WE RECAP THE 2025 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS- BFFs S2 Ep 35

Summary

BFFs with Josh Richards & Brianna Chickenfry

Episode Title: WE RECAP THE 2025 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS - BFFs S2 Ep 35
Release Date: September 11, 2025
Host: Barstool Sports
Hosts: Josh Richards, Brianna Chickenfry

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Episode Overview

This episode of BFFs is a high-energy recap of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, but with a twist: neither Josh nor Brianna actually watched the show live. Instead, they riff on the results, share opinions on winners and nominees, and weave in plenty of playful banter about their own lives, recent viral moments, and pop culture news. The episode is equal parts awards recap, behind-the-scenes industry insights, and classic BFFs humor.
The two also discuss the impact of social media on the music industry, new celebrity relationships, moving trends in influencer culture, and their upcoming (possibly final) live tour.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. VMAs Recap & Reactions

[04:03 – 19:11]

• Neither host watched the VMAs, but both have opinions about all the major results.
• Artist of the Year: Lady Gaga's win shocks both.
  • Brie: “I think without doubt, it's Taylor Swift. The Eras Tour.” [05:15]
  • Josh: Wonders if Gaga’s win is for her recent activity, and whether the timeline of tours/performances is confusing eligibility.
• They highlight fan-voted nature of the VMAs and how results may not always match their expectations.
• Song of the Year: Rosie & Bruno Mars’ “apt” wins, surprising both as neither has heard it. Both expected a more mainstream pick (e.g., Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga/Bruno collab).
  • Josh: “How have I not listened to that song one time?” [08:11]
  • Brie: “Are we living under a rock? That’s crazy.” [08:15]
• Best New Artist: Alex Warren’s win is celebrated; both agree his deliberate use of social media contributed.
  • Josh: “He knows how to market better than anyone too.” [10:37]
  • Brie: Notes possible fan backlash (“he definitely deserved to win”).
• Best Pop Artist & Album: Sabrina Carpenter’s wins make sense to both, with Tate McRae and Charli XCX also highlighted as strong contenders.
  • Brie: “Sabrina appeals to the masses.” [12:21]
• Social Media's Impact:
  • Brie: Notes Lizzo’s comments on how artists must go viral to be noticed now. [13:34]
  • Josh: “That’s why Alex Warren is doing so well… the combination of social and traditional.” [14:29]
• Video of the Year: Ariana Grande for “Brighter Days Ahead”—unanimous approval.
• Best Collaboration: Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – “Die With a Smile”, which Josh is particularly passionate about.
  • Josh: “I’m pretty sure I said on this podcast one time that Die with a Smile is like the best song to come out this decade.” [15:34]
• Mariah Carey wins Video Vanguard Award:
  • Brie: Admits not knowing what it means.
  • Josh: Briefly explains it's for lifetime contribution in music videos/pop culture. [17:18]
• Best Country: Megan Maroney is the first woman to win—hosts celebrate her.
• Song of the Summer: Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching”
  • Josh: Calls out Tate's heavy radio presence and the VMAs’ tendency to “spread out” awards. [19:11]

2. Music Industry & Other VMA Highlights

• Somber wins Best Alternative: Both hosts are fans, Brianna is “biblically obsessed”. [21:52]
• Live Performances: Tate McRae gets special mention for her stamina and stagecraft; hosts praise Youngblood’s tribute to Ozzy.
• The TikTok Effect: Both discuss how TikTok is essential for modern artists to break out. [14:49-15:01]

3. Celebrity News & Pop Culture Roundup

[23:28 – 41:27]

• Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Engagement:
  • Brie: Explains the romantic proposal in a magical garden designed to reference Taylor’s lyrics. [24:31]
  • Josh: Praises Kelce’s thoughtful approach.
• Influencers Moving to NY: Debate over NYC becoming “the new LA.”
• Jacob Elordi’s TikTok Moment:
  • Brie: Details Elordi’s rare social media presence and love triangle rumors (Olivia Jade, Zoe Kravitz, Margot Robbie) and relates a viral TikTok moment.
• Meg the Stallion/Aiden Ross Drama: Meg’s legal team serves Aiden Ross via mariachi band.
  • Josh: “It’s kind of a baller way to serve somebody.” [31:11]
• Glenn Powell & Olivia Jade Dating: Hosts dissect the rumors and Olivia’s influencer impact.
• Austin Butler & Emrata: Comparison of celebrity “rosters.”
• SNL Casting News: Praises for Veronica S Cool joining the cast; Josh notes her transition from social media to TV.
• Dancing With The Stars: Alex Earl forecast to win due to social media prowess.

4. Rapid-Fire News Blurbs

• White Lotus Season Announced for France: Josh laments it’s not Brazil; Brie excited for a new setting.
• Jonas Brothers Christmas Movie: Hosts look forward to Disney+ nostalgia.
• Fashion Brand Controversy: Shock over a model with criminal history being used in a campaign.
• Nantucket Cocaine Scandal: Dave Portnoy accidentally roped into drug-use headline by the New York Post.
  • Josh: “Just calling him a guy that likes to shovel snow into his nose.” [42:01]

5. BFFs Tour Announcement & Reflections

[42:27 – 45:07]

• The hosts reveal their upcoming live tour—possibly a farewell tour—emphasizing emotional and nostalgic connections after five years.
  • Josh: “One of the only constants has been this show.” [43:42]
• They plan to stream much of the tour and encourage fan engagement (“You could win Brianna’s heart!”).
• Hilarious bit about auditioning boyfriends for Bri during the tour.

6. Personal Stories & Farewell Banter

[45:33 – 54:37]

• Bri’s “Japanese Scrub” Horror Story: In vivid detail, Brie recounts an excruciating body scrub experience.
  • Bri: “There’s no face hole in the table... My neck is snapping. This woman jumps on top of the table…” [47:36]
• Upcoming Travel: Bri is going to Lisbon for her sister’s wedding and plans a Scottish solo trip.
• Poker Tournament: Josh placed 5th; details his poker strategy, encounter with Rico, and poker champ Ethan.
• Reunion with Barstool's Dave Portnoy: Brief catch-up during a poker game.
• Plans for BFFs Tour: Continues the boyfriend audition bit.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Lady Gaga’s VMA win:

• Brie [05:15]: “I think without doubt, it's Taylor Swift. The Eras tour.”
• Josh [04:45]: “That seems shocking, right?”

On Song of the Year confusion:

• Josh [08:11]: “How have I not listened to that song one time?”
• Brie [08:15]: “Are we living under a rock? That’s crazy.”

On Best New Artist:

• Josh [10:37]: “He knows how to market better than anyone too.”

On modern music industry:

• Josh [14:29]: “He is doing what the new version of this industry is, which is…the combination of social and traditional.”

Describing Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars song:

• Josh [15:34]: “Die with a Smile is like the best song to come out this decade.”

On Mariah Carey’s Video Vanguard Award:

• Josh [17:18]: “I believe it's for outstanding contributions and profound impact on music, video and popular culture…”

On social media’s impact (Lizzo’s comments):

• Brie [13:34]: “It’s so oversaturated…trending on the algorithm is your best bet.”

On VMAs' award "spreading":

• Josh [19:11]: “They kind of spread them a bit. Like, give this one to this person…spreading it out. Nice. I like it.”

On engagement rumors:

• Brie [24:31]: “He created, like, a big magical garden in the back… and I could only assume that it's about [her lyrics].”

On serving legal papers with mariachis:

• Josh [31:11]: “It's kind of a baller way to serve somebody.”

On the tour announcement:

• Josh [43:42]: “It’s gonna be nuts. That was five years of my life…one of the only constants has been this show.”

