>> James: WE ARE HERE WITH THE ONE, THE ONLY,
TREVOR NOAH EVERYBODY.
IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU, I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE, HOW DO YOU
FEEL BEING OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT?
HOW DO YOU FEEL AROUND PEOPLE?
>> IT'S WEIRD, IT'S WEIRD, IT'S NOT ABOUT PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT
STRANGERS, THAT IS WHAT I REALIZED IT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO THE SAME, I KNOW I DO IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT.
WE THINK WE KNOW WHO HAS CORONA, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE I HAVE THIS THING WHERE I'M LIKE OH YEAH, YOU HAVE CORONA.
AL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE CORONA, I KNOW
YOU, BUT SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT COR ONA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GREET PEOPLE, HAVE I LOST THAT
ABILITY.
BECAUSE SEARCH T IS LIKE HELL.
-- HELLO.
HELLO.
YEAH.
THE WI-FI, THAT IS WHAT IT IS NOW, BLUETOOTH.
>> HELLO.
>> NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
I SAW SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY OFFER TWO ELBOWS.
THAT IS YUS BRINGING ME CLOSER.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT IS BRINGING ME CLOSER THAN I WOULD FROM A HANDSHAKE.
>> LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WHAT IS THAT?
>> NOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU, WE WERE JUST TALKING JUST THEN IN THE
BREAK, YOU ARE DOING THE SHOW FROM YOUR APARTMENT IN NEW YORK
AND WE WERE BOTH TALKING ABOUT HOW LIBERATED WE FEEL DOING THE
SHOW IN THIS SORT OF NEW ENVIRONMENT.
DO YOU MISS ANYTHING FROM DOING THE SHOW?
>> I MISS A TON OF THINGS.
I MISS BEING IN THE BUILDING WITH MY FAMILY, I MISS THIS, I,
LAUGHING WITH FRIENDS, YOU BECOME FRIENDS WHEN YOU WORK
TOGETHER.
SO I MISS TELLING A JOKE THAT GETS ON TO THE SHOW, MISS
TELLING A MOMENT THAT COMES PART OF AN EPISODE WE DIDN'T PLAN
FOR, I THINK THAT IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE MISS IN LIFE RIGHT NOW IS
THE SPONT NATURE.
WHERE YOU DIDN'T PLAN A THING AND IT HAPPENS.
>> WHAT I MISS IS THE AUDIENCE.
I MISS THE PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE.
TELLING A JOKE, HEARING THEM LAUGH, HAVING A CONVERSATION
WITH HUMAN BEINGS.
I MISSED THAT.
BUT LIKE I'VE ALSO HAD FUN BEING AT HOME.
LIKE THIS, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST LIKE.
>> BUT YOU ARE DIFFERENT, YOU CAN WEAR A HOODIE AND STILL
LOOK.
>> YOU LOOK GOOD IN A HOODY.
>> James: I DO, BUT I DON'T LIKE LIKE I SHOULD BE HOSTING A
TV SHOW.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THAT'S THE THING.
>> YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN IF.
>> James: I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN A HOODIE BUT IF I WAS IN A
HOODIE PEOPLE WOULD BE LIKE.
>> BUT ARE YOU JUST STANDING IN, RIGHT.
>> James: NO.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED DURING THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE
LOCKDOWNS THAT HAVE MAIRD ME QUESTION WHY THEY ARE THE WAY
THEY ARE, IN THE-- LIKE THIS DOESN'T DETERMINE HOW I CAN AND
CANNOT DO MY JOB.
MY HAIR DOESN'T DETERMINE HOW I CAN AND CANNOT DO MY JOB.
SO A LOT OF THINGS ARE LIKE OH YEAH, I WILL LIGHTLY STRANGE EL
MYSELF EVERY DAY TO SHOW YOU THAT I AM PROFESSIONAL.
BUT THAT'S MY POINT, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT.
YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
>> EVERYONE CAN DO IT.
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE FROWNED UPON.
>> EVERYONE CAN DO IT.
IF I-- BEFORE YOU IF I SAID OH YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE
CELEBRITIES AROUND AND SING IN A CAR, YOU WHAT LIKE NO ONE WOULD
WATCH, AND YOU WATCH IT NOW, ST LIKE THE BEST THING YOU EVER
SEEN ON TV.
DO YOU IT AND IT'S DONE.
>> James: I MIGHT DO IT.
