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Give that young lady a round of
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applause.
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Wow. Nina Simone [applause]
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on American Idol.
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Tell you about a story of a young lady
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by way of Maryland.
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Come from a musical family. Heather B,
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>> right?
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>> Whole family is gifted.
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>> People done played in the church, band,
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sang in the choir. They done done it
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all.
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>> They done it all.
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>> She couldn't help herself. She was
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raised around gospel and soul music. I
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already know the story, right?
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[laughter]
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>> Used to wake up on Saturdays with that
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pork frying on the skillet. Why it got
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to be pork? [laughter]
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>> We ain't even eat that pork though.
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>> Y didn't eat the pork. Told you. Why?
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Why it had to be pork? [laughter]
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>> Pork made the scene sound better, right?
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You can smell it, right?
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>> You do chicken.
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>> Okay. Y'all did chicken. Okay. They wake
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up on that Saturday morning [laughter]
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to the smell of that fried chicken.
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>> Yeah.
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>> With some just gritty soul or gospel
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playing in the background.
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>> Sure.
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>> Right. Sure.
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>> Go to bed at night, your parents
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partying in the house, you falling
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asleep to some good old music. Right.
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>> And then you absorb all that music and
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it starts to inform you and then you
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realize you can sing. Ladies and
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gentlemen, Gabby Simone is here. She's
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greatness already destined.
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She's success in living form.
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>> Yeah,
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>> she shows so so much range on American
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Idol. I was happy to say yes. She's
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available. Let's bring her on the show.
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Welcome to Sway in the Morning with
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Heather B and Tracy G. Gabby. Give it up
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for Gabby Simone.
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[cheering]
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>> Thank you.
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>> You know what I like about you is we
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bumped into you in the hallway
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>> and you are yourself any room you go
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into. Huh.
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>> Thank you. I'm I try to be.
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>> Yeah. I try to be, you know, I can't be
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nobody else but myself.
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>> So, I I definitely try to come in,
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>> you know, with just like a a genuine
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spirit, you know, cuz
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>> everybody's fake, you know, this is LA
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sometimes is a lot of fake energy and
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and um I'm not from from around here,
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you know, and we Baltimore, you know, we
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real raw and authentic. So, I just try
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to bring that everywhere, you know what
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I mean?
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>> Absolutely. No, that's a good quality to
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have. I ain't from around here neither,
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so I get it. Oh, [laughter] they they
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faking Baltimore, too, though.
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>> Wow.
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>> Don't get you a You ain't been on in the
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right parts.
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>> Well, okay. What's the right parts of
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Baltimore?
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>> My parts is the right part.
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>> What [laughter] part of what part of
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Baltimore?
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>> I'm from uh West Baltimore.
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>> West Baltimore. Went to school, raised
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the whole nine.
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>> Uh what kind of um But what is your
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musical journey like? How did you know
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you wanted to sing?
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>> I mean, like you said, I I grew up in a
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musical family. My dad is a singer. I
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say this all the time, but he's my
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favorite singer. If if if if anybody has
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heard him before, they would say like
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his voice is just super clear and crisp
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and clear. And um he's a pastor, too.
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So, you just feel everything, you know,
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he he sings. So, my dad definitely
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inspired me to sing. My brothers and my
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sisters, they sing. And um I just always
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I thought it was a normal thing. I
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thought everybody could sing. You know,
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you grow up in church, anybody can be on
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a choir, everybody doing praise and
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worship, everybody just out here
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singing. So, I'm like, "Oh, everybody
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could do this." until you know I get out
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in the world and it's just a little
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tonedeaf some tonedeaf people out
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[laughter] there.
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>> What do you mean?
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>> That ain't cool. Heather Gabby
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[laughter] just met us.
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>> I read a little note earlier. You got a
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little something.
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>> There you go. Gabby,
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>> she said it in the church way so you
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wouldn't feel bad so you could
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[laughter] come back on Sunday.
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>> No, you can be in the back of the the
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the choir row. You know back [laughter]
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but that's my role. Like Heather will
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tell you all the various people I've
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sang background for.
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>> Wow. Cynthia and Revo came here.
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>> Wow.
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>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Look at your eyes now.
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Like Okay. [laughter]
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>> Yeah. Yeah. That was Cynthia. Yes.
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>> No. I got here myself.
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>> Okay. Melanie. Fiona.
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>> Okay.
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>> Okay. Look at that. Look at
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>> You didn't do good with Melanie though.
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>> You Cynthia, you did good. She could
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pull that up. I just want her to know
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the truth while she
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>> torch. Pull up Cynthia.
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>> You see, you went straight to Cynthia.
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>> I need your resume. Like, [laughter]
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>> you need my resume.
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>> I need video proof though.
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You need video proof. We got that torch
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[laughter] to store here.
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>> Yeah, it's torch. I'm looking now.
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>> Okay. I like that. I like that. I I like
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that, Gabby. Fortunately, I saw your
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video proof, right, [laughter]
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which is which was incredible. The my
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all challenge. Um that really catapulted
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you, right? Would you say?
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>> Yeah. You know, that was actually one of
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the videos. But um before that I did um
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during 2022 like the pandemic during the
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pandemic um right before 2020 sorry
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right before I graduated high school um
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I I went viral off of a video that um
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they have the range was doing a
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challenge
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>> and you know the challenges was big
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during that time during the pandemic.
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Everybody on their phones everybody
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locked in the house. Yeah. So I did um
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song Missy Elliot challenge and I did uh
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Aaliyah Care for You.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And it went crazy. I was about 17, 18
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and I went from 3,000 followers to like
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30,000 followers in a week. And that was
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really my start. That that's when I
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knew, okay, this is this is real. I
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could I could do this as a career. Like
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people are watching. I could I could do
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this. I have, you know, a few fans now.
