The Toast - A Couple of Mainstream Cogs Enjoying The Grammys: Monday, February 5th, 2024

Episode Date: February 5, 2024

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Good morning, Millennials! Welcome back to The Toast and happy Monday. Hope everybody had a great, gorgeous, fantabulous weekend. And speaking of fantabulousness and fantabulosity, it is Jacqui. Wow! Oh my god! Hi, Turdi. I wasn't expecting that.

I just got like so excited that I lost my breath and I choked. So are you breathless for me? I'm breathless. Turdy makes me breathless. But no, I am feeling gorgeous and fantabulous. My weekend was all of those things. That's so good. I'm feeling renewed as we head into the week. This is such an exciting week because Turdy's coming to town soon. It's the week of the Super Bowl. It's the week of the Super Bowl, the week of the turd. And I'm just like kind of prepping my life for my turdy. Oh, you are? Yeah. Like, oh, no, I changed your sheets last week. So we're good on that. But I need to charge your blinds in your room. I just have like a running list of things. Yeah. Restock my mini fridge. The mini fridge is

actually going to come into my room for bottles in the night, if that's okay. Oh, wow. She's being demoted. Yeah. And I just feel like you didn't even need it. No, I didn't need it. I enjoyed it. Or use it. Did you even use it?

It was full. Yeah, there were sodas in there. No, I fucked it up with some sodas. Okay. Maybe I'll have to get another mini fridge then. Yeah, maybe like a little bit bigger. The one you got is like a skincare fridge. You can fit like three cans. Yeah, why did I get that?

Oh, I got that fridge just for bottles in the night, just for like when I was hawking, just to put it in the fridge next to my bed. It didn't need to be big. So if you are tuning in today, which obviously you are because the Toast is the most important platform on the planet, you might notice we're audio only. And that's because the Turdsville is extremely under the weather. And like you said, it's a big week. She's headed down to Florida. She can't be getting these kids sick. So I'm'm like in recovery mode I am really sick and I'm really upset because I'd love to be in studio you know how it kills me not to get my vertical videos I know especially for a day such as this when there is so much to talk about I watched the Grammys

from start to finish last night I enjoyed myself. I'm kind of just like in my era of enjoying like mainstream popular things. I feel like honestly you were definitely like in your hater era for like a really long time but I feel like. I feel like I've come so full circle from like being critical of things that now I'm just like my expectations are so low for stuff and I can just enjoy it. No, but also I think everyone would agree like the Grammys were particularly fabulous last night in terms of like people who showed up, in terms of the performances. Trevor Noah was not offensive. Like it was good. It was good.

It wasn't even about the star quality because there's always like always like big stars it just depends on who you prioritize but just something about it was good the music was good the jokes were good Trevor Noah had me chuckling yeah he was cute he stayed on topic yep I think it's like his third year doing the Grammys he finally like got it right I don't know who wrote his jokes last night but they should be hired out for the other award shows it's's like, how do we make a joke about just this award show and make it fun? Yeah, the chuckley. That's not like the best, most amazing jokes I've ever heard in my entire life. Like chuckle, chuckle. I chuckled. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

Chuckle. Chuckle. Got to chuckle for me. So of course, today's show is going to be a major recap of the Grammys, the fashion, the awards, the performances, the Luke Combs of it all, the Taylor Swift of it all. So we have a really fun and exciting show. But before we dive in, Jax, tell me about you. About me. So weaning cabbage land is going according to plan. It actually, the cabbage brought my supply down so much, like I wasn't ready to be done

yet. Oh, it worked a little too well. Yeah. And I'm not done. And I also, I was out this weekend, so I wasn't ready to be done yet and I'm not a little too well yeah and I'm not done and I also I was out this weekend so I didn't do cabbage I did the cabbage cream which definitely helps but it's not as rapid as the cabbage which is okay because like I could go for still another week of like just nursing morning and night and nothing in between so that kind of took up my weekend but I also had just like it was really nice weather here on Saturday. So we hit the pool. It was just a really fun, fun weekend.

Like I know that everyone does like cabbage. It's like a age old thing. But like it's giving homesteading trad wife. I know. And that's maybe why I love it. Nobody loves it though more than Bruno. Because every once in a while I drop a piece. Or I left a piece on my bedside table.

Bruno. And he waits. And he's so. I feel like he's like Edward in Twilight. Being around Bella. And like not eating her. Love that reference. Is Bruno sleeping with me last night?

He was cuddled in my bosom. And I know it took every ounce of willpower for him. Not to eat mommy's cabbage. Stop. That's like so sweet. I forget that you have a dog like how nice for you i know but he's gonna be our dog in just a week i know i can't wait to see him he's been so amazing i'm so glad you brought this up i was you actually brought it up but continue

i was co-sleeping with bryson last night as we were watching curb and not chuckling more on that later okay so me and ben started curb after the grammys but i was like i gotta go to sleep and it was like not keeping me it was enticed good yeah it was especially for a season opener right and they like picked up right where they left off at the end of the last season i was like wait who is this love maria sophia but i'm like who is this woman living with larry oh yeah that I didn't know but I thought you were gonna be like chuckling over JG Wentworth oh like that was like cute that's like your Ben's thing it's like a dumb funny joke yeah me and Ben would write not Larry David yeah I thought it was

all like really bad and stupid except Maria Sophia stole the show as she always does okay I'm obsessed with the Maria Sophia storyline it's it's actually so funny i had forgotten about her i like forgot what the show was about these days and then maria sofia takes over the world and i love that for her love and like when she did that fake jimmy kimmel interview she was being so funny no she she's hysterical she's a star and i was co-sleeping nestling up with Bruno last night and I was just I was having a Bruno renaissance moment where I was like this boy and he's turning three and a half this month and it's just time flies it's my eldest boy he's such a he's grown into such a lovely young man Bruno is turning three and a half that's you know half of Theo's life. Yeah, just about.

Not even, actually. Theo was not even seven, so. Theo was six and a half. Yeah. And then he's dead. When he was stolen from us. When he was murdered. Yeah.

So crazy. I can't get into it. Rest in peace, King. Rip King. So, yes. I think we should just dive in because honestly like i have so much to say about the grammys before we do how was your influencer weekend oh my god i haven't even spoken to you i don't even know how it went how did it go brokering peace amongst the influencers so i kind of threw myself like a little dinner party well not myself but you know

you called up your favorite influencers well tinks was in town she was like should we get dinner i'm like yes but also shannon's in town so maybe you two could officially like me i've never even met and then i was like let's just get like the girlies together like who does tinks know who should tinks know who would tinks vibe with and we had such a good meal at emilia's belato like the best italian food ever chicken parm so good and the girls just girl like i kind of just sat back and watched, you know, like my work come to life. Mm-hmm. And it was so much fun.

We had drinks. We had dinner. We went out for cocktails after. We ran into the Snatchler. Snatchler. Was she, why didn't she get the invite to the dinner?

