- Here with Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey.
Congratulations you guys
on your song, "The Middle".
Obviously such a massive song this year.
Did you know when you put that song together,
that it was gonna be so big?
Zedd?
- Yes.
- You did?
- Yes.
- Well, that's a lie.
We always thought it's
an amazing and special song.
But you never know.
Sometimes you make a song
and you think it's the greatest thing in the world,
and nobody likes it.
- Yeah that's true.
- Yeah.
- You never know.
- And how about you, because obviously you came
in a little bit later?
- Yeah.
- Did you know right away, you're like,
"I have to be apart of this song"?
- Yeah, I mean, it's kind
of a gut reaction when you hear something
so just intrinsically catchy.
And I just say in 10 seconds, I was like,
"How do I get onto this,
"how could I be apart of it?
"I'm ready to go."
And so, it was just crazy.
- And there was a lot
of competition, I hear.
'Cause that was a big article
that came out, that a ton
of artists had actually
auditioned for it, or tried it.
Did you know that when you
came into the song,
and how did it make you feel
after you heard that?
- No, I didn't.
And honestly, this is my first foray
into any sort of pop,
so I felt like,
all of the girls are slaying the game right now,
it's crazy to see everyone at the
top of the chart.
So I just feel like, you know,
I really trusted
Zedd and Grey's opinion of just
the right voice for the right song and you know,
like I said, it's a gut feeling sometimes.
- I think it's such a cool time
right now for music.
Obviously blending a genre,
blending country with pop and dance,
how would you say Zedd,
what would you say about the industry
right now and where it's at?
What's your take on it?
- My take on it is
that thanks to streaming,
and people being able to just switch
straight to the next song
if they don't like it,
there's not this barrier anymore
because you're not selling a song
to somebody and have the responsibility
to portray something on.
You can just mix genres however you want,
and if people don't like it,
they can listen to something else,
'cause, again, thanks to streaming,
they basically own all songs.
So, it's nice.
- It's very interesting,
and because of the success of the song,
are you guys already working on a follow up?
Another song?
Have you been in the studio,
what can you tell me?
- We're all workin' on--
- Yeah, we're all workin' on stuff.
- Together at all?
Is my question.
- Might give the people a break
for a second.
They've heard this song everywhere.
You gotta like, keep 'em wanting more.
- And what can fans expect
with the performance tonight?
- It will be, spectacular.
It will be the first time we're
performing it together live.
It will be live, so,
it will be the same song you know,
but, you know, we have a band.
And
it will be awesome.
Let's just make it easy,
it's gonna be awesome.
- And I know, I wanted to ask you Zedd,
'cause I know you were close with Avicii,
and you put out a very sweet tribute to him.
What's your fondest moment, memory,
with Avicii, would you say?
- I mean, playing the shows with him,
I've played a bunch of shows with him.
And we've had the same residencies in Vegas,
and luckily I got to cross
paths with him often,
and, you know, living in the same city, so.
I saw him
frequently, and, of course,
as for everybody, not just the music industry,
I think for the entire world,
it was a really sad moment and kind
of a wake up call to, you know,
take these things very seriously.
- I think we had a lot of that his year,
we lost a lot of talented artists.
How does it affect you guys as musicians,
just hearing that news, and I'm sure it's
very close to home for you guys?
- Yeah, it makes me sad,
especially when they're so young.
But I feel like,
the great thing about the music community,
in any genre,
is that you band together,
and you mourn those losses because it is
such a gap in
what we do.
And just the art market place in general
to be inspired, you know.
I feel like,
yeah it's a sad thing.
- It pushes me to focus more on the music.
And not all the outside stuff, I guess.
Yeah.
- 'Cause you guys are creating music
that is uplifting, and is lifting people up.
So kudos to you guys.
And thank you so much for hanging
out with us.
Good luck tonight, you're gonna kill it!
So excited.
- Thank you.
- I like that little dance move you just did.
Wait do it again,
do it... (laughs)
- I can't do it in front of the cameras.
- No? (laughs)
Thank you so much, good seeing you guys.
Bye, bye hon.
See ya, bye.