March 31, 2023 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Preble on with Mario Lopez. Mario Lopez joining me now
in studio Nico Gabriel Andres Alejandro Ezra. It is Manula,
welcome to show. Guys. How are you am? I think
we're having us love that you guys are here. It's
been such a fun week. We were just hanging out
at the iHeart Awards. But the buzz is real right now?
(00:22):
Two million views growing on YouTube? How's it feel to
get all three million views? Actually three million views and
growing on YouTube? How's it feel to get all this attention?
We'll start with you, Nigo. It feels amazing. I've never
thought that we would have gone this big in such
a short amount of time. It's crazy. It's crazy, It's crazy. Okay, well,
(00:46):
you know I feel very excited for um, you know,
for everything in general. And it's also more like a
learning experience. So yeah, amazing, amazing. Now when you when
you all heard about this uh talent search, this audition,
did you want an audition right away? Did? Did? It
takes them convincing? Like? Um? So, my mom signed me
(01:07):
up for this audition, and I go through a lot
of I used to go through a lot of auditions,
so I just thought it was another audition, but then
I got a callback, then another callback on a zoom
and then here I am and here we are. You know,
my family has like a history of manula because my
mom used to go like under the fences just to
watch a second generation of manula. Oh wow. So yeah,
(01:28):
she used to go, like my godmother every single time
to the concerts just to watch her minula. Um more
than anything, like how extra said, it was like just
like any other audition, but it took like a little
bit of convincing, but it was you know, it was
worth it. Yeah. Um. We thought it was just like
another um like like less like, oh, it was gonna
(01:51):
be likes like some musical or something like that. And
we did some research team we found out it was
oh it was actually like actually very big. It's very big. Yeah,
we did it. We did it. My one she likes
she likes too Familia to Egos and and what's been
(02:36):
your favorite moment since the band came together. My favorite
moment is just when we get on stage. It's just
an incredible feeling that we're about to perform, We're about
to sing what we've been working on for the past
like two three four months, and it's just an amazing
feeling the first time you feel it, it's just so good. Um,
(02:58):
i'd say, man, the bo assume you know people that
go you go around with and I say, like, like,
we went to like New York to do the shows,
I met a lot of people, went to Whenion back
in Miami, our home basically, and now we're here. We
made to our radio shows. I met one of my
favorite artists, Pink Panthers, and awesome, great you know, um
(03:21):
just building this from the ground up and adapting too,
like a whole new environment for me and I think
for everyone it was like just such you know, it
was just so much fun. Did you have a favorite moment?
Ezra a live GMA iHeart which one? Yeah? Oh, it's
not even any of the performances as much. For me,
I loved recording the music and learning because I love
(03:41):
learning the stuff because it also has I can put
some stuff in my arsenal so I can learn some
stuff so for for the future, so I get to
like know more stuff. Yes, exactly, exactly. So who are
some of your favorite singers? Let's let's get to know
you guys just a little bit. Who are some people
that you you really look up to, that you like,
I really look up to Michael Jackson. He is an
(04:02):
amazing singer The Weekend and um, Steven Tyler okay. Um.
For me, it would be like Pink Panthers and uh,
let's leave it there, he's gonna take the less gone.
What I mean? Miguel okay, Um, Harry Styles, Charlie Pool,
(04:24):
one named Khalid, and then you know, I recently started
getting like into Silk Sonic, so yeah, good taste. My
top favorites are Bruno Mars and AJR because I just
love their singing style and they're so passionate behind their music.
And what about TV shows? What? What TV shows do
you like to watch right now? I just like to
watch I don't know. I would say Friends. I guess no,
(04:48):
it's a fun show. He's not watching nor he's not working. Okay,
it's no word, he's not watching. If you guys didn't know,
that was me, Motor, you can what TV shows you guys?
For me, it would be like between Community, Um, Atlanta,
(05:12):
are you got to meet Joe mckill last night? And
Chilly So funny? Community? That's right, and probably been Gallion Okay,
I'm gonna be completely honest. I don't watch anything of
TV really nothing. I don't watch movies, I don't watch series.
Now why is that? It's just my attention spans like
very short, and I just get bored very quickly. I
just need something like that keeps me past. You know, So,
are you're on your phone? Are you watching YouTube? Mostly
(05:33):
on my phone? You're watching YouTube. It's just it's just
a short attention span. Yeah, yeah, I get it. As
are you watching anything? I like watching older shows. So coincidentally,
this morning, I was just watching Saved by the Bell.
