-Welcome to the show.
-This is the best day
of my life.
You don't understand.
-Aw. I'm so happy you're here.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You know I'm a fan of yours.
I met you --
When did I meet you?
A couple of years ago, right?
-When I did "Ellen,"
when I was 11,
so that was like five years ago.
-Yeah. I mean, five years ago.
But I was like,
"Maddie, I know --"
-I was so excited.
I was like, "Jimmy!"
You knew who I was and I was
so shocked. I was so excited.
-Oh, it was great.
I met you, I met your mom.
But I'm a fan of yours
from "Dance Moms."
-Thank you. Thank you so much.
-I would watch that and you were
just so cute and you had it.
You're just
the smartest little kid,
and I was like,
"Oh, she was great."
And I watched that with my wife.
We were obsessed.
-Oh, my God. Thank you.
-We were obsessed with that.
Is that how Sia
got hooked up with you?
-Yeah, when I was -- I mean,
I started when I was, I think,
I just turned 8, and then she
watched the show religiously.
And then she tweeted me
and was like,
"I want you in my music video."
And at the time, I didn't really
know who she was.
But then, we did the video
and I didn't expect the outcome,
and now it's just --
-I mean, yeah, I mean, it's --
Well, this is you
from the video "Chandelier."
-I know.
I look like a different person.
-Yeah. That was everybody.
I remember everyone
was just talking about you,
and they're like, "Dude,
you got to see this girl
in Sia's video.
She's unbelievable."
And I was like,
"Wow. She's amazing."
You were doing these moves.
This move with the --
-Yes, you got it.
[ Laughter ]
-What is that move?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, you did that.
And I go,
"Yes, the girl's fantastic."
-Thank you.
-Somebody goes, "That's Maddie
from 'Dance Moms.'"
-And I'm like, "W-W-W-What?"
-I know. It's weird, right?
-"Let me watch that again."
-I know.
People didn't recognize me
at first,
but what was the coolest
experience for me was, I mean,
that video changed my life
forever.
And then now people started
recognizing me and being like,
"Oh, you're in 'Chandelier.'"
And I was like,
"That's the coolest feeling."
Because people got so confused.
They were like, "Is that Maddie
from the show or Maddie from --"
-Yeah, different chapters of
your life as you're growing up.
They're like, "Oh, yeah, now
I know you with the Sia wig."
And you've been in
almost all of her music videos.
-Thank you.
-You've become friends with her?
-Yeah, she is the best person
in my life.
She really is.
She's, I think, my godmom now.
-Is that right?
-Yeah, I think so.
-Like, officially
or just for fun?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So if anything were to happen,
she would take me,
which is really cool.
And we just -- the day we met,
we clicked
and we knew that
it was a special collection.
-She's so great.
-She's the greatest person,
and she's just nice to everyone.
-So talented.
-She's taught me everything.
Like, so many life lessons
and I'll never forget that.
So, yeah.
-I remember even
first time meeting her,
because she has so much mystique
around her.
And just meeting her.
Like, wow, she's actually
as cool as you think.
-If you didn't know
she was a pop star,
you would never think --
she's the most down to earth.
-You just want to hang with her.
-Yeah. And it's so funny because
when we go to restaurants, like,
no one knows who she is and then
she'll be like, "Hi. I'm Sia,"
and everyone's like,
"Wait, what?"
Because you would never know.
-No, because she does
the whole thing on purpose.
The wig and everything like that
so you don't -- it's just smart.
She's the original -- she was
the original masked singer.
Let's just say that.
[ Laughter ]
-No, literally, people -- we
went to a movie theater one time
and she literally --
a girl came up and said,
"Maddie, do you mind
if your mom takes the photo?"
And it was her. And she's like,
"Yeah, sure, I'll take it."
[ Laughter ]
-It's funny because --
-Oh, my God.
-Because, you know,
I will get recognized,
but she is on a different level.
And people, just, think she's,
like, my mom which is hilarious.
"If only you knew."
-"If only you knew
who that was." Yeah.
And she inspired this dress?
-This is her bridal dress.
Like, her bridal shower dress.
[ Audience aws ]
Aw! Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-But how did you end up --
I don't --
-Okay, she --
I'm basically like her daughter.
And so she's always wanted to,
like, dress up her daughter
and just, like, put her in
different, like, cool clothes.
And this fit like a glove
and she's like, "This is epic."
And she literally --
I've never seen her turn into
a stage mom like that before.
She literally was on her --
she was like this, she was like,
"Okay, from the side,
to the back."
Like, she was,
like, taking photos.
And she was, like,
sliding on her knees.
And I was like,
"What's going on?"
-It's a photo shoot. Yeah.
-I know. She's like -- I mean,
she was a fan of the show.
So she lived
her "Dance Mom" moment.
-That was
her "Dance Mom" moment.
-Yeah.
-And that's the dress you wore.
-Yeah.
-I'm so happy you wore the dress
on our show tonight.
-Yeah, it's special.
-Let's talk about
"The Callback."
This is the second in a series
of three books, right?
-Yeah, it's a trilogy.
-And what is it about?
-So, the first book,
Harper joins a dance team.
She moves to a different state,
and in this book she has a
really hard time connecting with
what she loves and she's having
a hard time finding her passion
and has trouble with,
like, her other friends
and who is becoming
her real and not real friends.
So this book, she really finds
herself and realizes
that she liked musical theater
and tries new things and --
I mean, the whole book's -- the
whole book is really inspired by
my life so it's really cool.
-It's called "The Callback."
I think it's great.
You have good friends
in real life.
-Oh, I have the best friends,
but it's hard
because in the dance world,
you're gonna find people
who are not so real
and some fake friends.
-Yeah.
I heard you do a thing with
your friends called bad dancing.
-I do.
-Now, what is --
what is bad dancing?
-Well, because we're trained to
be good professional dancers,
but I'd rather be a bad dancer
than a good dancer.
-But, I mean, like, do you --
do you -- do you go out to --
[ Laughter ]
Do you go to parties
and bad-dance on purpose?
-Yeah, it's hilarious because --
okay, so I'm a teenager,
so I'm at the point where, like,
I guess, you kind of
start dating and stuff.
But --
[ Laughter ]
-No! Absolutely not! No!
Maddie! Don't you dare do this
to me on television.
[ Laughter ]
-Boys look at me
for the wrong reasons.
When I'm at a party dancing,
they're looking at me like this.
"Oh. Okay."
[ Laughter ]
-Really?
-Not in, like, "Oh, she's cute."
In like a, "Oh, she's really
weird, but I don't even care."
-Really?
-Yeah.
-Could you show me a little bit
of bad dancing?
-Will you do it with me?
I need you to bad-dance with me.
[ Cheers and applause ]
You have to.
-Maddie Ziegler.
"The Callback" is in stores now.
We'll be talking to --
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪♪
We'll be right back with
more "Tonight Show," everybody.
