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  • - My heart is bleeding inside.

  • - Oh my God, I'm dead.

  • - I just got so nervous.

  • - What is happening, right now?

  • - Ah, you gonna make me cry.

  • - This is, like, one of my favorite days of my life.

  • Hey, what's up, Glamour?

  • Its Gwen Stefani and you sing my song.

  • After all that we've been through

  • ♪ I know we're cool

  • Its hard to remember

  • How it felt before

  • Wow, this is, literally, giving me,

  • my heart is bleeding inside.

  • And after all the obstacles

  • What?

  • I'm gonna cry right now.

  • It's good to see you now with someone else

  • Its just hard to imagine, when you write a song,

  • about your own, like, personal, like,

  • experience and then you see someone else,

  • like, channel it like this, its so incredible.

  • ♪ I know we're cool

  • [ukulele playing]

  • What, she's got, like, a ukulele or something.

  • It was, just, a very important song

  • in my journey, so, to hear her sing it

  • in such a beautiful, like, heartfelt,

  • like, tender, feminine way was just,

  • really like, I love everything about that.

  • - [Female Voice Behind Camera] She was on

  • The Voice and auditioned with this song.

  • - I do remember that, to be honest,

  • he actually texted me from set

  • and he's like, "You're not gonna believe it,

  • some girl just covered Cool."

  • And I was like, "That song?"

  • Like, I've never heard anyone cover it before.

  • So, to do it on TV, to sing, like, extreme,

  • okay, Lele, lets just get to it,

  • that was an amazing cover of Cool,

  • you seriously, like, pulled my heartstrings

  • and you are adorable, you have the hair

  • that I always wanted and I hope that we get to

  • cross paths one day, you're magic.

  • - Oh my God, no.

  • My heart is beating so fast, right now.

  • - Wow, this is literally giving me,

  • like, my heart is bleeding inside.

  • That's crazy.

  • - Oh my God.

  • - What?

  • I'm gonna cry, right now.

  • - Aw, I wanna cry right now.

  • - I remember, he actually texted me from

  • set and he was like, "You're not gonna believe it,

  • some girl just covered Cool."

  • - Oh my God, he actually texted her about me.

  • - To hear her sing it in such a beautiful,

  • like, tender, feminine way was,

  • just, really like, I loved it.

  • - Oh my God.

  • [laughing]

  • Oh my God, I don't know what just happened.

  • [laughing]

  • God, that, like, validates so much,

  • like, coming from someone whose been such,

  • like, an icon for so long and been a big part

  • of, like, my life and developing as an artist,

  • to hear her say that I did her song justice,

  • is like, oh my, I don't know what do, right now.

  • And she's, like, the ultimate feminist,

  • so, its like, its really cool.

  • I actually made Gwen Stefani emotional, like, what?

  • It makes me feel like I have something special.

  • If I was a rich girl

  • Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

  • Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

  • - Oh my.

  • Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

  • Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

  • What is happening, right now?

  • This is, like, one of my favorite days of my life.

  • I'm gonna tell you that, right now,

  • because I love this so much,

  • I'm so blown away, its so creative and so weird.

  • Think what that money could bring

  • ♪ I'd buy everything

  • Clean out Vivienne Westwood

  • In my Galliano gown

  • No, wouldn't just have one hood

  • Okay, I have got to post this on my thing,

  • this is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

  • They literally took the original,

  • like, Fiddler On The Roof, like, thing

  • and then took my lyrics, Semi Tone Guys,

  • I love what you did with my lyrics

  • and it just shows that, when you mix things up

  • and go back to the old-school,

  • its very interesting, this is a very interesting moment,

  • thank you so much for doing this,

  • I definitely need to share this

  • with everyone that hasn't seen it

  • and thank you.

  • Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

  • - Oh, my word.

  • - Wow.

  • - Wow.

