MR. VIN DIESEL IS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.
LOOK AT THIS.
HOW CAN YOU NOT BE HAPPY WHEN YOU SEE VIN DIESEL'S FACE.
HOW ARE YOU, VIN, ARE YOU WELL?
>> I AM WELL, HOW ARE YOU, JAMES.
>> I'M GOOD, AND THIS HAS MADE ME FEEL, FEEL VERY NOSTALGIC IN
A WAY.
YOU WERE THE LAST GUESTS WE HAVE HAD HERE IN THE STUDIO BEFORE
SHUTDOWN.
WERE YOU THE LAST GUEST WITH AN AUDIENCE, CAN I REMEMBER SO
VIVIDLY TAKING WITH YOU IN THE DRESSING ROOM WHEN EVERYTHING
WAS JUST SORT OF PILING UP.
THE NEWS JUST SEEMED TO BE CHANGING EVERY HOUR.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER OF THAT TIME.
HAVE YOU BEEN SURPRISED ABOUT WHAT THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAVE
BEEN LIKE.
>> VERY SURPRISED.
I REMEMBER IT WELL.
IT WAS-- YOU AND I HAD A HEART-TO-HEART.
WE RECOGNIZED THAT LIFE IF LIFE WAS GOING TO CHANGE, WE WERE
JUST COMING TO ERM ITS.
WE HAD JUST FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE YOUR LAST LIVE
AUDIENCE.
AND IT WAS VERY KIND OF SURREAL MOMENT.
BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS IT GOING TO BE YOUR LAST AUDIENCE, THE FILM
BLOODSHOT THAT WAS COMING OUT WAS GOING TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE
RELEASED IN THEATERS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW I ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND I ALWAYS LOVE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT
REAL LIFE STUFF.
AND WE HAD A MOMENT WHERE WE WERE JUST THINKING.
>> James: WE DID.
>> ABOUT HOW IT WAS GOING TO IMPACT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR
CHILDREN AND SCHOOLING AND OUR COUNTRY.
AND OUR HEARTS WERE GOING OUT TO EVERYONE.
WE WERE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING FUNNY AND MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT LETTING EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVED THEM BEFORE GOING
TO THE DARK TIMES AHEAD.
>> James: YES.
NOW TELL ME THIS, VIN.
SO THAT WAS THEN, WHAT HAVE YOU LAST FEW MONTHS BEEN LIKE IN VIN
DIESELLAND?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN
ANNOUNCING WHEN A FILM WOULD COME OUT.
AND NOT ONLY WAS BLOODSHOT NOT GOING TO COME OUT, FAST NINE WAS
GOING TO COME OUT.
AND THE IDEA THAT I HAD TO PUSH FAST NINE MADE ME FEEL OR DARE I
SAY I DIDN'T WANT IT FEEL LIKE I WAS LETTING DOWN A WHOLE
AUDIENCE, A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, AUDIENCE AND SO THINKING ABOUT
WHAT I COULD DO TO COME, FOR THE FACT THAT THE FILM WAS BEING
PUSHED TO 20216789 I REALIZED I HAD THIS OTHER CREATIVE OUTLET
AND I HAD THE FIRST, MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO GO INTO
THE MUSIC.
THE MUSIC THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON YOR SHOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.
SO FOR ME I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE BEEN TOYING WITH
MUSIC FOR SO LONG THAT ON A YEAR LIKE THIS THAT NO ONE COULD
PREDICT I HAD A CREATIVE OUTLET.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW SINGLE, DAYS ARE GONE.
THIS THA IS DROPPING THIS FRIDAY, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE
EVERYWHERE, TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THE SONG.
>> AS YOU KNOW, I LOVE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMES I FELT LIKE THE FIRST TWO SONGS THAT I
RELEASED SHOULD BE UPBEAT OR POSITIVE IN SOME WAY.
AND SO I HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND WITH MY SONGWRITER
AND PRODUCER, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON-- DAYS ARE GONE IS A
SONG THAT KIND OF REPRESENTS HOW WE ALL FEEL RIGHT NOW.
REMINISCING ABOUT A TIME FREE COVID WHERE OUR LIVES WERE
DIFFERENT.
WHERE WE, I CAN'T SAY THAT IT IS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC BUT I CAN SAY
IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK PEOPLE WILL RELATE TO.
THE ELEMENT OF THE SONG.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL REALLY GRAVITATE TO, I HOPE THEY DO.
AS YOU KNOW I REMEMBER MY FEND, EVERY MUSIC ARTIST IN THE WORLD
CREATES MUSIC TO BE NUMBER ONE.
BUT YOU CREATE MUSIC OUT OF LOVE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WILL PROBABLY BE NUMBER ONE.
>> James: BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GENUINELY
SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU SPENT TIME.
DIDN'T YOU RECENTLY GO TO A MUSIC CAMP?
>> I DID, YES, I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO A MUSIC CAMP AND
HAVE VARIOUS SONGWRITERS.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY
EXCITED ABOUT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MY FRIEND BRAIS MARTIN, DERICK AND
KYLE THEY ARE ALWAYS TELLING ME TO NOT DO ANY MORE COVERS BUT I
LOVE MUSIC SO MUCH THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT TO DO THE COVERS.
AS YOU REMEMBER, WITH THE LEWIS CAPALDI SONG THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT WHEN I WAS ON YOUR SHOW.
>> James: WELL LOOK, I THINK THE SONG IS A SMASH.
AND I LOVE THIS COVER.
I IMAGINE YOU AS A YOUNG MAN, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT I THINK ALL
OF YOUR FANS ARE GOING TO EAT IT UP, I REALLY DO.