-Thank you for being here, pal. -My absolute pleasure.
I miss you. I love you deeply. -I do. I miss you.
I'm always happy to see you.
We had a good little exchange backstage.
I think this could be a new thing.
-We did. -Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] I really -- I loved it.
I love it because it was so genuine.
It was real. It was real.
-Yeah, and surveys say that it is 73% less bacteria.
-That's exactly correct. Yeah. -What did you call it?
A pinkie pound.
-A pinkie point?
Oh, pinkie pound. A pinkie pound, yeah.
-A pinkie pound. -Yeah, pinkie pound right there.
That's our thing. I love it, yeah.
I mean -- -It's big on TikTok.
-That's true.
On TikTok, every kid is doing pinkie pound.
-Yeah, absolutely.
-Every time you're on the show, we talk about music,
and I love to talk to you about music,
because you're a great musician.
I know you love music.
How long have you been in your band, 30 Seconds --
-Since -- I mean, forever.
My brother and I started as kids.
And we actually signed a record deal in 1998.
And we've been doing it -- -'98.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. A long time.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah, thank you.
And, you know, our last concert, in 2018,
was at Madison Square Garden here in New York.
-Was that right? -Yeah.
And -- Of course.
But New York -- the best audiences in the world.
-No, it's unbelievable. Yeah, and let's --
[ Cheers and applause ] I mean, isn't that great?
I agree, but do you --
-My point was, it's just amazing to do it this long,
and our last show was arguably one of our best shows,
and it was at, you know, the most iconic venue in the world.
-MSG. Do you ever -- Do you pinch yourself when you play?
-Often.
-I mean... [ Laughter ]
-Oh, like you don't. -No, yeah --
-Like you don't.
-Someone's like, "I'd pinch you, Jared."
No, I mean, like when you think of your upbringing.
And you're a kid. You didn't have much.
You didn't have any musical instruments.
-Yeah. -You borrowed a guitar, right?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, we were pretty -- You know, my mom --
We were born in Louisiana.
-Yeah. -We didn't have a lot.
My mom put herself through college, went back to school.
She had dropped out of high school and went back to school
and then went to nursing school and, you know,
wanted to make a better life for herself and her kids.
And she taught us a lot, you know?
I owe her a lot. -Yeah.
-She really taught us that the impossible is possible
if you're willing to do the hard work.
-Yeah. And you do --
-I mean, you're going to make me cry up here.
-Yeah, that's not my -- You do the hard work.
That's good. -Yeah.
-You do do the hard work.
I mean, from every role that you've been on,
you've been nice enough to come on our show.
You've either lost 40 pounds.
You gained 60 pounds.
Like, you do this stuff, extreme stuff.
You put the work in, and it pays off.
I mean, here you are.
You're selling out Madison Square Garden,
for God's sakes.
-Yeah, it's incredible.
And, you know, the older I get, I just have an
enormous sense of gratitude to do what I do.
And, you know, the transformative process,
for me, is really fascinating.
I love immersive acting.
I love to see if I can really create a new life
and share it with people.
And that's what I did in "House of Gucci"
with the one-and-only Paolo Gucci.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Paolo Gucci.
I mean, you're unrecognizable in this film.
But, also, the way you --
Your accent is unbelievable, as well.
It's -- Well, here's the thing.
When I see you, I go, "Oh, my gosh."
I just -- I talk to you. We have fun. We laugh.
And then I see you in front of --
What was the one concert?
I think it was like 100,000 people or something crazy.
-Yeah, it's -- You know,
we spent a lot of time on the road touring.
So, as you guys know, our life is really
about being on the road.
Every song that we write -- We actually --
In COVID, I wrote over --
I think it's about 264 songs now.
It's amazing what a little -- [ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you very much, yeah.
You haven't heard them yet, so hold the applause.
-Yeah. 263 are eh, but one is whoo!
-It's amazing what a little --
A little banana bread really stokes the creativity.
Like, I shut down a banana bread.
-A little banana bread. -A little "Tiger King."
Bam! -It goes a long way.
-Exactly. It goes a long way.
-But I'm actually having a hard time
coming up with an album title.
And I thought, you're a such -- He's so great with music.
I mean, the voice of an angel you have.
Really do. -Thank you so much.
-You do. -I mean, yeah.
-But I thought maybe you could help me come up --
-Yes. Yes.
-And if you have a good one, I'm going to take it,
just so you know.
-You are? -Yes. Absolutely.
-Alright, so, this is all these songs you wrote.
All 264.
-Yeah, it was a dark -- It's a tough time.