It was just kind of like an older girl, older sister thing, you know? I totally understand. She's like, she's too young. No, she's like my little sister yeah no and it was for like the mature influencers it was for the older sisters like

yeah we're women in our 30s I hear you loud and clear but then we walked into zero even notice or was she unfathomable no honestly I haven't spoken to her because I've been like so sick but I meant to call him like that was weird running into you like a regular person. Like I literally walked into Zero Bond and she was right there waiting for the elevator. I was like, oh, man. And then we spent the night together. But I was like, that's so weird. We weren't like texting.

That's so weird. Yeah, it was just kind of like with my cool older friends, you know? Yeah, totally. And who was she with? Her younger friends. And did you guys join forces? Yeah, of course. We had a big table oh how

fun and then we like ran into some other people we knew so it's kind of like a fabulous night to be in new york yeah no it sounds that way it was i'll get the full recap offline oh yeah and then i woke up so sick and it's just been like downhill ever since yeah well i'm sure i don't want to sound like you know the teacher but I'm sure I'm sure the drinking and the hangover doesn't help the sick I didn't drink you looked like classic drunk turdy no I didn't drink I don't drink alcohol I could see in those eyes I said that girl is gone she's gone girl she's holding it together she's going going on on. I love that. Yeah. I see you. It was really fun. So good

to you know have my friends who are like sisters in New York with me you know. But not your sisters who are like friends. No no honestly. You're becoming one of those people who's like my friends are my family. Jackie my friends are my family like stop.

But my family are my friends. Of course, except for Margo. No, no. Honestly, I need to call her because like it was so regular. Do you know what I mean? Like walking into an establishment and seeing my, this is my flesh and blood. And I was like, what are you doing here that's really crazy for us who like have tabs on each other we all like have each other's locations we know what everyone and where everyone is at all points of life yes like Margo I guess just like had plans that night I had plans that night so we didn't like contact one another and then I was like oh my god I just feel like I'm like a person who's like distant from my family. You know? Totally.

It's giving distant from your family. It's giving like Jordan Rodgers. No, actually Aaron Rodgers. Like the two of them just like running into each other at a football game. No, seriously. Like now that we don't talk. Now that we don't talk. So the Super Bowl is this weekend.

I'm so excited. We're getting like already like footage and stuff. Everybody's landed in Vegas. It's so exciting. I bought myself a t-shirt to wear on Super Bowl Sunday because I was placing an order I just want to say shout out I got a bunch of stuff from Abercrombie delivered this morning I was trying it on before the show everything was a sleigh I got they have like really cute sports clothes so I got a 49ers t-shirt to wear for the big game oh I saw that they had released a collection of like NFL stuff and I went to go purchase it.

And I felt like all the teams had such cute stuff except like the 49ers one was kind of ugly. Yeah, that's how I felt too. But like I needed a shirt. So I'm going to bring my jersey. Oh, right. You have swag. I have a signed Kyle Juszczyk jersey. It says from one toaster to another.

Not to brag. It says from one toaster to another. So like I'll probably just wear that, you You know just like chill girl vibes. It's not like Ben's? Ben has one too. Oh he wore it twice? Yeah we have like multiple signed jerseys you know. He didn't write though from one good guy to another? It was

before the good guys. This was like over a year ago. Those were the days. Kind of like one of my favorite like toast lore things. I was having one-sided beef with the good guys like they don't even listen they don't even know i was trying to explain it to ben he's like we don't care no i'm obsessed with us like just having beef with everyone we have beef with good guys we have beef with smartless we do have beef with smartless fuck them actually that's kind of where our beef starts and i feel like everyone else we have mad respect for like we have respect

for tom segura we have respect for tim d Like we have respect for Tom Segura. We have respect for Tim Dillon. We have respect for Theo Vaughn. We have major respect for Joe Rogan. We're going to talk about that later. Jackie, do we have respect for Tom Segura? Because we didn't really even talk about like how we were snubbed. Snubbed beyond. Like we put Bert and Tom in our fucking title. It just goes to show you they don't look at the charts. Not that they snubbed us. I don't know what's worse. That like we look at the charts so much and like it didn't occur to us that other people did it. Or that they literally saw it and ignored us.

What's worse? I don't know. I don't know either. But I do have respect for them until I know that it's an official snubbing. I just feel like the vibes are good and I love Tom's book. I just feel like. And Burt went on Good Guys. So technically like that's family to us.

As much as we beef. Yeah, but Jackie, we're distant from our family. As much as we beef with Good Guys, like, if someone goes on Good Guys, like, they're good with us. I feel. Oh, no, and if... As much as we beef with Good Guys,

like, you can't... Like, I can talk shit about Good Guys. You can't. What? Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't saying you. I was saying, like, we can. Oh, like, the... Like, they're sorry. I wasn't saying you. I was saying like we can. Oh, like the, like you.

Like they're our family. Like we can say what we want, but at the end of the day, it's like blood is thicker than water, bitch. Yeah, no, but like you, if you come for good guys, like we come for your neck. Exactly, but I can come for good guys.

Oh, man, I thought you were taking away my joy. No, no, no, no. Please talk, come for good guys all you want. Okay, cool. Yeah, and also I feel like if you have beef with someone, you could veto them going on good guys. And also I feel like if you have beef with someone, you could veto them going on Good Guys, right? You have like final say. I have veto power. Yes. Have you exercised

this power? No, because one thing about the Good Guys is like they're not going to run things by me. Like they just do their thing. And like I find out with everybody else, you know? So true. It's better that way. But I guess Ben like knows who I hate so he would be like he would never have you know Scott Rogowski on right and it's not like a huge list it's very no small it's like really just Scott Rogowski like who I would truly stop Ben from having on the podcast yeah no one really in like the influencer reality tv space yeah stop him from having on except Scott Rogowski yeah but you're giving him too much space that you would stop him from having on. Except Scott Rogowski.

Yeah. But you're giving him too much credit that he would even get books like alongside the likes of La La Kent. That he would even get the invite. It's so true. Yeah. So true. Okay. Let's dive in because we really have a lot of ground to cover today. Yeah.

Hold on tight. Like this is going to be a long one. There's so much to say. So without further ado-do-do-do-do, here are the fast five stories that you need to know. So our first story is actually brought to you by McDonald's and we're going to do a big Grammys fashion recap. It is time for a very special segment where we are going to discuss the best looks on the Grammys red carpet.

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which looks stole the red carpet from the Grammy's red carpet. Everybody showed up and showed out last night. Run me through some of your favorites. Okay, I'm going to start on a positive because we're extremely positive here. Yep. Miley. Loved.

I loved everything about Miley last night, her energy and her aura and the hair, the dress. She just owned every element of what she was wearing and love. 10 out of 10. 10s across the board. The dress was a 10 out of 10 for sure. The hair was different. Different.

Would I wear the hair? No. But does it work for this era Miley's currently in? Yes. It was different. It was giving like lioness mullet and it was very Miley. Agreed. I wouldn't wear it,

but it was flowing. You know who looked amazing who did not get to walk the red carpet because there was like apparently a crazy rainstorm in LA was Kelsey Ballerini. Yes, always. Which sucks because she looked so pretty.

