1 00:00:11,586 --> 00:00:14,589 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:21,721 --> 00:00:23,765 ‐ Are we‐‐are y‐‐ is everyone seeing me? 3 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:27,227 Nice. 4 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:28,979 Oh, my God. 5 00:00:28,979 --> 00:00:30,522 This is a lot. 6 00:00:32,774 --> 00:00:34,901 Let me think. 7 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:37,904 [smooth guitar music playing] 8 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:40,073 ♪ ♪ 9 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:41,199 Let me see. 10 00:00:41,199 --> 00:00:44,411 ♪ If, if that ♪ 11 00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:48,248 ♪ One more won't kill you, baby ♪ 12 00:00:48,248 --> 00:00:53,044 ♪ And what you don't know won't break her down today ♪ 13 00:00:53,044 --> 00:00:55,088 INTERVIEWER: It's been quite a roller‐coaster ride. 14 00:00:55,088 --> 00:00:57,299 Have you had a chance to take in everything 15 00:00:57,299 --> 00:00:58,842 and kind of come to terms with the fact 16 00:00:58,842 --> 00:01:00,343 that you're, like, a signed artist now? 17 00:01:00,343 --> 00:01:01,720 ‐ ♪ Skin, like ♪ 18 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,513 Yeah, every day, we're getting more used to it. 19 00:01:03,513 --> 00:01:07,017 ♪ You know better than most ♪ 20 00:01:07,017 --> 00:01:09,185 It's harder to make an album than I thought. 21 00:01:09,185 --> 00:01:10,770 [laughter] Like... 22 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:13,648 [laughs] It's almost like you shed skins 23 00:01:13,648 --> 00:01:15,901 when you make one body of music 24 00:01:15,901 --> 00:01:17,694 and then you move on to another one. 25 00:01:17,694 --> 00:01:20,989 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:20,989 --> 00:01:22,240 And I guess I'm just not comfortable 27 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,575 in the skin that I'm in yet. 28 00:01:23,575 --> 00:01:25,577 INTERVIEWER: Ah. 29 00:01:25,577 --> 00:01:30,373 ♪ I don't have a word [indistinct] ♪ 30 00:01:30,373 --> 00:01:33,293 ♪ Mm‐mm ♪ 31 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:36,588 I really don't have the rest of the words to this song, 32 00:01:36,588 --> 00:01:38,256 but I'm‐‐I'm working on it, so... 33 00:01:38,256 --> 00:01:40,967 ♪ ♪ 34 00:01:40,967 --> 00:01:41,968 Wait. [laughs] 35 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:44,971 [upbeat guitar music playing] 36 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:46,473 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:50,727 [dramatic music] 38 00:01:50,727 --> 00:01:51,728 [ding] 39 00:01:51,728 --> 00:01:53,229 [soft guitar music] 40 00:01:53,229 --> 00:01:54,689 JOE: This all started when I got a text 41 00:01:54,689 --> 00:01:56,066 from a music industry source, 42 00:01:56,066 --> 00:01:58,276 someone I share artists and songs with. 43 00:01:58,276 --> 00:02:00,654 And he was like, "Are you up on Dominic Fike yet?" 44 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:01,988 And I'm like, "I'm definitely not. 45 00:02:01,988 --> 00:02:04,532 I have no idea who that is." 46 00:02:04,532 --> 00:02:06,826 He said, "He's currently the most interesting case 47 00:02:06,826 --> 00:02:10,163 in the music biz, and yet no one really knows his music." 48 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:13,249 Dominic Fike had no songs out, no album, 49 00:02:13,249 --> 00:02:15,669 pretty much no online presence at all. 50 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:16,878 He was 22. 51 00:02:16,878 --> 00:02:18,672 He had recently gotten out of jail, 52 00:02:18,672 --> 00:02:22,092 and he'd just signed a reported $4 million deal 53 00:02:22,092 --> 00:02:24,427 with Columbia Records. 54 00:02:24,427 --> 00:02:26,763 And that's a big bet to make 55 00:02:26,763 --> 00:02:29,849 on somebody nobody's ever heard of. 56 00:02:29,849 --> 00:02:32,018 DOMINIC: ♪ If ♪ 57 00:02:32,018 --> 00:02:34,354 JOE: So I went to see Dominic Fike live. 58 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:38,566 ‐ ♪ I won't wait for you ♪ 59 00:02:38,566 --> 00:02:41,987 ♪ Well, if all you want is my money ♪ 60 00:02:41,987 --> 00:02:43,238 ♪ Gotta get away ♪ 61 00:02:43,238 --> 00:02:45,657 JOE: He was this lanky, nervous kid 62 00:02:45,657 --> 00:02:48,076 who was sort of endearing, but also, I was like, 63 00:02:48,076 --> 00:02:49,953 "Wow, he has a long way to go 64 00:02:49,953 --> 00:02:52,205 to prove that he can live up to this record deal." 65 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:55,583 ‐ ♪ Sit back and ride a wave ♪ 66 00:02:55,583 --> 00:02:57,252 [cheers and applause] 67 00:02:57,252 --> 00:02:59,713 Oh, my God. 68 00:02:59,713 --> 00:03:01,673 Thank God that went well, right? 69 00:03:01,673 --> 00:03:03,258 Jesus Christ. 70 00:03:03,258 --> 00:03:06,094 You know I was in that room for, like, three hours? 71 00:03:06,094 --> 00:03:08,430 Like, three hours, just looking at you guys pack in 72 00:03:08,430 --> 00:03:11,433 and filling this room, just like, "Hoo!" 73 00:03:11,433 --> 00:03:12,434 [Dominic Fike's 10x Stronger] 74 00:03:12,434 --> 00:03:13,893 ♪ Da‐da‐da‐da‐da ♪ 75 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:16,187 ♪ Da‐da‐da‐da‐da ♪ 76 00:03:16,187 --> 00:03:18,606 ♪ Da‐da‐da‐da‐da ♪ 77 00:03:18,606 --> 00:03:21,026 ♪ Da‐da‐da‐da‐hey ♪ 78 00:03:21,026 --> 00:03:22,402 ♪ I pretend ♪ 79 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:23,695 I'm just making a record. 80 00:03:23,695 --> 00:03:25,905 ♪ I'm 10 times stronger ♪ 81 00:03:25,905 --> 00:03:29,200 I'm trying to be completely honest with it. 82 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,036 Sometimes I'm down here, I'm just like, "Ugh. 83 00:03:32,036 --> 00:03:33,788 "My voice is a little shaky. 84 00:03:33,788 --> 00:03:35,206 Something's weir‐‐ I've been having‐‐ 85 00:03:35,206 --> 00:03:37,542 emotionally I've been in a crazy place, so‐‐ 86 00:03:37,542 --> 00:03:39,085 JOE: Because you feel like people 87 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:40,086 expect things of you now? 88 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:41,838 ‐ For sure, but‐‐yeah. 89 00:03:41,838 --> 00:03:44,549 Yeah, I was gonna be like, "But," but yeah, totally. 90 00:03:44,549 --> 00:03:45,550 What do you think about this? 91 00:03:45,550 --> 00:03:46,551 ♪ Da‐da‐da‐da‐da ♪ 92 00:03:46,551 --> 00:03:48,344 ♪ I'll be there in person ♪ 93 00:03:48,344 --> 00:03:52,807 ♪ For worse when you need it most ♪ 94 00:03:52,807 --> 00:03:55,268 ♪ Most ♪ 95 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:56,478 Then... 96 00:03:56,478 --> 00:03:58,646 ♪ Smell like coffee col‐cologne, my ♪ 97 00:03:58,646 --> 00:04:00,857 [vocalizing] 98 00:04:00,857 --> 00:04:02,108 Something like... JOE: Yeah. 99 00:04:02,108 --> 00:04:03,485 I'ma track that. ♪ Da‐da‐da‐da‐da ♪ 100 00:04:03,485 --> 00:04:05,820 ♪ I'll be there in person ♪ 101 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:08,823 ♪ For worse when you need it most ♪ 102 00:04:08,823 --> 00:04:09,908 Almost. 103 00:04:09,908 --> 00:04:11,743 ♪ I'll be there in person ♪ 104 00:04:11,743 --> 00:04:15,163 ♪ For worse when you need it most ♪ 105 00:04:15,163 --> 00:04:16,164 Bad. 106 00:04:16,164 --> 00:04:17,207 ♪ I'll be there ♪ 107 00:04:17,207 --> 00:04:18,541 Nope. 108 00:04:18,541 --> 00:04:20,418 ♪ I'll be there in person ♪ 109 00:04:20,418 --> 00:04:23,546 ♪ For worse when you need it most ♪ 110 00:04:23,546 --> 00:04:25,006 Yes! 111 00:04:25,006 --> 00:04:26,257 ♪ ♪ 112 00:04:26,257 --> 00:04:27,467 JOE: What do you think 113 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:29,511 is the perception of you at the moment? 114 00:04:29,511 --> 00:04:30,970 DOMINIC: I'm a industry plant. 115 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:33,848 The $4 million record deal. 116 00:04:33,848 --> 00:04:35,016 It's always the deal and the money 117 00:04:35,016 --> 00:04:36,601 before it's the music. 