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-And now, 63 Questions
with singer/songwriter

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and "America's Got Talent"
finalist Benicio Bryant.

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-Hi!
-Good morning, Benny!

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-Good morning!

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-Are you ready
for 63 Questions?

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-Uh, yeah.

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C'mon in, guys, c'mon.
-Thank you.

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What were you doing
when we arrived?

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-I was just feeding this guy.

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-Oh, who do we have here?

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-This is Louis Vuitton.
He's my new boo.

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-Do you have a voice
for Louis Vuitton?

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-I do. You know what?

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I feel like
he would be Southern.

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I feel like he'd be like,
"Howdy, there, partner."

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-[ Laughs ]
-I don't know.

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-Who's the funniest person
in your family?

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-I think it has to be my sister,
only 'cause,

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I mean, she's so unpredictable.

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It's like one week her hair
is blonde, the next it's black.

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So you never know.

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-And who's alpha at your house?

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-My dad.

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Oh, actually --
wait, plot twist.

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It's my mom.

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She gets her stuff done.

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-Are you in high school?

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-I'm getting my GED
right now, actually.

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-And what's
your favorite subject?

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-Well listen, I'll tell you
this, it's not math.

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That's for sure, ew.

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-And what's your favorite meme
at the moment?

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-I think my favorite meme
right now is the one --

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It's Wendy Williams
and she's like,

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"Uh, what was that?"

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And then it pans to this zombie
in the audience.

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It's so good, it's so good.

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-If you could live at any time,
when would that be?

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-I would want to live
in the future only 'cause

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then you get to, like,
fly in spaceships

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and then you can teleport
and stuff.

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That's kind of hot.
That's cool.

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-Do you consider yourself
outdoorsy or indoorsy?

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-Okay, well look,
I'm from Seattle

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so you would think outdoorsy.

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But I'm really an indoor person.

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[ Laughs ] I am.

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-What's your current
favorite song?

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-Oh, my God, okay, "Alone"
by Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj.

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I've literally listened
to that song

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like 50 times in a couple days.

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-And what song
gives you goosebumps?

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-The song "Dreams"
by Fleetwood Mac.

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That song is so nostalgic
for me.

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I wasn't born in the '70s,

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but it reminds me
of being a kid.

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My mom would always play it.

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-So you have
an international fanbase.

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What have you heard from songs
that's really touched you?

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-Oh my gosh, okay, I read
a comment the other day

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and it was like,
"Hey, I'm your fan.

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I'm from Brazil.
We love your music over here."

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And I was like, oh my gosh,
I've never even been to Brazil.

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And I just find it
so fascinating

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that my music's like everywhere.

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-Hey, speaking of your fans,
here is a fan question.

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-Hi, Benicio!
I love your style

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and you have an incredible
and beautiful voice.

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I'm wondering, what was
the first song you ever wrote?

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-Wow, okay,
what a great question.

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Actually, I believe
I was like around 12

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when I wrote the first song.

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You know, I wanted
to write a love song

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but I had never been
in a relationship before.

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So I just kind of made it up
honestly off the top of my head

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from what I heard
from movies and stuff like that.

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-If you were stranded
on an island,

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what three things
would you bring?

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-Okay well, one,
I would bring my phone.

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Two, I would bring Louis
'cause I need him.

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Three, I'd probably have
some fried chicken with me.

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You know,
you always see that always.

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Okay, I just watered the wall.

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-What is one of your quirks?

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-Well if you haven't
noticed already, I --

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See, this is wrong,
I don't know why this is here.

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I have really bad OCD.

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I, like -- everything has to be
how I want it...

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if that makes sense.
-And what gives you the ick?

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-Okay, honestly, my biggest ick
as a person

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is just when people
are just rude

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to like the waitress
or the waiter at a restaurant.

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It's just so -- it blows my mind
that people are like that, ew.

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-Do you have a favorite
Pop Tart flavor?

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-Okay, actually I'm not that
much of a Pop Tart fan.

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But I love Toaster Strudel,
you guys, oh, my God.

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I made one for you.

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-You did?
-I did, girl.

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C'mon, you need to try it.

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-Okay.
-Oh, it's ready.

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-Thank you.
-Of course.

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-Oh, strawberry!
-Uh, duh!

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-So your dad has been
a beloved chef for the Mariners.

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Do you like his cooking?

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-You know, a lot of people
really do

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and he impacts a lot
of people's lives.

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And it's honestly beautiful.

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I am not that much
of an experimental eater.

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I honestly like, well,
Toaster Strudels

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and fried chicken.
That's about as far as I'll go.

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So I haven't tried as much as --
any of his foods that much.

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-Is there anything that you
just can't stand to eat?

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-Well, I know I need to be
a big kid

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and just kind of grow up
a little bit.

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But I honestly really
do not like vegetables.

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I still can't do
that whole thing.

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I can't do it, I'm sorry.

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-And what's your go-to
coffee brew?

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-Iced caramel macchiato, tall.

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-And what do you eat
when you go to the movies?

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-I really like
the Sour Patch Kids

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but like the watermelon ones.

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They're just more fun,
I like them better.

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-Do you have
a signature dance move?

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-Somebody told me this.
I was at the club,

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and somebody was like, "Yeah,
why do you always do that?"

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Literally somehow my hands
always end up like here.

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Like I'm always doing one of
these things, but I don't know.

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-Are you superstitious?
-Oh totally, are you kidding?

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Like I'm always
doing things in threes.

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I'm always like, okay,
turn the light switch...one,

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two, three.

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-What's the bravest thing
you've ever done?

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-I went to the dentist
the other day. Does that count?

