This Past Weekend - E493 Maddox Batson

Episode Date: April 4, 2024

Maddox Batson is a young musician and creator known for his viral clips on social media, playing country music on TikTok, and more. His latest song “Tears in the River” is streaming now on audio platforms and YouTube.  Maddox joins Theo to chat about what it’s like being a kid in the music business, learning about classic country through his dad, why school dances are lame, what it’s been like in class since he gained notoriety, what musician he thinks Theo looks like, and more.  Maddox Batson: https://www.instagram.com/maddoxbatson/  ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit  https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ  ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3A_coTcUek ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [e-mail] Hit the Hotline: [phone] Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Ben https://www.instagram.com/benbeckermusic/  Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Colin https://instagram.com/colin_reiner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is a, he's just a young creator. That's really what he is. And he's entertaining. He has new music that's out. You can check it out. I'm grateful to get to just get to know him because I don't even know him. But looking forward to it.

Today's guest is Maddox Batson. And I will find a song I've been singing I'm gonna stay Maddox, thanks for coming in, dude. So, I learned about you, man. There's so many of my friends, I was telling them yesterday, I was like, Yeah, this kid Maddox Bastin is coming in, do you know him? And their guys like I've been kind of following that kid

It's just kind of crazy like how many of my friends are dialed into you yeah? Yeah, so I saw you getting ready for that dance. You know that's fire, bro, and I was like bro I used to get ready for dances like that. Yeah, you know getting excited exactly You know I actually didn't get to go to the dance and a lot of people don't know why that's all I can ask you what we have cuz you said for a dance I don't even get to go to it. I'm like yeah, and what I'm like. Yo, what makes all the comments like I went to the doctor Once right I was I was on the doctor like Sick like sick sick right after I posted this video And I was like sick and I and I was walking into the doctor's office and two different people were like

Yo Maddox, why didn't you go to the dance? And I'm like, dude, I'm doubled over right now It's not the right time to be asking this question. I was like, yeah, man. I was actually sick I was sick during the dance. It was like it was like yeah right after I posted I did that video sick Oh, wow. Yeah, so that was it. So the reason you didn't get to go is just cuz you were ill. Yeah exactly video sick. Oh wow. Yeah. So that was it. So the reason you didn't get to go was just because you were ill. Yeah exactly. I've been ill a lot bro. Like I've gotten sick like six times in the winter. I don't know if I'm just catching everything. You think it's genetics or something? Are your parents ill a lot? No not really. My dad is but my mom has type 1 diabetes so like other than that she's not exactly bro most people do. I mean

who doesn't? Yeah if you even have half a bag of skittles I feel like when you're a kid yeah, yeah Well, I think not type one isn't like the sugar stuff. Oh, I want you get like diagnosed. She was like 19 Yeah, yeah, cuz I think there's type one two three I Don't know what some of the higher up ones. Yeah six or seven I think just means like you're a little like you're just a real sweetie pie. Yeah type six diabetes diabetes Basics yeah, I think type six just means are there more types, bro. There's so many types Yeah, see they don't label types. They don't label three through whatever because those are the crazy ones

Yeah, they only labeled the normal ones that most of them you can look like a dalmatian I think a little like you start getting dots all over you? Yeah. I haven't seen that one yet. That's the real, that's the one when you start to- That's the one you're just like, dang, I have Dalmatian diabetes, you know what I'm saying? Like-

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the one where the neighbors start to, they start to honk at you if you run after their car. Yeah, and you start getting like dog instincts and you start like you start like like picking up sticks start pooping everywhere. You'll start catching a frisbee with your mouth like oh wow this guy has really he has some high grade diabetes. You know just all that. Have you had have you gone to a dance before yet though? Yeah, no no I've gone to him bro. They're they're mad mid

I'm not gonna lie. I'm eighth grade, you know still middle school. So it's kind of like boring No one be dancing with you. I just sit there with their phones out and every time really, you know, I'm trying to dance bro Yeah, I go there like that while they're gonna call it a dance instead of like a phone gathering Yeah, I go there they put on Bieber and I'm dancing bro. You're in my me and my homie Joseph We're dancing every time sixth grade dance Everyone was looking at his crazy filming me and stuff and you know I was just out there having a blast yeah You got to do it. I paid $10. I'm gonna go in there and dance You know I'm saying and even if you're single you pay $10 to go yeah exactly

I don't know what a lonely tax or whatever exactly they're just like yo Maddox. You don't have a girl So I'm gonna make you pay more money. Yeah, so now I'm a girl and I'm broke I lost my entire allowance and I don't have a girlfriend They really be tragic tragic, bro And bro, I used to get so nervous when I go to the dance when the slow songs would come on like I would go in the bathroom and Just to hide like I was like, I was so nervous of girls, I would be that far away from them.

I would be in the bathroom. No, I'm a girl guy, bro. Let me, let me. I am too, but at the time, I was too nervous. Oh yeah, yeah, like sixth grade, bro, until like the end of the year, bro, I was not having girls, bro. But yeah, but right at the end, I was like,

yo, these girls are pretty cool, I guess. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? That's all you gotta think, yeah. Exactly. As long as your mind's right, you're right. Yeah. Exactly. Damn, alright. But yeah, we get so nervous, dude.

