>> Stephen: THAT MAN RIGHT THERE, THAT FELLA RIGHT THERE,
THAT'S TREVOR NOAH. IN FEBRUARY, I DONE HAVE THE
DATE YET. >> FEBRUARY 5th.
>> Stephen: FEBRUARY 5th WHICH IS A SUNDAY.
>> A SUNDAY. >> Stephen: YOU ARE HOSTING
THE GRAMMYS, SECOND, THIRD TIME? >> THIRD TIME.
>> Stephen: THIRD TIME, NICE. I THINK THAT GRAMMYS HAS GOT TO
BE THE BEST AWARD SHOW. >> BY FAR.
>> Stephen: THE MOST ENTERTAINING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
DOING ENTERTAINING THINGS. >> THIS IS THE THING I TRY AND
TELL PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO BE A FAN OF THE
GRAMMYS BECAUSE YOU ARE INVARIABLY A FAN OF MUSIC.
THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE GRAMMYS SELFISHLY IS EVERY TIME
I GO TO THE GRAMMYS, I DISCOVER A NEW ARTIST THAT I DIDN'T FULLY
APPRECIATE AND DIDN'T LOVE FOR THE REASONS I SHOULD HAVE YOU GO
TO THE GRAMMYS, YOU KNOW THE ARTISTS YOU KNOW, WILL YOU KNOW
BEYORNS, YOU KNOW ADELE. I KNOW THESE PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU DISCOVER ARTISTS WHO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, THEY
PERFORM LIVE IN WAYS THAT YOU COULDN'T MANAGE LIKE BRANDI
CARLILE BECAME AN INSTANT FAVORITE, EVERY TIME SHE
PERFORMED AT THE GRAMMYS IN THE REHEARSAL, THE DAY OF THE SHOW,
THE LIVE SHOW, I WAS WATCHING THIS PERSON, HOW IS THIS HUMAN,
HOW IS SHE DOING THIS. >> Stephen: SO POWERFUL.
>> THIS IS PERFECT BUT YOU EXPERIENCE MUS NIK A WAY
THAT-- AND YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF MUSIC.
FOR ANYONE WHO IS, IT IS WONDERFULTO SEE, TO EXPERIENCE.
A CONCERT FOR EVERYBODY. AND ARTISTS JAMMING TO OTHER
ARTISTS, SO YOU WILL SEE BAD BUNNY MOUTHING ALONG A TAYLOR
SWIVEL SONG AND ARE YOU JUST LIKE WHAT?
LOOK AT THIS. >> Stephen: ONE OF THE
WEIRDEST THINGS, I NEVER HOSTED BUT OPENING TEN MINUTE SET MANY
YEARS AGO. AND YOU KNOW, MAKING JOKES ABOUT
JAY-Z IN THE FRONT ROW AND I GO BACKSTAGE AND CHILLING FOR A
SECOND AND THERE IS BEYONCE AND LADY GAGA AND SLASH AND THIS IS
THE CRAZIEST-- CRAZY GROUP OF PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: YES. >> ST EVERYBODY'S BEDROOM POSTER
COME TO LIFE. THAT IS WHAT THE GRAMMYS IS.
>> Stephen: OKAY. SO WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT,
SPEAKING OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE MUSIC.
>> WHAT WAS MY FIRST CONCERT. I COULDN'T REALLY GO TO CONCERTS
WHEN I WAS A KID, I GREW UP VERY RELIGIOUS SO I WAS LIMITED TO
GOSPEL MUSIC. SO THAT IS ALL I COULD LISTEN
TO. AND THEN CHRISTIAN RAP, ISN'T AS
COOL AS IT DOESN'T SOUND. AND SO I REMEMBER THERE WAS A
TALENT SHOW AT SCHOOL. AND THEY WERE LIKE EVERYONE
SHOULD COME AND PERFORM. AND I HAD THIS CHRISTIAN RAP CD
THAT MY MOM BOUGHT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS DOING RAP AND MY
MOM WOULDN'T LET ME LISTEN THE RAP OTHER KIDS WERE, I AND I GOT
THE RAN, TREVOR WHAT SONG, I'M GOING TO RAP.
AND THEY'RE LIKE GO GIVE ME A J. >> J, YOU GOT YOUR J, GIVE ME AN
E. E.
YOU GOT YOUR E. GIVE ME AN SUS, AND THE CROWD,
EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL IS LIKE IS HE SPELLING JESUS?
IT WAS-- YEAH. >> Stephen: QUICK WHAT RHYMES
WITH ECCLESIASTES. GOSPEL, POP MUSIC IS A SMALL
POP. >> IT IS ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE SAID WHEN THEY WERE SWITCHING FROM GOSPEL
TO POP MUSIC THEY TOOK ALL THE JESUS AND TURNED THEM INTO BABY.
>> IT REALLY WORKS. WHEN YOU SEE THE PARTS.
ARETHA, EVERYBODY, I MEAN THERE IS DEFINITELY A LINK.
MUSIC IS STILL MUSIC AT THE END OF THE DAY SO YEAH, I THINK THE
FIRST REAL CONCERT WAS CALLED-- BACK IN THE DAY WHEN
CIGARETTES WERE ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE, THERE WAS A CONCERT
IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IT WAS EVERYBODY FROM K SWIFTED TO
NAUGHTY BY NATURE T WAS EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME
AND THERE WERE THREE STAGES WITH EVERYONE WAS PERFORMING
SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH I THINK THEY THOUGHT MADE SENSE AT THE
TIME. >> Stephen: CIRCUS.
>> LIKE YOU WOULD BE WATCHING SOMEONE PERFORMING AND THEN JUST
ON THE OTHER SIDE, BABY, BABY, I KNOW.
AND EVERYONE SCREAM. AND YOU ALL RUN TO WATCH THAT
AND HEAR SOMEBODY SING ON THAT SIDE, TRY TO ONE TO WATCH THAT.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOU AT THIS POINT.
>> HOW OLD WAS I. I DON'T REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: I I'M AFRAID THAT IS THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, I
DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK
HERE. YEAH, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
TREVOR NOAH EVERYBODY.