Pardyalone Interview: An Unforgettable Headlining Tour

In like the beginning, it like wasn't. It was just like I'm so nervous. I'm like up and like do this show, like whatever, it's fun. Yeah, you know. But now it's like I understand that like what I want my music to be, which is I want it to be memories for moments for people, and my outlook on what I want that to look like is is clear. Spin. This is a legendary moment for the one more time podcast. We've never had a guest on twice, but we enjoyed this man's interview so much. We had him again. It's party next door. Bro, we didn't have party next door on ever. We had Nick next door. We had part oh we had Nick next door. Nick next door. You fucked it up that time. Yeah, yeah. You fucked it up again. This is party alone, man. Party alone. Oh shit. Go. Oh shit. My bad. God damn, bro. I'm so sick of your shenanigans. I'll be fucking around.

Party. Appreciate you coming on, man. Thank you for watching. Um, big fans. Uh you're here halfway through ish, the headlining tour. Yeah. First ever headlining tour. Yeah. First of all, congrats. I want to give you your flowers while you're sitting right next to me on the One More Time podcast. Um, so you know, just initial thoughts on like how how you feeling about it, how things have been going. Like, just talk to them about the experience so far, because this is first. Yeah, I think it's because I've been on other tours before, so it's cool to see like my my headline and actually having people come sing every single word that I'm singing. And just the love in the room is like beyond fathom fathomable. You know what I'm saying? Like it's it's it's nuts, bro. Yeah, because before you probably had to like pick, you know, like if you're supporting, you have to pick out like the super fans, yeah, the people and really lock in with them and then this is your song, your song, but now it's like everybody's song, and everybody shares that special moment with each song, you know. So it's like before it was like people knew that one song, and now it's like I can see in the crowd each people have like a special moment within each song I'm playing.

So it's it's really special. Damn. Yeah, it's your tribe. And with supporting, you know, having to only pick like three, four, five songs. It's gotta be tough when you have like a fire discography that you can actually get through. Yeah, especially the older songs, too. So it's like it's it's cool bringing those back in and seeing the people who are here from beginning, you know, early, early. So it's cool. Yeah, yeah. How long's your set? About around, yeah. And then like an opening set would have been what, like 30. Yeah, 30. So okay, yeah, you're you're locked in for sure. Yeah, dude. Um, so you know, back to back sold-out shows in the home state. Mini. Mini. Mini. Mini. Mini, baby. Is that what y'all call it? No, I'm gonna miss it. Did you just make that up on the street? Starting in Apollo, bro. Mini Annapolis. Oh my god. No, I'm just kidding. So yeah, walk us through like, you know, how you were feeling before those specifically, because I'm assuming those are a little different, right? Like when you're going home. Yeah, dude, it's it's so weird because like again, like having this being my first headline tour, like I am not as like anxious prior to show I as I am normally. Cause it's like I know like I you can feel the love in the room and like the energy before you even go on.

So it's like when you go on, it's like we're here, and it's like just content and it's just easy. So it's like it's amazing. Yeah, because before, on like a supporting role, you know, we talked about people that have gotten you know huge opportunities to open up for big acts, and like there's a lot that comes with that. Yeah. Like you are in the business of having to win people over. Whereas, like to your point, like they bought tickets for you. Exactly. Exactly. They spent their hard-earned fucking rent money. It's cool. It's cool to see, like, from being like a support act where it's like now it's like I was able to like go out and like before the show, like talk to people and be like, yo, like, oh yeah, man. Like just chop it up. So it's like now I'm just like so secluded and tell the show. You know what I'm saying? So it's it's like a weird, like, it's it's cool. We had uh we had Wiley ATL on the show who talked about like, yeah, I was the type of guy, you know, I I go in and I open for people, and I was the type of guy that just looked like, you know, oh, he's coming on, let's go get a drink. Yep.

Time to go get a cocktail. But and now he's you know, he just had a show at the same venue that you're gonna be at tomorrow. And sold out that motherfucker, sold it out, crushing it, like, yeah. So, you know, that's how it starts. No, it's it's so true. So so safe to say, honestly, like less nervous for the hometown states. Absolutely. Wow, less less nervous, but there is always pressure. Yeah. You gotta deliver. Yeah, absolutely. And we did, but you know, like and they did as well, which is amazing because it's like the crowd energy is unmatched in your hometown. The young because it's just like love, bro. I love to see you winning in your hometown too. We were kind of talking about this before we turned the cameras on that artists don't always win in their hometown first anymore. That used to be like you have to the path to success starts with winning your hometown, but it was so digital and we're so internet these days that a lot of artists don't win their hometown first. But it seems like you still manage to like capture the attention of the many, man. Yeah, so many.

Bro, there's yeah, like why is there so many hating ass motherfuckers in your hometown usually, you know? Maybe we're just Atlanta, but I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. No, for sure. Um, you know, so what were some of the like lessons learned though? Like, there had to be some like some things that like went either wrong or not according to plan, right? This is the first headlining tour. Like, I know these aren't your first shows, but like, is there anything that kind of were where some gotchas or just like shit that other people who might you know get an opportunity to go on their own like headlining tour should be like aware of and and think about? At first I wasn't because I'm very like outgoing, and I really do want to like talk to every single person in that venue, but it's not realistic. Yeah, it's it's definitely not, and especially seeing like Minnesota where it's two sold-out back-to-back shows. It's like thank you, bro. You have to like god damn it, you have to save your voice, you know, and like especially doing meet and greets after an hour set, an hour meet and greet twice, four hours just straight talking to people. You have to like take a step back and like make sure you're drinking your tea.

Dude, this guy rolled up. Wait, flip the cup. This guy rolled up. Wait, let's go. Wait, wait, and we have a special sound effect just for this, introducing on the one we're trying podcast right now. One more time. Damn, I hate it when you do something like amazing. Why? Because it's just I like making fun of you more, but that's amazing. Well done, Henry. Thank you. Um, but no, this dude rolls up with a briefcase. I'm like, oh shit. I didn't know what was. I was like, what's this? What's this guy got in this briefcase? Oh, the yeah, the roadie bag? Yeah, I mean, he's just talking about you know, his tea regiment whips open this briefcase. I think there's gonna be like a million dollars in cash or something. I was hoping, but no, it's just like fuck tons of tea, their own tea kettle. It was BYO kettle. Yeah, and I mean this dude's taking it seriously because it's a big deal. You have to, and like, especially coming off of a tour I was on with Maud's son, it's like it was crazy to see like how like how much he would step back and it's like, yo, you gotta do this, try doing this, do this, do this on a constant basis. He's a vet in the game.

