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Oh my god.
Oh my god.
>> [laughter] >> Go ahead. What do I do?
>> You just survive >> to do. >> You just survive it.
Hey, what's going on everybody?
For First We Feast, I'm Sean Evans and you're watching Hot Ones.
It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
And today we're joined by Madison Beer.
She's a Grammy Award nominated singer, songwriter, and producer.
Her latest album Life Support is out now and she's about to embark on an arena tour this summer.
Be on the lookout for show dates near you, but in the meantime, it's a go round with the wings of death.
Madison Beer, welcome to the show. >> Thank you.
I'm like welling with tears.
I can't believe I'm here.
>> And we haven't even started. >> I'm just so excited.
>> What's going through your head as you prepare to take on the Hot Ones Gauntlet?
Are you someone who enjoys spicy food?
>> Um I wasn't my whole life and then recently I've I've embarked on like the Bulldog ramen level of spice.
Where do you like Where would that rank? >> It's not a nothing.
>> Okay, so it's not a nothing.
I can't believe you told me it's [laughter] not a nothing.
You can't tell me it's not a nothing.
Um but no, growing up I never really liked spicy foods, but I don't [music] think it's cuz I I just never tried it.
So once I started trying it, I became into it. >> new world opened up.
>> Or maybe I was just training subconsciously. >> moment right here.
>> [music] >> So this is called Garlic Delight.
>> Okay, that doesn't sound bad.
I'm like, where's a safe spot? Mhm. I've been here. I think. Nothing alarming. A little bit, actually. [music] Oh no. Oh no. [laughter] Oh gosh.
I'm not touching this yet.
>> All right, then neither am I. We're in a standoff. >> It's spicy.
>> So, in the past, I've interviewed comedians about the qualities that make a great first [music] joke to tell on stage, and the qualities that make a great last joke to tell on stage.
And I wonder if there's a corollary [music] in pop music.
Like, when you have an album like Locket, what makes Locket theme the right kind of sound to open up the album?
And then what makes a song like Nothing at All the right one to close it out?
>> god, [music] that's so cool that [clears throat] you know that.
I think for me, I kind of always have liked ending on sort of an emotional note.
Nothing at all I felt like was a cool one for me to end with cuz it felt sort of like this message that I kind of wanted to leave the album with.
And then Locket theme, >> [music] >> I love that one cuz I think it just opens in this dreamy sort of landscape, and you just get kind of brought in.
>> a hypnotizing kind of wall of sound there. >> Yeah, thank you. Exactly.
I just wanted I I wanted to also it I think it was [music] more lyrically what I was focused on.
So, the intro is really talking to like my fans directly and our relationship and all that stuff.
And then the ending was kind of like a personal note.
One wing down, and it was spicy, but >> The only way out is through.
>> The only way out is through.
>> All right, so up next is a pickled garlic sriracha. >> I'm scared.
I shouldn't be this scared this soon.
That was a bigger bite than I intended. That one's less spicy.
Is there a Carolina What is that one? The Carolina >> Reaper?
Every lineup has a Carolina Reaper. >> Oh, cool.
>> I'm just letting you know, I'm a chicken wing talk show host of the highest dignity.
I try to be transparent [music] from this side of the table, all right? >> Thank you.
>> So, whether it's sampling the elevator ding in Severance or taking the keep calm mantra and turning it on its head for a song like Stay Numb and Carry On, >> Oh, my goodness.
>> your music, your visuals, they oftentimes mix in some comedy with the drama.
As a songwriter, what do you see as the the of humor in otherwise sad or emotionally heavy songs. >> This is really cool. I Well, okay.
So, Severance I just I'm obsessed with that show.
It's my favorite [music] show.
And when we were writing complexity, which is the song it's in, I [snorts] wrote a lyric that was like, "Remember the time you severed me?"
Just had to shout them out.
And I was like, "We must put the doorbell ding in."
Which actually I think we had to remake the ding cuz I don't think we actually got it cleared.
So, we had to like remake it.
>> sample the ding, yeah. >> Tried to sample it. They were like, "No."
And so, we had to remake it.
But I'm someone who [music] like I need that comedic relief throughout heaviness.
And I think I sometimes like [music] I tend to sway a bit dark and deep when I talk it whether it's in an interview or a podcast I've done, whatever.
I feel like I get a little bit intense sometimes.
[music] So, I'm trying to learn how to soften those things.