On Japanese scrub experience:

• Brie [47:36]: “My neck is snapping. This woman jumps on top of the table, puts her hands on the ceiling, jumps on my back…”

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Highlighted Timestamps

• 04:45: Lady Gaga’s Artist of the Year shock
• 08:11: "How have I not listened to that song one time?"—Josh on Song of the Year
• 10:37: "He knows how to market better than anyone..."—Josh on Alex Warren
• 12:21: "Sabrina appeals to the masses."—Brie
• 13:34: Lizzo’s insight on breaking out as a new artist
• 15:34: Josh calls “Die with a Smile” the best song of the decade
• 17:18: Vanguard Award explained
• 19:11: Josh on VMAs spreading the wins
• 24:31: Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce engagement details
• 31:11: Mariachi band serves legal papers—Josh
• 43:42: Reflection on the show being their 5-year constant
• 47:36: Brie’s harrowing Japanese scrub story

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Tone & Vibe

The episode stays true to the BFFs style: irreverent, chatty, and loaded with punchy observations, relatable pop culture confusion, and good-natured self-deprecation. Their unscripted reactions, music-industry takes, and mutual ribbing make the show accessible even if listeners skipped the VMAs—or even if they’re just in it for the friendship vibes and inside-barstool anecdotes.

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For Listeners

• Expect a VMAs "recap" heavy on hot takes and personal asides, less reportage—refreshingly honest for those who want a digest without the pageantry.
• Get insights on music trends, social media’s impact, and what it takes to break out as a new artist now.
• Plenty of life updates from both hosts, including pop culture, influencer drama, unique spa horror stories, and BFFs tour plans.
• If you've missed the episode or the awards themselves, this summary covers all the fun, controversies, and pop cultural touchpoints—with enough authenticity to feel like you’re hanging out with the hosts themselves.

Transcript

[Josh]

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[Brie]

Yes.

[Josh]

I guess I kind of took it all, didn't I?

[Brie]

Did. Well, let's get into that.

[Josh]

Let's go.

[Brie]

Okay. Freaking BFFs. Episode 35 let's go. VMAs were last night.

[Josh]

The VMAs were indeed last night.

[Brie]

Did you.

[Josh]

Did you watch them?

[Brie]

No, I don't have cable.

[Josh]

Yeah, I. I didn't watch the VMAs either. I was too busy watching the Bills have an incredible comeback win against the Ravens. Five minutes left in the game, down 15 points.

[Brie]

Let's go, Bill's Mafia.

[Josh]

Nothing to a guy like Josh Allen. It's nothing to a goat dude.

[Brie]

We should go to a. A Bill's Mafia game and go into the crazy tailgates.

[Josh]

100%. I. I'd love to go through some tables.

[Brie]

I know I want to go through a table when it's snowing out. Whenever I see the blizzard tailgates, I'm like, this is electric.

[Josh]

The snow games are the best games. I've been to one snow game and it was. It was absolutely electric. I will say last night was a bad night to be a folding table. Terrible night to be a fool.

[Brie]

Were they getting smashed left and right?

[Josh]

Oh, for sure. I mean, with that win, after two tables were ruined.

[Brie]

I have a question. I don't know if maybe it's just because that's always what I see when I see Bill's mafia stuff. But is there like a correlation with Bill's mafia and mustard and ketchup?

[Josh]

Well, it's just about, like the stuff that goes on at the tailgate.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

So it's like. There's different, like. I don't know, I. What the, like, word. It wouldn't be like a trend, but, you know, there's different, like. God, what is that word that I'm looking for? Tradition. Traditions that are going on at, like the tailgate and, like, have different stuff like that involved.

[Brie]

Oh, so like mustard and ketchup all over the face is one.

[Josh]

Yeah, I guess. Yeah. People will do that.

[Brie]

Okay, that's fine.

[Josh]

People get wild. People get wild at the Bill's tailgates. I haven't. I haven't done enough of them. You know, Like, I've really only got to do one snow game, and it was a late night game as well, and we were in Buffalo eating wings, doing the whole thing. So we showed up a little bit later than I would have liked to, to get to do the tailgate. We still got a tailgate for about 45 minutes, maybe an hour. But I want to do like a full, like, day kind of kind of vibe. So we should definitely run it.

[Brie]

Yeah. Also, I just had. This might be stupid, but I'm going to ask it. Buffalo wings. Did they come from Buffalo, New York? Is that where it originated from?

[Josh]

Of course.

[Brie]

Wait.

[Josh]

Actually, I don't know. I'm just going to say yes.

[Brie]

Wait, can we. Can we look that up?

[Josh]

Buffalo wings have to be from Buffalo, I guess.

[Brie]

Right? But I don't know. I feel like Buffalo wings have been a.

[Josh]

Well, I'm looking it up right now.

[Brie]

Josh's.

[Josh]

Yep. Buffalo wings are named after Buffalo, New York. They were developed in the 1960s at the Anchor Bar by Teresa Bellissimo.

[Brie]

Oh, shout out lady.

[Josh]

She created the dish by deep frying chicken wings and tossing them in a spicy butter based sauce.

[Brie]

Hell yeah, Teresa. Thank God she did that.

[Josh]

I know. Where would we be without Teresa?

[Brie]

Truly? Truly. Well, all right, so neither of us watch the VMAs, but we. We get to know all the results. So let's see if maybe we agree with them. All right, guys, this episode is brought to you by body armor flash IV, who is also the presenting sponsor of the BFFs tour. So flash IV delivers faster, longer lasting hydration with over 2000mg of electrolytes and no artificial dyes. Flavors or sweeteners like those other drinks. So whether you're training, traveling, or you just feel the heat and you work hard, make sure to dip into some Body Armor Flash IV, hydrate hard with Body Armor Flash IV, and grab yours today at your local 7Eleven convenience store. Let's get into the episode. So Lady Gaga won artist of the Year.

[Josh]

That seems shocking, right?

[Brie]

I didn't want to say it.

[Josh]

That seems. Am I. Am I missing. Am I missing something that Lady Gaga, I mean, did this year?

[Brie]

She did Coachella. I just. I mean, she's Lady Gaga. She's epic. But I just don't know if she would be artist of the Year.

[Josh]

Yeah, yeah. Now, Lady Gaga, legend, icon, the. Get me wrong, I love myself a little paparazzi, but I just would have expected somebody else to win.

[Brie]

Even, like, I need to see who the nominees are. So for artists of the year, the nominees were Bad Bunny, Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift in the Weeknd. I think without doubt, it's Taylor Swift. The Eras tour.

[Josh]

Yeah. I'm just wondering if they're kind of looping that into the 2024 year. That's my thing. I'm wondering that's counting that as 2024, because, you know, a lot of the tour did happen in 2024. I guess I'm just wondering, like, is it, like, is it the Coachella performance for Lady Gaga? I know she had the song with Bruno Mars as well, which was incredible, but, like, she had an album. Yeah, but was it, like, was it the. The same movement as like, even like, you know, and I'm a Drake guy through and through, but even like Kendrick. Yeah, but that was 20. That was 2024 as well.

[Brie]

Yeah, but no, because it was all.

[Josh]

It was all 24.

[Brie]

Super bowl, though, the song.

[Josh]

Yeah, but like, when the disc started, that's like right at the beginning. The super bowl takes place, like, first or the second month of. Of the year. So a lot of that stuff had happened in 2024, I think.

[Brie]

Yeah. So I guess if you look at it of biggest or the one that released an album this year, it's Lady Gaga.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Or Morgan Wallen.

[Josh]

Morgan Wallen, too. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe. Maybe Lady Gaga is rightfully so the. The artist of the year. And I keep thinking about 2024. I feel like the years end up blending sometimes, especially when they do these award shows. Like in like the middle of a year, eight months into a year, you kind of start blending it with the year before.

[Brie]

Yeah. And you Know what? These are kind of hard to even because the VMAs are fan voted. So it's like whoever loves the, like whoever wins, it's because that's who's love.

[Josh]

The people. The people spoke. Yeah, it's a good point.

[Brie]

But I guess we could like disagree with it of who we would vote for, but we didn't even frickin watch it. Yeah, Rose, Rosie or Rose and Bruno Mars win Song of the Year for the song apt. Okay, how does that go?

[Josh]

How does the song go? Yeah, man, I, I don't know. I don't listen to, I don't listen to that type of music. Sadly.

[Brie]

I feel like I have no idea.