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So, um, and they have the range, you
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know, he was just always doing
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challenges. I started to do more
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challenges. And, um, my Mariah Carey,
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she posted it on her story. she reposted
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it and stuff like that. And um yeah, I
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just think social media is just like a
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big deal now. And you know, pushing
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yourself on there, especially back in
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2020, which is a big big deal.
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>> The Mariah is gigantic. Like the
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obviously um Miss Ellia Aaliyah, of
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course, you know, you said that
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catapulted you for sure. That's your But
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Mariah in particular because she's
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tough. She doesn't like people singing
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her songs. She's notoriously unhappy
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anytime she sees somebody singing her
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songs. No, she like leave my songs
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alone.
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>> Absolutely. And so for her to do that,
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you had to have had that feeling inside
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like maybe I'm on to something. But
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coming from a family with people in
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church and your dad being a pastor, um
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you know, we hear these stories all the
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time. You know, don't go this route, go
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this route. You you sing for the Lord
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and I understand that as well. But did
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you have the support of your family?
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Absolutely.
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>> That's dope.
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>> My parents are extremely So, first of
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all, I'm the youngest of eight.
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>> So, yes. Wow. So, they done they done
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been through it all with my siblings and
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you know, they done they they went
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through the strict church, the not
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wearing um pants and all of that. Like
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my si my sisters, my older sisters, they
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didn't wear pants and stuff. We
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Sabbathke keepers, no pork, no going out
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after 8, you know, on Friday when the
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sun come down, you know, like we they
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went through all of that. But by the
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time, you know, I came up and my my
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brothers, you know, who are around
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closer to my age, they were, you know,
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less strict.
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>> Got it.
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>> And they they understood, they learned
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from their mistakes. And that's why I
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love my parents so much. They they
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understood, you know, what happened with
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my older siblings and they never ever
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treated us that way.
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>> So when I went when I wanted to do R&B,
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um, which I always told them, you know,
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I probably won't be singing gospel,
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honestly. I feel like I can reach more
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people, you know. I feel like I can just
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reach more people like everything in the
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church, you know. I I just don't want to
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stay in one place, you know? I don't
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want to stay in a church. I feel like
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it's so many more souls to reach, you
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know, than people in the church. And my
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family, they understood. My my parents,
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they always support me. They I have a
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little some runchy songs that I let my
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parents listen to. And my father, the
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most song, my father loves the most
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runchiest song that I have. [laughter]
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Like, you know, my manager, he knows my
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father is always going off. People be
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like, "Where's that one song? When you
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putting that out?" I'm like, "Dad, I
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don't even know why you're [laughter]
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even listening to this. You wasn't even
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supposed to be listening to this." But
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no, they they're extremely supportive.
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My siblings, I love them. I couldn't ask
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for a better, more supportive family.
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>> This is the first time in a long time
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we've watched American Idol and and I
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would have to say because of you and
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Kobe, you know, we we we watch. It's
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just something, you know, after a while
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you feel like you know the formula, you
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stay out of it. But I think this year's
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group of talent was worth watching. So
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congratulations and it's good to see you
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come out on this side of it and have
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music out and whatnot. It was great.
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Really dope. Really dope.
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>> Gabby Simone.
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>> Really good season.
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>> Yeah, it was good. It was a great
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season. And even behind the scenes,
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everybody, we were all friends. We were
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>> Wasn't that Wasn't that competitive
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feeling going on?
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>> It felt like you felt like a group of
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people who wanted the same thing. Like
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we were just we we were competing. We
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knew somebody had to win. We knew people
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were getting eliminated, but it was more
8:53
more fun than than anything.
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>> Good, good, good.
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>> Yeah, man. Um, I'm gonna let I want to
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let Tracy and and Mike Muse jump in, but
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before we do that,
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>> I think Gabby Simone is here. She got a
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new single. It's called Complicated.
9:05
Working on her new album as well. We'll
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run that back again to torch in a
9:09
minute. You can follow her at Gab BB Ys
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A M O N E. I think it's important that
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us singers really stay encouraging to
9:16
each other and just inspire each other
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as singers. And so I just wanted to play
9:21
you my clip of me backgrounding with
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Cynthia and Revo. You [laughter] you
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ready for this? Okay. You said you need
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video proof. I need to put both of
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these.
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>> Okay. Okay. Watch that video. Go ahead.
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>> I tried to hit it a few times this
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morning.
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>> Can I hear it?
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[screaming]
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>> S. That's actually amazing.
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And you like, "Okay, turn Cynthia down."
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What' you say, Gabby? Cuz she Gabby
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looked scared to me. She felt like it
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was Friday the 13th.
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>> I mean, cuz the way you was gassing it,
9:52
I thought it was about to be a little a
9:53
little crazy, you know, a little better
9:55
than than that. But, you know,
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[laughter] but you know, I think your
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your heart was there. Your you were very
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intentional with with where you wanted
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to place it
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>> and and everything. It was it was all
10:07
right. It was all right with Cynthia. I
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don't know. It wasn't all right with me.
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Show Melanie now. Show Melanie for
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myself. [laughter]
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>> All is not well in her soul after she
10:18
heard that. [laughter]
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[screaming]
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>> That's how it really sound.
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[laughter]
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>> That's actually amazing.
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>> They need that as a sound. That's a
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sound. [laughter] They need that.
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>> Y'all need to upload that now.