And then one time this guy that lived across the street, his grandfather, like my dad didn't live with us and my mom was always gone and so, like his grandpa helped me get ready for the dance at our school and he was in the war or something so he put me in all of his military attire. Nice, so you're walking in like, yo, I'm a sergeant, where's my, get a discount, military discount. I showed up, yeah.

I showed up to an eighth grade dance, literally walking in like this And people were like what you're not in any military. Do you can't even run that path? Yeah, you wouldn't pass a physical. Yeah, you're 40s bad, bro And um, but yeah, it was just so embarrassing but I wore it all because I like just didn't know you told me it was right Yeah, exactly. You didn't know What other dance have you gone to have you gone like Sadie Hawkins? Do you guys have like Sadie Hawkins or anything like that? I don't even know what that is, but it's where the girls asked the guys

Oh No, you never never had one of those you know Like I only went so I only went to one right because one was my sixth grade year I actually went to that one and and had this crush on this girl. I didn't ask her out though, she wasn't my girl yet. But I was like, yo, what's up? You know what I'm saying? Did you see her at the dance?

Yeah, and I was like, yo. But it was not it, bro. I did not have game like I thought I had game. You were like 200 feet away from her, you were like, yo, what's up? I'm standing on the other side of the cafeteria eating my pizza, and I'm trying to talk to her. Like texting. Yeah. Yeah, I'm like yo, where you at? I'm looking That's hilarious yeah, that's how nervous I used to get exactly and

Until you never got to go so when's the next day is do you have another dance coming up or what's it? No, they're always at the end of the year so like we've already had ours, and that's what I miss. Oh, yeah Yeah, but it's pretty tragic dude. I missed it last year to 7th and 8th grade, bro I'm gonna have to wait till like what what's next? What's like high school stuff? I don't know I didn't finish yeah Oh nice awesome. Yeah, not everybody finished. You know that's all right You know all good all good What yeah, there's why didn't you go to the other one though? Why didn't you know I was I was actually filming a commercial bro

Oh shout out rooms to go if you're watching any rooms to go commercial on your TV right now You get like an ad of this like podcast that might be me you might see me bouncing on the bed top right corner Yep, about 36 seconds in too. Really? Yeah. So you've been an actress, you were acting and doing a lot of stuff like that for a long time. Yes, bro, before I started singing,

like I started singing young age, both of my parents, like singing stuff, but I started acting like six, like right when I moved to Alabama, right? I started acting and I was getting into plays and stuff. I was Simba in The Lion King. Were you King really yeah funny funny story. I was third grade and young Simba was like fifth grade and he was like Way taller way bigger, and I was adult Simba, and it just made no sense at all But you know got the job done I guess I was just a better actor and you were so you had oh there you are right there man boom

That's and why her dude look at them pigs I guess I was just a better actor and you were so you had oh there you are right there, man Look at them pigs Looks like a perp right there The other one looks like a low-key trank dealer, dude It's good, okay, you know, it's really good my mom my, my mom used to put me in them high and tight hairstyles, bro. I look like I'm staring into the soul of anyone who's looking at me. Wow, yeah, that one. Bro, that is bad. That one looks like somebody that just climbed up

out of a wishing well, it looks like. Bro, but really cool though, definitely. It's like, that is a vibe, bro. Yo, whoever just pulled this up, you did me dirty, dude. Like, you're doing me wrong, man. I don't know, yeah, and we don't, whoever's doing that, I don't know whoever's doing that. I don't know who's doing that.

Yeah. But look, no, actually go back to it real quick. Look. It says Lion King on there. You can say theater. Best Christmas pageant ever. You probably don't know what that is, but it was a pretty big play. Wizard of Oz, you know?

Lion King Jr. I wasn't in Broadway. And I was going to be Aladdin and then COVID hit and I just fell out. I fell off acting. And then music kind of has just like blasted off for you recently. Yeah, dude. It was actually super crazy.

So I'm a baller. I play basketball and baseball. Yeah, I saw some of your highlights on YouTube. I'm him, bro. Yeah, I'm like that. You need to put some other highlights up. Should I? Should I?

The ones you have are good. Yeah. The jumper, I love, yeah, I love this like about. Bro, that was sixth grade me, bro. That's what I'm saying. You've been rocking, no, no, you've definitely been watching the wrong highlights. Really?

