The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Lori Lightfoot's Election in Chicago & Trump's Ongoing Beef with Windmills | PJ Morton

Episode Date: April 4, 2019

Lori Lightfoot becomes Chicago's first black female mayor, Trevor examines President Trump's war against windmills, and PJ Morton discusses his album "Gumbo Unplugged." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And thank you as ours for coming out. Thank you, thank you, sir. Thank you, thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you, thank you all. Let's do this thing. Let's make a TV show, people. Our guest tonight is a Grammy's make a TV show, people. Our guest tonight is a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter. You know him as a member of Maroon 5. PJ Morton is here, everybody. Also on tonight's show, Spies at Marilago,

President Trump's War on Wind, and if you hate airplane seats, I have good and bad news. So let's catch up on today's headlines. Joe Biden. Over the past few days, a number of people have complained about the former vice president's habits of playing personal space invaders with women he meets. Well, today, Biden responded. Breaking News. Minutes ago, former vice president Joe Biden releasing a new video on social media addressing

accusations that he has touched women in ways that made them feel uncomfortable. Not sexually, not violently, but inappropriate. And I always tried to be, in my career, I've always tried to make a human connection. That's my responsibility, I think. I shake hands, I hug people. I grab men and one by the shoulders and say, you can do this. You know, social norms that began to change, they've shifted, and the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset.

And I get it. I hear what they're saying. I understand it. And I'll be th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th the I'll be the I'll be the the, I'll be the, I'll be the the the theoul, I'll be theou. I'll the, I'll the, I'll their their their their their their, I'm their their, I'm the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their, I'm their, I'm their, I'm the, I'm the. I'm theananann. I'm theanan. I'm teanoooooooooooooooomoomorrow. I'm together. I'm theanooeane. I'm theaneane're saying. I understand it. And I'll be much more mindful. That's my responsibility. My responsibility, and I'll meet it. Oh wow. You know, it's genuinely impressive to hear an old person say that he is willing to change. Yeah. Normally old people are like, well, I'm dying soon, so live with it! But at the same time, you have to admit Biden is being a little slick with his description, right?

I shake hands, I hug people, I grab shoulders. That's not why people complained. The issue was you going full national geographic on every female in sight, Joe. That's what that was about, Joe. But let's move on now to a troubling story coming from the Winter White House. A huge security breach at President Trump's Marlago Luxury Resort in Florida. On Saturday the Secret Service says a Chinese woman walked up to a security checkpoint at President Trump's Marlago Resort in Florida and said she was there to go to the swimming pool. But when a resort shuttle picked her up,

she changed her story and said she was there for a UN Chinese American Association meeting. But no such meeting was scheduled and she was promptly arrested. Tonight investigators want to know if it was a spy mission. She was carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive that contained malware. They also note that although she said she was there to go to the pool, she was not carrying a swimsuit. Okay, okay, okay. Now I know this sounds suspicious, going to a pool with no swimsuits and with four cell phones. She could be a spy or she could just be an Instagram model.

Hmm? Each phone is for a different filter. And that's for the laptop. I mean, that's just how you edit your thought shots. We don't know. We don't know. And I know right now some of you're like, okay, but Trevor, what about the flash drive with the virus on it? What flash drive doesn't have a virus?

All of them. That's why I always put a cond. I get it. She's a spy. All right, moving on to some election news. Chicago. It's a city of firsts. First skyscraper, first US serial killer, and first person to drown in a slice of pizza. And now, the Windy City is adding a new first to the list. Yesterday, Chicago elected Democrat Lori Lightfoot as the city's first black woman mayor. Yeah. Pretty amazing. So, congratulations to Lori. Lightfoot as the city's first black woman mayor. Yeah. Pretty amazing. So, congratulations to Lori Lightfoot.

In fact, this was interesting. She was running against another black woman, Tony Preckwinkle. Yeah, so Chicago was going to make history either way. Both women are black, and both have the most Harry Potter sounding names I've ever heard. Really? It just sounds like Harry Potter. Professor Preckwinkle, Laurie Lightfoot turned Hermione into a frog again! Let's move on now to some international news. If you think you're addicted to postmates, it's nothing compared to what's happening in Nigeria. The government in Nigeria is trying to cut down an imported food saying that the imports are hurting the local economy and apparently

British pizza is on the list. While complaining about trade imports, a politician in Nigeria claimed that his fellow citizens are importing pizza from the UK. Do you know, sir, there are Nigerians who use their cell phones to import pizza from London? Buy in London, they bring it on British airways in the morning to pick up at the airport. It's a very annoying situation. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay airways in the morning to pick up at the airport. It's a very annoying situation. Okay, okay, first of all, first of all, British pizza?

