-I'm so happy to have you on. -I'm so happy to be here.
I hope I don't have to do a plank or anything.
-No, no, no. Not everyone has to do --
-I saw a lot of physical exercise on this stage.
-This is all just talking and getting to know each other.
-Great. I love talking.
-I -- Congrats on everything. -Thank you.
-What a year for you.
I want to talk -- Well, can we just talk about
the single cover?
Is this -- [ Cheers and applause ]
The song is giant, but what is the cover here?
Is this a real --
-Yeah, it's my actual middle finger.
-That's your -- -But -- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That -- You should've seen that with skin on.
It was -- Mnh-mnh. -But what happened to you?
-I wish I had this exciting story of, like,
I was, like, fighting a bear or something.
-Yeah. -No.
I -- Literally, I had to take my dog out,
and it was raining outside.
My dog didn't want to go outside,
so she was, like, under my mom's bed.
And so then I rang the front-door bell,
and then she, like, started sprinting
and she started barking.
And then she saw it was me,
so she went to run under the bed.
And so I literally started sprinting after her.
I went to, like, reach and grab her harness.
I tripped and fell at the same time
and I went to catch myself.
I literally remember looking down
and I caught myself, like --
Like, I don't want to flip you off.
-No, no. I know.
-But, like, if you look, she's still --
-Yes, you're double flipping me off right now.
-Yeah, you're welcome.
I thought you needed the comparison, you know?
-But it turned out it ended up like this, but with skin on it.
-With skin on it.
It was disgusting.
It was terrible. -So, what happened then?
You went to the hospital? -So, I went to the hospital.
My poor mother just had a knee replacement, right?
Two weeks post-op. It's just the two of us.
She's trying to drive me.
She has a really bad, like, gag reflex
if she sees anything that grosses her out.
Like, she'll -- And, so, she was sitting there dry-heaving,
and I'm sitting here and I'm like, "It's my hand!
This is my hand!
You don't get to throw up on my hand!"
-"Stop talking! Ugh!"
-And I'm sitting here like, "I don't know what's going on!
Look away!"
-Tell me about "abcdefu."
I mean, it exploded -- Was it TikTok?
Was that where --
-Yeah, I mean, I would definitely, like --
I could definitely take it back and pinpoint it, I mean,
as much as I can.
All of this is so, like -- The fact that I'm here, I'm like --
I've pretended that this -- I've been sitting on this couch
for like years in my house, and now I'm here.
Like, that's so -- [ Cheers and applause ]
What? -You're here. You did it.
-And it's thanks to this, like, app on my phone.
Like, I mean, I posted the song. Like, I had it out.
And, I mean, it was out for a couple months,
and there's some videos made to it,
but, like, not really a lot.
And I started seeing -- I really started seeing, like,
sign language being connected to the song.
Like, anytime I heard anything --
Like, the first time I saw anything being a trend
of anything, it was, like, putting sign language to "abc."
And I also -- I thought it was really exciting just --
or really cool to have, like,
people to want to learn sign language
because of maybe my song to, like --
That was really interesting to me,
And even just, like, the hard-of-hearing, deaf side
of TikTok really started and, like,
gave people the ability to sing that song.
And I'm literally so grateful for that side of TikTok.
Like, it literally started everything.
-That's amazing to hear, 'cause, usually,
you hear the other side of TikTok and social media.
When you hear the good stuff, it's like no one talks about it.
So that's awesome.
I remember hearing it for the first time on the radio,
and I go, "Oh, this is a massive song."
And then I was asking you about it,
and you actually have a video of the first time
you heard your song on the radio.
-I do. I do.
-And if this doesn't give you goose bumps --
Just check this out.
This is real. Check out Gayle.
-"abcdefu." -[ Laughs ]
-Oh, my God!
-♪ Forget you and your mom ♪
♪ And your sister and your job ♪
[ Screams ]
-It's that move.
It's that move like, "Is this real?"
"You're seeing it, too. You're hearing it, too.
It is real, right?"
-Oh, my God. So much screaming.
-What can we expect next? Now, like, we want more.
But we do.
Let's enjoy this moment while we have it.
-Yes, I have a song coming out this month, actually.
-This month. -This month. January.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Gayle, it's a pleasure to meet you.
-Happy to meet you, yes. -Man, oh, man, you're talented.
Congrats on everything. Gayle, everybody.
She is performing her song, "abcdefu," when we come back.