Yeah, you've been watching third grade medics. I was still cooking, but that's not it, bro. But I actually got this knee disorder in both of my knees, and that's why I couldn't play ball no more. And it's called Osgood Slaughter's disease. What is it? That. Osgood's disease. Same. For real like when I heard it I was like who names their child Osgood

and who had that? Like poor guy, your name's Osgood and you have a disease. Like you're cooked. And first of all how can I even tell people I have a knee thing. Exactly every time I'm like should I really tell them or just say I have a knee thing you see Osgood Swarges He's like some bone sticks up out of my kneecap Wow. It's pretty pretty strange man. So you're like a real You're like a base now. Yeah, I'm Can't move most yeah, it's pretty bad, bro. I'm like walking around like you know like you watch Forrest Gump Yeah, you know yeah, yeah like the knee braces like you couldn't move. It's not you know it's not based on a true story. You know that For yeah

It's not it's not no Thing I'm actually really sad about is it actually it's not dude Alabama has nothing like Willie you have? He's all right, you know, but, but you know, you ever see him like before he had like his knee braces off? That's what I feel like every time I walk.

Oh really? Yeah. When he escaped the braces? Yeah, exactly. Those little leg prisons or whatever they had in there? Exactly, the leg bars, yeah. Once Ozgood like sinks back down. Ozgood.

Ozgood, he needs to soften up, bro. Once he softens up, bro, I'm breaking free. Bro, Ozgood and Ozgone, that's how Oz is. Exactly, bro. Oh, that's how Oz is. Exactly. But yeah, that prevented me from playing ball, so I had nothing else to do during that summer. So me and my dad started playing music on TikTok Live, and I'm like, yeah, I'm actually doing pretty good.

I had like 50,000 followers. But for me, I was like, yeah, this is crazy. That's amazing. Exactly. In like a month. Yeah, that's exciting, man. Exactly. And yeah, and what was that right there? It said that Forrest Gump was maybe based on, although Forrest Gump wasn't a real person, there's a high possibility he was partially inspired by veteran Sammy Lee Lewis. Was he the guy who dressed you up for the dance?

Yeah, he probably was. Yeah, yeah. Nice. Bro, if music doesn't work out, you have a future in being my co-host. There we go, bro. We're dialed in. No joke. Yeah, Sammy Lee Lewis, that was me going to prom. That was my haberdasher. That was my fit god. Dude, did you have... Oh, he had me all souped up. going to prom, that was my haberdasher, that was my fit god.

Oh, he had me all souped up. Bubblegum strip patches. Yeah, I had like a purple heart. And then I had like a discount. Like the, yo, make sure I get my discount. Still had to pay 10, bro. So what's it been like at home? Like, because your life has probably started to change some. Yeah, so what does that kind of

feel like? And what is that? Is it been scary? Or kind of like, what's that scene? You know, the whole life I try to I try to like, get it as much as I can. Like I try like when I'm home with my both of my parents at the same time, we try to like, slow it down and all that stuff But yeah, it's it's pretty cool. I mean I love the music stuff I just try to stay it down to earth for most times when I'm with my parents Yeah, cuz they're still your parents. I mean they make a lot of the rules and everything exactly, bro They're the ones who you know birthed me so you know without them

Yeah, I wouldn't be here talking to you right now, so shout out to mom and dad if you're watching, bro Y'all made a great son Yeah, shout out miss bond yeah She's totally dialed in Works for Amazon. What did you do my mom with the diabetes. She don't work. Oh, she does I know my dad he like he does like operations, you know stuff like that He like runs like the entire plant like we're like two plants or something. I don't know He's like a foreman kind of I don't know if that is like a man. I think that runs something basically

Yeah, he's a foreman. My dad's a foreman hard worker man. I think I've missed I've watched him miss One day of work is like entire life. Wow my entire life. It's crazy, but he's always gone And are you similar to him or how like what kind of who's like characteristics do you have so in some ways? I'm dialed in like when I'm when I'm in the studio, bro I'm like locked when I'm making my music I'm dialed in but like other than that bro No, I am NOT trying I'm trying to get out of it as much as I can But I love it, bro. I you know, I still love it. It's not like for the fact I don't want to do it and sometimes I just be lazy, you know exactly And you're at the age where you can be lazy like exactly. I'm only 14 man. Yeah, if you can't be lazy

Then why be alive exactly? You know I'm saying exactly Exactly. I just have to take a minute man. You're 100% right, you know what I'm saying? Exactly, exactly. I just have to take a minute, man. You're 100% right. You know, I'm 14 years old. If I don't take time to be a kid, how will I be a kid? Wise words.

Put that on a shirt, dude, I swear. Put that, yeah, tattoo that on somebody's. That'll be my first tattoo. Yeah, man. Yeah, I think sometimes, because things can happen so things get going so fast. Yeah. What about at school? Can you still go to school or what's that kind of like? Nah, it's crazy bro. Like, uh. So were you going to school? I was, I was, yeah. And then. And what classes were you in? Were you in? No, I had like

all the core classes, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, English, math. I hated English bro. You did? I'm just gonna keep it a buck bro, I was not good. I was, I was cooked. Like, I had some bad grades. Really? Because you speak it pretty well. No, I know I'm just gonna give it a bug, bro. I was not good. I was cooked. Like I had some bad grades. Really? Because you speak it pretty well. No, I know. I'm trying, bro. But like they'd be doing some like non-English English.