118 00:04:36,601 --> 00:04:38,061 ♪ ♪ 119 00:04:38,061 --> 00:04:39,938 I'm as real as it gets, yo. 120 00:04:39,938 --> 00:04:43,233 I've made my shit from when I was a little‐ass kid. 121 00:04:43,233 --> 00:04:45,151 [shimmering tone] 122 00:04:45,151 --> 00:04:47,112 I'm originally from Florida. 123 00:04:47,112 --> 00:04:48,196 Naples, Florida. 124 00:04:48,196 --> 00:04:50,532 Best beach in the world, probably. 125 00:04:50,532 --> 00:04:52,492 We got warm‐ass water here. 126 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:53,660 It's really nice. 127 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:54,994 Overall, I guess there was good people‐‐ 128 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:56,204 a little racist, 129 00:04:56,204 --> 00:04:59,791 definitely a little bit racist. 130 00:04:59,791 --> 00:05:01,251 You know, sorry. 131 00:05:01,251 --> 00:05:02,710 [bright music] 132 00:05:02,710 --> 00:05:05,004 My family was kind of, like, super low‐income, 133 00:05:05,004 --> 00:05:07,757 if any income at all, so, like, 134 00:05:07,757 --> 00:05:11,845 where we stood on the spectrum was pretty shitty. 135 00:05:11,845 --> 00:05:13,179 ♪ ♪ 136 00:05:13,179 --> 00:05:14,472 I had to move around a lot. 137 00:05:14,472 --> 00:05:15,974 I had to move high schools a lot. 138 00:05:15,974 --> 00:05:18,393 I went here for a year. 139 00:05:18,393 --> 00:05:20,895 It was all right. 140 00:05:20,895 --> 00:05:22,021 ‐ This is where we met. 141 00:05:22,021 --> 00:05:23,273 ‐ Oh, yeah, this is where we met. 142 00:05:23,273 --> 00:05:25,150 ‐ Science class. 143 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:27,527 He loved the guitar, and he had had one, 144 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:30,113 but he had to sell it at one point literally to get food. 145 00:05:30,113 --> 00:05:31,614 ♪ ♪ 146 00:05:31,614 --> 00:05:34,033 DOMINIC: Things are a lot easier for me now, like. 147 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:35,660 'Cause there was a point, man, when I was‐‐ 148 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:36,953 I was, like, homeless. 149 00:05:36,953 --> 00:05:38,329 ♪ ♪ 150 00:05:38,329 --> 00:05:39,581 My parents went to jail, and me and my brother 151 00:05:39,581 --> 00:05:41,499 were just, like, kind of on our ass. 152 00:05:41,499 --> 00:05:44,502 I stayed in that one. 153 00:05:44,502 --> 00:05:47,922 No, it was one of these, one‐‐ 154 00:05:47,922 --> 00:05:49,841 but I was making music always, and I was always like, 155 00:05:49,841 --> 00:05:52,093 "I'm making a project." [laughs] 156 00:05:52,093 --> 00:05:54,012 I was making projects, though. I was dropping them too. 157 00:05:54,012 --> 00:05:56,014 ♪ I just got back in the city ♪ 158 00:05:56,014 --> 00:05:58,558 ♪ My bad if you thought it was date night ♪ 159 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:00,685 That was my plan, just to make shit so good 160 00:06:00,685 --> 00:06:02,812 that it had to blow up. 161 00:06:02,812 --> 00:06:05,982 JOE: Then one day in the summer of 2016, 162 00:06:05,982 --> 00:06:08,067 Dom's little brother got in a fight. 163 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:11,571 DOMINIC: Just some wrong place, wrong time type deal. 164 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,406 JOE: A police officer tried to break it up, 165 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:15,283 and everybody took off running. 166 00:06:15,283 --> 00:06:18,870 During the chase, Dom gave the cop a shove. 167 00:06:18,870 --> 00:06:20,079 ‐ I was just trying to help. 168 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:21,414 ‐ He was trying to protect his brother, 169 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:23,958 and he shoved a cop out of the way. 170 00:06:23,958 --> 00:06:26,294 I mean, I get it. Like, don't touch a cop. 171 00:06:26,294 --> 00:06:29,130 But for what he was doing and the intention behind it, 172 00:06:29,130 --> 00:06:31,841 it's just so crazy how much they put him through. 173 00:06:31,841 --> 00:06:34,052 ‐ They made me a felon at, like, 20‐something. 174 00:06:34,052 --> 00:06:35,762 Like, I would never get a job. 175 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:39,057 Like, they really wanted to see me, like, fucking lose. 176 00:06:39,057 --> 00:06:41,976 JOE: He pleaded guilty to battery of a police officer 177 00:06:41,976 --> 00:06:44,896 and was put on house arrest for six months. 178 00:06:44,896 --> 00:06:46,814 But he didn't have a house to stay in, 179 00:06:46,814 --> 00:06:48,024 so he called a friend. 180 00:06:48,024 --> 00:06:49,025 ‐ The house arrest people were like, 181 00:06:49,025 --> 00:06:50,068 "You gotta pick a place," 182 00:06:50,068 --> 00:06:51,277 and I was like, "Oh, shit." 183 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:52,820 And then I just picked her place. 184 00:06:52,820 --> 00:06:54,656 And I told her, and she was super pissed. 185 00:06:54,656 --> 00:06:56,407 That was my room. 186 00:06:56,407 --> 00:06:58,076 JOE: He could only leave her house to work. 187 00:06:58,076 --> 00:06:59,577 ‐ This is Juicelation. 188 00:06:59,577 --> 00:07:01,037 Whatever, I had a good time. I learned a lot about juice. 189 00:07:01,037 --> 00:07:02,538 I used to work here. 190 00:07:02,538 --> 00:07:04,374 And I fucking love this juice. 191 00:07:04,374 --> 00:07:06,084 And all I had was my computer 192 00:07:06,084 --> 00:07:07,794 and, like, my instruments and time, 193 00:07:07,794 --> 00:07:10,964 so I was like, "Well..." 194 00:07:10,964 --> 00:07:14,008 JOE: He'd write music and show it to the people at his job. 195 00:07:14,008 --> 00:07:15,510 ‐ They were like, "Damn, that's dope. 196 00:07:15,510 --> 00:07:17,595 Clean them dishes." 197 00:07:17,595 --> 00:07:20,306 I just had started using live instruments. 198 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:22,058 Sometimes rap didn't really capture, 199 00:07:22,058 --> 00:07:25,687 like, what I was feeling. 200 00:07:25,687 --> 00:07:30,191 And the judge, like, put me in a room for, like, so long, 201 00:07:30,191 --> 00:07:33,820 so I was like, "Well, 202 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:35,154 make some shit." 203 00:07:36,864 --> 00:07:38,866 JOE: He was making an album on house arrest 204 00:07:38,866 --> 00:07:42,203 when he went to a check‐in with his probation officer. 205 00:07:42,203 --> 00:07:43,496 ‐ He was like, "Piss in this cup." 206 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:45,415 I was like, "Oh, fuck." 207 00:07:45,415 --> 00:07:47,000 JOE: He failed the drug test... 208 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,501 DOMINIC: They roped my ass right there 209 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,044 and took me to jail. 210 00:07:50,044 --> 00:07:53,881 JOE: And would spend the next seven months in jail. 211 00:07:53,881 --> 00:07:57,260 ‐ But within that seven months, my birthday came around. 212 00:07:57,260 --> 00:07:58,553 ‐ Kind of on a spur of the moment, he was like, 213 00:07:58,553 --> 00:08:01,764 "I want to put some music out on my birthday." 214 00:08:01,764 --> 00:08:03,725 JOE: He asked Reed to upload some of the songs 215 00:08:03,725 --> 00:08:05,810 that he'd been working on to SoundCloud. 216 00:08:05,810 --> 00:08:08,604 REED: I thought it was not the best idea. 217 00:08:08,604 --> 00:08:10,481 It wasn't finished at the time. 218 00:08:10,481 --> 00:08:12,233 But he was very intent on putting it out. 219 00:08:12,233 --> 00:08:14,235 He felt like people were forgetting about him, 220 00:08:14,235 --> 00:08:15,737 you know, hence the title. 221 00:08:15,737 --> 00:08:16,946 JOE: Don't Forget About Me... 222 00:08:16,946 --> 00:08:18,239 REED: Yeah, Don't Forget About Me. 223 00:08:18,239 --> 00:08:19,615 JOE: Demos. REED: Yeah, Demos. 224 00:08:19,615 --> 00:08:21,325 JOE: To show that they weren't finished. 225 00:08:21,325 --> 00:08:24,120 REED: Yeah, that was my idea. 226 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,874 The process of releasing them was kind of nerve‐racking. 227 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:30,001 It was just essentially uploading them to SoundCloud, 228 00:08:30,001 --> 00:08:31,919 but, you know, Dom wasn't there. 