. I
got to meet Deborah Hawks, you get to just meet
everybody in the industry music as a vibe. Everybody's just
(23:03):
having a great time celebrating. And even though like that
year was nominated and I didn't, I was I don't know,
I didn't have that much freak that I was gonna
win that year too, because I saw it was up
against the weekends. I was like, you know what, even
if I don't get it. I started going from like oh,
and then I'm like, you know, now I think about it.
I might not, but that's okay, that's okay. I was
just happy to be there, Like my family was there,
(23:25):
the Sony team was there, Like we all had just
a great time. I feel like it's just a time
of like good energy. It's a good time to connect
to meet other fellow industry folk. Like if you're an
artist or a songwriter, it's good to connect with these people, producers,
other people who work in the labels, like you know
what I mean, like stuff like that. Like I think
it's a good time for you to network yourself and
just like get familiar with other faces. So that way,
(23:47):
it's like after this stuff, you can still connect with
them and like build those relationships with people.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Yeah, the one in Toronto I thought was very cool
because it was like after the pandemic.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Yeah, and it was hot too hot summer hell, but.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
It was like seeing people who you had only emailed with,
like that was such a fun experience.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Yeah, the zoom Era I will not go back.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
And there were so many people who it's like, by
the time they tell me their name, I'm like, we're
we've been talking and we've been talking before this, and
then the people who you had hadn't seen before in
a long time. But I think the community that's like,
it feels like the moment in Canada where the music
community is the biggest. It's like you see everyone, everyone's
hanging out, yeah, and you see people are like, I
(24:30):
didn't expect to see you.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Here, but yeah. And then there's some people that may
recognize you that you haven't even met. Yeah, and you're
like and they're like, oh, you're who does You're the
one that does.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Those are the crazy moments when someone's like you and.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
I'm like, it puts into perspective though, how far your
stuff reaches people.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
So have you met anyone who you thought they were cool?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
And that kind of made you want to listen to
their music more like you didn't know them really, but
then you met them and you're like, you know what,
I want to check them out and see what they're about,
you know what.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
It's more so actually, you know, like there's like a
voting process that so it's more so I like to
sit down and like look at all like the nominees
and I actually take some time and listen and like
take in new new music. So it's more like that. Honestly,
how I discover more people around in Toronto. I can't lie.
I don't think I've met somebody and been like, oh,
let me go dive into their stuff more. I think
(25:20):
I probably maybe I've been familiar with their stuff. Yeah,
they've already been listening to be honest, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Yeah, I think the fact that Juno's added that for
the voting actually helps because I remember my first year
of voting and seeing some some categories I know one artist, yeah,
and I'm here like.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Yeah, but I want to be fair, That's why. So
I'm really glad they added that in there.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Yeah, because it's like I would, I would do the
work of like trying to go and find their stuff.
But I'm like, i's the wrong song, like you know
what I mean, You know what I mean. But I
like that they added that because it's the time to
kind of like learn about.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Artists before in all categories. So I'm like, you song
is a cool rock so yeah, yeah, nope, pop truck,
like you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Yeah, And I feel like over the past few years
they've been getting it right way more often of terms
of who's been nominated and the songs they've been nominated for.
So big the juno, Yeah, big, big shout.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
To the judnos. Okay, so I want to hear about
what your plans are for the future.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Okay. Now, when everyone gets one hundred million dollars, they
get an exotic animal. Okay, Okay, I don't make the rules.
This is how it goes down. Michael Jackson with his monkey,
Justin Bieber with his monkey. I hit a monkey with
Mike Tyson with his tiger.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
So one hundred million dollars somehow equals getting an animal
in your life. Way, So when you get to a
hundred million dollars, okay, what animal you're bringing into your life?
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Oh my god? This is all happy? That agal because
I would not do that, but I'll tell you Panda.
I've loved pandas. There you're just so like, I don't
know if I should do that. That's yeah, I love pandas,
so I don't know. I just picked that. Animals like
my favorite animal as a kid, and I've just loved that.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
The results, No, Panda and penguinally cute. Yeah, Chris has
anyone said Panda before. I don't think so right, No, yeah, okay,
so the first Wow, I actually like that.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Again, that would be a lot to kind of have
that in the crib.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Yeah, they gotta have their own kind of guest houses
for the.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Definitely have to have a separate guess house. Yeah, so
they can just chill you bamboo.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
Yeah, And I think to when choosing the exotic animals,
some of these people are choosing animals that are vicious.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
You know, choosing a snake, so say, I forget to
feed it, choking me?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Come on, like people, a lot of people have chosen black panther,
people chosen elephants.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Oh my gosh. You know what actually is friendly ish
because like lions and lions are part of like the
cat family. Yeah, so like some people have found a
way to befriend like lions and lionesses or whatever. And
like I'm like, I mean, sure, and it'll part like
a giant cat. But I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
I watched Tiger King.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I'm the same. I'm cool. Yeah, I'm cool. When when
the tiger bit off that woman's arm and she came
back to.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Work, what I was like, Okay, maybe I missed. I
was like, no, that's toxic.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
One of the workers, yeah, bit off her arms. She
came back to work. I was like, that's toxic. This
is like when your ex is doing you dirty and
you stay around, like, oh my god, I would have
quit the whole business, the whole industry. Yes, like no,
so I can't do it. And I think personally, like
my family's Jamaican. Being in Jamaica, you see a different
side of like how animals a quote unquote treated. I'm
(28:30):
saying it's like animal cruelty. But but it's not like
here where the dog the dogs have a north face jacket. Yeah,
cat sleep outside.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
They will sleep on the verandah.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
Yeah no the cat don't even have a name. This
cat is nameless sleeping outside. It's like in Canada, the
dog got us oone drip, they got a chain on.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
They were a.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Nike A puppy.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Because I'm definitely doing that with my dog. Yeah, it's
gonna wear like a little cold.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
My brother got a dog. It's a little Chiuahua and
it has like a north face jacket. And I'm just
like I can't. I'm like it's gonna be me man
Like I was like, i's dumb as I feel like
it is. I know that it's going to be me
because my dog can be out.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Here dripless exactly like if you're stepping pop's got a
step two like friends, you gotta you know, match my fly.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Yeah, and we can't be at the dog park and
you've got the worst drink strip.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
Yeah, don't run around here making me look crazy like
you're not fed and housed in front of company. You know.