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>> That's a sound. That's That's when you
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jump [laughter] out.
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>> A little VBR at the end.
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>> There you go. All right.
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>> That's when you jump. She said when you
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jump out. [crying]
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>> Well, listen. Listen.
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>> That's when you jump out the bed in the
10:52
morning and twist your ankle. [laughter]
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>> That sound effect.
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>> All right, Gabby.
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>> Like, [ __ ] I'm 40.
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[laughter]
11:00
>> Right.
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>> I'm not sure how I'm receiving this
11:05
right now. He was a guest on my show. I
11:07
don't know. [laughter]
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>> That 40y old ankle
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>> horse. I don't know what to take.
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[laughter] It got the American
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>> that thick ankle sound.
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>> All right.
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>> Thank you. Thank you. With Cynthia, I
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notice how you specified.
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>> So, Melanie. [laughter]
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>> All right. Torch. You got Melanie.
11:24
Whatever. But while he does that, Tracy,
11:26
you want to jump in?
11:28
>> Yes, Kev. It's so good to have you. I'm
11:31
wondering when I think about American
11:32
Idol like it's interesting because
11:34
American Idol
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>> it it compresses like years of artistic
11:38
growth into just a few weeks that we see
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and edited weeks that we see as an
11:44
audience. What part of yourself do you
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feel like we the viewers did not get to
11:50
see that you wish we had? M
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honestly, this side of me, I think the
11:56
the one who loves to laugh, who's
11:59
comfortable, who who who who just chill,
12:02
who who likes to geek with with people,
12:04
you know. Um I feel like when the
12:06
cameras cut on and um when it was just a
12:09
whole bunch of people that didn't look
12:10
like me around, who didn't act like me,
12:12
who didn't sound like me, you know, I'm
12:14
from I'm from Baltimore. I'm from, you
12:15
know, I'm from the trenches. So, you
12:17
know, being around a new environment was
12:19
just different from for me. and I wasn't
12:22
really able to open up um as much as I
12:25
wanted to. And okay, you know, even
12:27
reading the comments, some people
12:28
people, you know, they kind of, you
12:30
know, misjudged me. They didn't they
12:32
didn't they they didn't really know who
12:33
I was. But, um I think I would uh
12:36
definitely say this side of me like I'm
12:38
I'm I be chilling. And I think people
12:41
sometimes just when you chilling and you
12:44
just not, you know, in the in the mix,
12:46
you don't really try to be, you know,
12:48
the person that you're you're not. It's
12:50
it comes off as a little like, okay,
12:53
she's I don't like her. She's a little
12:54
standoffish. But, um, yeah, that was
12:57
definitely like a struggle for me just
12:59
just turning it on when the when the
13:01
when the cameras the big cameras came
13:03
on. They they want to know your whole
13:04
life story, your struggles and and all
13:06
of that. Um, which is worth it every,
13:09
you know, I feel like it it was
13:10
definitely necessary. The story is
13:12
always necessary. Um, but now I know I I
13:16
learned a lot from that that now I know
13:17
that vulnerability is is really
13:19
important and um that I struggled I
13:22
struggled with that on on that show.
13:25
>> Well, you was also learning in front of
13:27
>> America, you know, and that's not easy
13:29
either, you know. You're learning in
13:30
front of the world. So, yeah, it's all
13:32
cool. It's part of the process, but
13:34
you're great. You're here and your music
13:36
sounds great. Thank you.
13:37
>> What was the adjustment like um going
13:39
from the stage of American Idol and
13:42
coming back home to your neighborhood?
13:44
>> Um it was I mean it was a little weird
13:48
actually. Um you know I didn't I feel
13:51
like sometimes the community you know
13:54
home they're so used to you. They're so
13:56
used to little Gabby. Oh my gosh I saw
13:58
her growing up. You know she's the baby
14:00
of the family. I've always been the
14:02
baby. I'm the youngest first cousin. I'm
14:05
I've always been the baby. So, um, even
14:07
when I started driving, people were
14:08
like, "Oh my god, you're driving. What?
14:10
[laughter] You're still five?" I'm like,
14:11
"No, I'm 23. What you talking about?"
14:13
But, um, coming back home from that was
14:15
just like, "Oh my gosh, I miss the
14:18
community.
14:19
>> I miss the the friends that I made."
14:21
It's just a whole different universe out
14:24
there. Sometimes it can feel stuffy in
14:26
in in Baltimore and even in the city
14:28
that you you grew up in anywhere. So, um
14:31
just being able to experience a new um
14:34
vibe and a new like just just sense of
14:37
support from people that never met you.
14:39
>> Yeah.
14:40
>> But they just support you and they love
14:42
you and it's like we only knew each
14:44
other for those, you know, few months.
14:46
And it's like, oh yeah, I want to call I
14:48
want to call Kobe. Like I can call her
14:50
right now and she'll answer the phone.
14:51
It's just that support um coming coming
14:54
back right there. Did she just stunt on
14:56
us right there?
14:56
>> Kobe knows we love her. She she's called
14:58
into the show. She's been on the show.
15:00
>> Yeah, she's called me to the show. We
15:01
love her.
15:01
>> Kobe. I love Kobe. She Yeah, she's one
15:03
of the ones that um I just grew with. We
15:06
were actually roommates out there. So,
15:09
keep going. Yeah. So, we became really
15:10
close. Victor um you know, Jamal, Kanan,
15:14
you know, every everybody everybody
15:15
became close. So, I would definitely say
15:17
that community. I really missed that. I
15:19
missed that a lot.
15:21
>> Man, that's that's just sound like a
15:22
beautiful experience. After Victor, you
15:24
said what's the other guy's name?