You know what I'm saying? Like who cares if I can diagram eight sentences in a minute? You know what I'm saying? And then I get a D. And I'm just like, you know what I'm saying? I don't need to do all that. I'm talking pretty fast.

Yeah. The guy's good. I think they should ask your friends, can this guy speak English or not? Yeah, exactly. That's the final exam. Can you say a sentence and then, if you can't, bro, sorry.

That's okay. You still get a C. You still get a C. Yeah, you'll still make it. So what happened over there, did you have to just take a break from it? No, I'm homeschooled now. Oh, you are? I'm straight up homeschooled now. Oh, you are? I'm straight up homeschooled.

I got taken out, yeah. But it was just for my career and I just wanted to. It's just something I felt like was the right decision to do and just, I'm ready for it, bro. I'm very excited about my career and that's why I did it, yeah. I just wanna keep pursuing music.

And does your mom teach you at home? Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah, she's homeschooled. She's pretty smart you at home? Yeah. Oh, yeah, she's pretty smart, bro She don't give herself credit, but dude. She's once again dialed in. She's down on his teeth some teachers. Um Aren't that good? No, you know, I actually had one you did I can't I can't yeah Name her miss rug Okay, shout out to the rug below me name her miss rug and miss rug dude She was strange

Like she wouldn't teach us. Oh, yeah, just gonna throw that out there. She she did not teach us at all she would just like hey do this and If we didn't do it we get like enough and we're just like bruh, you know, get up here Yeah, teach us bro, and she was strange to know some of those teachers sometimes that it's like Yeah, they don't even, like we had a woman that would keep like little, she would do like little positive notes and she had like a hair bun, like a big bun on her hair, and she would put

these little positive notes into her hair, and you'd have to come up like during a certain part of class and pick one out and read it to the class or whatever Like yeah, that's weird. Yeah, she's kind of like a wizard's wife or whatever Yeah, I don't think I've ever had that weird of a teacher. Yeah, this lady was bananas, dude And we had a lady that would eat frozen yogurt all day in her class all day And so she would like keep like going to the teachers lounge or whatever Yeah, and so she would keep going to the teacher's lounge or whatever, and getting just more and more and more frozen yogurt, and just keep having it.

And we're kids, you want some. Yeah, you're just like, yo, give me some. Fiends, fiends. A lot of teachers are addicted. Not a big frozen yogurt guy, bro. You're not a frozen yogurt guy? Yeah, bro, give me some ice cream. Yeah?

Big cow guy guy not whatever Probably cows too. I don't I don't know I doubt it. Yeah, I doubt it and if they start pulling yogurt on us I'm out of here exactly like my Nana be coming up to me yo Max You want a yogurt cup and I'm like nah, I'm not trying to eat that bro. Give me a popsicle like no See here's the difference frozen yogurt versus ice cream. Cream, ice cream, tends to have a higher fat content while frozen yogurt contains more sugar to hide its tangier taste.

Well, frozen yogurt, it's just like, it's like Adidas. Ice cream is Nike. That's a good way to put it. You know, like ice cream, Jordan. It's the goat. Frozen yogurt's like Charles Barkley. Yeah, you know I'm saying oh, yeah Do you um yeah like when you think about music next like what does it kind of look like for you because you have your Song right now tears in a river that yeah, really? See you playing it for people and it's playing it for like

People that are really big fans here and stuff like that. It's real special man. Yes, sir. Thank you And so what is that? Yeah, cuz like how do you put an album together now? So you just start like Creating new song. Oh man, bro. I probably got like 30 songs really just in the vault. Uh-uh not even recorded just Written out you've written. Yeah, my dad's a writer too just written out. You've written? Yeah, my dad's a writer too. Wrote for the newspaper. He did?

Yeah, fun fact, fun fact, this guy cannot spell. My dad cannot spell worth a lick. And he wouldn't read after he wrote him, and then he would publish them. My mom's reading it and just like, Dan bro, eight misspells today. Your dad's got trickin' read-a-beatties it sounds like. Read-a-beatties.

He's got glasses, bro, he's cross-eyed. You'll be looking at him and then he's like looking over here and you're just like, dude, where are you at? That's awesome. He probably couldn't see the words. Oh yeah, half my family's cross-eyed dude, it's awesome. Nice, nice. Oh, it gets pretty crazy, yeah.

You'll be looking at him just like, dude, are you high? Make it see. But love dad though. Oh yeah. Good writer, good music. Yeah, love you dad. Make it sweet. But love dad though. Oh yeah. Good writer, good music. Yeah, love you dad. Shout out Dan. Shout out Dan.

Shout out Dan. Exactly. But yeah, he's written a lot of songs. He actually did what I'm doing 30 years ago. Really? Mm-hmm. Oh wow. He was like 18, 19, moved to Nashville.

Nuh-uh. It's almost like this has been in your genes, kind of to... Exactly, yes sir. He introduced me to music when I was a kid. You did? Yes sir. Wow.