Yeah, and a fellow mini. Yeah, fellow mini, man. Shut up. Why are we making many a thing right now? Just roll with it. I don't know how I feel about it, but I guess I'm gonna just dive right in. I guess. Yeah. But yeah, so like after seeing that, it was really like, oh, like it's a job. You know what I'm saying? You do have to take it serious, is as much as you want to see everybody, there's like a time and a place for that. So yeah, it's like, you know, we've talked to other people where whereas like tour life is really fun. Like, clearly, there is the like glitz and glamour and party lifestyle that comes with it, but it's also like hard on you. Like, you know, physically, mentally, it's draining, you know, emotionally, mentally, whatever you want to say. Like, and so, you know, you definitely gotta take care of yourself because I mean, shit, it's like how many dates do you have? Like 15, 20, uh 15, 15 dates-ish. Okay, yeah.

And so, like, that that's a that's a long run for someone who hasn't done the headlining tour at all. Yeah, the full thing. And for someone named Party Alone who has to, you know, be with hundreds of people. Other people, man. I mean, yeah, he's used to a solitary type of environment. Right. Um, so so what's like the coolest fan experience so far? Because we've heard just like amazing stories of like artists that you know going on tour, they get to lock in with fans that they've never met because they're not in their home city or whatever. Absolutely. Is there is there any like interaction or like fan, like you know, a gift you got from a super fan or anything like that? I think there's like multiple. There's like there's like different things that I've like, wow, yeah. Yeah, yeah, let's hear a couple. I'd say like the first one was with Maud, and it was like a super fan, and like I um like signed her like Titties jaw. Like under this, and she got it tattooed. Like under tattooed, yeah. So before the ink of your your signature wore off, she went to the tattoo artist.

Wow. And like in general, I think it's crazy. Like I'll I'll be signing people's like arms and stuff or whatever, and they'll get it tattooed like fully. And I'm like, that's crazy to me. It's huge. Yeah, it's crazy to me. And then like on top of that, there's just like the stories you hear of like how the music like saved people, you know, and and how it's like touched their lives as as human beings. So I think that's like definitely up there with that tattoo stories, and then just like the cool gifts you get, like the paintings people spend so much time on, you know, like other people's art and other people's like perspective on like who I am as an artist. It's amazing to see. Yeah, that's gotta be wild. I mean, but you know, as someone who openly has dealt with their own like mental health, you know, I guess challenges, right? Like hearing from fans that your music has helped them and saved them, like does that I almost feel like there's two options. No, I feel like there's two options though, Henry. It's the best.

No, there's two. There's either like what's the other one? There's either that the pressure and responsibility that comes with like saving people or like helping them through the same shit that you're dealing with. I don't know. Like, I I look at it two ways, and like Yeah, definitely, it definitely goes two ways. Yeah, for sure. Because to your point, yeah, like, oh man, look how like much I'm helping people. Like, I need to keep going in. You feel pressured to keep doing that, you know, and it's it's like you can't, you can't, you can't help everybody, but you can to your fullest extent. Yeah. To me, it's the it's the Rick Rubin from his new book. God, you love Rick. Dude, dude. I want to meet him so many. Why did you have bought these glasses? Literally, the Rick glasses. Um he talks about his new book, he talks about his new book. The audience comes last. And I think that's very powerful thing because like it you shouldn't be thinking about them, but by not thinking about them, you're you end up serving them the most. And by thinking about them and trying to mold your music and you know, make certain shit a certain way that you think people are gonna like, you're actually doing them a disservice uh by by you know doing what you think they like.

It's it people like you for you. If they like you, they like you. Absolutely, you know what I mean? Absolutely. So that's like the biggest thing I try to stress too, is just like you as a human being, and like heavy emphasis on human being, you know, it's like you come first. So it's like with my music, it's like this is how I feel. It's just it's a it's a journal entry. Yeah, and he says diary entry like a thousand times in that same thing. No, I think that's that's such a big point. Yes, that's really what it is. Because he says, like, you know, why do why would you care what someone thinks of your diary entry? Yeah, it's a diary entry, like a journal entry, like you shouldn't care what other people think about it. It's yours. Yeah, but yeah, but you know what's going through my head is like you're arguably one of the you know class of like people who have blown up using a platform like TikTok, right? And so you clearly understand algorithms and human behavior, etc. So so for me, I'm I'm listening to you and you talk about this, and I'm like, huh. There's one option, it's like fuck that.

I'm gonna make whatever it is that I want to make, but like, isn't there kind of like the TikTok devil on your shoulder that like is like, hey, but you should probably like make something that you know is gonna go up on TikTok and like know you're it's gonna do well on the platform, you know. I think I think there's no way I'm just saying, I'm asking I'm asking the question here. No, I think that something that comes to mind, like do you you know, is that like a thing you're struggling with when you're creating is like no, no, because I think knowing the algorithm and knowing how people feel and like what they want to see is knowing what you want to put out, and I know what I want to put out, you know, and it's like it's the people who want to see it are gonna see it. Yo, come on, give us the new give us the new shit. I'm hard time. There we go. Come on, God, you know, I got you. That I that's beautifully said because I I it makes sense, right? And that's like something that we you know talk with a lot of our artists, homies who are trying to figure this shit out, and it's really like if you can at your core understand, like self-awareness is the biggest, I would say the almost the biggest recurring theme of the world. So important it's probably it's probably made its way into every episode in some way, shape, or form.

