00:00 Alexandra, welcome to the VMAs. How exciting is it to be here?
00:03 It's unbelievably exciting. It's my first time, which is crazy, so I'm just kind of on this carpet.
00:08 A little surreal the whole time, but we're here, I'm feeling great.
00:11 Is there anyone that you're really looking forward to meet or eyeing?
00:14 I mean, I'm very, very excited to see Doja Cat play.
00:18 One of my favorite artists ever, and also I've never seen her play, so I think it's gonna be...
00:22 I'm gonna have a blast in there.
00:25 When we think about the VMAs, we think about all these iconic moments and performances.
00:29 What is one moment or performance that sticks out to you?
00:33 My God, I mean, I don't think you could...
00:36 There are literally so many, and I don't think you could possibly actually pick one.
00:41 I grew up every single year, I watched "In the Kitchen" with my entire family.
00:44 I think probably...
00:47 There was one moment when I was really young, when Lady Gaga went up to perform,
00:51 and this was... I will never forget this, and I remember my parents, it was one of her more risky performances,
00:56 and my parents were like, "You can't watch this," and I literally snuck in and just hid behind the counter,
01:00 and I was like... I watched the whole thing.
01:03 Will never forget that. That has to be my favorite. That has to be my favorite.
01:06 And in that moment, you were like, "I have to do this, too."
01:08 Yeah, no, I was like, "Okay, first off, why am I not there? Second off, I wanna be that."
01:14 Well, you're here. You're here. I wanna talk about your new single that just came out.
01:18 It has been blowing up everywhere, especially on TikTok.
01:20 How did that feel for you when that started to happen?
01:23 I mean, it was wild. It's also been wild because when I first started posting about it,
01:28 I just got my tonsils out, so I was four-day post-op.
01:32 I posted about it, couldn't even speak, and then went on TikTok, and I was like, "Whoa,"
01:38 which is actually just bizarre. So it's been really wild, and I'm unbelievably grateful,
01:42 and it's been a very weird journey over the last month, but it's been really fun.
01:46 Well, congratulations on that. Very final question.
01:49 What is one album that you have on repeat right now?
01:53 Oh, Anne-Marie's new album. It is so good, unhealthy, especially the single "Unhealthy" with Shania Twain.
02:02 I grew up in Timmins, where Shania Twain is from, and I love Anne-Marie,
02:05 so when that came out, I went, "Amazing. It's beyond good."
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