I loved her dress and she posted a bunch of pictures on Instagram. Yeah. But we didn't get to see like the full carpet. And her glam was beautiful, but she always, she knows how to dress. What did you think about Olivia Rodrigo who wore vintage

and who, by the way, was styled by something Navy Sister? Do you know that? No, I didn't know that. And I think she looks beautiful. I love a classic look. I love just going for a gorgeous classic look with a red lip and a hair down in a side part. Like you can't go wrong with that by me.

No, that's very true. Okay, then we also have Ice Spice who was giving classic Ice Spice. She was giving classic Ice Spice. She looked adorable like definitely different. No one else was wearing something even remotely similar in terms of like attire but I thought she looked super cute. Yeah she looked really cute. The Grammys is also like a red carpet where you're supposed to have fun while also looking nice. I feel like this is a really good example of that and I think sometimes people play it safe on the red carpet. I like a safe classic look but I also like when you go outside of the box and you nail it. One of my best dress was Sophia Richie. Like classic, understated, so like beautiful pregnant woman. I thought she looked great. Same and Christina Aguilera. I love. I agree that. Blue was Gorgian.

Love this color. Love how it's styled. I love her. Low-key, I love her so much. She's doing a Las Vegas residency right now. I need to go. We also, speaking of Las Vegas and women in music, need to talk about Kelly, who's stunned in a white gown. The queen was stunting, as she always does. She brought her son with her. He looked so cute. Kelly looked amazing. Like I feel like Kelly was just there to have fun. She was just living her best life. She wasn't taking it too seriously. I thought she looked amazing. I agree and I hope she had all of those things. Another outfit that I loved was Chrissy Teigen.

Loved her dress. Oh yeah yeah yeah. Yeah I think Paris Hilton looked amazing too. Like that color. She really kind of like Paris Hilton always slays. Yeah. Always slays. Knows what works for her. Like doesn't try and reinvent the wheel. And I appreciate that. Oh, I'm looking at this.

Ellie Goulding was there. I missed her. So funny. But I love her. I was looking also this morning. I didn't even see Ellie Goulding. I thought she looked amazing. But literally only on this red carpet recap link

that I was just looking at is the first time I saw her. And that's a shame because when Ellie Goulding is in the building you pay respect and they didn't. No they did not.

Not at all. I would love an Ellie Goulding performance. I would love an Ellie Goulding performance too. I feel like everybody really looked very nice last night. I feel like sometimes

these award shows can be like a little kooky. Like everybody tries so hard to outdo one another. I thought everybody just looked like really glamorous, really pretty, very glamorous. That's the word. Lovely. They looked lovely.

I loved Beyonce's look too. You know, it was very low-key for her. We didn't get red carpet. We didn't get red carpet photos of her either. So we really didn't get to see the whole look, but I love her in a cowboy hat. Yeah. I thought it was great.

People on Twitter were saying that Beyonce was giving Karen Huger. I do see the comparison. Oh, what did you think about Kacey Musgraves? I'm looking at her right now. So there's nothing wrong with it. But I didn't love it. It's plain. Yeah.

But she's an elegant queen. She is an elegant queen. and she really can't do any wrong this is dress and i also love that she put it back on after her performance because like that's how much she must have liked it too a hundred percent like not a thousand outfit changes yeah usually after people perform they put on like their next outfit which makes sense you're not going to like put on your your previous dress but if you love your previous dress keep wearing it I also just imagine like the feeling of being like in that dress any dress for so many hours and then like being done with the award show taking it off and like going to McDonald's

like that is probably the best part of the night win or lose the drive-thru is the best part of the night a hundred percent yesterday Zach dropped me off for a manicure pedicure when he picked me up he had McDonald's waiting for me in the car and it was just one of those moments where it was it was one of those moments life was good so thanks so much to McDonald's for sponsoring this special Grammy segment they are truly these are truly McDonald's best classic burgers ever so try McDonald's best burgers ever at a McDonald's near you so I personally I would say my dressed, if you had to name one person. Montana Tucker. Oh, agreed. Love.

Love. She wore a ribbon on her chest saying, bring them home as an homage to the hostages that are still in Gaza that everyone has just forgotten about. Forgotten about. I agree. And also like the dress was beautiful too. Like I actually thought she looked amazing. Oh my God.

She looked amazing. Yeah. It really was like very star studded. I feel like with the Grammys specifically I feel like so many people don't go so many artists have like beef with the Grammys and we'll talk about that with like Jay-Z's speech Drake has been very vocal about his beef with the Grammys I feel like a lot of times like big big movers and shakers don't all go the same year and I feel like this particular year we got a lot I don't feel like we even got a lot this year but I feel like we got the lot. I don't feel like we even got a lot this year, but I feel like we got the handful that I personally appreciate, but I, and care about. Yeah. I don't feel like it was a hugely star studied year. And I actually felt like the nominees like this, they weren't, it wasn't

the strongest year of nominees ever. Like nobody swept. I feel like if, you know, Adele didn't come out with an album, not Bruno Mars or Beyonce or anyone, just the Taylor Swift Midnight's album, which for some reason I didn't think was gonna sweep maybe because Antihero was the song that was up for nomination and I don't think that is even close that's probably like the worst song on the album like imagine if Mastermind was nominated it would have won everything agreed 100% it was not very competitive and that's why like I didn't think Midnight's was gonna win but when it did SZA should have won honestly I really believe that like just in terms of the album in particular like yeah this was Taylor's big year and the album is amazing and it's not not deserving but like really it was like SZA's year what's so funny is I listened

to Midnight's backwards and forwards is probably my most listened to album of course after getting old by Luke Holmes which was the snub of the century but no I loved the century. But no, I loved Midnight so much. I couldn't stop listening to it. And yet, weirdly, I still didn't think it was album of the year. I don't know why. I don't know why I have like a grudge against Midnight. By the way, I don't even have a grudge against Midnight. I love Midnight.

I feel like with all of Taylor's success this year, it wasn't really even about Midnight. That's why I felt like it wasn't going to win. Because yes, this is the year of Taylor Swift, time person of the year, the era story, yada, yada. I feel like all of that success, that kind of has nothing to do with Midnights. That is also true. But I feel like I even listen to Midnights more than you.

I can't explain it. I listen to it. You do. I love it so much, but it didn't register for me as album of the year until she won. And I'm like, oh, duh. Like I think of all the songs that are on it and I'm like, how is that not album of the year? I don't think she thought she was going gonna win either because she made her big announcement when she won pop vocal which like is not like the most important Grammy ever it's not like we would make a big

announcement for but I think she was certain that if she was gonna win any it was just gonna be that one yeah well let's go through the show oh wait let's also what did you think about Taylor's uh outfit I disliked it yeah I very much disliked it. We have gotten to a point where like we've really, we've done all that we can do like with this particular stylist. Like I do feel like Taylor needs a new style mood board. She just needs someone to come in and like start from scratch. She is literally any designer in the world would die,

die, die, die, die, die, die to work with her. Like I feel like you, we were texting and you said this, like, it's almost like it's harder for her to look bad.