I would say and it's because people that have reached any degree of success at what they're you know, whatever they're doing, they're very self-aware and like they know who they are and why they do what they do and what they're you know making and who they're making it for. And I think that that's something that maybe you're alluding to like as long as I know what I genuinely fuck with and like what makes me me, someone's gonna be out there that they have to be, yeah. You know, there's no way they're eight billion people in the world. You only need like a small bit of that. Literally, I also love um how Sean from No Labels Necessary kind of broke it down. He said that you can either create your music specifically with TikTok and like or you know, algorithms in mind, you know, which is like that just kind of feels kind of soulless and shitty. I feel like there's no longevity in that. Right. Right. Very hard to make like a career out of that. You can um kind of adjust what you already have and what you've already made a little bit to kind of fit, you know, just slightly, or you can just make what you make and then decide what is you know the the TikTokable part, or what how can we make this what we already have fit into the algorithm, which I think is gonna appeal to artists the most is like I don't have to change my art. Let's just get creative and decide which parts of my song, like what should my TikTok starting point be of the of the sound?

What should um, you know, what should we make clips of? What should the trend maybe be without having to actually change the music, right? I think that's a lot more appealing to artists out there that are struggling with making content, struggling with figuring out how to build a fan base. So let me ask you this are you someone who you know, I guess like struggles with getting excited about making content, or do you look at the content creation part of your job as an artist as something that is fun? Like, does it feel like a chore, or is it something that you're genuinely like excited to do and you approach it creatively? I I always approach everything I do creatively for sure. So like when it comes to the content, it's always like, what can we do to make this speak for me? You know, so it's like I always come to it from a creative outlook. Yeah. No, it has to make it a little more fun, right? Absolutely. When you get to be creative and you get to be your true, like, yeah, you can just be you. And you're not really trying to like look for a certain like algorithm thing that's gonna click, or you know, it's just like this is what I like, and this is who I am as an artist and a person. Yeah, it's just interesting because we just had Lil Man Jay on.

Have you come across Lil Man Jay at all? He just texted me a couple weeks ago. Oh, shout out, shout out to him. Yeah, shout out to Jay, bro. Because, you know, we our our audience is, you know, aspiring artists, producers, you know, record label people, like just people who are trying to make it in music, right? And so a lot of the community of ours like complains about the content creation side. And so that's why like I'm so excited to get people like Jay on who have cracked the content code, someone like you on who once again has seen success on the platforms, right? Because I think it's important that you know our audience understands, like, you don't have to treat this as like so boring, you know, it doesn't have to be this like terrible part of your existence as an artist. Yeah. Oh, I gotta reach millions of people today. For free. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Yeah, you said that in another interview that I like, you know, wanted to bring up, and I'm glad you did. It's like TikTok don't cost nothing. Zero diamonds, come on, zero.

Yeah. Oh my god. YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat don't cost a goddamn penny. So, you know, so going back to the tour, like what's what's one thing, you know, if if if you were to consider a show successful, like what's one thing a fan should like walk away from your show, like thinking, feeling, you know what I mean? Like, what's you know, what are you looking to achieve for a fan out of the show? I'm looking for a a certain moment of the show, you know, because back to the point where I can say I see certain moments or see certain songs that really affect fans, and like they start crying, or like they're with their uh their other person, you know, and they're hugging and whatever, and it's like that was that moment for you. And I'm so happy my music in me as a human being could do that for you. Yeah. So I hope you take away that from that whole experience of my show. God. And then and just knowing that and trying your best to create stuff like that, I feel like is what's gonna win. Because dude, there's still nothing better out.

I don't think when it comes to like turning fans into super fans, I don't think there's anything better than a live show. Absolutely. I think you you're gonna make memories that are gonna last forever at live experiences. Absolutely. There's no fucking, you know, listening to a Spotify song. There's none of that that's ever gonna be the same as like, yo, when I saw Party Alone live at the fucking vinyl in Atlanta, I hugged my co-host Henry and we we just had a moment, bro. Exactly because it's this, it's it's human to human interaction. TikTok might get them to the show, but the show is the selling point. It's yeah, it's I agree. And like, and being on like almost 50 shows this year, it's like I understand that now, and it's it's like crazy to see in real time. So it's tight. Damn. So 50 shows in, because people ask this of us a lot of like, hey, what have you, you know, what's like one, you know, main takeaway from 160 episodes of podcasting, for example, right? So like 50 shows in this year alone, what's like, you know, the the one thing where you're like, okay, that clicked after 50 shows.

50 shows, it doesn't get old. I don't think I don't think you just you just keep learning, you just keep understanding. Because there's like, like for me, I had to understand when I first started making music, I understood I had to understand how I want to make music. So it's like being on these shows, it's like, this is how I want my show to look. This is how I want the people to walk away, the people that go home. This is how I want them to feel after my show. So it's like that's the takeaway for me. How did you even know though? Because I saw in another interview, you hadn't even like gone to concerts, bro. Yeah, don't. How did you know what you wanted your show to look like? Because you see it. Like you see it after after in like the beginning, it like wasn't. It was just like, I'm gonna get like I'm so nervous, I'm gonna get fucked up and like do this show, like whatever, it's fun. Yeah, you know, but now it's like I understand that like I I understand what what I want my music to be, which is I want it to be memories for moments for people, and I see that in real time when it when it comes to the show. So now it's like my my outlook on what I want that to look like is is clear.

Damn, that's powerful. So, yeah, just like taking that approach to every little detail, yeah, and just like giving every single show a hundred percent because that's why they came and that's why I'm here. Yeah, yeah, it's like you know, you go to some small city, it's Kansas City, it's like they don't deserve less of an experience thing. Like they're they've been waiting for this. Uh for five people, I'll do the same show for 5,000 people, you know, because it's like those people matter and how they feel matters. So, so what are some of the ways you've promoted the tour? Social media, yeah, yeah. Just a little, you know, just the social media aspect of everything. But like, just kind of like the eyeballs are about it. Yeah, I mean, I know, but just like announcing um, so my videographer Henry, um, me and him like just came up with a bunch of ideas, and like they're super like out of the box, like weird, like an like a news, a fake like news thing. I was like, Party alone was announcing his headline tour, like okay, stuff like that.

