Announcer: Coming up on "Studio 3 Live," it's Kiss the Tiger.

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Good evening, and welcome to "Studio 3 Live" on Iowa PBS.

I'm your host, Mickey Davis.

Tonight we're joined by Minneapolis group Kiss the Tiger.

Led by the frenetic, captivating energy of lead singer Meghan Kreidler, the five-piece band has made a name for themselves in delivering an electrifying show and creating new fans wherever they find themselves -- a rock club, a block party, a festival, or live to a studio audience.

Kiss the Tiger has shared the stage with acts including Joan Jett, The Suburbs, Daughtry, and more, and they have performed at numerous festivals and clubs across the U.S., including the 80/35 Music Festival, Gabe's, and xBk Live here in Iowa.

Please help me welcome to the stage Kiss the Tiger.

[ "We Don't Fight Anymore" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ I like that, I like that ♪ ♪ Don't hold that against me ♪ ♪ I won't take it ♪ ♪ Don't hold that against me ♪ ♪ I won't take it ♪ ♪ Don't hold that against me ♪ ♪ I won't take it ♪ ♪ Won't take it, won't take it ♪ ♪ Don't listen to what they say ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You, mister, talk back again, I might be okay ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'Cause we don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ I like that, I like that ♪ ♪ Once upon a time ♪ ♪ You rubbed into mine ♪ ♪ What a shame, what a shame ♪ ♪ We were so different then ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Scream and cry and shout ♪ ♪ What you want about ♪ ♪ All our friends were tired ♪ ♪ Always under fire ♪ ♪♪ ♪ But then we did a little dance ♪ ♪♪ ♪ A little this, a little that ♪ ♪ A little shakin' the pants ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, what fun ♪ ♪ To remember that you are the one ♪ ♪ It was cool, it was grand ♪ ♪ It was real, it was fun, it was fun ♪ ♪ It was great, it was that dance ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'Cause we don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ We don't fight anymore, and I like that ♪ ♪ I like that, I like that, I like that ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "Who Does Her Hair?"

plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Is she gettin' wasted?

♪ ♪ Takin' her bike downtown?

♪ ♪ Is she gonna make it?

♪ ♪ Or is she gonna come around?

♪ ♪ She's making me coffee ♪ ♪ Oh, lord, she's making me hot ♪ ♪ And everybody's wonderin' ♪ ♪ Who does her hair?

♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ She's takin' all my tips, yeah ♪ ♪ She's takin' all my tips for free ♪ ♪ And everybody's wonderin' ♪ ♪ Is she comin' home with me?

♪ ♪ She's making me coffee ♪ ♪ Oh, lord, she's making me hot ♪ ♪ And everybody's wonderin' ♪ ♪ Who does her hair?

♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Is she gettin' wasted?

♪ ♪ Takin' her bike downtown?

♪ ♪ Is she gonna fake it?

♪ ♪ Or is she gonna come around?

♪ ♪ She's making me coffee ♪ ♪ Oh, lord, she's making me hot ♪ ♪ And everybody's wonderin' ♪ ♪ Who does her hair?

♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.

We're Kiss the Tiger, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and we're so happy to be here.

Thanks for joining us.

Meghan, can you tell us a little bit about Kiss the Tiger and how the band got started?

Yeah, we've been a band now for about eight years, and we started because I met my partner, Michael, who's the rhythm guitar player, and he said, "I've always wanted to have a woman singer in one of my bands," and we kind of just had this impromptu jam session and then eventually started asking key players to kind of form a more solid, permanent thing with us.

And we've had some rotation in our membership and then have brought new people along with us along the way.

So, yeah, we've been doing this for shy of a decade now, but kind of getting close to that 10-year mark.

Yeah.

If someone has never heard your music before, how would you describe it to them?

I would say it's very energetic, rockin'.

I mean, I think, generally, genre-wise, when people ask what type of music we play, we say rock 'n' roll.