15:25
>> Kanan.
15:26
>> Before Kanan.
15:27
>> Jamal.
15:28
>> Jamal. Yeah.
15:29
>> Okay. All right.
15:30
>> Yeah. [laughter] So,
15:31
>> why you
15:32
>> my brother who won he won he won he won
15:35
American Idol, you know. Um I'm proud.
15:37
It was the first male winner since you
15:39
know uh what uh Ruben
15:41
>> Stutter Stutter. Yep. So, you know, we
15:45
we proud of him. He doing his thing and
15:47
um Yeah. You know, I'm just glad I'm
15:49
glad one of us won, you know.
15:51
>> Absolutely.
15:52
>> This was Al shoulders. Yeah.
15:53
>> Yeah, man.
15:54
>> That's why that's why I got hooked it. I
15:57
got to watch. It was actually Kobe's
15:59
audition that I saw. I was like, "What
16:01
the heck?" Remember when she Man, she
16:04
sang that Girlfriend um she did a vet
16:06
>> and killed
16:07
>> and killed it.
16:08
>> It's her song now.
16:09
>> It's her song now for sure.
16:10
>> We we reacted to it all together before
16:12
and we were just doing all her runs
16:14
like, "Girl, you crazy."
16:15
>> Yeah, she killed it.
16:16
>> Hey, Mike, you want to jump in?
16:18
>> Yeah. Hey, Gabby. But first, what's up,
16:20
Michelle Huff? How you doing out there,
16:22
Michelle? [laughter]
16:24
>> It's like bring your friend to work day.
16:26
I love you, Michelle. Um, Gabby, you are
16:28
amazing. I've been watching you for a
16:30
while now. Um, I'm so proud of you. But
16:33
what I love is for me, you are all the
16:37
things that I love and miss about R&B
16:41
and The Quiet Storm. Um, like real
16:44
singers, but still feels very
16:46
contemporary. And you're not afraid to
16:49
show your vocal ability and your range.
16:51
And I love the way you have such
16:53
constraint and discipline in a song. and
16:56
when to hit the high notes and when to
16:57
take us to the bridge. I think you're so
16:59
well disciplined. I think you are a true
17:01
singer and I think you truly understands
17:03
the technicality of being a singer. Um,
17:06
but with that being said, I just want to
17:08
know how you are thinking about your
17:09
album because one of the concerns I have
17:12
for the great singers and I put you
17:13
right up there. Um, and I'm not I'm not
17:15
going to call them out, but we have some
17:16
great singers out there that have voices
17:18
that you see on all the tribute specials
17:21
and they can sing the rafters off, but
17:23
then when they release singles and
17:24
albums, it just falls flat and the vocal
17:27
performance never matches the beats. But
17:30
I feel in this song complicated like
17:32
your vocal performance matches the beats
17:34
and so I'm just wondering how are you
17:35
and your team, you know, thinking about
17:37
that as you go forward with your album
17:39
and and future songs that you do.
17:42
>> Yeah. So that's a that's a good
17:44
question. Um I just go into it, you
17:48
know, thinking about what I would play
17:51
in my car and sing and and um if I if I
17:54
couldn't, you know, do the things, you
17:56
know, what would I like if if I could if
18:00
I couldn't do the things that I could
18:01
do, um I'm thinking like would I sing
18:04
this in my car, you know, would I scream
18:06
this in my car or would I feel
18:08
comfortable doing it on karaoke? You
18:11
know what I mean? Like I feel like um as
18:13
singers sometimes it's it's hard to not
18:16
go off and and not want to you know you
18:19
know just just start running around cuz
18:21
you can do it. Um but I learned that
18:24
control is is just so much more
18:27
palatable
18:28
>> for for people. So I'm definitely going
18:30
into it with like a oh yeah if I I want
18:34
to be able to I want people to be able
18:35
to sing it. I want people to be able to
18:37
vibe to it. I don't want to be screaming
18:39
on a song for a whole four minutes or
18:42
three minutes or running through a song.
18:44
That that gets tired. So, um, yeah. And
18:46
I just want to make it feel good. You
18:48
know what I mean? It don't feel good
18:49
when it's crazy.
18:50
>> Can I ask you real quickly? What is your
18:52
thoughts when Kelly Clarkson responded
18:54
to you and gave you feedback cuz I look
18:57
at her as an incredible vocalist who
18:59
understand tracks and how to make pop
19:01
music but still have a great vocal
19:02
ability but still rooted in soul and
19:04
R&B. So, I'm curious when she gave you
19:06
her feedback on on her show, what how
19:08
did you internalize that?
19:11
>> Oh my gosh. I was like, what? I was
19:14
like, first of all, you can sing
19:15
anything. I I was just, she can sing
19:18
anything. So, when she said that, I'm
19:19
like, girl, stop playing with me. Stop
19:22
playing with me right now. But, um, I
19:24
was actually really nervous to sing that
19:26
to sing complicated on her show. Um,
19:28
just just, uh, just to be transparent
19:31
because this was my first time singing
19:33
it on national television. This is a
19:34
direct mic and they hear everything and
19:38
um it's super bruffy like she said. It's
19:40
just a it's kind of a it's an easy song
19:42
to sing but it's hard at the same time
19:45
because it's so it's so technical you
19:48
have to
19:49
>> you got to sing it right or it's just
19:50
going to be like what what are you
19:51
doing? It don't sound right. So it's
19:53
really breathy and then the control as a
19:55
singer you want to you want to belt you
19:57
want to do. So it it was really tough
19:59
for me to sing that song. But when she
20:01
when she gave me her stamp of approval,
20:03
I was just like, "Okay, I did a little
20:05
something." [laughter]
20:06
>> Carson, come on.