You know what's funny. My cousin has two huskies, and
every time when I'm on FaceTime with him and he's
walking his dogs, he's like, and Sega, he spicks up.
You guys are embrassing man Jamaica. I don't know what's
going on, but I'll be like over there, He's like, yeah,
(29:40):
they just try to acting crazy. I'm like, oh.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
God, I'm like I can't.
Speaker 3 (29:44):
And that's the funny part because I feel like, again,
like I have a cousin who he's bored jamin and
raised in Jamaica and has a dog now, and I'm like,
you're disappointing your whole entire lineage because you know that's
not how they get doc Jamaica. But he loves his dog,
gets the whole different lives.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
On the bed. My puppy sat my friend's dog before
and I let her see what.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
I'm definitely a dog personal for a cat person, yeah
for sure.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
I like both. But I'm scared. I want to get
a cat, but I'm so scared that it's going to
scratch my couch. I love my couch more.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I can't lie I cat.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
I would have got a cat.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
I cast that from my friend maybe in December.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
And that cat is mischievously and it was not allowed
in the bedroom, Ashley, don't even watch this. It's not
allowed in the bedroom. The first night I wake up,
the cat is above me like this, Oh my gosh,
just standing there.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Oh my god, I said, take a picture.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Like and that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
It's mischievous because say I would like go to the
washroom and leave the door cracked.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
It would push through the door and then hide right away,
Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
And it would go in the door and hide in
the closet and it's like it's in a bin. I'm like,
this is not Scooby Doo hide and seek, like, So
cats can't be trusted, I think obviously, oh my god.
And then when cats and dogs are together, the cats
always terrorized and.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
So like sometimes actually get along.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
I see the tiktoks they are, but the power dynamic
this feels uneasy to me, Like you know how the
cats always run things and the dog is always cowering
in fear.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
I'm like, that doesn't feel right to me, Like you know, so, yeah,
so I love cats, but I just.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Don't know about the mix. I don't know about the mix.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
That's fair, that's fair.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
So where are you at with the ice cream?
Speaker 1 (31:21):
I see a big puddle, guys, Like.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
I'm so sorry, Eva, I love y'all. I just the
ice cream is a lot, and I just really slow.
You were lying you were caramel bits in it too?
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yeah, No, it's like real apple pie in there, honestly.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Oh yeah yeah, because I'm tasting like the oatmeal. Yeah,
I know, a lot of notes, A lot of notes.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Okay, okay, food blogger, we will be be I'm screaming.
So we had the segment on the radio show called
Wednesday Wisdom. We asked for a motivational quote or saying
either you remind yourself of or the people around you. So,
what's that quote for you that's kind of always running
through your mind.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Oh my gosh. Yeah, my grandma always tells me that
the sky is the limit. She's like, you can do
anything that you put your mind to. And she's like,
I remember, the sky is the limit. I was like, yes, Grandma. Literally,
my grandma talks all this vibrado and her voice. I
love her so much, Grandma to leave it. Yeah, but yeah,
she always tells me that, and she's instilled that in
me since I was younger, and even more so now
(32:25):
because she knows I do this music stuff. So she's
always like, I'm so proud of you. She's like, keep going.
I think I facetimes her when I was on tour
as well for her birthday and she reminded me, like,
remember to pray, and the sky is the limit and
you could do anything to pray, right.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
They always they always tell you that all the elders pray.
Did you pray? And I'm like, oh my gosh, okay,
I will pray.
Speaker 3 (32:45):
There's that even going around, like if your elders see
you post on Facebook before, they tell you look good
to tell you to pray. Yeah, girl, you look good.
Give your life to.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
God, You're like, okay, let me just turn off at R.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
Know it's same for me, Like literally anything I do
when you come and trust to preach, I said never.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
You.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Might not do beat No, I'm like absolutely not, absolutely not.
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know yourself. Know you're worth
The old Man.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey everyone, this is Yo. It's your boy, Funky, the
coolest teen rapper online.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
What's up? It's me Alfie.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
You're listening to the Cool Table with.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
A listening to the You're listening to the Cool Table.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
You're listening to the Cool Table.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
And I'm not sure if you know this, but right
now you're in the cut with my man, Adriel Smile.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. My
name is Adril Smiley aka Aosmiley dot Com aka Adril
Smiley Official aka the Godfather. Now Here in the cut
we challenge I guess to finish I toll of ice
cream before the end of the conversation. You got a
special guest here today. I'm mad for a couple of
Junos A Kila. Welcome to the show. Hi, So talk
(00:44):
about the ice cream that you chose and what do
you feel like your chances are actually getting this done?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Apple par I liked it with a vanilla in it.
