>> Announcer: THE CITI MUSIC
SERIES ON "TODAY" IS PROUDLY PRESENTED TO YOU BY CITI.
>> WELCOME BACK. OUR NEXT GUEST'S NEWEST SINGLE
IS SETTING THE SUMMER ON FIRE. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TESCHE
AND DERULO'S JALEBI, BABY. >> THEY'RE GOING TO TREAT US TO
A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT FIRST, GOOD MORNING,
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TODAY? >> GOOD, GOOD, GOOD MORNING,
GUYS. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
TESH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY BLOWING UP
RIGHT NOW. BUT FOR THOSE WATCHING THE
"TODAY" SHOW THIS MORNING, EXPLAIN WHAT JALEBI BABY MEANS.
>> SO IT'S JALEBI BABY. A JALEBI IS A SOUTH ASIAN TWOOET
SWEET MOST OFTEN FOUND IN PAKISTAN, THAT REGION.
TO BE HONEST, I THINK I CAN DEMONSTRATE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A JALEBI. I CAME PREPARED.
BUT IT'S A SYRUPY SWEET DESSERT, COMMONLY FOUND IN INDIAN
WEDDINGS AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH I MADE A SOUND ABOUT IT.
>> NOT TO BE OUTDONE HERE, TESHER, WE HAVE SOME JALEBI
SYRUP IN THE STUDIO. I'M GOING TO TRY A JALEBI.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE?
>> ON TV, IT LOOKED LIKE A CHURRO, BUT IT'S NOT.
>> OH, I LIKE THAT. >> JASON ACTUALLY GOT THE
CHANGES TO MAKE SOME, SO -- >> JASON DERULO, MAN.
>> I DID, I HAVE TO SAY, I'M A LITTLE JEALOUS, IT'S EARLY IN
THE MORNING AND YOU GUYS ARE EATING JALEBIs AND I'VE GOT
NOTHING. >> IT TAKES LIKE A FUNNEL CAKE
DIPPED IN SUGAR. BY THE WAY, JASON, I FOLLOW YOU
ON SOCIAL. YOU HAD A BUSY YEAR I WAITED
ALONG FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE HAVING AND
NOW I CAN SAY YOU HAVE A BABY BOY.
CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.
THAN >> WE LOST HIS AUDIO.
TESHER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU GUYS HAVE COLLABORATED.
HOW DID THE COLLAB COME ABOUT? >> VERY ORGANICALLY, ACTUALLY.
SO MY SONG WAS BLOWING UP ALL OVER TIKTOK AND THE INTERNET AND
IT KIND OF CAUGHT THE EAR OF JASON DERULO, WHICH IS CRAZY
BECAUSE I WAS IN A PLACE WHERE I WAS THINKING HOW CAN I HELP TAKE
MY SONG TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND JASON WAS ONE OF THE GUYS THAT I
ACTUALLY HAD IN MIND TO BRING IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE HE
MAKES HIGH ENERGY RECORDS, HE KNOWS HOW SONGS CAN TRANSCEND D
THROUGH THE INTERNET, INTO THE WORLD AND BE PLAYED ON THE
RADIO. SO HE ACTUALLY CAME TO ME AND
SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS SONG, IT'S CAUGHT MY EAR.
I REALLY LIKE IT. AND HE BELIEVED IN THE RECORD
ENOUGH TO LEND HIS VOICE TO IT AND BE A PART OF IT AND TAKE IT
TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WHICH YOU WILL SEE WE DID.
>> I LOVE IT. >> THERE ARE SO MANY ARTISTS,
TESHER, WHO ARE HOPING THAT THAT SCENARIO HAPPENS TO THEM BECAUSE
ACCESS TO SUCCESS IN MAINSTREAM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH JASON DERULO
DISCOVERING YOUR SONG, THROUGH UTILIZING HIS 50 MILLION SOCIAL
IMPRESSIONS AND TIKTOK, THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT FOR YOU.
HOW DO YOU CAPITALIZE ON IT? WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO IN THE
NEXT SIX MONTHS? >> MAN, I AM JUST SO HAPPY THAT
THIS IS HAPPENING. LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF ARTISTS
DREAM FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO ABOVE ALL, I'M HUMBLED AND
THANKFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR A
SONG THAT IS SO ROOTED IN SOUTH ASIAN IDENTITY.
IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE A SONG THAT'S NOT EVEN ENTIRELY IN
ENGLISH AND THAT AGAINST TO TRANSCEND TO THE MAINSTREAM.
THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
FOR ME, I'M HAPPY THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT FOR THE CULTURE,
BUT ALSO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND RUN WITH IT,
MAN. I WANT TO KEEP MAKING MORE
MUSIC, KEEP ENTERTAINING PEOPLE AND ABOVE TODAY SHOW á