229 00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:33,212 I didn't want to speak for him, 230 00:08:33,212 --> 00:08:35,590 so we're like, "Let's just put the music out." 231 00:08:35,590 --> 00:08:37,675 JOE: What kind of traffic was it getting 232 00:08:37,675 --> 00:08:39,135 those first couple days? 233 00:08:39,135 --> 00:08:40,928 ‐ It was, like, 50,000 in the first week, 234 00:08:40,928 --> 00:08:42,972 which, you know, was quickly past 235 00:08:42,972 --> 00:08:45,516 any song that he had put out before. 236 00:08:45,516 --> 00:08:47,935 JOE: They started getting messages from labels, 237 00:08:47,935 --> 00:08:51,064 from managers. 238 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:53,024 SHELBY: He had people from major labels 239 00:08:53,024 --> 00:08:56,277 flying to Florida to visit him on the little, like, 240 00:08:56,277 --> 00:08:59,864 dinky computer screens at the Collier County Jail. 241 00:08:59,864 --> 00:09:01,366 ‐ I thought it was like magic. 242 00:09:01,366 --> 00:09:03,993 Like, I thought the industry worked like fucking Hogwarts. 243 00:09:03,993 --> 00:09:07,705 ‐ People knew this was a catalog career artist at stake. 244 00:09:07,705 --> 00:09:14,712 This was, "This may not come again in the next 10 years." 245 00:09:16,506 --> 00:09:18,800 JOE: Dom can write an acoustic guitar ballad 246 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,760 as easily as he can write... 247 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,220 ‐ [rapping indistinctly] 248 00:09:22,220 --> 00:09:24,639 JOE: A quick 16‐bar verse. 249 00:09:24,639 --> 00:09:26,224 ‐ ♪ Boo, boo ♪ 250 00:09:26,224 --> 00:09:30,603 ‐ This perfect storm of alternative and hip‐hop 251 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:33,022 and fusion, and these are the beautiful songs 252 00:09:33,022 --> 00:09:34,357 that are kind of coming with it. 253 00:09:34,357 --> 00:09:36,484 That was a bit of the hook to it, you know. 254 00:09:36,484 --> 00:09:37,902 It all stemmed from the songs. 255 00:09:37,902 --> 00:09:40,363 DOMINIC: ♪ I wake up when ♪ 256 00:09:40,363 --> 00:09:42,824 JOE: The demos showed Dom's range. 257 00:09:42,824 --> 00:09:44,283 There was King of Everything, 258 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:48,955 DOMINIC: ♪ If not, I'll sleep with you ♪ 259 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:50,915 JOE: There was Westcoast Collective. 260 00:09:50,915 --> 00:09:55,920 DOMINIC: ♪ Don't you go running for the hills ♪ 261 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,630 JOE: And there was a pop song 262 00:09:57,630 --> 00:09:59,882 everyone knew was a hit. 263 00:09:59,882 --> 00:10:02,343 DOMINIC: ♪ Three nights at the motel ♪ 264 00:10:02,343 --> 00:10:06,097 ♪ Under streetlights in the City of Palms ♪ 265 00:10:06,097 --> 00:10:08,933 ♪ Call me what you want, when you want, if you want ♪ 266 00:10:08,933 --> 00:10:11,185 3 Nights was the first time I ever made a pop song 267 00:10:11,185 --> 00:10:12,603 I wrote 3 Nights in there. [laughs] 268 00:10:12,603 --> 00:10:13,855 It was instant. 269 00:10:13,855 --> 00:10:16,232 Those words came to me, like, in one second. 270 00:10:28,286 --> 00:10:29,328 I wrote half of it on the floor, 271 00:10:29,328 --> 00:10:30,746 half of it in the shower. 272 00:10:30,746 --> 00:10:32,790 I was, like, showering, and then I'd, like, be like, 273 00:10:32,790 --> 00:10:36,002 "Oh, shit, good one," and I'd put it on my phone 274 00:10:36,002 --> 00:10:37,253 and then come back in the shower, 275 00:10:37,253 --> 00:10:38,880 and then it was done by the time I got out. 276 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,549 And then I just went and recorded that shit instantly. 277 00:10:41,549 --> 00:10:44,177 I think I knocked it out, like, maybe first take. 278 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:46,095 It's fucking crazy. I love that song. 279 00:10:46,095 --> 00:10:47,680 We should play it right now. 280 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,140 I'm joking. We definitely should not. 281 00:10:49,140 --> 00:10:50,266 ♪ In MIA for ♪ 282 00:10:50,266 --> 00:10:52,059 ♪ Three nights at the motel ♪ 283 00:10:52,059 --> 00:10:55,188 3 Nights, it wasn't the song that I thought 284 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:58,941 would create this whole thing, you know, at first. 285 00:10:58,941 --> 00:11:00,359 ‐ Before you knew it, his manager was, like, 286 00:11:00,359 --> 00:11:02,653 you know, flying to different places, 287 00:11:02,653 --> 00:11:04,447 taking label meetings. 288 00:11:04,447 --> 00:11:05,948 We'd be, like, in the Sony building. 289 00:11:05,948 --> 00:11:07,366 We would be on the elevator just, like, 290 00:11:07,366 --> 00:11:09,076 going to all the different floors. 291 00:11:09,076 --> 00:11:10,786 As soon as there was one offer, there was another, 292 00:11:10,786 --> 00:11:12,914 and then it just turned into an all‐out bidding war. 293 00:11:12,914 --> 00:11:16,751 ‐ It was ugly and competitive, as it should be. 294 00:11:16,751 --> 00:11:18,252 Nice and old‐school. 295 00:11:18,252 --> 00:11:20,588 JOE: Dom's team realized they had something special, 296 00:11:20,588 --> 00:11:22,924 so they deleted the songs from the Internet. 297 00:11:22,924 --> 00:11:24,717 REED: The mixes weren't very good, 298 00:11:24,717 --> 00:11:27,386 and we knew that it could be done better. 299 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:29,180 JOE: But that just made the hype grow. 300 00:11:29,180 --> 00:11:32,475 ‐ I think that it's like, if you're not on it, 301 00:11:32,475 --> 00:11:33,768 it's FOMO. 302 00:11:33,768 --> 00:11:35,978 JOE: Labels that couldn't get close to Dom 303 00:11:35,978 --> 00:11:37,188 started signing his friends. 304 00:11:37,188 --> 00:11:39,398 A label even signed his brother. 305 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:40,900 ‐ [exhaling heavily] 306 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:41,984 Welcome to the hood. 307 00:11:41,984 --> 00:11:43,861 [laughter] 308 00:11:43,861 --> 00:11:45,530 JOE: Dom was close to signing a deal 309 00:11:45,530 --> 00:11:48,658 when he got out of jail, but... 310 00:11:48,658 --> 00:11:53,454 ‐ My parents had been involved in a really big drug bust, 311 00:11:53,454 --> 00:11:54,872 huge one. 312 00:11:54,872 --> 00:11:57,166 REED: Both of his parents were on trial, 313 00:11:57,166 --> 00:12:00,419 about to go into prison while he was getting out of jail. 314 00:12:00,419 --> 00:12:03,256 Um, so he had to quickly make it shake. 315 00:12:03,256 --> 00:12:04,590 DOMINIC: I had to get them lawyers 316 00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:06,968 'cause they were facing, like, 20 years each, 317 00:12:06,968 --> 00:12:09,387 so I had to do something about that. 318 00:12:09,387 --> 00:12:11,264 Yeah, I needed a lot of money. 319 00:12:11,264 --> 00:12:13,766 ‐ He realized at that point, "I have to take care of myself. 320 00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:15,893 I have to take care of my family." 321 00:12:15,893 --> 00:12:18,980 And he did. He did exactly that. 322 00:12:18,980 --> 00:12:21,732 JOE: So Dom's team kept driving up the price. 323 00:12:21,732 --> 00:12:23,818 DOMINIC: When you get an offer from a label, 324 00:12:23,818 --> 00:12:25,236 you show it to another one, 325 00:12:25,236 --> 00:12:26,904 and they put out a higher number. 326 00:12:26,904 --> 00:12:29,574 And then you show that one to a third party one. 327 00:12:29,574 --> 00:12:31,200 JOE: Finally Columbia said to Dom... 328 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,493 ‐ "No, no more millions. 329 00:12:32,493 --> 00:12:33,828 "Like, we gotta do this right now. 330 00:12:33,828 --> 00:12:35,621 Are we doing it or not?" 331 00:12:35,621 --> 00:12:40,334 JOE: And Dom ended up signing this multimillion‐dollar deal. 332 00:12:41,335 --> 00:12:44,463 [laughter, indistinct chatter] 333 00:12:44,463 --> 00:12:45,798 DOMINIC: Everything changed, you know. 334 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:48,843 I have a house, a lot more responsibilities. 