[Captions are auto-generated] My name is Jxdn, and
this is the first time.
I went on tour with Machine
Gun Kelly this past September.
It was thirty seven shows
and it was the craziest experience
of my life.
It's crazy to think how much
you grow in the green
room backstage.
People think about the moments that
are televised and the pictures
on stage and with the fans, and
that's obviously like a highlight of
it. But the craziest moments
for me was when no one was around,
you know, and it was just like, mean
cows or even just me by myself.
We got a phone call, so.
Not.
Mean, Closer is there to make music,
we really just like, grew together,
imagine you and your boys just like
getting in a car and it's like road
tripping and like people
appreciating you for it.
That's really what it felt like, and
it was the best thing I could have
ever asked for.
I just joined this light
at the time, I thought it was cool,
but it was really such like Social
Media Tour and
where they would like sell tickets
for people to come like take
pictures with you. And at the end of
the tour, I'd made some money felt
really, really good because we were
in Dallas. That's my hometown.
And Juice World is playing
a show in Dallas.
And so if you know anything about
me, I love Juice World.
I still see your shadows in my
room. I can't take back the love
that I gave you.
You genuinely, like, saved my life,
my senior year of high school.
I was like, really, really depressed
and just like him being vulnerable
and him being this like idol of mine
talking about how he said to I was
like, Wow, you know, like, this is
crazy. So I had that connection.
We went to the concert like eight
feet away from the stage.
I remember he comes out and he
starts playing his music and I'm
like, mosh. And, you know, I've
never felt like feelings like this
before. There's a moment and I have
it tattooed on my arm and it's a
song called Empty and.
I feel so god damn
it.
And he played it, and it was like
ten thousand people
saying the same thing because they
were. And that made me like,
Take a step back and be like, Yo
music is really powerful.
You know what I mean? Like, is this
what music is like is bringing all
these people together? Because I'd
never seen such like unity.
I guess I told myself, if he can do
it, then I know I have to try.
So for me, I could master
it. I can go
and.
It was just so evident to
me that this is what I was supposed
to do in the long.
I didn't understand
who Travis was.
I just knew he was Travis Barker,
if that makes sense.
And whenever he was interested in me
after I released my first single.
Here at my management team, and
every label was like all
like now we want you to because
Travis does and I was like six, so I
met with everybody, but I met with
Travis and I remember going to
his restaurant.
But even in the moment when I first
met him, I was like, Wow, I know
that this is like a special moment.
It just felt like one of those like
movie scenes where it was the
scene before the big event happens.
I was really blown away by how
like normal he was,
and he just treated me like a human.
He showed me acting like that with
in young Youngblood.
Last time
he looked at me like, bro, we
could be doing this and I was like,
We're going to be doing this because
I'm going with you and that was
cool. That's why I'm.
Driver's license was the first time
I heard it. Funny enough, and I
heard and I was like,
we got to cover this because it was
so good, I called my driver's
license last week.
Actually, we hit up Chad.
We're like, Yeah, let's cover it.
He's like, Yeah.
And sometimes when he's like busy,
he doesn't really hear things.
And then the next day he calls us.
We got to cover the song and we were
like, Yeah, we told you that
yesterday.
Know you.
She's a fantastic singer.
We have the same vocal coach, my
vocal coach talks so highly
of her like, you know, when you can
tell someone's like, impressed.
She doesn't have that with me, but
with Olivia, she's like, That's
crazy.
And somebody on Instagram, I was
like, Yo, I really want to get a
tattoo and is, OK, what do you want?
Pretty simple shit.
And I was like, I want Wiens and he
gave me tattooed wings is for my
grandma. My grandma passed away
and past couple of years, and so
she was probably one of the biggest
artistic influences in my life.
And I knew that I had to start
with her because she really gave me
the confidence to be who I am today.
I used to draw a lot when I was a
kid, and I know that definitely
led to the creativity
seeping into other areas
in my life.
I was in a house with Bryce Hall
and Tayler Holder, and randomly,
Taylor just started playing the
piano and I just started
singing. And it was like I
captivated the whole room.
This was almost three years ago.
I've sing for people before, but no
one's ever been like, Yo, do you
like, you have a good voice, you
know, like, holy shit, type of
thing. That's what that was, and it
really made me feel like I could do
something with it. What song was it
that you were singing?
I think it was.
You should go and love yourself.
And if you think that just me,
one that I so
holding on to something.
Fuck yourself. Sorry, I got into
that for a second. I love Justin
Bieber, dude. I'm not even going to
carry them anymore.