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[Janessa] So, I see you're about to go on a world tour that will take you all over the map.
Who do you think you are? Carmen Sandiego? [Chuckles]
[Demi] Um, my name is Demi and I sing pop music
and I'm going to sing at a bunch of places.
But I am not Carmen Sandiego [chuckles].
[Janessa] I wish you were Carmen Sandiego because I've been looking for that bitch for 25
years, ugh, right? [Chuckles]
[Demi] [whispers] Oh my god.
My name's Janessa Slater and I'm a media coach
who's helped hundreds of bands. This is Sound Advice.
So, your latest hit single is called "Really Don't Care"
and, you know, I can really relate to that song because I don't care about anything.
My ex-husband, Daren, just got engaged, I really don't care. My ex-husband, Daren's car
crashed because his brakes mysteriously stalled, I really don't care. Um, you know.
[Demi] I don't think you're really understanding the song, the meaning of the song.
I think you're, like, taking it somewhere else.
[Janessa] Guess what? [Demi] You really don't care.
[Janessa] I really don't care. Boom! [Chuckles] so, home run.
[Demi] Home run? [Janessa] Excuse me. Ball in one.
[Demi] Ball in one. Home run, ball in one.
[Janessa] Take that to the -- [Demi] Hitting it out to the right field, right?
[Janessa] Yeah, to the dunk bank. -[Demi] Swoosh
[Janessa] That's what I -- damn it. Swoosh.
So, you've been very public with your struggles and I think that's very admirable.
[Demi] For me, it's just really important to be honest with my fans
because I know that they struggle with some of the same things that I've been through.
And my fans are amazing. They mean the world to me and more.
[Janessa] I've had so many public struggles.
Like, one time I tried to get into my ex, Daren's house, and very publicly, you know,
was knocking on the door and trying to get it to open and
I think a lot of people were inspired to take action.
And by people, I mean, my neighbors and his neighbors, I guess, now.
But, they called the police and there was their action.
And that was unfortunate.
The point is, like, people love us and look up to us.
And that's, at the end of the day, like, that's what matters.
Do you think I could, like, maybe, have a couple of your fans though? Because I can
[Demi] Um, you can't have them.
[Janessa] Just like, running a little low.
[Demi] Yeah, you know what I think? I think you just probably need to get more neighbors.
[Janessa] That's a great idea. Yup.
[Demi] Because you still live in the bushes, aren't you?
[Janessa] I don't live there but, you know, I sleep there [chuckles].
[Demi] Right.
[Janessa] Oh, that's a leaf.
You know, I like that you're going on a world tour.
It's good to show off in front of foreigners.
But I saw that you left some places off of the tour.
Like, you're not going to Afghanistan or like Eastern Ukraine.
[Demi] I think those places are a little dangerous right now.
[Janessa] Oh, I don't know. My TV broke when I kicked it during Tae bo.
And I don't read like the printed news, so.
[Demi] You have a phone?
[Janessa] I do have a phone.
[Demi] You can go online.
[Janessa] Oh, my phone is like this. Hello?
[Demi] Does it have like a screen or anything that you could look at?
[Janessa] It has like a home that you put it in.
[Demi] Like a charger.
[Janessa] Like the thing that has the cord coming out of it.
[Demi] Right. So that's a home phone.
[Janessa] Yes, a home phone.
[Demi] So, that's where you got it.
[Janessa] I had like a little phone but I just use it to be,
it's like a fake cell phone and I just use it to be rude to people.
[Demi] Why?
[Janessa] Like, just to tell them to hurry up and stuff.
[Demi] That's funny because my phone's ringing.
Janessa] Oh. Then you should get it, Demi.
[Demi] No, it's okay. People can wait.
[Janessa] Well, I think I've given you a lot of really great advice today. And I think if there's any,
[Demi] Oh, hold on. Hello? Yeah, I'm almost done.
[Janessa] It doesn't.
[Demi] Yeah, I'll be right there. I have to go.
[Janessa] Does that work?
[Demi] Mmhm. [Janessa] Hello?
[Demi] Just like yours but the home it lives in is my pocket.
[male voice] Okay, cut. [Chuckles]
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