I know, I don't know. Apparently, if I chose been
allowed to be bullied so I could get bullied, I
was gonna do it, Nolla. But I chose apple Pie
because it is like one of my favorite desserts. The
chances of me finishing this very slim. Okay, I beat
(01:10):
very slow, so this actually might turn into a milkshake.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I'm screaming.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay, it's still solid right now.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
But okay, I personally don't judge. I think judging with
people is a low vibrational behavior. But I would have
started if you had vanilla, So thank god we don't
got to go down that road. Bigs out to Eva's
original chimneys. There ice cream sponsored for all of season three,
so please go check them out. On all of you
who got tummy problems, you'r tummy towlkin. They have vegan
(01:35):
flavors as well, so you don't have to worry about that.
So let's let's see you get started. I'm going to
distract you a bit with some of these questions. But
you said you were a bird eater, is what you
called it?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, like I eat like a bird, Like I take
my time.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Okay, fair enough. I think I want to start with
talking about self care because once I found that out
you were a self care queen, I was way more
excited for this because people have said to me, when
they think of me, they think of self love, and
I feel like self love and self care are cousins. Yes,
in this and of course you still get your flowers
every couple of weeks. You're still doing that. Okay, So
(02:12):
if someone wants to build a self care routine, what
would be your advice for them? Okay, I'll give you
mind us for context. Yeah, mine is going to the movies.
Oh yes, VIP movie, put my feet up. Yeah you
usually I fall asleep. I do, but it's a great.
It's a great sleep and sleep counts the self care.
So someone who they don't know where to start again
(02:32):
the sun is coming out? Yeah, Well, do you have
any suggestions for someone starting their self care routine, like
what they could do.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I'm such a fan of like ambering yourself with like
and it doesn't have to be athing crazy expensive like
I love to do like face masks, bubble bats, some
salt light, a candle.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
You can do all those same time.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
So yeah, all those same time, exactly. I'm I'm also
like a fan of like wine, so I love the
good like hot chocolate or wine or something. And then like, yeah,
if I'll order in food, if I'm feeling like I
have enough energy, then I'll have a glass of wine
and I'll make lasagna. You know. Yeah, like those are
my that's my typical, like self care vibes, and watch
(03:10):
like a favorite like rom Com because rom coms are fun.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
What's what's your like? Go to rom Com on a
self care Bridesmaids. I love it is good, Okay, funny. Okay,
there's another one. This one's not a rom com. This
one's just rude but funny but super bad.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Yes, okay, I'm super bad. Yeah that's a good one.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, and what else? And then if not like wrong
qualm or like like funny movies. I love action movies,
so I could rewatch like Transformers like eighty times.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Like the O G Transformers. I love both.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Yes, yes, yes, yes, I love the whole series. So
even when they switched out the characters, I was like.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Oh, you're deep in it like that.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, I'm very much. I'm in the trenches with that one.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I've never I've never heard of anyone who's that deeper
with Transformers fans.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Oh my god, I love Transformers.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, so fun My like show for that would probably
be Girlfriends.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Oh god.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, unfortunately it's not on Netflix anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
No, they you've taken off and then put.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
It, yeah, disrespectful. So I'm like, I gotta find I
gotta find like a replacement for that. But that used
to be the go to. And then I recently, probably
like six months ago, Wet Sex and the City for
the first time. It's actually funny, better than I thought
it was going to be. It's still not Girlfriends. Girlfriends
is still you know, top to not to, but I
actually was surprised how good it was. I'm like, I
could see that being someone's like, you know, self care,
(04:24):
self Care show. It's funny, and the movies are decent too,
not watch the movie not as good as a show.
I think the first one is better than second one,
So I think you watched the first one. No spoilers,
but it's you know, it wraps up a lot of things,
so I think the first one is worth watching. But yeah,
I think if you haven't seen any of the shows
that we're talking about, any moves you're talking about, add
these to your self care like get into it.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yeah, these are are worth watching.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
I want to know what's on your vision board right now,
because you've had had a very successful last couple of
years and I'm feeling like you have you know, things
that you want to accomplish that are past you've done already. Yeah,
we're going to manifest on this show, we speak things
into existence. What are some of those things that you
have on a vision board that you want for yourself
in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 2 (05:09):
I would love, love, love to do performance at Coachella, Okay, okay,
I'd also love to win or not win, but like
get a plaque for my debut album. I think that'd
be awesome.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Okay, album plaque?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Yeah? And uh, and I guess for my album to
be nominated in some capacity, whether it be like in
Canada or in the US for like, you know, if
it's like the US, like an international you know, breakthrough
or something, or South Africa what I mean? Or South
Africa too, yes, out there, so yeah, I feel like
those those things would be dope.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
And to travel more, okay, any any place that you
want to go that you haven't been.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
South Africa's in my bucket list, okay, twenty five? And
where else? I would love to go to Greece, yeah,
just like a vacation.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, Greece is as on my list too. It's I
have a picture of Greece on my vision board. So
Greece is online.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
You know what's going to come true. I don't tell
you before I started any of this, I put a
photo of La Atlanta and New York on my twenty
twenty vision board. And that was before I was even
doing music. That was like went at the top of
the year. In twenty twenty, I was working as a
hostess at like a restaurant, and I put like a
passport everything. I didn't have a valid passport at the time.
