♪ We go to the floor ♪
♪ And we slow dance ♪
♪ Ba dah ba dah ♪
- Hey I'm Bishop Briggs,
and I'm here to play a game of Song Association with Elle.
I'm very excited,
I have had a lot of caffeine,
and you are in my apartment,
which is kind of cool.
My mom calls it a cave.
I'll be given a word,
I'll have 10 seconds to put that word in a song.
What if I don't get any?
I've made sure to not read the second half
of this email,
which has the words.
Before we jump into the game,
you can check out my new song, "Friends" with Moby Rich.
(slow music)
Face.
Oh...
♪ I can't feel my face when I'm with you ♪
♪ But I love it ♪
Heart.
♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪
♪ I'm alive ♪
♪ She's the tear in my heart ♪
(mumbling)
You catch a vibe.
The first song I ever recorded...
Oh, it was "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James.
♪ Something told me it was over ♪
♪ Seeing you walk away reach out ♪
My dad encouraged me far too much, I sounded...
I have since listened to the recording,
and it's tough.
Tough to get through,
gonna be honest with you.
Night.
(ticking)
♪ Sunday night and my head's a mess ♪
♪ Ain't nothin' feelin' real ♪
I don't know if I can do one of my own songs,
but there we go.
Fast.
(ticking)
♪ Harder better faster stronger ♪
♪ Na now ♪
My favorite song to record for Champion?
It's so tough,
because it was a really dark period of time in my life,
and I was really using writing as a therapeutic tool.
So, I think if I had to pick it would be "Jekyll & Hide".
I had this thing in my head
of something creepy whispering,
and it became "Jekyll & Hide" to me.
It's creepy.
Being in this apartment I'm like,
"Whoa, all right."
"Gotta call a friend."
Slow.
♪ We go to the floor ♪
♪ And we slow dance ♪
♪ Ba da ba da ♪
♪ Tonight I wanna groove ♪
John Legend, Chrissy Teigen.
Oh they're all the goals,
they really are.
Show.
(ticking)
(mumbling)
(beeping)
Sorry, sorry.
♪ We used to have it all ♪
♪ Now's our curtain call ♪
♪ So hold for the applause ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ At least we stole the show ♪
Most challenging song to record for Champion?
I think would probably be I Tried (Demo).
That was really tough,
which is why it remained a demo,
I couldn't actually record it.
In that recording that's now out,
I was just crying.
The lyrics are really heavy,
and I think when you are in the midst of a breakup
and you have a microphone in front of you,
sometimes it is the most raw take
that you can ever really have,
and so I decided to keep it as it was.
It goes like.
(humming)
♪ I tried ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ I try ♪
And it's like.
♪ It's too soon to lay your hand in my head ♪
♪ It's too soon to clean the shame from your bed ♪
♪ It's too soon ♪
I actually still haven't been able to perform it live,
because it's really a hard one for me,
a hard one for me to sing.
Feel.
♪ Never know this love ♪
♪ Would never know this pain ♪
♪ Never know the way I feel for you ♪
Lost.
(ticking)
Ah, I don't wanna do another one of my own,
but I'm just gonna do it.
I hope that's not cheating.
♪ I could get lost in the wild ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Oh I could get lost in the wild ♪
Break.
I just, oh God.
The next word is break.
I mean...
(ticking)
♪ It'll just break it ♪
♪ So shut your mouth and ♪
♪ Shut your mouth baby ♪
And there it goes crazy.
Inspirations are really based
off what I grew up listening to,
and it was a low of Motown music.
Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding,
and then it kind of turned into Janis Joplin,
and Amy Winehouse.
I had a brief stint in a gospel choir,
and so that really you know peaked my interest
in gang vocals,
and really soulful melodies.
Back.
♪ Backstreet back all right ♪
First concert I ever went to by the way.
Life changing.
Fall.
(ticking)
Fall.
Oh.
♪ I keep on fallin' ♪
Does that count?
Falling, fall?
Word.
Oh.
♪ Sorry seems to be the hardest word ♪
♪ So sad so sad ♪
Man.
This is my favorite ever.
(mumbling)
♪ When every one believes you ♪
♪ What's that like ♪
♪ I'm so sick of running as fast as I can ♪
♪ Wondering if I'd get there quicker ♪
♪ If I was a man ♪
♪ I'm so sick of ♪
(mumbling)
♪ Cause I'd be the man yeah yeah ♪
♪ Yeah I'd be the man ♪
♪ Man man ♪
I started that song a little bit too low,
but I love Taylor Swift, wow.
♪ I relate to that song far too much ♪
Dream collaboration?
There's so many.
Dream collaboration,
right off the bat?
I mean, My Chemical Romance.
I don't know...
I can't comprehend how I would handle that,
but yeah I would love to...
I covered one of their songs on tour,
and it was like.
♪ Just a man not a hero ♪
♪ Just a boy who had to sing this song ♪
♪ Just a man not a hero ♪
♪ I don't care ♪
Tomorrow.
I apologize, this will be stuck in your head
for the rest of the day.
♪ Oh tomorrow tomorrow ♪
♪ I love you ♪
♪ Tomorrow it's only a day away ♪
New, new, new.
♪ 'Cause papa's got a brand new bag ♪
I'm impressed with how quickly I got that one.
(slow music)
Whoa!
Ah, wow.
That was very, very fun.
Thank you so much for staying with me this whole time,
I hope I didn't hurt your ears at all.
My neighbors are definitely not pleased
at this moment,
but it's for Elle.
Sorry.
Thanks so much for watching me play
Song Association with Elle,
I hope you are staying safe,
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(upbeat music)