[Josh]

I feel like I, I wasn't really tuned in with the VMAs in general this year.

[Brie]

Okay, well I'll, I'll.

[Josh]

Now I feel like I need to look up, now I need to look up this song and be like, was it, was it Song of the Year material?

[Brie]

Here, I'll read you the song of the year nominations. You tell me if you know the songs.

[Josh]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Did you hear that song at all? Did you hear that when it was playing through a little bit?

[Brie]

I heard a little bit, but I thought that someone was breaking. I can't see you so I thought someone was breaking in to your podcast studio.

[Josh]

Oh no, I was trying to listen to apt. I. I didn't even heard that song. How, how did I miss the song of the Year? How have I not listened to that song one time?

[Brie]

I've never heard what you just played.

[Josh]

Am I living under a rock?

[Brie]

Are we living under a rock? That's crazy.

[Josh]

What's going on? Chat loot me in here. Did. Did a lot of people listen to APT this song and I've just never heard it.

[Brie]

I mean, God, I don't. It's so weird how like you can live the same life as people in the same world and just have a completely different experience with consuming.

[Josh]

I kind of expected the Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga song to win the song of the Year, but again, that was probably in 2024 when that came out. Yeah, so my brain is like on a year leg. Anyways.

[Brie]

Well, these are the song of the Year nominations. Alex Warren, Ordinary, you know that one?

[Josh]

Yep, yep.

[Brie]

Billie Eilish, Birds of a Feather. You know that one.

[Josh]

Okay.

[Brie]

Dochi Anxiety. You know that one. Ed Sheeran, Sapphire. You've definitely heard.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Gracie Abrams, I love you. I'm sorry. And then Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die with a smile.

[Josh]

Oh, so it wasn't there.

[Brie]

Yeah. And then, Lord, what was that? And then the one that won. And then Tate McCray sports car the weekend play Bcardi. Timeless. If I were to vote, I would do Birds of a feather by.

[Josh]

I was going to say Billy Eilish. Birds of a feather's got to be up there.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

What were the other first couple ones you named? It was Birds of the Feather.

[Brie]

Alex Warren Ordinary.

[Josh]

That, that, that could have won.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Like, I mean look at the statistics. Right? Like Ordinary really could have won that. Okay.

[Brie]

Or doi.

[Josh]

The other one.

[Brie]

Anxiety.

[Josh]

Yeah, Anxiety. Anxiety by doi. Even, even Gracie Abrams.

[Brie]

That was my second pick.

[Josh]

Yeah, that's not a bad one too. I. I mean I'd pick the other Bruno Mars song before apt. And I guess like maybe you don't give Alex Warren Ordinary because he, he wins best new artist.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

You're trying to share the, share the awards a little bit.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

But yeah, Alex Warren wins best new artist. I think that's, I think that's makes sense to me.

[Brie]

Yeah. And the people nominated alongside him were Ella Langley, Gigi Perez, Lola Young Somber and the Maria's. I personally, Lola Younger Somber. Yeah.

[Josh]

Or Somber could have won that too. But I think when you look at who is like taking the. That industry by storm, Alex Warren has done it better than anyone else.

[Brie]

I mean Alex Warren's. Yeah, for sure. His song, all of his collabs like him just like coming to his stardom.

[Josh]

But he knows how to market. He knows how to market better than like anyone too.

[Brie]

Yeah. I think like he, he definitely. People are mad about it. He definitely deserves to be in the category. And like, like I said before, fans voted. So.

[Josh]

Yeah. Also I'm, I'm not mad. I don't think people should be mad that the guy wins. I mean.

[Brie]

Yeah, he just seems like a good guy. I personally would have voted for lol. Because I'm obsessed with her. I don't really listen to Alex Warren but he definitely deserved to win.

[Josh]

Yeah. I mean he's had an incredible year. Congrats to Alex.

[Brie]

Yeah. Let's freaking go, Alex. Sabrina Carpenter wins best pop artist.

[Josh]

Makes sense.

[Brie]

Totally. The ones in the running were ariana Grande, Charlie XCX, Justin Bieber, Lord Miley Cyrus and Tate McCray.

[Josh]

I could have seen Tate McCray winning that.

[Brie]

Or Charlie.

[Josh]

Charlie XCX. I could have seen two. But she's. I feel like even though she's like huge, don't get me wrong, she's massive. I feel like she still does have like a little bit of like A niche area. Does that make sense?

[Brie]

Yeah, I could. Or maybe like she's a little. Her music is so, I don't know, eccentric that it might be polarizing to some people?

[Josh]

Yeah, maybe, maybe. I think like, you either, you either like absolutely love Charlie XCX or you know, like three of their song. Her songs. You know what I'm saying? Like, you like, know, like if someone played it, you'd be like, I know this song, but you're not like a huge necessarily fan. But I think, yeah, she had a big year. I. I don't know. I don't know. I feel like. I feel like they picked probably the right, the right person. I don't think I would have picked Ariana Grande this year.

[Brie]

Yeah, I don't. She did have that one song that was awesome. We can't be friends.

[Josh]

But don't you.

[Brie]

No, I don't.

[Josh]

You think like, I feel like Sabrina was like talked about non stop.

[Brie]

No, she definitely. Out of all everyone in this, it's. I think it would be Sabrina or Charlie just because they had the biggest years. But Sabrina appeals to the masses.

[Josh]

I mean, Charlie xcx, it was, it was like her summer.

[Brie]

It was literally her summer of two summers in a row. It was like Brad Summer never ended her at Coachella. Best day of my life. Yeah, but yeah, that one totally. That one makes sense. She also. Sabrina Carpenter also wins best album wow of the year. Let's see.

[Josh]

That's wild.

[Brie]

The people nominated were Bad Bunnies album, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Morgan Wallen, Sabrina Carpenter and the Weeknd.

[Josh]

Hmm.

[Brie]

I would say she totally kind of cleaned out that category. Right?

[Josh]

You think she wins that? No doubt.

[Brie]

I think if anyone kind of probably came close to her. Morgan or Bad Bunny.

[Josh]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I didn't. I. I didn't consume a lot of Sabrina Carpenter's albums, so it's a tough one for me to judge on, but congrats, Sabrina.

[Brie]

But you, like, you didn't consume it, but you would know majority of her songs just because. Yeah, yeah. Oh.

[Josh]

I mean, all over Tick Tock. Yeah, all over Tick Tock. So no, that, that makes sense.

[Brie]

You know what's crazy, and I don't know if you saw Lizzo's video about this, but she talks about how hard it is to be an artist now and like your favorite artist even like us talking right now not knowing that some of the biggest artists have put now albums. She's like, it's so oversaturated that being a new Upand cominging artist or just getting trending on the algorithm is your best bet at being like a successful artist now?

[Josh]

Yeah. You almost need to use the social media side of things to be able to get your music out there, because if you don't, you're going to be lost in the. The constant updating feed of social. Like, that's why Alex Warren is doing so well, though. Like, that's why when you look at Alex Warren, this guy is killing it in the music game because he has a TikTok account that he is using solely for Alex Warren and then he has his own account as well, and he's promoing his music on two accounts all the time and knows how to make videos go viral because he first came up through social media and understand social. So it's like, you know, people are giving him shit or slack probably for coming from social and now winning, like, up and coming artists of the year. But there's a reason he is getting that award is because he is doing what the new version of, like, this industry is, which is, you know, the combination of social and traditional.

[Brie]

Yeah, 100%. And even, like the Sabrina Carpenter's new album that she put out last week, I haven't listened to it at all, but I already know three songs because they're trending on TikTok.

[Josh]

Exactly.

[Brie]

So.

[Josh]

Exactly.

[Brie]

It's crazy. You gotta. Gotta use TikTok. Lizzo was even like, damn, I've gotta use TikTok.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Brie]

Okay, next we have Ariana Grande wins video of the year for Brighter Days Ahead. I think this is a wash. Like, she totally should have won that.

[Josh]

Did that make sense?

[Brie]

Next we got Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars win best collaboration for Die With a Smile.

