The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Beyond the Bachelor: Kate Voegele

Episode Date: June 27, 2024

Susie Evans is ready to go beyond the mansion and hear the REAL story of “The Bachelor” through the eyes of musical guest Kate Voegele!  Kate tells all about performing on a date during Jason Mesnick’s season, and reveals that Jason sent the girl home on the NEXT episode after her performance!  Susie and Kate bond over the transition from working behind the camera to being on-stage and in the spotlight, and we get a sneak peek at her new music!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kate, welcome to the show. Thank you for being here. Thank you, Susie. Thanks so much for having me. Absolutely. Okay, first things first. We'll hop right in. What was it like performing your song?

I won't disagree on Jason. season of The Bachelor. It was so cool. Honestly, it's so fun to talk about this because, like you said, it's a throwback. It's been a minute, but it was incredibly cool. I mean, every single one of my friends watched the show. I grew up, you know, watching the show. So it was a really cool opportunity, first of all, just to be able to play my music, like really just interesting venue for a show and so different from sort of the other stuff I was doing on tour, but also it was just really fun to be a of sort of a surprise date night for you know the the couple and everything and they were super sweet Jason and Natalie was the girl were incredibly sweet and so it was really fun and it was in Vegas too

so it was like it's always fun to have an excuse to go do Vegas you know like it's so cool okay so did you get to meet them after you performed or did you get to meet them before how did that work It was after, so it was, I think I was like a surprise for Natalie that Jason had arranged, like, this, you know, private concert for her and, you know, the curtains opened. And then me and my band played our song. And then I got to chat with them afterwards. So it was cool. It was fun to be, like, a little surprise guest. I don't know if I've ever done, like, been a surprise for anyone before as a musician. So that's pretty cool. That's really cool. I do love that about The Bachelor.

They really go above and beyond to make things dramatic and super exciting for whoever's on the date, even the lead, whoever the lead is. It's like it's not a very normal thing to get a private concert at any point in life. So it's pretty cool. Yeah, it is. It's really impressive, the stuff that they come up with. You know, it's super, super creative. So it was really fun to be a part of that.

And to be honest, it was really cool to be on. an unscripted set because at the time i was playing my music and acting on a scripted show called one tree hill on the cw and i it was like mind-blowing to me that the cameras are rolling but there's no script and you know like i remember asking one of the producers who was helping us out taking us to our green room you know telling us where to go and my first question was like i like came in hot with i was like so is that any of this real or is this just like totally fake like do these people actually like each other and he did not think it was funny to be completely honest yeah he was probably just stressed you know what i mean he was just like this girl like come

on but um but yeah i was just fascinated by the idea and so obviously you know all about this so i really should be asking you like what is i know i have friends who work in editing and reality TV, which is an art form in and of itself. But what was that like being in a situation where it's all fluid and the cameras are rolling and you never know what's going to happen next? So that's a great question. I think it's fun to hear other people that have come in for a glimpse of it. I always like to ask people similar to what you're saying, like, did you think it was real? Do you think it's real now? Because that's the number one question people ask me, like, what is it scripted? Or do they make you say certain things? And like, technically no one can make

you say anything. So a lot of it is obviously all of it's unscripted, but there's certainly like it's produced, you know, like the producers are like putting you in scenarios and giving you the opportunity to say something or don't say something. But at the end of the day, like it's, yeah, free will. But it is like, it's pretty interesting because I think for someone like me, I would get really self-conscious of the cameras. I don't know if you I mean you obviously act and perform on stage and I used to do performance growing up but I always had really bad stage fright and I felt similarly being on the show I would be like talking to the guy and all of a sudden you see like a cameraman coming in closer and you're like this is so weird like you just can't help but get in your head so it's it was kind of weird for me but and it sounds like you probably have a lot of experience but unscripted it is a new it's like new territory for almost anybody yeah absolutely that makes total sense i i i feel like it would be almost more weird when you don't have a script to stick to because for me yeah that was

something that you have to kind of get over getting up on stage being in front of cameras on tv sets but it's like these are the lines and this is the performance and your job is to really embody this character and you know just try to tell the truth try to tell a great story with, you know, the really great script that the writers have given you. But, yeah, that is like all bets are off when, you know, it's like you can say anything. And I do, for the record, believe that most of it is very authentic. Otherwise, I mean, reality TV is like a huge, you know, genre. People love it.