You're telling me Nigerians are flying past Italy to get British pizza? While you're at it, why don't fly past Amsterdam to get weed in Romania? Like, what are you doing? This is so extra. So the story is, rich Nigerians send people to Britain to buy them pizza. Yeah, which is such a waste of money and time. And also, I can't imagine what the plots in Nigerian porn movies are like, you know? It's like, oh no, it seems like I don't have any money for this pizza.

How will I pay? You don't have money. I just took a $4,000 flight to pick up this lady. I'm going to need you to put out some clothes and get some cash. Boops don't pay for pepperoni. Okay, get some money. And finally, an exciting development in the world of air travel. Just when you thought those airline seats couldn't get any smaller,

an Italian company has come up with an airplane standing seat. The Sky Rider 3.0 kind of looks like a bicycle seat with a back support and a seat belt, the manufacturer says the seat would be called ultra basic economy. They say there's interests, but no orders just yet. Oh, that's right, people. We are on the verge of ultra basic economy, where you have to stand for the entire flight,

and everyone shares one peanut. You just lick it and pass it on. Yeah. Oh, and by the way, no more seat belts. When shit gets rough, Joe Biden just grabbed you from behind. Don't panic. Just breathe. All right, that's it for the headlines. Let's move into today's top story, everybody.

You know, one thing I've always said about Donald Trump from the beginning is that he is both terrifying and hilarious. Like an asteroid headed to earth, but it's shaped like a penis. Think I'm gonna die, but I know I'm gonna laugh. And yesterday was one of those days when Trump was full penis, no asteroid. President Trump is no great student of history, but you would think he would have his own family history down, especially if he's gonna to just bring it up unprompted like he did today. I have great respect for Angola and I have great respect for the country. My father is German, right? Was German?

And born in a very wonderful place in Germany, and so I have a great feeling for Germany. Except the President's father was born in the Bronx. You know, this is one of those trump lies where I'm just like, why are you even doing this? There's nothing to gain, right? Sometimes it feels like he has an unlimited lying plan with Verizon. Like, why lie about this? You know, like, sometimes it's like, you know the way we try to get our steps in, he's trying to reach a certain number of lies on his fibbit every single day, you know?

He's like, oh, I haven't hit my 10,000 yet. My dad was from Germany. Yes, 10,000. I'm not really a 10, a 10, a 10, a 10, a 10, a 10, a 10, a 10, a 10, I t. t. t. t. t. tian. I tian. I'm t t t t t. I'm not really t t tmoe. tmo. I'm tmo. I'm tmo. I'm not really. I'm not really tmo. tmo. tmo. tmo. tmoom. t. t. t. t. t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. I t. t. t. t. try. try. try. try. try. try. ttry. tttttttttttttttttttttry. tttttttttttry. ttttttry. tte. thought that Trump was racist for saying Obama was born in Kenya, but now that he's doing it to his dad, maybe he's just a birther for everyone, maybe that's just him. He's just like, Mike Pence, you're born in Vietnam, Kelly Ann, Guatemala, Ben Carson, Wakanda, tell me where it is. But believe it or not, Trump lying about his dad's birth

was the least crazy thing that he did yesterday. Because later on that night, he went to the Republican spring dinner, stood in front of that hedge that Homer Simpson disappears into, and proceeded to roast Joe Biden. I said, General, give me a kiss. I felt like Joe Biden. I said, General, give me a kiss. I felt like Joe Biden. Sure.

They got to him. Our former vice president, he's... I was going to call him, I don't know him well. I was going to say, welcome to the world. Joe. You having a good time, Joe? Wow. I love how Trump sounds like he's the host of the Me Too Club.

Yeah, he's just like welcoming Joe Biden and like, come in, come in, we've been waiting for you. Let me teach you the secret handshake. Mm-mm-mm-noh-mm! Like, it's pretty insane that Trump has the balls to roast Joe Biden for a non-sexual accusation when he literally has been accused of sexual assault by a dozen women. It's like Boeing roasting you for a fender bender. Ha ha, you can't drive.

