Tanner Adell: From Buckle Bunny to Going Blonde

Summary

Podcast Summary: Dumb Blonde
Episode: Tanner Adell: From Buckle Bunny to Going Blonde
Host: Bunny XO, Dumb Blonde Productions
Release Date: March 31, 2025

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1. Introduction and Guest Background

Bunny XO welcomes Tanner Adell to the episode, expressing her excitement about Tanner's journey from her beginnings as "Buckle Bunny" to her evolution into "Going Blonde." The hosts establish a warm and supportive atmosphere, highlighting their mutual admiration and the long-awaited conversation about Tanner's personal and professional growth.

Bunny XO [01:05]: "You have been so busy, and I'm so fucking proud of you, girl."

2. Early Life and Adoption Story

Tanner opens up about her early life, revealing that she was adopted as a newborn into a biracial Mormon family. She shares the challenges of growing up between two different environments—California and Wyoming—and how this duality shaped her identity.

Tanner Adell [03:39]: "I grew up in a really unique kind of household... between school year in California and Wyoming."

3. Finding Her Biological Family

During her teenage years, Tanner began to feel different from her friends and family. At 16, she received a mysterious bracelet from someone named Gilbert, sparking her curiosity about her biological father. This led her to reconnect with her birth family, uncovering that she is biologically related to her half-siblings and discovering the truth about her mother’s past.

Tanner Adell [10:52]: "I had pictures of him, but I didn't have pictures of her yet."

4. Impact of Religious Upbringing

Tanner discusses the profound impact of her Southern Pentecostal upbringing, highlighting the trauma caused by rigid religious expectations. She explains how these experiences contributed to her anxiety and the feeling of not fitting in.

Bunny XO [07:46]: "Religion being pushed on you... It's pretty fucking heavy, dude."

5. Music Career and Alter Ego

Tanner delves into her passion for music, tracing it back to childhood influences like the musical Grease. She explains how her alter ego, Buckle Bunny, served as a shield, allowing her to express herself while keeping her personal struggles private.

Tanner Adell [30:35]: "My love for music and theater and drama was so early... my parents saw it so early on and were always supportive."

6. Collaboration with Beyoncé and Achievements

A significant highlight of the episode is Tanner's collaboration with Beyoncé, including performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. Tanner describes the surreal experience and the honor of being embraced by an icon she deeply admires.

Bunny XO [51:29]: "When I saw that, I was so giddy... Can we talk about it?"

7. Upcoming Album: "Going Blonde"

Tanner reveals details about her debut album, Going Blonde, inspired by her late biological mother who resembled Dolly Parton. The album reflects her journey of self-discovery and healing, blending country with pop and other genres to create a cohesive yet diverse sound.

Tanner Adell [43:26]: "I wanted to do that, but you'd think it was gonna be cheeky, but it's actually just the real reason why I am blonde like this."

8. Healing and Personal Growth

The conversation delves into Tanner's healing process, emphasizing how her music has become a therapeutic outlet for her emotions and experiences. She shares how her recent work is more introspective, addressing themes of heartbreak, identity, and personal growth.

Bunny XO [35:07]: "With the mind, what the heart wants to heal."

9. Future Projects and Closing

Tanner discusses her upcoming projects, including performing at international music festivals like Sea to Sea and other global appearances. She also touches on her plans to continue healing and recharging as she prepares for the release of her debut album.

Tanner Adell [54:13]: "I am the most excited for Sea to Sea... It's a music festival... overseas."

Notable Quotes

• Bunny XO [08:13]: "It's a. It's a crazy story that I... that I didn't even know."
• Tanner Adell [17:13]: "So yes, my bio family did find me, but I've met my birth father was not able to meet my mom."
• Tanner Adell [33:20]: "It's really hard for me to write happy music."
• Bunny XO [48:38]: "So I completely relate to the going blonde thing."

Conclusion

In this heartfelt and engaging episode, Tanner Adell shares her profound journey from being an adoptee facing identity struggles and religious trauma to becoming a rising star in the music industry. Her collaboration with Beyoncé and the forthcoming Going Blonde album mark significant milestones in her path of healing and self-expression. Bunny XO adeptly navigates the conversation, allowing Tanner to reveal her vulnerabilities and triumphs, making this episode a compelling listen for anyone interested in personal growth, music, and overcoming adversity.

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Where to Follow Tanner Adell:

• Instagram: @TannerAdell
• TikTok: @TannerAdell
• YouTube: Tanner Adell's official channel

Stay tuned for Tanner's debut album Going Blonde, set to release later this year, and her exciting performances at international festivals!

Transcript

[Bunny XO]

Hey, guys, I need to ask you a question. I want to know, why in the hell are you not on Patreon? I don't think you guys even realize how much content we have on Patreon. Let me break it down for you. We have the Bunny XO show. We have Meet the D Forts. We have propaganda. We have more shows that we're adding. And not to mention, we have the visuals of the podcast. Head over to www.patreon.com backslash Dumblon podcast and sign up. Funny XO Funny Dumb Blonde Podcast and Bunny Expo. Is this thing on? What's up, you sexy? Welcome to another episode of Dumb Blonde. Today I have my girl Tanner Adele in the house, baby.