With all the resources, she's so beautiful and she's got, you know, six foot. Like, yeah, like I don't want to sound like, you know, she's got a great figure. She's a beautiful woman. She has the access to all the connections and resources in the world. She actually has to go out of her way to look bad, which it feels like she's doing. No, to me, like last night's outfit was a huge miss. I feel like most of the time she doesn't really look bad. She just looks so safe.

And it's like, come on, we could be doing so much more. I felt like last night's was bad. Last night's was a miss. And the dress itself is a nice looking dress. And I think if she had worn just the dress with a different hairstyle her glam is always on point like because she doesn't really deviate and I loved her makeup if she wore just the dress and kept it really simple I think that would have been really pretty I didn't like the gloves I didn't like the hair I like the necklaces I'm

fine with I loved the necklaces actually I did not like the hair. And altogether, it was bad. It was. And it's, it feels intentional. Yeah, maybe it's like an attempt at relatability, honestly. Like. Or just like an attempt at like, oh, you want me to play like the pretty princess? No. Yeah, but like she is still a pretty princess wearing a big gown. Do you know what I mean?

I do. She did take the gloves off for her speech, her final speech, which was very good. Better. That was good. Okay, yeah. So let's do run of show between like performances, awards, and just like general moments. Miss. Okay.

First let's talk about Trevor Noah. As stayed in, the jokes were funny. I was chuckling. There was nothing offensive and he stayed on topic. That's really all you have to do. And that's why when I say like, I don't feel bad for Joe Coy. It's an easy job, especially if you're a comedian. This is your trade.

No, and Trevor Noah, I think, did like a little bit of improv because like people kept walking in. And I thought those were the funniest parts. Like that's real talent. I thought he did a very good job. I agree. And you could tell he did improv from when people were walking in and he was writing jokes about that.

And I thought that was impressive and he did good. It's as simple as that. Right. The thing with the host is like we're not supposed to have like a ton to say. He's just supposed to sort of like get the show from beginning to end. Assure us through. And that's it. And I feel like he did a good job.

Me and Ben chuckled a few times. It was good. It was good. Then I think the first big award of the night went to Miley for pop vocal song Flowers. I was so happy for her. Obviously, you guys know I've been up and down with Miley through the years. But it's crazy how growing up she was my everything in this world. And I don't ever forget that.

And when I see her, like a part of me goes back to that place. And seeing her last night thriving and winning, I so so happy for her yeah she deserves it flowers is an amazing song but just I just loved her energy I really did and I was so glad to see her win yeah what I really liked about Miley is I feel like everyone in that room like takes themselves so seriously and they're so competitive and like everybody's such a big ego and everyone's just trying to be so cool and I feel like Miley was there she's like yeah I've never won a Grammy like she was so happy to be there so excited like really just didn't give a fuck and she was like so unserious about the whole thing when sometimes it's like calm down you guys it's an award show I feel like her her like her outlook was really

healthy and she looked like she was having so much fun nobody was having more fun than Miley and that's always going to be the person who looks the coolest. I loved her performance. I love the improv. It started off weird when she was like, why are you guys acting like you don't know this song? Oh my God, Jackie. I, like that's Jo Koy.

My biggest pet peeve is when people do that. When she stopped in the middle of the performance and was like, why are you guys acting like you don't know the song? She didn't stop. And I feel like she likes to do a bit of like cabaret talking through her songs. So she, it was, I forgot about it because the rest of the performance was so good especially when she was like I just won my first Grammy and of course the whole time I'm thinking about like Liam Hemsworth the songs about him like this was a low point when she wrote this song and now she's she's winning yeah no it was a triumphant evening like she really she she was so happy and she's so talented

and her voice is so good and I love when she gets to stunt on everyone in the room it's like oh you don't take me seriously but like here I go yeah no she reminded everyone like she really is such a talented vocalist and there's like this running joke on social media that like the three pop girlies who still don't have grammys are Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, and Miley Cyrus. And like people were making these hilarious memes being like Miley leaving the room of like the and it's like when she leaves the house in Hannah Montana that she grew up in she's like waving. It's so funny but really Miley's just been one of those girls who like hasn't had a Grammy. And she totally deserved it. Every time she was nominated I knew she was going to win.

I didn't think the album should have won and it didn't but I think that song like was really the song of the year I also really appreciated Mark Ronson and Meryl Streep explaining the difference between song of the year and record of the year which is something I've never understood but now I get and I do think song of the year if it's about the song writing Billie Eilish what was I made for I was listening that last night was the first time I heard the song in full and I was thinking about the lyrics because by the way I did watch Barbie and I hopefully I'll get to my recap today but if not it could wait till tomorrow because we have a lot to talk about today but I was just in awe of the lyrics how it's like a song about finding yourself but it's also a song about being a doll turning into a human okay wait I'm sorry I need to know your thoughts on Barbie like just

quick please I liked it I told you you would like there's nothing not to like now we could talk about like where everyone's gotten wrong with Barbie and I think people are putting way too much stock into it and if I do want to like go through the messaging of the movie like I think they don't even know what the message was I think there were so many contradictions and like they don't even know what they're trying to say yet they're saying it so heavy-handedly and like okay what um it needed to end 25 minutes earlier than it did like it dragged on so much but like I enjoyed it it just gets a little dicey when it's like now this is the movie of the year the Oscar movie like no it's not it's it was just a fun movie right right right it was just meant to be fun like

everyone's taking a little too seriously when it's just a lovely light-hearted fun movie about a plastic doll yeah okay jokoi oh a plastic doll with boobies no like it's about a doll it's barbie like come on let's keep it sweet and keep it fun and keep it moving no and for sure and by the way and like I agree I think the message was so confusing like I don't even know what the takeaway was but you know these underlying themes by the way people will say yeah you didn't get it Claudia right by the way I just want you to know there was no cohesive message it was inherently contradictory and they didn't know what they wanted to say and they didn't know how to end the fucking movie but there are these like

really sweet sort of themes of like girlhood and all these things and that's really sweet and I think when I when I saw the movie like I had enjoyed it as well it's like what the culture did with the movie ruined it yeah all the like discourse about it and just making it something that it's not I think what was that polar, polarizing, but also just like intellectualizing. Like it's not that. It's just a fun movie. And I think also the people involved in it like really want it to be taken seriously too.

But it's like, no, it's not that serious. I'm sorry. But I really enjoyed it. And I just want to say, I disagree with you in that I think I'm Just Ken was so good. Oh. And I like the beat. And I think it deserves to be nominated over Dance the Night.