You know what I'm saying? And just like out of like just random things. So it's it's fun, right? Like, you get to be creative in music, it's like be creative with content. It's fun, yeah, for sure. It should be fun. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, I saw the clip from you uh performing at Lollapalooza. That was crazy. Which, like, that's gotta be just once again, shout out to you, man. Yeah. I mean, you're so you know, new to this music industry, honestly, in the grand scheme of things. So to be like performing at Lala, headlining your own, you know, tour right now. I mean, like, fucking amazing work so far. Thank you, so much But so that's gotta feel like the opposite side of the spectrum from your own headlining tour, yeah. and doing like the lala set right Yeah, very different. It was super different. It was like a very humbling experience, you know, because nobody in the crowd know knew who I was. Really? They were all waiting for the the headliner. Yeah, sure. You know, so it was cool to see like I have certain songs where it's like calm response, you know what I'm saying? They connect with those.

Everybody was like, I guess it fucking sucks. You know what I'm saying? So it was like it was so cool to see, and then I I went down to the crowd and just talked to everybody, and they're like, Who are you? Like, we love you now, you know. So I think like it's it's the same concept as as doing every other show, but just on a bigger scale. Yeah, no, just because for me, I mean, what time did you go on? Like one or some shit. Yeah, one no, for sure, but one super early. I know, but I was like, I was actually shocked as to how many fucking people. It was cool because while I was on stage, I could see people walking over from other stages, and then like being like, who's this guy? I had this song called You Can't Stop the Rain, and it was a crazy moment because it started downpouring. Oh, really? Yeah, it was like, bro, it was like, damn. It was it was God intervened, literally, this is God's like, I got this party, yeah, I got you. If you put your all in this set, like you always do, I got you. Yeah, it was a moment. So uh, who'd you get to meet that you you know either were like a fan of, or you know what I mean?

I'm sure you know uh another fellow Minnesotan young gravy. Oh, yeah, that was our like first like real link up. Uh we just posted a clip with young gravy. We love gravy, yeah. He he was yeah, the Rizgad, the Riz God, and then like just like people like I have never saw in concert, like Tems, Kendrick, um Jaddy, like yeah, it was what did you learn from like some of the you know, because as someone who hasn't been to like tons of shows in their life, like what did you you know take away from some of their sets, even I don't really other than like the way that they move as a team on stage and the way that their like visuals are is like next tier, yeah. You know, it's like amazing to see like Tems, and like everybody on stage was moving as one, you know. So it was like that was more of like an eye opener than like really everybody else that I saw, but like choreography almost like yeah, yeah, and then they rehearsed this shit the artistry of stage presence and performing, you know, just like being like what the fuck am I doing here?

I'm just here to be like, yeah, fuck it, turn up. But then they're like, We are here, and like this is what we're giving you as us, you know. So like that was really cool to see. It's like you're bringing a Broadway play to a location. Like we have rehearsed this whole thing. There's this whole thing, and we brought it to y'all to recreate on this stage for you guys right now. It was amazing. Cool. Yeah. So, you know, we were talking off camera, like not a home is obviously the you know, song that I became familiar, you know, with you. And shout out to our boy Dan Hartzog. Shout out to Dan. One more time alumni. Damn! Super producer. Damn. damn yeah So, you know, obviously that song went crazy. Yeah. What what do you think about that song specifically like resonated so well with the masses, right? And like, you know, why do you think it caught the wave that it did? I think it was just so personal. And it was like so like it wasn't really calling anyone out, but at the same time, it was like calling everybody out.

Like it wasn't really like it was a very like, she'll do this, she'll do that. But like I have like grown men being like this song changed my life, you know. So it's like it's it's I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that like it was just like very personable. Did it feel any different than the other songs when you were first putting it out? It did. Yeah. Yeah, it when I was making it. Okay. Like I was in like almost like tears, like making it. And like I don't know why, you know, like it was just like one of those like songs for me that did something to me, and it wasn't even like about me, you know? For those that aren't familiar, what what is it about? I think it's just about like the struggle I seen like my mother go through and like people around me and my family go through, whether it's like addiction or like um just anything when it comes to mental health. So that's really what it was about.

And then like there was like little things about like, oh I like, but I I can resonate with that as myself. So it's like it's just an all-around song about everything that was happening in my life at that current moment, you know? And I think that's what resonated with people the most. Yeah, for me, I feel like not not only is it the way that you presented it, you know, content-wise, but also just the lyrics and the like feeling around the record itself. It's like you've got a really powerful knack for for storytelling, and I think that you've been like, you know, vocal about like that being something that you're trying to like continue to improve upon, and like that's the mission is like let's tell stories through this music and like and like get this shit off my chest because I know someone else is going through with it. Like how like was it an easy thing to to do to be like that vulnerable at first, or did it take like putting out surface level songs at first? You know what I mean? Like, did you come out the gates just Are you a natural storyteller? Yeah, yeah, I I definitely am.

I wouldn't say like the music that I put out prior was surface level. It was just what I was feeling in that current moment. Even though it wasn't that deep, I don't, you know, I don't think it was like here, and like I'll I'll work my way up to being like this vulnerable. Like I don't think it like was one of those. I think it was just like I got comfortable putting out how I was feeling. And I think that was the easy, easiest thing to be like, here's this song, and this is how I'm feeling. Like, I know nobody's gonna like judge me. And if you do, why would I care? You know? Yeah. Why do you think some artists are care? Yeah, like not not comfortable. Because it is like the internet is a like fucked up place. So much negativity. Yeah, there's a lot of there's a lot of negativity on it. Um, whether it's like I'll get posted on like a certain page and all the comments are like, oh, who the fuck is this? Like, we don't care. Like, next, next. And it's like, oh, like you're sitting there, like, no way you're not gonna like read every single comment, like, damn, bro, like this is how people, but then like you forget about the people who like are supporting are like right here with you.

You know what I'm saying? And I think that's the takeaway from it. I think it's just that like one negative comment. But it's like it is hard to like kind of like negativity is so much louder than positivity. I hate it, I hate that that bro is the thing. Like, out of all the comments that you like send me screenshots of it's the negative ones, it's all the negative ones. And we get so many great ones of like, oh my god, y'all are putting us on game, like, oh shit, I love that interview. like realest shit I heard. never We never send those ones. We're always sending the ones that are like these two culture vultures, like talking about rap like that. Because you don't expect it, you're like, I'm I'm so proud of this work. I assume other people will be proud of it just as much as I am. so you Don't expect it. And then when you see it, you're like, fuck, dude. Like, I'm I'm not shit. Am I wrong? Like is our whole lives a lie? Is this podcast meaning anything? What are we doing here? Oh, yeah, I don't know. I mean, so so you know, once again, as someone who has had their like, you know, own battles and like continues to to you know deal with mental health stuff, as far as like when you went stupid viral, yeah, and you started getting clearly like let's just even call it half and half, half fuck you guy, like what are you talking about?