[Tanner Adele]

Hey. Hello.

[Bunny XO]

H. I feel like this has been a long time coming.

[Tanner Adele]

For sure.

[Bunny XO]

Like, we've been talking about this for, I think, like, a year and a.

[Tanner Adele]

Half and a while. Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

You have been so busy, and I'm so fucking proud of you, girl. We're going to get into, like, the whole journey and everything, but I just wanted to tell you face to face, like, I'm so excited for you.

[Tanner Adele]

Thank you.

[Bunny XO]

Couldn't happen to a better human. Like, I'm just so excited for you.

[Tanner Adele]

I appreciate that. It's, like, fun how mutual the feeling is, and watching you just blossoming. I knew you before I knew Jelly Rol, but watching you guys, it's just. I mean, happy New Year. Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

Happy New Year.

[Tanner Adele]

But, like, last year was really amazing for, I feel like, both of us.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. Yeah. No, it was crazy. My husband's so funny. He's like, tell Danner. Tell Tanner I said, what up? And he's like, tell her to tell the jelly roll story. I'm like, nobody wants to talk about you. Nobody.

[Tanner Adele]

True. He. He saved me, you know, He's. He's such a good guy, but we'll.

[Bunny XO]

Get into that later.

[Tanner Adele]

That he calls it. I gotta start calling it that.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. I was like, nobody wants to talk about you. We talk about you all the time. He's like, stop bombarding my freaking interviews, dude. I learned some really cool stuff about you that I got to research whenever I was looking you up that I didn't know. And I. I. You have, like, a really cool story that I. Like, I always knew about the. The fashion, the hair, the makeup, the voice. You know, I knew about all that, but I didn't know, like, what made you you and where you came from. And I think that that would be really cool to kind of dive into with you.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah. I mean, it's. I Think it's a story that I've kind of. I've been careful to tell and telling little things here and there and kind of gauging the temperature of my audience and. And honestly, how safe it is, like how willing I'm to be or how vulnerable I'm willing to be. Yeah. And I mean, what specifically are you talking about?

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, well, let's just take it all the way. So, first of all, I just want to let you know, my audience is so safe. They are the sweetest humans. They will just embrace you if they haven't or if they're already not buckle bunnies. You know what I'm saying? Right. But I hear people come here and they just tell their. Their stories of, like, you know, everything that's happened to them up to where they are. And I kind of take people on this journey to paint the picture of, like, the person behind the music, you know, of course your music speaks for itself, because obviously, I mean, we just saw you on the halftime show with Beyonce, so obviously you're doing your thug thistle, you know, But I want people to connect with you on a personal level. So you were adopted as a child?

[Tanner Adele]

Yes.

[Bunny XO]

Can you take us on that journey and, like, kind of through your childhood?

[Tanner Adele]

A little bit. It is a very long and windy road as to how I ended up. But, yes, I was adopted. I was a baby. I was, like a day old. You know, it was an agreement that my parents already knew that I was going to be born sometime soon, so they were ready for it. But I am adopted. I have four siblings who are also all adopted. I'm the middle child.

[Bunny XO]

Are they all blood?

[Tanner Adele]

Blood, yes. All of us are biracial. None of us are, like, blood related at all. All from different families. But my parents couldn't have their own children. My mom had wanted to adopt for a really long. She would say as a kid, like, she always said, I want to adopt. Her little brother's adopted. And so she had always wanted to adopt. And then, you know, she's very religious. I was also raised Mormon. I was adopted into a Mormon family. And so she always says she just feels like God was telling her when it was time to adopt after she found out she wouldn't be able to have children. So I grew up in a really unique kind of household with just that little bit. But on top of all of that, I grew up kind of between two places. I kind of had two homes, and a lot of my. A lot of my friends in California had no idea that all of my family and my summer times were spent in Wyoming. So my mom grew up with horses, and she did rodeo. She was a rodeo queen. And she would do a year of school in California, in Santa Barbara, and then a year of school in Wyoming, where my grandma's from and where my grandpa's from. And flip flopped back and forth between school years as a kid, and she said that was really rough on her and didn't want it to be as intense for me and my siblings. So I grew up going from school year in California and all my, like, school friends to immediately going to Wyoming as soon as school was out and kind of living a completely different life out there. Um, it was, you know, maybe around the time that I was 14 or 15 that I started realizing that I was very different from a lot of my friends. And. And I only had one friend that was adopted, and she was the same race as her parents. She was white. They were white. And I just realized there was a lot of things that I was kind of going through that I wasn't sure was totally normal.

[Bunny XO]

Did you ever get to meet your. Your biological parents?

[Tanner Adele]

So that's a whole. I'll. I'll tie that now into this hole of me getting here, I guess, too. So I. As a teenager, I was very different from my mom and dad are. My mom wears the pants in my family. Okay.

