It’s so nice to meet you, I’m Concetta. Sit over there?
Yeah, come sit your little booty down.
Sit my little booty down.
Oh my god, I know it's crazy, but, like, I just, I’m not-
Don’t freak out, but I just want to hug you. You're just so amazing.
You wanna hug me?
Ah, yeah, like a teddy. You’re just so lovely and so beautiful.
Thanks for noticing these.
No, those are so cute.
These are for you, and look!
You know I love butterflies?
Of course I know you love butterflies.
Babe, this is for you. It's all thought of.
I’m glad you love it.
So you have just performed at Falls and Lost Paradise.
How has the festvial tour been?
It’s been quite fun actually.
Yeah?
Yeah, Australia’s sick. Yeah.
Have you noticed any, like
specifics about Australian festival culture or anything?
Any specifics?
There was like, at one of these concerts
there was like this guy.
I don't know if we’re allowed to say this, I don’t know what’s happening.
but they were like holding up this thing.
It was like a huge inflatable penis
and there was a monkey wrapped around it
and I thought that was interesting.
Yeah, that's unique.
Yeah, very cool.
That’s so good.
Oh my god! You met The Wiggles? Hello?
- You met The Wiggles. - I met The Wiggles.
How was that?
You know, we chopped it up, we talked about life
we sat down, smoked a little weed...
No, I’m kidding, I’m kidding.
Please be real.
Next time.
It was actually really chill, I was on the way to perform and they were just like
outside, and I was like, “What, The Wiggles are here?”
and we took a picture and it was kind of a full circle moment that I didn’t get to settle into
cause I was anxious about performing and stuff.
So yeah.
That’s amazing. So you really do get anxious before you perform.
Absolutely. But I just see it as like a little excitement and I just.
and I just use it.
Just like preps you up?
Yeah.
Could you see yourself collaborating with them?
I think about you doing a music video with The Wiggles.
Could you imagine?
I can.
I think it could be sick, huh?
What about you in a big car?
Me in a huge car?
With them, cause they have this song, ‘Big Red Car’.
You’re onto something.
I’m onto something, maybe I’ll be at the next meeting.
You wanna be in The Wiggles together?
Maybe we should join The Wiggles.
Well, I feel like you just really fit in, you know, you suited the purple.
It looked really good.
Yeah, I actually wore it to the gym, and everybody was like wait-
Are you serious?
Yeah, people are like, ”Are you in The Wiggles?”
I was like, “No, I get that all the time.”
Not officially, but maybe.
And you’re working on the new album right now?
Is there anything you can tell us about it?
All I can tell you is that it's going to be incredible when it’s finished.
I’m going to do everything that I can to make sure
every person on this planet hears it.
Hell yeah.
And you're already getting to like most of the planet.
So let's get it to the other planets.
Let’s get it to the other ones.
We already got Earth checked off.
Do you see it as, like, a new era for yourself?
Or anything like that?
Absolutely.
I just feel bad.
I feel like these last four months have been
quite literally the the most balanced
happiest parts of my life that I've ever had, so.
Yeah, I'm excited to see the results of that.
Yeah, like the butterflies.
You're just like a butterfly coming out of the chrysalis.
It's so good.
I feel like you really want to collaborate with Drake?
Is that maybe going to happen on this new album?
Let's find out and see.
We'll wait and see?
Any inspiration you gained while being on this trip?
Oh, like in the trip?
Any inspo I’ve got from Australia?
I played this childhood game, and I’m sure you guys probably won't know
what the hell I’m talking about
but it’s called ‘Curb’, right?
Yeah.
It’s like two sides of the street, right?
There’s a curb on this side, and this one.
Take a basketball and you hit it.
If you hit the curb, it comes back.
Yeah.
And then you get 10 points.
Then it’s the first person to 100, right?
Mmhm.
I played that yesterday, and I just felt like this
euphoric, childhood feeling that I hadn’t felt in a long time.
And I was like, “Oh, that's amazing.”
So that was inspiring.
Yeah, so we might feel that in the next album?
What are you playing that on?
Is that on a phone, a computer or a console?
Wait, playing what on?
Curb!
No, no, no. You play it outside.
Are you serious?
- Yeah. - Oh my god.
What has happened to my brain that I think it was on a screen
before I thought it was in real life with a basketball?
It’s real life.
What are you doing between shows?
Like, are you chilling?
Are you on your phone?
Are you, like, getting out of your head?
Between shows?
Yeah, I'm either like making music or doing something like
extremely, random but fun.
Like I was gonna do laser tag last night.
I love laser tag!
Did you do it?
No, I actually-
I got my hair did and that was like a thing that I was doing.
That's actually more important.
Another day before that though, we were on a boat
and that was really cute.
All my friends got into the water, but I didn't.
Because of the hair or just like, wasn't feeling it?
It was that, but it was also was like
“Oh, this water is probably cold.”
