oh don't wanna be oh my guys so good
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hello ladies and gents our listeners and
now viewers of IC RTS how you doin I'm
Joey Tribbiani but keeping the legend
alive here on I CRT today we're gonna
talk about music of course and a very
special lady who's come to Taiwan why am
i setting it up she's right here you can
see her it's Ava max thank you for
having me all right so you know me I
like Ava harder they always yeah not
easy like I do I know it's Indians back
home tell him it's also deep a deal now
with the CTN has a slide-out kkbox
phoneme funky box Music Festival where
you'll be performing with the likes of
Eric child's oceans of Champions and see
some of the best we have here in Asia
and of course the first time in Taiwan I
have been peeping on your Instagram you
arrived yesterday before yeah I haven't
explored much because I've been so busy
I've literally been just working
non-stop
but when I come back to do a show next
year I am gonna go explore me to make
sure I have like a few days off to
really check out Taiwan I please do and
you took us a couple of pretty nice
pictures that some of the best to
landscapes I tried oh yeah the rooftop
oh my god that was incredible and you I
also hear that you want to try some of
the Taiwanese delicacies hey I had some
fried chicken it was so good I know
that's not like tradish right but it's
it was so good
but dumplings oh you're my show tonight
pace myself so I'm gonna have dumplings
tonight after my show yep and for lunch
I'm having pork and fried rice sounds
pretty good I just like I love your food
you're gonna love it for sure I think
Asia has always had a connection with
the
more you know Eastern European cuisine
as well you've had a lot of that growing
up oh yeah my mom my mom's a huge cook
she would cook a lot of traditional
Albanian food like spanakopita lamb and
like all kinds of salads and couscous
and so my mom's an insane cook I can't
even cook half as good as her at all
let's talk about your family a little
bit
that's that start there because not only
is mom a good cook I hear the family is
also very music yeah my grandpa was like
a comedian and a clown on stage yeah in
Albania back in China and so he would
put clown makeup on he'd be in movies
he's an old Albanian movies my grandpa
he's so incredible so he my grandma sang
like she wrote poems she has like books
on books with poems my mom sang opera my
dad like not professionally but you know
because she raised she had to raise a
family I'm sacrificing for that but then
my dad played peanut brain tears my
uncle's are bands I mean it's everyone
you live so you're from a family that to
pretty much set you up for the career
that you have now you know it's funny I
I kind of discovered it on my own after
my mom would sing around the high was
sing around the house with my mom but
afterwards I discovered it on my own
yeah but in a sense you're right I get
what you're saying like because my uncle
gave me my first Mariah Carey CD carry I
mean it he really was and so he got me
up says I'm reg Harry and my dad got my
first Britney Spears CD Mary Carey and
Britney Spears and then yeah we just
sing around the house with my mom so I
guess you're right yeah that's true like
I was in it siren doses Manuel billion
Tim fancy powder that are part a in your
home you know CEO Tim or mama and papa
you can quit and dancing are you gonna
put some good my mom's I was also a very
I guess talented cook so she's an
all-around no talented individuals man I
mean I don't think I can ever be like my
mom what did I think of your career
because it's really just blown up in the
last year and it's changed your
lifestyle and there's I'm sure oh yeah I
mean I don't see them a lot anymore
which sucks but when I'm back I try and
spend
well know when I'm back I'm busy too
they come to the studio and sometimes we
do dinner it's it's just tough you know
so I miss them a lot you're spending a
lot of time in studios now are you
allowed to say oh my gosh the world's
going nuts about this elbow all new
songs none of the old songs you heard
all new songs very single that's coming
out from the album is next month
actually what are you gonna do about
because I feel like that's how there's
all 13 year songs on the supercycle
sheet had to you those are single and by
the way I saw a very interesting
transition between sweet but cycle and
so am I to porn and the latest one on
somebody because I never want to sound
exactly the same it was so funny when we
were making so my we kept some a similar
drums so it's not completely different
but who wants the same song no one does
so I'm like I don't want to do that and
so I I wanted to make it at least a
little bit different than super psycho
yeah and then torn we did a little bit
more different you've already made too
much transition we tried to do it a
little different each song I don't want
things to sound exactly the same I think
the beauty about Rihanna is that she
does exactly that all of her songs songs
sounds so different yep yep
- only girl in the world - what's my
name - umbrella I mean every she's a
chameleon and I think that is the
coolest thing and to also Auntie you
know was a completely different
transition by the way Brianna's just
like you she's kept us waiting with a
