♪ See you walking in my door ♪
- That type of stuff.
♪ Ooh, if you loved me ♪
♪ Why'd you leave me? ♪
♪ Take my ♪
- Great song, great song.
What's good? My name is Tai Verdes
and I'm about to be interviewed
by the greatest interviewer of all time, AKA me.
This what we're about to do: interview myself.
Welcome!
- [Interviewee Tai] Damn, you lookin'
good over here. - So, how are you doing today?
- Okay.
- You don't gotta do me like that, come on.
- Oh, this is kind of exciting.
What kind of questions are we gonna do?
- These are all the questions
you've always wanted to be asked.
- You know me so well.
- You ready? Let's get into it.
(lightning claps) - Let's do it.
- Who is the best artist to stream, and why is it you?
- Oh! (laughs)
I don't know, man, 'cause I do this (beep) for fun.
Any type of song that I make
is just anything (images popping)
that I feel at the moment. (sheep bleating)
It's really sporadic, it's really just right,
raw feeling that I feel.
I'm not afraid to feel
(hearts popping) any sort of emotion,
happiness, sadness, you know.
Those are the first two that I thought of
(laughing) at the time, (Interviewer Tai snoring)
but yeah, anything.
You know, melancholy. That's a big word.
Marriam-Webster. Google it.
- Google it. So, I'm dying to know, I really am.
How did you become such a musical genius?
- Well, even though that is flattering,
I don't really believe in genius
and that's why I think I can, you know, do whatever I want,
because I think it's just breaking it down, time on task.
You know what I'm saying? (heart cracks)
If you do something long enough, hard enough
and with enough emotion, you know,
that 10,000 hours is gonna turn into, you know,
(Interviewee Tai claps)
dividends in some sort of way. (coins jingling)
(words pop)
- Oh yeah. What makes you just so good-looking?
- Mm. I don't know, that's a secret. That's a secret.
(laughing) I can't just give out my secrets. Come on!
Maybe I'll tell you later though.
I don't know. I'll think about it.
(Interviewee Tai clicks tongue)
- Fill in the blank. I hate.
- That's a strong word.
I don't know if I hate anything right now
at the top of my head.
- I'm obsessed with.
- Oh man, wait, wait.
(laughs) This is a lot.
I'm obsessed with mango sticky rice.
- I'm so embarrassed by.
- Nothing. Everyone's gonna die, nothing matters.
(explosion sound)
(Interviewee Tai laughs)
(image pops)
- What is the last song that you listened to?
'Cause I'm curious.
- The last song I listened to...
"All I Want" by Kodaline. Kodaline? Kataline?
I don't know how to say it, but it's like:
♪ All I want is nothing more ♪
♪ See you walking in my door ♪
That type of stuff.
♪ Ooh, if you loved me ♪
♪ Why'd you leave me ♪
♪ Take my ♪
- Great song. Great song.
Do you think you intimidate others?
- I don't know, maybe I intimidate people, but you know,
I feel like I'm a pretty above average individual.
You know what I'm saying?
(drum sting)
- But here's the real question: Are you a good driver?
- I'm an impatient driver, you know?
But you know, I whip it sometimes.
Sometimes I play the soundtrack to "Tokyo Drift"
and hit the gas.
- Mm. I love that.
Yeah, if you're casting for
(air-horns blaring) the next "Fast and Furious,"
(car engines roaring) it's about family.
Dominic Toretto. I gotchu.
Do you take risks?
- I think my whole entire life has been kind of risks.
Yeah, I dropped outta college
(number dings) with no real plan
and then I signed up for a reality TV show.
(number dings) I've done, you know,
stand up comedy, gotten laughed at.
(number dings)
I did, you know, acting,
(number dings) I've done podcasting,
(number dings) I've done music,
(number dings) and I actually really love
music and I think that's why it works
'cause you do something that you love, right?
And then you get the dividends, you know?
That's what I'm talking about,
("Super Mario" coin ding) it's all about dividends.
(crickets chirping)
- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is a really original question,
but do you play basketball?
- Oh yeah. I used to play basketball in college
and then I dropped out because I was just
playing D3 basketball and I didn't, you know,
I wasn't getting the playing time
and I'm also a huge (beep) when it comes to team sports,
so I did not get along with my teammates at all.
That's why I'm a solo artist and I'm not in a boy band.
(Interviewee Tai laughs)
- How did you find your personal style?
'Cause you lookin' good right now.
Let's let's talk about it.
Pants, the shirt, you know, like, I don't know why
but it just looks so familiar yet new yet innovative.
- I think I found my personal style
just by just trying things.
I think the best time to do something
is when it's something that's new, right?
So, you just try it and if you like it, keep doing it,
if you don't like it, (beep) do something else.
- Take risks. You heard it here.
(hearts pop)
That was super fun. Thank you!
You're honestly the best person I've ever interviewed ever.
The greatest of all time. G.O.A.T. status. You.
I'll see you tomorrow, right? We'll get lunch or something.
- Ooh, thank you so much my guy.
You got the greatest questions in the world.
- All right, let's wave at the same time.
- We gotta wave bye. - Oh, okay, okay.
Gotcha. - Same time. Let's do it.
Come on, come on. Wave. - Okay, one, two, three.
Ooh, you look pretty when you wave.
All right, there you go! (Interviewer Tai laughing)
Yeah, I don't know if- - Now stop the same time.
- you'll be able to edit- - Ready? One, two, three.
- that together. (Interviewer Tai laughs)
- I don't even know if you guys gonna be able to edit that.
But- (Interviewee Tai and crew laugh)