I hate you. And then of course, like half, you know, you saved my life. Oh my god, this song is incredible, whatever. Like, how did that impact someone who clearly, you know, has not been, let's say, the most, you know, yeah, and I think I think that's why like not a home is so special, because like that 50 50, half come bad, half good wasn't 50 50, it was like 90 10. In which way? In good 90% good and 10% bad. So, like the good really outweighed the bad, to where the point was like I didn't even see the bad comments. So I was like, this song is amazing and I know it because you guys know it, you know. So it was like it was a weird, like it was a weird moment. It was it was always like I felt really good about it. If if it didn't like how quickly did it go viral overnight. Okay, so like it was the first, was it the first post about it? Uh no, I there was like quite a bit of posts before, but that was the one that song was the first one to be like, yo, yeah, this like people love this one. That's good for people to know too out there.

Like, yeah, it wasn't the first post, guys. But don't make one TikTok and then and it oh, it didn't give up you well, this song sucks. Like, but stand on your shit, you know, stand on business. But I was but I stand on business, Jesus true. What we're talking about is but I was gonna ask, like, you know, you said that that song did like mean something, like it was like special for you in the recording process, like you were, you know, crying or like you know, getting emotional while recording it. Like, if it didn't go viral, that post. How long would you have like pushed it? Would you say? Um, well, I mean, given the fact like it was still one of the songs that was like I knew people resonated with it before it was like fuck it, we're going all the way, like we're going viral for sure. It was still one of those songs that people were anticipating to drop. It had like positive reception. Okay. And like if TikTok wasn't a thing, I think I would still drop it. And that reason being, like, I send my mom a lot of music.

And a lot of it she doesn't fuck with. And a lot of it she doesn't like. But I sent this to her and she called me crying. You know what I'm saying? Wow. Yeah. So like I powerful. I knew like deep down, like I really I care about this song. And I know it not only impacts me, but it impacts the woman that raised me. You know, so I was like, this this song needs to go out. If there was no TikTok, that's you know, right. So yeah, just happened to be a tool that was available. shout out Shout out Mama Party. Oh, so like, you know, all of our audience thinks, like, all right, like I'm just out of here if I go viral. You know, I mean, like, I'm just fucking, it's done. I'm headlining I'm headlining tours, you know, I'm just I'm fucking done, son. Like, it is it's over with. But like, you know, false. Clearly, no, no, but like, you know, clearly some stuff did happen as a result of this. So, like, yeah, what what in practice actually started happening, right? Like, you have this viral moment, the song's going crazy, right? Like, what what actually played out?

Because I think it's important for our our audience to know, like, should they hopefully get that like viral moment with one of their releases? Yeah, like what did you do? How did you respond to it? What actually started happening, right? Like, just speak on kind of like the reality of it for you. Yeah, yeah. So it was um me and my manager Jake, and the the video went viral. And then, like, in maybe like a few days later, we had like a bunch of labels, like calling and then Jake was interning for Sam, and we brought Sam and he was like, just like wait, just like let it like breathe for a second. How hard was that? It was bro, literally we were talking about this. It was so hard. Because it's like someone's just flashing like money in your face. Not even money, just opportunity. Yeah. Just like just like a um a dream. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, you can be this thing. Welcome to Interscope. The home of Billy Eilish and fucking Epic Records.

Yeah, that's it. You can get on songs with this. Yeah, so it was like, I'm like just super anxious, like, oh finally you know what I'm saying? Like, yes, dude. Like, why are we waiting? Why are we waiting? Sam's like, just wait, bro. And and we did when we dropped the song, you know what I'm saying? And then what was the guidance around the waiting, right? Because you're wanting like, fuck that, where's the contract? I'm ready to sign. Yeah, I just at that moment in time, me not knowing what the fuck I'm doing, or like why I'm like, why did it get to this point? And what people have to offer in the city that I'm currently in right now, and intention wise, I just I trusted him and was like, I'm gonna trust you, bro. Like, damn. That'd be hard. Yeah, it was. It was hard as fuck. When you're getting dreams flashing your face, literally. So I mean, just just trusting him man. And and we did, and then the song dropped. There was a little bit of like a bidding war going on with the major labels.

Um, but we used that to kind of leverage this deal out with BMG, which was amazing. Yeah, that I'm out of now. But yeah, but I'm just saying, like it, so for everyone out there, like as hard as it may be. The first offer's never the best, first of all. But he probably but he clearly had more than just the first offer. Second or third, probably not either. But yeah, I mean, I think it's you know, it's it's a testament to like just being patient, like trusting the process because people have done it before. I mean, where they bite at those initial deals. And you know, there's been, of course, times I'm sure where it's worked out, and there's been plenty of times where it hasn't. It hasn't. For sure. Absolutely. But you know, for me, I always get I get like stressed out for you guys, man. Like you you make this song, go stupid viral, you put it out, it's still like does well, obviously. I mean, it's in the like, I don't know, 50 I mean what, 10, 50, 20 million streams, whatever it's doing right now. It's still done very well for like an independent, you know, like uh the new artist, right?

Absolutely. Um, but like how much, I mean, speaking of pressure, bro, like you're going back in the studio, you gotta be like, that's that's not a not a home. No, yeah. That's not not a home. I think not only was I thinking it, but the people around me were too. So that's also more pressure on like, oh fuck, like I gotta like, what the fuck? You know, like what the fuck? Yeah. Straight up. You know, so it's like, yeah, bro. How do you how did you manage those like expect those un unfair honestly expectations of yourself, right? Like when you're going back in to create. Because I feel like once again, you know, for any of our community that like has a viral song or whatever, they put it out, it's you know, it's well received. Like, they're gonna deal with that shit when they're going back in to try and create again. Like, what how did you how did you get yourself out of that fucking I feel I feel like it was just creating because my mind was so stuck on making another not a home to the point where I couldn't even make music, and and there was a point where I didn't make music for like a month, a month and a half, two months, because I was just fucking like I can't think of anything other than like I need to make another one of these, you know. So it was like, but it was just like keep I just kept creating and just kept coming up with like different ideas based on how it was feeling, you know what I'm saying?

