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INTERVIEW: ESTELLE FLY · 987 The Shock Circuit

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  Speaker 1: But it's not just us two this morning. We've got
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  Speaker 1: a lovely girl in the studio. OK, so in the
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  Speaker 1: studio I love doing this for our guest. Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: you want to hype them up. Yeah. We have somebody
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  Speaker 1: who wears many hats. Here we go, here we go. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she looks good in whatever costume.
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  Speaker 1: I assume that she puts on as a character. She
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  Speaker 1: can do a good voiceover voice for any one that
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  Speaker 1: you throw at her. She can sing, she can dance.
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  Speaker 1: Can she cook? I'm not too sure. Ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 1: that's for sure. Say hello to Esther Fla.
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  Speaker 1: Hello.
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  Speaker 1: Hey man,
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  Speaker 2: any character you throw at me, now I feel the pressure,
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  Speaker 1: man.
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  Speaker 2: No,
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  Speaker 1: but
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  Speaker 1: its.
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  Speaker 2: Really? That's, that's kind of crazy. Not everybody, I
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  Speaker 1: mean, quite well, at least the ones that you featured,
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  Speaker 2: it's not easy.
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  Speaker 1: It's not easy, you know, like to do that.
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  Speaker 1: If there was a Singapore version of Inside Out, I'm
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  Speaker 1: definitely casting you as Joy.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Joy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, shout out, man. Not too sure
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  Speaker 1: about sadness though. I'll be sadness. No, I'll be anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: That's naturally to you.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, we were just saying the last time that you
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  Speaker 1: were here, it's been a few months already. Aside from
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  Speaker 1: your hair, what has changed since
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  Speaker 1: then?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, actually, yeah, aside from my hair,
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  Speaker 1: your hair, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: um, I mean, of course, new music. I got a
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  Speaker 2: new music video as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's like cute.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. I've not done one in like a million
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  Speaker 2: bajillion years as well, so that's great. Um, definitely a
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  Speaker 2: new journey up ahead, new performances too that'll be cooking up,
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  Speaker 2: really excited for that one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, um, but more info on that maybe on my
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  Speaker 2: socials next time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, when you can announce
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  Speaker 1: it. Yes, yes. So I think it was last Friday
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  Speaker 1: you dropped your brand new single Bury It, to which
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  Speaker 1: I took a screenshot of the imagery and I posted it.
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  Speaker 1: What fierce fierce. I mean, look at the makeup and
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  Speaker 1: look for the music video. Can you walk us through
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  Speaker 1: the entire conceptualization of the song Bury it?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the song first, then the music video.
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  Speaker 2: The song first. OK, so for me, I've always been
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  Speaker 2: very intrigued by the feeling of yearning for someone or
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  Speaker 2: desiring for someone but not being able to have it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a bit like a forbidden fruit kind of thing, right?
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  Speaker 2: And it's always moments like that where you kind of
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  Speaker 2: remember for life, especially if it's like the what could
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  Speaker 2: have been, right? And I wanted to explore the emotion
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  Speaker 2: a lot more. So when I was working with the producer,
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  Speaker 2: I told him that I want to have a sound
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  Speaker 2: that sonically kind of encapsulates that feeling as well.
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, um, I wrote, I guess how I would
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  Speaker 2: feel when it comes to moments like that because I
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  Speaker 2: don't experience that a lot in my life. You don't I,
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say that the feeling of what
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  Speaker 1: could have been must have hit us at least once
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  Speaker 1: in our lives. I know about that. Yeah, no, exactly.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know friends who share that sometimes it's
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  Speaker 1: it's not even a thing where like, um, you, you
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  Speaker 1: could be in a relationship and then a person enters.
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  Speaker 1: Your life that makes an impact on you and then
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  Speaker 1: you have that, oh, what could have been? it could
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  Speaker 1: be a fleeting feeling.
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  Speaker 1: Yes,
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  Speaker 2: and it feels so real, but two people like, but
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  Speaker 2: the both of them never admit to it,
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  Speaker 1: or it could maybe never happen. Like that movie Past Lives.