[Bunny XO]

She's very alpha.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes. My mom wears the pants, and she is like Ralph Lauren. I am like, free people. We could not be any more different. She's very, like, by the book. I mean, she's extremely religious. And I wanted to just, like, not have to wear shoes to school and just wanted to sit on the beach and hang out with my friends and. Do you know fashion design? My grandma taught me how to sew at a really young age, so I was sewing my clothes, and I was just more of a free spirit.

[Bunny XO]

Spirit.

[Tanner Adele]

So we really, really, like, bumped heads as I was growing up.

[Bunny XO]

I grew up in a extremely religious household, too.

[Tanner Adele]

Really?

[Bunny XO]

We were. We were Southern Pentecostal, and it was like, almost like a cult. And I had to wear, like, dresses down to the ankles.

[Tanner Adele]

Like, I did not know that about you.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Super, super religious. I went to private school and everything. How do you think I turned out the way I did? I mean, come on. I mean. But I'm just lay. Yeah. But I'm just saying I relate to that because I don't think a lot of people realize how traumatizing.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes.

[Bunny XO]

Religion being pushed on you, especially as a child, as that's what developed my anxiety as an adult is because it was. I was told, you're going to hell. If you act like this, you're going to hell. You know? And I couldn't imagine, you know, all of that. All of those things that you're going through as a child. You know, you were adopted. You're trying to find your place in this world and trying to fit in, and you don't feel like you fit in, and then you have that religious trauma on top of it. It's pretty fucking heavy, dude.

[Tanner Adele]

And it's like I said, it wasn't till a little bit later that I realized it's a little bit different to be biracial and adopted, but then also into a Caucasian Mormon family, but also with four siblings who were also biracial but adopted. Like, it was such a. Like. And obviously I was a teenager, so all of this at once just made me feel so displaced. And that was the first time that I reached out to a birth family member, my birth father.

[Bunny XO]

How did you find him? How were you able to find them?

[Tanner Adele]

I mean, I didn't have really any information about him until one year, it was my 16th birthday, and I got a present in the mail. I had been at, like, a summer camp or something, and my mom was like, there's something on your bed. Like, someone sent you something. And I opened it, and there was a little bracelet in it. And it just said, like, been thinking about you. Happy 16th birthday. Like, love, Gilbert. And I was like, who? Who is that? And kind of started. I mean, I ran outside, called my best friend, and I was like, I just got a weird package and a present, and I don't know, I think it's like, someone from my birth family. And it was. It wasn't just, like, freely talked about in our home.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, that's what that was going to be. My next question. So your adoptive parents never really talked about your biological parents?

[Tanner Adele]

No.

[Bunny XO]

Okay.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah, I. My. My little siblings had a little bit of contact with their, like, birth families. But, yeah, it was never really a conversation that I had. And although my gut kind of told me, like, is this wrong, like, or is this someone from my family? And I went back inside, and my mom was standing in the bedroom and was holding the note that had his name on it. And she was like, like, so we should talk. And I was like, oh, okay.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, no. So she didn't know. It was.

[Tanner Adele]

She didn't know.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, my God.

[Tanner Adele]

She just, you know, probably, like, someone sent me a little gift or something. She didn't know. And that was. That was the first time that I saw pictures of him. And how did you feel? I mean, it was. It was a lot. It was a lot. I did.

[Bunny XO]

Up until that time. You knew you were adopted, though?

[Tanner Adele]

Yes.

[Bunny XO]

Okay. So.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bunny XO]

But you had never seen your biological parents, Right?

[Tanner Adele]

Right. So I knew who my dad was, but I didn't know who my birth mom was. Right. And at this point, I was kind of just shoving it away because I'm like, I'm 16. Like, I'm not gonna go out and try and find, like, my birth family, and I don't want to, like, open that nut.

[Bunny XO]

And were you carrying kind of resentment for them because you felt like they abandoned you?

[Tanner Adele]

You know, I. I always had. I mean, not in an angry way, but definitely in a sad way.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

There were, like, I said me and my mom butt heads so much growing up that it was like I would just, you know, try to think about, you know, who's my mom. I bet she, you know, wouldn't be like this, or she would understand me more. And I saw, you know, my friends had. Their moms were their best friends, and I never really had that. And that, as a teenager, was really hard. The little bit of information my mom, even my adopted mom, told me about my birth father was that they weren't together, and it was an affair that she had. Had. She was married and had two kids with a man and then had an affair and had chosen to keep me, thank God. But I. That was all I really knew. So I had pictures of him, but I didn't have pictures of her yet.

[Bunny XO]

When you first saw that picture of your dad, did you guys look alike? Did you, like, instantly, like, connect with it, like, features? Because I know the first time I saw a picture of my real mom, I was like, oh, my God. I studied her face for hours because I was just like, I have her cheekbones. Oh, my God. I have her smile. I have her jawline. You know, like, it's crazy when you see a picture of your parent for the first time.

[Tanner Adele]

So. So the first time I saw a picture of him, I was like, I need to see a picture of my mom, because I know I don't look like that. I know I don't look like that.