(06:19):
I never traveled, and I put all three of those places.
And then twenty twenty one, I went to all three
of those places. So I feel like, you know, you
just got to just put it out there.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Well, you have to, that's the only way. Okay. I
hear that, because here's the thing. My mom went to
Italy and Greece last year. You know she got robbed.
Oh yeah, yeah, crime crimes were committed and I was
just like a bad omen like bad Jujuka. I still
want to go.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yeah, But I.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Never forget that call when she told me Adriel we
lost everything, yeah, And I felt really bad, And I'm like,
that's something like that. We don't think when we think
of Europe.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yeah, or traveling really like you know, it's like you
you kind of be extra cautious, so like for that
to happen, that's.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Like, No, it's horrible.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
And I feel like the off day were targeted because
her and my dad, like they're older, so I think
that that must have been a part of it. But
I thought of it because I recently watched Taken You talking.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
About actually yes, and I like that movie.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
Think about the fact that he told his daughter be careful.
So happened to you and then she ends up taken
got and I'm like, this is this is the movie
you gotta show your kids.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Just watch this.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Yeah, it's like your dad's always right, Like that's the
more of the story. Yes, when I rewatched it, I
said that wasn't the point of the movie, But now
I get it. It's like, listen to your pause.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
He went to find her too. He was not playing
my daughter.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Know, he killed half of half a friend.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
It was crazy.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
No, I couldn't believe, Like watching it back, and he's
old in the first one, so you're like, you're this
old killing.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Half the country.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
You got energy.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
No, he's a real one. I respect it. I want
to talk about some of your lyrics, because you have
some bars on the album that I don't want you
to name names. We don't need to get crazy. But
I think about imagine the person listening to this knowing
this is about them. That's what I always think of
when I hear some of your lyrics. I was like, damn,
if this is about you, you cannot play the song
(08:16):
now I'm a wolf.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
You start off by saying, you piss me off.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
You playing in my face now, don't pull me on
your way down, can't fool me anymore. Talk about that
because I don't want no one to say that to
me in real life period.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Yeah, I want it to be direct, you know what
I mean. Understatement of the year, literally just bearing my
soul and explaining, like listen, too many times I feel disrespected.
So it's like I'm not even dancing around it now
that I see what it is, what it is now,
and it's like you continuously lie. I'm just gonna say
(08:53):
what it is and you piss me off. That's how
I feel.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
It's like they got all the chances and now yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
It's like no more chances, absolutely, no more chances.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Yeah. I think it's starting off with like you playing
in my face. Now I thought of that show Temptation Island.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Oh my gosh. My brother was just showing me that show.
He's like, look at the show, and I'm like, first
of all, that's insane. I'm so sorry. I'm not going
on a TV show with my boyfriend or potential future fiance.
And then putting a random partner is like, that is crazy,
and then being like, please don't cheat.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
No, it's a lot like I didn't know it was
even like that. I didn't know what it's like.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
I'm like, this is insane, guys, I don't know if
I have to do that. That's a new level now that.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Is divorced on its own. We're even casting right now,
just this is the end of our relationship.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Let's just leave because we shouldn't have to do that
to figure out if we need to get married.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
And it's crazy because spoilers you guys haven't seen it,
but there's one couple that ends up actually getting married.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
They end up stronger, and the guy proposes.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
At the end of it. I shocked, so I'm like, wow,
like this is what they're looking for. There's another couple
where this guy has a threesome the six second or
third day there, and the girl takes him back and
I said, the ring bro.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
I said, I could not be metic.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
But I'm like, that is the energy is on that
show sometimes because they see what the other person does.
So it's very much like you're playing in my face
out there.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
But then it's like you guys aren't together anymore. It's
really interesting because I know this show is built basically
to make you feel those feelings of like I missed
my partner, how could you do this? And they show
you footage of your partner, But sometimes it's like misconstrued,
like it's actually story it's supposed to be. Yeah, so
it's pretty interesting.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I think that show should be sponsored by better help,
like not therapy. Come on, I'm strong behind that strong.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
I couldn't sit there and watch that. That would hurt
my heart.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
You have this other lyric on most wanted this one,
this one because you're kind of like popping your stuff
on this one. I like when you're when you're in
your bag and you're just like, I'm feeling myself, this
is what it is right now. I feel like you
do good at those.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Records, Like it's like, yeah, up yourself it's like, it's like,
I really feel that from you.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Sometimes I hate to call him out, but you know,
everyone talks about it not and they're like, we're not
talking about see things women and his songs.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
People say they don't believe it. They're like, na, these
girls don't like you.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
But it's like when you talk about hyping yourself up,
I'm like, I feel like this is really her. So
I really like those ones, and this one I think
is fitting for today. You said I most wanted Sun's
out getting hotter. You won't beg but you want to.
You want to see me up at the altar, take
you straight to Nirvana. I know that you're hoping for
more waitning for my heart's open door. Talk about that
(11:38):
because I like that. I like that part.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It's kind of like, you know when you can tell
that somebody's feeling you, but they're like trying to deny it,
but they're also playing into it. It's just like, listen,
Sun is out definitely hot, it's summer. What are we doing.
What are you trying to do?
Speaker 1 (11:51):
You're trying to keep their gangster up?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Yeah, like drop the ego, like just give in to
the moment. It's fine. You know what it's like, I'm
not You're right, it's literally hot, that's just like the vibe.