20:08
>> That's right. Gabby Simone is here. New
20:10
new single is called Complicated.
20:12
Working on a new album.
20:13
>> Um, you wrote Complicated or co-wrote.
20:16
>> Yes.
20:16
>> Right. Um, [clears throat]
20:18
>> is that rooted in Well, give give us the
20:20
plot of Complicated first.
20:22
>> Okay.
20:22
>> Okay. [laughter]
20:23
>> All right. It's time to talk about
20:25
business.
20:25
>> Yeah.
20:27
>> Listening. [laughter]
20:30
So, um it's it's exactly what it what it
20:32
what it sounds like. It's a complicated
20:34
relationship. Um I didn't go to co I
20:37
went to college for about two weeks.
20:38
>> Um I it was during the pandemic. I went
20:41
to boy for a little bit and um I wasn't
20:44
on campus. So um I dropped out. But um
20:48
my situation was in college. A guy.
20:51
>> A guy. Yes. Okay.
20:53
>> And [laughter]
20:55
we just trying to get her father all the
20:57
church. The church.
20:59
>> [laughter]
21:00
>> Daddy heard the song. So,
21:02
>> Right. Yeah.
21:03
>> No, but um
21:05
>> situation was in college.
21:06
>> He was in college and um this was my
21:08
first like situation, my first
21:10
relationship and um he was out there
21:13
doing his thing and you know, you would
21:15
have thought this man was single and uh
21:18
you I you know, if we weren't in a
21:20
relationship, that's why it's sticky
21:22
situations because it's like we in a
21:24
relationship but we not. We talking, but
21:26
you know, I know what it is, but I don't
21:28
want to accept it.
21:29
>> So, he out there doing his thing. You
21:31
know, whenever he come home, we we
21:33
chilling, we good, you know, we
21:34
whatever. And then he'll go back and
21:36
he'll start, you know, doing his thing
21:38
again. And it's things that I didn't
21:40
even know. And when it start revealing
21:42
itself, I'm like, "Oh my gosh, like I'm
21:44
I'm hurt. I'm [clears throat] hurt." So,
21:46
when um when he started to come back
21:48
around, I'm just like I had to talk
21:50
myself out of it, you know? But um it
21:53
was it was a real situation.
21:54
>> It was a real You said
21:56
>> it was a real situation.
21:57
>> It's complicated.
21:58
>> It's complicated.
21:59
>> That's hence the song.
22:00
>> I don't even know how it even ended
22:02
honestly. I
22:03
>> have you seen him since you blew up?
22:05
>> Um have since No, probably on social
22:09
media. Uh not really.
22:10
>> Okay.
22:10
>> He hasn't reached out since you hit that
22:12
stage.
22:13
>> No. No. No. No. No. No. Like we not
22:15
gonna talk about that.
22:16
>> Okay.
22:16
>> It don't even matter. I feel like I
22:18
don't even be in my my DMs. I probably
22:20
blocked them a long time ago. I be
22:21
blocked. I listen the block I love a
22:23
block button. I block everybody that
22:26
that I don't like. I don't like I ain't
22:28
dealing with no more. I blocks
22:29
everybody. So,
22:30
>> what do you think that feeling is when
22:32
we all gone through this where we've
22:34
been in situations, if you will, that
22:36
you know is not healthy for you. But
22:39
when that person comes back around,
22:42
>> you're still so tempted. You still want
22:44
to take another dip. What do you think
22:46
that is? [laughter]
22:48
>> You call it a dip.
22:49
>> I call it a dip.
22:52
That's what it is. Um, I don't know what
22:54
it is, honestly. Like, who really knows
22:57
why why we do the dumb things that we
23:00
do? I think it's just like everybody has
23:02
to everybody is going to go through
23:04
through that. I feel like it's just and
23:06
that's why I love the song so much
23:07
because it's like everybody tells me
23:09
their stories like, "Girl, I was in this
23:12
situation. I can't believe you." Like,
23:14
yeah. Like, it's it's real. It's real.
23:17
Like we really we really do have our
23:18
little dumb moments like where we just
23:21
we just can't get off of a a man like
23:24
for some reason and they not even doing
23:25
nothing, you know? They not even doing
23:27
nothing for you. But it's just like the
23:28
feeling sometimes that they they give
23:30
you is just like it's a little
23:32
different.
23:33
>> You back dealing with a king. Sometimes
23:35
that happens. [laughter]
23:37
>> Not with a king.
23:40
[laughter]
23:40
>> Count a jester
23:43
when you dealing with one of the fools
23:45
in the court. [laughter]
23:47
Are you a block? You spin the block. You
23:49
learn from that. Do you spin the block
23:51
when it comes to situations?
23:52
>> No.
23:52
>> Okay.
23:53
>> All right.
23:54
>> Just block. That's all she just block.
23:56
Oh, I thought she said spin the block.
23:58
No, she just said block.
24:00
>> Oh, you block.
24:01
>> I didn't I didn't But listen, I done had
24:02
my my spin the block moments, right? But
24:05
I'm like, you know, uh-uh. It's It's not
24:07
even It's not even that no more, for
24:09
sure.
24:09
>> Good. Good for you. Because what's ahead
24:11
of you, you ain't got time for that.
24:13
>> Can't bring the wrong one with you.