335 00:12:48,843 --> 00:12:50,344 It's exactly what you would think, 336 00:12:50,344 --> 00:12:53,180 like, if you took somebody out of some random neighborhood 337 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:55,850 right now and gave them a fuckload of money. 338 00:12:55,850 --> 00:12:57,435 Do crazy shit now. 339 00:12:57,435 --> 00:12:59,770 I fly across the country by myself, 340 00:12:59,770 --> 00:13:01,063 which I've never done. 341 00:13:01,063 --> 00:13:02,607 I do that constantly. 342 00:13:02,607 --> 00:13:05,901 And I eat crazy foods, and I cover people's rents. 343 00:13:05,901 --> 00:13:07,695 I take care of people. Never done that. 344 00:13:07,695 --> 00:13:09,155 Like, people have always taken care of me. 345 00:13:09,155 --> 00:13:10,906 So it's like a movie. 346 00:13:10,906 --> 00:13:13,367 I'm, like, in a movie every day. 347 00:13:15,411 --> 00:13:17,580 JOE: Dom was plucked from obscurity 348 00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:20,541 and given this crazy opportunity. 349 00:13:20,541 --> 00:13:23,878 But there's no guarantee that he'll become a star. 350 00:13:23,878 --> 00:13:26,339 Now he needs to learn to perform, 351 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:27,923 he needs to build an audience, 352 00:13:27,923 --> 00:13:29,550 and he needs to make a debut album 353 00:13:29,550 --> 00:13:31,886 that lives up to the hype. 354 00:13:31,886 --> 00:13:34,889 [soft dramatic music] 355 00:13:38,893 --> 00:13:40,353 JIMMY: It's The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill, 356 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,355 and on the phone right now, it's Dominic Fike. 357 00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:44,273 Hello, mate. Looks like a film set. 358 00:13:44,273 --> 00:13:46,359 ‐ Look‐‐look, I'm on‐‐ we're on camera. 359 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:47,360 JIMMY: Oh, my word. 360 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,111 You got a guy filming you. 361 00:13:49,111 --> 00:13:50,696 You're chatting to me in the UK. 362 00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:52,114 It's all happening right now. 363 00:13:52,114 --> 00:13:53,532 ‐ It's crazy. 364 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:54,825 JIMMY: Listen, before you go, 365 00:13:54,825 --> 00:13:56,410 could you just introduce your tune for me? 366 00:13:56,410 --> 00:13:58,162 ‐ This is 3 Nights by Dominic Fike. 367 00:13:58,162 --> 00:14:01,332 You're listening to it right now, Capital FM. 368 00:14:01,332 --> 00:14:02,500 JIMMY: That was perfect. 369 00:14:02,500 --> 00:14:03,918 Give it up for Dominic Fike. 370 00:14:03,918 --> 00:14:05,211 [cheers and applause] DOMINIC: [laughs] 371 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:06,504 JIMMY: [laughs] 372 00:14:06,504 --> 00:14:07,797 DOMINIC: So you saw how I get down on that, 373 00:14:07,797 --> 00:14:09,757 just a lot of smiles, you know? 374 00:14:09,757 --> 00:14:11,926 Really just butter 'em up, dude. 375 00:14:11,926 --> 00:14:13,010 Keep it moving. 376 00:14:13,010 --> 00:14:15,012 That's how you get the big bucks. 377 00:14:15,012 --> 00:14:18,057 [laughs] 378 00:14:19,767 --> 00:14:21,644 JK. I don't know what I'm doing. 379 00:14:21,644 --> 00:14:24,647 [mellow rock music] 380 00:14:24,647 --> 00:14:28,359 ♪ ♪ 381 00:14:28,359 --> 00:14:30,069 JOE: Columbia Records had for a long time 382 00:14:30,069 --> 00:14:33,781 been all about its legacy artists. 383 00:14:33,781 --> 00:14:37,368 Other labels were quicker to play the viral game. 384 00:14:37,368 --> 00:14:40,830 Then the label hired a new CEO, Ron Perry, 385 00:14:40,830 --> 00:14:42,331 who became the youngest executive 386 00:14:42,331 --> 00:14:45,126 in charge of one of the major labels. 387 00:14:45,126 --> 00:14:49,630 And Dominic Fike was one of his first major deals. 388 00:14:49,630 --> 00:14:52,758 But remember, Dom's demos had been erased from the Internet, 389 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:54,427 so to the outside world, 390 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:55,803 it looked like Columbia 391 00:14:55,803 --> 00:15:01,183 had basically paid $4 million for a ghost. 392 00:15:01,183 --> 00:15:03,853 The first thing Columbia did after signing Dom 393 00:15:03,853 --> 00:15:05,896 was rerelease the demos... 394 00:15:05,896 --> 00:15:08,858 DOMINIC: ♪ I've been up for three nights ♪ 395 00:15:08,858 --> 00:15:10,484 JOE: And put out a music video for 3 Nights. 396 00:15:10,484 --> 00:15:13,154 DOMINIC: ♪ Under streetlights in the City of Palms ♪ 397 00:15:13,154 --> 00:15:14,780 ♪ Feel like the least of all your problems ♪ 398 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:17,992 ♪ You can reach me if you wanna stay up tonight ♪ 399 00:15:17,992 --> 00:15:20,953 ♪ Stay up at night ♪ 400 00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:23,581 JOE: Then they just had to hope the song would catch on. 401 00:15:23,581 --> 00:15:25,916 ♪ ♪ 402 00:15:25,916 --> 00:15:27,960 DJ: Dominic Fike and 3 Nights, don't we? 403 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,420 It's a ma‐‐it's a massive hit. 404 00:15:29,420 --> 00:15:32,047 SINGERS: ♪ Streetlights in the City of Palms ♪ 405 00:15:32,047 --> 00:15:33,799 ‐ ♪ Call me what you want, when you want ♪ 406 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:35,134 ‐ ♪ If you want ♪ 407 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:37,595 ‐ ♪ You can call me names if you call me up ♪ 408 00:15:38,846 --> 00:15:42,933 JOE: But 3 Nights was already a couple years old, 409 00:15:42,933 --> 00:15:45,269 so Dom needs new music. 410 00:15:46,437 --> 00:15:51,692 ‐ Bro, I made this shit before the demos, and... 411 00:15:51,692 --> 00:15:54,904 it was the beginning of me, like, manipulating my voice. 412 00:15:54,904 --> 00:15:59,241 [mellow music playing] 413 00:15:59,241 --> 00:16:01,243 I'm thinking about bringing it back for the album 414 00:16:01,243 --> 00:16:02,703 and putting a verse in here 415 00:16:02,703 --> 00:16:04,580 and cleaning that beginning part up. 416 00:16:04,580 --> 00:16:05,623 JAY: I love this. 417 00:16:05,623 --> 00:16:06,874 IMRAN: In the streaming age, 418 00:16:06,874 --> 00:16:08,083 the second you're on a playlist, 419 00:16:08,083 --> 00:16:11,795 you have a very small amount of time 420 00:16:11,795 --> 00:16:14,131 to showcase that you have a foundation underneath you. 421 00:16:14,131 --> 00:16:16,383 The shot clock runs out very quickly. 422 00:16:16,383 --> 00:16:19,595 JOE: So is there a timeframe for the album? 423 00:16:19,595 --> 00:16:21,472 JAY: We just started talking about it a little bit. 424 00:16:21,472 --> 00:16:22,723 DOMINIC: One exists. 425 00:16:22,723 --> 00:16:25,434 JOE: How soon do you think it could be done? 426 00:16:25,434 --> 00:16:29,396 ‐ Dude, I fucking ask God that question every night... 427 00:16:29,396 --> 00:16:30,481 [laughter] 428 00:16:30,481 --> 00:16:31,732 Before I go to sleep. 429 00:16:31,732 --> 00:16:33,192 JOE: Why do you guys think it's important 430 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:35,110 for Dom to tour at this point? 431 00:16:35,110 --> 00:16:36,862 ‐ I think it's important for most artists, 432 00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:39,365 I mean, you know, that people connect with you 433 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:41,033 in that more meaningful way than just 434 00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:43,327 they've heard your song in a playlist or wherever. 435 00:16:43,327 --> 00:16:46,747 I mean, especially Dom and who he is as an artist, 436 00:16:46,747 --> 00:16:49,041 he's a real artist that, you know, 437 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:50,918 is playing real music. 438 00:16:50,918 --> 00:16:52,461 That's so rare these days 439 00:16:52,461 --> 00:16:55,089 that people can actually, like, play that well. 440 00:16:55,089 --> 00:16:56,757 [overlapping chatter] 441 00:16:56,757 --> 00:16:58,592 We're gassing you a little bit here, all right? 