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Leona Lewis · On with Mario Interviews

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  Speaker 1: On It's Mario Lopez. So girl, Mario Lopez joining right
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  Speaker 1: now on Zoom Multiplane recording artist Leona Lewis. How are you, Leona?
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm good.
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  Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing well. I always enjoy seeing
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  Speaker 1: you because I was just telling my wife whenever I
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  Speaker 1: think about you, I have nothing but fond memories because
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  Speaker 1: you're when Bernie Love Verse came out years ago, That's
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  Speaker 1: when I had met my wife and it was on
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  Speaker 1: constant repeating. You know, music kind of takes you back
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  Speaker 1: to that time was falling in love and the whole thing,
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  Speaker 1: and so so it's nice. It's nice a song could
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  Speaker 1: just kind of take you back to a time right.
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  Speaker 2: Love that I love that. Seventy people I feel like
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  Speaker 2: fell in love to that song. So it means like
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  Speaker 2: a lot to different people.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and I know a lot of those people
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  Speaker 1: are looking forward to this. You're coming to Vegas for
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  Speaker 1: a residency which is starting in November. A Storry night,
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  Speaker 1: a Christmas spectacular. That sounds fun. What can we expect?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm so excited. I'm going to be in Vegas
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  Speaker 2: October and November and a little bit sorry November December
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  Speaker 2: into January and Yeah, just so so excited because I'm
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  Speaker 2: getting to play to people in the US for the
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  Speaker 2: first time. I've never taught here, so really excited because
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  Speaker 2: I've felt a lot of love and support here, so
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  Speaker 2: excited to create a very special show. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: be singing a lot of songs from my first album,
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  Speaker 2: which is really exciting, and then a lot of songs
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  Speaker 2: on my Christmas album. It's going to be like a
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  Speaker 2: magamation of both of those. So I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. These are your first shows in America, that's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: And I know you released a Christmas album in the past.
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  Speaker 1: Are you're planning new Christmas tunes as well?
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  Speaker 2: So there will be a few new songs in there
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  Speaker 2: that people may not have heard me sing before, which
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  Speaker 2: is going to be fun. And just kind of working
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  Speaker 2: on set lists and stuff at the moment. Oh good, good.
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  Speaker 1: And I know it's been about what ten years since
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  Speaker 1: your last studio album. Is anything in the works as
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  Speaker 1: far as new music wise?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So I've been in the studio last year and
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  Speaker 2: this year we're really just taking a deep dive. Since
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  Speaker 2: my last album, A lot has happened in my life.
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  Speaker 2: One significant thing is that I got married, I became
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  Speaker 2: a mom, and so I got a lot to pull
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  Speaker 2: from a lot of life experience that I'm writing about.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm really just in that mode right now and
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  Speaker 2: I think by next year i'll have something, So I'm
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  Speaker 2: really looking forward to that as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. Congratulations on all that holds your daughter.
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  Speaker 2: Now she's three.
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  Speaker 1: It's fun, it's fun funny, It's really funny. That's going
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  Speaker 1: to be fun, especially Christmas time. To have her come out,
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  Speaker 1: like living.
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  Speaker 2: Like Christmas through her eyes is so special.
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  Speaker 1: It's the best. It is the best. It is the best.
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  Speaker 1: And I can't believe this. It's been almost twenty years
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  Speaker 1: since you won the X Factory UK and your career
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  Speaker 1: of course exploded after that. What do you remember most
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  Speaker 1: about your first audition?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness, Well, I actually first auditioned with Simon
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  Speaker 2: how and Paul Abdoor was there. Oh, she was a
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  Speaker 2: guest judge, I remember, and I just remember her being
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  Speaker 2: so sweet and kind and lovely. But she was, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: one of the guest judges at the time. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I just remember going in the room and being a
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  Speaker 2: bit like that.
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  Speaker 1: What was the song you sang? So that I get
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  Speaker 1: what was the song?
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  Speaker 2: You sang I sang over the Rainbow. Oh strong, it's
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  Speaker 2: the even Cassidy version.
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  Speaker 1: Oh very cool. Well, I'm so glad it all worked
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  Speaker 1: out here. We are here, Yeah, exactly. Well, the Vegas
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  Speaker 1: Christmas Show sounds absolutely amazing. Everyone. Please be sure to
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  Speaker 1: get your tickets now. It's at the Voltaire Theater. VOLTAIRELV
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  Speaker 1: dot com for all the ticket information. Leona, thanks for
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  Speaker 1: checking in. I'll see you a couple hours. Yes, okay,
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  Speaker 1: take care
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