And I think on my album those are those moments where I'm like, "Okay, we can throw in something that feels fun."
Okay, I'm trying to also savor everything because I've wanted to do this for so long that I'm like, "I don't want to move through it too fast."
>> Oh, I can slow it down. >> This is great.
I'm just happy to be here, man. >> All right.
So, up next is a white hot mustard sauce here in the [music] three spot.
>> Do you guys make all of these?
>> So, we make a couple of them.
We make the second one, the middle one, and the last one. >> The last one. That one's good.
>> Is there a vocal warm up or exercise that you swear by no matter how silly it may look to the outside world? >> Ooh, you know what?
I am definitely not the best with that.
And I just will be in my dressing room beforehand [music] listening to whatever album or soundtrack that I love the most of the time.
And I'll just sing through songs I love.
Which probably isn't the best way to warm up your vocals.
So, don't take my advice.
[music] But that's personally what I do.
And I'm not going to lie to you.
If Gordon Ramsay was reacting the way he reacted, I'm really [music] scared. >> Look at that shrug.
That's a confident shrug right there. >> This is easy. >> No. No. >> Yeah, right.
So, what I was about to say about this [music] sauce >> Great.
>> This is the smoked habanero and peach.
So, I think you get the peach up front, right?
>> It's a bait and switch. >> Exactly.
[music] That kind of Trojan horse is in that heat >> Mhm.
>> that's on the other side cuz if you're good, I'm not.
I can feel it in my chest already, you know? >> it. >> Same wavelength. >> I'm really scared.
>> [laughter] >> I'm trying to be cool here and I I'm really afraid. >> It's all right.
You know, no matter what you're going through, no matter how silly you feel like you look on this show, way weirder things have happened on this set, you know? >> I've seen all of it.
Watched [laughter] every episode.
>> From the talk box to a looping machine, what's your favorite piece of equipment in the studio to just mess around with in between?
>> I really love that's awesome that you know about my talk box endeavor.
I played it on my first ever tour. >> you on stage, yeah.
>> Yes, I played it and I don't know that I was so great at it.
You have to like boil the tube to make it soft. >> tube? >> I didn't.
So, mine was like really hard and really tough to use and I feel like I was struggling. >> it sounded good.
I wouldn't have known if you didn't tell me.
>> My song Fools, honorary mention [music] to Fools. Um, I played it.
I have a little bit of a talk box vocoder thing happening and I played it on my first tour and people were like, why does she have this tube in her mouth?
And I don't know, I just feel like I love a lot of those sounds.
I'm a huge Daft Punk fan.
[music] Stevie Wonder, there are so many people that I think use that those kinds of things.
Vocoder is something that I love the most.
Sorry, this is a long-winded answer and I think it's cuz I'm like my throat's closing maybe a bit.
>> Yeah, but you know what?
I know every stall tactic in the book, all right?
I've seen them all over the years. >> yeah.
Vocoder though is my final answer. I love vocoder.
>> Well, if that's your final answer, that means >> That means we're moving on to another way.
I [laughter] know how this goes. Okay, this is yours.
My bus [music] broke down there one year.
>> Amarillo, shout out to Amarillo.
>> Yeah, and I went to this place called the Big Texan and they have like a crazy >> [music] >> challenge.
They have a like a >> Wow, the synergy of this in this situation now. >> is perfect. Okay, cheers. >> Cheers.
>> I'm like analyzing every wing before I bite it for like the least saucy part, but I feel like that's cheating and I >> Well, and you know what? You can't anyway.
All right, we've got awesome full coverage.
[music] >> You guys know what you're doing. I know. Not bad. >> We're halfway done. >> I'm feeling okay.
The one before I would say is spicier for me. >> Dancing on it. >> Thank you.
>> From Jericho Deli to Kitchen Cabaret, Bagel Boss and Beyond, what is pound for pound the best place to get a breakfast sandwich in the 516? >> Oh my god. Amazing. >> [music] >> Um wow.
So, Bagel Boss is probably what where you'll find me.
Do you want to know my order? >> Yeah, of course. >> [laughter] >> okay?
Um [music] it's a little weird maybe to some. To me, it's not. My mom is here.
This is her order been passed down to me.
Plain bagel, toasted, I can't think.
Egg whites, Muenster cheese, [music] salt and pepper. Give it a go.
Let me know what you think.
>> If you can only recommend one, Ralph's Italian Ices or a Frapple from the Jericho Cider Mill?
