-Our next guests are the talented members
of the Grammy-nominated band, Haim.
Their latest album, "Women in Music Pt. III"
is out now.
Please welcome to the show Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim.
Hello! How are you?
-Hi. -Hi.
-Long time no see. -I know.
I feel like I've bumped into you guys a few times over the years.
Always a delight. The first time we met
was when you guys did "SNL" the first time in 2013.
-And you saved our lives. -Yeah.
-I don't know if I saved your lives.
What I remember is... -You did.
-...I got you some alcohol.
-You did, which is saving our lives.
-[ Laughs ] -I don't --
I feel like we were radiating very nervous energy, obviously.
Playing "SNL" is the best feeling in the world
but also very terrifying.
And I think, after our first song,
you could kind of feel our nervous energy,
and you were just like, "You need this."
-Yeah. -[ Laughs ]
My memory is like -- I would like to say
that I remember that you guys were like,
"Do you have any alcohol?" as opposed to me, like,
showing up in the band's room being like,
"You ladies need a drink?" [ Laughter ]
I was talking with our friend in common Andy Samberg today
about how great this album is. -Oh!
-Aww. -And this is --
This is actually a photograph.
The cover of the album, taken in Canter's Deli,
which is -- has a part of your history, Canter's.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-We -- We had a band with our mom and dad
for like 15 years before we were ever just Haim.
So we kicked our parents out of the band and then started Haim.
Before that, we were called Rockinhaim -- no G.
And our first -- our first gig
was at The Kibitz Room, which is, like, the club
that's attached to Canter's.
It's really -- It's actually just a bar
with, like, a stage that's the size of, like, my coffee table.
And we -- we ended up playing there.
And, you know, I think we did -- we just played covers.
-I don't think that Canter's knew that we were a family band.
I think I was 5 or 6 when we did it.
-Yeah, 'cause I was 11. So mom and dad
definitely didn't disclose, like, "My kids are coming."
-That's fantastic. -"My kids will be in the band."
And so -- and -- and yeah.
So, we played. We had one heckler
that didn't believe that we were actually playing
and that it was a playback. -[ Laughs ]
And what were -- And then, you know,
you guys are -- Obviously, you're from L.A.
And there are venues there,
and you have friends who are in bands.
But what were the sort of bands
you guys were opening for in your early days?
-We opened up for every single band that would let us play.
We didn't care what band it was.
If they gave us, like --
Even if it was 10 minutes, we would play.
But I think the best show that we played,
we played at the Troubadour,
and we opened up for a "Harry Potter" band.
-[ Laughs ] -And they were headlining.
And we were first of three.
So we played at 7:00. -What is a "Harry Potter" band?
Are the songs -- Did they dress like "Harry Potter"?
-Yep. -Yeah.
-"Harry Potter"-themed songs. -Oh, wow.
-And the crowd was also showing up in "Harry Potter" costumes.
And I don't think that they liked us at all.
We were -- -There were --
There were a lot of sexy Hermione costumes
in the audience. [ Laughter ]
-It wasn't just one "Harry Potter" band, though.
It was, like, multiple "Harry" --
Like, after we did -- After we opened for
the Remus Lupins, it was like Harry and the Potters called
and was like... [ Laughter ]
-Maybe they thought that Haim stands for like a spell.
-Right. -Maybe that's
how we got in the circuit.
They were like, "Oh! A Haim spell.
We should get Haim to open up for us.
They love "Harry Potter," obviously.
-2009 was a crazy time in Haim world.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
People, there's gonna be a documentary about
how the whole Sunset Strip
was "Harry Potter" bands back in 2009.
-It kind of was. -Guys, I'm very --
First of all, it's really lucky to have bands
who do this incredible work of putting together --
Obviously, if you were here, you'd do the song right here.
You have this incredible song we're going to show.
And you've got an incredible cameo.
I don't know -- I mean, I guess we should say
who the cameo is so you can talk about
how you got them to agree to be into it.
So, you guys -- you guys drop the big news.
-Well, the song that we're doing is "3 AM."
And on record, it starts with kind of a voicemail,
if you will, of someone calling, you know, at 3:00 a.m.
And basically, you know, it's a booty call, right?
-Sure. -So we needed --
We needed someone to do this cameo that had game.
-Absolutely.
-And even when we were recording the record, we held auditions,
so we thought this would be no different.
So, a couple of the names -- you know, Tom Hardy.
-Very good. -We didn't hear back.
-Didn't hear back. [ Laughter ]
-Didn't hear back. -He's a mumbler.
He's a mumbler. You're fine.
-Yeah. Benedict Cumberbatch.
-Very good. -Didn't hear back.
-Didn't hear back. -Didn't hear back.
-No. No.
-Again, like -- Oh, and I should also say,
we wanted it to be someone British because we wanted it
to be similar to the way that it was on record.
-Sure, and you didn't want to hurt my feelings,
because you never called. -[ Laughs ]
-Well, that was -- We were saying that.
We were like, "Should we just have gotten Seth to do this?"
-So, all right, give them the big news.
'Cause I feel like you hit a home run.
-So, in the end, the person that won the part
was Robert Pattinson.
-I mean, congratulations, you guys.
-He has so much game.
-Congratulations to Robert Pattinson really.
-Yeah, that's true. [ Laughs ]
But Robert Pattinson -- and let me just say this --
one of my favorite guests on this show.
Someone that I -- you know, early in his career,
I maybe underestimated as thinking he was,
you know, sexy vampire, makes as cool a choices
as any actor working today, and this...
-Oh, he's the best. -...is maybe the coolest one
he's ever made. -He's the best.
He's, like -- We -- We love him.
He really did us a solid by doing this.
-And we hope everyone likes it. -[ Laughs ]
-Well, you guys, I feel like we should get to it
so the world can see it.
And it has just been so lovely to talk to you guys.
Thank you for doing a song, as well.
"Women in Music Pt. III" is so good.
It's available now.