24:14
>> Yeah, man. Leave them alone. Yeah. Leave
24:16
them on the side of the road. You ain't
24:18
got capacity to deal with what's ahead
24:19
of you. We need you focused. We need you
24:22
on track because you have a lot to offer
24:24
the world, the world of music, but the
24:26
community as a whole. As I hear you
24:29
speaking about wanting your your music
24:31
to reach souls and impact people in a in
24:33
a in a positive way. Um, you have all
24:36
the tools. It's all ready to hear. The
24:38
success is on you, you know, and we I
24:41
think we all have a sense of this. When
24:42
is the album coming?
24:45
Hopefully, you know, first of all, I'm
24:47
here. I'm working on music. I'm just
24:49
excited to, you know, collab, you know,
24:51
this year. This is like a creative year
24:53
for me. I feel like I'm I'm in my
24:56
creative era right now. I'm I'm turning
24:58
24 this year.
24:59
>> You better go. Come on. 24. [cheering]
25:01
>> I just feel like
25:02
>> When's your birthday?
25:03
>> February 28th.
25:04
>> Oh, soon. Happy early birthday.
25:07
>> Exactly. One month. What's up?
25:08
>> So, who Yes. Exactly.
25:09
>> Who do you want to collaborate with? Who
25:11
Who on your top wish list? Listen, I'm
25:13
just put this out here. Scissor.
25:16
>> Scissor. I love Scissor. Wow.
25:18
>> I want I want to work with her so bad.
25:20
Um, Seven Streeter. I just love the
25:23
writers. I just love that.
25:25
>> I could call I could call Seven for you
25:26
if you want me to.
25:27
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. You call Kobe. I'll call
25:30
[laughter]
25:31
>> Listen, I'll call Kobe right now.
25:32
>> Call Kobe. Let me see.
25:34
>> Sway. Call seven.
25:35
>> Oh, damn. [laughter]
25:38
>> No, actually seven has just been in the
25:40
news. I know Tracy will talk about this
25:43
probably tomorrow for Celebrity Wire,
25:44
but uh Seven was talking about the
25:46
Grammy noms and the album of the year
25:48
and she was saying that she she wants
25:50
Kendrick to get it and she hopes that um
25:52
Kendrick gets album of the year. So
25:53
salute to her. We love her. Singer,
25:55
songwriter, performer, all things. So
25:58
shout out to our girl Seven Street who's
26:00
been on this show a whole lot of times.
26:02
So we definitely love and support her.
26:05
>> Let me see if I can find that number.
26:06
>> Now you got to find a number.
26:09
>> Sway Op man. Hey, Gabby.
26:11
>> Oh. Oh, Kobe, I'm on I'm on uh I'm on
26:14
SiriusXM.
26:18
>> She said she got my
26:19
>> You ain't on Tell us with Sway and
26:20
>> Tell us what Sway and Heather, we love
26:22
you.
26:23
>> Heather, they they love you. They want
26:24
to see you.
26:27
>> Hey girl, we love you.
26:30
>> You looking beautiful, Kobe.
26:32
>> You looking beautiful with your bonnet
26:34
on. You better come see us. We've been
26:36
waiting for you, too.
26:38
We can't hear her. What' she say?
26:40
>> Hold up. Let me put you in the mic. Say
26:41
it again.
26:42
>> I said, "Well, you better invite me,
26:43
honey. I'm on my way now."
26:45
>> We invited you. I I know. I know. The
26:47
last time we spoke, you could only do a
26:48
call in, but whenever you're ready, just
26:50
text me, girl. I We got you. We We want
26:52
to have you in here and celebrate you as
26:54
well.
26:55
>> Listen, I'll be up in there. I will
26:57
inbox [laughter] you, call you. Look, if
26:59
I'll get a pager if I need to. Okay, I'm
27:02
over there.
27:03
>> Okay, let's go. [laughter]
27:06
>> Let's go. Well, I'm going to hit you up
27:08
uh today, Kobe.
27:09
>> Okay, let me try.
27:10
>> All right. I love you,
27:11
>> Kobe. Can't wait to see you. Can't wait
27:13
to see you. Okay.
27:14
>> Yes.
27:15
>> All right. There you go. Looking
27:17
beautiful. Okay. My
27:18
>> So, Gabby made her call. Let's see what
27:19
Sway going to do. We're just waiting.
27:22
>> Yeah. She waiting.
27:24
>> Let me see. Seven straight up.
27:26
>> Let's see if Seven picks up.
27:29
>> Might work. Might not.
27:30
>> Who this? I blocked you. Sway.
27:32
>> Damn. She ain't picking up crazy. and
27:34
seven fresh off of that uh docu series
27:36
on Netflix, Hitmakers.
27:38
>> Oh my gosh. Which was exceptional.
27:41
>> If she answers, I I think I'm going run
27:43
out the room.
27:45
>> Hey, seven. How you doing?
27:47
>> I'm good. How are you? Good morning.
27:49
>> I'm excellent. Thank you. Thank you. I I
27:52
hate to call you early, but
27:54
>> it's okay. It's okay. I'm I'm up anyway.
27:57
>> Okay. Well, you're live on the air.
27:58
Seven.
27:59
>> Well, hi everybody.
28:01
>> Hey, Seven. Hey, girl. Thank you.
28:04
[laughter]
28:04
>> How you guys doing?
28:05
>> Doing great. Your name came up today in
28:07
a beautiful conversation we're having
28:08
with American Idol Gabby Simone. Your
28:11
name came up.
28:12
>> Hi, S.
28:12
>> Hi, Gabby.
28:14
>> Hi. How you doing?
28:16
>> I'm amazing. Congratulations on
28:18
everything.
28:18
>> Thank you so much. I'm I'm a big fan.