I think people can feel when things are inauthentic. So I don't think it would be anywhere near as big of a, you know, it's still, what is it, like season 28 or something now? Yeah, 28, 29. Unreal. Yeah, that actually makes me think. I wonder what they'll do for the 30th anniversary, because that's only four years away, probably. Big fun.

Your future ghost is ready to be the surprise guest to just putting that out there. I love that idea. If anybody wants a new indie band to be the surprise guest, we're there. And where are you guys located? I'm in L.A. My bandmate is in Austin,

so we've made this upcoming album in kind of both cities, But yeah, so it's kind of fun to have, you know, those two different places as inspiration. But yeah, for me, it's mostly L.A. That's so cool. Did you have any, when you were on the show, did it inspire anything in your music or your songwriting? On the TV show, on The Bachelor, on One Tree Hill, all of the above. I was thinking The Bachelor, but honestly, I feel like One Tree Hill is so iconic that I'm like, there has to be some kind of inspo from that as well. Oh, definitely, yeah.

I mean, being on The Bachelor was inspiring because I think that. it was as a songwriter it was really cool to just witness the behind the scenes of that type of show where there's this date you don't know what's going to happen but there are these cameras but these are at the end of the day just two people who are trying to see if they vibe yeah and I think there was something kind of really charming about that and just being like at the end of the day that's really what's going on. And that's why I think people love the show so much and all the spinoffs because it is at the end of the day

just people trying to, everybody can relate to that, being on a first day, third date and trying to navigate the awkwardness. And so as a songwriter, it was definitely inspiring, you know, because I think that when you write songs, you're sort of just trying to convey the experience of being a human and how weird it is, you know. So that was super inspiring. And same with Montreal, inspiration for years, you know, I mean, T for years.

So definitely, I think when you're a creative, you look for inspiration in whatever situation you're in, which is what, you know, I was trying to do. I love that. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Oh, wait a minute, Sam. Maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit. Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast. So, we'll find out soon. This person writes,

My boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy?

That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age. And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person

to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find? Find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not. To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. My name is Ed. Everyone say, hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer, and my mom is a cousin.

So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago. I just normally do straight stand-up. But this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. The 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house.

So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder takes interstate. stage available now listen to wisecrack on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts hey sis what if i could promise you you never had to listen to a condescending finance bro tell you how to manage your money again welcome to brown ambition this is the hard part when you pay down those credit cards if you haven't gotten to the bottom of why you were racking up credit or turning to credit cards you may just recreate the same problem a year from now when you do feel like you are bleeding from these high interest rates.

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Listen to Family Secrets Season 12 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaking of, you know, tea and behind the scenes, is there anything from being on The Bachelor that shocked you that was like a behind the scenes experience or kind of like tea that you could spill where you're like, oh, like, I don't think the everyday viewer would see this. know this about filming? Well, I'm not sure about like anything that happened while I was on set, but immediately following that episode, sadly Jason dumped the girl who he surprised with my concert. And so there was this part of me that felt slightly responsible. I was like, shoot, should I play a different song, something more romantic? Like, obviously I'm joking, but that was kind of fun.

in, you know, the sense that my band and I loved to joke, like, man, dude, maybe we should have, like, you know, covered a Marvin Gay so long or, like, something a little bit more. And then, hilariously enough, I posted about this, like, I posted a throwback, like, several years later on Instagram, like, throwback to when I was on The Bachelor, too bad. The guy actually dumped the girl. He surprised with my performance after this, and she responded. She, like, I didn't tag her anything. I didn't know even, you know, what her social.

