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You know what's funny?
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Like, I have someone on Find My Friends.
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Okay.
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And I was like, wait a minute, why is my friend at my ex's house?
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Because I like remember where he lives, right?
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And I don't think she remembered that I have her on Find My Friends.
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But then I spoke to my other friend about it, and she was like, no, actually I think she moved.
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Like, she broke up with her fiancé, and now they move, like, to the same house.
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So she just lives in the same house as he does.
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But they're not actually, like, seeing each other, I think. Who knows?
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I haven't asked her about it, but that's kind of like the tea.
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Crash alive, that's some tea.
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Come on in.
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Have you been here before?
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I haven't.
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Oh, have you?
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I'll get...
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Oh, thank you.
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That for you.
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Here we go!
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Zara Larsen, welcome to A Very British Day Out.
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Thank you.
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Let's get stuck in.
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Some afternoon tea.
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Have you had afternoon tea before?
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Yes. Have you?
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Yeah, with my mum and my boyfriend.
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Okay.
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Does your boyfriend like afternoon tea?
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He loves afternoon tea.
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He actually loves tea.
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We usually go and buy tea wherever we are.
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It's like if we find, oh look at that.
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Okay.
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Oh, not too much.
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Oh.
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Thank you.
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Sorry, Nelly.
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I've mastered that.
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I covered Billie Eilish last time.
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Okay.
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She was covered in tea in a full Prada outfit.
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Cheers.
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Cheers.
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Oh, that's a good brew.
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That was nice.
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Was that some classic Earl Grey?
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That's English breakfast, I'm sure.
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True.
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That's its own blend, isn't it? isn't it?
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Silly me.
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What is that?
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That's a, I will tell you, that is a lightly curried egg mayonnaise finger.
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Ooh, I'll have that please.
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There you go.
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Thanks.
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Look at them.
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Oh sugar.
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I'm very clumsy.
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Cheers.
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Oh, we just cheered sandwiches, that's really cute.
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I've never done that before.
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Why was that really funny?
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You can chew everything if you want.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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You picked a good spot too.
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This is the original ivy in the West End.
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It's a beautiful setting.
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Now that we've got our tea, I want to do some quick fire British questions if that's okay.
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Favourite British snack or meal?
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I really like a shortbread.
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Shortbread?
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Scottish.
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Favourite thing about Britain?
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The people.
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Correct.
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What is it you love about the British people so much?
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I like your humour.
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We have got a good sense of humour.
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You know the best thing about this country?
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We know how to take the .
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Right.
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But in a friendly way.
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So we can take the mick out of you, but there's no arm meant in it.
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Least favourite thing about Britain?
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Least favourite thing?
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I feel like I mostly just spend time in London.
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And it's very like...
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You know?
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It's a lot of like...
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I remember first times coming here and whenever I would go somewhere in a taxi, I was like, I'm being kidnapped.
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Because you just always go down these alleys.
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The alleyway, but how everything is just so small.
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Yeah.
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But that's just the way it is.
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Yeah, and it's good to get out of London.
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There's loads of beautiful places as well.
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Definitely, like the English countryside, gorgeous.
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Yeah, you've got the Cotswolds, the Lake District.
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So it makes you appreciate a field.
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Yeah, exactly.
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There's more to it than London.
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But London is a great city.
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Yeah, sure.
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Favourite British person?
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I really like Ed Sheeran.
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That's a good shout.
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You know?
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Yeah.
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I think he's fun.
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He's like my role model in how I want to live my life.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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What about Edge?
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Is it that you want to copy?
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I think first of all, he's very nice.
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Mm-hmm.
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Has a good team around him.
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He seems to have a very nice balance in his life.
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I mean, now he has kids and all of that,
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but like, he still does his huge tours and then he like has a very nice life.
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Doesn't have a phone famously.
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Exactly.
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So you gotta like email him.
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Yeah, you gotta email him.
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I love that.
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Yeah.
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That's my dream.
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Let's face it, the guy's rich.
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You know.
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The guy's got a lot of money.
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You know.
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You know, he knows what he's doing.
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Yeah, least favorite British person.
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Well, as we're speaking right now, which honestly isn't his fault because the Swedish team are, have never been really good.