[Josh]

Finally. There we go. That's what should have won song of the year. I don't know how you don't like this song.

[Brie]

I. I just. I don't know.

[Josh]

It's an incredible song.

[Brie]

I don't think it's bad. I just would never play it, like, while I'm in the car or in my headphones.

[Josh]

I'm pretty sure I said on this podcast one time that Die with a Smile is like the best song to come out this decade.

[Brie]

You love that song.

[Josh]

And I. I just think it's an incredible, like, it's, it's a great duo.

[Brie]

It's.

[Josh]

It's incredibly well written. It makes you feel something, you know, you're not just like, listening to a song and getting like, hyped up to go party or something. There's. There's actual like, emotion in that song. It's beautiful.

[Brie]

Yeah, well, I mean, all the songs I listen to are so emotional, but I only listen to sad, sad girl music. So, like, that makes sense.

[Josh]

Glow Rilla.

[Brie]

Well, yeah, that's like. If I'm like, blasting off, but I don't really blast off that much anymore.

[Josh]

You're not big into blasting?

[Brie]

No, I don't blast no more. I really just sit and. Well, no, I'll be having like, the best day ever. Walking down the street, I'm smiling, I'm kicking my feet, I'm skipping, and I have the saddest music blasting in my fucking headphones.

[Josh]

Damn.

[Brie]

I just. I just love sad music.

[Josh]

But also, I don't know if I could do that.

[Brie]

When we talked about it on the podcast before, I think I went into it with like, a disadvantage to liking the song because Lady Gaga hadn't put in something out in a while, and I was just mad that she came back with a collaboration. Like, I wanted it to just be solo Gaga.

[Josh]

Okay. All right. Yeah, I get that. I guess. I don't know. Any Gaga is a good amount of Gaga.

[Brie]

No, you're right. You're right. She's the best. All right, what the do we got next? Mariah Carey wins video Vanguard Award. And I'm not. I'm just gonna be truthful. I don't know what that means.

[Josh]

Oh, really? You don't know about the Vanguard Award?

[Brie]

No. What does that mean?

[Josh]

Well, the Vanguard Award is quite prestigious.

[Brie]

Okay, who wants to tell me what this means? Does anybody know?

[Josh]

I believe it's like, for, like, their outstanding contributions and profound impact on music, video and popular culture or something like that.

[Brie]

Oh, just something like that.

[Josh]

That's my guess. That's my guess. Okay, so that's the Vanguard Award. Mariah Carey wins it. She's got to win an award at every event. I feel like.

[Brie]

Yeah, I mean, makes sense. But who were there people like, up against? Gary? Yeah, she's Mariah Carey. It's not like a voting thing, I don't think. I think it's just like. I also think a lot of this has to do with people that are willing to go to the VMAs. Like, a lot of people are saying, Lady Gaga beat Taylor Swift because Taylor Swift said, I'm not going to the VMAs this year. Which is crazy because my girl loves friggin award show.

[Josh]

Hmm.

[Brie]

I wonder why she didn't go. I was really sad. I was only.

[Josh]

She's getting ready for life with Travis.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah, maybe she's getting ready for the married life.

[Brie]

I bet she's gonna be like radio silent until life of a showgirl drops there.

[Josh]

Yeah, that could be it too.

[Brie]

Okay, Megan Maroonie becomes the first recipient of best country. Let's fucking go. A woman. Hell yeah.

[Josh]

She had a big year. She had a big year too. So that. That's. That's a great win.

[Brie]

Yeah. She was nominated against Chris Stapleton. I think I'm with you song. Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood. I'm gonna love you, Jelly roll liar. Lainey Wilson 4x4 by you and Morgan Wallen. Smile. So let's go. Megan Maroney.

[Josh]

Way to win that. Way to take that.

[Brie]

Big competition there, big cop. Tate McCray wins song of the Summer for Just keep watching.

[Josh]

It seems like they kind of got all the nominees in award, eh? Yeah, I think eventually, you know, like, they kind of. They. I feel like they kind of spread them a bit. They were like, okay, give this one to this person. They've been nominated four times though, haven' anything yet. Let's give that then to them. Like do, do do, do do. Yeah, spreading it out. Nice. I like it.

[Brie]

Yeah. There was a lot. For song of the Summer we had Addison Rae, headphones on, Alex Warren, Ordinary, Benson Boone. I don't know why I laugh.

[Josh]

Magical.

[Brie]

Let's go Big X the Plug and Bailey Zimmerman all the way Chapel Roam the subway. Demi Lovato, Fast Doja Cat, Jealous Type A Hunter Golden, Jessie Murph, Blue Strips, Justin Bieber, Daisies. Jeez, it just keeps going. Molly Silent Addie, Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae God, Ravin Lenine featuring Rex, Orange County, Love Me Not, Sabrina Carpenter, manchild somber 12 to 12. I think I personally, my song in the summer isn't on here. It's no broke boys, no new friends. I'll let you go. May not 10 that song this summer.

[Josh]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I like that. I like that pick. I think if I have to pick off the list, I mean, I'm probably going. Probably going daisies.

[Brie]

Yeah, but when did that come out?

[Josh]

It was like.

[Brie]

Was that summer or was it mid summer?

[Josh]

Summer. It might have been mid summer.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah, it was summertime.

[Brie]

But I do hear Tate McCray blasting, like, in every store that I go into.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. No, it's a good win for her.

[Brie]

Yeah, let's go.

[Josh]

And then, you know, Somber takes the best alternative for Back to Friends. You know what I mean? It's. It's like they kind of got everyone. They got everyone their. Their awards and shout out Brooke and Fibula.

[Brie]

Oh, my God. That was sending in sick.

[Josh]

Yeah, that was great.

[Brie]

I was like, oh, my God. It was cheesing. I obviously didn't watch it, but I saw all the clips of it and I've just. Yep, they're the most deserving.

[Josh]

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[Brie]

Do you listen to Somber?

[Josh]

I've listened to some of his. His songs.

[Brie]

His.

[Josh]

They're just, again, incredibly sad.

[Brie]

Not all of them, but he is like, dude, I don't know why I'm so late to the Somber Train, but I'm, like, biblically obsessed with this guy. And he produces and writes everything himself, and he sings like an angel.

[Josh]

Very talented, dude.

[Brie]

He is just amazing. So the VMAs seemed awesome. Oh, did you see any clips of, like, the performances at all?

[Josh]

Yeah, I saw some stuff with Youngblood, which was really cool. Like the. The tribute to Ozzy and him on the red carpet. I saw him, like, kind of crash one of Alex Warren's interviews on the red carpet. So that was funny, but, no, it. The performances look pretty cool.

[Brie]

Tate McCray. I was like, dude, she is. I don't even understand how that girl has the stamina she has. Her performances are always. So she's the best dancer, like, pop star, I think, of our generation.

[Josh]

I think that's like, who is that young that's doing that right now? Nobody, I don't think, really anyone. Right.

[Brie]

Like, dancing the way that she did.

[Josh]

Yeah, that's what I mean. Like, doing the full show like that. I mean, just like Britney. I wouldn't say there's. I wouldn't say there's anyone that's dancing like that. That's that young and singing and singing.

[Brie]

Yeah. And putting out bangers. Like, it's not just dancing and like, oh, that's cool. Bangers singing and can dance like a superstar. Because she is. Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah. She's killing it.

[Brie]

Hell freaking yeah. Well, that's the VMAs. You got anything else to add or. We kind of cleaned it up.

[Josh]

I think we got it. VMAs.

[Brie]

VMAs. Next we have BTS. This is a Brianna headline of Taylor and Travis engagement. So page six confirms from a source close to Travis that Travis had a team come in and build a magical garden in his backyard while they recorded New Heights and proposed to her right after the recording. Travis reportedly wanted to propose right after they recorded since she would already have her hair and makeup done and it would be right after she announced her album. Travis said on his podcast that he still gets giddy about calling her his fiance.