  • Clean out Vivienne Westwood

  • In my Galliano gown

  • - Okay, I have got to post this on my thing,

  • this is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

  • Semi Tone Guys,I love what you did with my lyrics,

  • thank you so much for doing this, thank you.

  • - Wow, that's amazing, that's so cool,

  • goodness me, that's really gratifying.

  • Its really nice, we always wanted

  • her to see it and she's so huge

  • that its not an easy thing to make happen.

  • Its really nice how down to earth she seems,

  • I think that's actually really important

  • and how, you know, music is,

  • it is complicated and there are things

  • you have to know but at the same time,

  • its actually deeply simple and human,

  • like, it connects with people on quite a simple level

  • and I think the way she was talking about

  • the piece, it clearly connected with her

  • and that's really nice and it doesn't

  • have to be much more than that.

  • And if she ever wants to do a giant performance,

  • I would always be game.

  • Don't speak, I know just what you're sayin' ♪

  • You and me

  • - Cool.

  • We used to be together

  • Every day together, always

  • Okay so, the hair, lets just start

  • with the hair, first, I love that hair,

  • that's like my favorite hair ever

  • that I would wish I could have.

  • Losin' my best friend

  • ♪ I can't believe this could be the end

  • Wow.

  • It looks as though you're lettin' go

  • And if it's real, well, I don't want to know

  • Don't speak

  • I would have never, ever imagined this song

  • done in this style but it kinda reminds

  • me a bit of, like, a Lauryn Hill,

  • kind of, Fugees, like, version of Don't Speak,

  • which is like, right up my alley.

  • This is, like, super fan, so,

  • the fact that I get to now be rewarded

  • with seeing, you know, different cultures

  • interpret one of the songs that I wrote

  • about my heart being cracked open,

  • that I never thought anyone would hear,

  • its pretty, like, incredible, how music heals

  • and how music is love and love is just

  • bringing us all together, so,

  • I'm gonna sit back and relax

  • and watch a little bit more of you

  • making out with some guy on a bed, okay, here we go.

  • So please stop explainin' ♪

  • Don't tell me 'cause it hurts

  • Don't speak, I know what you're thinkin' ♪

  • Leela, this is my favorite cover of Don't Speak,

  • I've ever heard because this song

  • is actually really hard to sing

  • and I think that sometimes, like,

  • singers, like, try to over sing it

  • and it just sounds weird because I'm not,

  • like, a super, amazing singer,

  • I kinda just sing with what I got,

  • so, when its sung from a really good singer,

  • it sounds weird to me.

  • I come from Anaheim, California

  • and I don't know where you're from

  • but you are super cool, way cooler than me.

  • - Oh, wow.

  • Oh my goodness.

  • - Okay so, the hair, lets just start

  • with the hair first, I love that hair.

  • And if it's real, well, I don't want to know

  • - Aw, you gonna make me cry.

  • Don't speak, I know just what you're sayin' ♪

  • - This is, just, super cool, way cooler than me.

  • - Aw.

  • - You made this song sound so cool

  • and sexy, so, I'm gonna sit back

  • and relax and watch a little bit more

  • of you making out with some guy on a bed,

  • okay, here we go.

  • [laughing]

  • She's so cute.

  • [laughing]

  • - Yay.

  • - This is my favorite cover of Don't Speak,

  • I've ever heard, by the way, Leela,

  • this is my favorite cover of Don't Speak,

  • I've ever heard.

  • - Oh, my gosh, I'm about to cry.

  • I always remember, we did this song

  • and I was going through a terrible break up,

  • myself and just, oh my gosh.

  • I'm so, man, I'm tryna keep it real gangster,

  • right now but and so to hear her actually

  • years later, say this, is like,

  • I almost feel like, cool, like somebody heard me,

  • somebody listening, I'm so proud of her legacy,

  • she's a mother, I'm a mother,

  • I've watched her, I've followed her career

  • and she's dope, she's so cute.

  • She still fly.