I don't know, so you know what it is. It's
too much like nonchalantness nowadays, like people don't want to
show emotions. I don't know why that's the thing now,
(12:14):
Like I'm somebody that very much like bears my soul,
Like I'm like very much like open, like and I'm
sad and I'm sad, I'm happy. I'm happy, there's no shame.
Speaker 3 (12:21):
I want to stand up for the nonchalant group because
I've been called nonchalant before, and I think that they
need to be seen as well currently I'm right now,
So I say, if you are one those nonchalant people,
you can change. You can change, you can still be
nonchalant to your core and then just step outside for
a second, switch it up.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
I think it's just I think people you know what
it is. It's probably just like a feeling of like
being scared of just embracing like who you actually are
to somebody, and then you can't understand that fear, like
you know, nobody wants to be judges. It's a fear
of judgment. But I feel like there's nothing wrong with
at least knowing that if you entered into a relationship
or you know, or started to like try to dive
(13:02):
into something that at least you tried and you like
showed your actual self and if that person really appreciates you,
they're going to accept you wholeheartedly as is. And if not,
then it's like, okay, then this is not for me.
But I have no shame in that.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
You know, Yeah, you only want someone who's gonna love all.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
The parts of you exactly, not feel like, oh I
gotta like act cool now and then show my emotions
that it it's like it's it's gonna be too much
of like a pile up of emotions all the time.
I think.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
I think we talked about it yesterday. Yeah, of like
on a first day, like do you eat with your hands?
And I said, I said, I that's only one har
said I do. I was like, I'll have some wings,
you know. And they're like, y'all worried about what stuff
getting in your beard? I said, I said, listen, if
something's in your beard, if food in the beard is
going to deter you, then we am.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Man think you like that's a been insane I'm not
going to be food politics, like I'm I need to eat.
I think I saw this some Oh no, there was
this TikTok. This girl ordered like I think she ordered sixty.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Oh yeah, something like that.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
The slurping thing. Oh, first of all, I can't do it.
Speaker 3 (14:03):
The texture looks crazy, is crazy.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
The texture looks hectic. But she ordered like sixty of
those and the guy I was like, I'm not paid
for that's totally got sixty is a bit insane.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
But also it's like, are you eating for the week, Like.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Like I don't understand.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
There was no rush, but like I feel like eating
with your hands because to me, you know what I
think works. I feel like the faster you get to
be yourself is the more successful this relationship is going
to be.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Yeah, exactly. And I feel like when two people are
just open and honest, I think that's why communication is
like super important honestly, and like I'm tying it back
to Wolf, I think it's just again, it's like me
communicating like I'm fed up with how you are treating
me in this situation. This is not what I envisioned
to be, like the person I'm visioned to be with
at this point, like, if you're going to keep lying,
(14:49):
it's like, what are we doing. I'm telling the truth,
I'm being honest, I'm opening up your hiding.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
But I think even communicating that is part of them,
because I think there's a lot of times when it's
like I might feel a way, but I'm not saying it.
So I'm just hoping and praying that you fix up,
you know, and I should probably say something yeah, but it's.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Like, yeah, maybe maybe listen grown. I just like, I
feel like I'm also somebody that just does not have
patience for.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Nonsense noted noted no patience.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
No, no patience.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Now I understand that because I feel like you you
said before, you've had some of those situations and you're like,
I'm not going back.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
I'm not going back to that. Yeah. I feel like
life is about obviously experience. You know, you're not You're
going to do everything once at least once, So it's
like you're going to experience like the heartbreaking and experience
the joy. But once you realize there's certain patterns, if
you want better for yourself, you're not going to try
to align with the same things. You're not trying to
waste time either life is you know, there's only some
amount of time.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yet there's this quote that I heard that it really
stuck with me, and I I hated how real it was,
and I said, there's most of this thing as dating up
or dating down. Whoever you're with at that moment is
where your energy is. And I hated that because the
person I was with that.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
You're making a reflect you know, I said, damn, You're like,
damn it.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
I'm vibrating low right now. But I really thought about
it because it's a lot of times you might be
with someone who's not right or whatever it is, and
you're kind of like, Okay, I gotta guy this, but
it's like you are part of the problem or accepting
that and you're okay, you know what, I'm accepting this.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
From now on totally. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
I think I think that's huge.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
My favorite song on the album, and that's my favorite song,
but one of my favorites is down Oh my god,
that's my favorite tip.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
All right, I'm on the right track, on the right track,
I said vocally, I'm so proud of myself and that song.
It's like, I haven't done anything like that yet, so
I'm just like oh, I can't wait for people to
hear Okay, okay, so talk us about because when I
heard it, that's the first song.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
That I played more than once right away because I
was kind of like, there's not something like this that
you have before. And I was like, I'm like, maybe
I'm not familiar. That's why I thought, like I'm not familiar.
Maybe you've done this before, but it felt different to
me on first listen. So talk about that.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Oh, man, like the chord progression, shout out Casey and Rex.
We're like the Caribbean trio. We also did Most Wanted together,
so they're behind that as well, which.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Is so cool because very different.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
And yeah, and so Rex was playing the guitar and
I was like, it'd be really cool if you gave
me like some like indie type chords, Like I don't
want like the regular type of progressions. I want something
a bit different. And so yeah, there's actually a video
I posted on Instagram when we made it the first
time round, and so you can see me like singing
into the melodies, and then that same day we cut
the song and I just love it, like I think
(17:33):
it's just a really good depiction of just how it
feels to kind of like want to be with somebody,
but they're also weighing you down. Yes, yeah, and it's
like they don't really see how like how it's affecting you,
and it's like you want to hold on, but it's
like you also were wondering, like I gotta let go
at some point because this is not helping me progress.