Yeah, I grew up on it. Do you remember the first show y'all ever went to? First show, I think I remember, I went to a Bluegrass Festival, bro. He played Bluegrass, he was like, he won the- He was a picker? Yeah, exactly, he won the Mandolin National Championship back in 92, bro.

Your father did? Yep. Shout out Dan Batson. Exactly, bro, name on a plaque and everything. If you know Bill Monroe is. Yeah, yeah I know Bill Monroe is. Yeah, he played with him. He played with him like three times, it's crazy.

Yeah, Dan's the man, Dan the man. Dude, so Dan said it was pretty prolific, Dan, he did sound like he did a good bit. Exactly bro, he was famous in the bluegrass industry and then he like fell off after age 13. So, you know, short-lived career. Age 13, you know? Yeah.

Oh, here it is. Bro started smoking at 13. Popped out six. Oh, that'll do it. Yeah, things can go downhill fast. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, we just had a guy, Billy Strings, in here. And he's a great. Yeah, dude.

He's sick. He's sick, man. And so that was really, it was really cool just to talk with him and learn about what he likes to do. I went fishing with him this weekend, actually. Oh, that's sick. Yeah, we had a's it. Yeah, see you're a big fisherman. It's fun, man. Yeah going yeah It's just like I wish I had more time to go sometimes Because of doing comedy and stuff. I'm on the road, but yeah, I'm gonna try to keep making more time

Yeah, fishin's brother fishin's fine. I'm a big hunting guy really I can't move my papa. Yeah, yeah They come back. So who's that your grandfather? Yeah I'm a big hunting guy. Really? I like hunting with my papa, yeah. Yeah? Big hunting vet. So who's that, your grandfather? Yeah. Nice. Nan and papa. Are they cool? Yeah, they're pretty cool.

Where do they live at? I was talking about this farm earlier. I used to live on a farm. Like about an hour north of here. Yeah, I lived on that farm until I was seven then I moved to Bammo. But we lived for real right next to each other. Oh nice.

Like within like, me to you. Yeah, pretty crazy. That's beautiful, man. Exactly, man. And how do your grandparents feel about your new? At first they were like pretty skeptical because they're grandparents, they're not gonna like, you know.

Yeah, they're skeptical and they should be. Exactly, that's what we expected. That's what we expected at a Nanan and Papa right and then yeah that's exactly what we expected out of them exactly and then a couple months down the road they start seeing that it's like the people I'm working with more trustworthy they start like they met up they met the people I'm working with today yeah like literally today like Oh yeah? Yeah.

So they started feeling better about it. Yeah, and they're like, oh okay, he's not like, you know. Yeah, they're not out here selling your soul, you know? Yeah, and they figured that out after the fact that I was just literally just singing music. Right. And they're like, oh, you know what I'm saying? Well I think it's popularity that scares people, you know

Yeah, they can be real scary exactly Fame can be scared or there's parts of being popular that feel scary to you or there parts that it just feels like You're just learning the ropes or what is it? Yeah people asking me for money and I'm like dog. I Don't have money. You know, I'm saying like I make tic-tacs, bro. I make music. I can get my paychecks in I'm 14 I can't even get paychecks My parents get those and they're like you'll make slow me at 20 and I'm like, I don't have 20 Yeah, you're like my account bro. So I'm trying to exploit me Dan Dad does not do that by the way great dad by the way. That is a great guy

Mandolin champion too. I think in 90 92 I think I don't know. Yeah, it's a fact check. He, I think in 90... 92? I think, I don't know. I have to fact check. He was great back then, dude. Yeah. He was a legend. He was a legend too. He was a high school wrestler too, wasn't he?

No. He wasn't? No. Oh, I thought you told me that he was. No, he played ball, basketball. Oh, he played basketball. Yeah, that's where I got it from, yeah. And then you lost it though.

Yeah, and then I lost it. Whole dreams crushed. But then after that I was like, yo, am I really gonna make it to the league? You know, you just have to accept that at a point. And I said this on one of my videos, bro. My vert's like two inches, especially with Osgood over there.

Like he's restricting me. Oh no! Turn this off, bro, there ain't no way. Whoa, this is you? Yeah! This feels illegal to watch. I don't even think I can watch this on YouTube No, you can't here you go right here, dude. Oh

Cut back dude. No way. We're watching this money in the bank. I'm a lefty Wow I had 45 in a game, bro. Did you really yes? I'm not even Kevin. That's a you team Fun fact I was the only white kid on that team really yep fun fact. I believe that bro. That's a sick pass right there I know I'm down there Jason. Where's my favorite player is he yeah, wow yeah? This is J. Will white chocolate bro. Yeah, man That's incredible if you see my number 55 on those teams. That's where I got it for That was him bro. Look at me I'm out of four foot two dude. I'm cooking these kids.

Dude, you see old Selly? I said, hey. Call me Curry. The chef is home. I was a fan boy, I'm not gonna lie. I was a Curry fan boy. You were? Yeah, but my dad would never let me buy his shoes

because he didn't want me to be like everyone else. So I never had any Curries, but I was definitely a fan boy. So watch the highlights of that. Curry's so special. Curry's the man, bro. What about musically? Do you have some of your heroes, kind of? Or what does that look like for your piece?