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But now we have a British coach for a national team.
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Oh, yes, of course.
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Yes.
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Graham Potter.
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Potter. And we didn't win.
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Yeah.
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We lost really big.
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In the football?
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Uh-huh.
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Yeah, so Graham Potter's your least favourite Brit.
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As of now.
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Yeah.
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But that could change.
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If we win, he's going to be my favourite.
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OK, there'll be a lot of Chelsea fans that agree with that.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Is there any, like, big similarities between Brits and Swedes?
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I do think we like a good time.
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Yes.
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Swedish people love to have a good time.
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Do you know what the Swedes have got in common?
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And Northerners in particular.
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No. So where I'm from up north, they'll dress up before they go out.
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They make effort.
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Oh, you think?
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Yeah, to look pretty.
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Would you agree with that?
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I actually think...
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Are they more relaxed?
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Swedish people in general, when they are relaxed, are maybe a bit more elevated than the regular person in the world.
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But I think we could dress up even more.
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Oh, okay.
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I do love when northerners go out because it's like middle of the winter, teeny tiny skirt, tank top, no jacket, just vibes.
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You to me, you to me that have said you know more about British culture than anyone else that I've interviewed.
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I love when they do that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I do.
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It's something about that that makes me...
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Scouse girls will take all day to get ready, rollers in the hair.
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Oh, queens.
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They will go, and you know, Geordie girls will go out in a loincloth in the middle of winter and be like, hey, what's up with your leg?
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It's not even cold, man.
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Can you believe you're whinging?
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It's fine.
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Oh, I love that.
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You know that.
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That's good to know.
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Yeah.
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Would you like any more tea?
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I'm okay for now.
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Yeah, thank you.
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Would you like to spill some tea?
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Because usually you get your Instagram followers to tell you some gossip, some tea.
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Have you got anything for us today that you could spill on a very British?
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You know what's funny?
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Like, I have someone on Find My Friends.
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Okay.
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And I was like, wait a minute, why is my friend at my ex's house?
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Because I, like, remember where he lives, right?
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And I don't think she remembered that I have her on Find My Friends.
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But then I spoke to my other friend about it, and she was like, no, actually, I think she moved she moved.
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Like, she broke up with her fiancé, and now they move, like, to the same house.
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So she just lives in the same house as he does.
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But they're not actually, like, seeing each other, I think. Who knows?
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I haven't asked her about it, but that's kind of like the tea.
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Crash alive, that's some tea. Was not expecting that.
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Because I was like, oh, wait.
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Like, that's a familiar address.
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And do they, I take it your ex and friend know each other?
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Kind of.
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It could be innocent.
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It could be.
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It could be innocent.
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But I've heard, I've just heard like rumors.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Well, let's just hope it's innocent.
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Yes.
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Because there's a British saying in it, you don't on your own doorstep.
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Right.
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And that would be.
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Yeah, totally.
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Even exes.
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Exes are no-goes.
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So that's my tea.
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Okay.
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That's really good tea.
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That's really, really good tea.
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Did the symphony dolphin meme walk so that Midnight Sun could run?
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We need to go into this.
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Mmm.
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I guess in hindsight.
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Mm-hmm.
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But it's funny because, like, the dolphins really was not on my mood board.
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And were you into dolphins before?
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Was that a thing?
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You know what's so crazy?
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When I was 16 and in Turkey with my best friend, we did a dolphin tattoo.
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I have a dolphin tattoo on my foot.
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Show.
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Get away.
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Let's have a look.
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It's two baby dolphins. May I?
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Yeah.
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It's really bad.
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Oh, yeah, that's cute.
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That's cute.
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I didn't really take care of it.
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But isn't that crazy?
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Like, it was like a part of me before I knew how big of a thing was going to be.
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So that's, it was like you was manifesting all those years ago.
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Kind of.
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You have sense.
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But then I just kind of rode the wave.
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Yeah, literally.
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Literally.
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When it all happened, I was just like, you know what?
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Hell yeah.
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That's a fun animal.
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It's the best.
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To be like an ambassador for.
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You say you haven't done enough for the dolphin community.
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I think so.
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Yeah.
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Why is that?
