- (FBE) All right, so welcome, Marshmello.
We know you can't talk, but today, we've actually
added in subtitles for everything that you wanna say,
so we'll be able to get inside of your head for this episode.
So recently, we had the elders react to some of your music,
and we're gonna show you that right now.
Let's do this.
♪ (ragtime intro) ♪
♪ (EDM music) ♪
- (Melvin) Interesting. - (Mark) A coffee cup for a head.
- (Don) Marshmello.
- ♪ Nothing feels like home ♪ ♪ I'm so alone ♪
- (Melvin) How is going to be able to eat?
- (Don chuckles) Oh, jeez. That's me.
- The music is all right. It's repetitious.
- Aww.
- (Don) Here I come.
Oh. (laughs) Good god.
- (Melvin) The music has a nice beat.
- (David) Hey, now everybody's got the same thing. Okay.
- (Libby) Let's be kindred spirits. I like it.
- (Melvin) Uh, it was interesting.
I still prefer the old-fashioned music-music.
- I like the music. You know, it has a nice beat to it.
It's catchy. - It's kind of pleasant.
It's not so percussive that you're getting a headache.
- ♪ Woke up and just felt right ♪
- (Mark) So there's a rapper.
- (Ruby) I don't know who this artist is.
- (Roger) Not really my cup of tea.
- ♪ Every day I keep it mellow ♪ - (Libby) Every day I keep what?
- (Mark) I kept mellow every day.
- (Ruby) I like it. I like the beat.
- (David) I like the boom, boom, boom.
- (Melvin) Maybe I'm too old to get it,
but I just don't quite get it.
- (Jennifer) I love it. I think it's really interesting.
- (Ruby) I like it, yeah.
♪ (upbeat EDM music) ♪
- (David) See, now there's a bully here.
- (Libby) What is wrong with these cruel people?
- (Don) Oh.
- (Ruby chuckles) - (Don) Oh. (chuckles)
Oh, wow. Very sensual.
- (David) The music's pretty repetitious.
- (Melvin) It doesn't strike me in any way, shape,
or form, being special.
♪ (light EDM music) ♪
- (Don) I know this one.
- (Ruby chuckles) Don again.
- (Peggy chuckling)
- (Roger) They're having fun.
- (Don) There he is! That's Phillip.
He's been on the show.
- (Libby) It's upbeat. It's pleasant.
- (Melvin) It just goes on and on and on and on
and on and on and on and on and on and on,
but doesn't say anything. - That (imitates beat),
like I'm going to have a seizure. (laughs)
- (FBE) So Don, can you tell us what was it like
to be on the set of these music videos?
- (Don) I've done several over the years,
but this one, I absolutely love the music.
It's exciting to see the creativity.
I love doing it, I really do.
And yeah, I'm a ham, but at least an honest one. (laughs)
- ♪ I'd rather be a lover than a fighter ♪
♪ 'Cause all my life I've been fighting ♪
- (Ruby) Another nice one.
- ♪ And I've been silent for too long ♪
- (David) It's visually entertaining. - (Don) Oh, yeah.
More fun or is that it? - (FBE) That's it.
- (Don) Oh, that was a real treat.
- (Melvin) I was waiting for him to take the dish off his head,
and it would be Tom Cruise.
- (Ruby) Music evolves, so we cannot say really
which one is better and which one is not.
- (FBE) So those videos all come from an EDM producer
and DJ known as Marshmello. - (Libby) Marshmello! Oh, how perfect.
- (FBE) Do you know what EDM stands for?
- (Melvin) No, I have no idea.
- (Roger) E-D-M. Eat delicious marshmallows.
- (Peggy) E-D-- electric dance music?
- (FBE) It's a good guess, because EDM stands
for electronic dance music. - (Peggy) You're kidding!
- (FBE) Well, Marshmello's one of the biggest names
in the EDM scene. - (Ruby) You're kidding.
- (FBE) His YouTube channel has over one billion
total combined views. - (Jennifer) Where have I been?
- (FBE) What do you think about how this genre
that is still relatively new is already getting
these types of views? - (Mark) I'm petrified
(laughs) for the future of music.
- (David) I hate to say anything about how society is dumbing down.
- (Roger) I feel sorry for the musicians,
but on the other hand, the people who make
the electronic music, they're doing something too.
- (Libby) When I was growing up, everything seemed
to be more traditional. I mean, you have to remember,
when the Beatles came out, people were just stunned and shocked.
They thought that was just shocking, so would people think
that this was shocking? I don't know.
- (FBE) His true identity is unknown.
- (Jennifer) Wow. - (Libby) That's a way
to keep your life pleasant and not have people
attacking you out in public.
- (FBE) Back when you were younger, were there ever musicians
or celebrities who would do things like this?
- (Roger) I don't think so. - (Mark) Today's world, it's like,
"I don't wanna be judged by..." And I'm sure that's why he does it.
You know, let my music, let my craft,
let my artistic ability stand on its own.
- (FBE) And finally, after listening to Marshmello
and his style of music, does this encourage you
to explore other new genres of music, or are you pretty set
in your ways when it comes to music? - (Peggy) Honestly, probably not EDM.
- (Melvin) Set in my ways. I don't think this would
get me to go out and buy his record.
- (Ruby) Yeah, 'cause I like to-- when I'm in my radio,
I like to hit the scan button.
- (Don) I'm not as exploring as I used to be,
but I know what I like, and I was very lucky
to work on his music video.
And the music, I absolutely loved.
And in the graduation ceremony where I dance,
you can see me boogieing a little bit, and the producer said to me,
he said, "Don! I didn't know you could dance like that!"
Well, I didn't either.
- (FBE) What was it like to see the elders react to you today?
And specifically, Don, one of our elders,
who's been in multiple videos of yours seems to be a big fan.
How is it to see someone who's been in your music videos
now watching your videos and talking about it
in such a favorable way?
It's safe to say that normally when people think of your music,
elders are likely not the first generation
to think would be fans of yours. But a lot of elders,
as you saw, really seemed to like your music.
When you make music, do you ever think
about a demographic or is that not a part of your process?
What does it feel like to be a part of this emerging genre
and really be one of the leaders of the emerging genre?
What would you wanna say to the reactors today
who reacted to you?
And before you leave, Marshmello, we have to ask,
will you reveal your identity for us today?