00:02all right we are in the hard rock artist lounge here at we can survive presented by veg er for
00:07pets with the one and only ash hello hi darling how are you in person finally congrats on all
00:13the success it's been amazing to see what's this like roller coaster been like it's been so cool
00:17to see this year 2026 like paint the picture of what it's been like from your end i mean
00:23just nothing short of a whirlwind it's been it's been so insane i've never uh i've never experienced
00:31something at this level um my song moral the story kind of changed my life out the gate you know
00:39years
00:39ago but this is on its this is such a different monster and the response is so crazy it feels
00:45yeah i feel just so grateful well it's been awesome to watch and so deserving so congrats and enjoy it
00:50and we're so happy to have you here tonight along with an incredible lineup michelle branch megan
00:54moroni um ash of course and i feel like when you meet megan it's going to be a moment because
00:59something about songwriters meeting too is there like some other level where like we just understand
01:03each other well in the nashville of it all yeah yeah i'm really hoping uh i get to squeeze her
01:09and just tell her how much i love her i'm so i'm so honored to be sharing the same stage
01:15it's gonna be
01:15so fun yeah quick favorite favorite megan moroni song oh it's like not to put you on the spot i
01:21know
01:21i mean but i mean probably wedding dress also the fact that the song changing my life has to do
01:29with
01:29a wedding so of course i'm a little biased right now absolutely it is so cool to see the different
01:34genres on this stage you know and also to a different set of fans so what is it like you
01:40know
01:40performing to them is it fun to like win them over when you get to introduce your music to a
01:43new crowd
01:44yeah it's a little nerve-wracking in the sense of i know like i know i have some top top
01:50crate like
01:51the most dedicated fans they've i've already seen the tweets of them like oh yeah in the front
01:56so i know that some of my people will be here but i love i love the challenge of i'm
02:03gonna win you
02:03seeing some people that are kind of like crossing their arms and they like impress me and i'm like
02:08oh will i ever you know yeah so you look for that in the crowd like what are you looking
02:12at
02:12looking at on stage you know what the trick is to look right over their heads yeah just just over
02:20the bald spot and that's who you're trying to impress coming for the dad yeah exactly yeah that's
02:27like a public speaking hack too you just look through look over everybody is that true i do the
02:31same thing i'm not looking at you right now you're like you see my separated oh my god you were
02:38looking
02:38at me funny this whole time just cross-eyed i knew i made him nervous if you had to play
02:43one song
02:44to be like this is who ash is which song would you pick to perform oh well i'm gonna play
02:51it today
02:51it's called swan lake and it's just a monster of a roller coaster song but then probably stop the
02:57wedding yeah of course oh my gosh speaking of that like what is that gap like i think of moral
03:02of
03:02story to stop the wedding now like how much life has been lived and like two different people i mean
03:08it's just been so cool to see that like progression yeah it's been a world of change two different
03:14people is such a good way to put it i mean i you know i i feel like i was
03:19such a kid i wasn't
03:21necessarily a kid but i definitely feel like there's been this insane uh jump forward uh a new
03:29husband uh so much life and and a little bit of a like almost quitting music in between those two
03:37songs
03:38so i feel really fortunate to still be here and to do this now we're so happy you're here
03:44so good led to so much good music and what would you be doing otherwise what was what was the
03:48backup i don't know because this is really the thing i'm good at yeah exactly i don't know i was
03:53like maybe i could be like an interior designer or something put some wallpaper on some walls but i
03:59like that i think i really came back to music phineas and i we started a band called the favors
04:05so
04:05good that thank you yeah that was kind of my re-entrance to making music again and it just became
04:12fun
04:12and i really rediscovered the love for it and also that i'm i'm pretty darn good at it yeah so
04:20it
04:20yeah that's the best feeling back that's so cool to see yeah by the way as a songwriter if you
04:25had
04:25to say what's like the best emotion you're at writing about what's the best emotion to write about as a
04:33songwriter what's your what's your strength you know you can write about this emotion
04:38honestly i feel like uh unrequited unrequited love is like a really easy one to like oh
04:45gosh for you when i try i can't i can't get it out you can't get are you trying to
04:50write songs
04:51these days well you know just like journal yeah what about the worst what's your worst what's like
04:55the hardest emotion for you to write about oh i think i think probably as like a recovering people
05:04pleaser those like anthemic i'm that girl songs love that i uh some people do it really really well
05:12and i think that i've uh i've slowly become that girl who does feel that proud and that confident
05:20but that's a scary thing to to sing about in a way that you're like not coming off arrogant oh
05:27for
05:27sure you know it's a fine line yeah absolutely there's so many fun again performers on this
05:32lineup tonight um all women led which i think is amazing estrogen heavy it's like they had to bring
05:37me in just for the you know just what are you doing there exactly who are some like women role
05:43models in your life that has led you to where you are today oh i love that question uh i
05:49mean
05:49obviously like my grandma and my mom personally but uh two women in in the public would be diane
05:56keaton uh who i got the pleasure of meeting we put a song out together years ago that was like
06:02the most life-changing moment for me and then carol king oh uh just the one of the most powerful
06:10songwriters of all time i love that yeah those are probably the two i haven't met carol yet
06:16so i'm i'm we'll put that out she wrote me something once i have a little signed book
06:22that's amazing but we're on our way we're manifesting it yeah my last question um not
06:27this is a festival but if ash had to build her dream festival you can perform at it um who
06:31would
06:31you want up there for let's do three days whoa like what am i talking about all of them or
06:38just
06:38the headliners um as many that come to mind i feel like okay dream world dream world
06:45let's dig deep i mean taylor swift of course okay night one uh gracie abrams sure um i'm probably
06:54gonna pick all girls aren't i that's perfect i love women uh chaperone uh who else would i pick
07:03can i pick carol yeah of course i mean imagine carol and taylor do something together
07:09yeah i pick those people and myself can i be there yeah yeah yeah you can perform you'll be front
07:14row
07:14all that yeah i love that well so nice to meet you thank you for being here uh can't wait
07:19to see
07:19you perform and we can survive ash everybody
07:22you
