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Interview: Tinie Tempah · The Smallzy Show

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Yo, what's up? This is Tiny Temper on The Smoothie Show.
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: How you doing, man? You good?
• 0:05
  Speaker 2: I'm good. Holy shit. How many years has it been?
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: It's been ages, man. It's been ages.
• 0:10
  Speaker 2: Well, it's wonderful to see Tiny Temper back on the
• 0:12
  Speaker 2: show for the first time in years. How are you, mate?
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: Yes, indeed. I'm really good, bro. Couldn't be better. Life
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: is good at the moment. How are you?
• 0:20
  Speaker 2: I'm great. It's lovely to see you. I feel like
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: it's been far too long. Someone said something about it
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: being nine years or something like that, and the new
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: album is coming out.
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: Yes, it has.
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  Speaker 2: Where did time go?
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  Speaker 3: Trust me, I ask myself this question all the time.
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  Speaker 3: But during that time, I was just focusing on life.
• 0:40
  Speaker 3: You know, being an artist is definitely my real life.
• 0:42
  Speaker 3: But there were so many other things that I feel like, yeah,
• 0:47
  Speaker 3: I just wanted to focus on other areas of business.
• 0:49
  Speaker 3: So I set up a publishing company, started getting involved
• 0:53
  Speaker 3: in more kind of TV work around some of my passions,
• 0:56
  Speaker 3: like architecture and art and stuff like that. Took up
• 1:00
  Speaker 3: Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which I've been doing for about seven years now.
• 1:03
  Speaker 2: Are you still shredded? Are you still ripped and shredded?
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  Speaker 1: Shredded, bro.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I bet you are.
• 1:08
  Speaker 1: Shredded, bro.
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  Speaker 2: Are you on the peptides? Are you on the peptides?
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: No, no, not even, man. I've been hearing about these peptides, TRT.
• 1:15
  Speaker 3: I'm 100% natural, and I am going to be for
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  Speaker 3: as long as I can, to be honest.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. I was going to say, you touched
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  Speaker 2: on it, but you have had a lot of things
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: on the boil. Did I not see you did an
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: episode of Dragon's Den?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, in the UK as well.
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  Speaker 3: So kind of was, it was so sick to get
• 1:34
  Speaker 3: on there as like a, you know, entrepreneur, someone who'd
• 1:37
  Speaker 3: likes to invest as an angel or whatnot. Like, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: just been having fun, man. Just doing things that literally
• 1:42
  Speaker 3: get me excited.
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  Speaker 2: You know, how great is that? Um, quickly sidebar on
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  Speaker 2: the dragon's den. Uh, what was that like? Did you
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  Speaker 2: invest in anybody or did you just steal their ideas, uh,
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  Speaker 2: and then go and make them elsewhere?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: I invested in two businesses, actually. One was like a
• 2:01
  Speaker 3: Seamoss business.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yes. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And then the other one was like, I mean, she
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  Speaker 3: called it like Ayurvedic ice cream, but it was all
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  Speaker 3: kind of like locally made, really good quality products to produce,
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  Speaker 3: et cetera, et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: How's the Seamoss business going? Everyone's raging on the Seamoss business.
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  Speaker 1: People are loving Seamoss in general. I mean... So far,
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  Speaker 1: it's early days. It's very early still. I don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: Tell me, sell it to me because apparently it's good
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  Speaker 2: for you because they sell it at Air One in LA,
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  Speaker 2: which is this expensive supermarket, and sea moss gel, and
• 2:37
  Speaker 2: you're meant to drink it, yeah?
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: Exactly, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Sea moss gel, you can put it in smoothies. You
• 2:42
  Speaker 3: can put it in your acai or whatever. And it's
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  Speaker 3: good for loads of things. It's something I've been using
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  Speaker 3: basically my whole adult life. So whenever I'm in the
• 2:52
  Speaker 3: Caribbean or whatever, I'll get some sea moss gel made
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  Speaker 3: up and I'll just put it in the smoothies and whatnot.
• 2:59
  Speaker 3: But you're going to have to go on Google or
• 3:01
  Speaker 3: chat to UBT to find out all of the actual qualities.