>> You're goated for this.
>> [laughter] >> Um I would recommend What was the first one? My brain is turning off. >> Ralph's Italian Ices.
>> Ralph's Italian Ices, by far.
That's why I was like, wait, what did you say?
I have been going there my entire life.
Um Blue Hawaiian is my favorite flavor.
Second up would be vanilla chip. Can't go wrong.
[music] I sometimes will go crazy do a double scoop. >> Ooh. >> Yeah. >> Get wild with it.
>> It's a little bit of a weird combo cuz one is like a milky one and one's an icy one, [music] but it works for me.
>> Can you describe your ideal afternoon itinerary at Brant Lake in New York in as much detail as possible?
>> Oh my god, I'm going to start crying.
You're pulling on my heartstrings.
>> [music] >> Um I just have to say like summer camp was my favorite thing growing up and once I started all of this, that was the most devastating part was not being able to go cuz I was like working at 13, which is ridiculous, but the best day would be waking up.
I would always do the early bird ski. Love to water ski.
[music] I can sort of slalom ski a little bit.
Fun fact about me not many know. Do some arts and crafts.
I would ideally be in a play that year, be practicing [music] for said play.
Maybe hit a tubing moment and then >> eat dinner and they had really fun evening activities.
They would [music] always have like these fun crazy games. I loved the trivia game.
Basically it was just a cooking tray they would put upside down and put a spatula on it and that's how you like said you had the answer, but I was always really good at the random trivia and so I loved I loved that night. This is amazing.
The fact that we're talking about my summer camp is awesome. I'm so happy.
>> But >> [music] >> I know.
>> You know all too well the sequencing here. >> Back to reality.
>> This next one is called Homegrown Hell.
We're in the back half now. >> Brant Lake. >> Exactly.
Go to go to a happy place. >> the back half now. All right. I'm fearful.
I think I just have been mentally preparing for this my whole life without knowing.
>> Well, yeah, I can tell. >> Thank you.
>> tell calm under pressure.
>> the intro, I was like I can do it for you if you would like.
I know every word [laughter] you're about to say.
>> Is there an achievement of yours that's meant most to you personally in terms of really validating your roller coaster journey through the trenches of pop music?
>> The trenches they have been.
Because I've never really achieved some of those like, you know, pillars, I [music] have been able to just be way more grateful for the stuff that feels really real and is my fans and those people who show up and whatnot.
So, >> [music] >> that's what I'm really proud of the most.
Um I'm playing Madison Square Garden this year, which is insane and has been just as much of my dream as doing this show.
So, >> checking a lot of the boxes.
>> You were This is like seriously though, I would say Madison Square Garden, you maybe like getting a Grammy, but now I've been nominated and I'm like, it's okay.
I like the nomination is checked it off a bit.
It's like you know, it's like a light >> [music] >> check.
It's like a pencil that's like light. >> You know what else?
You're also just four wings away from conquering the Hot Ones Gauntlet. >> Dude. This is a big one. >> One after another.
Putting them up, knocking them down.
>> I'm like I'm kind of afraid.
Am I okay that I'm not reacting to this?
>> Well, let's see how it goes. >> Okay, right. This is where we're at.
>> let's not get ahead of ourselves.
>> bomb is the scary the one that I'm fearing. >> Yeah, yeah.
But you don't want to get too cocky.
You know, you don't want to start celebrating before the finish line.
That's when we catch a cramp. You know? >> For sure. Oh, a cramp.
Okay, looking out for that. All right. >> So, up next, Nirvana. >> Nirvana. Okay.
Dragon's [music] Breath sauce. That's appealing.
Oh, it is Dragon's Breath.
I just When [laughter] I felt it, I really experienced the Dragon's Breath. Oh my god. >> Same page.
We're both riding the same wave right now. >> big bite. Am I in danger? >> No, no. You're going to be okay.
Remember you've prepared for this your whole life, all right? You've got this. You've got this.
>> Wow, that really That was a punch in the face. I asked for it. >> know what?
This is a long winding question with some context up front, so you'll have a beat.
You'll have a beat, all right?
So, from the freezing temperatures of a New Year's Eve performance in Times Square to scrambling for replacement wings before the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, to even performing at Lollapalooza [music] when you were a teenager, what stands out as like the most nerve-wracking live gig of your career so far? >> Probably this. No, um I'm crying a bit.
Um I'm not going to touch my eyes.