Yeah, yeah. So really, honestly and truly, it's my dad. Because he does music, and it's just something I can relate to so well. And I know him, he's my dad, right? So he's just really been my hero throughout this entire thing. My dad and mom, really, you know? Because they both do music.

But like, other than that, like, psh. Wyatt Flores, Wyatt Flores, he does like, he does country music. He does? I'm not familiar with him. Yeah, he's pretty sick, bro. Wyatt Flores, you bring him up? Yeah, you need to get him, bro, bro. He's fire, he's fire.

Wyatt Flores. Straight, straight as heat. Wow. Yeah, that's him right there. Let me check him out. Mm-hmm, he's hot. But I like the Straight, straight as heat. Wow. Yeah, that's him right there. Let me check him out. Mm-hmm, he's hot. But I like the old guys too. Keith Whitley, the man, the man. You look, you look like him too. Want to compare Keith Whitley?

Yeah. Bring him up. Little mullet. If you got a curly mullet, dude, twins. And it was like. Really, I'll curl my mullet. Wow, dear. Look.

Oh my God. I didn't realize it was like her mama. Look dear I didn't realize was that girly there Keith calm it down there, bud. It's like the definition of an 80s American okay, and look at Keith. Oh, he's meeting a lady right there, too So let's don't act like Keith's hair didn't do his job exactly, bro He was down there look at him on the left with that pink shirt on oh, yeah He what I bought a beast Keith is ready Keith is yeah Keith is ready for his another wedding I'll say that um what about these split that video when I used to sing at the church see if you can pull that one up Yeah, no way Yeah, brother oh I'll used to let the Lord just use me like a little violin brother.

Nice. Like a little baby bird. No way. I don't but. Pull it up baby. Yeah, this right here. You'll see. The old mom Toy Bolton they only offered I Am right here brother

Now that's some Keith Whitley, huh You're a singer Yeah, yo, I didn't even know that hey in the house of the Lord. Everybody's a singer? Yeah. Yo! I didn't even know that! Hey, in the house of the Lord everybody's a singer, brother. Praise God, dude. Okay, that's good, man. For giving you the gift of singing. That's all you do.

Just warming up the chords for the Lord, baby. Exactly. I sang in church back in the day. I don't think there's any videos of it, but I definitely did, bro. I actually like funny story mm-hmm I was doing a wax museum at my school. You know those are like you guys have the button you have to be someone I was JFK okay, and It started off good for him exactly exactly and then he was like my teacher was like yo

No one's been any money on this Don't we got go overboard my parents bought me a Brooks Brothers suit and tie and I was dude There we if we all had the video bro. This is fire Like I knew every word like born Massachusetts like I was dialed in for JFK for JFK. Wow Yeah, I didn't reenact it though. You didn't know that's good. Yeah Yeah, you gotta stay within certain second grade And I think we have the budget for that either yeah My acting skills weren't there yet. Yeah, I don't think anybody's access yields need to be there for the end of JFK, bro.

No. Wow, you're crazy. Hopefully not, hopefully not. You gotta get some help, but. Yeah. Do you miss being at school? Was it kind of weird sometimes? No, no, no.

You don't? No, no, because I just wasn't good at. I guess it's crazy to ask a 14 year old, do you miss being at school? Yeah, no. I mean, yeah, you would expect me to say no, but there's good reasons, because honestly I wasn't good at school. You know I mean I was but then I low-key fell off I don't know what happened, but I just I went from a 93 in English to like a 60. Oh wow I fell off, bro

It's like Jordan. I mean Jordan after he left the Bulls Yeah, I still cheered for him. Yeah, he was the man. I wasn't alive, but you know in now You don't I'm trying to think of what else was some things we're gonna talk about anything else that we wanted to look at Yeah, or guess who's locked in and not locked in you like that word who's locked in right now Yeah, or guess who's locked in on your playlist man. What do you mean? I guess we talked about some artists that you like yeah Do you think like you would maybe go on because you'd have to come out with more music because right now you have how many Songs out one Wow

Yeah, because people kept tagging us in videos together like you guys You yeah exactly especially after the suit one, bro. I was getting mad the over on comments. Yeah Yeah, I was like, yo for real and then he followed me and I was like, yo I was actually in the studio and I ran around the studio like really slowly. Yeah My 40 times like 40 it's still hot. Yeah, but you know Yeah, but you ran the best your ability around the city exactly exactly. Yeah. Well, thanks, bro Yeah, dude. Yeah, I just see yeah people were like these guys Reminds me of you. Maybe when you was a kid and I was like, I definitely remember getting ready for a dance

You know, yeah, I would just be so nervous My back would always just I would you know? But I would just be so nervous. My back would always just, I would see the girls and I would just like, and my back would start sweating. And then I would have to just go stand in the bathroom for a while. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, cause you must have women that's throwing rocks at your window at night.