It's not helping me move forward, it's not helping me
(17:54):
think clear. I need clarity, you know. So, Yeah, the
whole song is just really about being just like feeling
really heavy and just feeling like this is not it,
but I don't know what to do.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
I feel like that energy is even in the chords
of the song, which is why I stood out so much,
as like you have the story being told like in
the actual production and in the lyrics, and I'm like,
this is some song that you can like feel heavy
listening to it. It's almost like I don't ever want
to relate to her, Like this is that record where
you're like, it's like what you're going through.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
I don't want your heart strings. So I'm glad it's doing.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
That, But that's what I felt. I said, I'm thank
God that I'm about this like God, that's over, Like no,
But I think that means that the song did well
because it really fit the emotion of like, oh, like
this is something we can feel.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
So nah, I like that one a lot. You said
that you.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
Knew that Hello was going to be a big song
right away. What about Hello made you feel like that?
Because I feel like that's almost a talent in itself
to know that about a song as it's being made.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
I don't know what it is, but I had the
same feeling yet with Hello and Bloom, and it was
just in the studio when I was making it, I
was like, this is gonna be.
Speaker 3 (19:01):
A big song.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
I just felt it, and.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
So like, I think it's maybe just in the chords.
The chords made me feel really good, and I feel
like when I'm really enjoying myself when I'm singing in
the studio, I started like smile so you can hear.
Speaker 3 (19:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
There's a difference when I'm cutting a song and I'm
like not smiling, and then when I'm smiling, I can
hear it. So I was like, oh, I'm smiling a
lot in this, Like I feel like this is gonna
make a song. And every time that like that half
the half part of the chorus, some things really happened
for the Veda, Like that part is so true. I
feel like there's so many experiences in life where I
(19:38):
was like, oh, this sucked that this didn't happen. But
then now when I look back, I'm like, I'm kind
of glad things didn't work out the way I thought
they would because something better usually is always around the
corner anyway, And like whatever's meant for me will never
miss me, So if it's not for me, that's okay,
you know. And I feel like that's song even vibrates
really high when people listen to it. They're like, this
(19:59):
song just reminds me that everything's going to be okay,
And that's exactly what I'm trying to relate to people.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
And I think the energy of the song feels true
because I think there's sometimes when the lyrics of a
song are actually true to what's going on. It's like
we're trying to we're trying to make this song, make
this song more than the actual feeling.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Is turning into the music exactly.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
There's so much energy in music, like in all the songs,
like whatever I'm singing about is like how exactly how
I'm like I'm feeling at the time, And so I
think that's also why people love this like relatability with
the music that I put out. It's like, oh, I
love this and I'm going through this, or maybe I
love this and I just love the energy it makes
me feel. And I feel like that's why artists are
doing such a good job. But like pulling at your
heart strings and making you emotional when you hear sad
(20:39):
songs or like Jenaeaiko very high vibrational, like she makes
stuff that makes you just feel like you're floating, and
I love that about music.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Yeah, it's like whatever you're saying, I can believe that
you feel that way. If you say you're pissed off,
I think you're pissed off. Yeah, So I understand and
Bloom I think too. Yes, I can understand you thinking
Bloom is going to be a big red way. And
I like hearing Bloom on the on the project now
because it's like you heard it myself, yeah for so long,
but you found the project still like it still pops,
(21:08):
And I was like, Okay, that's the true test of
like how the song stands. So I like kind of
how it is in the project. What are you most
proud of with this album.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
I'm really proud of my growth in terms of like lyricism,
really like being able to like connect and showcase like
exactly how I'm feeling in words, but also finding a
way to obviously still make it sound cool. Yes, I'm
really proud of like my vocal ability. The older that
I get, I'm finding my I'm able to do, like
(21:38):
do more cool things with my voice and like my
vocal layering and stuff like that, and like doing vocal
production in general. I just it makes me so excited
to get in the studio and like lay down some
harmonies and like think of like cool like ad libs
and floaty stuff like ads texture.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Yeah, so I'm really I'm really proud of that as well.
And I'm just proud of over'reall just growth, like being
able to like make new friends, collaborate with more people,
more songwriters, producers, engineers, like shout out all of these
people because like they're what also help you know what
I mean. Yeah, So I feel like it's just like
a mix of all these things. Is just being able
(22:14):
to just meet new people and create more don't music.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Snap for the growth snaps for the growth.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
We love that.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
We love that.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
And let's talk a little bit about the Junos. Cool, Okay,
it's not it's not your first rodeo. Okay, you've you've
been there before. For anyone who's unfamiliar with the Junos, like,
what would you kind of explain something like what that
experience was like for you when you went the first time,
Because it's not it's not your first time around no more,
so talk about what your first time was like and
what that meant to you.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
Going to Oh Wow, the first time was so much
fun because it was hosted in Toronto, so we actually
did have the flywear that was that was saving costs
there and we had so much fun. Though we stayed
at like the one hotel. It was so cool. I
got to meet Deborah Hawks, you get to just meet
everybody in the industry music as a vibe. Everybody's just
(23:03):
having a great time celebrating. And even though like that
year was nominated and I didn't, I was I don't know,
I didn't have that much freak that I was gonna
win that year too, because I saw it was up
against the weekends. I was like, you know what, even
if I don't get it. I started going from like oh,
and then I'm like, you know, now I think about it.