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-In my book.
-Okay, good.

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-What's your favorite way
to waste time?

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-Well, one thing about me,
I'm a video gamer.

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I love playing video games.

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I wouldn't even consider this
a waste of time, actually.

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But I love playing video games.

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-And who is your number one
"Mario Kart" character?

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-Oh, my gosh,
Princess Peach all the way.

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She's been my favorite character
ever since I was little.

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I love her.

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-What is it about Princess Peach
that you're drawn to?

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-Okay, well, one, she's pink.

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Two, she's a princess.
She's just an icon.

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-And is there one show that
your whole family agrees on?

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-We always tend to turn
on "Family Guy,"

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like it's just funny.

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-What are you binge
watching at the moment?

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-Okay, I started watching that
one show, "Yellow Stone."

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It's like crazy. I'm waiting
for the next episode.

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It's on a break and
I'm anticipating it. It's crazy.

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-Do you ever get starstruck?
-Yeah, yes, okay.

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I was at the studio one time
and I saw Ava Max.

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And I met her and, oh my gosh,

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she's such a nice person
first of all.

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But I was just
totally fangirling.

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I was stumbling all my words.
It was just such a mess.

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-What does your TikTok
algorithm look like?

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-Oh, honestly this is so funny.

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I have a lot of, like, Mukbang.

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-What is Mukbang?

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-Mukbang is like -- Like,
they'll eat like octopus,

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like a snail or something.

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It's like -- It's very random.

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-And what's your least favorite
thing about social media?

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-I think honestly it's
the comment section for me.

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I think it just is like,

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you know, just other people
can sit behind a screen

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and just say
all these things about you.

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And it's like crazy, ugh.

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-So you've been on "America's
Got Talent" multiple times.

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What was one of your
most magical moments?

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-I think when I was able to
perform my own original song

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that I wrote
for the first time ever.

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And it changed my life,
and I'm so grateful for it.

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-Where do you spend
most of your time

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doing your Instagram content?

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-Oh, actually in my room.
Here, let's go see it, c'mon.

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-Oh, what a colorful closet.

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Hey, obviously you have
a passion for fashion.

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-Thank you.
-Have you considered modeling?

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-Oh my gosh,
I'm not even kidding you.

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I literally just signed
with an agency like a month ago.

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-Wow, congratulations!
-Thank you.

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-So what accessory do you
consider essential?

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-Oh okay, wait a minute,
this is important

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because a lot of people
don't really think about it.

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It's sunglasses, you guys.
Look at this.

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-Oh, slay!

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-We need -- Period,
we need this, you guys.

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And actually, you know what?

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I have this pair too
that I really like.

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Just some timeless red.

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-Oh, yeah, lovely.
-Yeah.

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-Do you have any shoe regrets?

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-Oh, yeah, you know what?

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Actually, I've had these shoes.
They are off-white and Nike.

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And they're really cute
but they're like running shoes,

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and I don't run.

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So they don't really
get used that often.

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-How do you feel
about a mullet?

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-I feel like if you have
a mullet,

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I feel like you
might be a Virgo.

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-And if you could have
front row seats to any concert,

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what would it be?

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-Oh, it would have to be
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way."

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-And what artist would you
like to emulate?

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-Oh, okay again, Lady Gaga.

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She's always been my hero
and always will be.

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I just remember being a kid
and listening to her music

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and how it made me feel.

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And if I can be someone's
Lady Gaga, that's it for me.

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-And what is your most
memorable duet?

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-Okay, when I sang
with Brandi Carlile.

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I sang her song "The Joke"
and she invited me on stage.

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And honestly, literally
one of the kindest people

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I've ever met and so talented.

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-So besides music,
what feeds your soul?

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-Well, if you didn't
already know, I love Nintendo.

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And I'm a huge video gamer
and I collect things.

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I collect Mario things

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and it's one of my favorite
things to do, I love it.

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-Does silence scare you?
-Yeah, oh, my God, totally.

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Everybody always teases me

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because I have two TVs on
in each room.

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And I have to have music going.
It's a whole thing.

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-What's the best advice
your mom ever gave you?

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-You know, she told me --
I remember this

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because I was really little
and she told me this.

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She was like, "Honey, listen,
you've got to be yourself

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because everybody else
is already taken."

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And that's huge for me.
That's, oh, what a great quote.

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-Wise words, yeah.

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What instrument
would you like to learn?

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-I feel like -- Okay, I thought
about this a little bit.

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I feel like I would just learn

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how to play the accordion
just randomly.

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It's just like something
I would do.

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It's so interesting to me.

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It's like it's weird,
I don't know.

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-Did the pandemic help
or hurt your creative flow?

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-You know, it's different
for a lot of artists.

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But for me,
I think it really helped

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because I was doing a lot of --

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Wow, maybe I should sit
on the bed, that might help.

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-[ Laughs ]

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-You know, it helped me because
I got to write by myself

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and kind of find my voice
and understand

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what did I want to talk about.
It was very important to me.

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-Okay, Benny, we've come
to our last question.

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What project do you have
coming down the pike?

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-Oh, my gosh, okay, you guys,

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I've been so excited
for so long.

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I just today just got the master
back for my next song

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coming out with another artist.

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I just have to be so secretive
about it right now,

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but just keep your eyes peeled.

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-Oh, my gosh, well,
that is very intriguing,

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and we can't wait to hear more.

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And we're going to wish you
a lot of luck and say goodbye.

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-Thank you.
-Thanks for having us.

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-Thanks for being here. You guys
can just let yourself out.

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-Okay, have a great day.
-Bye!

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TikTok, and Facebook. 

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