[Bunny XO]

She's like, that is not. That is not my daddy. You are not the father. She's like, is this a joke? I love the honesty, though.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

Because there's a lot of kids who go through this. You know, I. I personally, I'm listening to you talk. And I'm like, yes, yes. Like this is, it's so, so relatable. Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

I, I literally was like, I don't, yeah, that can't be my father. And kind of just, you know, okay, now we know a little bit more. And I think I'm good. You know, I was 16, I was just a baby. So, so a couple. I'm sorry, this is so funny. A couple years later I finally, and I'm giving you like the real deep, deep.

[Bunny XO]

But no, and I appreciate it too because it really just humanizes you.

[Tanner Adele]

Totally. I searched for him on Facebook after a conversation I had had with my, one of my adopted brothers and his wife. And we were just kind of talking about things and he was like, oh yeah, when you were adopted, that was like, that was crazy. And I was like, what do you mean? And he started telling me all of these things that were like, whoa. I had no idea that my adoption had gone down like that. And it kind of set off a little bit of, you know, curiosity and thinking, okay, well we know what he looks like and I know his name now. Like I should just look him up. And it was me and my sister in law and for some reason it felt taboo, like we weren't supposed to be doing it. And I think maybe a lot of adopted kids feel that way is you don't want to ask your parents questions or make them feel bad or yeah, like you're not grateful.

[Bunny XO]

Which I feel like is kind of wrong that like I feel like children should be able to be like, hey, totally, let's, let's have this open line of communication. Because I feel like when you keep like secrets or like make a kid feel like they have to be secretive, that's just extra pressure and added on trauma that yeah, you know, we shouldn't have to deal with.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah, I, I, I wonder too because I've, I've met a lot more adopted people now. But I do wonder if just different, you know, different families were different about how open they were.

[Bunny XO]

I'm curious to that too. I wonder.

[Tanner Adele]

Most of people I've met, it was like kind of just, I don't know, like an understanding because it's not like there was any sort of incident where I brought it up and my mom like freaked out or something.

[Bunny XO]

Right.

[Tanner Adele]

It was just like, oh, like I don't want to, I don't know, like make you feel bad that you had to adopt me. But yeah, I, A couple years after that incident, me and my sister in law were just giggling one Night. And. Oh, my God. Well, a couple years ago, he sent me a bracelet, and I, like, know his name. And she's like, what? We have to look him up. And I was like, let's do it. Like, I don't care at this point. Let's do it. And we found him. I mean, it. He looked very similar to the picture, but I was like, I don't know. Like, there's obviously a lot of black guys on Facebook. Like, I don't know. I don't know if it's the right one. And he's like, hey, are you my dad? No, I know. Like, how do you continue this? I. I sent him a friend request, and he immediately messaged me back, like, immediately. And was like, I, you know, I've been wanting to talk to you, but, like, I had an agreement with your parents that, you know, until you were 21, that, like, I couldn't come trying to find you. So it was, like, little things like that. But I. I never felt really compelled to, like, meet him or, you know, it's just kind of like, okay, like, you made me, like, great. Like, cool. Like, I'm glad that we, like, connected, and maybe when I'm a little older, I'll want to, like, see you in person or something. But there was nothing that ever felt like it was pulling me to. And then not much longer after that. Just a couple years after that, I got an ancestry DNA, like, email from a kit that I had taken a few years back. And it was an email that just said, hey, my name's Donell. I think you're my sister. Like, I've been looking for you, and here's my number. And you don't have to reach out if you don't want to. And I had known previously. Like, I said, the only thing I knew was my birth mom had had an affair and that she had been married and had two of her own kids. So I knew I had two half siblings.

[Bunny XO]

And so to know that kind of information, too.

[Tanner Adele]

Oh, yeah.

[Bunny XO]

I'm really surprised. As private as your adopted mom was that she revealed that to you, because I feel like that's more hurtful.

[Tanner Adele]

I know. Well, it was the. It was the only thing. I think they. Not only thing, but they only knew so much. And I think my mom was definitely. Because we were so different. Like, I was like, I'm gonna run away, child. You know what I mean? And I think she was always afraid of me trying to leave and go find my birth family because I might like it more with them, type of thing, you know? And I. So I knew a little bit of that information. And I was like, oh, yeah, cool. Like, my half brother. Like, I know he existed. Cool. He's reaching out to me. And I texted him immediately. And we got on the phone probably 20 minutes after he had texted me, and he was just like, I have been looking for you. And I promised when I was like, little. Little as a kid that I would find you again. Because he had known about me. He had known about me his whole life and my whole life. And I mean, it was a very cool experience to be able to. To meet someone who I was related to. And we were sending pictures back and forth of, like, our hands and our ears, because I was like, I have really small ears. Like, do you have really small ears? Like, and sending pictures. We have the same exact knees. And I was like, this is so cool to, like, finally, after my whole life of. And especially being mixed, it's like, who do I look like?

