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- Kathryn Gallagher is nominated
for a Tony award and a Grammy award
and she is continuing to put out new music all the time.
Since the Broadway shutdown in March,
Kathryn has written and recorded
13 original songs and counting,
including a new song that is practically perfect
for this moment in time,
along with a new COVID-era music video,
featuring some of Broadway's biggest stars.
How does that come to you?
How does that thought process work for you?
It's usually, the best songs I write,
happen very, very quickly.
And usually it's just out of this,
this last song I wrote,
called "Nostalgic For the Moment,"
is the last one to come out.
Someone said to me
in this really beautiful, beautiful moment,
"Do you ever get nostalgic
for the moment you're in?"
And I was like, "I like this song."
And nostalgia's been such a theme
of everybody's life lately,
but there's been so many incredible people
on the internet making these videos
of their pre-COVID life
to the song and these incredible montages
of being together with other people.
It's so cool.
I wept.
Every time I see someone make it
I'm like, "Oh, my God.
Someone sat there on their phone
and looked through their old memories
and put them all together and using this song."
And I had never had such a personal relationship
with the people who listened to my music as I do now.
It's just really cool.
It's really cool.
- Can I hear any of it?
- Yeah!
Do you want me to play it right now?
- Yeah.
- Okay, great. - I love it.
I love when you just do it like that.
It's amazing.
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♪ It's getting dark earlier now ♪
So you walked me home
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♪ It took you 30 blocks to kiss me ♪
♪ I blame the full moon ♪
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♪ And I'm dizzy with desire ♪
♪ When I close the door ♪
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♪ You know just what you're doing ♪
♪ Leaving me wanting more ♪
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♪ But I like it when you touch me ♪
♪ And I like it when you call ♪
♪ I picture how your clothes look ♪
♪ On my living room floor ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ask if I ever get nostalgic ♪
♪ Like you do ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ If you could see me now ♪
♪ You'd know that I do ♪
♪ I wake up earlier now ♪
♪ Just to check my phone ♪
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♪ I'm feeling like a kid ♪
♪ I need a chaperone ♪
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♪ And I pretend my hands are yours ♪
♪ Whenever I'm bored ♪
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♪ Tell me you don't love feeling adored ♪
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♪ 'Cause I like it when you want me ♪
♪ And I like it when you don't ♪
♪ And I picture you all over ♪
♪ Don't make me wait too long ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ask if I ever get nostalgic ♪
♪ Like you do ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ If you could see me now ♪
♪ Then you'd know that I do ♪
♪ Get nostalgic ♪
♪ For the moment ♪
♪ I can't hide ♪
♪ I can't hold it back ♪
♪ Get nostalgic ♪
♪ For the moment ♪
♪ I can't hide ♪
♪ I can't hold it ♪