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I feel like I could do more. Do you?
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All I do is just...
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I take the shapes of their bodies and I put them on things.
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I objectify them like that.
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You're objectifying dolphins.
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And I make money off of them.
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Yes!
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Well, don't worry, because we've put that into good use for you today.
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Oh, look at that.
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We've got something for you here, my love.
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Oh.
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Objectifying dolphins is quote of the day.
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Ooh.
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Because they have their personalities.
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Yeah, they're great.
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They're smart.
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They're very smart.
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And they have culture.
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They do.
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Thank you.
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Oh, okay.
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Zara?
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Zara, thank you for all you've done and continue to do for us lots of love from Lumpy and the dolphin community.
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He wrote that?
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Lumpy, the dolphin community.
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Trying to get a pen in a dolphin's fin, by the way.
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Was that honestly a nightmare?
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I would guess they would write with their mouth.
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Trying to get a pen in a dolphin's mouth is a nightmare, actually.
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So we've got this for you.
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Oh my god, yes!
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Have a look at that.
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Aww, a certificate of dolphin adoption is presented to Zara Larsson for the symbolic adoption of Lumpy,
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a bottom-nosed dolphin who resides in the cardigan.
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Is that how you say it?
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No, um, it's- In the Cardigan Bay Area?
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Yeah, Cardigan Bay Area.
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It's just- Of the coast of Wales, UK.
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You guys have dolphins here?
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Apparently, yeah.
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That's amazing.
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And that's Lumpy?
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That's Lumpy.
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Did he call him Lumpy because he's got a lump on his fin?
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Oh wow!
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We noticed that when we got him to write the card.
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That's really cute!
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So you're now a dolphin mum.
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Thank you.
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Is there anything you'd like to say to Lumpy?
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To Lumpy I can say I'm so proud of you.
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I see you working hard.
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I'll translate.
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Stay in school, do your best.
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Oh wait there, what's schooling, dolphin?
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Hang on.
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You're really good at that.
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There you go.
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Thank you.
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There you are.
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I have two children now in the ocean.
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Oh dear, who else have you got?
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I have a daughter living off of St. Lucia.
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A dolphin one?
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Yeah.
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Does that mean someone else come up with this idea before us? Who?
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Was it a radio station?
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No it was not.
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Was it a TV shit station?
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No. Who was it?
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It was a record company.
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Ah, wow.
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They were trying to persuade me.
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To go with them?
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Yes.
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And I must say, it was a very smart thing to do.
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Yeah.
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So now I have two children.
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And they're like spread across the world.
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I'm literally a dolphin mom right now.
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OK.
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I love that.
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Don't abandon him because the CSA will be on to you.
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I want to go visit him one day.
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You can.
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He's actually yours.
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We've done it for you.
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Why is it that you are the undisputed queen of going viral?
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Is it because you, I think more than any other pop star, just tap into it?
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You don't ignore it.
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You just ride the wave.
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I think so.
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I think I'm just like engaged in it.
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I love social media.
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I love to be on it.
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I love to read comments.
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I think it's such a good like temperature check of what people are thinking,
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how they're feeling, the psychology of like social media.
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It's just fun.
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It's entertaining.
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I've always been a part of it.
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I used to have my blog and I've always loved Instagram and Snapchat and TikTok.
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And I feel like with the Midnight Sun, I feel like I've had a hard time connecting my music to my personality.
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And when I was younger, I almost felt like it had to be two separate things.
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But now, instead of feeling like every time I speak about a song
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or I share my song or I invite people into my universe, I really feel like I am inviting them to my universe and my world.
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I don't feel like I'm promoting.
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I just feel like I'm really proud of what I've done.
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I'm really proud of what it looks like and what it sounds like.
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So I'm just like sharing that.
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That's sweet.
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I'm very brave to read the comments.
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Yeah, but they're really nice.
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Most of them.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Actually, I think at least on like TikTok and Instagram, I think Twitter is a very scary place.
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Oh God, it's like a...
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That's very scary to me.
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But in general, yeah, people are nice.
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You mentioned it before as well.
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It looks like you're actually living your best life.
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No, I am living my dream.
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And I've been living my dream, to be honest.