It was like doing something different. And I hope Ryan Gosling performs it at the Oscars, which is still up in the air. I think he is. No, Mark Ronson said he didn't know. We also wanted to circle back on something from the show last week. Remember we started that list of random topics that became polarizing barbie movie yes and i couldn't remember it was the detroit lions fans they were like if you said like you were happy that the niners won it's like you're discreet like they were being insane i'll add it to the list though like nfl is polarizing no but this

took it to like another really unhinged level yeah sorry okay it's on the list no worries thank you okay so back to and then the second performance and then Dua Lipa opened but she was good and fine and whatever um Luke Combs Luke Combs was so cute and you know that I've said like it's not my favorite song on the album Fast Car because it's not Lukey enough for me and I like Luke songs that sound like Luke songs but seeing the whole package last night gave me such an appreciation Tracy Chapman sounded amazing people were freaking like in the audience like everyone was bugging it's like they had announced that this performance was going to happen I feel like nobody knew because it was dark and then the song started playing and then the lights came up on Tracy Chapman and people like gasped. Yeah, no, it was it was so good.

It was clearly such a full circle moment for Luke and for her to be performing this song that, you know, had its time and its heyday. And now it's having a whole renaissance. I thought it was so awesome. And it really brought so many people together because everybody loves that song. And Luke is like, you know, the king of country. But now we're all enjoying this moment. Like there's not's not one person I think on earth who didn't enjoy that moment no no I honestly like I had tears in my eyes it was first of all for Tracy Chapman agree this

collab could unite the world no it's so true and like the stats about this collab like I was reading today like Tracy Chapman has a number she's the first black woman to have a number one country song because she's the sole writer on this song I was trying today, like Tracy Chapman has a number, she's the first black woman to have a number one country song because she's the sole writer on this song. I was trying to explain these historical stats to Zach and he was like, no, the song Pass Car was huge when it came out. I'm like, no, I know, but like it's doing new things. And it's doing new things to a totally different audience

and like a different genre, different generation. And I thought the performance was so good. I feel like Luke really was trying so hard not to like step on her toes sing with like he just really wanted her to have her moment it was so amazing and seeing with every time they pan to the crowd like I was freaking I was loving watching like seeing other people receive the the performance like Taylor like singing to Luke Holmes like I could like it was too much yeah it was too much who sang the line about the checkout girl Luke I literally when he sang it I was like thinking of you interesting choice I feel like they actually say that line a few times I feel like they both said it multiple times they were both the checkout girl and it's a

long song and they let them sing the whole song like it was really it was magical I like that about the performances that they weren't rushed and there were so many performances where I felt like I wanted more like I loved how Miley went into Tina Turner maybe she didn't get the memo that Fantasia Marina was doing like a whole thing was doing it yeah but I mean I can't get enough of that song I wanted more Miley yeah no Miley and she was being like a character and she was just like she had just won her first Grammy like I imagine that was probably like the most fun she's ever had and she always has fun but and I also liked in her speech even though it didn't like come off exactly I think as how she meant it which was like these things don't mean so much yeah it gave a little bit like ungrateful like you're not gonna be winning again anytime soon now that you've just pissed off Mr.

Grammy also you know noteworthy that she thanked everyone in her family except her dad yeah there's drums there's drum and she has a new man who has that hair who inspired the hair she has a new man who has that hair it's it's so true what you said it's kind of all it's all i know about them i was gonna say it's all you need to know but maybe there's other stuff i don't know but it's all I know about them is the hair. Yeah, his hair is hair. Which inspired her hair, which I liked. It's hair. Yeah, there's a lot of hair. Volt hair. Hair.

Other performances that I loved, Billy Joel. First of all, I feel like we were saying on the toast how Billy Joel is such a legend in New York, but I feel like the music industry doesn't't respect him so having them like make a whole big thing of him coming like I loved I'm so happy for him that new song was so cute I loved that story with the songwriter like Billy Joel was like I don't want to release music anymore but then this guy was like hounding him to do it I thought it was so cute the song was good and then they also let him perform he performed twice twice. He also sang, you know, during the credits, which I loved.

Yeah, that was a cute thing. Yeah. What other performances? Oh, Olivia Rodrigo. Oh, we'll get to Travis Scott. Yeah, okay. Let's continue on the positives. Olivia Rodrigo.

I thought she sounded great. You're always so hard on her. I have very, very high expectations for Olivia Rodrigo vocally. And the last two times I've heard her sing Vampire, which is a very tough song to sing on SNL, she was really bad. I didn't think so. And this time, like, I just thought she could have done better. I just feel like I have very, very high standards for her vocally. You do. Maybe you have higher expectations for her because you're, like, closer to it and me a little zoomed out I'm like this overall is a really beautiful performance and I think that she totally like what's the word holds her own in that room by the way she definitely holds her own in that room yeah but it's a tough room it is a tough room she was good

she wasn't bad at all but like i just i i think vocally she no and i say this as someone of course with perfect pitch i just feel like she could have done better like that's it i'm dirty damn damn dirty billy eilish perfection i really like that song only because i'm just hearing it now for the first time fantasia barino doing the tina turner obsessed tribute obsessed and i was just thinking of kelly in the room and they did show kelly just hearing it now for the first time. Fantasia Barrino doing the Tina Turner tribute. Obsessed. Obsessed. And I was just thinking of Kelly in the room and they did show Kelly towards the end because they're sisters

in American Idol. American Idol sisters. Also I read on Twitter that Fantasia Barrino auditioned for American Idol to that song. So it was a real full circle moment for her. Full circle moment. Also Fantasia Barrino's dancers, they were doing the most. It was electric. Like that was just a performance that's like a real performance where it's a real full circle moment for her full circle moment also fantasia barino's dancers they were doing the most it was electric i like that was just a performance that's like a real performance where it's about showmanship and those are the things that i personally like i like high energy

i like the costumes razzle dazzle we're having fun we're keeping it light like that's entertaining dazzle we're having fun that entertainment. I like to be entertained. Not like morose, untalented things, which we get a lot of, and I didn't feel like that's what was happening last night, which is why I enjoyed last night. I also am just now realizing they didn't really tap Kelly for anything musically.

Disgusting. I didn't know Kelly Chemistry was nominated. As it should be, that album's amazing. It is amazing, but I do feel like Trevor Noah made a really funny joke that was very complimentary towards Kelly, which was that, like, if you step out of line at the Grammys, like, we're going to have Kelly Clarkson cover your song

better than you ever could. Love. Love. Love. Slay. Love. Slay. Oh, SZA's performance was fabulous.

Yeah. Now the performance that maybe you didn't love. Travis Scott was a disgrace. Yeah. And not even him just being there, which is an aside. I was open, you know, and sometimes the Grammys or award shows, like I'll see performances of performance that I don't like watch their performances all the time. So I'm like, oh, OK, you know you know what I get the hype I thought it was horrible

um could have the breaking of the chairs like needed to have a warning for like anyone with epilepsy epilepsy the lights I couldn't even look at my tv so at a certain point I didn't even know what he was doing but it was it was really horrible on all counts it wasn't the music was their music I don't know the The chair. It was bad. It was terrible. It was absolutely terrible. Another bad performance that was like fake and like pre-recorded was U2 at the Sphere. Like how dumb do they think we are?