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, you just want to relate.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah, exactly. And my whole life being like, I don't look like anyone, and no one looks like me. Being able to have that connection. And so we were going through our family tree together, and he, okay, there are these things on ancestry. There is these things.

[Bunny XO]

Every time she does that, I know it's going to be a funny story. Every time she pauses and giggles.

[Tanner Adele]

No, there's. There's these things on. Well, I'm learning how to laugh about it every day. Closer and closer.

[Bunny XO]

If we don't laugh, we'll cry. Exactly.

[Tanner Adele]

Exactly. So on ancestry DNA, they have what's called centimorgans, and it basically tells you how related you are to a person. So like, 600 centimorgans could be, like, a cousin, and then like, 800 could be, like, your uncle, and 1500 could be, like, a half sibling. And, you know, anything higher than 2000 is, like, really high. So that's like a parent or a sibling. And we're looking at our Centimorgans, and we're like, we're, like, pretty high up in Centimorgans. Like, maybe that's why we look so much alike. There must be, like, DNA overlap and, I don't know. Something. And he goes, do you see. On your family tree, do you see someone named. I'll just say his name is Bob. Do you. Do you see someone on your family tree named Bob? Right there, like, as an uncle. And I was like, yeah, it's saying that that's my uncle. And he's like, that's my uncle. And I was like, like on like your mom's side? Because that's. We share a mom.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

And he was like, no, that's my dad's brother. And I was like, well, it says he's my uncle, so how. And as we're looking at the Centimorgans, they were like 3,000 something. And we realized that we were full biological siblings. I just had goosebumps that the guy who had sent me a bracelet that my mom had the affair with and everything. We think my birth mother must have already been pregnant with me when she had the affair and thought that he had gotten her pregnant. But actually it was her legitimate child and her full blood child to her children and her husband and put me up for adoption and didn't know.

[Bunny XO]

Oh my gosh.

[Tanner Adele]

So, I mean, it was huge. I can't even that day I probably blacked out. Yeah, that's goofy. It was a lot. And just I had been told, you know, little things here and there, and now it was like this whole, like, bucket of truth that I was like, well, I don't even know if, you know, if I even want, you know, to explore this more. Like, I don't know, I'm kind of freaking out. And he had the first thing. He was like, I've got to tell our dad that he. That you're his child. Because he knew about me the way that he had found out, like my birth mother from, you know. And I learned this all after I'd met my actual birth family, but she had put me up for adoption while my. Her husband, my birth dad, was deployed. And so he didn't know that I even existed until he saw some papers about me having been adopted. And that was how he found out that she had had an affair and gotten pregnant.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, my goodness.

[Tanner Adele]

So he was like, I gotta tell dad. And I was like, do you think she knew? Like, does she know you've been looking for me? Like, what does she feel about it? Like, can we go ask her? Yeah, we need to like, tell her.

[Bunny XO]

Mom. Yeah, like, where's mom in this scenario?

[Tanner Adele]

And he informed me that she had passed away about four years before that. So I didn't get to meet her. And I think that was probably one of the darkest days of my life so far that I've experienced was finding out that she had passed away. So to answer your question about my biological family, it's a long story, but. So, yes, my bio family did find me, but I've met my birth father was not able to meet my mom.

[Bunny XO]

Well, I want you to know that your feelings are valid. I can see you pushing them back, you know, And I just want you to know that that was as sad of a story as it is. This is part of your journey, and this is what makes you who you are. And I know sometimes we don't understand why things happen to us, but in the long run, you're going to look back and be like, okay, God, I see what you were doing there.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

As hurtful as it is, I'm so sorry.

[Tanner Adele]

Thank you.

[Bunny XO]

It's a. It's a crazy story that I. That I didn't even know. And I appreciate you for sharing that here, because that's. That was really a beautiful, you know, testament of who you are.

[Tanner Adele]

Thank you.

[Bunny XO]

I couldn't imagine how you felt that day, you know, finding out all of that, and then, you know, finding out that you have this whole other family over there. Do they at least embrace you now and do you have a relationship with them now?

[Tanner Adele]

My brother is, like, one of my favorite people on the planet. My little nephews. Yeah, he's great. You know, I. When I was, like, 17, and I reached out to who we thought was my dad, and in our conversation, I had mentioned, like, so, like, who do you dance or do you sing? Like, I. You know, I love singing, dancing. This is, like, my passion. Like, is there anyone that. Like, where does that come from? And he said, no, no. Like, none of us are really, like, into that. So, like, I don't know. You just must have a gift. And finding my bio brother and my dad, they're so musical. And my dad was a rapper in the 90s in Atlanta in a rap boy group and was doing musical theater. Yeah. I mean, wait, what?

[Bunny XO]

Can we know what group he was in?

[Tanner Adele]

I don't know what it was called, but he says his rap name was Cueo.

[Bunny XO]

Okay.

[Tanner Adele]

And then he was manual group.

[Bunny XO]

Quavo without the V. Exactly.

[Tanner Adele]

Quavo in the 90s and my brother, they're like shreds on guitar. And this is, like, a great singer. Like, it was just so funny how meeting my biological family was like.