28:21
I'm You got me through some things and I
28:24
love you. I love your artistry. I love
28:25
everything about you. And I s I want to
28:27
say this. I saw you yesterday walking
28:30
into um somewhere and I was like, "Oh my
28:34
gosh, that's Seventh Street." And I I I
28:35
chickened out. I wanted to I wanted to
28:37
speak to you. [laughter]
28:38
Listen,
28:39
>> well, anytime you see me sway in the
28:42
family and tell you just come up and tap
28:43
me on the shoulder, tell
28:46
me that. [laughter]
28:47
>> Yes. And thank you so much. I really
28:49
appreciate that. I really do. Um your
28:52
voice is amazing. I look forward to
28:53
doing something with you. Let's have
28:54
some fun.
28:55
>> Oh my gosh.
28:58
Tell now wait tell seven why we called
29:01
why you called
29:02
>> seven we call we called you because I
29:04
literally just asked her who would you
29:07
like to collaborate with on your album
29:10
>> and and she named you
29:12
>> for sure
29:13
>> as a writer and she she only named two
29:16
people you and Scissor
29:17
>> that's [laughter] up that's on the
29:19
that's on the bucket list
29:20
>> really really happy thank you thank
29:22
y'all thank you sway thank you guys
29:25
do it you know slay in the family. So,
29:28
>> hook it up and put us in the chat and
29:30
let's figure it out.
29:33
>> Look at God, man.
29:34
>> Yo, seven, we love you.
29:35
>> Love you, Seven. Come see us.
29:37
>> You know, we in LA. This This studio is
29:39
your studio. So, let me know when you're
29:41
ready.
29:42
>> I will. Thank you. And Gabby, I'll see
29:44
you very soon.
29:45
>> Yes, ma'am. Nice to meet you.
29:47
>> That's the illustrious Seven Street or
29:49
the critically acclaimed one. Seven.
29:51
Have a beautiful day. Thank you. Okay.
29:53
>> Thank you.
29:55
>> Okay. Don't play the
29:57
>> All right. Now, okay. All right, Torch.
30:00
Now you don't have to. Torch, now you
30:01
don't have to play the Melanie Fiona
30:03
thing. [laughter]
30:04
>> All right, Torch. It's okay now. Why
30:07
they playing with her?
30:08
>> You did one good deed today, Sway.
30:11
>> Playing with me, man. Y'all act like I
30:13
had been doing this.
30:14
>> Oh, you were scared. She was It was like
30:15
she picked up on the eighth ring.
30:17
[laughter]
30:18
You know, she ain't really. She wasn't
30:19
sure. She picked up. Oh my gosh. Oh,
30:23
man. How beautiful is that, Gabby? I'm
30:25
so happy for you.
30:26
>> Thank you.
30:27
>> I'm so happy for you. That's so dope.
30:29
>> That's amazing. So,
30:30
>> I can't even stop smiling.
30:31
>> And you saw her yesterday and you
30:33
chickenened out. What is that about?
30:35
>> I don't even know. You know, I I really
30:37
don't even know. But it's that anxiety.
30:40
It's just I don't even know, man. I was
30:43
like, why didn't I just go go over
30:46
there? I think it's just this thing. I
30:47
don't want nobody I don't want to
30:49
interrupt anybody's
30:51
>> I get that and I understand that. But
30:52
you have to understand like God has
30:54
aligned and anointed some things for you
30:56
obviously. And I don't think there's any
30:58
way in the world that you saw someone
31:00
who you've been wanting to work with and
31:03
put that out in your prayers and
31:04
universe and didn't speak to them
31:06
yesterday and less than 24 hours you get
31:09
that person on the phone. That's God in
31:11
your life, sis. And so don't be hesitant
31:15
about the blessings and the alignment
31:16
and the covering that he has for you.
31:19
walk into that cuz it obviously it was
31:21
meant to happen for you. I don't know
31:23
what your process was like before
31:24
American Idol if you had to stand online
31:26
or however they show us on television,
31:28
but if you was willing to do that for
31:30
you and for your calling,
31:32
>> go up to someone and say hello. It's up
31:34
to them how they respond to you. You
31:36
know what I mean? But you did what you
31:38
was called to do. So, I'm happy for you.
31:40
Can't wait to hear this collab for sure.
31:42
Blessings. Look at that, Gabby. Yo,
31:44
Torch, play that um play that Cynthia
31:46
Fiona. Play that Cynthia Rigo again and
31:48
see what her reaction is. [laughter]
31:51
>> Jesus.
31:51
>> Still tell the truth though.
31:53
>> Are we taking these off?
31:54
>> Take them off. [screaming] You going to
31:55
be
31:58
>> that ankle. She amazing. [laughter]
32:03
>> Got you. Seven. You can't lie about
32:05
>> Got you. Seven streeter. My fault.
32:07
>> Okay. How you thinking my voice?
32:08
>> Hit that one more time.
32:09
>> Hit that one [laughter] more time.
32:13
That's that pay to play. [screaming]
32:15
>> You know that that that gift with Jay-Z?
32:17
>> Yes. Yes. I got that. I got that ankle
32:20
>> off the chain right here. I love this
32:21
young lady.
32:25
[laughter]
32:26
>> You want You want us to sing?
32:28
>> Oh.
32:29
>> Oh, yeah. You [clears throat] know, no.
32:31
You Let me c Can I give you a What I
32:33
want you to do, though? Yes.
32:34
>> Real quick. Okay. So, the end of the
32:36
song, it's like a go off moment. M.
32:38
>> So, I want to see what you can do with
32:41
that moment. The, you know, when I say
32:43
now,
32:44
>> why now?
