:00 A.M.
JASON, TATI?
>> Jason: OUR NEXT GUEST HAS
BEEN NOMINATED FOR 16 GRAMMY
AWARDS, RELEASED 15 ALBUMS AND
SOLD MORE THAN 25 MILLION
ALBUMS.
>> Tati: THE LATEST SINGLE IS
CALLED "FOREVER" AND WILL BE
RELEASED ON HIS NEW ALBUM
GENESIS WHICH WILL BE RELEASED
IN AUGUST.
YOU KNOW HIM FOR MANY SONGS.
>> Jason: BRIAN MCKNIGHT JOINS
US AHEAD OF HIS PERFORMANCE AT
AND HOTEL.
YOU TRAVEL THE WORLD AND THANKS
FOR MAKING TIME FOR US.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE DO ABOUT 115-120 CONCERTS
UP.
THE NEW RECORD COMES OUT IN
BRAND-NEW SHOW.
BUT WE COME IN AND PLAY OUR
BUTTS OFF AND I SING MY BUTT OFF
AND HAVE BEEN HAS A GOOD TIME.
I TRY TO USE HUMOR.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SIT THROUGH AN
HOUR AND A HALF OF LOVE SONGS.
SO I INCORPORATE MY AWESOME
FEELING.
[LAUGHTE
>> Tati: AND WHERE DO THE
INSPIRATIONS COME FROM?
>> EARLIER IN MY LIFE -- I'VE
14.
YOU CAN'T ASK ME WHAT'S GOING ON
IN MY LIFE, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN
TO THE SONGS I'M WRITING.
>> Jason: WHO WERE YOUR
INFLUENCES?
WHO DID YOU LOOK UP TO?
>> ALL OF THEM.
STEVIE WONDERS.
EDDIE VAN HALEN, KENNY LOGGINS.
I'M A SPONGE.
>> Jason: I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
>> Tati: WHEN YOU SAID EDDIE VAN
HALEN, I WANTED TO SAY, SO DID
JAYSON.
>> Jason: AND SMOOTH OPERATORS
LIKE MICHAEL McDONALD --
>> THAT'S WHERE I CAME FROM.
>> Tati: DO YOU WANT TO BRING
THE R&B BACK?
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S LACKING
IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
YOU DON'T GET THE LOVE SONGS.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
BUT THESE KIDS HAVE THEIR MUSIC.
THEM.
>> Tati: WE NEED TO BE EQUAL.
>> Jason: GET OFF MY LAWN!
>> IF YOU WANT IT, YOU CAN FIND
IT.
NEXT.
>> Jason: YOU'RE PRETTY CHILL.
HERE?
AND HE SAID, JAPAN AND THEN
GOING TO DENMARK AND -- YOU WERE
SO CHILL ABOUT THAT.
HOW MANY CITIES?
>> OH, GOD, THIS YEAR ALONE,
WE'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE
COUNTRY 4-5 TIMES AND PROBABLY
ANOTHER 4-5 TIMES BEFORE THE END
OF THE YEAR.
BUT IT'S BEEN MY LIFE SINCE I
WAS 19.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT WHEN I'M HOME IT'S MY FAMILY
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
>> Tati: TELL US ABOUT THE NEW
ALBUM.
>> IT'S CALLED GENESIS AND
BASICALLY A REBIRTH.
I'M ON A BRAND-NEW LABEL AND
FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
MUSIC YOU LOVE AND HAVING
SOMEBODY WHO CAN GET IT OUT TO
THOSE PEOPLE.
I HAVE A NEWS FLASH.
AS OF THIS MORNING, I'M
OFFICIALLY ENGAGED.
WE JUST GOT ENGAGED THIS
MORNING.
SHE'S OVER THERE, STILL LOOKIN'
SHE'S OVER THERE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: C'MON OVER!
GO GET HER, RANDY.
THERE ARE PEOPLE SCRAMBLING TO
AND FRO.
>> Tati: THAT'S EXCITING!
>> THERE SHE IS.
CONGRATULATIONS!
[LAUGHTE
WE'RE BRINGING OVE THE LOVEL
LAYLANI.
>> Jason: SHE IS TAKING MY SPOT.
>> Tati: YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THIS,
DID YOU?
>> I DID NOT.
>> Tati: CONGRATULATIONS!
>> THANK YOU.
>> Tati: YOU KNOW HOW WOMEN DO,
WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU KIND OF
THING.
WERE YOU SURPRISED AND CAUGHT
>> VERY.
GIRL.
>> MY TOUR MANAGER WAS COMING
FROM L.A. WITH THE RING.
WAS A PLAN.
>> THERE WAS A PLAN.
WE WERE IN VENICE AND GOT THESE
RINGS AS -- WE TRIED OUT RINGS
FOR A WHILE.
AND THIS MORNING, WE WERE COMING
FIND MY RING.
I WAS LIKE, OH, I THINK I SAW IT
OVER HERE AND I WENT TO THE
OTHER PART OF THE SUITE AND
AROUND, I HAD IT.
>> DID HE CATCH YOU OFF GUARD?
I'M STILL CRYING.
>> Tati: I LOVE THIS!
IT'S WONDERFUL!
>> Jason: I'M JUST RETURNING
FROM THE SMOOTH OPERATORS
SOCIETY.
[LAUGHTER]
AS MUCH GOLF.
>> OH, I WILL.
SHE'S NOW STARTING, TOO.
>> Jason: WHAT'S YOUR HANDICAP?
>> 7.
>> Jason: SEE, I CAN'T EVEN
STAND NEXT TO YOU.
>> Tati: SO YOU HAVE A GROUP
ACTIVITY YOU CAN DO TOGETHER?
>> YES.
>> Tati: CONGRATULATIONS!
BEST.
THE NEW SINGLE IS CALLED
FOREVER.
HEAR BRIAN TONIGHT LIVE AT THE
CASINO.
THE SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 P.M.
CONGRATULATIONS!