- What's up guys I'm Alessia Cara
and I'm here to talk about my album The Pains of Growing
with some really beautiful puppies.
Okay bring the puppies in,
oh my god, I'm gonna cry.
Oh my goodness,
he hates me already.
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Oh my gosh.
Oh my goodness they don't know what to do with themselves.
This one loves me, this one loves me.
Sweet, sweet, sweet little puppykin.
Hello.
Who has been your best and worst ...
Take me to dinner first.
I met Oprah at a party.
Hi, oh my goodness.
I met Oprah at a party,
and it was it was right after I won the Grammy,
and she spotted me and came up to me and was like,
hi best new artist!
And I freaked, freaked.
P. Diddy gave me a weird half-assed handshake once
before I was anybody.
Ow, he's attacking me, I think he's a P. Diddy fan.
Do you watch YouTube?
If so who would you recommend?
I do watch YouTube,
Jenna Marbles and Julien Solomita
are amazing, they have a really cool podcast
called J&J podcast.
Bella Fiori is really great because she does these
murder mystery segments on her channel, it's amazing.
And any type of blackhead popping video.
How do you get your curls to look so nice?
Do you have any products you could recommend?
I think the key first of all,
to curly hair, or to getting it less frizzy
is drying your hair with a cotton t-shirt
instead of a towel.
Cotton t-shirts just keep all the moisture in
and don't make your hair frizzy,
so that's step number one.
And then you could use some sort of sea salt spray,
I use a coconut oil spray,
I think it's by Moroccanoil,
I'm not quite sure, I use that.
And a diffuser.
Diffuser is key.
It's a little attachment that goes
on the end of your blow dryer.
(groovy piano music) What was it like performing
and hanging out with Taylor Swift?
It was amazing (laughing)
It was amazing.
She's so sweet and really really nice,
and made me feel so comfortable,
and my whole team and family
feel incredibly comfortable,
so that was really fun.
Hi. (laughing)
Oh my gosh, they just,
oh my god.
F, Marry, Collab with,
oh man, Shawn Mendes, Justin Bieber, John Mayer.
Okay well I can't marry John Mayer.
But I can't F Justin Bieber,
well no, Justin Bieber's already married,
so then maybe collab with Justin Bieber,
I can't F John Mayer,
I'm talking like as if this is gonna happen.
I'll marry both John Mayer and Shawn Mendes,
and we'll have a nice little family relationship,
a nice little polygamy.
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Which artists inspired you growing up?
Amy Winehouse, Lauryn Hill, Shania Twain,
Erykah Badu, Pink.
How has fame affected your personal relationships?
I don't know, I think for the most part
they've been the same,
I think maybe the only difference is that some people
who I didn't really know before,
or like some random family members that I
didn't really talk to before have like appeared.
But I think that's normal.
And people, even though you don't
talk to people for a while,
they're still proud of you.
I don't know, I think it makes people treat you
a little bit differently,
which is strange.
I've seen some people from school now that
act like they've never known me,
and they're like all weird around me.
That's a little bit weird.
But for the most part I don't know,
I think I've stayed the same so the people around you
kind of stay the same too.
Which is your favorite/least favorite song
to perform and why?
I still love performing here because it's fun,
and then my least favorite is probably
Wild Things, because I'm just screaming the entire time.
I'm sorry, I just recently heard the studio version,
(puppies growling) for the first time
in a long time,
and I just realized I'm screaming the entire time,
so I'm sorry for yelling at all of you guys in that song.
You seem so down-to-earth and humble.
What are things that keep you grounded?
Thank you.
The things that keep me grounded are probably
my morals and values,
I value the idea of family,
and the idea of ...
I just value being grounded,
I value being a nice human being to other people,
and I have a really great family,
and great people around me
that always keep me down to earth.
(upbeat rock music) Which song on the album
was the hardest to write and the easiest?
The hardest one to write,
I don't know, I don't usually keep the songs
that are hard to write to be honest.
But the easiest was Out Of Love,
it just came out very quickly.
What are your thoughts on Brendon Urie,
oh, and Panic At the Disco?
Love them, love them so much,
I think he's such an incredible performer,
and I think they're amazing.
I saw him at the EMAs, they were like sick.
(upbeat perky music) What's your favorite
Taylor Swift song?
Ooh, Hey Steven, Clean, Speak Now.
How do you feel about pineapples on pizza?
I don't mind it, I'm neither ...
I'm neither here nor there with it.
I don't mind them if they're on there,
but I don't think it's necessary,
I'm not gonna order a pineapple pizza,
but I will eat one if it's there.
Are you trying to untie my ...
No, no.
How do you deal with the hate from your haters?
I unleash puppies on them.
Aww, I wanna take him home.
Okay guys, that was my interview with a bunch of
these beautiful puppies.
Go listen to my album, The Pains of Growing
if you haven't already.
He's a big fan, or she.
He is a big fan,
and all of these lovely sweet puppies are adoptable
from North Shore Animal League America,
they're so sweet and cute,
and you should take one home because they need a home.
And I wish I could take them all, but I can't,
so you should.
This is very wet.
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