I know I know I know that's you're about to say that.
>> I So live So Jimmy Fallon was scary because I had really wanted to do it for a long time. Wow, I'm fully crying.
>> [laughter] >> This is insane.
>> When you're performing in an intimate club versus a massive arena.
I know, the tunnel vision starts to happen, but you and me were on the same page here.
I'm curious, what's the trade-off for an artist?
Like >> What did you ask me?
>> When you're performing, all right, in a small venue versus a massive arena, what's the trade-off for an artist?
Like is there something that you can do in a 500 capacity room that maybe you couldn't at say the Forum or vice versa? >> Oh my gosh.
Okay, well, to be honest with you, sometimes, not always, but sometimes the smaller venues are scarier because you can see every single person's face very clearly.
And so if one person's [music] not into it, you just see them like, "What is That was really bad."
You know, and it's a little more intimidating.
Personally for me, like when I've performed on a bigger stage, let's say at a festival or whatnot, um I'm less nervous. My lips burn. >> I know. I know. >> Ma'am.
>> I apologize on behalf of the show.
I apologize on behalf of the show.
>> Um I I feel What was I talking about?
>> The the scale and the spectacle of a big crowd.
It's more abstract, and therefore you can kind of forget that you have so many eyeballs on you cuz it just looks like a magic eye.
>> disassociate a bit, like I'm trying to do now.
But in the small rooms, you can't go anywhere.
You're just like you're there, and you're just like, "Oh, hey Carl. Hey Nancy."
Like you see everyone, you know everyone.
It's just sometimes a little scarier, so I'm excited for this next tour cuz I'm doing some of the biggest shows I've ever done. No, no, no, I can't.
I'm doing it, but I'm my brain [laughter] I can. I can.
>> This is the bomb beyond insanity. It is that moment. >> god.
I'm just also really I genuinely am trying to soak this up because I know once it's over I'm going to be like, "Wow, I did that." >> Come back.
>> I would I would love to.
>> [laughter] >> I'll co-host the show if you would like me to if you would like me to.
>> Can you hit me with a hey, what's going on everybody? >> to meet you.
Hey, what's going on everybody?
I'm Sean Evans with First We Feast and today we have the amazingly talented Sean Evans on the show. Was that good?
[laughter] I'm trying to remember what you say. Okay. Okay.
Right, it is the exhale first. Okay. Okay. Mhm. Was that a decent bite? >> That was great. Textbook.
>> My right eye is going.
Like I can't see out of it anymore.
>> Yeah, but just don't touch, all right? Be very careful. No touching. No touching. >> No touching. >> [laughter] >> Mhm. Hands up. Okay.
>> As a collector of vintage books, is there a title on your shelf you'd describe as your holy grail? >> Mhm.
I like to collect these really Wow, I'm not okay, I don't think.
I like to collect these really random like [music] books, fairy books, weird things that people write about.
I like old psychology books.
I think it's interesting to see how far we've come with the study of psychology. Do you mind? >> Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. >> Oh my god.
>> [laughter] >> Go ahead. What do I do?
>> You just survive >> to do. Hold on. >> it. You just survive it. >> to drop the mic.
>> [laughter] >> Put it down. >> Go ahead.
Tear Tear Tear this place inside out, all right? >> It's least we can do.
What in your opinion is the greatest Shel Silverstein book or poem and what's your case for it?
>> I have The Giving Tree tattooed.
That's Shel Silverstein, right?
I'm like, I don't know anything anymore.
I have [snorts] The Giving Tree tattooed on my ankle.
Cuz I feel like reading it as one of my first books ever.
Really like I loved I loved it.
And I thought it was really a beautiful story and [music] I think giving and and being a kind person is very important and I think that book taught me that. Do I look okay? Am I crying my eyes out?
>> We're just thinking about The Giving Tree, all right?
And then and kind of impact the influence, yeah.
>> My eyes are burning just from being like near it. >> Welcome to my world.
>> Okay, how do you do this? Okay.
>> Smoke, squash, Reaper X. >> Okay.
>> You're looking for that Reaper moment.
>> Here is my Reaper moment. Yay. Mhm. Well. Oh.
I'm feeling I'm feeling like I can't speak because it's going to come up and attack me.
>> [laughter] >> It's going to hear you talking.
Yeah, it's like uh >> it's like, "Oh, you thought? That's funny."
>> F Mary Kill video game edition.
