Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Our Mini Ed Sheeran Got Life Advice From Ed!

Episode Date: February 2, 2023

We sent a 7 year old boy Graeson to ask Ed Sheeran a question about life?!! tune in to see how it goes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ed Sheeran played for 48,000 people last night in Wellington. Looked incredible. And we had the opportunity to ask him one question with some of the other media yesterday before the concert. And we asked you on 0800 The Hits because we couldn't get down there if someone could help us out. Zoe phoned up and said her seven-year-old son Grayson looked a bit like a mini version of Ed Sheeran. So we sent them along to the press conference and they went to the show last night too and they join us now.

Good morning. Here we go. The day after the big show, you and Grayson. Yeah, very, very cool stage and Ed gave it all. Gave it his all. We're asking people for three word reviews. What was yours? Gave it all.

Gave it his all. Gave it all. Are we counting? Gave it all. Doesnave it all. Gave it all. Are we counting? Gave it all. Doesn't quite. Yeah, that's enough. That's enough in there. Of course, Ed Sheeran in the country, as you said last night,

at Wellington. But we had an opportunity to ask him one question. We couldn't get to Wellington, but you rang up and you said that your son kind of looks like a mini version of Ed Sheeran. That's right. And we said, perfect. Let's send him along. We also did the timeline that your son, Seven, and Ed's last tour was.

About seven years ago. So, yeah. Did you think any more on that one? No, I don't think so. She's like, I can't remember ever doing anything with Ed Sheeran. I think I remember that. Yeah, that would be a lifetime memory. But we sent little Grayson along, seven-year-old Grayson, adorable.

We send him along to the press conference. There was, you know, the world's greatest media were there, weren't they? You had, what'd you have? You had your One Newsers. They were there. Your News Hubs. Yeah, New Zealand Herald. They were all there as well.

Auto Trader Magazine. Yeah. They were all there. And Grayson got to ask his one question. And let's have a listen to it. Hi, Ed. My name is Grayson and I am seven. And Jonah and Ben has sent me here from the hits to interview you.

What advice would you give to a seven-year-old to be like you? Well, I think be like you. I think that no one can be you better than you if you try and be like someone else you'll always be sort of like half as good as they can be whereas you're the best person that you can be if that makes sense so when I found when I started making music I was trying to sound like all these other artists that I loved and then that slowly forms your own sound and you just become your own person and then that's so yeah I'd say uh embrace your individuality if there's something weird and quirky about you that's actually something that's that's good you know when you're in school and

people think that you're different like it's good to be different all the all the best people in the world have had success are all different from each other people will always try and emulate what has become successful beforehand but I don't know. Yeah, when I was trying to get signed, everyone was like, you're not what we're looking for.

And then I got big and then suddenly I am what people are looking for. So don't follow the trend. Wow. What a question and what an answer, Zoe.

It was amazing, wasn't it? And really good advice. Shut up. I was just like listening to him going, this is the most eloquent, well-thought-out answer. We'll never get that in our interviews, do we? Did you like his answer, Grayson?

Yeah. How was it, Grayson? How was it? Were you nervous talking to Ed Sheeran? Yeah. Yeah, and if we've learned anything from this whole expedition, it's that kids get cut through. They do.

They get results. Because you were the only person out of all those people to get a photo with him as well. Probably the best answer of the whole thing you got from him. We wouldn't have got that, Ben. No.

Grayson got results. We would have just got a dorse. We would have done some shitty pun gag. We would have. Oh, it would have been, yeah. We would have got a, yeah, you're right. And he would have just slammed the door in our face like,

Grayson, we will be calling you in the future. Thank you. Well done, buddy. Do you have a phone number? Do you have a cell phone we can text you on? Fire mum. Fire mum. All right.

Well, well done. I hope you guys enjoyed the show, and you go and have a great long weekend. Awesome. Thank you so much for the opportunity.