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  Speaker 2: I will. Does it taste like shit, though? It looks
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  Speaker 2: like it tastes like shit.
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  Speaker 1: It kind of tastes like nothing. Oh, okay. Yeah, there's
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  Speaker 1: no real taste to it.
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: Well, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to lie to you, Tiny. You've known me for
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: years now. I love to get on a trend. So
• 3:20
  Speaker 2: sign me up for the C-Miles. I love a trend.
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  Speaker 1: Say no more. Try it for a little bit and
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  Speaker 1: let me know if it makes a difference to your life.
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  Speaker 2: Now tell me, a new album is coming out this Friday,
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  Speaker 2: October 16. The Night's Not Dead.
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  Speaker 1: The Night's Not Dead.
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  Speaker 2: It is not. You are back. How long have you
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  Speaker 2: been cooking on this for?
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  Speaker 1: So I've been working on this for about two years now.
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  Speaker 3: And I guess I've been working on new music in
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  Speaker 3: general for about three years. But then I actually, I
• 3:49
  Speaker 3: slowly started to build this theme about two years ago,
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  Speaker 3: just like learning that like nightlife culture was kind of
• 3:56
  Speaker 3: disappearing right in front of our eyes, especially, you know,
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  Speaker 3: in and amongst the UK or a lot of the
• 4:02
  Speaker 3: small grassroots music venues that I grew up kind of
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  Speaker 3: performing at, you know, in the earlier days or going
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  Speaker 3: to see other acts or other shows. was just slowly
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  Speaker 3: disappearing and, you know, making way for, you know, residential
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  Speaker 3: apartment blocks or, you know, like, I don't know, some
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  Speaker 3: sort of coffee shop or whatever. And for me, I
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  Speaker 3: feel like so much exciting music has come out of
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  Speaker 3: those spaces, especially from the UK, where we've had like
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  Speaker 3: drum and bass, garage, grime, dubstep, all of these exciting genres. And,
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  Speaker 3: I guess now we have social media so you can
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  Speaker 3: market yourself and you can be seen and you can
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  Speaker 3: be discovered. But I feel like these spaces allowed for
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  Speaker 3: scenes to be built, you know, DJs, artists, you know, MCs,
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  Speaker 3: even from the bouncer, you know, from the girl behind
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  Speaker 3: the bar, it was all a culture. There was a
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  Speaker 3: culture around it, you know, certain fashion sense. And if
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  Speaker 3: we lose those spaces, I kind of worry for the
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  Speaker 3: next generation.
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  Speaker 2: Do the, do the kids go out in the UK anymore?
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  Speaker 2: Cause they don't go out here in Australia. I think
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  Speaker 2: this is half the problem is that they're not drinking.
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  Speaker 2: They're all into their, their run clubs. So like, you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they're in their paddle, their pickle. Um, it's a thing
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  Speaker 2: in Australia. Like it's actually a struggle for like bands
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  Speaker 2: that used to, as you said, would come up playing
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  Speaker 2: the circuit or doing shows. And that's how you used
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  Speaker 2: to discover music. Uh, now you sort of have to
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  Speaker 2: make some viral Tik TOK thing or something like that.
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  Speaker 2: Because they're not going out and they're not drinking and
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  Speaker 2: they're not going out until the early hours of the
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  Speaker 2: morning anymore.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. You know what?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's, you know, I think it's natural for
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  Speaker 3: society to evolve and to kind of start thinking differently
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  Speaker 3: and for generation upon generation to have different habits. I
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  Speaker 3: think it's great that people are a lot more health
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  Speaker 3: conscious now. I've always been health conscious, but I think
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  Speaker 3: there's kind of room to kind of do it all
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  Speaker 3: if that makes sense. I think, A little bit of
• 6:02
  Speaker 3: balance of everything in life is what makes, to me,
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  Speaker 3: life interesting and makes life worth living. You could be
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  Speaker 3: somebody that gets up at 6, 7 a.m. every morning,
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  Speaker 3: goes for a run, tends to keep fit, but on
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  Speaker 3: an occasion, a celebration, maybe a season.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if you're going to.