But last night, Biden was only a small part of Trump's crazy speech. To be honest, it was less of a speech and more like two hours of mental diarrhea. I mean, at point, Trump even started attacking windmills. Yeah, you heard me, windmills. If you have a windmill anywhere near your house, congratulations. Your house just went down 75% in value. And they say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one, okay? Err. say the noise causes cancer. You tell me that one, okay? Rhear, rha. Okay, I've never heard a windmill before, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't sound like a cat in a dryer. Wow, wow. And don't get me started on solar panels. Arrrh! And what about hydropower? You know the sound water makes? E! Kuttak, ktak, ktak, ktak. Kutak.

Like, I really can't believe that I have to say this, people. But noise from windmills does not cause cancer. In fact, at this point is probably one of the only things that doesn't cause cancer. Every day, they add a new thing to to to to to to to to the list, the list, to the list, the list,too long, standing too long, microwaving your own head, injecting yourself with cancer, the list is endless. And as random as it seems for Trump to be going after windmills,

it turns out that Trump has had a beef with windmills for many, many years. In fact, this rivalry goes so deep that we've decided to explore it in our brand new segment, Donald J. Trump, commander in beef. I'm gonna hit them back, and if I give him a whack, I think I could take this guy in a fight. Knocked a crap at him, but would you? Like to punch him in the face. Windmills, they're not just a challenging obstacle

on the Put-pot course. No, they're also Trump, their truu's, tru's, tru's, tru's, their also also tru's, of his origin story, you know, like a superhero whose parents were killed by a very slowly moving fan. And Trump doesn't just hate windmills like a Jehovah's Witness, no, he's going door to door to try and get everyone else to hate them too. And he's got all kinds of reasons, starting with the danger that they posed to America's most precious resource, television. If Hillary got in, you wouldn't have that stat, I can't that, that'd be doing wind windmills wean and if it doesn't if it doesn't blow you can forget about television for that night darling I want to watch television I'm sorry the wind isn't blowing. I know a lot about wind.

What? What the fuck does that mean? I know a lot. Like, we all know the same amount about wind. What do you need to know about wind? You can use it to fly a kite, sometimes it screws up your umbrella, and if it goes in a circle, it's a tornado. That's it, we're done.

Also I like that instead of talking about the effects of a power outage on things like hospitals or airports, the worst case scenario Trump could think of was no TV. Like TV is so important to Trump. He probably list thu- to to to me, turn to Channel 7, please. And also, does Trump not know what a battery is? Huh? Because you realize a wind turbine doesn't plug directly into your TV. Okay? He makes it seem like the faster the windmill goes, the faster your TV slows on,

it's like the shows on TV playing faster and fast and on a windy day. It's just like on the news, the news, the news, the news, the news, the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, you, you, you, thi, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you thi, you thi, you're thi, you're thi, you, you're thi, you're thi, you're thi, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, tho, tho, thu, th. th. th, th. th, th. th, th, th, th, th, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, tru, tru, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, t it's just like on the news today, the people, the people, somebody, somebody, their, something, blah, today, so, buzzing, ah. Oh, and according to Trump, according to Trump, the danger windmills posed to television is nothing compared to what it does to nature's airplanes, your birds. All your birds killed. They kill so many birds. You look underneath some of those windmills. It's like a killing field of birds. In California, if you kill a bald eagle, they put you in jail for five years.

And yet the windmills knock them out like flies. It's crazy. What about the thousands of birds they're killing? Try going to the bottom of a windmill someday. It's not a pretty picture. How many windmills does this guy visit? And why is he always going to the base of them? Driver, stop the car. I want to count the dead birds.

Now, to be fair, to be fair to Trump, right? Windmills do kill birds, right? And some people are legitimately concerned about it. But I don't think Donald Trump is one of those people. Like, Trump doesn't really care about the welfare of birds. In fact, to me, it looks like he's on a mission to wipe out the entire species on his own. But let's say you don't care about TV or birds or getting fake cancer.

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Don't build windmills because they can be blown up during war. Yeah, so can everything else. Every power source can be blown up during a war. In fact, a blown up the windmill probably has the least thoes. b thiils. b b b b b.. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. B----------- boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. B. B. B. B. B, boom. B. B, boom. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. source can be blown up during a war. In fact, a blown up windmill probably has the least fallout. With oil you have spills, with nuclear power, you have radiation. If you bomb a windmill, what's the worst that happens, huh? It's just going to fall on a pile of dead birds. That's it.