media was or whatever. Yeah, none of that was around. When this came out, it was like, you know, such an old school thing. But it was really cute. She responded and she was like, yeah, that was a bizarre time, but I loved having a private show from you. So it was really sweet. And then I later found out she won a season of, I think it was Bachelor Pad. Oh, my God. So like, redemption for Natalie. Yeah. We love to see it. Totally. Yeah. So not necessarily tea, but just kind of a funny, you know, funny thing that it is it's ruthless man like you just don't i thought oh man he surprised you with this concert he must really like her and he was like sorry not feeling it not getting rose

oh that's crazy but i like that's a good uh behind the scenes moment i think that's pretty cute yeah it was cute how did performing on the bachelor compared to your time on one tree hill obviously cameras and obviously it's unscripted but did you feel like you were completely prepared going into it because you're like, oh, I've been on set a thousand times, or was it just completely different? It was really different in one very major way that was really cool. So on One Tree Hill, just by definition, because of the way the sound works and the way the mixing works, you don't perform most of the music live on the show. So I performed, I think, 11 of my songs over four seasons of being on One Tree Hill. So tons of different scenes where I'm on stage

with the band and most of them, unless it was just me alone at a piano or me alone with a guitar, almost all of them you are performing that song the same way you would if you were filming a music video. So the track is playing, you know, in the background and you are singing along to it, but essentially the audio from your voice is not what's going to be in the final mix of the show, right? So it's, uh, it has something to do with just the way. that they're editing it, the sound, it would be an absolute nightmare to try to recreate a full band sound on a TV set because it's just not, you know, creative for that. However, with the Bachelor, this was a real stage with a real backline sound system and we were playing live

like you would on the Tonight Show or the Today Show or whatever. And that was really cool. Also kind of terrifying because that's, you know, it's the real thing. And I kind of loved that. it was sort of a cool poetic moment to be like, yeah, this is reality TV. So we should be playing this for real. It should be, you know, a one take and that's the only chance you get. And I love that. I mean, I think both things, it makes total sense why for most scripted TV, you can't necessarily perform a full band song live every time. But it's really fun to do that because I do think that as a live music lover and fan myself, you know, as a musician, it's really fun to get a chance to sort of give a raw one-time performance, you know, especially for something like that.

That's so cool. I'm really curious. When you auditioned for One Tree Hill, did you go into it knowing it was a musical role? Did you have to perform acting and singing to get that role on One Tree Hill? It's a great question. Yes. It was supposed to be for one episode. So I had already signed a record deal. I was out on the road in my parents' band that they graciously lent to me to go play all my first shows with my band. And so I was doing the like grassroots indie musician thing. And I was coming through L.A. And my manager at the time was like, there's this show, One Tree Hill. They feature a lot of music. And there's this, just this one episode thing for this character. But if you get it, you would be playing your song, you know. And I was like,

cool like let's go i'm probably not going to get this yeah yeah i was like i'm you know um but so i just went to the audition and wasn't you know expecting to even get a call back and then i got the part and yeah and at the audition i had to sing a song and then i had to do a scene um and you know i had done like a couple of theater things in high school for fun but i never moved to L.A. anticipating, oh, I'm going to be an actress, you know, I wanted to sign a record deal. That was my dream. So, yeah, so I get the part and then I end up being on the show for four seasons and playing 11 of my original songs. My character had a different name. Her name was Mia, but all the songs were Kate Vogel songs. So it was this really incredible, unexpected opportunity

that, you know, really challenged me a lot creatively because I had to learn the, you know, the technical aspects of the craft of acting. But it was really fun because it's ultimately, you know, like I mentioned before, it's storytelling. And that's what songwriting is. That's what getting up on stage is. And so it was, and that's where I met my bandmate for Your Future Ghost.

So my bandmate, Mike Grubbs, came into the show in season seven, and we became fast friends. And then years later ended up deciding to collaborate and write music together. So it was a really unique, like very cool opportunity that I yeah it's it's it's crazy looking back how you know how it all came together that's really cool do you believe in the the phrase like fake it till you make it do you feel like that's what you had to do with the acting portion of being on one tree hill and you just

had to go in and be like this is such a huge opportunity I'm not going to let anybody know that I actually don't have like trained acting skills did you just fake it to you make it or or were you really proactive about the acting side of things? Like, were you getting lessons? How did that work? That's a great question. I think in general, yes. I think that you have to act as if in certain situations and you have to pull from just this idea that you ultimately wouldn't have gotten this job or this part

or whatever it is if you didn't have the capability to do it. I think that that's an important part of learning how to do something is believing that you can do it in the first place. But I'm also, I'm from Ohio originally. I'm very like self-deprecating. And so I was not shy about saying, hey, guys, this is new for me. If I get in your light, you know, in a scene, please tell me. And I was really lucky to have co-stars who were extremely supportive. and helpful. So, you know, everything from Hillary Burton helping me, you know, when maybe something in a scene, when I wasn't sure how to, you know, kind of choreograph, walking to this side of the set to the next, to Sophia Bush, you know, stopping a fan from stealing my purse when we were all out, you know, at night. It was a very welcoming experience with the women from the show, which was something that I feel like looking back,