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  Speaker 3: Step out and, you know, go out to early hours
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  Speaker 3: of the morning where you actually, it's not a prerequisite
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  Speaker 3: to have a drink. You don't have to consume alcohol
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  Speaker 3: to go out and have a good time.
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  Speaker 1: It helps.
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  Speaker 2: It helps. personally i mean i just went to vegas
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  Speaker 2: the other week holy fuck i gave that a red
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  Speaker 2: hot crack let me tell you it was and the
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  Speaker 2: problem was the problem was is that i thought i
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  Speaker 2: was just doing normal but because i don't do it
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  Speaker 2: as often as i wasn't match fit tiny In fact,
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  Speaker 2: I just caught.
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  Speaker 1: You, blindsided you.
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  Speaker 2: It absolutely did. I was drinking like I was 20,
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  Speaker 2: not realizing that's not how old I am anymore.
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  Speaker 1: That's not it. That's not it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I guess we're veterans in the game. But I
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  Speaker 3: think the difference with now is that, you know, we're
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  Speaker 3: quite fortunate to travel to places like Vegas and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: be able to.
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  Speaker 1: Experience what we experienced.
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  Speaker 3: And so just pace yourself a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: It's not running away, as you've learned. It's not going anywhere. Totally.
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  Speaker 1: Vegas will be here next year and the year after that,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 3: So I tend to now take it easy, but I'm
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  Speaker 3: just a firm believer of balance of everything. You can
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  Speaker 3: be very fit and health conscious and, you know, let
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  Speaker 3: loose and have a crazy night out every once in
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  Speaker 3: a while.
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  Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with that.
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  Speaker 2: I like that. You're going to have a crazy night
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  Speaker 2: out here in Australia too. You're coming down under.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm. You are. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Literally two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I will be there probably. Yeah, two weeks, man.
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  Speaker 3: It literally feels like it's going to take me about
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  Speaker 3: two weeks to get there on the flight.
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  Speaker 1: So I should technically be on the plane now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I can't wait, man. I'm super excited.
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  Speaker 3: We were there in November for the Friday's Live with
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  Speaker 3: Wiz Khalifa, Mariah Carey, Pitbull, Little John.
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  Speaker 1: And it was great. It was incredible.
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  Speaker 3: So Australia is like my second home now, literally. I
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  Speaker 3: can't wait to come back.
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  Speaker 2: I love that. How was Mariah? I heard some wild
• 8:11
  Speaker 2: stories about her. People who've been in her, she works
• 8:14
  Speaker 2: on Mariah time. Have you heard of that? She doesn't
• 8:17
  Speaker 2: have a clock. She doesn't have a clock around her
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  Speaker 2: because a clock ages her. So she's removed all the
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  Speaker 2: clocks from her life.
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  Speaker 1: She doesn't get old. Well, maybe we should all try that.
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  Speaker 1: I totally agree.
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  Speaker 2: I totally agree.
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  Speaker 1: This is the first I've heard of it.
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  Speaker 3: But to be honest, I was so like focused on,
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  Speaker 3: I guess, enjoying the experience. And, you know, I flew
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  Speaker 3: out a couple of close friends and my close team. So,
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  Speaker 3: We were just enjoying being in Australia and enjoying watching
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  Speaker 3: all the shows. I saw Mariah Carey's show on a
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  Speaker 3: couple of occasions.
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  Speaker 1: Thought it was really good.
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  Speaker 3: Was really blown away by what Pitbull did as well.
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  Speaker 3: Just the kind of fan phenomena that he has at
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  Speaker 3: the moment.
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  Speaker 1: It was really great. It's kind of inspiring, actually. Absolutely.
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: Hey, Tiny Temper, album out Friday, The Night's Not Dead.
• 9:06
  Speaker 2: It has been a while since I've seen you, so
• 9:08
  Speaker 2: I just want to quickly touch base. I want to
• 9:10
  Speaker 2: find out how tiny is your temper. You ready to go?
• 9:12
  Speaker 1: Let's go, bro.
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  Speaker 2: Have you mellowed, though? Because you're a dad now. You've
• 9:16
  Speaker 2: got to take the high road.
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: I'm a dad now, yeah.
