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Kailynn West (Tiny Stills): Bon Jovi, Dance Moms & The Michael Cera Incident
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We had a hilarious chat with Kailynn West - LA based singer/songwriter and founding member of Tiny Stills. Kailynn joined us to chat about the new Tiny Stills album Falling is Like Flying, composing the opening theme for a Bon Jovi tour, and an awkward incident involving Arrested Development actor Michael Cera.
Highlights:
- Kailynn is shorter than Ross (and Marcio).
- Contrary to popular opinion, Kailynn is NOT made completely of ants, and her music teacher once made her cry.
- As a child, Kailynn was OBSESSED with "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough"
- Marcio and Kailynn bond over music production.
- Marcio (almost) masters the art of the segue…
- Kailynn tells us about the time she wrote and performed the opening sequence for a Bon Jovi tour… and the chaos that surrounded it.
- Patrick from Guitar Center is SUPER perky… and Kailynn does a killer impression of him. Multiple times.
- Kailynn talks about how her music was featured on Dance Moms and how awful the show is.
- Ross describes watching Days of our Lives as one of the best hours of his life
- …and how the host of Paranormal Home Investigators favourited his tweet, seemingly missing that his comments were completely sarcastic
- Kailynn talks about the new Tiny Stills album, Falling Is Like Flying (btw, it is AWESOME)
- Marcio and Kailynn talk about the pros and cons of releasing music under a moniker rather than your own name
- “The Michael Cera Incident”
- Something very controversial happens during 20 questions which breaks someone’s heart
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