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I've been doing this for a really long time.
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Yes.
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And I'm just like...
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I think why I'm having such a good time is because now I finally feel like I'm so involved
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in the creative process of it all.
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And I write and I sing and I...
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I mean, I've always been singing, but like the creation of what I do is really fun.
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And I get to really develop that, which is something that I, like two years ago I was like, no, I can't do that.
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Like, I don't know, I don't know like what I think about that.
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But the more you, the more you try, like, I don't know, nothing's ever going to be perfect at the end of, like, I'm just blabbing.
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What I wanted to say was that I'm living a great life.
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You're not blabbing.
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Are you knuckered though?
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It shatters.
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A little bit.
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That's not really because of anything like this.
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It's mostly because I just stay up all night scrolling
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What has happened with Lush Life 10 years ago is an
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absolute banger crazy now we're playing it on Capital Breakfast every morning I'm like
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2016 is in 2026 like did you ever think that it would come back right because he's probably
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It really is it really yes,
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I think I think it's really interesting because nothing in life is truly linear and anything could happen.
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I mean it was huge here
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and I feel like people in the UK are probably definitely some of the people who knows
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that this is not a new song because you guys were really supporting it from the start.
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But it is so incredible to see it come back ten years later because of a fan.
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That really happened on tour and it really happened because a fan in Amsterdam
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me and my dancers on stage dancing to the song.
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And then it became this huge trend that people wanted to join in on.
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And now, like you said, it's like bigger than ever, which is a donkey.
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It's just come back 10 years later.
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Yeah, it is a timeless bop.
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Yeah.
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So I'll give you that.
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It's a timeless bop.
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And do you know what, in 10 years from now, it'll still sound great.
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It will still sound great.
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2036, it will come back again.
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You mentioned the fans before.
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Your fans, I feel like, get you really well.
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They absolutely love you.
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They get your sense of humor.
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Hopefully they'll love this video and comment, like, and share and everything like that.
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I've seen one recently got you to sign their passport.
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Mm-hmm. Is that legal?
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That's what I said.
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Are you allowed to do that?
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That's what I said.
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Are you allowed to sign passports?
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If it's not valid anymore, that's on you.
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I don't think it's illegal to sign it.
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Yeah.
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Would you do my t-shirt whilst I've got you there?
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Yeah.
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Really? For real?
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Yeah, would you actually?
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The double crochet.
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Wow, that's really fitted.
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Would you sign that?
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I would definitely sign that.
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Are you sure?
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Where would you want to sign?
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Where do you want to sign?
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It's very...
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You don't need to stretch it out.
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Are you sure?
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Oh, it's a bit sweaty.
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I don't need to stretch.
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Now that's gorgeous.
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Oh, thank you.
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Oh, you're welcome.
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That's amazing!
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Do you want me to keep this on and put the top back on?
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I think you should keep that on.
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I'll keep it on.
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Alright, I'll keep it on.
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Right.
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Sorry.
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Oh, I'm all flustered now.
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Wow.
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It's a bit tight, isn't it?
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Well, it's like going to the gym or something.
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Is that one of the weirdest requests you've had for that?
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It's quite flattering on you.
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Do you think?
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Yeah.
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I feel like Honslow.
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It's like a compression shirt.
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Yeah, it's gonna feel like I've got it in but...
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Dad, can I keep this?
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Oh, duh.
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Thank you.
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Thanks so much.
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If you see it on eBay, it wasn't me.
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Right, let's talk now about Midnight Sun, Girls Trip.
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Let's do it.
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Special edition, all the remixers.
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So you've got the likes of Tyler, Pinkpong Therese, Shakira, Robin as well.
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Yeah.
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Did you approach them?
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Was it through the record label?
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How did that work?
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No, it was very direct.
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It was very me.
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I reached out to a lot of people and like a majority of them, if not everyone, came back to me and they said,
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yeah, I would love to.
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What are you having?
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I might try one of them.
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I want to try that too.
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Okay, let's try that.
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Thank you.
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Carry on.
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But some of it just started from a DM.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah.
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So you just DM'd them?
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I think it's quite nice to... To message?
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Yeah, to just reach out because I think it works just fine, like through labels, but it's more fun to do it personally, you know?
