Yo, what's up?
It's Alex Aiono here, and I'm here to play a game of Song Association with ELLE.
The rules are pretty simple.
I'm gonna be given a word, and then I've got 10 seconds to sing that word in a song.
Let's go!
Lucky.
Shoot.
Okay.
Here we go.
[Sings]: Lucky I'm in love with my best friend.
[Sings]: Lucky to have been where I have been.
"Lucky," Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat.
I'm not losing this game.
I'm not going to miss this game!
Star.
Corinne Bailey Rae.
[Sings]: Just like a star in the sky.
[Sings]: Just like oil on my hands.
[Sings]: Oh, I do love you.
Love.
[Sings]: Don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love, with me.
[Sings]: 'Cause you might mess around and find all your dreams come true, with me.
Hope!
Oh, gosh.
Hope?
Dang it!
I lost that one.
I've got to think of a song that's got "hope" in it.
Like, that's a weird word to put in a song...
I bet there are a whole lot of older songs that have "hope" in it, but there's no new
songs that got "hope" in it.
We need some hope, really.
That's where we are!
Alright.
Real.
Let's go!
Frank Ocean, "Super Rich Kids."
[Sings]: Real love.
[Sings]: I'm searching for a real love.
That's just a part of the song.
But then, I guess it's also Mary J. Blige, you know?
So, it's like the Frank Ocean spin off of Mary J. Blige.
Big!
Okay!
I've got a song.
[Sings]: I've forgotten how to love because of you.
[Sings]: I know that I'll be okay, oh you were my big mistake.
That's my song, "Big Mistake."
Shine.
[Sings]: Shine bright like a diamond.
[Off-camera]: That was a cover you did, too.
[Alex]: That was a cover I did!
You.
[Sings]: Easier said than done, I thought you were the one.
[Sings]: Listening to my heart, instead of my head.
I don't know human anatomy.
But I did say "you" in a song, so that's another point.
Always.
The only song I can think of is not that popular of a song right now.
For some reason, the only song I can think of in my head is, "Always Remember Me" by
Ry Cuming.
[Sings]: Into the sea, and always remember...
It's a cool song, but it's not that popular of a song.
It's a point!
A point's a point, you know what I'm saying?
Forever.
[Raps]: Forever, forever, ever, forever, ever?
A little OutKast in the house.
Kiss.
[Sings]: What are you willing to do?
[Sings]: Tell me what you're willing to do.
[Sings]: Kiss it, kiss it better, baby.
Rihanna's giving me the points.
Rihanna's got me.
Rihanna's got my back today.
Honey.
[Sings]: Sugar pie, honey bunch.
[Sings]: You know that I love you.
A little throwback action.
Girl.
Okay.
That's such an easy... why can't I think of...
Can I say girls?
Can I put an -s on it?
[Sings]: Girls like you, run around with guys like me.
[Sings]: 'TIl sundown.
[Sings]: When I come through, I need a girl like you.
I gave you both of them.
That's two points.
I get my "hope" point back.
"Hope" points comes back, because I said it twice.
I'm making the rules now.
Name?
Oh, what's that song by that cute little girl who plays the ukulele?
[Sings]: I don't know my name.
The Grace VanderWaal song.
I don't know the song well enough, I just know the song is called "I Don't Know My Name."
Or.
[Sings]: Oh na na.
[Sings]: What's my name?
Rihanna's got my back.
Again, yeah.
That's a point!
One.
Oh!
I've got another one.
My song with T-Pain.
It's called "One At a Time."
[Sings]: One at a time.
That's it.
It's literally called "One At a Time."
I missed one word, then I got double the points, because I said a word twice.
So, I'll accept it.
I got 14 out of 15 points.
Not too bad.
But, hey, you can't even dethrone a goddess like H.E.R.
[Sings]: Try again, try again, again, again.
[Sings]: If at first you don't succeed.
Honestly, you get the top spot.
Even if I got 15, I'd be like, "nope," I got 14, just because H.E.R., you're a goddess.
Well, that was so much fun, ELLE.
Thank you so much for letting me play Song Association with you.
Make sure you guys check out the rest of the videos on ELLE's channel.
You can check out the rest of the videos on my channel.
I just dropped a brand-new song, it's called "Big Mistake."
You can check that out as well on all of your favorite streaming platforms.
I'll see you soon.
Peace!