First of all, thank you so much for being here.
Thanks for having me.
I've been asking for you.
I mean, you've been here before, but I've been saying,
when is he coming back?
So what do I call you because you have many, many names.
Yeah.
My government name is Colson Baker.
You can call me that.
Carson?
Colson.
Carson's fine too.
All right.
Well now you have another one too.
Yeah.
I loved your performance on SNL.
I loved both performances, but the second one I
loved especially.
And I heard that that's not how you
were supposed to perform it.
No, no.
It had a whole--
like it had all these lights and production
that was going to it.
And I kind of got what I asked for I guess.
I was backstage, and I cleared the room out,
and I was just like--
to the universe, please let me touch people in their homes
with raw emotion.
I went out there, and Jaquers as he came out,
he was like, he was like, the last song man,
we'll just bring it home.
And I was like, yeah, for sure.
And I was getting ready to go, and the production manager
came up, and he was like--
yeah, your whole lighting board crashed,
all the production is gone.
It's just you and your guitar.
And then he just walked away, and then there were like 3,
2, 1, go.
And I was like--
and so for the first like 20 seconds, I could kind of just
feel that my nerves were--
because I was just like, yo, how is this happening?
Dress rehearsal, everything was so good.
And then as soon as the chorus came,
all the emotion took over, and then I think it
worked out way better it.
Felt like everyone connected with just the music
instead of like--
Absolutely.
No the lyrics were beautiful, and I loved how raw it was.
And maybe that gives you an idea for other songs
to be stripped down like that too,
because I like how much energy you have,
and then I loved the second song because it was so different.
Yeah, me too.
Thank you so much, and that was for my dad who
passed last year, so like--
I had been waiting for a cathartic moment
for a long time, and it felt like randomly SNL gave me that,
so.
Yeah, yeah.
Well it reached a lot of people.
It definitely touched me.
And then at the end of the show, you and Pete fell off stage.
Do you blame him for that?
Or do you think that it was you?
Absolutely.
This is my thing with Pete.
This is my thing.
He-- you know how there's method actors?
Yes.
Pete's like a method person, so like every time
I show up and see him, he has like a different hair
color, a different body shape and type.
So last time I saw him, he was skinny and tatted like me.
This time I saw him, He's like removing all his tattoos
and he's yolked.
And he's huge, like Arnold Schwarzenegger,
so I went to like give a-- this is a great show hug.
And he's huge, and I was just toppled over, and fell over.
But I've been following for years.
I'm like a--
I professionally hurt myself.
But because you loved it-- there's a photo,
let me just show you.
This is you, and I think Megan is in this photo also.
And you-- where's, what's happening, where you going,
why?
Yeah, this is a prime example of--
well, I survived this one, but this is our first date.
And that's, yeah.
That's hard climbing down off of a dangerous three story
balcony in heels.
And why were you doing that?
I saw this roof, and I was like I used to hang out there.
I just want you to come and see my world for a minute.
And the door was locked, so we had
to scaffold around like the balc-- it was very dangerous.
And it was your first date?
First date.
And second date, what did you do then?
Well, she loves nature.
She's very in tune with the Earth,
and I'm scared of sharks, so we went swimming with sharks.
Well, we had two shark experiences.
The first shark experience was the day
before where we got in the water, and I was like,
oh I'm actually comfortable in the water.
This is really cool.
Like just come in the water.
And she got in the water, and she put her goggles on,
and she was like, babe, there's a shark right there.
And before she finished her sentence,
I was already halfway down the street.
I left her in the water.
Just leaving her there.
Yeah.
And then, I'm not a nature boy yet.
And so, then the second day, we went and then
I committed and I swam with sharks.
And when you say swam with sharks,
you were in one of those cages?
No.
You were free, just like out in the water with sharks?
Like remember when you were Dory?
I do.
I was Dory.
Like there was nobody else but me and her.
Wow.
Where was this?
Where did you all do this?
In Bora Bora.
Wow.
Well, if you're going to get eaten by a shark,
that's the place to get eaten.
Yeah.