32:45
>> Yeah. But you got to make it up. Like,
32:46
you got to be the leader of the choir.
32:48
>> Can you lead me into it?
32:49
>> Okay.
32:50
>> Okay.
32:54
[singing]
32:57
>> Tell me why.
32:59
>> Why now? sticky situation cuz I'm tied
33:04
up but you still wanna be around
33:08
now.
33:09
>> Why now?
33:13
Why now? [laughter]
33:15
Why now?
33:18
>> I never heard eyelashes fall out, but
33:20
mine just all fell out the table.
33:24
>> Stay out the door. [laughter]
33:26
>> Sorry, God. [ __ ] I was
33:30
>> whatever, Gabby.
33:31
>> I was trying to process what song we
33:33
were singing. [laughter]
33:34
>> Nothing.
33:35
>> That's what you sing FOR THE DEVIL.
33:37
>> WHAT?
33:38
>> I KNOW which complicated he was singing.
33:40
>> Take that.
33:42
>> You know when you look up complicated
33:43
all of these?
33:44
>> It's a lot of songs. What version you
33:46
sing? What version was you singing?
33:47
>> I was singing real.
33:49
>> Oh, you was singing your complicated.
33:52
I don't know.
33:52
>> He was SINGING APPLE. WHY YOU GUYS GOING
33:55
MAKE THINGS SO [screaming] COMPLICATED?
33:58
>> WHY NOW? SEE, you see how it works with
34:00
April? [laughter]
34:01
>> He did a mad job.
34:03
>> Yeah, that that [ __ ] man.
34:05
>> Yo.
34:05
>> All right. Anyway, Gabby Simone
34:07
[laughter] is here.
34:09
>> The new single is complicated.
34:11
>> Yes.
34:12
>> Um, listen, we got to come see once the
34:15
album is done. Once you guys are doing
34:17
performances, come do a garage series
34:19
for us.
34:19
>> Yeah, that would be fun. Today we have
34:21
LMA,
34:23
>> we have uh Jamon, we have the artist out
34:26
of New York, and we have Tank,
34:29
>> you know. Um Teddy Riley just signed on
34:31
to do it.
34:32
>> Jazzy Jeff.
34:33
>> Jazzy Jeff just signed on to do it.
34:35
>> And we can easily add you to one of our
34:38
when y'all ready?
34:39
>> I would love that. I would love that.
34:42
She needs to sing a Sway in the Morning
34:43
drop. Say you're listening to Sway in
34:44
the Morning right now.
34:46
>> You down for it?
34:47
>> You could do that. Sway. I mean,
34:49
>> it's like you're listening to sway in
34:50
the morning with uh Let me get that
34:52
here. You write it down cuz my writing
34:54
>> pass that that to me, Gabby. Great.
34:56
>> All right, we going to do this. And then
34:57
Mike, I know you got to go. Mike's work
34:59
work Mike works for ABC, too. So, he has
35:01
to go. Go tell him, Mike.
35:03
>> You're so hilarious. Um Gabby, thank you
35:06
so much, man, for blessing the show
35:08
today. You are a true gift, and I cannot
35:10
wait to see your artistry uh go to soar.
35:13
And I love what Heather B said that
35:14
sometimes God is holding you back until
35:16
the right moment to speak. And I think
35:18
today was the right moment for you and
35:19
Ze. So receive it. I receive it on your
35:22
behalf, too, as well. Uh audience, tune
35:24
in to me at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
35:26
Time on the Muse Room on the YouTube
35:28
page. I am Mike Muse going to be
35:30
breaking down all things Minnesota and
35:31
the 10th Amendment. And I cannot wait to
35:32
be in conversation with you in a few
35:34
minutes. And Gabby, I'll see you soon
35:35
out there in the world.
35:37
>> See you soon. Thank you. See you.
35:38
>> Thank you so much.
35:40
>> Trigger.
35:40
>> Yo. [clears throat] Well, first off,
35:42
Gabby, you have an outstanding voice,
35:45
but dare I say bigger than that, you
35:47
have such a bomb personality. You are
35:49
someone that I would easily hang out
35:51
with. You are easy to root for, girl.
35:54
And so, we say congratulations for
35:56
everything that's in front of you and
35:58
everything that's ahead of you.
35:59
Sincerely, citizens. Hit me up. It's
36:02
Tracy G. I t S T R A C YG. Torch.
36:06
>> Hold on, Torch. We going to We going to
36:07
do a uh we going to have her sing
36:09
something real quick. So,
36:10
>> something real easy. This is Gabby
36:11
Simone and you're listening to Sway in
36:12
the Morning on Shave 45.
36:14
>> All right. [clears throat]
36:17
This is Gabby [singing] Simone and
36:20
you're listening to Sway in the morning.
36:24
Yeah. [laughter]
36:26
>> I don't know. Is that good?
36:28
>> Uhuh. Yeah. Well, it's kind of shocking.
36:31
[laughter]
36:33
>> See, now that's hate.
36:36
>> I just GAVE YOU YOUR PROPS. [screaming]
36:38
I JUST GAVE YOU YOUR [laughter] PROPS.
36:40
That's crazy.
36:45
That's
36:45
>> all right. Torch. [laughter]
36:47
Yo. No, that was amazing. By the way,
36:48
that was amazing.
36:49
>> You want her to do one more just now
36:51
that it's clear you ain't got a hate at
36:52
the end.
36:52
>> Oh, that was great. I would you did. I
36:56
wanted her to add your name and Tracy.
36:58
She don't got it. Just make it sway in
37:00
the morning on shade 45.
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