I might not, but that's okay, that's okay. I was
just happy to be there, Like my family was there,
(23:25):
the Sony team was there, Like we all had just
a great time. I feel like it's just a time
of like good energy. It's a good time to connect
to meet other fellow industry folk. Like if you're an
artist or a songwriter, it's good to connect with these people, producers,
other people who work in the labels, like you know
what I mean, like stuff like that. Like I think
it's a good time for you to network yourself and
just like get familiar with other faces. So that way,
(23:47):
it's like after this stuff, you can still connect with
them and like build those relationships with people.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Yeah, the one in Toronto I thought was very cool
because it was like after the pandemic.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Yeah, and it was hot too hot summer hell, but.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
It was like seeing people who you had only emailed with,
like that was such a fun experience.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Yeah, the zoom Era I will not go back.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
And there were so many people who it's like, by
the time they tell me their name, I'm like, we're
we've been talking and we've been talking before this, and
then the people who you had hadn't seen before in
a long time. But I think the community that's like,
it feels like the moment in Canada where the music
community is the biggest. It's like you see everyone, everyone's
hanging out, yeah, and you see people are like, I
(24:30):
didn't expect to see you.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Here, but yeah. And then there's some people that may
recognize you that you haven't even met. Yeah, and you're
like and they're like, oh, you're who does You're the
one that does.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Those are the crazy moments when someone's like you and.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
I'm like, it puts into perspective though, how far your
stuff reaches people.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
So have you met anyone who you thought they were cool?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
And that kind of made you want to listen to
their music more like you didn't know them really, but
then you met them and you're like, you know what,
I want to check them out and see what they're about,
you know what.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
It's more so actually, you know, like there's like a
voting process that so it's more so I like to
sit down and like look at all like the nominees
and I actually take some time and listen and like
take in new new music. So it's more like that. Honestly,
how I discover more people around in Toronto. I can't lie.
I don't think I've met somebody and been like, oh,
let me go dive into their stuff more. I think
(25:20):
I probably maybe I've been familiar with their stuff. Yeah,
they've already been listening to be honest, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Yeah, I think the fact that Juno's added that for
the voting actually helps because I remember my first year
of voting and seeing some some categories I know one artist, yeah,
and I'm here like.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Yeah, but I want to be fair, That's why. So
I'm really glad they added that in there.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Yeah, because it's like I would, I would do the
work of like trying to go and find their stuff.
But I'm like, i's the wrong song, like you know
what I mean, You know what I mean. But I
like that they added that because it's the time to
kind of like learn about.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Artists before in all categories. So I'm like, you song
is a cool rock so yeah, yeah, nope, pop truck,
like you know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Yeah, And I feel like over the past few years
they've been getting it right way more often of terms
of who's been nominated and the songs they've been nominated for.
So big the juno, Yeah, big, big shout.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
To the judnos. Okay, so I want to hear about
what your plans are for the future.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Okay. Now, when everyone gets one hundred million dollars, they
get an exotic animal. Okay, Okay, I don't make the rules.
This is how it goes down. Michael Jackson with his monkey,
Justin Bieber with his monkey. I hit a monkey with
Mike Tyson with his tiger.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
So one hundred million dollars somehow equals getting an animal
in your life. Way, So when you get to a
hundred million dollars, okay, what animal you're bringing into your life?
Speaker 2 (26:40):
Oh my god? This is all happy? That agal because
I would not do that, but I'll tell you Panda.
I've loved pandas. There you're just so like, I don't
know if I should do that. That's yeah, I love pandas,
so I don't know. I just picked that. Animals like
my favorite animal as a kid, and I've just loved that.
Speaker 3 (26:56):
The results, No, Panda and penguinally cute. Yeah, Chris has
anyone said Panda before. I don't think so right, No, yeah, okay,
so the first Wow, I actually like that.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Again, that would be a lot to kind of have
that in the crib.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
Yeah, they gotta have their own kind of guest houses
for the.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
Definitely have to have a separate guess house. Yeah, so
they can just chill you bamboo.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
Yeah, And I think to when choosing the exotic animals,
some of these people are choosing animals that are vicious.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
You know, choosing a snake, so say, I forget to
feed it, choking me?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Come on, like people, a lot of people have chosen black panther,
people chosen elephants.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
Oh my gosh. You know what actually is friendly ish
because like lions and lions are part of like the
cat family. Yeah, so like some people have found a
way to befriend like lions and lionesses or whatever. And
like I'm like, I mean, sure, and it'll part like
a giant cat. But I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
I watched Tiger King.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I'm the same. I'm cool. Yeah, I'm cool. When when
the tiger bit off that woman's arm and she came
back to.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Work, what I was like, Okay, maybe I missed. I
was like, no, that's toxic.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (28:09):
One of the workers, yeah, bit off her arms. She
came back to work. I was like, that's toxic. This
is like when your ex is doing you dirty and
you stay around, like, oh my god, I would have
quit the whole business, the whole industry. Yes, like no,
so I can't do it. And I think personally, like
my family's Jamaican. Being in Jamaica, you see a different
side of like how animals a quote unquote treated. I'm
(28:30):
saying it's like animal cruelty. But but it's not like
here where the dog the dogs have a north face jacket. Yeah,
cat sleep outside.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
They will sleep on the verandah.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
Yeah no the cat don't even have a name. This
cat is nameless sleeping outside. It's like in Canada, the
dog got us oone drip, they got a chain on.
