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THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED HALSEY
IS HERE ON THE SHOW.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.
HOW ARE YOU, HASY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M SO GOOD.
HAVE I WANTED TO DO THIS SHOW FOR SO LONG.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> James: WE'RE SO, SIGHTED THAT YOU ARE HERE AND WE ARE
DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU ARE THERE.
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU, RIGHT NOW.
>> I'M IN L.A I'M AT MY HOUSE.
>> James: NOW I KNOW BECAUSE I SAW YOUR POST THE OTHER DAY LIKE
EVERY OTHER ARTIST, YOU HAVE HAD TO CANCEL YOUR 2020 TOUR WHICH I
CAN ONLY IMAGINE YOU WERE DEEPLY LOOKING FORWARD TO.
WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT BEING ON STAGE AND TOURING?
>> I MEAN TOURING ASK MY FAVORITE PART OF WHAT I DO.
I LOVE EVERY TIME I GET ON STAGE.
THE SHOW IS DIFFERENT.
I HAVE A PRETTY UNSCRIPTED SHOW SO YOU SEE THINGS DIFFERENT FOR
ME EVERY NIGHT, THAT MAKES PARIS' SHOW DIFFERENT THAN
LONDON'S SHOW AND CHICAGO'S SHOW DIFFERENT THAN MIAMI'S SHOW AND
I LOVE WATCHING THE WAY THAT THE SHOW EVOLVES.
IT IS SUPER, SUPER FUN.
BUT ALSO LIKE THINGS GO WRONG ALL THE TIME SO I'M LIKE THAT
THE ONE THING I'M HAPPY I'M NOT DEALING WITH IS THE CONSTANT
DRAMA OF CLEANING UP AFTER MYSELF ON STAGE.
>> James: LIKE WHAT SORT OF STUFF?
WHAT GUESS WRONG.
>> OH MY GOSH LIKE I, GOSH, I TRIP A LOT.
I TRIP ALL THE TIME.
WE HAD A BIT IN MY LAST SHOW WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO THROW A
PAPER AIRPLANE INTO THE CROWD EXCEPT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THROW
ONE, EVERY TIME I WOULD THROW IT IT, WOULD KIND OF-- RIGHT IN THE
FRONT.
>> James: I'M GLAD, IT IS HARDER, IT IS HARDER THAN PEOPLE
SAY THROWING A PAPER AIRPLANE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS NOT DISCUSSED ENOUGH, REG, IS IT.
>> Reggie: YEAH, IT IS KIND OF COOL TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY IT OUT
LOUD.
>> James: YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO FINALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALL BEEN HOLDING ON TO.
IF I'M HONEST, IT IS WHY I DON'T DO IT VERY OFTEN BECAUSE THE
TRICK, I THINK IS TO TREAT IT LIKE LIFE.
LET IT GO.
IF YOU TRY, YOU ARE GOING TO END UP ON THE GROUND.
>> THAT WAS INCREDLY PROFOUND.
>> Reggie: THANK YOU, THANKS JAMESES.
>> James: I ACTUALLY GOT COMILS AS I SAID IT.
>> Reggie: THANK YOU.
>> INCREDIBLY PROFOUND.
>> James: FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. [BLEEP] FEELS [BLEEP] GOOD
TO LET IT OUT.
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT I WAS CARRYING UNTIL NOW.
GOD BLESS YOU, HALSEY.
BUT WHAT SORT OF OTHER THINGS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST
TECHNICAL MISHAP YOU HAVE HAD ON TOUR?
>> ONE TIME I WAS ON STAGE AND EVERYTHING STOPPED WORKING,
SOUND, LIGHTS, VIDEO, MUSIC, THE WHOLE THING, MY BRAIN,
EVERYTHING MALFUNCTIONED.
AND I HAD TO STAND ON STAGE FOR LIKE TWO MINUTES TALKING TO THE
CROWD.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW OF ALL PEOPLE, TWO MINUTES OF STAGE
TIME IS LIKE A CENTURY.
>> James: YEAH, IT'S A LIFETIME.
>> WE JUST SAT HERE FOR TWO MINUTES IN SILENCE ON YOUR SHOW,
THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE LIKE-- .
>> James: YOU DIDN'T SEE THE MONOLOGUE.
[BLEEP] THAT'S ME EVERY NIGHT.
EVERY NIGHT I'M OUT THERE IN SILENCE LOOKING AT PEOPLE LOOK
BACK AT ME THINKING WELL, IT'S A LIVING.
(LAUGHTER) >> WELL, OKAY, YOU CAN DO WHAT I
DID WHICH IS I DECIDED TO GO FOR A FLAIR OF THE DRAM YOU CAN AND
WHEN THAT HAPPENED TO ME, I JUST STARTED MY WHOLE SHOW OVER FROM
THE TOP, SO THAT I COULD DO THE WHOLE THING WITH NO MISTAKES.
>> James: OH, GOOD FOR YOU, WHERE WAS THAT, WHERE DID THAT
HAPPEN?
>> MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
>> James: OH, GOOD, JUST A SMALL INSTRUMENT GIG, WONDERFUL.
>> YEAH.
>> James: NOW YOU GREW NEWSPAPER NEW JERSEY.
