- Hey what's up you guys, Chelsea Briggs here with Billboard
coming to you from Coachella and I am joined by CHVRCHES.
- Hello.
- How are you guys doing, day one,
or day three of Coachella?
- Yes, but day one for us.
So we are relatively fresh faced all things considered.
- You're performing today though, super exciting.
- Yeah tonight I am.
- You performed in 2014.
So this is like five years later.
How are you going into, does it feel different at all?
- Well we've been really luck that we've got to play
every record we've made which is kind of wild.
So yeah, I feel I don't know, this time we have
a live drummer, we didn't have that before but we're
about a year into touring the record so I feel like
we've hit our stride.
And I think it'll be good, we're excited.
- What, what are you most excited about with your
performance tonight?
- Well I hope I remember it all.
We haven't played a show in like quite a few weeks.
And when we were doing the acoustic session here earlier,
I was like I wonder if I remember
all the words for a whole set.
So if that happens then I'm excited about it.
- Everyone will just sing along for you.
Now that's what's so good about having such a massive crowd.
- Just hold it out and go yeah yeah yeah.
- But like for the middle of verse to be like.
- You know the words, right guys?
- I'm kind of excited to play in a tent, as well.
We've never played in a tent at Coachella,
it's like always been outdoor.
So this is gonna be pretty vibey
like a nighttime slot, it'll be good.
- Super excited for you, Here With Me,
your collaboration with Marshmello.
It's your first Billboard Hot 100 hit,
which is pretty awesome.
How does it feel, to have that?
- I don't really know if we were ever expecting it.
So when, I did like a phone interview with you guys
some people asked me about it
I was like I don't know, never though it would happen.
So I don't have anything useful to say.
I was just like, well that's rad.
But I don't know, it's cool,
I think it's cool that he's worked with so many
different kinds of people but it's not based on
necessarily like an A-list name,
or who could do stuff for him.
It's more about like, whether he likes the song,
and finds people interesting,
so it's really cool I think.
- And you guys are kicking off your tour today,
this is like the start of your big tour.
- This is day one, of like a month.
- So how are you like mentally preparing,
physically preparing?
- Just standing behind this giant speaker,
it's this thing that's like.
It's really restful and it helps me get in the zone.
No I think, yeah, it'll be nice cause we're going to places
we haven't played headline shows on this record before so,
it'll be good fun I think.
- Well I have to ask because,
so there's a rumor I don't know if you guys have heard this,
there's a rumor that Ariana Grande
is bringing out 'N SYNC tonight, did you hear this?
- Oh, no I have not heard that, no.
- Okay, so this is the big rumor.
- She's on after us so you can still watch us
and then get there in time for that.
- So if you guys could bring out like
your childhood hero on stage with you,
who would be the band or the artist
you'd love to bring out with you?
- I did not know that now I'm like,
I was gonna go to bed right after the set.
But now I'm like, ooh, ooh.
Those harmonies, you know they're gonna be on point.
- Oh, so good.
Who would you bring out though,
if you could like who's your childhood hero?
- I don't know like what was I listening
to when I was a kid?
Most, I listen to Whitney Houston a lot,
and that's unfortunately not possible.
- How 'bout for you?
- Again, it's like Bowie or somebodies that dead,
you know but like yeah, that's all I can think of right now.
- Awesome, and lastly what are you most
looking forward to in this coming year?
You got tour going on, are you guys working on new music?
What can you kind of tell us?
- What are we doing?
It's just really sad, I'm gonna go like,
we have like a week off in the summer
and I'm gonna go on wee road trip.
So, like obviously we're excited about all the band stuff,
but I think it'll be nice,
it's nice to switch your brain off
and doing something else sometimes.
- Anything else you guys are looking forward to this year?
- Yeah I guess, it's like,
I like the switch of gears where you
start to think about being in the shoodoo a bit more
and about less touring.
And I guess we'll be doing some of that
and we'll do some relaxing,
and thinking about what the next move is for the band
and that's always an exciting thing.
You have to fill up the junk,
and you pour it onto another album.
- Yes, it's perfect, do you have any?
He's like what, me?
- Yeah, sounds great.
- He just, he'll do what, we're look yeah come with.
Come do these things.
- Awesome, well thank you guys so much.
Good luck, tonight!
High fives all around.
- Thank you.
- You guys are the best.
- Thanks.
- We'll see you soon!
See you in the polo fields.
- Thank you.