I thought maybe one could be, you know, something edgy
like [bleep] you, you [bleep] [bleep]
[ Laughter ]
It's a little angry, I know. -Yeah. I already had that.
-Or maybe "The Incredible True Adventures
of a Labradoodle Named..."
-Uh, Tortney.
-Tortney!
-How about the -- -Tortney.
-Exiting a cave.
-Exiting a cave? -The exit -- Yeah.
Oh, how about -- -Yeah.
-Tomago. -Tomago.
-How about -- how about "Egg Life"?
-We could do -- We could name it after someone --
-You guys are all in an egg, like that.
-Yeah, we're in egg heads.
-Yeah, you got egg heads. -It's like a Bowie thing.
-Yeah, you don't -- You're not quite --
It's called "Not Ready to Hatch."
-We could name it after someone who has done something,
you know, remarkable.
Like, we'd name it after a real person, like Elon Musk
or maybe Kanye.
He's not using his name anymore.
-No, yeah. He got rid of his name.
Yeah, legally, we're allowed to get --
"Kanye" is the name of the next 30 Seconds to Mars album.
-Thank you very much. -That's it right there.
"Kanye." -Thank you.
-He's not using it. -Thank you!
-You got it.
-Thank you! -You should do that.
-I appreciate it.
-Can I just ask you about a couple photos?
Because I love showing pictures of you,
because I live vicariously through you in these photos.
I knew you're very into rock-climbing.
-Yes. Yes.
-Or do you just call it climbing?
Is there a name for it?
-We call it rock-climbing.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Wow. Here's a picture. This is real.
I didn't --
-Yeah. -Yeah. No filter here.
-Yeah. -That's Jared Leto. Yeah.
And are you on a cord? Or what's happening? No.
-We call it a rope.
-You were on a rope.
-We call it a rope.
But this is actually more --
It kind of has a bouldering vibe to it.
Bouldering is when you don't use a rope,
but you climb, you know, boulders.
-Yeah, that's bouldering.
-Yeah, I love it. It's a passion of mine.
And, yeah, that was recently in Sardinia.
I was actually with my good friend,
Alex Honnold, from "Free Solo."
-Oh, "Free Solo." Of course. That guy's a legend.
-He's right down here.
-I mean, look at that. That's insane.
Do you get frightened or did you get --
-No, no, no, no.
I mean, you could wear a diaper, I guess,
if you're worried about it, but --
-I would.
-But I'm pretty used to it now and I absolutely love it.
You seem like you would be great at it,
because I've always gotten the sense that you're very limber.
-Oh.
Do you get that sense? -Do you not get that sense?
-You get that sense from me?
-I thought that you were very flexible.
-Well, no, I'm just all upper-body strength.
-Oh, you are? -My legs are very weak.
-Oh, yeah. Well, me too.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-I mean, here, do you want -- Just lift me.
-No, no, no, no. I'd probably drop you.
I'm, you know --
-I just -- That's the only way I can kind of
get out of chairs now.
I've spent all my time upper body
that I have forgotten about my legs.
And I could stand right here, but just very weak.
-That's pretty good. Pretty good. Pretty good.
[ Cheers and applause ]
But I would love to take you sometime,
if you'd like to go with me, Alex Honnold.
-I would love to go.
Would I bother you?
I wouldn't want to bother you and ruin the --
-You probably would. -I would, yeah.
I don't want to ruin the experience for you.
Like, you're up here because you don't want to see me.
-No, no, no, no.
-You're going to the top of a place where there's no humans.
You're like, "I'm good, man. I want to get up here."
So you don't want to be with Jimmy Fallon
going like, "Hey, man, can you show me --"
-You could do part of a show
hanging from the side of the cliff in Yosemite.
El Captain. Wouldn't that be amazing?
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Can we --
-Alex could probably put you on his shoulders
and carry you up there.
-Alex -- I would do that. Yeah, if you want.
I weigh like, well, you know, about 120.
-Yeah.
-Yeah, 120 pounds, something like that.
Yeah, so I can just hop on his back.
What do you carry in your backpack?
Carabiners? -Excuse me?
-Carabiners. -Oh, I thought you said wieners.
-A can of wieners.
-I was like, "Actually..." No.
-A can of wieners? Yeah.
Yeah, a can of wiener. Vienna sausage is --
-Carabiner, can of wieners -- that's something.
-Something there. -We should go on "Shark Tank."
-Album title! -Oh, album title!
-Hey! -"Can of Wieners"!
Jared, I want to talk to you about --
I want to talk to you about "House of Gucci," okay?
More with Jared Leto when we come back.
Come on back, everybody.