♪ I got nothing, ♪
♪ Nothing, nothing ♪
♪ If I don't have you ♪
Hey I'm Tinashe and I'm here
to play Song Association with Elle.
I'll be given a word,
and then I have 10 seconds to use that word in a song.
I think I'll do pretty well,
but you never know what to expect
so let's see what happens.
But before we get into the game,
make sure you check out my new album,
Songs for You, out now.
(sings a high note)
Okay, let's go.
Deep.
Can I use my own songs?
(laughs)
Okay, but...
♪ We go deep ♪
(bell chimes) ♪ When we don't get no sleep ♪
♪ 'Cause we be up all night ♪
♪ Until the early light ♪
Shout-out to Janet.
Need.
Um...
♪ I need love ♪
(bell chimes) (laughs)
♪ You need love-- ♪
(laughing)
♪ We all really need love ♪
I went back to *NSYNC on that one.
(laughing)
Wow, I don't know where that came from.
It's like album track nine on their first album.
Know.
♪ Wanna love you, but I know better, ♪
(bell chimes) ♪ Better ♪
♪ Wanna kiss you but I know better ♪
♪ I know better, baby ♪
It's "Know Better" from my new album. New one.
Little.
Okay.
♪ Drink, smoke, dance, vibe a little bit ♪
(bell chimes)
♪ Change, ride, die a little bit ♪
New song. (chuckles)
That collaboration with Ms Banks came about
because I really, really, really wanted
to have another female collab on this project
and she is so dope.
She's such a nice person,
also a really, really talented rapper
and I sent her the verse,
she lives in UK, and she ate that verse.
I loved what she did to the song,
I thought she made the song so much better,
and then she came to LA and we shot the video
and it was so much fun, so shout-out to Ms Banks.
Circle.
(sighs) Let's see.
♪ In the cir ♪
♪ The circle of life ♪
(bell chimes) (laughs)
♪ And it moves us all ♪
That was a good one, right?
Bank.
♪ Big bank take lil' bank ♪
♪ Big bank take lil' bank, ♪
♪ Do do, do do do do, ♪
♪ Do do ♪
Lonely.
Um...
♪ Lonely, ♪
(bell chimes)
♪ I get so lonely, ♪
♪ I have nobody ♪
♪ To call my own ♪
I think that's Akon.
These are all from, like, 2009.
On.
♪ I love to get on ♪
(bell chimes)
♪ I love to get two on ♪
♪ When the drink be too strong ♪
♪ When the (clicks) be way too strong ♪
"2 On" was my debut single,
so I honestly had no expectations
of how well it was gonna do
and I remember hearing it on the radio for the first time.
I think I was in LA and I was driving.
I had to pull over and take a,
I think it was Vine at the time,
I was taking a video of it and I was so excited.
It was like the best moment of ever.
Go.
♪ Go, we should go ♪
♪ go go go go ♪
(laughs)
♪ I wanna go-- ♪
(loud buzzing)
I made that up.
I don't know. I don't know go.
I literally have a song with go in the title.
How did I not think of that? Hello?
Oh my god.
"Touch and Go."
(humming)
♪ Touch and go ♪
(humming)
♪ Touch and go ♪
♪ I'm too emotional ♪
Duh.
All, all.
♪ All of us against the world ♪
♪ We are the world ♪
♪ All... ♪
♪ We're all in this together ♪ (bell chimes)
♪ Once we know who we are ♪
♪ We are stars and we see yeah ♪
High School Musical? Anyone?
Shout-out to Vanessa Hudgens. (laughs)
Nothing.
Nothing...
♪ I got nothing ♪
(bell chimes)
♪ Nothing, nothing ♪
♪ If I don't have you ♪
Love.
♪ If we make love ♪
(bell chimes) ♪ Like we always ♪
♪ Knew each other ♪
♪ You'd be searching far and wide ♪
♪ But you'll never find another ♪
My favorite 6lack song is "East Atlanta Love Letter."
He's so dope.
The collaboration with 6lack
was actually super organic.
It's a really funny story.
I was on Instagram and I was like
"Who should I collaborate with?"
And he commented back like, "We should collaborate."
And so I literally hit him up that evening
and was like, "Can I send you some songs?"
So I sent him like three songs from my new project
and his favorite was "Touch and Go,"
and it was that easy.
Burn.
♪ Even though the better part of me, it don't work ♪
♪ Baby, tell me that you've still got the flame for me ♪
♪ And we can let it burn ♪
(bell chimes)
♪ Ooh ♪
Off, okay.
♪ Off, off ♪
♪ We're gon, we're takin' it ♪
♪ Take it off ♪
♪ Girl take it off ♪
♪ Off ♪
(buzzing)
I don't know off. I can't think of one with off.
Kiss.
♪ She want that lovey-dovey ♪
♪ That kiss kiss ♪
(bell chimes)
♪ In her mind she fantasize about getting with me ♪
Thank you guys so much for watching.
I think I did alright.
I don't know where half those songs came from.
I just pulled them out of some vault in my brain.
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