442 00:16:58,592 --> 00:17:02,096 You still gotta rehearse, okay? 443 00:17:02,096 --> 00:17:03,347 DOMINIC: Stress. 444 00:17:03,347 --> 00:17:04,974 I'm joking. I'm‐‐I'm so excited. 445 00:17:04,974 --> 00:17:07,560 I can't wait. Can't wait to get back to LA. 446 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,563 [Dominic Fike's She Wants My Money] 447 00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:14,692 ♪ ♪ 448 00:17:14,692 --> 00:17:17,570 You're pretty much put on a, like, treadmill right there. 449 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,738 Even though people tried to make it seem like I wasn't, 450 00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:21,574 like, you kind of are. 451 00:17:21,574 --> 00:17:23,409 You have to pay them back, like, you know what I'm saying? 452 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:24,660 You have to do good. 453 00:17:24,660 --> 00:17:27,871 Like, they're counting on you to do good. 454 00:17:27,871 --> 00:17:31,417 JOE: A record deal is actually an advance. 455 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:34,670 And a $4 million advance goes fast: 456 00:17:34,670 --> 00:17:39,633 lawyers, taxes, managers, family, travel. 457 00:17:39,633 --> 00:17:43,137 Eventually Dom has to earn that advance back for Columbia 458 00:17:43,137 --> 00:17:46,640 before he can see any profits from his recordings. 459 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,518 DOMINIC: ♪ Sit back and ride a wave ♪ 460 00:17:49,518 --> 00:17:52,021 ♪ A tidal wave ♪ 461 00:17:52,021 --> 00:17:54,231 JOE: At this point, concerts are the best way 462 00:17:54,231 --> 00:17:56,233 Dom can make money. 463 00:17:56,233 --> 00:18:00,738 So, album or not, Dom needs to go on tour. 464 00:18:00,738 --> 00:18:04,867 DOMINIC: ♪ If all you want is my money ♪ 465 00:18:04,867 --> 00:18:07,244 All right, everybody! 466 00:18:07,244 --> 00:18:10,915 [frenetic keyboard music playing] 467 00:18:10,915 --> 00:18:12,499 [smooth guitar music playing] 468 00:18:12,499 --> 00:18:14,293 Yo, can I get, like, a different guitar 469 00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:17,046 before we do tour that doesn't have knobs on it? 470 00:18:17,046 --> 00:18:18,172 JULIAN: Yeah. ‐ All right. 471 00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:19,465 First day of rehearsal. 472 00:18:19,465 --> 00:18:21,675 It's kind of a bitch of a day. 473 00:18:21,675 --> 00:18:23,135 And I have to figure out the whole show. 474 00:18:23,135 --> 00:18:24,178 Like, I'm putting it together. 475 00:18:24,178 --> 00:18:25,846 I gotta figure out that loop pedal. 476 00:18:25,846 --> 00:18:27,431 It doesn't look that hard. 477 00:18:27,431 --> 00:18:29,475 The numbers are big, so that's a good sign. 478 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,310 ‐ We haven't done anything. DOMINIC: We haven't done shit. 479 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:33,479 ‐ We've just been sitting. 480 00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:37,191 ‐ ♪ I can hear my voice through the speakers ♪ 481 00:18:37,191 --> 00:18:39,485 ♪ But not in my ear ♪ 482 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:42,655 JULIAN: We are a month and a half away from tour, 483 00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:45,157 trying to figure out 484 00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:49,703 how we want to execute these songs, 485 00:18:49,703 --> 00:18:52,706 trying to figure out a comfortable mix for everybody. 486 00:18:52,706 --> 00:18:54,750 ‐ ♪ I loved your body from your shoulder blades ♪ 487 00:18:54,750 --> 00:18:57,252 ♪ To your rollerblades ♪ 488 00:18:57,252 --> 00:18:58,879 [feedback whines] 489 00:18:58,879 --> 00:19:02,883 ♪ Love somebody but you know it's only for a moment 'cause ♪ 490 00:19:02,883 --> 00:19:08,597 ♪ Whoa, whoa ♪ 491 00:19:08,597 --> 00:19:09,974 ♪ Yeah ♪ 492 00:19:09,974 --> 00:19:11,433 This is a whole nother thing. Like, I'm‐‐ 493 00:19:11,433 --> 00:19:13,936 This is‐‐there's a‐‐there's a recording aspect of it 494 00:19:13,936 --> 00:19:15,646 and there's the performing aspect of it, 495 00:19:15,646 --> 00:19:17,439 and this is the side that I haven't worked on. 496 00:19:17,439 --> 00:19:19,733 [soft guitar music playing] 497 00:19:19,733 --> 00:19:20,985 REED: First tour is international, 498 00:19:20,985 --> 00:19:22,987 30 dates, which is insane. 499 00:19:22,987 --> 00:19:24,697 But he'll argue and say, you know, like, 500 00:19:24,697 --> 00:19:25,906 "I've been doing rap shows. 501 00:19:25,906 --> 00:19:29,284 I've already done, like, a little tour," you know, 502 00:19:29,284 --> 00:19:30,786 which is‐‐obviously there's no comparison. 503 00:19:30,786 --> 00:19:32,454 ♪ ♪ 504 00:19:32,454 --> 00:19:34,581 DOMINIC: ♪ Whoo‐hoo‐hoo ♪ 505 00:19:34,581 --> 00:19:36,208 REED: By the time the tour comes around, 506 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:40,295 it seems like, you know, he'll be as ready as he could be. 507 00:19:40,295 --> 00:19:42,256 DOMINIC: Literally learning how to play this from scratch 508 00:19:42,256 --> 00:19:45,509 so I can perform for fucking thousands of people. 509 00:19:49,930 --> 00:19:51,765 [dog barking] 510 00:19:51,765 --> 00:19:56,061 [mellow guitar music] 511 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:57,771 DOMINIC: Oh, man, they're so good. 512 00:19:57,771 --> 00:20:00,315 REED: Yeah. 513 00:20:00,315 --> 00:20:02,860 I mean, we've already gotten crazy offers, 514 00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:05,904 like, "Do you want to be the face of our brand for 2020?" 515 00:20:05,904 --> 00:20:06,905 And then they‐‐ I guess they didn't know 516 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:08,407 he had a criminal record. 517 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:10,784 I was like, "Damn, you guys don't do much research." 518 00:20:10,784 --> 00:20:12,119 ♪ ♪ 519 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,079 He's putting out his first, you know, music 520 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:17,249 in, I guess, years, because the demos weren't new. 521 00:20:17,249 --> 00:20:20,169 They were, like, over a year old by the time they came out. 522 00:20:20,169 --> 00:20:21,962 ♪ ♪ 523 00:20:21,962 --> 00:20:23,589 JOE: How are you feeling about tonight? 524 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:26,258 ‐ Um, I been on Reddit, like, all day, checking, 525 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:29,261 and, like, I saw some dude that was like, 526 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:30,971 "The autotune was unnecessary." 527 00:20:30,971 --> 00:20:33,265 'Cause it's out in Australia. JOE: Right. 528 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:35,809 ‐ And then I was so sad when I saw that. 529 00:20:35,809 --> 00:20:38,520 But then I saw somebody sticking up for me. 530 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,856 They were like, "Nah, bro." ‐ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 531 00:20:40,856 --> 00:20:42,941 JOE: Is that how you're gonna spend your whole day and night? 532 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:45,194 ‐ Mm, no, 'cause that's bad for you. 533 00:20:45,194 --> 00:20:46,570 ♪ ♪ 534 00:20:46,570 --> 00:20:48,155 I hope people don't think I'm a fraud... 535 00:20:48,155 --> 00:20:50,991 [laughs] For trying to show depth, man. 536 00:20:50,991 --> 00:20:57,581 ♪ ♪ 537 00:20:57,581 --> 00:20:59,500 SHELBY: Nobody panic. 538 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:01,627 Oh, we have nine minutes, guys. 539 00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:03,003 REED: All the work's done now. 540 00:21:03,003 --> 00:21:04,880 I just gotta check in with the web developer, 541 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,423 make sure that we're good to go live at 9:00, 542 00:21:06,423 --> 00:21:09,635 but we're ready to see, you know, what the fans think. 