So clearly, Donald Quixote over here is in a war with windmills. The question is why. Well we did some digging and it turns out the beef started almost a decade ago. Trump is an outspoken critic of wind farms and opposes a planned development of turbines just offshore from his golf course in Northeast Scotland. Trump told lawmakers he supports other forms of green energy but but wind turbines are ugly, noisy, and dangerous. Wind turbines made in China are going to be the destruction and they almost a total destruction of your tourism industry. They want to build thousands of windmills in the waters that surround the most beautiful shoreline, probably,

anywhere in the world. It has the most beautiful shoreline, probably anywhere in the world. It has to be stopped. Scotland has a group of leaders, one in particular, who just is foistering them on the people, and it's really, really sad. Of course, it all makes sense now. It was never really about birds or television. It was always about golf. And by the way, Trump is wrong on two counts. Experts say that windmills near a golf course

don't destroy tourism, and experts also say that foistering is not a word. But this is great news. This is great news. We understand that. this is great news. We understand it. He hates the windmills because they block his view at his golf course. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiollain, thi, thi, thiolathea, thiolat, thioll an thioll an thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thi to thi thi thi thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii thi. thi thi, thi the windmills because they block his view at his golf course, but now we understand what Trump's motivating force is, right? Golf courses. That's the one thing he will do anything to protect. And now that we know this, we can use it to solve the world's problems. Like, Puerto Rico, if you want Trump to stop blocking your hurricane thrown your island into a giant golf club and the money will come flying in, like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and the the the the th, and th, th, th, th, and th, and th, and tho, tho, tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th is th is th is th is th is th is tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and thoo, and thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, and tho, and tho, tho, and the money will come flying in like no no no we'll be right back I'm here to tell you everybody John Stewart here I am here to tell you about my new podcast the weekly show it's going to be coming out every Thursday so exciting you'll be saying you to tell you about my new podcast

the weekly show it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on

sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcast go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter, a producer and keyboardist for Maroon 5. His latest solo album is called Gumbo Unplugged. Please welcome, PJ Morton. Welcome to the show.

You're supposed to hit the table. I think so. Yeah, man, you can hit the table. Welcome to it. Good to be here, congratulations on all of your success. One of my best friends sent me a message. He's like, I think, I think, I think that's a PJ. And I was joking with him. he's like, how dare you?

Yeah. You have some really, really rabid fans who are loving your music, but many people may know you from Maroon 5. They go like, that's him. In fact, someone described you to me, they were like, PJ Morton, and I was like, who's Pjthey were like, the black guy from Maroon 5. Yeah. Do people say that to you a lot? Yeah, my father calls me the only Maroon and Maroon. So.

No, I get that all the time. I get that all the time. Right. You've been really successful with the band, though have been an interesting time for you when you were playing the Super Bowl. Yes. Right? Because that was one of the touchiest moments that we've seen. Like Maroon 5 is safe.

I mean, no one ever goes like Maroon 5, that controversial band. Sure. And then the Super to make? Yeah, and I don't think we viewed it as either or. You know, the band was there because of the hard work that we've done over the years, you know. The hit songs and the successful tours. So I felt like we were supposed to be there.

And me, personally, as a support Colin, Knaik, I felt like I could play the Super Bowl and support Colin at the same time. The same way people were on the field playing football and supporting them at the same time. So I didn't see any different and I think we became an easy target. I think half-time performance or easy targets in general, but it was really heated this year. You know myself, I wasn't, my saints were bawling out all year and I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I wasn't, I was wasn't, I was wasn't, I was th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi-a, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, were, were, their, were, their, were, their, their, were.e.e.e.. their, were, were, I wasn't, my saints were balling out all year and I wasn't watching football in support. But, you know, I think when it came down to it when we said whether we would do it or not, it just came down to music is what we do, we make people happy with music and that

was our choice and at the same time still supporting the cause, you know, and what the cause started off as, which is, you know, I'm against police brutality, against Brown and Black people, and I'm in support of peacefully protesting. Right, right, right. And those things still stand. They stood as we played the halftime show, and you know, everything's all right. I think something we can't agree on that was very controversial and we do need to talk about this. Okay. Is all of those th th th th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those th those tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thoes thoes thoes thoes thate thate and thate. And thate. And, and thiou thi. And, and thi. And, and thi. And, and thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. And thi. And, and thi thi. And thi. And thi. And thi. And thi. And thi. And thi. And thi. And, and thi. And, and thi. And, and thi. And, and th. And, and th. thi. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. And, and thi very controversial and we do need to talk about this. Okay. Is all of those tattoos?