[Josh]

Oh, that's really cute. I like how he thought about how she. She would have to, like, look, you know, you want to look good for your wedding photos. You want to look good, but you don't want to spoil the. You don't want to spoil the surprise of the wedding happening or the. Sorry, the engagement happening. Proposal with being like, hey, you should, like, get all your makeup on today and look really good for something. You know what I mean? Yeah, it was a smart way. It was a smart way to play it.

[Brie]

That's like when guys who never talk about their girlfriend's nails are like, you should get your nails done soon. It's like, right?

[Josh]

Dude, you blew it. Well, now I know.

[Brie]

I don't know if you know the lore, but Taylor has a song called I Hate it Here. And in the song, I literally have a tattoo of it. She talks about how I hate it here. So I will go to secret gardens in my mind. Like, that's her safe place. So he created, like, a big magical garden in the back. And, like, he didn't say it was about that, but I could only assume that it's about that.

[Josh]

Yeah. Let's put two to two. Two and two together and make it even more romantic in our minds.

[Brie]

Yeah. So, so cute. So gorgeous. Love it. Love them. New hot couple J. I can't believe it. They're walking around everywhere. Zoe Kravis and Harry Styles.

[Josh]

Seems like everyone's in New York City right now. Eh.

[Brie]

Okay. Do you think that there's like this surge in upkick in, like, all obviously famous people are always here, and it's like this is the breeding ground for, like, artists or whatever. But do you think all influencers and like, everyone is moving to New York all of a sudden?

[Josh]

Well, I think there was just a lot going on in New York all at this time. I mean, like, one, the weather's great in New York right now. Like, you're getting to kind of end of summer. I know it's like, rained a little bit recently, but, like, you know, like, it's not like brutally hot anymore. So I think it's. That combined with US Opens. Go. Just finished, so there was a bunch of celebrities down there for U.S. open. You got Fashion Week coming up soon, right?

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

And then. And then also the VMAs were there yesterday. Like, I just think there's a lot of going on. Like, NFL season just started. Like, there's just so much going on that I feel like New York, it's just, you know, it's moving, it's popping.

[Brie]

But I just mean I, like, so many people are actually moving here. A bunch of influencers. And I'm like, holy, this is gonna become the new la.

[Josh]

I. I don't know about that, but.

[Brie]

I don't know, Jay. I think maybe, mark my words, I think everyone from LA moving to New York, we'll see.

[Josh]

I could never move to New York.

[Brie]

I know. Gabby said she actually is liking it now.

[Josh]

Gabby's having fun. She's having fun down there. She's doing, I know her little New York trip with the girls. Like, she went out for us open and then had some free time for three days. So she was like, oh, maybe I'll do a little New York trip for. For the first time.

[Brie]

I know she. She was like, she used to on it, and now she's like, wait, I think I kind of like it. Brie. I'm like, I think.

[Josh]

I think she's having fun. I think she's having fun.

[Brie]

We were. I was supposed to go out last night, but I. I was good. I said I stayed in, but I was gonna hang out with her last night. I gave her all my club wrecks. I. I don't know.

[Josh]

Yeah, fun. She told me, she told me that you were gonna maybe go out with them. And I was like, oh, have fun. Should be a good night. Stay safe. Breeze crazy. But she. She ended up telling me that she, like, you couldn't make it because of the wedding. Or something like that. Right.

[Brie]

Yeah. I'm just gonna be traveling for two weeks, and I'm like, if I'm hungover tomorrow, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Brie]

And I'm old now, so my hangovers. Yeah.

[Josh]

Got to be responsible, dude.

[Brie]

JB dropped Swag, too.

[Josh]

Yep.

[Brie]

Did you give it a list?

[Josh]

Second part to his album? I haven't given it a listen yet, actually. Been waiting to do that because Gabby wanted to listen to it with me when she gets home.

[Brie]

Oh.

[Josh]

So I haven't been able to report on it. We listened to the, you know, swag together, so now Swag two we got to listen to together. I'm excited to listen to it, though. I heard it was a lot like. Gabby had listened to some of it and said it was, like, more like, romantic vibes.

[Brie]

Yeah. I think it's, like, kind of. I feel like the first one was very, like, R and B or.

[Josh]

Okay. Yeah.

[Brie]

I don't know. But this one, I feel like you'll like it a lot. And it's, like, sweet. It's sweet.

[Josh]

I'm excited.

[Brie]

It's a good one.

[Josh]

I'm ready for JB to serenade me.

[Brie]

I know. For real. Okay. I don't know if you have seen this because, like, some people are really talking about it and others have never seen it, but the Wuthering Heights trailer with Charlie XCX music, it's from the maker of Saltburn. You remember you've seen Saltburn, obviously.

[Josh]

Yes.

[Brie]

And it's with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. So it's like a movie about a book published in 1847 by Emily Bront. And people were surpr at the trailer because it made it seem like it was going to be basically porn, which is not how the book was written. And the trailer, Josh, is literally. It's like. It's just like a. It's a pre. Porn.

[Josh]

What?

[Brie]

Yeah. Can we show Josh the trailer? And it's. It's so sick, though. It's to this, like, remix of the Charli XCX song, which. I hope she releases the full version of it. It's. It's really crazy.

[Josh]

Well, I guess she's doing the soundtrack for the whole movie.

[Brie]

Yeah. Which is sick. Yeah.

[Josh]

All right. Yeah. It is a little bit suggestive.

[Brie]

I mean, I'm so down. Those are the two hottest people in the world. I can. I'll be there Valentine's Day by myself.

[Josh]

Just a lot of figures and mouths.

[Brie]

Yeah. Right. There was like, it got to be at least four Fingers in the mouth.

[Josh]

Just. Yeah. That's so many different scenes of fingers and mouths.

[Brie]

Yeah. I'm sure there's probably more in the movie, too.

[Josh]

And this book is based in, like, 1840. No way. Those fingers are clean.

[Brie]

No. No way. Dude. Have you seen Jacob Elordi all over TikTok this week?

[Josh]

I have not.

[Brie]

What he. Do you know the. What's her name? Roemer. Fucking what's her name? The Al. Is it Allison Romer. She sings the song a. A list or. I'm getting everything wrong, but I'm like, right there. You know the song.

[Josh]

Sing it for me.

[Brie]

What is the song? I know it. It's like, oh, my God. She's like. She's a Nepo baby. And she just feeds into being a Nepo baby. She's sick. Her mom is a Sofia Culpo, okay. Who, like, has worked with Jacob Elordi and she was at fucking. Jacob Elordi was with her and she. Romy Mars. Romy Mars. Yeah. And Jake, she posted a video with Jacob Elordi of him doing a TikTok dance. And it's like the most personality we've ever gotten it out of. Jacob Elordi in the past six years, Sam.

[Josh]

All right. No, I haven't seen that shit.

[Brie]

It was. It was insane. But, yeah, he's all over the place.

[Josh]

Shout out Shout out Elordie.

[Brie]

Shout out a Lord.

[Josh]

Whoa.

[Brie]

What the heck? Did you see this? Meg the Stallion. Service papers to Adam Ross via marachi band.

[Josh]

That is wild. Aiden Ross confirms that he has been served a deposition by Megan Thee Stallion in connection with the defamation lawsuit tied to the Tory Lanez case. Ross claims that Megan or her legal team sent a mariachi band to play music outside his house to lure him outside, where then he was proceeded to be served with the deposition papers. It's kind of a baller way to serve somebody. I hate to say it, but it's. It's kind of a baller way to serve somebody.

[Brie]

Yeah. Because obviously if there's a Marathi band playing outside, you're like, oh, my God, who sent me a marachi band? I'm gonna go outside.

[Josh]

Yeah. You're like, what's going on outside my crib, dude, you gotta go check on that.

[Brie]

And then you're just. You've been served.

[Josh]

Yeah. Psych. Here you go.

[Brie]

That is like you have to walk inside with your head down.

[Josh]

Yeah, that's a tough one. That's a tough one. But I'm sure Aiden's got a big, you know, team of lawyers, so yeah, crazy.

[Brie]

I mean, that, that case, there's just so much about that case that I feel like it goes on forever and ever.