543 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,303 DOMINIC: Can I just put that it's out 544 00:21:11,303 --> 00:21:12,429 and where to get my merch? 545 00:21:12,429 --> 00:21:14,014 'Cause it's 8:59. REED: Yeah, it's up. 546 00:21:14,014 --> 00:21:16,100 PERSON: Yeah, you should refresh. 547 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:17,226 ‐ Holy shit. 548 00:21:17,226 --> 00:21:19,269 DOMINIC: Song drop. Song drop. 549 00:21:19,269 --> 00:21:20,813 SHELBY: It's amazing. 550 00:21:20,813 --> 00:21:21,980 DOMINIC: Finally. 551 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:24,483 Crazy. Finally. Wow. 552 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:29,696 ♪ She said, "I dressed in your favorite" ♪ 553 00:21:29,696 --> 00:21:32,616 SHELBY: Aww, this is emotional. 554 00:21:32,616 --> 00:21:35,119 DOMINIC: ♪ Yeah ♪ 555 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:40,040 ♪ "Unless you made reservations ♪ 556 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,001 ♪ Oh, look, you thought all ahead" ♪ 557 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:47,548 DOM: Dude, 7,000 likes, 8,000, dude. 558 00:21:47,548 --> 00:21:49,800 That's all the love you need right there. 559 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:50,926 [laughter] 560 00:21:50,926 --> 00:21:51,927 Right? 561 00:21:51,927 --> 00:21:54,304 DOMINIC: ♪ Ey ♪ 562 00:21:54,304 --> 00:21:56,306 [dog barking] 563 00:21:56,306 --> 00:21:59,059 ♪ ♪ 564 00:21:59,059 --> 00:22:01,687 I just decided to do meet and greets. 565 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:03,605 Make a lot of money from doing it. 566 00:22:03,605 --> 00:22:05,274 ♪ ♪ 567 00:22:05,274 --> 00:22:07,401 PERSON: Hey, what up, boys? DOMINIC: What's up? 568 00:22:07,401 --> 00:22:09,027 Have to call Reed back. 569 00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:11,321 What's up? You talking about this meet and greet? What's up? 570 00:22:11,321 --> 00:22:13,991 Did you send me anything to post on that? 571 00:22:13,991 --> 00:22:15,033 REED: I sent you, like, an example 572 00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:16,034 of what it could look like. 573 00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:17,786 Hold that and copy it. 574 00:22:17,786 --> 00:22:20,164 ‐ That's why I'm doing it. I need money. 575 00:22:20,164 --> 00:22:23,750 I'm also‐‐I want to meet the fans, but... 576 00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:25,210 SHELBY: Every time he gets paid now, 577 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,254 he has people that he came up with 578 00:22:27,254 --> 00:22:28,881 just, you know, asking for help, 579 00:22:28,881 --> 00:22:31,466 and he's such a nice person, and he struggled with them, 580 00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:35,137 so he understands, but it‐‐ it does get hard, you know? 581 00:22:35,137 --> 00:22:37,472 DOMINIC: Everybody's taken care of, you know? 582 00:22:37,472 --> 00:22:39,308 They couldn't be more proud, I imagine. 583 00:22:39,308 --> 00:22:41,101 Some people, I mean, I think it's harder 584 00:22:41,101 --> 00:22:42,519 for some people to be proud 585 00:22:42,519 --> 00:22:45,898 because, you know, it's like, "Why not me?" 586 00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:48,108 And that‐‐that's affected, 587 00:22:48,108 --> 00:22:50,527 like, my relationship with those people. 588 00:22:52,946 --> 00:22:54,281 DEB: Oh, knock, knock. 589 00:22:54,281 --> 00:22:56,158 DOMINIC: Oh, knock, knock. 590 00:22:56,158 --> 00:22:57,534 [dog barking] 591 00:22:57,534 --> 00:22:59,119 I know. 592 00:23:00,370 --> 00:23:03,248 REED: We have Dom's first tour coming up. 593 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:06,793 At first, that was almost a deadline for the album. 594 00:23:06,793 --> 00:23:08,587 I quickly realized, you know, 595 00:23:08,587 --> 00:23:11,173 that you can't put a deadline on an album. 596 00:23:11,173 --> 00:23:13,550 The most important thing is just, like, 597 00:23:13,550 --> 00:23:14,968 blocking out the noise, 598 00:23:14,968 --> 00:23:16,762 because it can get really noisy at times, 599 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:18,347 and just making sure that, you know, 600 00:23:18,347 --> 00:23:21,225 Dom is just focused on what he needs to be focused on. 601 00:23:22,559 --> 00:23:25,312 DEB: There isn't, like, a bass in that first part, right? 602 00:23:25,312 --> 00:23:27,522 I fuck with that beat there that you did. 603 00:23:27,522 --> 00:23:29,107 ‐ Right? That'd be hot. 604 00:23:29,107 --> 00:23:31,568 [mellow bass line playing] 605 00:23:31,568 --> 00:23:34,071 DEB: Yeah. 606 00:23:34,071 --> 00:23:36,073 DOMINIC: ♪ Before I fade out ♪ 607 00:23:36,073 --> 00:23:37,282 ♪ White wine ♪ 608 00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:39,243 ♪ Yeah ♪ 609 00:23:39,243 --> 00:23:40,786 [inhales sharply] 610 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,537 [groans] Okay, I gotta think. 611 00:23:42,537 --> 00:23:43,956 Gotta think. Gotta think. 612 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,290 Ho! 613 00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:48,293 [rapping indistinctly] 614 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:50,712 ♪ Do it naturally if I could put the crib on wheels ♪ 615 00:23:50,712 --> 00:23:52,673 ♪ You would catch me out more ♪ 616 00:23:52,673 --> 00:23:53,674 ♪ It's like I don't exist sometimes ♪ 617 00:23:53,674 --> 00:23:56,760 I had a fucking line. 618 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,970 [groans] 619 00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,514 Fuck, fuck, fuck. 620 00:24:00,514 --> 00:24:03,183 I don't know what it is, why I can't get words out. 621 00:24:03,183 --> 00:24:04,434 Just, like, anything. 622 00:24:04,434 --> 00:24:06,270 You know, like, nothing. DEB: No, just don't‐‐ 623 00:24:06,270 --> 00:24:08,939 I mean, like, if you're trying to find new melodies, 624 00:24:08,939 --> 00:24:10,524 like, for me, it helps, like not listening 625 00:24:10,524 --> 00:24:12,067 to anything that I did previous. 626 00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:13,568 DOMINIC: This is a whole different kind 627 00:24:13,568 --> 00:24:15,028 of writer's block, man. 628 00:24:15,028 --> 00:24:18,615 I'm just like, "Fuck, fucking God damn it, man. 629 00:24:18,615 --> 00:24:20,284 I don't know, man. 630 00:24:20,284 --> 00:24:22,494 I got a bunch of‐‐I don't want to say, like, anxiety, 631 00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:24,538 'cause, like, that shit's wack, but... 632 00:24:24,538 --> 00:24:26,498 it's more just, like, my family and stuff. 633 00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:29,584 I feel like I'm just moving so far away from everybody. 634 00:24:29,584 --> 00:24:31,128 I feel bad. 635 00:24:31,128 --> 00:24:32,337 I feel like I haven't, like, 636 00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:34,464 paid attention to enough people. 637 00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:39,970 Whoo! 638 00:24:43,223 --> 00:24:46,643 ♪ You ever wonder why‐y‐y‐y‐y ♪ 639 00:24:46,643 --> 00:24:49,646 ♪ Why‐y‐y‐y‐y ♪ 640 00:24:49,646 --> 00:24:51,106 This is where the magic happened. 641 00:24:51,106 --> 00:24:54,067 Writing the demos, I realized, was magic. 642 00:24:54,067 --> 00:24:57,237 Like, this shit that I was doing and capturing, 643 00:24:57,237 --> 00:24:59,239 I don't do as well now. JOE: Why? 644 00:24:59,239 --> 00:25:03,285 ‐ Because I was just alone and, like, I had no pressure. 645 00:25:03,285 --> 00:25:04,911 ‐ What's up, bro? DOMINIC: Chillin'. How are you? 646 00:25:04,911 --> 00:25:06,204 ‐ Dude, she's gonna freak out. 647 00:25:06,204 --> 00:25:08,040 SHELBY: Hi! 648 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,291 Hi, puppy! [dog barks] 649 00:25:09,291 --> 00:25:10,959 Ooh. DOMINIC: Oh, my God. 650 00:25:10,959 --> 00:25:12,878 This place looks crazy. 