  • Oh I'm just a girl

  • Take a good look at me

  • Take this pink ribbon off my eyes

  • ♪ I'm exposed, its no big surprise

  • This world is forcing me to hold your hand

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh. ♪

  • ♪ I've had it, had it up

  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

  • Had it up to here

  • - I haven't said anything yet

  • because its just a lot, its a lot to take in

  • and the song is basically a sarcastic

  • thing that I'm saying, so, when you hear it in

  • the chords are like this and its kinda, like,

  • tender it starts to make you feel, sort of,

  • like you're feeling sorry for yourself

  • but I wasn't feeling sorry for myself,

  • I was just saying how I felt.

  • Its all those little things

  • That I fear, oh

  • ♪ I'm just a girl

  • Guess I'm some kind of freak

  • ♪ 'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes

  • The fact that, now, all these years later

  • that she's cut, you know, footage of a woman's march

  • and just her interpretation, its really,

  • I feel really honored, I was in a band

  • with all guys, there was zero,

  • like, other girls in the scene that we were in,

  • in Orange County and I can remember

  • being, like, getting to the club

  • and everyone just assuming I was a groupie

  • girlfriend that was there and it wasn't something

  • that I was angry about, it was just,

  • it was what it was, you know what I mean?

  • And I, just, was okay, I'm gonna slap you

  • around when I get on stage

  • and I'm gonna convert you into believing

  • that I have a reason to be here,

  • so, it was a lot of fun.

  • Hi, Kate, its Gwen Stefani, you covered Just A Girl,

  • I'm really honored that you would cover it

  • and I think its a really cool version,

  • its really way different, like,

  • view of the song and I think that

  • that's what is magical that a song

  • that has such a strong point of view

  • could be somebody else's point of view as well,

  • so, congratulations and thank you for sharing that with me.

  • - What.

  • ♪ I'm exposed, it's no big surprise

  • I just got so nervous.

  • Oh my God.

  • Don't you think I know exactly where I stand

  • ♪ I have it, had it

  • This is crazy.

  • - I don't even know what to think about that,

  • like, its so different from, like,

  • where I was at, at the time when I was writing this song.

  • I'm honored that Kate, thank you for your interpretations.

  • - Oh my God.

  • - And I think its a really cool version,

  • its really, way, like a way different,

  • like, view of the song and I think that that's

  • what is magical that a song that has

  • such a strong point of view could

  • be somebody else's point of view as well

  • and, so, congratulations and thank you for sharing

  • that with me.

  • - I was, like, shut up, that is so crazy,

  • I can't believe she sat and, like, watched it.

  • That is so wild, when you cover a song like that,

  • you don't really think they'll ever see it.

  • Wow, pretty crazy that I, you know,

  • was able to give her a new perspective on her song.

  • That's pretty wild, that's so wild.

  • The cool thing about the song, Just A Girl,

  • to me, is how relevant the lyrics are,

  • still, today, especially with this whole women's movement

  • and the women's marches and stuff like that,

  • so, I felt like it was, kind of,

  • important, you know, to highlight that.

  • Thank you for all you've done for

  • the music industry and women in music

  • and women who write their own songs

  • and women who are constantly surrounded by men

  • I think its just so important that this song exists,

  • thank you.

  • ♪ 'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

  • ♪ I ain't no hollaback girl

  • ♪ I'm the last one standing, another one bites the dust

  • Few times I've been around that track

  • - Okay.

  • So it's not just gonna happen like that

  • ♪ 'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

  • ♪ I ain't no hollaback girl

  • At first, I wasn't even hearing Hollaback Girl,

  • like, I didn't even know what song it was.

  • Few times I've been around that track

  • So it's not just gonna happen like that

  • ♪ 'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl

  • ♪ I ain't no hollaback girl

  • This is interesting, too, because when you see

  • the visual of this, this reminds me of our

  • very first video that No Doubt ever did called

  • Trapped In The Box, the actual,

  • this looks so much like that, to me,

  • and reminds me of that except her dress is way more fancy

  • and probably way more money.