[Josh]

Yeah. It just seems like there's a lot of lies in that case. Sort of like a lot of half truths getting floated around in that case.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

From both sides. Like, I think, like, she definitely got shot. I think.

[Brie]

I don't know.

[Josh]

I don't know. I'm. I still go, I. I get, I get stuff one day in my, my feed and I'm like. And then I get stuff the other day in my feet. I'm like, oh, okay, maybe this. So I, I keep flip flopping, but should I. Good thing I'm not on the jury.

[Brie]

Illegal. You'd be taken off. Whoa. Glenn Powell spotted at dinner with Olivia Jade in New York City.

[Josh]

What a guy. I love Glenn. Such a nice guy. According to De Moi, Glenn was at a dinner with Olivia Jade, her mom, and a few other friends. A source told Dumois that this couple is not new and that they have been and that they have been seeing each other for a while. This rumor comes only a few weeks after Olivia's breakup with Jacob Elordi. Elordi has also been spotted around the past week in many fan videos and photos. People online saying that this is the most personality we've ever seen from him. So like Brie said, my boy Glenn, and maybe he's just having a little friendly lunch. It was with her family and everything. Maybe he's just lunching it up.

[Brie]

I think that would be a good couple though. Yeah, man. I just could never move on from Jacob Elordi. And you know what's crazy is that Livia Jade is a full on influencer vlogger and we never got a glimpse of frickin Jacob. I wish she just, like showed them a little more. Now he's all over TikTok, popping up. Maybe he's like, I miss you, Olivia. Like, I hope you see me.

[Josh]

He's posting online.

[Brie]

See me. See me. Yeah, please. So it's just so weird of him to like randomly be on everything. Maybe they'll get back together or, you.

[Josh]

Know, he's gonna go chill with his new like co star Margot Robbie.

[Brie]

Yeah, yeah. She's married though. Oh, yeah.

[Josh]

Okay. So he's not chilling. He's not chilling with her.

[Brie]

And her husband and her are really.

[Josh]

Cute, but yeah, I love love. I'm not, I'm, I'm never rooting against love.

[Brie]

No. Never. Jacob Elordi will have no problem finding love.

[Josh]

I'm sure he's gonna do just fine.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

I think if anyone, I have a weird feeling in my gut he's going to do all right.

[Brie]

Yeah, he's going to be all right, buddy.

[Josh]

Do just all right. I just, I have a feeling. Check back clock this, timestamp it. I promise you hot take. Jake Elordi is going to do just fine in the woman department.

[Brie]

Speaking of another frickin hottie. Austin Butler spotted with Emrata. They were seen having dinner together.

[Josh]

Wow. All right. This comes right after Butler's rumored dating with Zoe Kravitz. Guys just hopping around.

[Brie]

Yeah, dude, Emrata has got to have one of the most impressive rosters that I've ever seen.

[Josh]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean I would say Zoe Kravitz is right there with her though.

[Brie]

Oh my. She's number one. She's easily number one.

[Josh]

She's got, she's got quite a, quite a, quite a roster too.

[Brie]

They have an overlapping roster.

[Josh]

Yeah, it seems like it.

[Brie]

Yeah. These girls are just on fire. Good for them.

[Josh]

Well, maybe, you know, Austin was like I'm a pop out because Zoe Kravitz popped out.

[Brie]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I mean also because Austin.

[Josh]

Butler was like, they were like doing something together for a while it seemed. And then.

[Brie]

Yeah, but they were co stars too.

[Josh]

Yep. That's true.

[Brie]

This to me, I don't know if you know who Veronica is cool is but the new SNL cast was announced and Veronica is on it. Ben Marshall, Jeremy, Colleen, Cam Patterson. But I've been following Veronica for so long and I would always tell my friends like she's gonna be on snl. She's gonna be the next Kristen Wiig. And when I, my jaw dropped when I saw her. I'm just so proud of her. I think she's the funniest person ever.

[Josh]

Well yeah, I, I, I knew she was gonna have a big year after tires too. Like she was in Shane Gillis's sketch show and like I, I just, I knew after that she was gonna start, she was gonna start booming. I think she just needed to be discovered by the traditional side. Like everyone knew her on the social side because she kills it so good. Good for all of them. I mean that's so sick.

[Brie]

Yeah. I don't really know the other ones but congrats to everyone. That's, I feel like that's just so sick.

[Josh]

So let's put it on their shoulders to, to save snl.

[Brie]

Yeah, I think they can do it. I think they can. Single handedly.

[Josh]

Lots of pressure.

[Brie]

Lots. Make it, make it count. Guys, make it count. Veronica. All right, guys, quick commercial break. We got big news. Okay. There's a new membership and it's just for students. So if you're heading back to the campus this fall, one for students is the best way to save on food and rides. Plus, it comes with a lot of perks you might not know about. So, for example, members get $0 on delivery fees, up to 10% off of eligible orders, and 6% back in Uber credits on rides. So if you're a student, this is literally a no brainer. You can also get free items on eligible orders throughout the week, like a free taco from Taco Bell every Tuesday, a free chicken sandwich from Popeyes every Friday, and more deals for every day of the week from brands that you love. Try it out now and you can get your free first four weeks for free. Become an Uber one for students. Member and start saving on Uber and Uber Eats eligibility and member terms apply, but make sure to check it out. This is a no brainer for students. Let's get back to the show with the Stars cast announced. There's a lot of people on it.

[Josh]

Yeah, a lot of people. I think Alex Earl's doing it this season, right? Yeah, that's one of the people, the.

[Brie]

Only one I've really seen. And I love that she's doing it because I feel like I'm never really that involved in Dancing with the Stars because you don't see much behind the scenes. But Alex is so smart in the sense that she's posting everything and, like, getting people excited for the buildup. And it's cool to see the behind the scenes. So I'm definitely following Alex Earl along. I think they set her up to win with, like, the best partner. She's got the biggest social following. I'll be voting for her. Like, I think she's totally gonna win.

[Josh]

There's also Dylan Efron though, too. That's in.

[Brie]

In this. I know, but I don't know if Dylan Ephron beats the power of voting that Alex will have. That's.

[Josh]

That's a good point.

[Brie]

That's a good point because, like, all of Alex's fans are chronically online, so they're gonna. I mean, they. They're gonna vote for every week.

[Josh]

No doubt. We'll see.

[Brie]

What? Already? How did I miss this? White Lotus announced next season location.

[Josh]

They did it in France.

[Brie]

Oh.

[Josh]

Nothing against France.

[Brie]

Wait. Yeah. Why are you mad?

[Josh]

Nothing against France. I just thought maybe they would listen to me. Dude, I was at a White Lotus event and I was super tossed. And I was. I was talking to the White Lotus producers, and they were asking if we had a spot that we think season four should be in. And I was like, brazil. Make it Brazil. And then I was spinning Gabby around, being like, look how good looking she is. She's so pretty. Put her in the show. And I thought maybe they'd do Brazil.

[Brie]

Maybe they're saving season five. Yeah.

[Josh]

Maybe that's what it is.

[Brie]

Yeah. Gabby's getting the call soon.

[Josh]

Okay. All right. I'll let it slide this one season. All right. White Lotus.

[Brie]

I think France would be a really cool place for this to happen.

[Josh]

Yeah, France would probably be pretty cool.

[Brie]

I love France. I've never been to France, actually. Yes, I've been to France.

[Josh]

I've been to France as well.

[Brie]

Good for them. I'm excited. The cast's got to be epic. It just gets better and better, I feel, every season.

[Josh]

Yeah. I. I wonder if it's going to be warm. Like, is it going to be a warm France or a cold France? Cold.

[Brie]

France would be epic.

[Josh]

Is it going to be snowy vibes?

[Brie]

It's been hot in all of them, right?

[Josh]

Hot and all of them.

[Brie]

Let's go cold.

[Josh]

Maybe they'll change it up.

[Brie]

They say, no way it's gonna be cold because Mike White hates the cold. Oh. So he just. It's just not.

