Hey, everybody. Matt Bennett here.
Heck, yeah. I played Robbie on Victorious.
Will you guys be cool?
Him? Be cool? [laughing]
You're a demon!
And today I'm going to see if I can remember the lyrics
to some of your favorite Victorious songs. Let's go.
Usually, performances took a lot longer to film
than just, you know, regular scenes
because they would use different cameras.
They'd get unique camera angles. Um, it was more of a production.
And then, of course, we would do a lot of behind the scenes.
Uh, to promote that episode, cause the music numbers were,
you know, some of the best.
♪ One day ♪
♪ And one day ♪
♪ I'll have you begging On your knees for me ♪
Is that not it?
So there is a full version of the song
with way more verses.
So this was the truncated addition.
I know the whole song. I swear I do.
I wrote it. It ends with a
"You're my mother, I'm your father"
which I thought at the time was hilarious.
Cause years later, I'd get comments like
"That line's weird."
People like growing up being like, "Wait a second.
I just listened to the song. What does that mean?"
♪ And every day I'm only thinking about you ♪
♪ And a bunch Of other important things ♪
♪ But primarily you And that's true ♪
Okay, Chicago. Trina Vega.
Yes, I remembered it.
You know, the song maybe isn't as cringey
as people think it is.
First off, it has one of my favorite lyrics
of all time.
Um, "There's a lake they call Lake Michigan.
I think I'm really fitting in."
I- I love that rhyme. I think it's brilliant.
And you know, Daniella,
while maybe not a professional singer is not
as bad as Trina.
♪ All I wanna know (know) ♪
♪ Is when we're letting go ♪
♪ So we can get this record To break (break) ♪
What?
[drumming]
I had to hear that song so much cause we did the music video,
and we did a flash mob.
That song is drilled into my head.
I had to hear it so many times.
♪ And I will pose if I wanna ♪
I worked so hard to learn how to dance,
and they cut me out of almost every single shot.
Like, I'm sure if I, if, you know, I spent enough time,
I could be passable, but I have no professional
dance training, so, uh, this one was tough.
[laughing] That was a tough one.
Two, three, four.
♪ Trina Oh, Trina ♪
♪ Yeah Trina ♪
♪ You're staying home- ♪
Do you want me to grab my guitar
and do some of the songs for you guys?
Two, three, four.
♪ That going out with you ♪
♪ That's just A little bit insane now ♪
♪ Trina Oh, Trina ♪
♪ Yeah,Trina You're staying home tonight ♪
♪ You're staying home tonight Staying home tonight ♪
♪ You've been dumped ♪
A lot of, especially songs that I did,
have evolved, but I-I accept the L.
[screaming, banging]
I like that one. I prefer to sing.
I like rapping but when I rap in character
as Robbie, I notice that he kind of talks like this.
♪ I'm six foot one And I'm tons of fun ♪
I would put that on, it was, you know, it's an affectation.
I don't actually have that, you know,
that kind of crispiness. It's a little gravelly, raspy.
♪ I'm six foot one And I'm tons of fun ♪
I don't know where that came from.
It's just a... that was Robbieness.
My Robbieness coming out.
♪ I'm six foot one And I'm tons of fun ♪
♪ And I'm about To put the club in gear ♪
What do you guys think about this?
Who's this guy?
[clearing throat]
Of course. But yes, of course, that's broken glass.
Who could forget? It's still one of the things
I'm most asked to play when I'm deejaying live.
And I'm like, I think it'd be funny
for maybe like a minute, but then it keeps going.
It's a long song.
♪ - Hate this. - A thousand bucks ♪
♪ Not enough ♪
Dressing up as a giant pizza, it was like a dream come true.
It doesn't get better than that. I remember Liz and I.
Liz was a gigantic hamburger and I was the pizza.
Uh, having to maneuver ourselves,
especially through doorways. It was very, uh, hard.
You know, I was a big triangle,
so I kind of had to walk in sideways.
And Liz was, you know, all over the place.
But, you know, I think
that Leon probably had the easiest time.
He was just a big piece of pasta.
♪ Yummy, yummy ♪
♪ Food! ♪
So depending on how the schedules would work,
sometimes I would be there
when they were doing a performance.
If I had a scene later in the day.
You know, they usually would have you come in early
as you go through hair and makeup,
and it's always good to have your actors on set.
So that you're not scrambling
at the last minute to try and get them.
Sometimes scenes would take a long time,
but other times they would go surprisingly fast.
So having the next, you know, group of actors ready to film,
sometimes, uh, was a- was a necessity.
♪ What about no don't you get?♪
♪ So go and tell your friends ♪
♪ I'm not really interested ♪
The last blast of the past.
What?
[drumming]
It's the extended version, alright.
I don't remember. Oh, no. I don't remember.
No-o-o-o-o.
I'm kidding. How could I forget?
Heck, yeah.
The first person that I met was actually Victoria.
My first scene filming was um, Tori and Robbie meeting
in the hallway, where, uh, she asked directions
and he goes, "Yes. Hello. Hi, female. Yes. "
Something like that.
- Hey. Um. - Um, hi.
Hey. Hello, female. Yes.
I don't know, you know, I had grown up watching Nickelodeon.
So, when the time came for this audition, I...
felt like I knew exactly what they were looking for.
[unintelligible]
No, your cholesterol is already through the roof.
- Who are you, my mother? - Somebody's gotta be.
Alright, that was me finishing the lyrics.
[laughing] It's nearly perfect.
My favorite oxymoron. "Nearly perfect".
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