[Bunny XO]

Just makes sense.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah. And I never had this, like, an urge to meet the person who I had thought was my dad. But as soon as my brother contacted me, even being my half brother and not knowing he was my full brother, there was just, like, an indescribable magnetism that I feel like immediately I said, I need to go to him. Yeah, yeah. Really interesting. And I'd never had that growing up in a family. That's not biologically connected. Is, I'm starting to realize, is very different from. From families who grew up together that are biologically connected.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. It's just something you can't explain. I remember first, I didn't meet my real mother until I was late in my 30s. And when I met her and I saw, like, her mannerisms and just even down to her anxiety, I was like, how am I so much like you? And I've never even been around you. Like, it was the craziest thing for me, so I could only imagine how you were feeling.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah, I think I always, too. I always believed in. In nurture versus nature, just because I didn't have anything else to compare it to. I always thought that my adoptive dad is like an angel of a man, and I love him so much. He's the sweetest human being, and just like an angel of a human being, we don't literally don't deserve him. And I always thought, like, I want to be like my dad, and I feel like there's so many things that we have in common, and we love the same music, and he taught me to, like, love disco and jazz, and I always thought I'm just like him. Like, there's so much we have in common. And then meeting my brother and my biological father, I'm like, there's no comparison. And when we're on the phone and my. My brother goes, you sound just like mom. Like, you sound just like your mom. And it's so interesting. It's so weird. And you don't realize until DNA is a.

[Bunny XO]

It's crazy.

[Tanner Adele]

And I feel crazy when I say it too, because I'm so amazed by it because of my life. But I'm like, y'all people who've been in, like, full biological families can't even understand how cool that is to have, like, little bits of you. I don't know. It's just. I didn't grow up like that.

[Bunny XO]

It's something that people honestly take for granted. And hearing you say that, I've never thought about that before, but it's real.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

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[Tanner Adele]

Oh, always, like, so deep. I feel like my first musical experience that I really, really remember was my babysitter watching Grease with me, and I was like, this is everything. He is everything. That was like a big. Yeah, I was probably, what, maybe five or six when she had, like, shown me that. And it's probably why I also love vintage everything. Like, this is the first real, I think, like, music that made an impact on who I was and who I was gonna be as a person, because that was like, I'm listening to the soundtrack 24 7. I am dancing around my room and around the house, and I am on the coffee table, and I am screaming it and watching it all the time. Like, my love for music and theater and drama was. It was so early, and my parents saw it so early on and were always supportive of everything musical that I was doing. And it's not even a surprise for them that this is what I'm doing, and they love it.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. How is your relationship with your adoptive parents now?

[Tanner Adele]

You guys are really close? Yes. Yes.

[Bunny XO]

Do you and mom get along better now?

[Tanner Adele]

Definitely. She's definitely gotten cooler.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, I think. I think moms get cooler with age, for sure.

[Tanner Adele]

My little sister still lives at home, and, you know, she's. She's going through her, like, do I want to be at home? Do I want to go to school? Where do I want to go to school? I want to do hair. Like, what do I want to do with my life? And I'm sure, you know, there are times where she thinks my mom's pretty uncool, but as I've now been living on my own and I. I realize how much a lot of the songs I've written in last year, but this year were about my family and, like, being homesick. Yeah. I love them so much, and they. You know, they come to any shows that they can when I'm in the area and things, and I'm. I'm no longer a practicing Mormon, but, I mean, they've never shut me out or made me feel like I was less than and I think have always led with love to everyone around them.

[Bunny XO]

I love that. That's amazing to hear because, you know, a lot of times, especially in Mormonism, they. You get excommunicated if you don't want to. That. And Jehovah's Witnesses, they're like, you don't want to be a part of it. You can't be a part of Our families.

[Tanner Adele]

I'm working on my release papers.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah. As you get them notarized.

[Bunny XO]

Do you feel like your religious trauma has influenced your music at all?

[Tanner Adele]

Yes.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

It's really hard, and I think people might be surprised by this, actually.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

It's really hard for me to write happy music.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, you sound like my husband.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

He says the same thing.

[Tanner Adele]

It's hard.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

There's so much more for me to write about.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. Like the.

[Tanner Adele]

It's like, not happy.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. That you had growing up, but, I mean, you do have some sadness that you have to get out, and it's kind of cathartic to be able to put that to pen and paper.

[Tanner Adele]

For sure. I mean, it's. Especially the last year, but kind of the last two years have been, you know, I. I created this kind of exterior, like, safety with my Buckle Bunny mixtape and kind of led with the most extroverted part of me. And it keeps me safe. It makes me feel very safe to have that.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

And the last probably hundred songs or so, I have been stories of my life and, like, stories of my journey and really deep and sometimes scary things that I've written on my own and. And with people that I really, really trust and know me top to bottom, inside out. Like, all the way out. And the album that I'm currently working on and finishing up is, like, all of that. It's going to be surprising, I think, for people to see the switch. Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

I heard a quote the other day. I think it said, with the mind, what the mind feels, the heart wants to heal. Or is it what the. What the heart feels, the mind wants to heal. And that's exactly what's happening to you, is that you have all these feelings inside that you need to heal, and that's your soul telling you, like, hey, Buckle Bunny's cool and all, but this is who you really are right now. And I think that in with journeys with artists, you guys kind of get snapshots of where you are in your life by the music that you write. And right now, this is your sad girl era. Yeah. And that's okay.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah. Healing girl.