Yes. Oh, Adam's tattoos. That's a lot of tattoos. That's a lot of tattoos. That's a lot of tattoos. It's a lot. I think that's a up. Yeah, but I can't see, like your neck is just on your face, but I mean he's literally, it's just like, he doesn't even wear clothes type thing.

Yeah, yeah. I think that was the big controversy is that. That was, I think that was it. It was the tattoos. But let's talk about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about the the solo about the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo the solo th. you know, by yourself. You're doing it, you're making music. This album is one that is celebrated because of the different influences that it has. How is your music different to what you make with Maroon 5 and why is it that different?

You know, I think for me, it's my music is rooted in Seoul R&B music. I think we lean to more, I mean, initially with Maroon, it was a rockish pop thing and then it became, you know, more of a pop thing. And their soulful elements because, you know, Adam's a soulful singer. The reason they became Maron was because of being introduced to Stevie Wonder with their punk influence,

and they just mixed it all together. But for me, I really focus on the soul side. You know, my influence is from Stevie Wonder to Al Green and D'Angelo. So I think that's a big difference. You know, I'm out, they're all from LA. I'm a New Orleans boy, born and raised. I had to move to LA to join the band, and now have since moved back to new tho, but to..... big difference is that I'm a soul man through and through. Part of the reason you moved back is really inspirational.

You moved back because you love New Orleans. You wanted to give back as well. I mean, you've got gumbo in the title of the album. Yeah. Why has it been so important for you to bring the music back to New Orleans and to put New Orleans in the music. Well for me, you know, it was going back home to, you know, first selfishly and getting myself centered and getting back to who I was, why I was doing this in the first place. And then when I got there, I saw that a lot of the things,

the missing links that caused me to have to leave to be successful in music, were still there. And I was always always always because I was always the young boy, you know. And then I look around and I'm kind of the young OG now. And I said, well, I'm not going to ask anybody to do it. I'm a step up and try to be the voice and be a leader in my own town. And that's what started to happen. We have this initiative, known that's, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, they, and, they, they, they, they, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, they, I's, I'm, thin, thin, thin, thi, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I's, I's, I's, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I...... And, I. And, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm, I'm, they... And, they. And, thin, t to. And, ty. And, ty. And, ty. And, ty. And, today, th. And, the the the, and it's really about getting the music business infrastructure back going in New Orleans. Right, you're trying to basically grow what you call and I love it the Motown of New Orleans. Yeah, well

my, you know, this Grammy Award-winning album that we just won is on my independent label, Martin Records, in New Orleans, and I call it the Motown the New Orleans because I really wanted to focus on Well first honing talent right there in the city that what that Motown did but also You know looking over the project from A to Z I don't think there's enough Development going on in music right right right right you got enough to the views on YouTube. Let's get it going but me I want to I want to see it all the way to see it all the way way way way way you you you you you you you you you you you you want to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to to the to to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the tall the way through. You want to grow the people, you want to, yeah. When you look at the culture, the music, what you're trying to do right now, you're in a really interesting space where you can grow the music into what you wanted to be, but what you came from is what really blows my mind. You came from a religious background, like strong religious background, singing in the church. You know your music is very, you're, th. a song on this album that you're going to be performing called religion, right?

And the song is about what you don't like about religion. Where did that come from? Yeah, it's true. I'm a preacher's kid, born and raised in the church, learn how to play music in the church. Religion is a song that I wrote during the presidential campaign. And, you know, growing up as a pastor's kid, I saw a lot of misuse in church in general. You know, with power, I mean, with humans, just being human. I see a lot of mistakes, oh for sure. But what really took me, took me back was a lot of the evangelicals, mainly white evangelicals, just

kind of throwing away everything that they stood for, to support Trump. And I really think that it became more about supporting that than their beliefs. They just threw those away just because he said, listen, I'm a Christian and that's it. I don't have to act like one. I don't have to, my actions don't have to prove that I am, but I am. Just take that. And then everybody's just with them. And I'm like, man, what happened to all these things that you used to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be so bad and that you would come out against. And that's where this song really came from.

It's powerful, man. It's an amazing album. That's why it has a Grammy, and I'm excited to hear you perform it. Thank you so much for being on the show, my dude. Thank you for this. Bumbo Unplug is available now. PJ Morton, everyone. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show.

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