Hey it's Ruby and Alex and we're here
with The Interrupters!
Hey!
Thanks for coming in you guys.
Thanks for having us.
We're gonna start with some fan questions if that's alright with you.
Alright!
These are some toughies. We got mads.benn and she wants to know
"Why are you guys so amazing?"
Well Maddie,
Thank you so much.
I think that, um...
[laughter]
You said it, we didn't.
I mean I can't, I can't answer that.
We're off to a very rocky start here.
You know what we're a family.
So we love each other a lot and
that's kind of amazing and we have the
best fans in the world and they're
amazing and we play shows there's a lot
of love in the room and that's pretty
amazing.
And we put so much love into the music
that if it resonates with you know
people like, that's amazing.
That's amazing. Not us.
The whole thing is amazing.
It's amazing because you're amazing.
It's amazing!
Maddie the answer was you the whole time!
It was you all along.
That's so beautiful.
steffw13... Weird name to look at a baby,
steffw13 asked,
"What's one thing the average person may not know about being on tour?"
Oh, that's an interesting one.
There's so much that our minds just kind of exploded.
You know people think that when you have a
day off in a city it's like oh that must
be so awesome you're like going around
you're checking out all the sights but
really you're just doing laundry.
I did five loads of laundry yesterday in Sault Ste. Marie.
Glamorous!
You do your sheets and you do your
clothes and you organize everything and
like for me I'll get my nails done or my
hair done and and you know do laundry
and you know there's not a lot of like
sightseeing you know for the most part.
Right? Would you say?
When we get two days off in a city
now that's when you can do some sightseeing.
Tons of laundry getting done. All the laundry.
I worked at a hotel and people would always ask me what celebrities are like,
cause a lot of celebrities would stay there,
and I would say like, "Mostly tired" is the
answer you know? When you're dealing with them at night and in the morning,
Tired both times.
[laughter]
Here's the other thing a lot of people
don't know when you're playing shows
every night and you're watching a band
on stage just picture this...
Behind the stage there is a dressing room.
and in that dressing room there is a shower and
ten people will use that shower
that night, one after the other.
And they're not always the best showers.
Here in this undisclosed location
there's beautiful showers.
There is a beautiful shower. It's actually one of the best showers on the tour.
steffw13, be thankful of the water pressure in your home.
Yeah.
It's true.
And then we have hayleyyjoy and she asked
"What are your favorite new artists or bands?"
Ooh...
I mean...
How about this?
Let me just talk about the bands that are on tour with us right now
because Sharp/Shock and Skinny Lister,
both newer bands
Amazing. Sharp/Shock is a three-piece kind of power pop, punky really good songwriting.
Skinny Lister is like, they're from England they're like just
a party on stage. They got a little bit of Irish folk but they
also got a little bit of alternative rock.
All kind of mashed together
So they're great.
And what else have we been listening to? A lot?
We love, like, you know the, Phinehas...
Oh yeah!
Songwriting, and Billie Eilish.
Totally.
We're big, you know what,
I'm just a big fan of good songwriting.
Like good songwriters.
I'm always...
I love, I mean, it's not new, but I love Leonard Cohen.
[laughter]
So the answer's Leonard Cohen!
Yeah he's this new guy.
He's this new guy. Yeah yeah yeah.
You know what? If he keeps at it, I think that he'll make something of himself.
He's a Canadian treasure. Yeah. For real.
And fans are loving your guy's cover a
Billie Eilish "Bad Guy"
So what brought that on?
Well, we're fans.
We also just wanted to do a song that was
We were on tour and
we wanted to do a song that was fun
that we wanted, that would be
entertaining for us
Yeah.
That would be fun.
And challenge us too because we didn't
really have time to practice it.
So the first time we ever played it,
we played it in an amphitheatre
in front of thousands of people.
So that was, yeah.
So yeah we just want to do music that sparks joy.
And that song sparked joy and we have fun doing it.
And we were just covering it live on tour
and it was just a fun thing to do
but a lot of people hit us up asking,
"Are you gonna record it?
Are you gonna record it?"
So we figured the best way to do that is
we got an opportunity to do a
live session in LA where it was videotaped
but we were actually playing live
and that was one of the songs we did.
And it was the first one we put out
and we've gotten a lot of positive feedback
on the video.
And it's just us playing live too, you know?
No bells and whistles.
Nice. Very cool.
And we're brother and sister, so...
Ohhh!
We always have to ask any other fellow
families when they come in
Do you think it makes it easier or harder the fact that you guys are brothers and you know
you guys are a family?
Well do you guys think it makes it easier or harder?
It's kind of fake it's a lot of plastic surgery. So just pretend I never said that .
I think it makes it easier because
we've known each other our whole lives
and we know all of our little similarities and differences
and we know how to approach eachother
and we get our band fights and
our family fights out of the way in one fight.
Hey, yeah!
It's great, yeah.
We tell people that too but
do you guys get the reaction like
"Ugh I  don't know how you guys can work
together. You're family"?
Yeah people do ask that.
Like you guys are Oasis or something
Like the brothers are...
but that's the exact opposite of Oasis,
they're very kind and loving to each other.
And we don't say that many bad words.
And they're very patient people.
All the brothers.
I've never really seen a fight between the twins.
They don't even really talk,
they just telepathically...
I've never even seen a conversation between them to be honest.
If they did fight, it's telepathic fights that nobody else could hear.
Just a stern look.
Yeah and that's about the end of it, yeah.
Oh Lizzo! That's a new artist...
Sorry, back to that question...
Lizzo is a new artist that we've been listening to.
Okay fantastic, great choice. Lots of Lizzo fans.
And you guys are heading out on the Hella Mega Tour
which is very exciting.
So what's the most exciting part about that for you?
The Hella Mega Tour?
There, um...
Every part of that tour is exciting.
All of it.
Yeah. All of it.
Like we are so stoked, you know.
The venues, cause they're all baseball stadiums,
it's kind of mind-blowing.
To the bands... you got Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer.
We never in our wildest dreams could have imagined that we'd be able to be a part of that, so...
It's insane.
It's amazing.
Were we the logical fourth band on that?
I don't know but I'm not gonna question it.
We're just stoked to be there, to be asked.
You thought it was like some sort of prank? What?
That would have been the cruelest prank.
[laughter]
Well it's gonna be awesome
and you know you're on this tour now
Are you gonna sneak in another album anytime?
or are you just too busy for that?
No, go ahead Kevin.
We're sneaking it in right now.
I'm writing a song right now.
As we speak.
Yeah just right in this moment.
It's called "Amazing."
[laughter]
Amaaaazing...
But no yeah we're writ- we're
always writing and we'll be writing and
we'll have some new music
Hopefully next year.
Definitely.
Hopefully before you know it.
it it'll just come out of nowhere like 'boom'
So new music before you know it.
You heard it here first. Boom.
Thanks for coming in you guys.
Thank you guys for having us!
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