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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hey guys, how's it going?
How's everything, man?
Good.
Good?
Calm.
That's great, man.
Yeah, yeah.
That's great.
The other day I asked you about the cover songsrecommendation.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And it finally became the product, like a...
Album?
Yeah, album.
Okay.
And we decided the songs.
Oh, yeah.
Nice.
Yes.
Nice.
So, well, after all, we decided to put some songsthat I, like, listened when I was like a kid.
Or like, like the songs that I'm heavily, like,influenced by.
Yeah.
Some like musicians and so like bands and likethat.
So I couldn't put some Justin Bieber.
Oh, yeah.
No problem.
The Harry Styles.
Oh, yeah.
No problem.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I put like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, youknow, one of those classic guys, you know.
Okay.
And yeah, so...
Bruno Mars?
No Bruno Mars.
Oh, no Bruno Mars.
Okay.
Yeah, intentionally.
Oh, okay.
We didn't put Bruno Mars in it because it's too...
I love Bruno Mars.
So I...
I see.
So somehow I just decided not to.
Oh, okay.
Because Bruno Mars himself is like very influencedby Michael and Stevie Wonder.
Okay.
I see.
I see.
I see.
So, yeah.
Congratulations.
Oh, yeah.
Well, thank you for the recommendation.
Oh, yeah.
No problem.
I listened to the songs in any...
listened to the songs, even if it's not in thelist.
Yeah, no problem, man.
Some of them are like very...
I didn't know...
I didn't...
I haven't listened to the...
I didn't know the artists, but songs were great.
Yeah, right.
I forgot the name, but...
Deloreans?
Yeah, Deloreans are good.
Yeah, they're good.
Especially for like days like this, to me, like Ifeel like...
Rainy days?
Yeah, like smooth, like a chillness.
Right.
Yeah.
I love that.
Their atmospheres are great.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I loved...
Sara Khan?
Oh, yeah.
Sara Khan.
Yeah.
It's great.
I've heard the name, but I didn't like listencarefully.
But, yeah, it was a good timing for me, a goodchance.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
I love Sara Khan the most.
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Yeah, she's great.
So, yeah.
Yeah, congratulations.
Yeah.
How many songs did you cover?
Five.
OK.
Five songs.
OK, OK.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Some of the songs from the movies, you know, andlike La La Land.
Oh, OK.
La La Land?
Oh, like, uh, City of Stars, no?
It's not the famous one, I guess.
OK.
But I'm sure I know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you should know.
You should know the song.
It's, you know, there was John Legend coming in.
Yeah.
And he performs the stage with Seb.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And that song.
That song.
Yeah.
Like a very electric, funky soul song.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right, right, right.
And I kind of liked that song very much.
Yeah, we decided to put it into like a very caustic mood.
OK.
And like a very authentic soul version.
Oh, nice.
Twist, twist, twist kind of.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Yeah.
Nice, nice.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I was on the Internet the other day.
I randomly came across Bruno Mars singing.
I know.
I just might.
Yeah.
On Grammys.
Uh-huh.
Did you see it?
Yeah, I guess.
Yeah.
And he's great.
Yeah.
He's great.
He's great, yes.
I mean, his performances are spectacular.
I mean, I knew Bruno Mars.
I mean, I loved his performances.
But like, I mean, it's been 10 years or so, right?
Ever since his peak.
He's still got it, man.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He's great.
He's still the peak.
I mean, his vocals are great.
His performances are stable.
The high notes.
Yeah.
But God, I don't know how much autotune is there.
But man, that was great.
One thing still I don't understand about him islike,
the distance of the microphone.
Oh, that's true.
It's like he sings like this.
That's true.
And it's like, usually you have to serve me.
I have to do this.
Yeah.
To put all my voices into the microphone.
With the band, especially.
But if you do like this, it's like your voice goesthat way.
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And the microphone doesn't catch anything if I dothat.
Right.
How does he do it?
Yeah.
That's a mystery to me.
He's got to be voicing in all directions for thatto happen, right?
Like that way.
Right.
Oh, true.
Maybe he's like, his vocal is like too...
Like a hibiku, like vibrating and just...
To any direction, maybe?
But like the thing is, he sings like themicrophone really off his, you know,
really off, right?
Yeah.
But also sings...
Yeah.
Right in front of the mic as well.
Yeah.
And it sounds the same.
True.
The level doesn't change.
Right.
I mean, I guess that's post-production adjusting.
Or his vocal level.
His vocal level.
He knows his vocal level so much.
Yeah.
That he can calculate.
Maybe.
What it'll ultimately...
I mean, if he's really doing that, I mean, that'sunbelievable.
He's crazy.
Also, one thing, the band as well, though.
Yeah.
The band, though.
Yeah.
They're really good too.
They're really good, yes.
I mean, they're extremely stable.
Yeah.
They're dancing.
Yeah, they're dancing.
Yes.
I mean, and like, they're very...
They're synchronized.
Yeah.
Their dances are extremely synchronized.
I love K-pop.
I watch a lot of, like, synchronized, like,choreography.
Damn, they're really synchronized.
They really are.
That's great as well.
I don't know about techniques of the instruments,but they're very stable.
Yeah, that's everything.
That's everything.
My God.
Yeah.
They're like Bruno Mars.
I understand it.
Right?
They're like another Bruno Mars.
They're like five Bruno Mars on set every time.
I get it.
They're so stable.
Yeah.
They play instruments.
They do, like, chorus.
Yeah.
They dance.
Right.
That's Bruno Mars.
That's Bruno Mars right there.
That's crazy.
It's crazy.
Yeah.
Are they changing?
I know this one guy that's wearing, like, squareglasses.
Yeah.
I know that guy.
Philip Lawrence.
Philip?
Okay, that name?
Yeah.
I think he's always there.
Yes.
But what about the other members?
Basically, they don't change.
Okay.
One of them are, like, his brother drummer.
Oh, really?
Brother.
But some guitar players, they change, I guess,every tour, maybe.
But, like, horns, drums, bassist, it's the sameteam, I guess.
Okay.
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That's great.
What about Philip?
You were trying to say something about Philip?
Oh, he's like a...
He makes songs with Bruno.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
He's like a buddy, I guess.
Okay, okay.
He's always there.
Okay.
He is always there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I noticed.
Yeah.
My God.
Yeah.
Yeah, he's good.
I mean, he's really good.
God.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, man.
I mean, is he gonna do more music anytime soon?
You mean albums?
Yeah.
I don't know.
It's like he's not doing it as often, right?
He just put out some Lady Gaga with Rosé, and thenI just might...
It was like a little on-spot, spontaneous, severalinconsistent releases, right?
True.
Wonder if we'll get more of those.
Yeah.
He released the album.
And he's not someone like put many songs aspossible kind of type of musician.
Oh, okay.
I guess he has only three, four, like four albums,which is very small number compared to his career.
It's been more than 10 years in the top stage.
Yeah.
And so, yeah.
But I guess he needs to do some tours.
Okay.
One album.
A tour.
Three years of tour.
Ah, okay.
And then one album.
Another tour.
I guess.
I see.
I see.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He's on tour now.
He's on tour now, okay.
Yeah.
And I hope he's gonna come to Japan.
But it's not announced yet, at least.
He's gonna make money, right?
Because he doesn't have any money.
He lost it all in gambling.
Yeah.
That's what I heard.
He said on the stage.
He said, I, I paid every my debt.
He paid all his debt.
Oh, that's great.
That's great.
You don't have to worry about it.
That's great.
Thank God.
It's great.
So he had them.
So he had them.
He paid it off.
Now he's debt free.
That's great.
That's great.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.