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  Speaker 1: Do you remember Past Lives, Greta?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you
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  Speaker 1: should watch it. I think I made the biggest mistake
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  Speaker 1: watching that movie.
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  Speaker 1: I cried like mad. That is whatever you describe is
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  Speaker 1: basically the theme of the whole movie. Yeah, you should
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  Speaker 1: watch it.
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  Speaker 2: That's cool. That's cool. OK, OK.
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  Speaker 1: Was there
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  Speaker 1: like boots that will be coming very soon as well,
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  Speaker 1: others aside from
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  Speaker 1: Bury?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I wouldn't say it's a boot camp, but I
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  Speaker 2: definitely had the opportunity to write with other people overseas,
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  Speaker 2: which is really exciting. A lot of singers, songwriters that
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  Speaker 2: I admire.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's been great. Uh, I can't share more
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  Speaker 2: as specifically as to how many songs are coming out,
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  Speaker 2: but there are definitely songs about the future,
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  Speaker 1: let's go a bit more introspective. OK. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: been a good 8 years since Estel's first single. I
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  Speaker 1: think she doesn't even know how many years she's counting.
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  Speaker 1: It was 2018 that you had your first single on 987. Really?
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  Speaker 2: What song was that?
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  Speaker 1: OK.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's 2019.
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  Speaker 1: 2019.
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  Speaker 1: I was going to say Joakim never gets his years
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  Speaker 1: and dates wrong. Like he has this weird talent where
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  Speaker 1: he can just tell you, like if I tell him
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  Speaker 1: a particular thing, he can pull out the year and
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  Speaker 1: the month for you. The title was like this, right? 2019, 2018, same, same,
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  Speaker 1: not that far apart. OK, OK, makes you feel better.
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  Speaker 1: So 8 to 7 to 8 years later, how does
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  Speaker 1: Esther evolved from that very first version that dropped Love
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  Speaker 1: Like This on 987?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I mean in terms of writing, I can tell
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  Speaker 2: it's changed a little bit like I now I know
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  Speaker 2: like if certain things don't resonate with me in the first.
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  Speaker 2: 1015 minutes, I learned that it's not something I want
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  Speaker 2: to force because if it doesn't resonate with me already,
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  Speaker 2: I don't expect people to listen to my song to
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  Speaker 2: resonate with it as well, you know, it's one of
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  Speaker 2: those things. So writing process wise, I've learned what works
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  Speaker 2: for me and what doesn't work, but I think vocally
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  Speaker 2: also I feel like I'm slowly starting to find a
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  Speaker 2: sound that I like and I enjoy that I can
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  Speaker 2: identify as my own. So,
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like with Love like this, I had
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  Speaker 2: a lot of people guiding me and then right now
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  Speaker 2: it feels very much more independent, independent and me being
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  Speaker 2: a bit more sure in the creative decisions that I make. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that comes with a phase of life and
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  Speaker 1: maturity and everything, right? But what, what made you choose
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  Speaker 1: this song as like, OK, this is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the leading track in this new almost like new phase
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  Speaker 1: or new chapter of your life because I'm sure that
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of consideration.
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  Speaker 1: you know, when you decide which single to put out
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  Speaker 1: first since you have other things cooking right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I mean, for Bury it, I think first of all,
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  Speaker 2: it felt like, OK, before in my EP I had
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  Speaker 2: a song called Messy, and then it was like an
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  Speaker 2: EP where I was like trying different genres and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that. But then after everything came out, I just
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  Speaker 2: could tell like, hey, you know, moving forward, I might
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  Speaker 2: want to pursue a sound that's a lot more like
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  Speaker 2: this because it's something I really enjoy, something that everyone
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  Speaker 2: enjoys as well. So now when I'm coming out.
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  Speaker 2: As my, as an indie artist and everything right in 2026,
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  Speaker 2: I was like, hm I think I'm gonna go for
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  Speaker 2: this song instead for Bury it and also with the
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  Speaker 2: music video, it feels like, you know, I'm moving into
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  Speaker 2: a new era of my own.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I thought Bury it in terms of the
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  Speaker 2: music video encapsulated it very well in terms of starting
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  Speaker 2: anew for me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, OK. Well, you know, um, for our listeners who
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  Speaker 1: may not have heard it just yet, we have it
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  Speaker 1: on cue in just a while. We'll take a short break,
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  Speaker 1: we'll have some conversations off-air but on TikTok Live. We're
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  Speaker 1: still live on air and on TikTok Live with Estelle Fly.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so I want to actually throw you back to
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  Speaker 1: a post that she did on the 10th of July.