651 00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:14,671 All the pressure and all the record label stuff 652 00:25:14,671 --> 00:25:16,089 makes music less exciting, 653 00:25:16,089 --> 00:25:17,799 and then I don't want to do it. 654 00:25:17,799 --> 00:25:20,635 I fell into a super rut. 655 00:25:20,635 --> 00:25:21,762 All right, dude. 656 00:25:21,762 --> 00:25:23,555 ‐ Oh, love it, dog. 657 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,223 ‐ And it was like, all the Internet shit, 658 00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:28,226 everybody's, like, waiting for me to make an album. 659 00:25:28,226 --> 00:25:29,770 Like, you can see it online. 660 00:25:29,770 --> 00:25:32,064 Every comment is like, "Drop an album." 661 00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:33,398 And people are saying "drop an album," 662 00:25:33,398 --> 00:25:34,733 not even, like, make an album, 663 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:37,361 like, drop it, like it already exists, you know? 664 00:25:37,361 --> 00:25:39,279 In people's minds, it exists. 665 00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:41,198 And it's not‐‐it doesn't even‐‐ it's not even‐‐ 666 00:25:41,198 --> 00:25:42,699 I remember somebody was like, "When's the album coming out?" 667 00:25:42,699 --> 00:25:43,992 I was like, "What album?" 668 00:25:46,370 --> 00:25:48,413 DOMINIC'S MOTHER: Hello. DOMINIC: Hey. 669 00:25:48,413 --> 00:25:51,333 DOMINIC'S MOTHER: Hi. DOMINIC: What's up? 670 00:25:51,333 --> 00:25:54,753 I'm chillin'. I'm at Sean's house right now. 671 00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:56,338 My mom. 672 00:26:00,050 --> 00:26:02,010 [baby babbles] 673 00:26:02,010 --> 00:26:04,679 DOMINIC: Got my brother a crib. 674 00:26:04,679 --> 00:26:05,931 You know, when my mom gets out, 675 00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:07,849 I'm getting her all that as well. 676 00:26:07,849 --> 00:26:09,226 Say hi. 677 00:26:09,226 --> 00:26:11,895 But I feel like it's not as much as I could do. 678 00:26:13,355 --> 00:26:16,775 SEAN: To go from nothing to, like, 679 00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,443 thinking of everything, you know what I mean, 680 00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:20,237 like, it's a‐‐ it's a big transition, 681 00:26:20,237 --> 00:26:23,281 so I'm sure that's probably gotten to him. 682 00:26:23,281 --> 00:26:24,324 I mean, it's a big deal. 683 00:26:24,324 --> 00:26:25,575 It's a really big deal to us, 684 00:26:25,575 --> 00:26:27,577 'cause, like, I would've never guessed 685 00:26:27,577 --> 00:26:29,913 that it'd be this big this quick, you know? 686 00:26:29,913 --> 00:26:31,081 DOMINIC: [vocalizing] 687 00:26:31,081 --> 00:26:33,500 That's what it is, is pressure. 688 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:35,836 I just feel that every time. 689 00:26:35,836 --> 00:26:37,379 [baby babbles] 690 00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:41,091 I'm waiting on more money. 691 00:26:41,091 --> 00:26:44,219 I gotta go on tour and, like, restock 692 00:26:44,219 --> 00:26:46,012 before I help everybody out again. 693 00:26:46,012 --> 00:26:49,433 It's simple as that, yeah. 694 00:26:58,024 --> 00:26:59,693 DOMINIC: [groans] 695 00:26:59,693 --> 00:27:01,903 I got a big‐ass show today. 696 00:27:01,903 --> 00:27:03,363 Bro, I haven't picked up a guitar 697 00:27:03,363 --> 00:27:06,324 in, like, a week and a half. 698 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:08,952 I don't even remember how to play guitar. 699 00:27:10,912 --> 00:27:12,372 I don't got my mom here. 700 00:27:12,372 --> 00:27:13,748 Shit is wack. 701 00:27:13,748 --> 00:27:15,750 I'm writing a letter. 702 00:27:15,750 --> 00:27:19,921 Man, I've never even been on a stage that big. 703 00:27:19,921 --> 00:27:22,466 Sounds crazy, but... 704 00:27:22,466 --> 00:27:25,385 I mean, I'm nervous‐‐ I'm nervous before every show. 705 00:27:25,385 --> 00:27:27,429 PERSON: Here we go, sound check. 706 00:27:27,429 --> 00:27:29,472 DOMINIC: I know. Lobby in 10 minutes? 707 00:27:29,472 --> 00:27:32,225 PERSON: Like, six minutes. DOMINIC: Okay. 708 00:27:32,225 --> 00:27:33,476 Six. 709 00:27:33,476 --> 00:27:34,728 Gotta do it, though. 710 00:27:34,728 --> 00:27:36,897 Have to do it, like. 711 00:27:36,897 --> 00:27:38,106 [cheers and applause] 712 00:27:38,106 --> 00:27:40,066 It's a festival. 713 00:27:40,066 --> 00:27:41,651 Jay‐Z's festival. 714 00:27:41,651 --> 00:27:44,112 [cheers and applause] 715 00:27:44,112 --> 00:27:47,282 [mellow music] 716 00:27:47,282 --> 00:27:49,618 PERSON: 15 minutes to doors. 717 00:27:49,618 --> 00:27:53,246 ♪ ♪ 718 00:27:53,246 --> 00:27:56,541 PERSON: Hey, one, two. 719 00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:58,668 ‐ [singing indistinctly] 720 00:27:58,668 --> 00:28:00,295 I can't hear. 721 00:28:00,295 --> 00:28:01,671 ♪ ♪ 722 00:28:01,671 --> 00:28:03,131 Yo. 723 00:28:03,131 --> 00:28:05,467 I can't hear shit, though. ‐ Right. Right, right, right. 724 00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:07,636 PERSON: What do you want to hear more of? 725 00:28:07,636 --> 00:28:13,683 ♪ ♪ 726 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:21,483 JOE: Dom, you ready? 727 00:28:21,483 --> 00:28:23,652 DOMINIC: Yeah. 728 00:28:23,652 --> 00:28:26,738 JOE: Are you excited for the actual tour part? 729 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:29,324 ‐ Mm! 730 00:28:29,324 --> 00:28:31,660 You know... 731 00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:34,037 this is the worst part, like, sitting here. 732 00:28:34,037 --> 00:28:35,914 JOE: Waiting? 733 00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:37,249 DOMINIC: Yeah. 734 00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:40,085 [cheers and applause] 735 00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:42,963 I feel, like, crazy right now. 736 00:28:42,963 --> 00:28:46,258 ♪ ♪ 737 00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:48,260 Oh, yeah. 738 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:50,136 [laughter] 739 00:28:50,136 --> 00:28:52,222 SINGERS: ♪ Ooh‐ooh‐ooh, ooh‐ooh ♪ 740 00:28:52,222 --> 00:28:53,890 ♪ Ooh‐ooh‐ooh, ooh‐ooh ♪ 741 00:28:53,890 --> 00:28:55,350 REED: People are just flooding in. 742 00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:58,144 It looks like it's filled to the edge, you know? 743 00:28:58,144 --> 00:29:00,188 DOMINIC: Shit is crazy. 744 00:29:00,188 --> 00:29:03,733 SINGERS: ♪ Ooh‐ooh‐ooh, ooh‐ooh ♪ 745 00:29:03,733 --> 00:29:05,819 DOMINIC: The‐‐I mean, 746 00:29:05,819 --> 00:29:09,406 if it goes badly, I'd probably be relieved, 747 00:29:09,406 --> 00:29:11,741 'cause then I'd just get that over with. 748 00:29:13,326 --> 00:29:15,412 [cheers and applause] 749 00:29:15,412 --> 00:29:17,872 ♪ ♪ 750 00:29:17,872 --> 00:29:19,916 What the fuck is up, Philly? 751 00:29:19,916 --> 00:29:21,418 [cheers and applause] 752 00:29:21,418 --> 00:29:22,794 ♪ Yes, I moved lil' shawty from round me ♪ 753 00:29:22,794 --> 00:29:24,254 ♪ She been all in my business as of late ♪ 754 00:29:24,254 --> 00:29:25,630 ♪ I got rich so goddamn fast ♪ 755 00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:27,173 ♪ They want this bread, can't catch a break ♪ 756 00:29:27,173 --> 00:29:28,425 ♪ And yes, I know you tired of hatin' ♪ 757 00:29:28,425 --> 00:29:29,884 ♪ I'm tired of starin' at your ♪ 758 00:29:29,884 --> 00:29:33,179 ♪ And if a bitch retaliate, we can go tit‐for‐tat ♪ 759 00:29:33,179 --> 00:29:36,558 ♪ 'Cause I got more coming ♪ 760 00:29:36,558 --> 00:29:38,810 This is my first festival. I was nervous. 761 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:40,729 Very nerve‐racking. 762 00:29:40,729 --> 00:29:42,647 Thank you so much for being nice to me. 763 00:29:42,647 --> 00:29:43,648 Yeah. 764 00:29:43,648 --> 00:29:45,400 [cheers and applause] 765 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,985 ♪ ♪ 766 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:48,737 Gooooooo! 767 00:29:48,737 --> 00:29:52,032 I'm going on tour, world tour, first world tour. 768 00:29:52,032 --> 00:29:54,200 Come see my show. 769 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,536 Unless I got, like, canceled. 