Like, that's kind of the spirit of what we do musically.

And it's upbeat, and I think it's moving, and I think it impacts people in a positive and a powerful way.

[ "Out of My Mind" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ Oh, sullen mind ♪ ♪ Be kind ♪ ♪ Don't go there again ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You're busy you say ♪ ♪ Well, okay ♪ ♪ But decay's walkin' in ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a door in the floor ♪ ♪ Goin' down to the ground ♪ ♪ To retire ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's a dent in my couch ♪ ♪ But I can't figure out if I'm tired ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I sit and spiral ♪ ♪ Out of my mind ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, silly heart, fall apart ♪ ♪ Don't get hurt on the pieces ♪ ♪♪ ♪ They are not shards of glass ♪ ♪ Time will pass ♪ ♪ You'll find out your true weakness ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Come again ♪ ♪ A new friend ♪ ♪ Open up ♪ ♪ Out the back of my window ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Push you down ♪ ♪ Don't be scared ♪ ♪ It's okay ♪ ♪ There's a sea full of people ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I sit and spiral ♪ ♪ Out of my mind ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ What will you give me ♪ ♪ And how will you ♪ ♪ Oh, can you?

♪ ♪ Time reaches for you and bends ♪ ♪ Time reaching towards ♪ ♪ The end ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Forgive me, my dear ♪ ♪ Open up, give it back, I can hear you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Won't you shatter the past ♪ ♪ Draw the curtain, look back on the real view?

♪ ♪♪ ♪ If they said it won't be ♪ ♪ Will that satisfy me ♪ ♪ Will it haunt you?

♪ ♪♪ ♪ Don't listen to them, I'm a fox in a den ♪ ♪ Not a curfew ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I sit and spiral ♪ ♪ Out of my mind ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Drumsticks clacking ] [ "I've Got Love" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Brother Johnny took out ♪ ♪ From the bottomless pain ♪ ♪ Home and now I'm breathing ♪ ♪ Trying to free it again ♪ ♪ Oh, I've got love ♪ ♪ And I've got pain ♪ ♪ It makes me want ♪ ♪ Want to feel again ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Now I know I'm leaving ♪ ♪ Will I see you again?

♪ ♪ Leaving things ain't just right ♪ ♪ Looks like I found a friend ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got love ♪ ♪ And I've got pain ♪ ♪ It makes me want ♪ ♪ Want to feel again ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's the heartache ♪ ♪ That makes me really sweat ♪ ♪ And it's the love-hate ♪ ♪ Time and time again ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Brother Johnny took I ♪ ♪ On a leap of faith ♪ ♪ Words to say to just I ♪ ♪ No need to try to refrain ♪ ♪ 'Cause I've got love ♪ ♪ And I've got pain ♪ ♪ It makes me want ♪ ♪ Want to feel again ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's the heartache ♪ ♪ That makes me fear the end ♪ ♪ And it's the love-hate ♪ ♪ Time and time again ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Brother Johnny took I ♪ ♪ Now I'm feelin' his pain ♪ ♪ Oh, and now I see it ♪ ♪ What I've got to gain ♪ ♪ Oh, I've got love ♪ ♪ And I've got pain ♪ ♪ Makes me want ♪ ♪ Want to live again ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's the heartache ♪ ♪ That makes me really sweat ♪ ♪ And it's the love-hate ♪ ♪ Time and time again ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh, ohh, oh, oh oh ohhhh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Davis: Who would you describe as some of your biggest musical influences?

Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, the Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, The Pretenders.

I think kind of like, musically, those are a lot of the big influences that come a little bit more from the sort of '70s, early '80s.

There are a lot of more modern musicians that we're really into and feel inspired by.

Um, few of those are like Brittany Howard, Alabama Shakes, The War on Drugs, also The War and Treaty.

I was just thinking about them.

Well, they're just an awesome group.

Yeah.