• 9:18
  Speaker 2: You've got to take the high road, you know? Like,
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  Speaker 2: you can't just be popping off like you're 20-something.
• 9:22
  Speaker 3: You can't be popping off, man, definitely. So I feel
• 9:26
  Speaker 3: like I've definitely mellowed out a bit more. And I
• 9:28
  Speaker 3: was always mellow to begin with, you know?
• 9:30
  Speaker 2: Let's find out. Someone cuts you off in traffic. Tiny
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: temper or not?
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  Speaker 3: I think London does something to you, man. I think
• 9:40
  Speaker 3: London does something to you. I think everyone has it.
• 9:43
  Speaker 3: I'm not the only one.
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: I'm going to say I've got a temper. It's not
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  Speaker 1: tiny at that point.
• 9:47
  Speaker 2: No, no, no. You write a long text message and
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: then you only get a thumbs up reaction back. Tiny
• 9:55
  Speaker 2: temper or not?
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: No, I don't mind. I don't mind that. That's fine.
• 10:01
  Speaker 2: You're better than... See, I can't stand passive aggressiveness personally.
• 10:05
  Speaker 2: If I give you all the effort of a long
• 10:07
  Speaker 2: text message, please give me a couple of words in return.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes I think human beings, we can be too transactional.
• 10:16
  Speaker 3: I've done it for you, so I expect this. I
• 10:19
  Speaker 3: think The less you expect from individuals, the more at
• 10:24
  Speaker 3: peace you'll be in your life.
• 10:25
  Speaker 2: Oh, I like that.
• 10:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, man.
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: That's really good.
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: You can't force them. You can't control them. Do you
• 10:31
  Speaker 1: get what I'm saying? I eat you. That's my philosophy anyway.
• 10:35
  Speaker 2: You order your food delivery on Uber Eats or whatever.
• 10:39
  Speaker 2: It arrives late and there's something missing out of the bag.
• 10:42
  Speaker 2: Tiny temper or not.
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm absolutely living.
• 10:46
  Speaker 3: Especially if I've got out from a relatively busy day,
• 10:51
  Speaker 3: it's getting late, I'm hitting the cut-off point of.
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: Ordering the stuff. So now I'm not even going to
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: be able to order it again. That's the absolute worst.
• 11:00
  Speaker 2: I think being hangry, it's a different type of angry, right?
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  Speaker 1: It's a different thing, man.
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  Speaker 2: Because you can't control it. You're aware that you're hangry
• 11:08
  Speaker 2: as you're being hangry, but your body's screaming for food.
• 11:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. It's a horrible feeling, man.
• 11:15
  Speaker 2: Last one. The person in front of you on the
• 11:18
  Speaker 2: plane reclines their seat during a one-hour flight. Tiny temper
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  Speaker 2: or not?
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: Well, I've got a confession to make, guys. I am
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: that person.
• 11:29
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: I am the person that does that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 11:32
  Speaker 3: On the short haul flights around Europe, I can't wait
• 11:36
  Speaker 3: to press that button and just go.
• 11:38
  Speaker 2: Oh, is that so? See, Tani, I'm disappointed. I was
• 11:41
  Speaker 2: hoping your answer was going to be, I don't know
• 11:43
  Speaker 2: what you're talking about. I only fly up the front
• 11:45
  Speaker 2: of the plane. Recline or not recline, I'm never interrupted.
• 11:50
  Speaker 1: Nah, man. I'll take any sort of flight. Easy jet,
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: private jet, whatever. I don't mind, man. Wow.
• 11:55
  Speaker 2: I would die to see you on an easy jet
• 11:57
  Speaker 2: or Ryanair flight. That would be fun. Hey, I can't
• 12:01
  Speaker 2: wait to have you here in Australia. The album is
• 12:02
  Speaker 2: out Friday. You're going to be here October 31 in
• 12:05
  Speaker 2: Melbourne at the Beverly Rooftop. Sir, wonderful to see you.
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: It's honestly so great to see you. It's been such
• 12:11
  Speaker 2: a long time, so it's so great to say hello.
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: It's been ages, sir. Really good to see you, Smallsy.
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: Appreciate you for having me, bro.
• 12:17
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