  • This is so bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S ♪

  • This is so bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S ♪

  • She definitely reminds me of my old me,

  • back in day, like, growing up,

  • I was obsessed with anything, like,

  • vintage or old or, like, any kind of old movies,

  • like, my whole thing was procrastinating

  • from life by watching, like, Turner classic movies

  • and I just was so into the style,

  • the makeup, the sparkle and, you know,

  • sometimes you just love what you love

  • so, this is perfect.

  • All the girls stamp your feet like this

  • All the girls

  • Everybody's so creative and they can

  • take something and make it their own

  • and its cool, so, Robyn, you definitely remind me

  • of the old me, I used to be very

  • influenced by this time period, as well,

  • that I can see you're influenced by,

  • so, I feel you.

  • ♪ I ain't no hollaback girl

  • I've seen this before, Robyn.

  • - Oh my God, I'm dead.

  • - She definitely reminds me of my old me.

  • - Is this real?

  • - Back in the day, like, growing up,

  • I was obsessed with anything, like,

  • vintage or old. - I'm gonna cry,

  • has this been on the internet?

  • She is the prettiest person on earth.

  • - I, just, was so into the style, the makeup.

  • This is perfect, I feel you.

  • - Oh my God, like, I'm shook, right now.

  • Its so weird to hear her say my name,

  • like, that's like, I'm just so honored

  • that I caught her eye and her ear

  • and that she could appreciate, you know,

  • not just the cover but, like,

  • my voice and my dress and its,

  • that is so touching and it makes me,

  • you know, its inspiring and it makes me wanna

  • do this more and, you just never know,

  • goes to show, you never know,

  • so, just do your best, 'cause you never

  • know whose gonna see your videos.

  • She helped shape me into, like,

  • the musician, my person, you know, that I am

  • and I would say, thank you and I would tell her

  • that she's inspired me and that I love her.

  • I love you, Gwen.

  • Ooh, why'd you have to go and make me like you? ♪

  • No, you can't do this to me

  • Wait a minute

  • No, that's not fair

  • Hey, wait a minute

  • Ooh, why'd you have to go and make me like you? ♪

  • Yeah this is a feeling I'm not used to

  • Why'd you have to go and make me like you? ♪

  • ♪ I'm so mad at you 'cause now you got me missing you

  • - I can't stop watching this, I'm sorry.

  • Now you got me missing you

  • This is one of my favorite things I've ever seen

  • and I'll tell you why because this song

  • represents the crossover from complete devastation

  • to complete bliss, all at the same time

  • and, I think, what I'm loving so much

  • about this version of the song

  • is being able to hear it on the piano

  • and hearing the guitar and, just,

  • actually hearing the song 'cause

  • sometimes when you produce a song

  • and you get, like, all of the production on it,

  • it takes away the chords that original,

  • just, simpleness of what the actual song is

  • and the session that we had,

  • when we wrote this song was completely, like,

  • channeling, like, it was so spiritual

  • and it was so magical, hard for me to understand

  • that this is actually real, really,

  • really blown away by this, love it so much.

  • I've been so blessed to be doing

  • this for so long and I feel like

  • there's always been these magical moments

  • that are hard for me to, really,

  • take in or even understand or really,

  • like, acknowledge that its really happening

  • 'cause I think, if I did, I would explode with joy.

  • It just shows that music is very powerful

  • and it also shows that if you, just,

  • share your life and be honest and truthful,

  • people will relate to that and you can help someone

  • and we all wanna just feel like

  • we all, kind of, are in the same journey together

  • and we're gonna be okay.

  • To you guys that did the covers of the songs that

  • I wrote about my life, I love you,

  • even though I don't know you,

  • I'm so grateful, I am blown away

  • and I'm honored that you took the time

  • and to anybody out there that ever listened to my music,

  • thank you.

  • Why'd you have to go and make me like you? ♪

- My heart is bleeding inside.

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