Yeah, there's just -- there's so many awesome musicians existing now that influence us all the time.

Along with those where you pull kind of your musical influence, I think something that defines your band is the live show.

And I think that's how you've been able to gain fans in new cities and kind of unsuspecting audiences.

Are there people outside of the the performers who you listed who are all great, great performers in their own right, but who, you know, whether it's their stage presence or their charisma or how they interact with the audiences that you take inspiration from?

Yeah, Karen O. I didn't mention the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but Karen O definitely is somebody that I kind of have studied, I guess, or just I admire her stage presence and her fearlessness.

And also Mitski.

Like, I hadn't seen her live until a couple of years ago, but seeing her live in, like, a large sort of festival setting, I was really taken aback by just, like, her physical gesture on stage and how, from far away, she helps communicate the music through her physical presence and sort of choreography on stage.

And she's very theatrical and sort of performance-arty.

And I -- I was really moved by that and learned a lot by watching her perform live, as well.

This is such an honor to be here playing at Iowa PBS, in Studio 3.

Thank you so much for coming to be our live, in-studio audience.

Um, yeah.

[ Cheers and applause ] We've been coming down to Iowa for a little bit now, and it's starting to feel more like home to us.

It's just really cool to be able to come to a state that we're not from and to collect fans and make new friends.

So thank you for being a part of our evening.

This next song we're going to play for you is called "I Miss You."

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I miss you and ♪ ♪ You miss me and ♪ ♪ That's just how it's gonna be ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ I'm all alone now ♪ ♪ That's just how it's gonna be ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Faltered from a world unknown ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Carried you before you'd grown ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm on fire ♪ ♪ It's nothing you need to worry about ♪ ♪ Baby's gone now ♪ ♪ It's something I need to live without ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I miss you and ♪ ♪ You miss me and ♪ ♪ That's the way it's gonna be ♪ ♪ Far away but ♪ ♪ Always here and ♪ ♪ That's the way it's gonna be ♪ ♪ Hey, pretty baby ♪ ♪ Hey, pretty baby ♪ ♪ Left you when I found the flame ♪ ♪ Hey, pretty baby ♪ ♪ Hey, pretty baby ♪ ♪ Didn't even know your name ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm on fire ♪ ♪ It's nothing you need to worry about ♪ ♪ Baby's gone, yeah ♪ ♪ It's something I've learned to live without ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ All along the way ♪ ♪ If I could change your fate ♪ ♪ All along the way ♪ ♪ If I could change your fate ♪ ♪ 'Cause I miss you and ♪ ♪ You miss me and ♪ ♪ That's the way it's gotta be ♪ ♪ Weight was there ♪ ♪ But now it's gone and ♪ ♪ That's the way it's gotta be ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Life had never been so hard ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Hey, little lady ♪ ♪ Nature sometimes deals the cards ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm on fire ♪ ♪ It's nothing you need to worry about ♪ ♪ Baby's gone now ♪ ♪ It's something I need to live without ♪ ♪ I'm on fire ♪ ♪ It's nothing you need to worry about ♪ ♪ Baby's gone, yeah ♪ ♪ It's something I need to live without ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I miss you and ♪ ♪ You miss me and ♪ ♪ That's the way it's gonna be ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Don't think that you're not gonna do Don't think that you're not gonna do some audience participation.

How do y'all feel about that?

I set that up very weird, didn't I?

[ Laughs ] All right.

I'm gonna ask for your audience participation.

And as you know, the louder you are, the cooler we sound on stage.

So it's very easy.

All you're gonna do is, you're gonna yell, "Hey," when I point at you.

It happens throughout the whole song, though.

So just like -- you know, you're sitting, get your breath support.

You got this.

Michael's like, "Meghan, get on with it."

Here we go.

It's gonna look like this, okay?