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Because I personally really wanted them all on there.
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And then I think Shakira got to hear about it because of my A&R.
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And then she was kind of like, hey, you know, what's up with this?
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Really?
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Yeah, and I said, oh my god, come on your summer, please.
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And so, and she came in and it just started like that.
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Mm-hmm.
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And Robin did a spin on Puzz Puzz.
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Puzz Puzz.
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Which I think is so incredible and amazing.
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Which is my favorite Shoei de Sheaim.
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Yeah.
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We always say, Puzz Puzz.
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Puzz Puzz.
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Puzz Puzz.
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I know, it's so cute, right?
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So she did her version of that, which is great, isn't it?
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It's amazing.
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I thought she was so good on it.
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She like put the original version to shame.
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Yeah.
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Which I really feel.
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I think she did.
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That's very sweet of you to say.
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Yeah.
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That is very sweet of you to say.
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Is there anyone you asked to work with that couldn't quite make it that you'd like to in the future?
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Just because of the timings and stuff.
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Yeah, that's what they all say, isn't it?
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Sometimes it's really like that.
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I feel like if someone would ask me for a feature now, maybe I would be like, let me wait a couple of months.
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OK.
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So I'm not like feature monster.
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You know?
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But I do have some things coming out that are lined up, like other features and stuff.
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But yeah, I did reach out to some people.
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But you just got to be open to rejects and to,
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wasn't that like a, do you feel that?
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Popping candy.
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Yeah.
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I'm glad you said it.
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I thought I was having a stroke.
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So I'm glad you said it.
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It keeps going.
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I was like, can anyone else smell toast?
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Right.
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I was not expecting that.
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It just keeps going and going and going.
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It's popping candy.
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It's like God, you said it.
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I thought we were going to have to call an ambulance.
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Who, can you tell us who said no or would you rather not?
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Sure.
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I mean, I would have loved SZA to be on it.
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And she actually didn't say yes or no. She didn't say anything at all.
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Okay.
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Who's that, sorry?
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SZA?
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Oh yeah.
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S, S, I know SZA.
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S, Z, A.
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Yeah.
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I didn't want to be too pushy either.
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You can go full salesman and just like not take a no for an answer.
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And just keep going like call, text, you know.
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But I just want to send like a cute DM.
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Like, hey, if you open this, like I'm all yours.
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If you don't, it's all good.
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I really want to do a song with Camila Cabello.
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Great.
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I really want to do that.
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I really want to do a song with Tate.
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I really want to do a song with Christina Aguilera.
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I really want to.
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I don't know, there's so many people that I want to collaborate with.
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It woke something up in me.
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I bet.
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Working with Robin, doing puss-puss.
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Yes.
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Puss-puss it would be.
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I just want to go quickly before you go for some other Swedish sayings that I've been googling.
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Okay.
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I'd like to apologise first to you and the whole state of Sweden.
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I think you can make it.
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Okay.
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Slutava flugor ajen smål.
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One more time.
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Do it with your heart.
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Slå två flugor i en smäll.
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Sluta.
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Oh.
598
Slå två flugor i en smäll.
599
That's a hard one.
600
That's exactly what I said.
601
Slå två flugor i en smäll.
602
Yeah.
603
That's like two birds with one stone.
604
Oh, is that what that means?
605
Mm-hmm.
606
Okay.
607
What about, I can do this.
608
Skita ej det blåskåpet.
609
Skita ej det blåskåpet.
610
That was good.
611
I understood that.
612
What does that mean?
613
It's like poo in the blue cupboard.
614
Okay.
615
Which is like, you really messed it up.
616
Oh!
617
You've f*ed in the cupboard.
618
Wow, okay.
619
Is that a saying for you guys?
620
No?
621
If you've messed it up, fubar.
622
Or, what would you say?
623
You would probably just say, you f*ed this one.
624
Yeah.
625
They like me with a synergy.
626
I do love a saying.
627
You want me to teach my favourite?
628
Yes.
629
I guess it's like, there's like weird stuff going on here.
630
But like my favorite saying is, this guy might stick under stolen.
631
Stick under stolen.
632
You can say that, stick under stolen.
633
Stick under stolen?