I mean, I'm so grateful for it, but it was also a time in, you know, the media and pop culture when I feel like women were being pitted against each other a lot. You know, it was like my first episode on One Tree Hill was with Kevin Federline. He was like playing the lead singer in Mia's band. And this was right when like the media was being horrible to Brittany and everybody was, you know, up in arms about that. So it was really a special thing to have. have that camaraderie and to have that support. So I was proactive about saying this is a job, this is a craft. I need to, you know, really, like, I need to know what I'm doing. I need to be a pro. I need to show up and know my lines and understand how this works. But also I had a lot of

support and I am very grateful for that. That's so cool. And I do think looking back at that time frame and when that show was like just popping it's like it really was a time in the media where women were pitted against each other so that's actually really cool that you felt that kind of like sisterhood or friendship with those women yeah and I think people respect humility you know I feel like the fact that you weren't coming in there and being like okay I have to pretend like I know everything and that I'm totally comfortable with this because I think people sometimes feel that way and it's maybe it puts too much pressure on yourself or can make you seem like you're not open to direction and stuff like that. So you probably approached it with the

perfect, the perfect way where you're like, hey, I'm doing my best, putting my best foot forward, but open to communication and just like being a better cast mate. So that's pretty cool. Yeah, I totally agree. I think it's important to be honest about where you're at creatively because everybody's been there right everybody had their first job everybody had their first show where they were terrified up there you know um most people i think who perform or do anything in front of the camera for a living have some degree of stage fright so it's you know like a lot of us are like weird introverted artists like getting up in front of people and entertaining everyone is not like i never set out to be the center of attention but that ends up being you know part of the job and

I think, yeah, I think that a mixture of sort of saying, hey, I'm taking this seriously and I'm working really hard. And I so appreciate your help. But also, I might need help. And I'm not, you know, 100 percent. I don't know 100 percent what I'm doing yet. Is, that goes a long way, I think. I mean, I do you feel like there was any degree of that on The Bachelor? I mean, it's a different type of performance, but it's a type of, that's a skill to be able to entertain an audience and be yourself in front of a camera on an unscripted show like did that take some getting used to i had a really hard time uh i struggled with it i was very uncomfortable just like i wasn't i'm not uncomfortable to let my guard down around people or in dating like i think i'm

such an open book even online i'm just totally comfortable people ask me questions about my personal life for the most part i'm pretty comfortable to share my feelings or thoughts um like perspective but something about having to like act of natural with cameras on me just never felt natural. I don't think I ever got used to it. The only time I think maybe I did get used to it was after I was completely off the season and I was with the guy from the show and we came back for like a segment on a future show that actually never even aired.

And it was the only time that I truly forgot that the cameras were there. and I don't know if it's because it was no longer about me like we were there to talk to you know other people that are being featured on the show so we were kind of just like secondary characters I guess you would say and that was the only time I actually felt comfortable and maybe it's because there wasn't pressure or like pressure to

to feel anything or to say the right thing like you were just I was just there and maybe that's maybe that's a good indicator of how it felt being on the show because I think there is a pressure to like like you you want to fall in love and you want this to work out and even though no one's specifically pressuring you, you kind of feel pressure yourself. So I don't think I really got used to it when I was a contestant on the show. It just always felt a little bit unnatural to me. But that's charming to hear though. Like as a, you know what I mean? Like I think that that probably

is something, that vulnerability is something that an audience can relate to. So even though for you, it's like, you wish it was a little bit more comfortable. To me, I'm like, that's so charming. Because I think everybody, yeah, and I think everybody feels that way because it's awkward enough trying to find love without cameras in your face. So I think that's part of, it's weird, that's kind of part of the appeal is that you know people are just, they're just being themselves and they're trying to not think about the camera. Right. It's an interesting, like, dichotomy there. It is. It's so cool. It is interesting. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly and now I'm seriously suspicious. Wait a minute, Sam, maybe her boyfriend's just looking for extra credit.