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  Speaker 1: Turns out trusting herself is really a beautiful feeling. I'm
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  Speaker 1: so excited for you guys to see my new journey
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  Speaker 1: as an artist, and she has a brand new song
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  Speaker 1: called Bury It. Yeah, we're gonna play in a while. Yes. Alright, Esther,
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  Speaker 1: walk us through everything we should know about Bury It.
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  Speaker 1: What is it about? And also, is it in relation
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  Speaker 1: to anyone? No bury it like bury bury the past
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  Speaker 1: version of yourself, a little bit. I wanna go like
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  Speaker 1: in depth, in depth. Like when do you think to yourself, OK,
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  Speaker 1: this is the song I'm gonna release as my very
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  Speaker 1: first single of a new journey. Who are your test audience,
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  Speaker 1: your test bed?
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  Speaker 2: Well, um, in terms of, OK, I mean, obviously my
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  Speaker 2: team was my first test audience because I needed to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that everybody, um, felt the same way that
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  Speaker 2: I feel. It wasn't just me, um, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: Right, so like this new generation, uh era that I'm
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  Speaker 2: going into, I want to delve a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: into the idea of desire and not being afraid to
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  Speaker 2: desire for things or be desired by someone or something, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So when I went into this era, I wanted to
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  Speaker 2: have that freedom to just explore every side of it,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's good, bad, so when it came to bury it,
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  Speaker 2: obviously it was like the most obvious thing, yeah, which
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  Speaker 2: is like that feeling and then when it came to
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  Speaker 2: making the music video, I, I actually took the chance
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  Speaker 2: to work with people I've always wanted to work with
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  Speaker 2: in terms of production.
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  Speaker 2: And actually if you watch the music video, there are
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  Speaker 2: also artists inside like Jean Seizure was cameo inside yeah
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  Speaker 2: yeah yeah yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So you guys have this great friendship for so long
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it was like the opportunity for me to
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  Speaker 2: finally work together with everybody I've always wanted to work
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  Speaker 2: with and I'm respected in the industry as well. So
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  Speaker 2: in that sense, it was like a huge opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: do whatever I wanted with the freedom that I had.
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  Speaker 2: And I think with that kind of freedom, um, it
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  Speaker 2: gives you the chance to express and to bring a
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  Speaker 2: certain part of yourself that you don't usually do when you're,
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  Speaker 2: you know, when there are structures put into place. So
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  Speaker 2: the thing about, I actually had an idea for it
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  Speaker 2: visually
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  Speaker 2: Because of the producer that I worked with, it was
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  Speaker 2: like very much of a collaboration as well. She actually
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  Speaker 2: counter proposed to me this concept and then I was like, Yo,
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  Speaker 2: this is actually really clever. Like for me, I thought like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: the idea of having two co-stars, they're always put together
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  Speaker 2: in love movies as a couple, but in real life,
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  Speaker 2: they're just friends. And then because of this notion where
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  Speaker 2: people always assume that there's chemistry between them.
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  Speaker 2: They slowly start to believe what people put onto them.
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  Speaker 2: Like they, they think like, hey, maybe there is something
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  Speaker 2: between us that we're not entirely exploring exploring or admitting to.
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  Speaker 2: So like we kind of, I can't, I can't, you
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  Speaker 2: guys need to go watch the music video. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want yeah yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so they pitched that idea and I, I really
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  Speaker 2: loved it. I was like, you know what, there's a
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  Speaker 2: reason why I respected you guys in the industry in
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  Speaker 2: the first place. So, let's just do this. I think
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  Speaker 2: I love it. Let's let's make it work.
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  Speaker 1: OK, so aside from what you've already told us about
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  Speaker 1: the music video, just a fun question for you here.