[Bunny XO]

Healing girl era. Yeah, healing. You know, like, whatever. We need to get that out.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

I love that you said, and we're gonna get into your music and stuff like that. I still want to get into the journey of how you got to where you are, but it's kind of like your Buckle Bunny thing is like your Sasha Fierce, you know, like how Beyonce hides behind Sasha Fierce to say crazy shit.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

That's Almost like the. You make a. What is the word that I'm looking for? You have this, you know, alter ego. Alter ego, yes. That's exactly what it is. That makes you feel safe because, you know, the world. You're so vulnerable, and the world is a fucking cruel place.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

So I think that's pretty cool that you did that. And you've built such a huge brand. That's how I discovered you was the whole thing.

[Tanner Adele]

Well, I mean, on brand makes sense.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, for sure. But aside from my husband, I didn't even know my husband knew anything about you until I was like, hey, have you. Well, I was at the Houston rodeo doing your song, and he's like, hey, I know Tanner. And I was like, you do? And he, like, told me the story, and I was like, that's awesome. So let's take it. So when did you decide to leave home and, like, go out on your own? And, like, when did this meet? Did you know that music was what you were going to do?

[Tanner Adele]

So I was living at home when the pandemic hit.

[Bunny XO]

Okay.

[Tanner Adele]

So that whole year, I feel like, was. I mean, that was the craziest year ever. 2020 was insane and crazy year. I was just, like, finding beats online and on beatstars and, like, writing in my room and recording things in my closet and, I mean, there were no live performances happening. There was nothing going on. So I had, I feel like, this year of, like, growth and really, like, deciding that this is what I wanted to do. I went to Utah Valley University, and I was in a band there and. And really realized that I loved performing live. And my teacher was like, you need to either go to Nashville or you need to go to la. And you need to, like, pick one or the other. You shouldn't even be in school. Why are you even in school? You should just be out there doing this.

[Bunny XO]

I love teachers like that.

[Tanner Adele]

She's amazing. Her name is Nancy. She's amazing. And I was like, you're right. And I had a friend who had come out to Nashville, and he was like, you should just go out there and write for just a little bit and see if you like it. And for some reason, something inside me just clicked, and I was like, oh, I'm moving to Nashville. So I moved to Nashville a couple days later. I'd never been. I literally did not know anybody. And it was. That kind of gave me my little, you know, push to go out on a limb and start writing. I just started writing with everyone around town and just start going, like, led.

[Bunny XO]

To another and stuff. Is that how you ended up with us? Because I think that's so.

[Tanner Adele]

I. The first people that I worked with.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

Was Andrew Bayless.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

And Michael Whitworth. Oh, yes, I know.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

They were the first people I wrote with. And actually, when they started working together, I literally was like, oh, they're working with Jelly. I literally heard of them. That's so sick. And, yeah, they're the first people that I wrote with in town. I love them both so much.

[Bunny XO]

They're amazing. They're so talented at what they do. Yes. Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

And they're, like, very. I mean, they were, you know, putting. Kind of putting their necks out for me a little bit. The first song that I released with them was country girl Commandments, which had, like, this dubstep drop after the chorus, and I was like, I don't care. I was like, let's do it. And Andrew was like, let's just do it.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. Where do you get your sounds from? Because you do. You. Okay. So do you consider yourself a country music artist?

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

Or do you.

[Tanner Adele]

I consider myself a pop country artist.

[Bunny XO]

That's what I feel like. Because you. You mix, like, a little bit of hip hop. Yeah. It's just, like, different.

[Tanner Adele]

It's different pop influences than most girls in country choose when they do, like, pop country.

[Bunny XO]

I feel like it's so hard to pigeonhole you, though, because you're so brandable, you know? And, like, you could go either way, like, every way.

[Tanner Adele]

I think, you know, I grew up trying to distinguish, like, am I California or am I Wyoming? And it was when I stopped thinking like that, that my sound kind of, like, just came together and really is, like, the glue that holds my whole brand together now. But it's. You know, it. It took some years to kind of.

[Bunny XO]

Find yourself, figure that part out for sure. Do you feel like you're still finding your sound?

[Tanner Adele]

No.

[Bunny XO]

You know what you're like, yeah, I.

[Tanner Adele]

Know exactly who I am. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Bunny XO]

I love it. So working with Wentworth and Bayless, where. How did you, like, get such notoriety? Because I feel like. And I know everybody says this about my husband, so I know it's not true, but I feel like you popped up on the scene all of a sudden, and it was just like, okay, who is this girl? I followed you. And I was just like, oh, my God, she's adorable. I love your aesthetic. I love how, like, original you are. Like, I love that because, you know, in a world full of people who are so unoriginal, it's. You can the ones that actually have their own stand out?