Well, Dakota, it's back to school week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, my boyfriend has been hanging out with his young professor a lot. He doesn't think it's a problem, but I don't trust her. Now, he's insisting we get to know each other, but I just want her gone. Now, hold up. Isn't that against school policy? That sounds totally inappropriate. Well, according to this person, this is her boyfriend's former professor and they're the same age.

And it's even more likely that they're cheating. He insists there's nothing between them. I mean, do you believe him? Well, he's certainly trying to get this person to believe him because he now wants them both to meet. So, do we find out if this person's boyfriend really cheated with his professor or not? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

My name is Ed. Everyone say, hello, Ed. Hello, Ed. I'm from a very rural background myself. My dad is a farmer, and my mom is a cousin. So, like, it's not like... What do you get when a true crime producer walks into a comedy club? I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but that really was my reality nine years ago.

I just normally do straight stand-up, but this is a bit different. On stage stood a comedian with a story that no one expected to hear. The 22nd of July 2015, a 23-year-old man had killed his family. And then he came to my house. So what do you get when a true crime producer walks into a crime. comedy club. A new podcast called Wisecrack, where stand-up comedy and murder take center stage. Available now. Listen to Wisecrack on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, sis, what if I could promise you you never had to listen to a condescending finance

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Listen to Family Secrets Season 12 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, before I let you go, I wanted to ask you about your new single. It's called The Only One, is that right? And it just came out in May. Can you tell us about the songwriting process and what you're excited for people to hear when they listen to it? Yeah, absolutely. I'm so excited about this song.

So this is one of our, like, this is the love song. So it's kind of perfect for this conversation about The Bachelor and Finding Love, love like the only one is really about just that feeling when you find somebody and you just get this magical sort of spark and you know the chorus lines are i want to sleep in your t-shirt i want to sing through your speakers and it's like just that sweet feeling of like finding somebody who just like opens up these different sort of galaxies for you and uh it was really fun to write because, you know, we have a lot of music that's just really fun. Like, our record is these big guitars, this indie synth pop.

It's kind of like a lot of the theme is sort of about like finding the fun and the party and like a refuge in the chaos of like a world that feels very post-apocalyptic sometimes. And we really wanted to just make an album that you could like jump up and down on your bed and sing with your friends, you know. And this song, it's still. that but it's like this is the really kind of you know bringing a little bit of our emo past into it this like you know emotional um love song just about the magic of finding that person who you know whether it's a first date and you're just like majorly crushing on this person or whether it's you know

someone you've been with i've been married to my husband for almost 12 years you know and so it's like that feeling kind of is is something everybody can relate to whether it's you know, all across the board. So it's one of my favorite songs. It's very like galactic, like the the sounds and stuff are really sort of floaty and it's very singable and fun. So I'm really excited for people to hear it. It's been really cool to hear the response so far. That's so cool. I love the way you described even the sounds in it. I'm really, I'm really happy for you guys. It sounds awesome. Where can everyone find you and where can they listen to your music? yeah absolutely so they can find me on any social media platform i'm at kate vogel and your future ghost

is on every platform as well uh we're on spotify we're on apple music we're on anywhere you can think of and i would love to hear people's feedback on the songs and would love to just see everybody at the shows when we start touring we're we're hoping to sort of get all of that stuff worked out soon, but we're dropping our debut album this summer, so I have a lot, we have a lot of new music coming soon that I cannot wait for everybody to hear. So definitely hop over and say hi on Instagram, TikTok, anywhere. I would love to, I love hearing, like sharing our music with new fans and stuff too. So it's, if you saw me on The Bachelor way back in 2009, hopefully you'll be excited about this new stuff. It's, it's, I'm really proud of it. Like, just beyond

excited about it. That is so cool. I'm going to have to come watch when you guys go on tour. I'm in L.A. too, but I'm assuming you guys will have a show there or somewhere close by. Yes. Definitely when we have a show in L.A. I'll, yeah, I'll absolutely be sure to let you know when we're coming through. It's going to be a lot of fun. I love that. Well, thank you so much for joining us on Beyond the Bachelor. And thank you guys for listening. We'll see you next time. Follow the Ben and Ashley I, almost famous podcast on IHartRadio or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. My boyfriend's professor is way too friendly, and now I'm seriously suspicious.

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