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  Speaker 1: Is there an era or a look that you've explored
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  Speaker 1: and done before? I mean, I regret a lot of
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  Speaker 1: looks that I've explored in the past. What? Really? You know,
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  Speaker 1: like hair, makeup choices, dressing. Is there a particular phase
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  Speaker 1: of life where you dressed or styled yourself in a
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  Speaker 1: way that you want to bury like forever? Because I
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  Speaker 1: look back like when we did the 2016 trend and
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  Speaker 1: I look back at all my 2016 photos, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: I did not. Why did I not question myself? I
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  Speaker 1: walk out of the house like this. Why? Back then
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  Speaker 1: you thought it was cool. Yeah, but the eve, you go,
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  Speaker 1: but it was not, not, not all the looks. I
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  Speaker 1: look back, I'm like, OK, I want to bury it. No,
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  Speaker 1: not all, not all. Some I was like, oh man,
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  Speaker 1: this one has to go.
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  Speaker 1: Do you, are you able to identify
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  Speaker 2: off
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  Speaker 2: the top of my head, which do I pick? There's
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  Speaker 2: so many. OK, no, no, no, but I will say
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  Speaker 2: there's one thing that always sticks out that annoys me
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  Speaker 2: so much is the fact there was this point where
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  Speaker 2: everybody drew their eyebrows really extra thick and defined. It
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  Speaker 2: was like a, I think it was like a Kim
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  Speaker 2: K thing. That was a thing, but this was about 2015, 2016. Yeah, same.
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  Speaker 2: So looking back when I have photos that just resurfaced,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just like, oh my goodness.
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  Speaker 2: All you see your brows. Yeah, and I cannot remove them.
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  Speaker 2: They're just gonna be online forever because it's photos taken
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  Speaker 2: with other people. Yeah, and I was just like, man,
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  Speaker 2: it feels like a seagull, you know, when you draw
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  Speaker 2: seagulls angry birds, angry birds, yeah, on your face, your face.
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  Speaker 2: Something I can like everything else can be awesome like
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  Speaker 2: your eye makeup is great, but the eyebrows,
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  Speaker 1: oh my God, that's all you
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  Speaker 1: see. So I think it's safe to say we all
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  Speaker 1: want to bury that era. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, he's born with like luscious brows.
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  Speaker 1: You already have the angry. Kylie Kylie Goh. Yes, OK,
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  Speaker 1: actually it's Kim K. Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: Kylie.
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  Speaker 1: gang. OK, before we hit play on it and um
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  Speaker 1: thank you for being here with us. Anything that you
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  Speaker 1: can share with us, maybe any
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  Speaker 1: Performances. If you can't, it's OK.
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  Speaker 2: I do have one coming up. Oh, I actually got
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  Speaker 2: the gold sign to promote this yesterday. Let's do it.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm performing at an indoor stadium for S24 on
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  Speaker 2: the 29th of August. I'll be performing another new song
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  Speaker 2: as well. It's like a special remix. It's gonna be tons.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be working with dancers that I respect
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  Speaker 2: a lot.
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  Speaker 1: The competition, right, a competition, I hosted those before. So cool.
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  Speaker 1: Are you gonna customize your performance to the rules of
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  Speaker 1: S24 and keep everyone in that square, or is it
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  Speaker 1: for you?
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  Speaker 2: They, they did give me the free stage. I think
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  Speaker 2: it would be a bit mean for me to tell
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  Speaker 2: the dancers like to keep to the line. The reason
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  Speaker 2: why they, they said yes is because they can just
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  Speaker 2: go forego the rules, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, we're probably gonna just like have fun on stage,
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  Speaker 2: but it's gonna be, it's one I'm looking forward to it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that'll be really dynamic. Yeah, super, something I've never done
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  Speaker 2: before and I am super proud of it. I really
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  Speaker 2: flex to this extent, but if you are, you guys
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  Speaker 2: are free, please come down and
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  Speaker 1: watch. 100%. You know what, girl, we're so happy, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you've got this light from within you. You're like excited.
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  Speaker 1: You've got a lot of joy. Um, anytime, please hit
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  Speaker 1: us up, whatever you need
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  Speaker 2: right here. OK, OK.