Yeah, and you're probably right.
Yeah.
Are you on your phone much?
What's your For You page looking like?
What artists are you following?
My For You page?
It’s just like, umm....
Random people that are like “Here are music tips for artists.”
It's like, “I don't really think I need these right now, but thanks.”
It's like, what else?
Just like motivation por-
Mm I shouldn't say that word...
You know those motivat-
Yeah.
It's like I've had enough motivation for today, show me something funny.
That's like my whole Instagram feed.
It's like, just therapy pages, it's motivational pages.
It's just for when you need it
rather than anything else.
I'm like, “Why not?”
and then you just go in.
Oh no, that stuff’s great. I love self-help.
Yeah, it’s so good.
So the Hottest 100.
Three of your songs made it in last year.
The Hottest 100 is a countdown of all the top songs from the last year
and The Wiggles won last year for 2021.
Your best friends.
I want to know, what have you been listening to in the last year?
What were like your stand out albums or artists that you loved?
My standout artists, of course I love SZA.
I couldn't wait for her album to drop.
I love Renaissance, I couldn't believe Beyoncè was able to make another
incredible album after the last one.
Stuff like that.
And a lot of stuff that I heard on TikTok.
Oh my god, that’s awes-
TikTok songs.
That's awesome.
Yeah, we’re thinking maybe some TikTok songs might make it into the Hottest 100
because it just goes off.
Everyone has been raving, obviously, about all your outfits
and how amazing they are and all the outfit changes.
Who are you looking to for your inspiration?
For like the visuals and your aesthetic?
Like what as well?
I think a lot of times I look back to like 2010’s, like pop
when it comes to like videos and
and a lot of things that I do, because I feel like that's
the era when I felt like music was the most exciting to me
and I feel like it's getting back to that for me.
Yeah.
But yeah, you know, like Lady Gaga, Katy, Nicki, like that super colour
bubblegum, like pop stuff.
I love that.
I think that's genius.
Absolutely. It's like eye candy. You can't not like it.
Absolutely.
Do you look to drag and queer culture as well, as part of your inspiration?
No, for sure.
I mean, that's definitely been a part of my brand
like with with the visuals and whatnot.
So yeah.
Were there any queer artists or performers that you looked up to when
you were growing up?
Any queer artists?
Yeah, I mean, I guess all those people I'd name were kind of queer.
But also like
you know, of course, like Frank.
Who else.
Like Tyler.
Yeah.
What about Elton John? Is that crazy?
Yeah, Elton. Yeah, Elton for sure.
You're always one upping yourself.
Do you ever-
I feel like you're going to say no, but do you ever surprise yourself
with like, what you're coming up with, how you top yourself every single time?
Haha.
Absolutely.
No, for sure.
Like, sometimes I'm like, “Wow, I fucking did it again.”
I mean, I knew I was going to do it, but.
Wow, good for me.
Ummm.
Okay, you looking at the cards.
Oh, this is it! Taco Bell!
Okay, okay. I just want to tell you.
This is my first proper, full time job.
But before that, I just worked in-
Very recently, I was like, you know, on the dole.
I was like in lots of different retail jobs and like, all these different jobs.
And I saw obviously you used to work at Taco Bell.
But how did it feel-
Were you like, this is it, this is what you do,
this is the dream and you pay homage to it.
You do a deal with Taco Bell, how does that feel?
It feels like another full circle thing because it's like, you know
I’m at Taco Bell, stealing the money out of the cash register and then magically...
I'm kidding about that part.
Magically, I'm working with them.
Yeah.
When you dropped ‘Call Me By Your Name’
I feel like all the haters and the conservative commentators
promoted that song, almost more than the fans.
Did that teach you anything about humanity?
That period of time when they were just going off about that song?
Did it teach me? I wouldn't say so.
I mean, of course I believe it was pretty expected.
You know, I thought I was going to get a lot of shit back for it.
So it happened and it helped.
Cause that's what haters do, they only help you.
That's so true, oh my god.
When I was doing this radio thing, it was my first time doing this.
And you get a text line, and people text in whether they love you, or they hate you
And I'm like, stuck in a radio room, reading hate.
It was the first time I had to make the choice to be like-
What did they say?
They say, “Shut up, play more music.”
Shut up!
Because I'm like a comedian, I was talking about how to eat an ice cream
and I’m like, “Do you eat it like this?”
And they’re like “Stop talking about ice cream, you dumb... sl*t”
I don't know if I can say that...
Anyways
- Jesus Christ. - I just had to be like
I had to-
I don't know, you inspire me to be like, “No, I don’t have to listen.”
You can just turn it off.
Like, go to-
You know, don't listen to the radio if you don’t want to hear someone talk.
I’m a person.
Yeah, for sure.
Okay, cool. Slay.
Thank you so much.
Serve.
It was so lovely to meet you, Montero.
You're amazing.
Nice to meet you too.