[ Clears throat ] ♪ I give up, hey ♪ ♪ You said you're better than love ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ You say you're shrouded in doubt ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ I think you're wearin' me down ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ I think you're wearing me down ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ I think you're wearing me down ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

All right, that's beautiful, Iowa PBS.

Are you ready?

Gonna utilize this stump.

[ Chuckles ] All right, here we go.

Whoo-hoo!

1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4!

♪♪ ♪ I give up, hey ♪ ♪ You said you're better than love ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ You say you're shrouded in doubt ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ I think you're wearin' me down ♪ ♪ I woke up, found you lookin' at a picture of me ♪ ♪ Make a return on a lover with a bad receipt ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ Why are you chasin' your tail?

♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ We've got some minutes to spare ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ We've got some hours to love ♪ ♪ 'Cause you're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I give up ♪ Hey!

♪ 'Cause you've parted the sea ♪ ♪ It ain't us ♪ Hey!

♪ I guess that's fine with me ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ I guess there's nothing to say ♪ ♪ I wash away my feelings at the sight of a clock ♪ ♪ Counting down the times I've loved you ♪ ♪ It just wasn't enough ♪ ♪ What to say?

♪ Hey!

♪ Because I want you the same ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ I know you're tired of me ♪ ♪ I'm tied up ♪ Hey!

♪ I get you don't want to see me ♪ ♪ But you're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You take what you want ♪ ♪ Not what's necessarily mine ♪ ♪ You'll send me overboard ♪ ♪ Two or three more times ♪ ♪ Three or four more times ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ Oh, what's the meaning of love?

♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ Know you're not feeling enough ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ Feels like you're dragging me down ♪ ♪ You take me to this place ♪ ♪ Thought you were dyin' to see me ♪ ♪ Breathin' heavy not 'cause you were trying to leave ♪ ♪ I get up ♪ Hey!

♪ Oh, what's the feeling of love ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ You took and scattered my heart ♪ ♪ You get up ♪ Hey!

♪ You make a fool outta me ♪ ♪ But you're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ You're my baby ♪ ♪ Motel, motel, motel room ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "There You Are (Beautiful)" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I sit and watch TV ♪ ♪ While you rest your head on my other knee ♪ ♪ Your father met your mom in the hot jungle ♪ ♪ Where they dropped those bombs ♪ ♪ Your paper fire's nice ♪ ♪ It'd be a whole lot better if you put it on ice ♪ ♪ Your lemon grasp is sweet ♪ ♪ You have no idea what it does to me ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You sit down next to me ♪ ♪ While an image comes on the TV screen ♪ ♪ Our love it feels so real ♪ ♪ When you rest your head on my other knee ♪ ♪ I walk these streets and how our love ♪ ♪ It always seems so sweet ♪ ♪ Our big blue house is tall ♪ ♪ And it looks over this whole damn town ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You sit down next to me ♪ ♪ While I smoke my favorite kind of greens ♪ ♪ Our love would never meet ♪ ♪ If you kept your home across the sea ♪ ♪ I walk these streets ♪ ♪ And how our love it always seems so sweet ♪ ♪ Our big blue house is tall ♪ ♪ And little do we know that we rule this town ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ Hey!

♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪ You are a vision now ♪ ♪ There you are, beautiful ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Davis: Where do you mainly draw inspiration in your songwriting?

Um, I feel like relationships and, like, particularly, romantic -- You know, I mentioned my partner is, um...

Him and I started the band together, so we sort of, like, started the band together around the same time we started dating.

And it's been really cool for us because we do all the songwriting together.

And when we started out, I didn't really do any songwriting, and over time, we've done more songwriting together.

I've done more songwriting just on my own and have woven those things into our repertoire as Kiss The Tiger, and I think, like, you know, us navigating being in a band together and having this creative thing that we do together and then also having this relationship, like, so much of -- Yeah, I feel like so much of ourselves and our experience with one another is really infused in our songwriting.

