Now I want to introduce you guys to Rickey Minor,
this is our musical director.
And this is Sam Wrench, man,
- stage director. - How's it going?
- Nice to meet you, Joselyn. - Hi, nice to meet you.
I'ma leave you guys to it, man.
Look at you being all organized and everything.
I got to be organized, it's the only way I know how--
You know I have like 18 jobs, so, real quick,
I'ma go to one of my other jobs. I'll be right back.
You'll be back. I love it.
I think that we wanted to, you know,
kind of talk about the key and stuff.
The original key is good,
but, like, to make it just a little bit vibe-ier,
just take it down a whole step, so...
( vocalizes )
And make it... ( vocalizes ) B minor.
All right, then, well, let's try it in that
and then you guys will let me know.
And then, the breakdown of the lyrics...
same exact as you did it with her taking...
Yeah, I think we should kind of keep it.
Yeah, I mean, it works, so...
Yeah, it works. I think we should
kind of keep it similar to the...
You take first verse, I take second?
- Yeah. - Okay.
I'm always a super nitpicky perfectionist.
- I think that'll be a good key for us to do this in. - Yeah.
She has such a good voice,
and I feel like my vocal tone and her vocal tone together,
I think it, uh... it'll be a nice collaboration.
Okay, so from a staging point of view,
it's, like, quite an intimate song, all right?
- Right. - Um, so we'll have you inside
this projection triangle,
and you guys are performing to each other.
Around the triangle, projected onto it,
is visual cues to the lyrics.
So, like things that maybe represent a relationship,
from phones, to wine, to houses.
Phones, wine, houses, and sofas.
Is that what inspired you when you wrote it?
I mean, partially. Seriously.
I started very young in music.
Around the age of four, I started singing.
It's a dream come true. I'm so excited, honestly.
- Aw, you're too much. - Thank you so much.
My mom bought me my first karaoke, and I took off from there.
Taking music lessons, taking piano lessons.
My mom put me in dance class.
Check, check.
All right, guys, I want to introduce you to Chris,
he's your choreographer, so you guys got some steps to do
while you're doing it, too, right?
- Joselyn? - Like The Temptations.
Nice to meet you as well.
- You know what, though? - What? What's up?
- Can I suggest something? - Yes.
We just want to get you to stay on your mark,
basically, and just all--
all you need to do is just emote and sway.
Okay, cool.
That's exactly what's gonna get--
but you can move slightly,
- just stay right on that mark. - Got it, got it.
So how you feeling?
A little jet-lagged, but I'm good.
Good thing you can sing really well.
( chuckles ) Well, you're great.
You sound really good.
You're not just saying that?
- Are you feeling good? - I'm feeling good.
Ready?
I'm feeling real good.
How did you write this song?
Like, what was it about?
This is good question music right now.
Very good question.
- How'd I write the song? - Yeah.
Um... ( clears throat )
- I was in a hotel room. - Okay.
And, uh, feeling vulnerable at that time.
- Yes. - And I wanted to take a phrase
that people, like, had in their language.
Mm-hmm.
Like, "We don't talk anymore."
Like, "Hello, how are you?
How's he doing? How's she doing?
Oh, we don't talk anymore."
And I put that to melody.
And then just came up with...
( plays melody )
So how is it, like, you singing with me?
I like it because I don't get to, um--
I don't get to sing it with, like, too many people.
- Right. - Um...
so it's always, like, special,
like, when, like, a different voice comes on.
So when you go on tour, you're just singing the whole song yourself pretty much?
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
I play the two characters in my mind and--
there's three characters in this song.
Me, the other person, and actually another person, too.
So it's like a triangle.
A lot of people don't know this, but in the bridge,
- when it goes... - ( plays melody )
that, actually-- that melody represents someone else, too.
Mm. I never thought of it.
I'm getting, like, the insight right now.
Yeah, you're getting the real inside information,
stuff that I don't really tell anybody,
but I guess, you know, I'm telling everybody right now.
Right, right.
♪ Like we used to do ♪
Do you mind, on the second pre, if I change it up?
Or do you want me to just keep it exactly the same?
The first one would be... ♪ To do ♪
- And then the second one... - ♪ To do ♪
♪ To... do ♪
- ♪ To do ♪ - Yeah.
- We're gonna get you ready. We're gonna take you out. - Oh, okay.
So, Charlie, we're gonna get her ready for the performance.
All right, cool.
I am so excited for this opportunity
to sing with Charlie.
I am so stoked. I'm nervous as heck.
You know, it's not like every day you get to
perform with Charlie Puth.
I feel like this is my moment
and it's my moment to give it everything that I have
and just really-- just sing my heart out
and enjoy it with none but the best.
- Joselyn, let's go. - Cool.
Hi, it's Charlie.
Hi... Bleh!
( blows raspberry ) Here we go.
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