So I think that's that was just the biggest thing for me was to just keep creating and finding inspiration outside of music, and why do I feel the need to make another one of these songs? It sounds like such a toxic expectation that's set when that happens, right? Like, that sounds like the worst thing imaginable for an artist. I mean, dude, I mean, shit, we even had that. Like, all right, so we did this this draft where we basically like drafted our favorite producer tags, all right? It has like eight million views on yeah, like it went fucking ridiculously viral for us, right? And we had never seen anything like that. We thought like it was fucked up, like we didn't even think it was real, like whatever, and it's like going crazy. I mean, you and I definitely you you were actually more annoying about it than I was like, bro, I want another million, like I want a fucking another million, bro. Like, I need another fucking milli video. Yeah, it's sexy. Well thought we figured something out. Yeah, I mean, we clearly we did we got more millions, we did, but I'm just saying, like, we did feel the pressure of like making that exact thing right, yeah. Again, you know, and like re and it was even like to the point of like, okay, we did this in that video.

Like, how do we like perfectly just copy that or replicate it? It's like, oh, keep just keep copying the video that worked, and you're like, well, it doesn't work anymore. Yeah, or it just felt shitty even inauthentic. Yeah, like it just we were doing it, and like we did more and more and more, and like they all did well. We were kind of like, okay, but it was like doing, of course, like not as well, and we were just kind of like, ah, like this just feels it just felt like wrong, you know what I mean? It's time that could have been spent coming up with the next eight million instead of like, okay, let's make sure we get another seven, five, four, one half a million on these net follow-ups. We could have been thinking of the next shit. Yeah, bro. I think like the big thing for like that when it comes to like you're in that headspace it's like, okay, eight million out of eight billion people saw that. You know what I'm saying? So it's like point one percent of the world, but yeah. So it's like, why am I getting caught up on this like moment? And like, there's so much more like to give, and there's so much more eyes to see what you're giving.

Yeah, very true. For sure. So, you know, for that month and a half, or or you know, whatever that you that you took away, you know, took time away from music, like what you know, what'd you get into? How'd you stay busy? I think so. This was like, I'm still new to LA, and um, it was like really just looking for inspiration externally. And I was like, wait a minute, like why that why am I not looking internally? So I I think then that was like the real first time in my life where I was like, I need to look internal onto who I am and really the the purpose reason why I do this and and what I want out of it. So why do you do this and and you know what do you want? Yeah, yeah, and what were the findings? What were the results of this? So I I I do this out of out of trying to find myself, but now I know what I want for my music, and that is like I want to create moments for people. You know what I'm saying?

It's like I want people to get married to my music. I want people to be born to my music. I want people to die to my music. You know, I want to create moments and memories from my music. I definitely would have put you on my you know, labor playlist for my child for sure. You know, I would I would have. I didn't have one this time. We actually left it. Yeah. Play party at my funeral. Damn, bro. Um man, so you know, you alluded to the fact that you obviously supported mod son. Yeah. And you've collaborated with him on a record as well. Yeah. Right? And you've done a record with Blink 182's Travis Barker. Hell yeah. Which, like, which I don't know, I mean, we have something to ask him about that. We got, yeah. Well, they didn't clear the whole one more time album with us. So we wanted to talk about it. They didn't call us about that. Yeah. Did he mention anything? They dropped the new album it's called One More Time. He did. I might have just like. Did you just disregard it?

Yeah, I think I'm like Were you like I'm doing their podcast? And he was like, don't fucking talk about me. They're gonna talk about the tour. But yeah, bro. I mean, if he just, you know, if he wants to get his tickets, I mean, have they come through Atlanta yet? Like, we'll settle for five percent, I think of the five. Five percent of the tour, but five. We'll take five points. No, man. But we'll take an interview, take an interview, right? But no, you know, As someone who clearly has like pop punk, you know, influences to their music, right? Like, you know, you've got kind of that, you know, melodic uh rap type of shit and like melodic vocals against the machine yeah shit like that Yeah, so like, I mean, is that just dream come true moment for you? Like to work on a song with Travis Barker. It's like I really didn't even like listen to him when I was growing up. You were a Blink fan. Wow. I guess you're young. That's real. Yeah. You're young. bro Regardless, like I listen to hella old shit. Okay, okay. You know what I'm saying?

But like did you tell him this? You're like, Trav. I'm like, I'm your biggest fan, bro. No, no, I mean yeah Oh, did you lie to him? No, I didn't. Oh, okay. Just tell him straight up. We're gonna make the clip exposed on One More Time Podcast. Yeah, yeah. No, I think I think Party Alone doesn't even like Travis Barker. I didn't say that. I didn't say that I know, I know. we're not We're not those guys. We're not Vlad TV. No, not yet. Well, we I mean, if times get tough, we might have to start clipping shit like that, bro. Maybe. No, I think I think it was regardless if I liked him or not, or I liked Bro, no. Did you hear that? If I listen to him or not. Regardless if I listened to him or not, I think it was still like just a crazy moment to see that artist at of that caliber want to work with me. You know, so it was like, I think that was more of like the what the fuck. Did y'all get to walk in like for a session and everything? We

made three songs. Wow. And it was like weird because like you'd see like Courtney walk in, and you'd be like, Courtney's like dude, yeah, yeah, yeah. Shit. And but now it's like I'm like, I'd say I'm pretty good friends with Landon, you know? Okay. So it's like we we link up sometimes and chop it up. So it's like, yeah. What did you you know take away from like his creative process or whatever? Like the beast, bro. Yeah. He does not stop. Yeah, on just like the output. Everything. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, what the fuck? Did it kind of like make you be like? Yeah, like I'm not going hard enough. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And like seeing those people just like they like just keep going, bro. I'm like, damn, dude. And like I'll sit down and I had a conversation with him, and it's just like I got to. I'm like, but what happened why? Like you're at because I'm curious. You're already up here, you know? And he's like, I just have to.