I MIGHT DO IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT THE SAME WAY TREVOR
DOES.
>> James: WHAT THE [BLEEP] DOES THAT MEAN?
(LAUGHTER) THIS IS WHAT I AM UP AGAINST,
YOU SEE, THIS IS WHAT I AM DEALING WITH.
>> YOU NEED PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE LIFTING YOU
UP, THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED.
>> James: THAT IS WHAT ST. NOW OBVIOUSLY ARE YOU HERE IN
LOS ANGELES BECAUSE ARE YOU HOSTING THE GRAMMYS THIS COMING
SUNDAY AND I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAVE GOT QUITE A MUSICAL
BACKGROUND.
MUSIC PLAYS A BIG PART IN YOUR LIFE, TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT
TREVOR NOAH'S TV BUSINESS.
>> WELL, I LIKE THAT YOU CALLED IT A T.
>> WHAT I DID SOPS CD BUSINESS.
>> SOME PEOPLE CAUGHT IT PIRACY.
>> James: WHAT I MEANT WITH.
>> IS THAT NOT CLEAR?
>> IN SCHOOL I HAD A FRIEND ANDREW STOKES, ONE OF MY BEST
FRIENDS AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO A CD-- LIKE WHEN NOBODY HAD
THEM, LIKE NATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND HE HAD ONE AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO
USE IT I DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER AT THE TIME AND HE WAS LIKE I
WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER, TO BUILD A COMPUTER.
COME INTO THIS BUSINESS WITH ME AND HE WAS LIKE I WILL TEACH YOU
HOW TO MAKE CDCDS.
NO ONE KNEW HOW TO GET THEM, THEY WERE SO EXPENSIVE.
SO HE BROUGHT ME INTO HIS BUSINESS AND I BECAME ONE OF HIS
SALESMAN AND HE WAS HIRED, I THINK IN GRADE NINE HE WAS HIRED
TIRED, I'M DONE WITH THE BUSINESS STRKS ALL YOURS AND HE
HANDED IT TO ME.
AND THEN I BEGAN LIKE YOU KNOW, MAKING MUSIC FOR PEOPLE.
AND SO THEN ONE DAY SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME, YO, TREVOR, CAN YOU
PUT ONE SONG OF MONDAY TELL JORDAN BUT ANOTHER SONG OF
JAGGED EDGE ON THE SAME CD.
YEAH, I THINK CAN I DO THAT AND PUT DIFFERENT SONGS AND IT WAS A
MIX TAPE.
AND THEN WERE LIKE THIS GUY CAN MAKE YOU-- BECAUSE BACK THEN YOU
BOUGHT A CD, REMEMBER YOU BOUGHT THE ALBUM AND I LIKE THESE
SONGS, AND THE OTHER ONES WELL, THAT IS YOUR BUSINESS.
>> YOU REMEMBER THIS.
>> IT WAS A COMMITMENT, YOU HAD TO BUY THE WHOLE THING.
>> THAT IS HOW WE ALL GOT BURNED ON THAT SPIN DOCK-- SPIN DOCTORS
ALBUM.
IT IS.
WE WERE ALL LIKE-- PRINCIPLE PRINCES COME BEFORE YOU, GET TO
THE NEXT ONE, OH.
>> EXACTLY.
AND YOU REALIZE YOU JUST PAID $12 FOR ONE SONG.
>> SO NOW I STARTED MAKING THESE MIXES FOR PEOPLE AND I WOULD PUT
THE STUFF TOGETHER AND THEN ONE DAY SOMEONE SAID TO ME IF YOU
COULD MAKE THE SONGS BLEND, MAKE ONE SONG SOUND LIKES IT'S PART
OF THE OTHER SONG, THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.
SO I WENT HOME.
I DID THAT.
AND THEN BACK THEN, THE TIME IT TOOK THE MAKE THE CD WAS THE
TIME IT TOOK TO LISTEN TO THE CD.
>> YEAH.
>> SO I WOULD LIKE LISTEN IT ALL WHILE I WAS DOING IT.
AND THEN ONE DAY ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS WAS THERE, AND HE IS
LIKE YO, YOU ARE DJING.
I WAS LIKE WHAT?
HE IS LIKE YOU ARE DDJING.
AND NO, I'M DOING THE COMPUTER THING TO MAKE THE SONGS MATCH.