♪♪ This next song is, from an album we put out in 2019 called "Let Me Bleed," and it's called "I'm in Love."

It's the first track on that one.

♪♪ ♪♪ Hey!

♪ Put me in a coma ♪ ♪ Make me feel alright, alright, alright ♪ ♪ Think you're doing some good, boy, well ♪ ♪ I'm no better in my mind ♪ ♪ Well, she's a dirty actress ♪ ♪ Living life on dreams ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Lock my hostage in the palace ♪ ♪ Guess it ain't all what it seems ♪ ♪ Take what you want from me, baby ♪ ♪ Leave all the best parts for later ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say, let go ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Pull me underwater ♪ ♪ Until I taste the blue ♪ ♪ Say that this is God's great ocean ♪ ♪ Well, I can hold you under, too ♪ ♪ No, I'm not a doctor ♪ ♪ No, I don't understand ♪ ♪ N-o-o ♪ ♪ I could do this for you all night ♪ ♪ Save your hearts from these broken hands ♪ ♪ Take what you want from me, baby ♪ ♪ Leave all the best parts for later ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say, let go!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Now don't you worry about it ♪ ♪ Now don't you worry about it ♪ ♪ No, don't you worry about it ♪ ♪ You ain't got nothing to worry about, baby!

♪ ♪ Take what you want from me, baby ♪ ♪ Leave all the best parts for later ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say ♪ ♪ I'm in love with everything you say, let go ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Drumsticks clacking ] [ "Bad Boy" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Heard it on the radio ♪ ♪ 'Cause she said "no, no, no" ♪ ♪ Man in a big black suit ♪ ♪ Doing what he wanna do ♪ ♪ I don't wanna hear it again ♪ ♪ I don't wanna hear it again ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ Maybe you were made of gold ♪ ♪ That don't mean you rule my world ♪ ♪ Gotta let you put your hands on me ♪ ♪ Give you what I'm tryna be ♪ ♪ I don't wanna hear it again ♪ ♪ I don't wanna hear it again ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ No one ever told you no ♪ ♪♪ ♪ No one ever told you no ♪ ♪ No, no, noooo ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Heard it on the radio ♪ ♪ 'Cause she said "no, no, no" ♪ ♪ Man in a big black suit ♪ ♪ Doing what he wanna do ♪ ♪ I don't wanna feel it again ♪ ♪ I don't wanna feel it again ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad, bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad, boy, bad, bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad boy, bad, bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad boy ♪ ♪ You're a bad boy ♪ ♪ Bad boy, bad, bad, bad, bad ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Something that your band has really kind of made a name for yourselves and been known for is the energy you bring to your live performance and your connection with the audience.

When you started the band, do you feel like that was an intentional choice of saying, like, "We're gonna be really energizing and captivatingly perform"?

Or do you feel like that's more kind of naturally who you are as a performer, and especially given kind of the music that you perform, as well?

When we first started out, it took me a long time to really figure out who I was in this band, and kind of, for a while, felt like -- you know, had the imposter syndrome of like, "Oh, I kind of just feel like I'm an actor playing a role."

And over time, I've been able to take more ownership of it.

And it's been really fun and exciting.

And I feel like when we started out, that pillar of the group was always there -- "Let's be a good live band.

Let's, like, be good entertainers."

We're there to, like, give people something awesome that they can remember and hold on to and leave feeling energized.

So it took a while to sort of figure out what that was, and it's still evolving, but I think that's always kind of been a foundation of our band.

Can you talk about the inspiration for your song "Grown Ass Woman"?

Yeah.

To me, what it's about is celebrating everything that womanhood contributes to humanity.