What is it for him at that at that level? I'm not sure. He's got to think you're the next him. You know, or like not exactly, but like, no, I mean, no, he's talking about him wanting to keep going. Oh, like at this point, he could just hang it up and chill. But literally, yeah, but it's like he doesn't know. Yeah, I wonder what that is for those types of people. I really don't know. He's not that old. No, but it's just nobody's higher and he's as successful as you know, he he could just stop. He doesn't need to make any more money for sure doing music. So it's just like, I wonder if it is just like so fun. It's just a personal life, but yeah, I need to keep yeah, it's it's it's inspiring, yeah. For sure. No, it's I think recognizing talent, you know, is a game that's fun, and seeing the the shit that's happening with the upcomers, right? And being a part of that seems like it would be a fun game to play, for sure. Yeah, for sure. So, you know, moving into the second half of the tour, like what are you gonna do differently or better? You know what I mean?

Like, we're halfway through. What are we doing that that's different, or like you know, how are we improving even on the second half? Um drinking more tea. Okay. Thanks. That's it. And that's not. I think drinking more tea, saving my voice, and just keep trying to up the energy every night and and just being more personable. What's your pre-show ritual? I'll just take a couple shots. There you go. Warm up. Like warm up. It's our same. It's our same. It's our podcast ritual. Shout out to Shoddy as well. Shout out to Whiskey, man. Let's go. Um yeah, a lot of a lot of tea, a lot of honey. Vocal warmups is a must for sure. Just preserving that voice, man, is yeah, it's huge. Yeah. The type of runs that you do and the belting and the emotion you put into every song. Like doing that every night, damn near. It's gotta be close to. I mean, we talked about it off camera, but you've got you said you got close one time, maybe to losing the voice, right? Yeah, and then I did lose it on the mod tour.

So I was like, so that was your learning moment for that? That was. But then he like definitely helped me dig myself out of that. Shout out my son one time. Shout out Minnie. God, Minnie came back. I thought Minnie was gone at the beginning of the episode. Minnie never left, Ben. Okay. So, you know, I'm I'm married with two kids, and I like to just live vicariously through you. You actually, yeah, damn, sick, yeah, it's pretty it's pretty sick. Yeah. Where's your ring, bro? I'm broke. It I left it at the house accidentally. Thanks for calling me out. Sorry. Sorry, honey. Oh, shit. Sorry, but no, so I like to live vicariously through you, you know, young whippersnappers. Um, do you have a girlfriend? Yeah. Oh. So tour life's not like that kind of tour life. Damn, bro. Never mind. All right, moving on. Way to blow up his spot, Ben. Well, I just no, he's he's a loyal motherfucker. Did you hear him? He's like, Yeah, I got a girl. More loyal loyal than you, no ring. I just said I had a wife and two kids on camera, Henry. I wasn't like, yo, you want to go to the club after this?

Like, I mean, yeah, we're going to pony for sure. God bless. Anyways, the Atlanta clubs. Yeah. I'll show you around if you, you know, I know you're only here a couple days. You don't want to go with Henry, bro. Henry. I'm a VIP. We've entered a final segment of the podcast. I'm not, but they got the ones ready for him. Yes. He's literally got my bottle and shit, uh, You got pictures on your phone? What are you doing? I got phone numbers. We'll talk about it later. We'll talk about it later. Um, anyway, this is the final segment. This is called the rapid fire rampage. Yeah. With party alone. It's gonna be a three-part rampage. I'll explain them as we go. Are you buckled up? Yeah. Give me a little. Here we go. First part is just some short answer questions. Just some rapid fire. Boom, boom, bang. We're gonna get like the kind of incriminating, like controversial, crazy question out of the way. First, I thought I just asked that one about even more so. Okay. Sup. Hi. Moving on.

Clipping that. Party, give us your three best tips for upcoming artists that are hoping to go on their first headlining tour. Damn, this is I gotta think quick. Um, I would say care about the fans you currently have. That's huge. I mean, that's great first one. That's the best first tip. Post post content surrounding your headline tour. Because why would you not? It's free. You'd be surprised, Party. Yeah, and I'd say use the team you have around you to better that tour. That's fire. Damn. Great answer. The first one. That's actually a clip. Just the first one, like, guys, stop caring so much about finding new fans when you literally just forget about it. I mean, especially if you're going on your first headline tour, like there's a slight, I feel like there's a pretty big chance people that just find you aren't gonna spend money on you. Huge chance they're not invested in you enough. There's a spectrum.

There's warm leads, hot leads, it's a business thing. It's like you got people in, and then you gotta transfer them over here to the hot where they're actually will spend money and spend an evening with you. It's completely different than they like your TikTok. So fantastic answer. for real Amazing. Seriously. You can party with a D with any three fictional characters that you choose. Who would you party with? Fictional characters. Yeah. Barney. Okay. Barney. Barney won't. I feel like Barney does coke for sure. Dude. Barney doesn't get talked about enough anymore. Bob Ross. Ooh, he's not fictional, but we'll take it. That's fine. He's I don't know, man. He might be kind of played a character. He might be a human being, but he's definitely fucking fake. Yeah, bro. Okay. He's not real. We got Barney and Bob Ross.

Sounds lit. Um, and then we're going. I'm going Goku from Dragon Ball. Ooh. Sounds like an upper party to me. I don't know mountains, mountains of blow there. Dude, Barney's gonna have a lot of white on his big fucking nose. Yeah, let us know when the Hey, man, those days are behind me, Henry. Okay. He's married, bro. I'm married with childs. You got the eight ball for me, right? Okay, anyway. Uh moving on. No, sir. You just hired a personal assistant. Oh, he's made it. What are their main tasks? I don't know. What's the shape that like you gotta do every day, but maybe you don't want to do every day? Laundry. Or take some like make my tea. Okay, yeah. Yeah, that'd be cool. Like just have a tea maker some tea.