new album when did that get a drop
forget about me because I
I'm like no not in that level at all she
is she's queen man oh my god Rihanna's
new album would you want to work with
her are you kidding me yes probably
never happened because she's freaking
like she's in the sky she's like I can't
huge inspiration Rihanna I love you so
much oh you love her too by the way some
one of the things that I really love
about your music especially the first
couple of songs is that the lyrics is so
candid right I think everyone can relate
immediately same thing is the chorus
section is always at the top with the
first couple of releases oh my and swim
psycho was like you know immediately you
get that emotion and then like you can
relate to that then she tells you I
think the course is the most important
part the hook so I wish all my songs to
start like that but I would make it like
kind of boring up we'll have the chorus
what about collapse like trying to make
that like is it gonna be all you or is
someone else going to jump in no album
oh yeah okay people that really hear me
and really get to know me on this album
and but there are features coming out
this year so but not on them oh by the
way let's talk about circuit a little
bit yeah Canadian boy from Toronto I'm
from Canada yeah he took me under his
wings about a few years ago and he
really changed the course of my music
because he really opened up this entire
realm he's so talented circuit is his
name he's basically like a robot he can
make a song in two minutes like we're in
the studio and he he literally whips up
a beat in like a minute and two and
everybody's like wait you already
finished the beat like he does it so
fast and it's completely different and
he's so talented well you did work with
some of the best like you were Max
Martin on a lot of music but I have to
tell you I think circa is the best
producer of our time he's the best all
right well you were lucky to have him on
really definitely one of
have so much of his support and I I mean
he he's a huge part of my sound is he
gonna continue to support you on this
new album yeah he produced it off chance
that he might walk onto the stage of the
Grammys next are we allowed to talk
about the name of the album no I can say
one thing it's a lot like my hair it's a
lot of ism at half of the album is light
and half of the album is dark really
that's all I can say okay there's a hint
to the title and I loved that she always
okay so it's big it's gonna be half half
yeah but that's I can say let's talk
about your hair the max like weird hair
it's become a huge thing weird I I'm so
weird because I want a little bit of
everything so having two sides with long
hair to size a short hair is not enough
for me I need at a vest I need to have
the best of both worlds and as crazy as
that sounds now and I'm not even kidding
you now if I put on like if I mess with
wigs at a wig store with like all long
hair yeah I look weird this is me now
the max cut it has become me and it's so
weird
do you have a preferred okay so she's
classy over here I think she's very like
came and then this one's like wild
she'll mess you up
she's been cut alright so let me get
this right the left side might be like
she's like chill that's why usually like
towards the camera I'm usually like okay
show your choice I don't get back don't
get that crazy because if I sat on the
side I'd be like insane you intimidate
all these guys I don't think they would
watch okay I don't see you I had a max
cut in Tommy be undone
I just went to Ben's idea we got classy
plug yo yeah says a gummy out he knows
okay done you can now be Giuliana's
Abyan favorite love songs in history
ah I know you love when you Houston I
love when he's in saline deal oh my gosh
there's so many I know I don't know why
my tongues like stuck right now Celine
Dion the one that was included why can't
I think of the name I don't want to be
alone
do you remember she was like is it's the
main like valid and clueless but I can't
think all by myself
don't wanna be oh my god so good okay so
that one that was my favorite oh my guys
way so are you a big fan of here the
current karaoke do you go into I want to
dance with somebody winning you soon
that's what I do at karaoke or no scrubs
TLC or hit me baby one more time oh my
gosh
so yoga tracks like hot requests on icrc
every single day and by the way your
music about a year and a half ago when
you first released sweet recycle I mean
it's our job as jockeys to keep our
pulse on you know the music right but we
did not expect how much will it blow up
here in Taiwan I didn't expect to mmm
anyone to hear sweep it psycho I just
put it out I was like hey what's up
here's a pop song yeah and then and then
people went crazy all over
it's insane and by the way your
application dear releases I think
there's four or five songs I think every
single one of the releases including the
latest one with Ellen Walker
singing that song what's it like working
with Alan Walker he's huge
I mean he is like a huge DJ and
and he I've always looked up Sam and
I've always wanted to work with him
earlier last year actually I told my
manager is oh my god I want to do a song
with Alan Walker so bad but it's
probably not gonna happen
and then this year they literally told