There's nothing U2 won't do for a check. There's nothing U2 won't do for a check. Anyone who's doing like the satellite performance. So true. At an irrelevant venue or like for a sponsor or something. Like those people have sold their soul. No. So true.

You know. Yeah. I'm just looking through the list making sure we didn't miss anyone. Oh we need to talk about the Carders. Jodi Mitchell. Oh we do need to talk about. And there's Joni Mitchell. Oh, we do need to talk about. There's so much more. Sorry, we're not even halfway done.

Joni Mitchell, like, I'm not a big Joni Mitchell fan, but, like, I understand, like, the importance of, like, her being there getting a Grammy and people getting to see her perform live. I'm happy for everybody who, like, that meant a lot to. It personally meant nothing to me. Retweet on that. And I do like the message of respect your elders.

Agreed. That's always nice. What were you going to say we needed to talk about? The Carters. Jay-Z's speech. Okay, that was like low-key funny. Like he was being funny.

He was giving like Kanye energy but like I mean that in a complimentary way. Yes. Loved Blue Ivy on stage. Loved. So poised. So lovely. It actually is really crazy. I don't think i ever put together that beyonce has the most grammys out of any artist and she's never won album of

the year like that kind of makes no sense no i never put that together i didn't know who he's talking about i had to ask jackie texted me who is jackie texting who is jay-z talking about that has all those grammys but never won album of the the Year? I'm like, his literal wife? That's crazy. Who won the year of Lemonade? I don't know. Because when I think about her albums, I feel like that's the album that should have won. Last year when it was Renaissance, Harry's House won. And I do feel like that should have won.

Lemonade, Beyonce. You feel like what should have won? Harry's House? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then 2016, oh, Adele. And remember Adele like said. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's a really, like that's what I mean. That's a tough competitive year. And I didn't feel like there was something like that this year. Me neither, by the way. Damn. Yeah. I thought his speech was great. I thought it was funny. it was different and fresh i feel

like it was like a mic drop they left right after that like bye yeah and i loved seeing beyonce showing showing up in a cowboy hat yeah but she was also just giving like i'm here to support my wife who's my husband who's accepting an award yeah which i feel like you know everyone like every time they leave their house like it's for beyon. So it was nice to like Jay-Z had a moment. Yeah. And she could just be a supportive wife. And just be herself, you know. Yeah.

What else was there? The CEO of the Grammys made a nice speech about the Nova Music Festival. Yes. Which was just nice to take a moment. It was, you know, a little vague. It was bare minimum. He didn't say the word Israeli, but okay. Or Jewish, but it was better than nothing. Oh, and Miss Annie Lennox,

who's literally now my arch nemesis. Like I never thought much about Annie Lennox, but now I wake up every morning thinking about how I can destroy her. Singing the In Memoriam, and she really sang just awfully, like really, really poorly. And I think that was disrespectful to the dead and all the, you know, friends and family of those we lost this year. So as if that wasn't offensive enough, she then took an opportunity to shout like an offensive political

statement during an In Memoriam that's literally not even about her after like disgracing everyone with her vocals she's on my list I don't really know this woman I was showering and I missed it and then I didn't go back once I heard what she said because that's just upsetting and I was enjoying my evening yeah and she also just said it in like a really weird way like vocally she seems like a weirdo she said like artists for ceasefire which makes no fucking sense but I can't get into that. But she said it like this. Artists for ceasefire. Like she said it like She said it in a really

moronic way. I saw it on Ben's story briefly. We were crying ceasefire. Artists for ceasefire. Like she was literally sounded so weird. She's a freak. Yeah. So that like almost ruined the night for me. But other than that, it actually really was a fabulous Grammys event.

I feel like everybody who put the show on should be really proud of themselves. Like it was good stuff. It was good. It was positive and it was entertaining. And that's what I'm looking for. We do need to talk about one thing. Okay. It's really crazy how in like recent years, like the E! Network has so fumbled the ball. Like they had one thing. Okay. It's really crazy how in like recent years like the E! Network has so

fumbled the ball. Like they had one thing going for them. Like it was always like they couldn't come up with an original show. They got the Kardashians. It was like the best thing. But they were always like the pop culture network. They always had the best red carpets. They always had the best correspondents. They always had the best journalists. And E! News. And they canceled E! News. I don't know why. Now they're like bringing it back. But we really need to talk about Laverne Cox. Okay, so E! Red Carpet was like during bedtime, and I missed really the whole thing.

I saw one Laverne Cox interview with Bebe Rexha, and like that was it. And they were singing opera. Yeah, but that was kind of like Bebe did that. Yeah, no, but I'm just saying like overall, like Laverne Cox is not a journalist. And then she was asking for a makeup campaign. And she like the official she's like the Giuliana now she's like the big one the one the Ryan and I just feel like no like Kelty is over there they put her in the

glam bot Kelty is literally like a 20-year veteran of entertainment journalism like let her interview someone yeah heather mcmahon did a great job but like laverne she's really like it's this is not her skill set yeah she's like we i just i just want to know like why there are so many people who actually not so many people because it is a hard job but like there are a lot of people who could get the job done i feel like after every award show the reviews are are not kind towards laverne like i make a change they tried but like it's her time yeah and they have people yeah they have kelty justin would do a great job heather i saw one interview that heather did with someone who i didn't know and i felt like she kept the energy really high. She was hysterical.

Tanya Rad. Yeah. There was a time where they employed many, many journalists. Hosts. And now it's like they host. They bring people in-house, and they train them a little bit. But this Laverne thing is just not working out. It's really not.

Yeah, and she's the main one. She's the one now. That's so weird. It's so weird it's so weird well okay guys i didn't miss anything there i'm sure like there are things from the grammys that we might be missing but we'll trickle in oh i'm sorry taylor's album or is that a story that's a story um okay so i'll wait also celine dion arrived to present album of the year and that was very exciting for everyone because she's been like going through it and um and by the way the gays are really mad at Taylor Swift like seriously they're pitchfork like they're mad yeah because she didn't acknowledge Celine when she accepted

her reward but there was a lot going on yeah of course there was a lot going on and also like what we know a lot of things about taylor but and what do we know she's like the most excited overly friendly like she's not a snubber yeah like please lizzo was there which i thought was kind of bananas why did you think it was kind of bananas just because she's like low-key like being sued for like sexual assault bananas allegations oh oh the bananas, the bananas, the bananas. Yeah, no, she's moving on. Like, one thing about Lizzo is, like, you want to cancel her?

Like, she refuses to be brought down. To be kept down. And I do respect that sort of response in light of a scandal. I really do. But it was definitely brave. Right, but, like, why? It's not even about, like, her choice of I'm not going to be staying down. Like, they invited her.

Yeah, no. She was – she presented to Sia. Siza. Oh my gosh. Sorry. I'm literally not okay. Where is Sia? She is producing – wait, I just heard Sia is producing a new album for Someone Funny.

Hold on. Wait. Sia. Producing. I just read this on Twitter. Oh, Sia. I mean, Sia. Oh, my God.