Yeah. I mean, rappers have blunt rollers. So, like you could have like that. I mean, yeah. But like, what's your version of the tea maker? Grab a beer for me. Okay, a beer grabber, tea. maker. That's why I had children. Just grab my beer. Yo, Hey, boy. Go get me a beer out of that fridge. Uh it's a very liquid-based assistant so far. Anything else? Yeah, it's so I'll probably stick with the liquids. Maybe a little bit of cleaning. Yeah. Laundry. Yeah, laundry. Not the best at laundry. Sure. Folding shit. Okay. Bring you, bring you a glass of water if, you know, yeah, if you're parched. Yeah, yeah, literally. I mean, while we're on the liquids, you know, not forget about H2O, folks. Drink water. He's pretty, uh, low maintenance. Yeah, I was like, Yeah, I don't know. it feels like a chef, I'd be like, he cooked me everything. I would say like feet rubs, you know. Oh, you oh, so like you could get massages for sure. Yeah, like yeah, I'd do massages and shit. Okay. Let's keep it PG though. I don't know.

No happy ending. I saw where that was. I saw where that was going, buddy. I didn't get fucking jerked off. I was like, I saw your I like saw your mind go there. I was like, let's keep it, you know. New party alone single coming soon. It's called Happy Ending. Yeah. Starring our personal assistant. She gets a skit in the beginning. Okay, for this one, we need your phone. We're gonna pull up the gram. Yeah, let's do it. Have you heard of it? It's an app. People connect. The IG. That's the one. We're gonna go to the DMs. Tell us the last three DMs that you sent. Uh oh shit, the last three DMs I sent. And no flex in either. Well, no. We could tell anything. Uh, somebody said your SLC show is sold out, but we need one more ticket. And I sent the crying emoji. Okay. Damn. Okay. That's fire it's sold out. Somebody said, You're turning into a candy kid. And I said, What is candy? And she explained to me how it was like the bracelets. Oh, yeah, like festivals and shit, yeah. Yeah, and then she sent me a uh video, and I said, Oh. Okay, good, good.

Um, and then to a Minnesota DJ. Just seen about trying to get some Timberwolf tickets. Ooh. Shout out, Minnie. Hey. Shout out Minnie. Dude, many. Shout out Minnie. Shout out to Timberwolves. This episode might just be titled Minnie. Yeah, it won't. It'll do terrible. Could be. For SEO, but no. I mean, the amount of times we've talked about it, it's pretty much the overarching theme of the episode. Mini. Somewhat. Many. Party, what is your favorite curse word? Fuck. Beautiful. And finally, this last segment is called Ideal Audio. You can have any artist, any producers, any engineers, any songwriters, anyone on a song. Create the perfect song. Ice JJ Fish and Tay Keith. Whoa. You've thought about this, huh? Not only was it the best answer we ever got, it's the fastest. Holy shit. Wow. Ice JJ Fish, produced by Tay Keith. Tay Keith fucked in it. Why is that gonna be a banger?

Shit. Part one. Fuck is improving. I fuck with him, bro. I didn't watch Ice JJ fish. You fuck with you know Miles? Yeah, bro. You know it's going crazy. Like, check this out. You know what? Are you, do you mess with gang? No, no, dude. dude. Hold up. You gotta text me. I mean it's Spotify, right? Like songs. My most recent is Honey Bun. So I had to hit her with the uh where you from? Where you from? No, you know, because me and uh my videographer Henry, bro, we be sending each other so many like memes and shit, and I was like, bro, we made like this is sick, bro. You know, goes crazy. Yeah, so I sent it to him. I'm trying to get Ben on the wagon. Like would you hop on would you hop on the remix? Probably not, but it's funny. It's dope, bro. Fair enough. I can't tell if he's serious. All right, part two. This is the this or that. I'm gonna give you two choices. You pick one, very simple. Here we go. Starting with hook first or verse first. Verse first.

Writing lyrics ahead of time or coming up with them in the studio. In the studio. 808 or bass guitar. 808. 10 platinum records or one diamond record. One diamond. 10 platinum records. Yeah, we have a piece of content about that going crazy. Harmonies or ad libs? Harmonies. Ice Spice or Sexy Red. Sexy Red. TikTok or YouTube? TikTok. Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network. He seemed disgusting. Bro, what the fuck? He was not feeling that option. Anyway, uh, last one. I have a magic coin. Heads, you release a full-length collaboration album with Post Malone next year. Tails, you lose all your hair permanently. Do you flip the coin? Yeah, fuck yeah. The dreads are gone. Baldy alone. Part two. God. Part two. I like it though. He knows what he wants. I feel like I could just wear like a wig or some shit. Yeah, I know you could go crazy with like hairstyles. Yeah.

You could wear a different fucking every show, you could have a different one. What if you had to just be bald? That wasn't the question. It's the question now. Party. Get out of my rampage, Ben. I would I would probably just wear hats a lot. You almost got through the episode without getting muted, but I'm meeting men now. No. Every fucking time. The last part is the word association. I'm gonna say one word, and you just give me the first word right back off the top of your head. First word you think of. Here we go. I'll unmute you if you behave. Okay. It's like fuck. I'm like starting with hip hop. Fire. Microphone. Speaking. Stage. Presence. Auto-tune. Auto-tune. Magic. Carpet. Whiskey. I drink. Tennis. It sounded like I used to play. Then I swear to God, we just missed this either. I'm gonna do it one more time. I used to play tennis.

I used to play. Did you? Yeah. I'm gonna pretend like I knew that. Moving on. Riz. God. Nuke. Town. Cologne. Smell good. Penguin. Bird that cannot fly. Facts. Bitcoin. Money. Jelly. Roll. Content. It's good. Minnesota. It's fucking amazing. Party. I thought he was about to say mini after minutes. That would have been way better. Would have tied the whole episode together. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. This is the party. P A R D Y. And uh wait. One more time. Just had to run that one last time before you do your outro. Yo, appreciate you making time on your headlining tour to come by the One More Time Podcast. Thank you guys so much for having me. As always, please like, comment, subscribe, follow us on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify Podcasts, wherever it is that you listen to your podcast. We are here every fucking week.

Until next week, what are we doing? Getting out of here. Getting the fuck out of here. Peace. See you later. Drink your tea.