-I'm so happy you're still with us.
-Yes. [ Laughs ] -I mean, I can't believe
that you did this this morning, right?
-I can't believe I did it either.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-I want to get into all of this. I want to also
get into the tour. And look at how fun
the album is. -Yeah. Brand-new album.
Just came out a month ago. It's called
"It's the End of the World but It's a Beautiful Day."
And it's our -- It's kind of true.
Especially in these crazy times. -Yeah.
-And we just put a brand-new single, called "Seasons."
We're putting it out now, on Monday.
And we have a huge announcement today.
And this is the reason I climbed the Empire State Building,
because Thirty Seconds to Mars, after six years,
we're going back on the road. We announced a world tour.
And -- Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
[ Chord plays ] -It's amazing.
-What -- You could have just come on our show and said that.
-Yeah. -You realize. Right?
I mean, you didn't have to...
-Oh, there it is. Oh, wow.
-Yeah, you could just -- Here.
-Yeah -You could just hold this.
I mean, these are all practical buildings.
-The only problem is, this is the Chrysler Building.
-Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
[ Muttering ] [ Cheers and applause ]
-Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's that one.
But the tower's been knocked off.
-It's this one, right? -Uh...
No, it's that one there. -It's this.
-Yeah, yeah. -Yeah.
-No, no, no. -That's 30 Rock.
-No, no, it's -- it's missing. [ Laughter ]
-We don't have the Empire State Building?
-It's on the wall.
-Oh, there it is. Oh, it's in the screen.
[ Laughter ]
You can't... [ Laughs ]
It's real, it's real. Sorry. Wow!
It's the biggest building on our backdrop.
Sorry. But anyways... [ Laughs ]
-Both of us are like... But...
[ Laughter ] But, dude, can I just say --
I mean, I can't believe I'm never --
never, ever gonna meet King Kong.
And so I get to meet someone else
who climbed the Empire State Building.
This is fascinating. What goes through your mind?
How do you even start it up and go like,
"Hey, I have a weird idea"? Like, who do you call?
-You know, it's a great question.
It's a really good question, but ever since I was a kid,
I was fascinated with the Empire State Building.
It, to me, was a symbol of New York City,
and New York City was a symbol of a place
that you go to make your dreams come true.
I love this city, and I always wanted to live here.
I always wanted to be an artist. And you know, for me --
And I don't know if it was King Kong
or if it was, like, the Guinness World Record,
but there was something about that building.
I even had, like, a little toy when I was a kid --
a little metal replica.
That would have been perfect here.
[ Laughter ]
-We'll make a note -- next time you come here,
we'll get an Empire State Building.
Yeah. -So, yeah, it was just --
It was just a dream of mine. I loved the climb,
and it just seemed like one of those impossible things.
And it was very impossible when we started.
We got 10,000 nos before we got a single maybe.
And even then, we just really got the final word
a couple of days ago.
-Which part of the building did you climb, exactly?
Like, the red part? -Yeah, a little below that.
But I'll tell you, this is called the fin,
the red part.
And that's the most exciting part
because you really feel like you're floating above the city.
It's incredible. And I wish I had a little video,
but what I climbed are basically little --
I put my feet on bolts. They're tiny, little bolt heads.
And then I put my my hands on either side of the windowsills,
which are quite sharp. You can see
my hands are pretty beat up from the climb.
-Oh, my gosh. It's not meant for climbing.
-Yeah. -No, it's not.
They didn't build that for for climbing.
-Appreciate you watching me while I climbed today.
-No problem. Yeah. I couldn't believe that.
You have great eyesight. [ Laughter ]
We actually have a video of you doing the climb.
Let's take a look at you in action here.
We don't have any audio. We can talk over it.
But this is this morning. That's Jared.
That is you, buddy. -Yeah, that's me.
-I mean, wow! -Yeah, I saw somebody...
[ Cheers and applause ]
I saw somebody online.
A friend of mine sent me a note
saying a guy was convinced it's A.I., that it wasn't real.
But it's actually very, very real.
-You have the scabs to prove it. -The scabs to prove it, yeah.
-Were you nervous at all? -You know, I wasn't.
I really was so excited to do it.
It was very cold. We got up at 3:15
in the morning, which was fun.
And it was about 41 degrees. And I mean, it just added to it.
The wind was really intense up there, too.
-Why did you choose that time of day?
-Well, we wanted to get the sunrise,
and it was part of the arrangement
that we made to do it at that time,
because there are no people on the observation deck.
-People normally climb the Empire State Building
later, lunch time. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-12:30 1:00, everyone's climbing the Empire State Building.
-I think what they meant was, they didn't want me
to fall on someone and hurt them.
[ Laughter ] Which is very nice.
-I can't believe that you did this, buddy.
I'm seriously in awe of this and in awe of you.
-Well, we haven't toured in six years,
and I wanted to do something special.
And our concerts are about spontaneity.
They're aspirational in some ways,
and really about just living dreams.
And this, to me, it's been a longtime dream of mine.
-This is a world tour you're doing?
-Yeah, it's a world tour. And you know,
it's a long time coming. You know, my brother and I
are so excited to get back out there.
Thirty Seconds to Mars has been gone for a long time,
and we're ready. -Your brother --
But you also then sang a song after you climbed.
-Yeah. -First of all,
here's you just sitting on the ledge going,
"Yeah, I did that." -Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-[ Chuckles ] That's pretty --
That's pretty cool. And then I actually have a video
of you and your brother singing "Seasons," your new song,
at the top of the Empire State Building
this morning. Let's take a look
at that cool moment.
-♪ People, they come, and people, they go ♪
♪ When the leaves change and the colors they show ♪
♪ Can you hold on through the seasons? ♪
♪ Through the seasons, oh ♪
-Yeah, I mean, come on, that's...
[ Cheers and applause ]
You took what the Beatles did on "Abbey Road,"
when they performed on the rooftop,
and you topped them by like six stories.
-It was just -- It was a beautiful thing.
And it's funny, sometimes when you do concerts
or little shows like that,
it can feel a little stiff or stale
because there was no audience.
But it felt really amazing to be up there with my brother,
and it was an incredible experience.
It was cool. -Did you feel like
you were just looking at a model of the city?
I mean, did it look like New York City?
-You know, it does.
It's the New York that we all know and love,
and it's a beautiful thing to wake up
with that city like that, to watch the sun rise,
to see that that whole city. On one side --
You know, Empire has 360 views, and on one side,
you see Central Park and all the way north,
and the other side, you see
all the way down to One World Trade.
And it's incredible.
I mean, I wish you could come and do it with me sometime.
-No, I'm busy that day, but I would love to do it.
I'm so happy for you. -I hope that you come to a show.
We're going to play Barclays in...
-I'll definitely be there in Brooklyn.
I will be there, absolutely. It's on the ground?
-Yeah. -Absolutely.
I will be there. I love this guy.
Jared Leto -- one in a million, buddy.
-You're the best.
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