I'm having a stroke. Paris Hilton. Love. Love that. Collab of the century. Collab of the century. Okay, great. Well, I feel like we covered pretty much everything,

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Next up, last night, Taylor Swift announced her new studio album called The Tortured Poets Department. She announced it during her acceptance speech for pop vocal album and it comes out on april 19th she said that she has been working on this for two years and she was excited to announce it to the world no i mean we're excited too a lot of people thought she was going to be announcing reputation her outfit was giving reputation she changed her profile picture last night black and white which is very aesthetically reputation. So we were all just kind of waiting for that. I was not expecting this. I like forgot that we could get new music

from her. I feel like we've been so well fed from Taylor recently between public appearances, the tour, performances, things like that. So I forgot that like we also like we'll be getting new music. And it's been a year and a half since Midnight's came out. Like it's not Folklore Evermore vibe. No, like it's an appropriate amount of time that she made us wait. But I just wasn't expecting it. And we sat on the toast literally Friday, like how desperately we need music about Travis, like just needing like the smallest window insight into what it's been like. And her saying that this album is two years old, like kill me. Yeah. And it's been like and her saying that this album is two years old like kill me yeah and it's tortured poets so that's not giving you know like varsity fanfare no it's giving joe owen like

aesthetically yeah and he apparently has a group chat with paul mezcal normal people about and it's called the tortured men's club the tortured men's club so people think this is kind of a riff on that i don't think it's going to be a whole album joe alwyn diss tracks because i think she's so far past that and i think it could be poetry about a lot of different things even you know something that she's been working on in the last six months and i feel like in the last two months where she hasn't been on tour she's probably been working on new music a lot and kind of like tinkering things I feel like there will be Travis messaging on this album but it won't be the whole album that's what I think right it's not like lover Travis's version like that's what I need desperately yeah and it's not I'm so excited also just like aesthetically this definitely

feels a little bit more folklore evermore than it does Lover 1989. And I just feel like recently I've really been in like my emo tail. I love like Alt-Taylor, you know? Yeah. And I feel like that's what we're getting. Poems, which typically have a slower vibe. And the cover's kind of like sultry.

It's very sexy. Yeah. Which we did say. It's like slow down, not not gonna be bop central in the classic sense we did say that like Taylor's upcoming um aesthetic is definitely gonna be like a little bit more sexy sultry smut and I think you know this proves that we were right it's like a very sexy photo you know what's kind of giving I feel like you're not gonna see what I'm saying but if I had to like think of like a direction and like of a sound almost with the pictures and what we've seen

like kind of like Ariana Grande in terms of like the breathy vocals sexy vibes well you just reminded me of something best new artist last night going to Victoria Monet. A lot of people like were hoping that it was going to be Noah Khan and they were like really mad because it was like the year of Noah Khan for sure. But I love someone getting their flowers. Like honestly, not enough people know about Victoria Monet. She's literally like a Julia Michaels. Like Julia Michaels literally wrote songs for other people, sang for other people, did everything for other people, and then finally like had her moment. And I feel like that's happening with Victoria Monet and I'm actually really happy for her,

so I'm okay with it. Who did she sing for? Like, she didn't sing for, but she really, like... Who did she write? Ariana Grande. Like, during, like, those few years where Ari was, like, doing the most, like, that was really, like, a lot of it was Victoria Monet. Oh, really?

And Ari was posting, like, so happy for you. Yeah. Like, a lot of Ari's success has to do with her collaboration with Victoria Monet so it's nice to see someone like having their own moment that is nice and that's what she was saying in her speech she's like I've been in this industry for 15 years and she's so young I was like how old is this person Claudia I was thinking the same thing I was like she looks so young I didn't know that she had all these years under her belt as being like a behind the scenes person I didn't know any of this so yeah thank you for sharing. Yeah, I'm happy for her.

Like, and I need everyone like being like, now I can, like calm down. Yeah, like he'll be fine. He'll, he is fine. He is fine. He's fine. It's just like a nice award to win. Yeah.

And she was so excited. It was a really nice speech. And it was also a stacked category, like Jelly Roll, Nolikon, Ice spice. Yeah. Like it was it was competitive. Yeah. Sorry back to Taylor. It usually is. Oh so what do you think about my call that it's like a little Ari feeling? Oh I don't like the call. I know you don't like it but do you like. I'm not saying I'm not saying that like I'm saying if that's the reality, like I don't like that. Not that it's a bad call.

Okay. Oh, okay. You're in your Ari hater area, which is fine. I don't think that I am. She just like posted a picture today that I really liked. So now I'm like forgetting about Spongebob. Okay. Okay.

I get it. And she's really doing the most for her new album coming out. And she's like feeding the people. Yeah. And I'm starting to fall for it a little bit. I'm kind of just like a mainstream Josie and the Pussycats. Yeah. Brainwashed.

Can't think for myself. Pop culture. Cog in the machine. Consumer. Yeah. One thousand percent. That's kind of what I am today. I love that next like iteration for you.

You know. Yeah. Just tired of reading too much into iteration for you. You know? Yeah. Just tired of reading too much into stuff. It's so true. Inject my beliefs into my veins. Just enjoy. I'm just along for the ride, people. Yeah.

Yeah. Who else should I like then? Oh, like industry plant energy? Yeah. A lot of people were saying Lanie wilson is an industry plant she won again last night which like loki was crazy i also think that the nominees for best country album like were bad so like i don't know how you can nominate the best country albums and not include luke holmes or margan wallen who literally sold like a million copies of their

like it's just insane it's insane and it didn't matter who won because the real people weren't nominated like yeah how luke wasn't i mean morgan wallen too but like the way you guys know how i feel about luke's album like what no question mark where are you no and it's like i hope they felt dumb after last night when it's like luke stole the show. Luke represented country music. Everybody loves Luke. Everybody loves Luke. And he was so gracious.

Yeah, he was. Even though he was so thoroughly snubbed on every count. So true. But that's a gracious king that he still came and supported their little show. That's my gracious king right there. That's my gracious king right there. That's my gracious king right there. Okay, so tortured poet's department. April 19th.

We'll get like a single or something. April 19th, an important day in Toast to a Straight. She has got to stop making the lead single the worst song on the album. It's got to stop. It's so true. Anti-hero being representative of Midnight's is a travesty. No, like when you hear the bridge to Dear Reader, like how you, like it's insane. I completely agree.

But that's Taylor's formula. It's worked for her for many, many years. That's what she does always. We are never getting back together. I knew you were trouble. The worst, most corny pop songs always are her lead singles because they get played on the radio. It's the formula of the music industry.