Speaker 1 (28:49):
They were a.
Speaker 3 (28:50):
Nike A puppy.
Speaker 2 (28:51):
Because I'm definitely doing that with my dog. Yeah, it's
gonna wear like a little cold.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
My brother got a dog. It's a little Chiuahua and
it has like a north face jacket. And I'm just
like I can't. I'm like it's gonna be me man
Like I was like, i's dumb as I feel like
it is. I know that it's going to be me
because my dog can be out.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Here dripless exactly like if you're stepping pop's got a
step two like friends, you gotta you know, match my fly.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
Yeah, and we can't be at the dog park and
you've got the worst drink strip.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
Yeah, don't run around here making me look crazy like
you're not fed and housed in front of company. You know.
You know what's funny. My cousin has two huskies, and
every time when I'm on FaceTime with him and he's
walking his dogs, he's like, and Sega, he spicks up.
You guys are embrassing man Jamaica. I don't know what's
going on, but I'll be like over there, He's like, yeah,
(29:40):
they just try to acting crazy. I'm like, oh.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
God, I'm like I can't.
Speaker 3 (29:44):
And that's the funny part because I feel like, again,
like I have a cousin who he's bored jamin and
raised in Jamaica and has a dog now, and I'm like,
you're disappointing your whole entire lineage because you know that's
not how they get doc Jamaica. But he loves his dog,
gets the whole different lives.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
On the bed. My puppy sat my friend's dog before
and I let her see what.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
I'm definitely a dog personal for a cat person, yeah
for sure.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
I like both. But I'm scared. I want to get
a cat, but I'm so scared that it's going to
scratch my couch. I love my couch more.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I can't lie I cat.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
I would have got a cat.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
I cast that from my friend maybe in December.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
And that cat is mischievously and it was not allowed
in the bedroom, Ashley, don't even watch this. It's not
allowed in the bedroom. The first night I wake up,
the cat is above me like this, Oh my gosh,
just standing there.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Oh my god, I said, take a picture.
Speaker 1 (30:34):
Like and that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
It's mischievous because say I would like go to the
washroom and leave the door cracked.
Speaker 4 (30:40):
It would push through the door and then hide right away,
Oh my god.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
And it would go in the door and hide in
the closet and it's like it's in a bin. I'm like,
this is not Scooby Doo hide and seek, like, So
cats can't be trusted, I think obviously, oh my god.
And then when cats and dogs are together, the cats
always terrorized and.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
So like sometimes actually get along.
Speaker 3 (31:00):
I see the tiktoks they are, but the power dynamic
this feels uneasy to me, Like you know how the
cats always run things and the dog is always cowering
in fear.
Speaker 2 (31:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
I'm like, that doesn't feel right to me, Like you know, so, yeah,
so I love cats, but I just.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Don't know about the mix. I don't know about the mix.
Speaker 2 (31:18):
That's fair, that's fair.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
So where are you at with the ice cream?
Speaker 1 (31:21):
I see a big puddle, guys, Like.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
I'm so sorry, Eva, I love y'all. I just the
ice cream is a lot, and I just really slow.
You were lying you were caramel bits in it too?
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Yeah, No, it's like real apple pie in there, honestly.
Speaker 2 (31:39):
Oh yeah yeah, because I'm tasting like the oatmeal. Yeah,
I know, a lot of notes, A lot of notes.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
Okay, okay, food blogger, we will be be I'm screaming.
So we had the segment on the radio show called
Wednesday Wisdom. We asked for a motivational quote or saying
either you remind yourself of or the people around you. So,
what's that quote for you that's kind of always running
through your mind.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
Oh my gosh. Yeah, my grandma always tells me that
the sky is the limit. She's like, you can do
anything that you put your mind to. And she's like,
I remember, the sky is the limit. I was like, yes, Grandma. Literally,
my grandma talks all this vibrado and her voice. I
love her so much, Grandma to leave it. Yeah, but yeah,
she always tells me that, and she's instilled that in
me since I was younger, and even more so now
(32:25):
because she knows I do this music stuff. So she's
always like, I'm so proud of you. She's like, keep going.
I think I facetimes her when I was on tour
as well for her birthday and she reminded me, like,
remember to pray, and the sky is the limit and
you could do anything to pray, right.
Speaker 3 (32:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
They always they always tell you that all the elders pray.
Did you pray? And I'm like, oh my gosh, okay,
I will pray.
Speaker 3 (32:45):
There's that even going around, like if your elders see
you post on Facebook before, they tell you look good
to tell you to pray. Yeah, girl, you look good.
Give your life to.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
God, You're like, okay, let me just turn off at R.
Speaker 3 (33:01):
Know it's same for me, Like literally anything I do
when you come and trust to preach, I said never.
Speaker 2 (33:07):
You.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Might not do beat No, I'm like absolutely not, absolutely not.
I want to thank everyone for joining us this episode
of The Cool Table. If you guys want to hear
the radio show live, you can hear every Wednesday at
eleven am Met Radio dot C A c J t
M in Toronto. Find us on Instagram at the Cool Table,
live on YouTube at the Cool Table. And until next time,
know yourself. Know you're worth
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