[ Applause ] [ "Grown Ass Woman" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ The angel of death ♪ ♪ Wants me to draw another breath ♪ ♪ But, angel, won't you leave me alone ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Even near the end, not a foe or a friend ♪ ♪ Is gonna tell me what to do ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every morning ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ ♪ You better listen to what I say ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ They say every flower has it's golden hour ♪ ♪ Well, baby, I was born in bloom ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Take every step and know to forget ♪ ♪ 'Cause memory can be someone's doom ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every morning ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ ♪ You're gonna listen to what I say ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ Please let me be ♪ ♪ Please let, please let ♪ ♪ Please let me be ♪ ♪ Please let, please let ♪ ♪ Please let me be ♪ ♪ From the moment I met you ♪ ♪ Please let, please let ♪ ♪ You were learning to crawl ♪ ♪ Please let me be ♪ ♪ Taller, louder, ready ♪ ♪ Please let ♪ ♪ To rule us all ♪ ♪ Please let ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ The angel of death ♪ ♪ Wants me to give all that's left ♪ ♪ But, angel, won't you leave me alone ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Even near the end, I fail to pretend ♪ ♪ My memory will leave me at home ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every morning ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ ♪ You better listen to what I say ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪ I'm a grown ass woman ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] This next one is called "Hold On to Love."

It's off of that album, "Vicious Kid," from 2021, and it's one of our faves.

If you want to sing along, don't be shy.

If you don't know it, it's pretty easy to kind of catch on to the chorus once it gets going, so...

It's catchy.

Catchy, they say.

[ Chuckles ] ♪♪ ♪ Baby, need you now ♪ ♪ Oh, I need you now ♪ ♪ All I could have done ♪ ♪ All I should have known ♪ ♪ Time was next to me ♪ ♪ Waiting where to go ♪ ♪ Always down a hole ♪ ♪ On another road ♪ ♪ I've never felt like this before ♪ ♪ I'll never feel this way again ♪ ♪ And when you take me into yours ♪ ♪ I say I'm captured by you ♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ She was next to me ♪ ♪ And I was alone ♪ ♪ How'd it come to this?

♪ ♪ Hide into my home ♪ ♪ Take me honestly ♪ ♪ There's another day ♪ ♪ Far away from here ♪ ♪ Almost disappeared ♪ ♪ I've never felt like this before ♪ ♪ I saw you calling out my name ♪ ♪ And when it's all you've said and done ♪ ♪ I want to feel that way again ♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I never wanted this to end ♪ ♪ Hold me closer, baby, never end ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ I've never felt like this before ♪ ♪ I'll never feel this way again ♪ ♪ And when you take me into yours ♪ ♪ I know I'm captured by you ♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on to love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Baby, hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Baby, hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hold on ♪ ♪ Hold on to your love ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Drumsticks clacking ] [ Drumsticks clacking ] [ "Bully" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You got no friends around you ♪ ♪ And you've got no plans to fall in love ♪ ♪ The dogs, they bark at you ♪ ♪ They want to taste your brain ♪ ♪ You say you've got a headache, so Mama gives you medicine ♪ ♪ I hate to break it to you, but you're kind of a loser ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Just to remind you, one foot goes in front of the other ♪ ♪ Right shoe on right, and left on left ♪ ♪ Your daddy works a useless job ♪ ♪ And Mama thinks he's ugly ♪ ♪ Well, you know what?

♪ ♪ She ain't wrong!

♪ Yeah!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ What went wrong?

♪ ♪ No one knows, not even the doctor ♪ ♪ The moon, the stars, the earth ♪ ♪ They're all crying for you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You're doing your best and that's good but what for?

♪ ♪ 'Cause sooner or later, all you have is God ♪ ♪ And the truth's revealed ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every once in a while you think ♪ ♪ What it would be like to be someone else ♪ ♪ Every once in a while ♪ ♪ You think about breathing through your nose ♪ ♪ A coma seems nice, not having to get out of bed ♪ ♪ You kissed a girl once, it was nice ♪ ♪ But then your grandma died ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Thank you so much!

Have a great night!

Get home safe.

Thank you for being here!

Get home safe.

Thank you for being here!

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