Like there's a reason why she does it, but it's annoying as fuck. There's no reason why Mastermind couldn't have been that song. No, I think there is a reason. Let me present a couple others quickly, if I may. I mean, you're on your own, kid. Yeah. So many songs from Midnight's could have been the lead single. Question? No. yeah so many songs for midnights could have been the question no

i guess a lot of the ones i like are sad oh what did you think about taylor swift like making lana del rey come up on stage with her to accept her award it was weird yeah because i didn't like lana was nominated in that category so she just lost. She had just lost. It's giving like I can't go anywhere without my best friend. You know. Yeah but she like was on stage already with Jack and Claire and like all the girlies. Yeah who was that woman? Claire? That's like her audio girlie and she

has been working together with her for a while. Like if you look at when she won Folklore she was on stage with her too. Okay cool. She's like a sound mixer. Engineer or something like that. Cool cool cool. Yeah. Yeah I guess okay she's like a sound mixer engineer or something like that cool cool cool yeah um yeah i guess but lana del rey don't forget is on midnight yeah you know she's a collaborator so like there's a tie-in but you could tell she like didn't want to go yeah but was it because she had lost her because she didn't want to make like taylor she was like don't being not being like hey look at me because she doesn't seem very hey hey, look at me. No, not at all.

Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, it was interesting. Okay, well, that's now our final Grammys recap. Any other thoughts on Tailored? No, but if I do, you know, I'll share them throughout the week. Are you ready for our next story? Yeah.

Going back to one of our favorite subjects. just feel like we're like i in the words of the kids like we we ate today with these stories because this could be a whole another episode she said we ate today with these stories we're eating good okay contra sorry i'm not going to read this propaganda headline joe rogan signs a new deal with spotify for reported 250 what was the headline controversial controversial podcast host i'm sorry like biggest motherfucking podcast in the world joe rogan signs another deal with spotify for reported up to 250 million dollars this is also crazy because it's not an exclusive to spotify deal the show will be distributed everywhere. So they're just like paying for the pleasure of hosting him. Yeah, that's really crazy.

Like, well, it's actually not crazy that they renegotiated his contract. Like, I think it was a very good investment for them many years ago. What, $100 million to Spotify is not a lot of money. And then, you know, renewing his contract isn't crazy. The amount is really crazy. But also the amount while also he's going to be able to put some of his videos on youtube you're gonna be able to listen to the podcast like on other platforms that's really crazy yeah also it's crazy in

light of the fact that spotify has wound down their podcasting department yeah and the messaging has sort of been like we are channeling our efforts elsewhere. But like for Joe Rogan, obviously his investment was such a success. Yeah. They're like tripling it and giving him more freedom. Oh, and this is in light of all the controversy surrounding Joe Rogan,

where at a time it was like, is Spotify going to drop him? Artists were leaving the platform. The employees, the artists who left the platform and it's like oh no he's making us so much money that we don't even care about all of that and guess what we're gonna do it again no but also like situations like that like our net net are good for a podcast like it's like press is good press people are gonna tune in

what's everyone crying about yeah especially good for a podcast like joe rogan where it is his brand to not really care. You know, it's not like he's a press darling. It's like, oh, I'm getting bad press. Sorry, sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, it's like very renegade. It's very renegade energy.

Right. But no, this is just like the proof is in the pudding sort of thing, because everybody can like have all their opinions and write all their open letters. But at the end of the day, like he's making bank for them no okay that's so crazy 250 million dollars this is the biggest podcast contract yeah and we don't even know that first of all it's this is one of those that is reported so it's like yeah and I do feel like with the 100 million dollar contract last time,

it wasn't the full story. I think he was making a lot more than that. Yeah. And it was like, who was selling his ads? Who's making the ad money? Does he get $250 million just to have Spotify on the name of his show? But he also makes his ad revenue and Spotify is just selling his ads? No, no.

They keep the ad revenue. No, I don't think they do, Claudia. I think they do. We don't know for sure, but my guess is that they revenue. No, I don't think they do, Claudia. I think they do. We don't know for sure, but my guess is that they don't. And your guess is that they do. Oh, my guess is that they 100% do. My guess is that it's a rev share. No, no, no, no. They're paying for the privilege of

your show. And like all that comes with it. That's what I really think. But like the deal just got even like looser than the last one. Well i don't know yeah this deal is like nuts yeah this deal is like joe rogan please just like say the name spotify once and we'll give you millions yeah literally it's just very interesting to get paid such a hefty sum and not have your show be exclusive on spotify yeah that's really crazy so he'll be back on the charts slugging it with the rest of us. Fuck. It was fun being number

one and two for a while. It was fun, Jo. Fuck. I guess we'll go back to be number three. Big time. But it's also he puts out so many episodes so he just like congests the whole top ten. By the way so do we. That's what people think about us. Like we're all over the charts because we have so many episodes.

Okay. I love that for us. We're kind of like the Joe Rogan of like pop culture, you know? Yeah, totally. Totally. I'm happy for him. Like the fact that like money is still being spent on podcasting is so great for the industry, great for the medium. Happy for him.

Know that I am. Wish it was me. Happy for you. Yeah. And he's great for the industry he is the industry it's true but no i think he sets great precedent and he doesn't back down and you know what and he still gets paid true the proof is in the pudding and if people listen to your show they're gonna pay you if people so true so i think it's all good me too are you ready for our fifth and final story switching gears I am Candy Burris exits Real Housewives of Atlanta after 14 seasons saying I'm not coming back this

year this is a truly end of an era type shit yeah the longtime Real Housewives of Atlanta star revealed at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday that she's exiting the Bravo reality show after 14 consecutive seasons I decided I'm not coming back this year, she told Variety on the red carpet. It's been 14 seasons and they allowed us to sit around for a little too long. But during that time, I'd started working on a lot of other things and I've got some nice big projects coming soon. So I'm super excited about those things. I mean. Crazy, first of all. Like, she's so OG. Her announcement was so low-key. Like, no statement, no press release, just, like, on the red carpet being asked.

And she's like, yeah, I'm not coming back. Very low-key. Not shocking. The franchise has fallen off. Yeah. And she's one, I think, of the last remaining O-O-O-Gs. Like, Sheree has come and gone. Marla wasn't full-time. NeNe left. So she's definitely, I think, one of the last. oh oh oh geez like sheree has come and gone marla wasn't full-time nini left

so she's definitely i think one of the last it's time it's the end of an era but like it's sad but she wasn't on season one she wasn't no i don't remember her being on season one candy burris yeah never mind i just i consider her like a she is like an og but is she not what season did she oh she joined in the second season okay i'm sorry like that's an og yeah yeah no it's an og in colloquially yeah and she i just like consider her she's like a backbone of that franchise but the franchise has fallen off they need like a big restructure like they did with New York but I don't know if that necessarily even worked out um so it is her time and she's I feel like she'll continue to do like girls trip because she just did a girls trip that people love and she has her show on the network right

which one uh candies she has had like a bunch of spinoffs i don't know if she currently has any she had like a wedding special she had one with her band escape i thought she had one with her family she did she did i don't know if it's still on got it okay yeah she has a lot candy in the gang she's she has had she had like the old lady gang with her mom like she has a lot going on i'm not worried about her like you know business wise candy ski trip yeah she's had like a million wait i have to watch that spinoffs yeah that's hysterical end of an era end of an era so those are the past five stories you absolutely needed to know them

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