Yeah dude, it's pretty weird. I'm not gonna lie. Like I, yeah, I got it at the beginning. I was like, yeah, this is normal. But then eventually like I was starting getting like a lot if I had a PO box, bro I'm cooked but I don't but so but like if I did I'm done But you can legally have one. No, but dad can yeah under his name. Yeah, get it. Yeah Mail from children all day

Pretty weird messages probably. But do people make you some nice things? Yeah, they be drawing me and stuff. I'm like, y'all, thanks y'all, thank y'all. I'll be seeing on the videos, like I saw this video yesterday, this girl was like crying. She was like crying. I put her on my story.

That was it. And she just busted out in tears. And her mom was filming. I was like, yo, that's what I do it for, bro. Oh, it made her day, huh? Exactly, man. I do it for the fans. That's like, that's the main reason. Oh yeah, I saw you stop by a woman's house and play some music for her. Yes, sir. It was a very fun experience. It was actually my first time doing that, like meeting fans and playing my songs before it came out. Shout out, Miss Hannah. Yeah, what's up, Miss Hannah? Yeah, exactly. Was that nerve wracking kind

of? Yes, sir. It was, honestly. I don't get nervous a whole lot, but when I'm around my fans, I do. Because, once again, it's just like they're the reason I'm here. They're the reason I'm talking to you. They're the reason I put out music. What do you think people it is?

Let me think about it. I think, for one, you're definitely funny. I realize that even more sitting here with you. Thank you, appreciate it. Yeah, great energy. And I think like moments like with a dance or with like talking to a young lady, like those are things that a lot of people can relate to.

Exactly. Like when you were getting ready for the dance, even if you weren't going, it took me back to all the moments like, oh dude, I was at home. I didn't even have anybody to go with. I'm like because then you get there you're like oh it's just my same yeah but we just all smell better yeah we all put on the other axe yeah yeah oh axe had come out hot dude and people were doing

all people were drinking it people were doing all kind of stuff. People were reading. Drinking Axe is devious work. I'm not gonna lie. Do we do it, we be doing Axe bombs at my school. We open up the locker like, throw it in, and then they open it and they're like cooked. All their papers are like drenched in Axe. Just Axe? Yeah.

Everything they turn in smells like Axe. Yeah, exactly. Like gosh, this D-minus is wearing deodorant? That seemed a little wild. Yeah, dude. At home school, do you get grades or what do you even? I just be like, I can like, if I do it through a like actual home school system,

I'll get like grades and stuff. But like right now till the end of school year, I'm doing it with my mom. I'm just like doing of a mom I'm trying to learn everything you can like see Cuz I'm a little behind you know I'm saying I missed I Missed like 30 days in the last nine weeks. You know but All right, but so you're gonna be going to summer school at home

But like summer break starts whenever I want summers break to start, you know So you could help set the curriculum, yeah exactly, okay But still you got to finish it all right and is your mom like do you have to call her miss Batson? No, okay. No, I mean I haven't taken it that far. I mean I could but like, you know, I would yeah I mean I would set the parameters like if your mom was if your mom was teaching you'd call her miss Vaughn Yeah, I you wouldn't from 9 to 2 p.m.. From 9 a.m.. To 2 p.m.. You're miss Vaughn And if you get out of line, I'm calling the school board. Who's the school board miss Vaughn Vaughn? Her like she's grandma

Yeah, I feel like if you get out of line... Bring the paddle out, bro. You're good. That's what I'm doing. Dude, they used to paddle us when I was in school, bro. Yeah, that's not allowed anymore. I'm not gonna lie. You think it should bring it back? You know, with some of the...

This is a topic that's crazy. Not gonna lie. With some of the kids in my school, yes. With me, no. Yeah. You know, I don't need all that. You know? I'd probably gonna lie with some of the kids in my school. Yes with me. No. Yeah, I you know I don't need all that you know I'd probably start crying from the girls and my whole my whole my whole social life ruined your whole stealer would be gone Huh, but also since you're out of school now. Yeah, they should have it No

No, but you don't have to deal with it. Oh Like at school still yeah, yeah if I since I'm out there yes Do whatever you want like I'm out there. You know yeah, I think this is definitely start really beating some kids No, this is not allowed and that's on yeah, and that's not what we're talking about today So what else do you think about man at your age? What are some things that you think about right now? Like what keeps you excited every day? What do you like to do? Oh, well, I'll be what do you go with it? Give me a little bit more I just want to know a little bit more about Maddox Batson. Yeah. Yeah

You know women I'm just gonna keep it a buck for you like them and then everything else women above music Yeah, you know Wow. Sorry. I'm gonna Morgan Was his answer mini Morgan bro Morgan. Is it hard to stay focused? Yes. Yeah people want to hear what you're gonna do next. Yeah, exactly. It is true, huh? I guess it becomes a point because this doesn't happen for comedians So for musicians you put out something people get intrigued by it and then they're like, yeah, what are you gonna do next? Yeah, yeah, exactly. It's crazy Wow So do you feel some pressure with that or not really not really?

