OUR NEXT GUEST IS A PLAT NUMBER SELLING
SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO JUST RELEASED HER LATEST SINGLE
"HIGHER."
WE LOVE IT EVERY TIME SHE STOPS BY.
PLEASE WELCOME, THE ALWAYS COOL, BISHOP BRIGGS!
( APPLAUSE ) HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A NICE INTRO.
I FEEL SO SPECIAL.
>> James: WELL, YOU SHOULD BE SPECIAL.
I WILL BE HONEST.
NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS HAIRSTYLE AT THE
MOMENT.
>> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE GROWING YOUR HAIR
OUT AND YOU WANT TO AVOID THE AWKWARD MIDDLE PHASE.
I ALWAYS WAS, LIKE, I'LL BE FINE WITH THE AWKWARD, LIKE, GROWING
OUT HAIR PHASE AND THEN, WHEN IT BEGAN, MY HAIR STARTED GOING TO
THE CEILING.
I DIDN'T THINK OF HUMIDITY.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I HAD CURLY HAIR UNTIL I'M REALIZING NOW.
>> James: IT'S THE NATURAL CHOICE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SINGLE SOUL AT HOME WOULD THINK WHEN I
WAS IN THAT IN BETWEEN PHASE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I CHOOSE.
>> CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING THOUGH, HONESTLY?
>> James: YES.
DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF "SOMETHING ABOUT MARY."
>> James: THAT'S NOT WHERE MY MIND WENT AT ALL.
HERE'S WHAT I DO THINK IS THAT YOU GET ARTISTIC EXEMPTION,
WHICH I THINK IT'S ONLY MUSICIANS AND POP STARS CAN DO
THESE THINGS AND YOU GO, OH, YEAH, SO COOL.
( LAUGHTER ) LIKE, IF I DID THAT, IF I CAME
IN WITH MY HAIR LIKE THAT, I THINK THERE WOULD BE AN
INTERVENTION.
BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ARTIST, IT'S, LIKE, YEAH, MAN.
SHE'S JUST SO COOL.
I MEAN, IT'S TRUE THAT YOU ARE.
YOUR PERFORMANCES THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE ON THE SHOW ARE
AMONGST OUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITES.
YOU JUST GIVE 110% EVERY TIME YU PERFORM, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW
YOU'RE A HUGE KARAOKE BUFF, AND IT'S ACTUALLY HOW YOU STARTED
PERFORMING.
WHAT ARE BISHOP BRIGGS' GO-TO KARAOKE SONGS?
>> I LIKE TO START IT OFF CHILL WITH BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.
>> James: REAL CHILL.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REGARDED AS A CHILL SONG.
>> LET'S DO 20 DIFFERENT OKAYTIVES IN A MATTER OF
SECONDS.
AND I LOVE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT WHERE EVERYBODY IS A BIT
SLOSHY, WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME, I LO LOVE TO DO GOODBYE MY
LOVER.
YOU KNOW, GOODBYE.
>> James: GOODBYE MY LOVER BY JAMES BLUNT?
NOT THAT ONE, IS IT?
>> YEAH ( SINGING )
>> HE'S SUCH AN ICON, WHY WOULD HE SING IT IN THAT WAY?
( LAUGHTER ) ( SINGING )
>> IT WANTS LIKE WHY DON'T WE OPEN?
WE DON OPEN OUR MOUTHS.
>> James: I LIKE THE JAMES BLUNT ONE ABOUT THE WISE MAN BY
THE SEA.
♪ LOOK WHO'S ALONE NOW ♪ ♪ IT'S NOT ME, IT'S NOT ME ♪
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M BEING JAMES BLUNT OR THE BEE GEES, I CAN'T
FIGURE IT OUT.
NOW, YOUR NEW SONG THAT YOU'RE PERFORMING ON THE SHOW TONIGHT
HAS A GREAT MESSAGE.
EXPLAIN WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT.
>> MY GOAL WAS TO MANIFEST THIS EXISTENCE WHERE I WAS HAPPY AND
FULL AND I HAD JUST GONE THROUGH A BREAKUP AND IT WAS LIKE A DAY
AFTER THE BREAKUP AND I WAS, LIKE, UM I HAVEN'T LEARNED ANY
OF MY LESSONS.
I'M, LIKE, NO, I DON'T FEEL THANKFUL OR GRATEFUL.
SO WHEN I WENT INTO THE STUDIO, I WAS, LIKE, WHY DON'T I TRY TO
MANIFEST AN EXISTENCE WHERE I'VE LEARNED THE LESSONS, I FEEL
POWERFUL, I FEEL LIKE I'VE GROWN FROM THIS, AND IN MY HEAD IT WAS
LIKE I WANTED THIS SONG TO BE LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING DOWN A
STREET HIGH FIVING PEOPLE AND YOU'RE, LIKE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT
A THING, IT WILL BE GREAT.
AND THEN WITH COVID, I WAS, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, THAT RUINS --
AND JUST AVOID LIKE THE EYES.
BUT, YEAH, SURE.
AND, YEAH, AND, SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY COME TRUE, YOU
KNOW, I AM, LIKE, SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU A MUCH HA HAPPIER
PERSON.
SO MY THOUGHT IS HOPEFULLY BY PEOPLE JUST LISTENING TO IT THEY
CAN MANIFEST THAT NEW EXISTENCE FOR THESMS EVEN IF FOR A
FLEETING MOMENT.
>> James: WELL, THE SONG IS GREAT AND YOU WILL BE PERFORMING
IT RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.
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