me that they really wanted me on this
song in an email and I was like are you
kidding me like did I just like manifest
this what just happened so I really
believe a manifestation like breathing
in what you want saying what you want
out loud
going into nature and like really
grounding yourself and knowing what you
want I really believe in that because I
love nowadays we're not just getting a
music from like America used to be very
predominantly American singer
songwriters or DJ's producers and now
we're getting with like stuff you know
allen walker norwegian hit maker crazy
and of course you representing albanian
crowd and then having an American crowd
it's crazy both my parents and my
brother were born in Albania came to the
States as refugees and then they had me
in Wisconsin I'm pretty much 100%
Albanian I was just born in the States
so I really feel very Albanian can you
teach us something do you speak Mero
puffs shame meaning by that means by
miral pop shame option see ya
is how are you okay so see you why does
that sound like see ya oh oh my god
so you greet someone with E ya see ya ya
ya see ya see ya
okay do you know how to say like I love
you how to do a zoom to do a shadow to
do a zoom to do i do what do i in the
Albanian language you have SIA and do
that's kind of like an American name my
parents know just my middle name okay
Amanda
very American that's my first name which
is hilarious that my parents call me
Amanda I'm like why would you name me
Amanda
I'm Albanian Europe I felt like it
Amanda you're from Virginia right
Virginia is surprisingly I think more
demographically diverse than say
California I think is that true like
growing up where you were like I feel
like LAN virgin air both yeah I want to
talk about do you know do you listen to
a band called train yeah do you know
they have a song called meet Virginia
stop when I listen to it okay here's the
first few lines right she doesn't own a
dress her hair is always a mess if you
catch her stealing all right so from
Virginia with Albanian background and
then the music that you make just relate
to everyone can relate to now she's here
in Taiwan we're so glad to have you
thank you for having me you know we're
about to celebrate Lunar New Year yes
happy new year I'm gonna teach you how
to say learn Happy New Year and you can
you can teach me how to say I love you
my courage to do a show okay so sing
naeun quiet love it's okay you don't
find she I'm sorry if I mess this up
shame yeah there you go
first question Whitney Houston or
Madonna
they by the way are only five years of
parts and they're pretty much from the
same era Wow okay so next geographical
question snow or sand sand if you like
the beach I like the beach I can't do
the whole ski suit I can't
I feel classic phobic every time I go I
just every time I go somewhere where
they're skiing or snowboarding I end up
like drinking hot chocolate eating a
Snickers bar while I see everybody
flying down the hill and I'm like I'm
like I'm like I'm not breaking a leg
today
what about stars or the Sun stars I'm a
night down and you love the nighttime
stars writing music you can't you
shouldn't be gazing at the Sun are you
more afraid of rats or cockroaches
they're both horrible Oh cat grudges
well then you should not stay home in
Taiwan we have plenty of it wait really
yeah there's a bunch of New York do
right yeah well yes New York also has a
lot of rat rats as well so I met a nice
rat before no I haven't but I feel like
I've seen a nice rat like you could tell
it was a nice character like he was like
chill some cheese respects person thank
you
he was chill you're talking about
ratatouille right no all right last
question read it Suey i might actually
know the question right answer this one
chocolate or strawberry cakes I can't I
have a friend who doesn't even like
chocolate can you believe that
how's it possible you know who you are
are you allowed to indulge in chocolate
cakes I eat anything I want
yeah I hate everything I don't have a
diet okay there you go Ava max I go
gluten-free for like four days and then
I and then I feel like I get like I
guess like my stomach gets fine I love
it but then I'm like I need bread like
I'm going to Paris at the end of month
how can you not eat begin you have to
like oh I'm gluten free and everyone's a
little weird I've actually noticed
because out of all the food you want to
enjoy here in Taiwan I'm like wow you
really don't need to watch a galleries
that's good because whatever you want I
know I mean I try but I don't know I eat
like a bird ate a little bit of
everything I want to try everything I
don't finish a plate okay
I never finished playa my mom hates that
you still have watched a limbo spurt the
little dumplings perfect for you I know
I'll just have one bite of a dumpling
please post that on your Instagram
really okay done by the way tonight
after the show book I don't know what
time you finish you might be really
tired no I'm gonna eat tonight okay and
I slept last night actually cuz I
usually don't sleep I'm a vampire
alright well can't wait for your
performance we can't wait for your album
a little bit of dark a little bit of
light she says just like her hair and
here is Ava max right here in living
color
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