-I want to talk about your songs and your albums.
Because I love the first two I heard so far.
-Thank you. -But I want to know
when it's coming out, and is there a plan?
When is it coming out?
-There's like a window of, like, somewhere in February
or March that we're looking at. -Ooh, that's good.
-That's not too far away, I suppose.
The fans want it out now. -Yes.
-If it was up to -- [ Cheers and applause ]
-I'm one of them, yeah. -Yeah, thank you.
-Yeah, I'm one of the fans. -Thanks for the urgency.
I love it. -I was -- I was either
retweeting you or liking it on Twitter
because you were trending the other day
because you and Lizzo got together...
-Oh, yeah.
-...and had a little flirt fest on the --
What went down there? Where were you?
-I was in London -- this is so random.
I was in London doing a radio performance in the studio,
and she was coming in to do an interview in the studio as well.
And someone said, "Oh, Lizzo's here.
She'd love to meet you."
So, we were passing in the corridor.
I was, "Aw, lovely to meet you." Gave her a big hug.
"Your voice is incredible. Your songs are amazing.
You're absolutely smashing it."
And literally, without missing a beat, she just went,
"You can smash this."
[ Laughter and applause ]
And I was just, like -- -Wow.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-She's fast, dude. She's fast. She's fast.
Oh, yeah. -I was just like, fair play.
-[ Laughs ] Yeah. She's pretty fun, man.
-I actually started blushing myself.
[ Laughter ]
-You got two singles out. "Nice to Meet Ya" came out,
and I think I want to say it's been streamed already
over 100 million times.
[ Cheers and applause ] Not too shabby.
Not too shabby, brother. That's really good.
And then -- -20 million from Jimmy Fallon.
-Yeah, just on a loop in my apartment.
"Alexa, play it again."
"Jimmy, get a new phone to listen to."
[ Laughter ]
So then -- "Put a Little Love on Me"...
-Yeah. -...was the second song
that you released, and that's a totally different
vibe on that one. -Mm.
-That's a more sad, kind of, darker one.
-Yeah. There's all these different sides to a breakup.
It's not all -- It's not all sad all the time.
-Explain that to me. -Just kind of like, you know
when you break up with someone, it's not just like,
"I'm sitting at a window. I'm looking out.
I'm feeling sorry for myself.
It's raining against that window."
It's -- sometimes you're like, out on the town,
throwing some shapes, and you write songs like
"Nice to Meet Ya." -Yeah. All right.
-So, and then the sad ones come.
I like -- on this album, I just kind of wanted to write
like a nice mix of the ups and downs of that.
Congrats on the tour though. This is you and Lewis Capaldi.
Come on. I love that guy, man.
[ Cheers and applause ] Oh, my God. That's --
What a voice. -Yeah.
-I love him. And Fletcher, as well.
-Yeah. -You starting, wow,
in April in Nashville, Tennessee.
That's gonna be fun. -Yeah.
-Looking forward to going on tour?
-Yeah. I can't wait.
It's my first time giving it a go at arenas on my own,
so that should be fun. -Come on. That's fantastic.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hold on. They're not sold out just yet.
-[ Laughs ] Yeah. -So, don't get too excited.
But we're coming though here playing the Barclays Center.
-Oh, in Brooklyn? I'll be there.
-Yeah, please. -I'll see you, bud.
Absolutely, man. -Get up for a tune.
-"SNL" is Saturday night. -Oh, gosh.
-Are you excited about "Saturday Night Live"?
-Yeah, I've just been upstairs rehearsing and stuff.
-It's you and Scarlett Johansson, who is fantastic.
-Yeah. -She's a great host.
And a great movie if you see "Marriage Story."
She's killer -- a crusher in that.
But do get -- you probably don't get nervous to do "SNL," do you?
-I mean, it's "SNL." I get --
I know you come from there, so, maybe not, but like --
[ Light laughter ] For us, it's, like, it's --
the Grammys and "SNL" are like one and two
right next to each other, and to get the call from Lorne
to say that, "You're going to be a musical guest" is --
it's pretty sweet. -Yeah, it's a rare thing.
-So, I get like proper -- proper nervous, yeah.
-And it's live, live.
-Oh, no, It's called "Saturday Night Live" for a reason.
Honestly. -Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Yeah, I had to go through that --
My whole life, everyone was like,
"So, when is your show on?"
I'm like, 'Saturday Night Live.' -"Night Live."
-"It's on Saturday, yeah."
-And it's in capital letters. -"What time?"
"Oh, it's live at 11--" I'm like, "oh my gosh."
Well, I can't wait to watch you this weekend.