I try to not think about it. You know I'm saying so I just went when the moment comes I'll think about it And when I put out my song I think about it, but like like right after I put the song out I'm not like oh, when's my next song you know I'm saying yeah, that makes sense. I don't know yeah I think so so in the meantime. What else do you do to kind of? Take up your time. I'm a big gamer bro. You are yeah, dude. What do you you like games? I play Zelda right now and switch that's where I'm at. That's a that's a pretty weird game. I'm not gonna lie Yeah, you know are you you're a weird guy?

So I feel like no offense by the way no I believe you yeah, yeah You know I'm saying so So, Zelda fits you. Once again, he looks like Zelda. And he's had three resemblances since I met him. Yeah, thanks. Elon Musk, Zelda, and Keith Whitley. Yeah, pretty broad. He's way too low, not Zelda like the girl,

but like the other main character. What's his name? Oh, Link. Link is a little too, name like? Oh link link is a little too Yeah, he's got it together a little too much for me. Yeah So so we don't know when the new music's gonna happen, but we know it's on the way Yes, sir. It is most definitely on the way. Yes, sir I've been working been working pretty hard with some pretty cool people So I'm very excited for what's to come. Yes, sir. And what about some new dad?

We're gonna see you get ready for any more dances. We got to see another get ready video at some what was it? What's it? What's the next year? What do you know? I'll say that's a good point. You know, I'm singing huh mean you getting ready You're ready for what? Oh, just getting ready to go on the podcast In but we already are on it. No, but the fans don't know that Okay, go back in time. Yeah That's what you gotta do sometimes. You know what I would be ready You know what I would do. I wonder if I would do a reenactment of your get ready video Do people done a lot of those mmm a couple I've actually seen like a couple like like

People like doing stuff like after me, which I'll take pride in you know I like I like that I impact people like that's pretty cool. Yeah, well, it's fun I think it's exciting to be a cuz people I think then next time you're getting ready And you even if you're just getting ready for work or whatever or school or whatever you're kind of like you know You're kind of doing the Maddox Bats You're kind of like having a little more fun. Yeah, yeah, I see like what it really inspired me to do my dad Actually, my dad thought it was stupid when I was like yo dad because I was only doing like covers at the time I was like yo dad let me do you get ready to me. She's like what that's stupid

I was like nah, bro trust trust and he did and I'm like, let's go down the man Let's go down. He finally locked in But let's pulled it up someone pulled up one of my get ready to me just started playing up they did yeah He's probably Man who works here. I know probably probably him I forgot it. I made him Ben Ben he's a weird name though Ben What about Benjamin? Yeah, been Jim in? Why don't like yeah, I would do a

Wonderful maybe I'll try to do a reenactment of your get ready video. Or what if you just go take a ride. I did get a, I got a cyber truck, right? So I wonder if you could take a ride. You could probably drive it if you want. Let's drive it, bro. You can drive, right? I feel like it'd be like a video game, okay? Yeah, if you play video games, you could definitely do it.

Exactly, if I play like, yeah, I crash a lot, though. You do? Yeah. I think you can hit stuff with it. I mean, it's pretty daggum sharp, and it looks pretty sturdy Yeah, I get I got a I can do it. I think you can do it. Yeah. Yeah, can you do it? Yep

Okay, sounds like you can Maddox thanks for coming in man. I'm just glad to get to meet you bro. Thanks for making me laugh and Maddox, thanks for coming in man. I'm just glad to get to meet you bro. Thanks for making me laugh and Yeah, I'm excited about your adventure because I think it's real interesting You're like at this place where it's like well, how do I like what happens now? You know, yeah, just an interesting place in your life, you know, what are some of your hopes you think when you look at that? kind of um My hope just over the course of my career my music career, is just to make people, you know, happy.

You know, just for them to enjoy my music throughout my career and just put out stuff that I want to do. Just keep my integrity intact, you know, stuff like that. You know, keep myself financially stable and my family and stuff like that. I'd like to win a Grammy, you know. Dang, really? That'd be sick, wouldn't it? Wow.

Winning a Grammy, wouldn't that be awesome you won one No, I didn't jelly roll did he win one no he was nominated No, he should have won he should have won if he didn't he should have no he won. Yeah, there was a man, bro No, he said right in that stage. Did he win or not no he got nominated He's to he was nominated for two whoa He walked away empty handed BS. I know, it's kind of like Morgan bro. What are they doing with that bro?

That's those industries man. I know, they just be, they be... It's not real. Exactly. It's not real. Scripted. But what is real is meeting children off a TikTok dude. That's what I'm talking about.

Real right now. Yes sir. Alright, Maddox Vatson, thanks so much, bro. Nice to meet you. Yes, sir. Most definitely. Let's go take a ride in the truck, bro. Let's run it.

Now I'm just floating on the breeze, and I feel I'm falling like these leaves. I must be cornerstone. Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll share this peace of mind I found I can feel it in my bones But it's gonna take a little