[Josh]

He's just anti cold. Yeah. All right, then why. Why do it? Yeah, it's gonna make money. Either way, the show's gonna be successful. He doesn't need the snow.

[Brie]

No, he likes the warmth.

[Josh]

Talking about snow, though. Jonas Brothers Christmas movie. The Jonas Brothers announced a new Christmas movie premiering this year on Disney plus plus. I could get behind that.

[Brie]

I could get behind anything these guys do. But are we talking, like, is it like a documentary in the Christmas time or. They're acting. They're acting, but they're playing themselves. That's what they always did. Yeah. So it's like a kind of like.

[Josh]

Their old Disney show. Oh, it's like a Jonas Brothers movie.

[Brie]

Wait. Fire. I'm pumped for this.

[Josh]

Yeah. I think that'll be sick.

[Brie]

They. They are one of the. The craziest people that have just standed or, like, stood still in their fans. They can still sell out stadiums and they barely have putting out anything new. And, like, I think they don't.

[Josh]

They could not do anything for another. Like, they could disappear for 10 years starting today and come back and still probably do it.

[Brie]

Yeah. 100%. Come on, everyone. Just this. The nostalgia.

[Josh]

Oh, yeah.

[Brie]

Dude, this was crazy. She knew Luigi. I don't even know how to say his last name. Mangoni Mangione faced the guy that killed the CEO.

[Josh]

Yeah. I can't.

[Brie]

It's wild to model clothes. Like, what?

[Josh]

Yeah, they tried to blame it on, like, a third party vendor that, like, put the. Put the image up. That's just a crazy look.

[Brie]

Insane. What the. Like, this has to get through so many people.

[Josh]

You would think. You would think it had to go through, like, one or two people. Right. Clear through somebody before they throw it up, but. And you maybe not.

[Brie]

You would think, like, okay, devil's advocate. They're doing this to get people talking about it to buy this shirt. Like, no one's gonna go. It's not even a good shirt. No one's gonna go buy this shirt after seeing this.

[Josh]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not like that's. It's gonna become like, yo, you got that Luigi shirt.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Like, you got that shot that shine. What is it, Shane? Shine. Sheen. Yeah, Sheen. Luigi collab.

[Brie]

Sick. Insane.

[Josh]

Yeah, it's wild.

[Brie]

But this next one's funny. Did you see it? New York Post article talking about cocaine uses and includes picture of Dave.

[Josh]

What? Yeah, the headline reads, cocaine levels are 50% above the US average. And rich and famous hotspot Nantucket Sewage test shows. That's wild. Then later, they use a picture of Dave with subtext. Nantucket is known for its wealthy and famous residents, including barstool sports Dave Portnoy. They're just throwing a stray at him.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

That's hilarious. Just calling him a guy that likes to shovel snow into his nose. That's all right.

[Brie]

Yeah. I mean, this isn't something new. Every super rich person I know, like, is obsessed with cocaine.

[Josh]

Yeah. It's a rich person drug.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

100.

[Brie]

I don't really know if Dave blows down, though.

[Josh]

Definitely not.

[Brie]

I don't think he does.

[Josh]

No, he doesn't.

[Brie]

BFFs corner. We, like, kind of just breezed by the fact we're going on tour.

[Josh]

We did. Well, we did a little announcement, like, online.

[Brie]

Yeah. But we, like, didn't. We just did that and we didn't really talk about it.

[Josh]

Well, we didn't have the podcast.

[Brie]

Yeah, that's true. That's true.

[Josh]

We. We filmed the podcast before, so if anything, that might have been, like, a timing conflict or scheduling conflict of when we did things. But going on tour. Yeah. Yeah.

[Brie]

How do you think it's gonna go?

[Josh]

I think it's gonna go super well. I think it's Gonna be sick. I mean, we've done like, you know, a couple shows before. Like, I've went to shows that you've done in the past and they've always been a blast. Unintentional rhyme bars. But I. I just. I'm excited to go. Get to see everyone do a little almost, you know, like a little, like, farewell tour.

[Brie]

Yeah, a little farewell tour. Some may say.

[Josh]

Some would say that.

[Brie]

Yeah, I would say that.

[Josh]

I would probably say that.

[Brie]

I'm excited. I think it's gonna be fun. I wonder if we come out liking each other more or hating each other after the tour.

[Josh]

I think it's. I think it's gonna be much love. It's gonna feel. It's kind of going to be. I think it's. I'm gonna kind of be emotional by the end of tour. It's gonna be like, you know, the wrapping up of everything, it's gonna be like, damn, that was five years of my life.

[Brie]

I know. It's like.

[Josh]

It was like. That was like five of the biggest years of my life too. Like, 18 to 23 is a lot of, like, growth in your life, you know what I mean? And one of the own and changing in your life. And one of the only constants has been this show. So it's kind of. It's gonna be nuts. It's gonna be nuts.

[Brie]

I know. It is gonna be super nostalgic. It's gonna be weird. Like, no BFFs. Like you said. It's been the only constant in the past five years. And they've been like the most formative years of our young adulthood 100.

[Josh]

And I think we should stream a lot of it too. Like the behind the scenes of the tour.

[Brie]

Yeah, for sure.

[Josh]

I think, like, a lot of it should be streamed. Try to make this like a big event for everyone that, you know, was a part of the BFFs and watching of the BFFs from the beginning or joining the, you know, along the way or somehow for some reason joining today. The. I think, like, it'll be cool for everyone, like, to get to watch it and hopefully we're coming to a place near you guys. Or hopefully, you know, you can make a trip out to wherever we're going. But we got Baton Rouge, we got Pittsburgh, we got Boston, we got Chicago, San Diego and Nashville. So it should be.

[Brie]

It should be pretty fun. It's gonna be a blast. And yeah, guys, this is the last chance you'll ever. This is the only tour that we're ever gonna do. Together.

[Josh]

That's true.

[Brie]

So that's true. Make sure you come and see us. We want to see you guys. It's good to see, like, all of the comments and put faces to everyone. So I'm super excited.

[Josh]

Super stoked. Super stoked. And Bri is going to date a random guy fan by the end of the tour. Oh, that's going to be our new boyfriend.

[Brie]

Yes.

[Josh]

We're gonna audition guys at the tour for Brie from the crowd, and then whoever wins gets to be Bri's boyfriend.

[Brie]

Wow. Lucky you. So come on to the tour. We're going to find.

[Josh]

So come to the tour if you want to date Brick. We start going backwards.

[Brie]

Yeah. People are selling their tickets.

[Josh]

We have negative ticket sales.

[Brie]

God damn it. Dude, I fucking got the most horrific. Have you ever gotten a Japanese scrub?

[Josh]

No.

[Brie]

No, you shouldn't. No one should get a Japanese scrub.

[Josh]

I mean, racist.

[Brie]

Shut up. So I fucking. Tommy smokes. He. He. He fucking recommends me this place. And he's like, yeah, it was the most relaxing thing ever. I got a Japanese scrub. Like, it was great. If you want to, like, reset. And I'm like, oh, I really need that after the barstool beach house. Like, I really need, like, a good reset.

[Josh]

Right, right.

[Brie]

And he recommends me this place. So I'm like, yeah, I look like I trust Tommy. I go to this place. I. I. This is on me, though. I should have looked up what a Japanese scrub was going into it, but I just believe Tommy. Like, he said it was going to be this relaxing experience. So I was like, okay, he did it. It's gonna be a relaxing thing. And I'm like, a scrub. Sounds great. Sounds amazing. And they are really good for your skin. Like, it's a traumatic experience, but if you want to, like, get rid of all your dead skin, definitely do it. But don't. But don't go into this thinking it's gonna be a fun time, because, Josh, it is not a fun time. I go in. It's a fucking creepy basement. All right? It's like a high school gym locker room. I open up the table. I open up the door. It's a bunch of these tables covered in plastic. I think that I'm like, dexter's gonna come out and murder me, right? She's like, get naked. Get on this plastic covered table. I'm like, all right. She starts scrubbing me down to the point where I'm like, oh, my God, this hurts so bad. One scrub I can handle.