634
Yeah.
635
Stick under stolen.
636
Stick under stolen.
637
Stick under stolen.
638
Yeah!
639
What does that mean?
640
It means like...
641
Stick under stolen.
642
It's like trying to hide something.
643
Like you like put it under the chair.
644
Oh, okay.
645
You know what I mean?
646
Like sweep under the rug.
647
Sweep under the rug.
648
Stick it on the stool.
649
This guy might stick on the stool, yeah.
650
Like, don't sweep that under the rug.
651
Oh, OK.
652
Let's talk about this.
653
OK.
654
Like, I really like this tea, and I shouldn't shove that under the chair.
655
Stick it on the stool, can't it?
656
Yeah.
657
And it stick on the stool, yeah.
658
I like that one.
659
That's so good.
660
I could speak to you for hours, but we've got to let you go.
661
I know, which is so sad, because we only have like...
662
We only did half our amazing tea.
663
You can take it with you.
664
Thank you.
665
Or don't worry, they slotted it as well.
666
As they should.
667
As they should.
668
This is really lovely.
669
See, this is what happens when you have a hit.
670
They take you to the Ivy.
671
Yeah.
672
I need to work harder.
673
We can't go back from this now.
674
They come and they see you in the studio, I'm like, oh.
675
Gotta work.
676
Thank you.
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Perché esercitarti a parlare con questo video?
Questo video è una vera gemma per chi vuole imparare l'inglese con i video e migliorare la conversazione. La dialogo tra Zara Larsson e l'host è informale, vivo e ricco di espressioni quotidiane, perfetto per esercitarti nel shadowing in inglese. Immagina di essere lì con loro: le situazioni (drammi relazionali, tea time) sono reali, e il tono è quello di una chiacchierata tra amici. Questo ti aiuta a capire non solo le parole, ma anche il contesto e l'intonazione, fondamentali per parlare fluentemente. Un shadowing site o un metodo come shadowspeak potrebbe non offrire un contesto così vivo: qui, le emozioni e le reazioni sono genuine, e le frasi si integrano naturalmente nella conversazione.
Grammatica e espressioni nel contesto
Analizziamo alcuni punti chiave del video:
- "Who knows?": Una frase abbreviata che si usa per dire "Chi lo sa?". È molto comune nel parlato informale e mostra l'incertezza. Pratica a usarlo quando non sei sicuro di qualcosa, invece di dire "Io non so".
- "Let's get stuck in": Significa "Mettiamoci a lavorare" o "Cominciamo". In questo contesto, si riferisce a iniziare il tea time. È una frase energica e amichevole, perfetta per invitare qualcuno a fare qualcosa insieme.
- "That's some tea": Qui, "tea" non è solo la bevanda, ma una slang per "gossip" (pettegolezzo). È un esempio di come le parole possono cambiare significato nel contesto giusto. Ricorda: nel parlato moderno, le espressioni idiomatiche sono molto usate!
Trappole di pronuncia comuni
Il video ha alcuni momenti dove la pronuncia può creare confusione, soprattutto per gli italiani:
- "Earl Grey": La "r" in "Earl" è molta più soft rispetto all'italiano, e "Grey" si pronuncia "grei" (non "grezzo"). Ascolta attentamente come Zara dice la parola: la "e" finale è quasi inaudibile.
- "Brew": Significa "infusione" o "bevanda calda". Si pronuncia "bru", con la "w" che non è come in italiano. Evita di dire "breu" o "bruo": la pronuncia corretta è più corta.
- "Fiancé": Anche se è una parola francese, in inglese si pronuncia "fiancé" (con l'accento sulla "e" finale). Non confonderla con "fiance" (senza accento), che non esiste. Ascolta come l'host dice la parola per capire l'intonazione.
Esercitarti con questo video usando il shadowing in inglese o un shadowspeaks ti aiuterà a superare queste trappole e a parlare più naturalmente. Ricorda: la chiave è imitare non solo le parole, ma anche il tono e il ritmo!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso | I've been living · I've been doing · I've always been singing |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | haven't asked · Have you been · Have you had |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was covered · being kidnapped · is presented |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | that, which is · people who knows · ever, which is |
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.