Fall Guys, Outlast, Dress to Impress. >> Oh. Okay, wait.
I'm replacing Outlast with Fortnite. >> Okay.
>> [laughter] >> Fall Guys feels like a very important [music] one for me because I played it with my fans a lot when I was streaming a little bit randomly.
And they would always try to grab me and throw me off and I was like, "What?
We're supposed to be allies here."
And so, that was probably one that I can't take off, but Fortnite I would marry. I love Fortnite.
They've changed it too much now, though.
I'm a little bit upset with you, Epic Games, because >> Let them have it. >> It's no, seriously.
Let's let's speak really quickly. Let's get serious.
Stop changing things that we love about Fortnite.
Keep [music] it original and keep it I don't know which camera to look at. I'm looking at both.
And give me a skin, please.
In my watch camera, though.
>> [laughter] >> That's all. >> All right, Madison. >> dab it. Yes. Oh my god.
I've always wanted to do this. Sorry.
I'm going to be so embarrassed after I watch this.
Why was I like going like this? Is this a poisonous? Oh my goodness.
Okay, I guess I'm going to find out. >> it so far. All right.
10 years and counting, I'm still standing. Cheers. Cheers, Madison.
>> a dream come true, and I mean that. >> For both of us.
Maybe I'm speaking too soon.
>> I'm taking a bite of this part. [music] Yeah, I have to. >> You have to. We're here, all right? >> Okay. Oh my god.
Oh my god, I took the biggest bite ever.
>> [snorts] >> But that's the way to go out. >> I had to.
>> You have now conquered >> I ate half the wing.
>> the Hot Ones Gauntlet.
And to close things out, you know, I think if there's a theme or a thesis to this era of your career, it's that you're in total lockstep with your instincts.
Even saying, when you listen to your gut, things turn out better.
Now that you've conquered the world's spiciest wings, I'm curious, what is your gut saying to you right now? >> Run. Get out. Leave quickly.
No, [music] um I think that that's really cool, and I appreciate you saying that.
And I think I'm someone that I've been really scared to, honestly, even do something like this. I've always wanted to.
But like, putting myself out there, and I guess just, [music] you know, having it just be this is is been intimidating for me as someone who grew up on social media with like the level of scrutiny that I think came with that as a very young person.
It's been scary for me to put myself out there or want to.
My eyes are welling once again. I'm not emotional.
I'm just it's this It's this guy. Um Oh my god.
It's a bait and switch one. >> [laughter] >> I know.
And it's the [music] 10 that you've eaten, but look it. It's all over. It's done.
We can roll curtains, [music] and now there's nothing left >> need to finish my answer. I need [laughter] to. For me, for you, for us. Um What was I saying?
What was I talking about? Don't tell me.
Um my gut says put yourself out there.
Do what feels good to you because [music] life will pass you by, and I know that if I didn't do this or I didn't do things that felt like >> [music] >> fun things, put myself out there what because of people who hate on me.
I'm not going to give them that.
I want to do the things that >> [music] >> feel fun and good to me.
Um >> [snorts] >> and that's inclusive of my music, and I want to make music that feels good to me whether it's >> [music] >> charting or not.
I just want to do things that feel good to me, and I hope that people can do the same.
>> [laughter] >> I feel like I hope people can do the same.
>> Words to live by, and look at you, Madison Beer, taking on the wings of death.
Living to tell the tale, now there's nothing left to do but roll out the red carpet for you.
This camera, this camera, this camera, let the people know what you have going on in your life.
>> This is what I have going on, and come see me on tour.
I promise I'm going to put on a good show.
And listen to my album Life It.
>> [music] >> And be nice to people, and love you guys, and thanks for HAVING ME.
>> [applause and cheering] >> OKAY.
>> [applause] >> WOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AND THEN THE last thing they'll do is they'll do this like slow zoom up. Yeah. >> Come on. I'm not lying to you. I'm a huge fan.
>> What's your favorite one?
>> Dude, honestly, I love Gordon's like maybe Gordon's episode.
I think he's just so [ __ ] funny, but >> That was such a big moment for us, you know?
Like I always felt like like I felt like the internet kind of peer pressured us into a room together.
You know, like I felt kind of he's who like that. >> Yeah, yeah.
>> I'm trying to think though. Oh, Jennifer Lawrence. >> What do you mean? What do you mean? What do you mean?
And you understand kind of the emotional roller coaster, yeah.
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