[Josh]

Like, it's a sandpaper.

[Brie]

Yes, yes.

[Josh]

Okay. Okay.

[Brie]

And it's full body. It's a freezing cold room. They're drought, like, drenching you in hot water, and then you're freezing, and then they're scrubbing you. And it goes on for like 20 minutes. And I'm like, okay, that's one scrub. Thank God the scrub is over. No, Josh, it goes on four, seven, like four to seven more times, the scrub. So I think when I open my eyes, it's just going to be no flesh, bone only, like, that's how hard they were scrubbing. So there's no face hole in the table. You know how when you get a massage, there's a face hole?

[Josh]

Yeah.

[Brie]

So I'm on my stomach for about 30 minutes. No face holes. My neck is snapping. This woman jumps on top of the table, puts her hands on the ceiling, jumps on my back as hard as she can while my face is getting smashed into this thing. Then she covers me. I think I'm done. She starts hosing me down like a fire hose. Hosing me down. She told me, get all the way naked. Her hand is up my ass. She's hosing me down. I'm like, no way. This has gotta end soon, right? I'm like, am I done? She goes, no, get back. Get back on the table. Face down, cover me. Starts covering me in tin foil. What? Starts waterboarding me. Like, scrubbing me to no other extent where I am, like, I have to be bleeding. I have to be bleeding right now. And it's just not ending. It's not stopping. She's back on the table again. Hands on the ceiling, legs on my back, Jumping. No face hole. Face. Smashing my trachea. I'm literally like. Like I can't breathe. Flips me over, rubs me down, scrubs me down, hoses me down, hand in places that it shouldn't be, Tells me to get naked again, hoses me down, starts waterboarding me, washing my hair. It was not. Oh. Keep in mind, I smoked weed before this. Thinking I'm gonna have the most relaxing.

[Josh]

Time, relaxing time ever.

[Brie]

Oh, I think that I'm a cadaver and I'm gonna be murdered by the end of it. And it goes on for 90 minutes. And it was 300 bucks.

[Josh]

That's tough.

[Brie]

Yeah, man. Just only go into that if you know what you're getting yourself into. A Japanese scrub.

[Josh]

Okay. Okay. Not a massage. It's a Japanese scrub. Very different.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Yeah. I don't think I need one of those.

[Brie]

Yeah, no.

[Josh]

I don't have a lot of dead skin.

[Brie]

I do Feel pretty clean. It was definitely the cleanest you'll ever be in your life, But I do. I do not want to ever do that again.

[Josh]

Yeah. I mean, it would hurt walking down a windy street.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Seriously, after that. Holy cow.

[Brie]

Yeah. And then I'm leaving today for Lisbon. Like we said, my sister's getting married, so shout out Valerie. Super excited for her. I get to be her maid of honor, which I'm terrified of. I don't want to mess anything up. I just want her day to be perfect and amazing. She's gonna look like a princess. And then before we go on tour, I'm gonna go do a solo trip in Scotland and just kind of reset and, like, touch some grass and play with some highland cows.

[Josh]

Yeah, there's a bunch of grass in Scotland.

[Brie]

Yeah. Excited about that. You did not win the poker tournament.

[Josh]

I didn't win. I came fifth. Damn, it's close. I did all right. There were a couple times when I really, in my gut, felt like people were bluffing, and I didn't call it. And they ended up bluffing two hands. That definitely would have been a huge swing and made a difference. I don't know if I would have won it all. I think maybe, you know, with. With me calling those, maybe I get into the top three for sure. But, yeah, I don't play a lot of poker, so it was fun just getting to do it. Like, I haven't played poker and probably a year besides that, so it was fun. It was a fun tourney, though.

[Brie]

Did you see New Jeff to do it?

[Josh]

All Nadu was sitting right beside me.

[Brie]

Oh, no way.

[Josh]

I actually went and gambled with him for 3 1/2 seconds after the poker match, we got these 300 chips that were given to us by DraftKings. Like, they were just like, yo, and have fun at the casino or whatever. And so me and Nadu were like, well, let's go throw this on red and see if we can double it up real quick. And we lost. So then I was like, I'm going to bed.

[Brie]

Damn. So I went to bed. You're not a RICO rider. You're in the Nadu crew.

[Josh]

No, I. I'm. I'm good with both. I'm like Switzerland. I'm good with both parties. I was talking to Rico before, and Dave was like, rico's a. Rico's a maniac. And I was like, I. I. I can't really talk on this. This subject every single time I've ran into Rico.

[Brie]

He's been an angel, right?

[Josh]

He's like, the Sweetest guy. He's asking me how I'm doing. Like, how's that? Like, not, like, what's going on in social, though. He's always like, you know, asking, like, oh, like, how's. How's your family? What's going on at home? Like, he's always so nice to me or like, like, like, we'll talk about, like, his kids or whatever. You know what I mean? Like, he's, like, the nicest guy, and the dude was the nicest guy as well. So they clearly rub each other the wrong way, but they rubbed me the right way. Pause.

[Brie]

Interesting. Did you see the clip of Rico and Do interacting? How much of a.

[Josh]

It's gonna be a bad idea. It was a bad idea. All right. Should we cancel the pick? All right, all right. I didn't out with you, though.

[Brie]

But I didn't.

[Josh]

Yeah, I mean, I saw, like, the scrap. I saw, like. Like, them getting heated at each other. They actually were supposed to sit beside each other at the poker event originally. And Dave was like that. Dave was like, that's not happening.

[Brie]

No, it can't.

[Josh]

What are you. What are you crazy? And so they kind of split him up, and I was like, in the middle of them, like, I'm here to deuce here, and Rico's like, one, two, kind of like over here. There was no. No, you know, poor interactions, though, from the two of them at the table.

[Brie]

That's good. How is it catching up with Dave? I feel like you haven't seen him in so long.

[Josh]

Good, good. I mean, you know, saw him at the. The Barstool Invitational as well.

[Brie]

Oh, true, true.

[Josh]

The golf trip. So, yeah, you know, like, chatted up with him a little bit. He. He got me on one of his hands. Definitely bluffed me well. But I. I think I'm also the one that talked PFT into calling Dave's bluff later in the round, because I knew it now. I was like, this is Dave's bluff. This is how he is when he's bluffing. Pfd. Call this. Call this. And he did, and Dave went all in. And then Dave lost because of it. So I got my get back. I got my vicarious get back.

[Brie]

Yeah, you needed that. Who won it all?

[Josh]

Ethan.

[Brie]

Ethan.

[Josh]

Ethan. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Ethan.

[Brie]

Congrats, Ethan.

[Josh]

Ethan. Ethan killed it. I mean, he. He was. He was supposed to win it. That guy plays poker.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

Like, he was kind of in a situation where it wasn't like he kind of had a lose, lose situation. Like, if he lost, everyone was going to be like, yikes, dude, you lost to a bunch of people that don't even know how to play poker or, like, what the hands are called. And then if he wins, it's like, well, you should have won.

[Brie]

Yeah.

[Josh]

You know, he wasn't in, like, a great spot, but it was good. He won.

[Brie]

He came and he conquered.

[Josh]

Yep. Won, like, whatever. It was. 15 GS. 20 GS.

[Brie]

Yeah. Well, hell yeah, bro. Let's. Let's go on tour.

[Josh]

Let's go on tour.

[Brie]

Let's do it. Do this.

[Josh]

And, guys, remember, you could win Brianna's heart. So if you are a guy and you want to come, you could end up being her boyfriend. Who knows?

[Brie]

Yeah. Yeah. Who knows? Maybe that's where I find.

[Josh]

What if I actually set that up where it was like a 20v1 or like a pop the balloon game or like the blind date game, and you just had no idea what was going on, and it just was sprung at you on the first event, I would.

[Brie]

Find a gun and I would kill myself.

[Josh]

So if that's what you want, I wouldn't have to divvy up the tour money then. So let's see that event happening right away, guys. We will see you when we see you in Baton Rouge.

[Brie]

See you then. All right.