HE SAYS YEAH, THAT IS WHAT DJS DO, HE JUST TOOK ME AROUND AND I
WOULD GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF SOUTH AFRICA, I WOULD
DJ.
AND I COME WITH A GIANT COMPUTER, DO YOU REMEMBER THE
TOWER AND LIKE-- THE MONITOR.
>> SO LITERALLY WE GET THERE, A GIANT MONITOR, IT LOOKED LIKE IT
SUPPORT WAS COMING, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A PARTY.
LIKE IT WAS COMING TO FIX SOMETHING.
WE GET TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND BE LIKE WE NEED AN EXTENSION CORD
AND PLUG IT OUTSIDE, PLUG INTO THE SPEAKERS THROUGH THE AMP AND
SIT THERE WITH MY KEYBOARD AND PLAY THE MUSIC.
AND I WOULD JUST MIX SONGS AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE VINYLS, I
WAS LIKE THE CHEAPEST, SO DJ IN SOUTH AFRICA WOULD BE LIKE $100
FOR LIKE TWO HOURS AT YOUR PARTY.
I WOULD CHARGE $100 FOR 12 HOURS.
>> YEAH AND I STARTED OFF LIKE ONE YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTIES,
VERY POPULAR, BECAUSE PEOPLE I'M THROWING A PARTY FOR MY ONE YEAR
OLD, REALLY ST NOT FOR THE ONE-YEAR OLD.
>> THEY ARE PASSED OUT BY 2 P.M.
>> AND THEN IT IS OUR PARTY BUT IT IS FOR THE ONE-YEAR OLD.
SO HOW DO YOU GET ONE DJ FOR EVERYTHING.
SO I STARTED PLAYING SONGS THAT ARE KID FRIENDLY AND THEN START
GROWING THE MUSIC AND THE OLDER PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE AND THEN GET
INTO A FULL ON FULL BLOIN PARTY, 2 P.M., 2 A.M.
>> I FEEL LIKE POST LOCKDOWN, WHEN IT IS LIFTED, TREVOR NOAH
SHOULD GET THE DECK OUT AGAIN AND START THROWING SOME PARTIES.
I'M SERIOUS.
I DO.
>> YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM I HAVE, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE MUSIC ANY
MORE.
A FEW THINGS, STREAMING HAS MADE PEOPLE, THEY MADE MUSIC
DISPOSABLE.
SO PEOPLE LISTEN TO MUSIC LIKE THIS, THEY LISTEN TO THE FIRST
VERSE, I'M DONE WITH THAT SONG,-- I USED TO LISTEN-- YOU
LISTEN, I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A CURMUDGEONLY OLD MAN, I USED TO
LISTEN MUSIC, NOT LIKE YOU KIDS, I USED TO LISTEN.
THERE WAS A TEN MINUTE INTRO WHERE THE GUY TALKS ABOUT
EVERYBODY IN THE STUDIO.
AND NOW YOU JUST JUMP INTO IT.
>> NO.
I LOVED LIKE, I LOVED THE MUSIC, THE JOURNEY THAT YOU WENT ON, I
LOVED THE-- IT'S SO LIKE EVERYONE HAS DPOT IT, THEY JUST
WANT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND NOW WHY PEOPLE GO TO THE CLUB, TO HEAR
MUSIC THAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE WHEN I USED TO PLAY MIX, THE
REASON PEOPLE WOULD WATCH ME, THEY WERE LIKE WHERE DID YOU GET
THAT, THERE WAS A WHITE LABEL VERSION, THAT A MASTERS AT WORK
SONG, I HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT VERSION OF IT, HOW DID YOU GET
THAT, NOW ST JUST LIKE PLAY THIS, THAT I LISTEN TO ON THE
WAY HERE.
>> THAT WAS A REAL BUMMER.
>> I GET IT.
>> WHY WOULD I DO THAT.
YOU GO THE IT AT HOME, I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES LIKE A GIANT KARAOKE.
>> I THINK THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
>> MAYBE.
>> ME BEING ONE OF THEM.
>> WHO IS READY, TREVOR NOAH'S CLUB KNIGHT, RIGHT, REG.
>> Reggie: ABSOLUTELY.
>> I'LL DO IT I'LL DO IT AND YOU GOT TO COME.
>> James: THIS IS GIET AN-- I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SETTING
YOURSELF UP.
YOU NOTICE I JUST SAID REG, VERY MUCH SORT OF ONSCREEN THING.