AND YOU PERFORMED IN COMMUNITY THEATER WHICH IS WHAT I DID WHEN
I WAS GROWING UP.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE SHOWS THAT YOU WERE?
AND DO YOU THINK THAT YOU-- I COULD SEE ACTUALLY IN YOUR
FUTURE, DO YOU THINK THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO
MORE OF?
>> YEAH, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO.
ACTUALLY, SO SYDNEY SWEANY FROM EUPHORIA IS MY BEST FRIEND, AND
SHE DID A SHOW THE PILOT THAT WE'LL BE SHOOTING NECK YEAR.
ACTING WAS THE FIRST THING I EVER DID.
I WAS LIKE, I MEAN I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS BECAUSE
YOU PROBABLY HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE BUT LIKE ONE OF MY
EARLIEST MEMORIES IS ME RUNNING AROUND MY HOUSE SCREAMING TO MY
MOM THERE WILL ALWAYS BE WOMEN IN LEATHER FLIRTING WITH ME!
(LAUGHTER).
>> James: IN A WAY I CAN RELATE, YES, FOR SURE, YEAH, I
CAN.
WHAT TYPE OF SHOW.
>> I DID RENT WHICH IS WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
I DID OLIVER & COMPANY, A LOT OF SHOWS.
MY FAVORITE WAS RENT AND THE OTHER WAS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIB EL A
BASKETBALL.
I'M A THEATRE KID, NOT AN ATHLETE.
>> James: WE'RE LITERALLY THE SAME PERSON.
NOW WHILE YOU HAVE HAD THIS TIME OFF, I THINK YOUR FANS WOULD BE
SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A PLACE DURING THIS PERIOD OF
LOCKDOWN AND QUARANTINE, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT YOU LOVE
GOING AND PROBABLY IS THE PLACE WITH FANS WOULD SPOT YOU THE
MOST.
WHERE IS THIS PLACE?
SHARE WITH US THE PLACE THAT YOU LOVE GOING MOST DURING TIME OFF.
>> .
>> OH, TARGET.
>> James: WHY DO YOU LOVE GOING TO TARGET SO MUCH.
>> WAS' NOT TO LOVE ABOUT TARGET.
>> James: I'M WITH YOU.
>> THEY HAVE CANDLES.
SOCKS, I MEAN SNACKS.
>> James: YEAH.
>> WHAT OTHER PLACE YOU CAN GET A CARIBBEAN SCENTED CANDLE AND
LADY GAGA'S ANY OREOS AT THE SAME PLACE.
>> DO YOU NOT FIND THAT WHEN YOU GO TO TARGET YOU WILL GO IN WITH
THE MISSION OF GETTING ONE THING AND YOU WILL LEAVE WITH LIKE AN
AIR FREYER, A WAFFLE IRON AND TWO THROW BLANKETS THAT WITHIN
THREE WEEKS YOU REALIZE ARE DISGUSTING.
>> MY PUMPKIN SANTA CLAUS AND ICE CREAM CONE WAFFLE IRONS ALL
STAY.
>> James: NOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
INCREDIBLE NEW MAKEUP LINE, ABOUT FACE, THIS IS AVAILABLE
TODAY, AT ABOUT FACE.COM.
TELL US ALL ABOUT THIS.
>> WELL, HAVE I ALWAYS DONE MY OWN MAKEUP.
FOR MAGAZINE COVERS AND PHOTO SHOOTS AND RED CARPETS, YOU
KNOW, MUSIC VIDEOS.
WAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON COVID.
I WAS LIKE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TOUCHING MY FACE.
AND I DON'T TRUST IT BUT I KNOW.
>> James: SURE.
>> SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A LINE OF PRODUCTS THAT
WERE FUN AND YOU KIND OF MENTIONED-- I DID MAKE NUP 2020,
2021, IT'S ABOUT BEING PERFECT AND DOING EVERYTHING PERFECTLY
AND I WANTED TO DO MAKEUP FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO MESS AROUND
AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT DOING THINGS PERFECTLY.
>> James: SO WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GET INTO MAKEUP WHEN YOU WERE
A KID?
>> OH MY GOSH.
I DID MUSICAL THEATER, I WAS A CHEERLEADER, A DANCER AND
USUALLY FOR PERFORMANCES YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR NAKEUP DONE.
AND MY MOM WAS A HUGE TOM BOY WHO NEVER DID MAKEUP WHICH IS
IRONIC BECAUSE SHE IS ACTUALLY A MAKEUP ARTIST NOW, BUT BACK IN
THE DAY, SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING.
SO I KIND OF HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT MYSELF AND I GOT SO GOOD
THAT OTHER KIDS WOULD COME UP TO ME BACKSTAGE AND ASK ME TO DO
THEIR MAKEUP FOR THEP.
SO I WOULD BECOME LIKE THE TEAM MAKEUP ARTIST OR THE CAST MAKEUP
ARTIST OR WHATEVER WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE I ONLY EVER GOTTEN
SEMMABLE PARTS SO I HAD LOTS OF TIME.
>> James: SO DID YOU DO THESE RESPLENDENT EYES WE ARE LOOKING
AT.
>> MY WHOLE FACE IS, HOW DID DO I.
>> James: I LOVE IT, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, NAILS,
RIGHT, STICK AROUND, MORE WITH HALSEY WHEN WE COME BACK,
EVERYBODY.