There we go, right, that's not that old players. I
was like, on it was like season three. Okay, okay,
(05:55):
I like that. I like that. Um who who likes
to dance the most? Who's who? Would you say? Was? Yeah,
I don't love dancing, but that's probably And and how
would you like differentiate your singing styles? Like how how
would you describe them different? Good question? Um, I would say, well,
extras more like pop and more commercial. I would say, um,
(06:16):
Nicholas is more like rock in a way. I say mine,
it's more like more like indie pop, and okay, I
like and then for me it's more like pop. I um,
I also really like classical music. So yeah like with oven. Okay,
god no no no, the debut single is me. I'm
(06:37):
wanted lots of clips on on TikTok too. Have you
seen any that you like? Oh I don't. I don't
use TikTok. You don't get TikTok. You have a short
extension pain, but you don't use me tell you. It's
just I had like ten hours um in TikTok every
single day, so I just had to like un install
at one point because it just got too serious. It
just really affected me, and I honestly and I honestly
really I would recommend more hours, but like it took.
(07:02):
It was the TikTok. Okay, they're busy right now. Doesn't
have time for that. Very good? So is there by
the way, just you know, I got you guys tickets
for Universal today actually ticket wait wait, said that we
(07:24):
weren't They said that we weren't going to be able
to go. They said it was full. Oh I know,
I got you. I got you the tickets. So whether
your mom and whether your mom's let you go, that's
on them. But I got you the ticket. Hey, but
you gotta do it, but you gotta you gotta perform
and do a really good job on my show. Were
well fair enough. I am very I am very super
(07:49):
nintend World. I used to live here, so I've been
to a Universal lot. I've been to Harry Potter, but
I moved to Florida and I haven't been a super
Mario World yet. So I've been trying to go so
much and like uh, producer said that we weren't gonna
be able to go today on this trip. So this
is just a really nice surprise for me. Okay, you
got it, so I, like I said, I got your tickets.
I'm not gonna speak for your mom's so it's up
(08:11):
to them. Meanwhile, listen to me. I'm on iHeartRadio or
wherever you get your new music. Guys, thanks for hanging
out today, right Thanks having us than with Mario Lopez.
Preble on with Mario Lopez. Mario Lopez joining me now
in studio Nico Gabriel Andres Alejandro Ezra. It is Manula,
welcome to show. Guys. How are you am? I think
we're having us love that you guys are here. It's
been such a fun week. We were just hanging out
at the iHeart Awards. But the buzz is real right now?
(00:22):
Two million views growing on YouTube? How's it feel to
get all three million views? Actually three million views and
growing on YouTube? How's it feel to get all this attention?
We'll start with you, Nigo. It feels amazing. I've never
thought that we would have gone this big in such
a short amount of time. It's crazy. It's crazy, It's crazy. Okay, well,
(00:46):
you know I feel very excited for um, you know,
for everything in general. And it's also more like a
learning experience. So yeah, amazing, amazing. Now when you when
you all heard about this uh talent search, this audition,
did you want an audition right away? Did? Did? It
takes them convincing? Like? Um? So, my mom signed me
(01:07):
up for this audition, and I go through a lot
of I used to go through a lot of auditions,
so I just thought it was another audition, but then
I got a callback, then another callback on a zoom
and then here I am and here we are. You know,
my family has like a history of manula because my
mom used to go like under the fences just to
watch a second generation of manula. Oh wow. So yeah,
(01:28):
she used to go, like my godmother every single time
to the concerts just to watch her minula. Um more
than anything, like how extra said, it was like just
like any other audition, but it took like a little
bit of convincing, but it was you know, it was
worth it. Yeah. Um. We thought it was just like
another um like like less like, oh, it was gonna
(01:51):
be likes like some musical or something like that. And
we did some research team we found out it was
oh it was actually like actually very big. It's very big. Yeah,
we did it. We did it. My one she likes
she likes too Familia to Egos and and what's been
(02:36):
your favorite moment since the band came together. My favorite
moment is just when we get on stage. It's just
an incredible feeling that we're about to perform, We're about
to sing what we've been working on for the past
like two three four months, and it's just an amazing
feeling the first time you feel it, it's just so good. Um,
(02:58):
i'd say, man, the bo assume you know people that
go you go around with and I say, like, like,
we went to like New York to do the shows,
I met a lot of people, went to Whenion back
in Miami, our home basically, and now we're here. We
made to our radio shows. I met one of my
favorite artists, Pink Panthers, and awesome, great you know, um
(03:21):
just building this from the ground up and adapting too,
like a whole new environment for me and I think
for everyone it was like just such you know, it
was just so much fun. Did you have a favorite moment?