770 00:29:56,536 --> 00:29:58,121 [laughs] 771 00:29:58,121 --> 00:30:00,206 [cheers and applause] 772 00:30:00,206 --> 00:30:01,791 What the fuck is up? 773 00:30:01,791 --> 00:30:03,209 [cheers and applause] 774 00:30:03,209 --> 00:30:05,211 ♪ Why you not here with me ♪ 775 00:30:05,211 --> 00:30:07,213 ♪ Can you break bread with me ♪ 776 00:30:07,213 --> 00:30:12,385 ♪ Why you switch phone numbers like clothes ♪ 777 00:30:12,385 --> 00:30:13,803 [cheers and applause] 778 00:30:13,803 --> 00:30:15,764 ♪ Baby, 'cause I got more ♪ 779 00:30:15,764 --> 00:30:18,350 ♪ Why you not here with me ♪ 780 00:30:18,350 --> 00:30:19,768 PERSON: What can people expect? 781 00:30:19,768 --> 00:30:21,686 PERSON: We have an artist called Dominic Fike. 782 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:23,438 Dominic Fike is amazing. 783 00:30:23,438 --> 00:30:25,648 PERSON: All right, you guys, take a look at this. 784 00:30:25,648 --> 00:30:27,317 ‐ What the fuck is up, Miami? 785 00:30:27,317 --> 00:30:29,778 [cheers and applause] 786 00:30:29,778 --> 00:30:31,613 ♪ Why you not here with me ♪ 787 00:30:31,613 --> 00:30:33,782 AUDIENCE: ♪ Can you break bread with me ♪ 788 00:30:33,782 --> 00:30:36,284 ♪ Why you switch phone numbers like clothes ♪ 789 00:30:36,284 --> 00:30:38,870 ‐ ♪ Yo, why you can't answer me ♪ 790 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:40,872 AUDIENCE: ♪ Yeah, 'cause I got more coming ♪ 791 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:42,499 DOMINIC: ♪ Why you not here with me ♪ 792 00:30:42,499 --> 00:30:44,459 DJ: Listen all day for your chance to win 793 00:30:44,459 --> 00:30:46,211 a pair of tickets to see Dominic Fike's 794 00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:48,004 sold‐out Rain or Shine Tour. 795 00:30:48,004 --> 00:30:49,756 JOE: The things Dom and his team are doing 796 00:30:49,756 --> 00:30:51,174 seem to be working. 797 00:30:51,174 --> 00:30:54,094 ‐ Dominic Fike, hoo‐hoo! Fire. 798 00:30:54,094 --> 00:30:55,470 JOE: Barack Obama knows who he is. 799 00:30:55,470 --> 00:30:58,556 PERSON: Dominic Fike is on his fucking list. 800 00:30:58,556 --> 00:30:59,974 Like, dude. 801 00:30:59,974 --> 00:31:03,561 JOE: 3 Nights has almost half a billion streams. 802 00:31:03,561 --> 00:31:05,105 And he made it to late‐night. 803 00:31:05,105 --> 00:31:07,982 ‐ Making his TV debut, performing Phone Numbers 804 00:31:07,982 --> 00:31:10,110 with a little help from Kenny Beats, 805 00:31:10,110 --> 00:31:12,278 please welcome Dominic Fike. 806 00:31:12,278 --> 00:31:13,571 [cheers and applause] 807 00:31:13,571 --> 00:31:16,157 ♪ ♪ 808 00:31:16,157 --> 00:31:19,869 [cheers and laughter] 809 00:31:19,869 --> 00:31:21,788 DOMINIC: ♪ Got some goals, it's a list on me ♪ 810 00:31:21,788 --> 00:31:23,581 ♪ Yeah, lil' bitch, I'm rich off rock and roll ♪ 811 00:31:23,581 --> 00:31:25,583 ♪ The strippers and the strobe playin' tricks on me ♪ 812 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:26,876 ♪ The stones hittin' different ♪ 813 00:31:26,876 --> 00:31:28,545 ♪ You supposed to be pissed at me ♪ 814 00:31:28,545 --> 00:31:30,505 ♪ No, they from Tiffany ♪ 815 00:31:30,505 --> 00:31:32,674 ♪ Keep my name out yo' mouth like some wisdom teeth ♪ 816 00:31:32,674 --> 00:31:33,883 KENNY: ♪ And you wonder why ♪ 817 00:31:33,883 --> 00:31:35,343 DOMINIC: ♪ Why I'm not there with you ♪ 818 00:31:35,343 --> 00:31:37,929 ♪ I ain't answered my phone in so long ♪ 819 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:39,389 It's like I'm in the world now. 820 00:31:39,389 --> 00:31:41,474 It's, like, weird. 821 00:31:41,474 --> 00:31:45,854 I could make a fool of myself in front of everybody, 822 00:31:45,854 --> 00:31:47,856 the whole world. 823 00:31:47,856 --> 00:31:49,607 It's, like, so crazy. 824 00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:50,775 I'm like, "Holy shit." 825 00:31:50,775 --> 00:31:52,777 [cheers and applause] 826 00:31:56,573 --> 00:31:59,617 [soft music] 827 00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:02,287 ‐ Whoo! ‐ Whoo! 828 00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:05,790 ♪ ♪ 829 00:32:05,790 --> 00:32:07,584 PERSON: Take a deep breath. Go ahead. 830 00:32:09,419 --> 00:32:12,005 ‐ Dude, how‐‐ PERSON: Again. Come on. 831 00:32:12,005 --> 00:32:14,632 DOMINIC: I know a lot more about touring, period, 832 00:32:14,632 --> 00:32:17,510 and keeping your body right and what I need to do to‐‐ 833 00:32:17,510 --> 00:32:18,970 to give people a good show every night. 834 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:21,055 JOE: How long have you been out here on line? 835 00:32:21,055 --> 00:32:23,016 ‐ Uh, since 9:00 in the morning. 836 00:32:23,016 --> 00:32:24,559 [chuckles] Yeah. 837 00:32:24,559 --> 00:32:26,019 FAN: The line's new, 'cause, like, his first show, 838 00:32:26,019 --> 00:32:27,270 there was only, like, 300 people there. 839 00:32:27,270 --> 00:32:28,730 FAN: It's not my place, but‐‐ 840 00:32:28,730 --> 00:32:30,231 ‐ I wasn't sure how long it was gonna be, 841 00:32:30,231 --> 00:32:33,693 'cause he got pretty popular, like, lately. 842 00:32:33,693 --> 00:32:35,737 DOMINIC: I'm good; I'm just gonna keep hydrating 843 00:32:35,737 --> 00:32:39,324 and sucking lozenges and do the best I can tonight. 844 00:32:39,324 --> 00:32:40,909 That is what I do. 845 00:32:40,909 --> 00:32:42,160 Hey, hey, hey. 846 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,537 One, two, two, two. One, two. 847 00:32:44,537 --> 00:32:47,415 JOE: How do you get to the place that you want to be? 848 00:32:47,415 --> 00:32:49,876 DOMINIC: Just, like, dedication. 849 00:32:49,876 --> 00:32:52,086 All day every day, 850 00:32:52,086 --> 00:32:54,589 this is what you think about; this is what you breathe. 851 00:32:54,589 --> 00:32:57,509 'Cause I really haven't done shit, 852 00:32:57,509 --> 00:32:58,676 like, at all. 853 00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:00,970 [cheers and applause] 854 00:33:00,970 --> 00:33:04,057 [Açaí Bowl playing] 855 00:33:04,057 --> 00:33:09,729 ♪ She said, "I dressed in your favorite ♪ 856 00:33:09,729 --> 00:33:15,777 ♪ "I bought two bottles of red ♪ 857 00:33:15,777 --> 00:33:21,824 ♪ "Unless you made reservations ♪ 858 00:33:21,824 --> 00:33:27,497 ♪ Oh, look, you thought all ahead" ♪ 859 00:33:27,497 --> 00:33:29,374 [cheers and applause] 860 00:33:29,374 --> 00:33:31,709 JOE: So just the beginning. 861 00:33:31,709 --> 00:33:34,420 DOMINIC: This is literally the very beginning. 862 00:33:34,420 --> 00:33:40,969 ♪ She said, "I dressed in your favorite ♪ 863 00:33:40,969 --> 00:33:47,308 ♪ "I bought two bottles of red ♪ 864 00:33:47,308 --> 00:33:53,231 ♪ "Unless you made reservations ♪ 865 00:33:53,231 --> 00:33:55,108 ♪ "Baby ♪ 866 00:33:55,108 --> 00:34:00,738 ♪ Okay, you thought all ahead" ♪ 867 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:03,908 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 868 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:06,661 [cheers and applause] Thank you. 869 00:34:06,661 --> 00:34:08,246 Thank you. 870 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:10,456 Mm. 871 00:34:10,456 --> 00:34:13,459 [crowd shouting indistinctly] 872 00:34:18,214 --> 00:34:19,674 ♪ Or is that routine ♪ 873 00:34:19,674 --> 00:34:22,010 ♪ The kids downstairs came over for two things ♪ 874 00:34:22,010 --> 00:34:25,805 ♪ Yeah, one drowns you out, the other gives you wings, oh ♪ 875 00:34:25,805 --> 00:34:29,100 ♪ I gotta give more credit to your mama, though, girl ♪ 876 00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,686 ♪ That's where you get your honor code, right ♪ 877 00:34:31,686 --> 00:34:34,063 ♪ But she ain't teach you all you know, huh ♪ 878 00:34:34,063 --> 00:34:36,524 ♪ Not your daddy, not your mama, no way ♪ 879 00:34:36,524 --> 00:34:39,193 ♪ Had to get your education outside, 'cause ♪ 880 00:34:39,193 --> 00:34:41,696 ♪ Can't nobody help you fall on your face like that ♪ 881 00:34:41,696 --> 00:34:45,199 ♪ You gotta take it up a day at a time, I guess ♪ 882 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,076 ♪ ♪