Ezra a live GMA iHeart which one? Yeah? Oh, it's
not even any of the performances as much. For me,
I loved recording the music and learning because I love
(03:41):
learning the stuff because it also has I can put
some stuff in my arsenal so I can learn some
stuff so for for the future, so I get to
like know more stuff. Yes, exactly, exactly. So who are
some of your favorite singers? Let's let's get to know
you guys just a little bit. Who are some people
that you you really look up to, that you like,
I really look up to Michael Jackson. He is an
(04:02):
amazing singer The Weekend and um, Steven Tyler okay. Um.
For me, it would be like Pink Panthers and uh,
let's leave it there, he's gonna take the less gone.
What I mean? Miguel okay, Um, Harry Styles, Charlie Pool,
(04:24):
one named Khalid, and then you know, I recently started
getting like into Silk Sonic, so yeah, good taste. My
top favorites are Bruno Mars and AJR because I just
love their singing style and they're so passionate behind their music.
And what about TV shows? What? What TV shows do
you like to watch right now? I just like to
watch I don't know. I would say Friends. I guess no,
(04:48):
it's a fun show. He's not watching nor he's not working. Okay,
it's no word, he's not watching. If you guys didn't know,
that was me, Motor, you can what TV shows you guys?
For me, it would be like between Community, Um, Atlanta,
(05:12):
are you got to meet Joe mckill last night? And
Chilly So funny? Community? That's right, and probably been Gallion Okay,
I'm gonna be completely honest. I don't watch anything of
TV really nothing. I don't watch movies, I don't watch series.
Now why is that? It's just my attention spans like
very short, and I just get bored very quickly. I
just need something like that keeps me past. You know, So,
are you're on your phone? Are you watching YouTube? Mostly
(05:33):
on my phone? You're watching YouTube. It's just it's just
a short attention span. Yeah, yeah, I get it. As
are you watching anything? I like watching older shows. So coincidentally,
this morning, I was just watching Saved by the Bell.
There we go, right, that's not that old players. I
was like, on it was like season three. Okay, okay,
(05:55):
I like that. I like that. Um who who likes
to dance the most? Who's who? Would you say? Was? Yeah,
I don't love dancing, but that's probably And and how
would you like differentiate your singing styles? Like how how
would you describe them different? Good question? Um, I would say, well,
extras more like pop and more commercial. I would say, um,
(06:16):
Nicholas is more like rock in a way. I say mine,
it's more like more like indie pop, and okay, I
like and then for me it's more like pop. I um,
I also really like classical music. So yeah like with oven. Okay,
god no no no, the debut single is me. I'm
(06:37):
wanted lots of clips on on TikTok too. Have you
seen any that you like? Oh I don't. I don't
use TikTok. You don't get TikTok. You have a short
extension pain, but you don't use me tell you. It's
just I had like ten hours um in TikTok every
single day, so I just had to like un install
at one point because it just got too serious. It
just really affected me, and I honestly and I honestly
really I would recommend more hours, but like it took.
(07:02):
It was the TikTok. Okay, they're busy right now. Doesn't
have time for that. Very good? So is there by
the way, just you know, I got you guys tickets
for Universal today actually ticket wait wait, said that we
(07:24):
weren't They said that we weren't going to be able
to go. They said it was full. Oh I know,
I got you. I got you the tickets. So whether
your mom and whether your mom's let you go, that's
on them. But I got you the ticket. Hey, but
you gotta do it, but you gotta you gotta perform
and do a really good job on my show. Were
well fair enough. I am very I am very super
(07:49):
nintend World. I used to live here, so I've been
to a Universal lot. I've been to Harry Potter, but
I moved to Florida and I haven't been a super
Mario World yet. So I've been trying to go so
much and like uh, producer said that we weren't gonna
be able to go today on this trip. So this
is just a really nice surprise for me. Okay, you
got it, so I, like I said, I got your tickets.
I'm not gonna speak for your mom's so it's up
(08:11):
to them. Meanwhile, listen to me. I'm on iHeartRadio or
wherever you get your new music. Guys, thanks for hanging
out today, right Thanks having us than with Mario Lopez.
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Mario Lopez
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