[Tanner Adele]

Totally.

[Bunny XO]

And you totally were like that to me. How did this come about?

[Tanner Adele]

I mean, after I wrote with Andrew and Michael, I. Who I. I don't even know why I called them that, because I call them both Bayless Whitward, so I don't know why I even said their first name.

[Bunny XO]

You're good.

[Tanner Adele]

But after that, country girl commandments kind of got, like, sent around a little bit, and I. I had my publishing deal in about six months after I moved to Nashville. And I feel like from there on, it was TikTok. It was just putting my original music on TikTok and people were like, we like this.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. Tick Tock has such a stepping stone for people. I get so mad at people when they're like, oh, you're just. You're. You guys are just tick Tockers. Like, when they say that to other people and I'm like, it's exhausting. I'm like, yeah, that's what I'm saying. I'm like, do you understand how hard it is to keep people's attention day after day, time after time? Like, that's not easy. Not everybody can do that.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

So was Buckle Bunny your first, like, song that took off?

[Tanner Adele]

No.

[Bunny XO]

Really? Which one was it?

[Tanner Adele]

Love you a little bit was the first song, and it was. It wasn't through TikTok really. Like, it did numbers on TikTok, but it like, blew up on Twitter or.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, wow.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes.

[Bunny XO]

That's hard to do.

[Tanner Adele]

I know. And it was like that positive. It, like, wasn't.

[Bunny XO]

Scares me, literally.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah, it was like, really good. That actually was my first kind of splash. And then by the time Buckle Bunny came around, it was like, oh, that's our girl that's in country that's doing that.

[Bunny XO]

Wow.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

That's amazing.

[Tanner Adele]

Very cool.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. Because I remember seeing Buckle Bunny come on and I was just like, oh, my God, this is amazing. And I loved it and just.

[Tanner Adele]

I'm glad.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I still bump it to, like, all the time. Thank you. It did definitely bring a fresh, you know, genre blending sound to country music. What inspired the mixtape concept and what message did you want to send with that?

[Tanner Adele]

So I wanted it to be. I still haven't had my debut album come out.

[Bunny XO]

Right.

[Tanner Adele]

I had Last Call, which is my first ep, and then my second EP is Buckle Bunny with a few singles in between. I called it a mixtape because I felt like I wanted it to be, like, every spot on the spectrum that I can shine, and I wanted it to all have kind of a country foundation, because that is who I am at the core. But then pinpointing things that I love in other genres and not even really while trying, just that those are my moods.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

And I wanted it to truly feel like a mix, but also still cohesive, but something that didn't box me in and I could go whatever direction I wanted after that.

[Bunny XO]

Yes. I love that you have a new album that's coming out called Going Blonde. Is that going to be your first debut album?

[Tanner Adele]

It's going to be my debut album.

[Bunny XO]

What is the inspiration to that and what. First of all, what's the inspiration to the title Going Blonde? Is it the obvious?

[Tanner Adele]

So wait, tell me what you mean by the obvious.

[Bunny XO]

Like, well, going blonde, you know, like, you're going.

[Tanner Adele]

Okay, so, yeah, that's exactly what I want everyone to think. Yes. So I rewind back to the day where I found out my mom passed away. I hadn't seen a picture of her yet, and I asked my brother if I could have a picture of her, and he sent a picture, and my jaw dropped, and I was like, ding, ding, ding. This is definitely my mom. I absolutely. She's stunning, beautiful woman. And I said to him, I was like, did she get told that she looked like Dolly Parton? Like, a lot? And he was like, she got that all the time. It was the first thing I thought was, like, she looks like Dolly Parton. And I kind of had a little bit of a, you know, mental breakdown after having this information. I just had this picture of her that looked like Dolly. And so I started looking up everything about Dolly, and I had, like, I wasn't like a Dolly Parton die hard fan my whole life. Like, I knew all her biggest songs, but I did a major deep dive on her and was just trying to rack up as many pictures that I could that looked like my mom. I watched all of her interviews on YouTube that I could find any live performances, I could find every movie that she had been in. Trying to, like, almost, like, see my mom again, because there are no videos of my birth mom or anything. But it was the closest thing was young Dolly. And I learned a lot about her during this time. And I learned that the song that she actually broke with was a song called Dumb Blonde and ding, ding, ding. And I loved this song. I thought, how cool is that? She just, like, made this cheeky, witty, like, oh, yep, don't mind me. I'm just a dumb blonde while she's over here being an absolute icon, literally. And I I loved the idea of. Of how cheeky and witty it was, but also how much of an identity I actually found in that. In, you know, growing up as a little girl. Like, my hair in the sun with streaks of blonde. And I always thought it was so weird and like, where does this hair come from? And people always saying, like, oh, do you dye your hair like your parents dye your hair? And I'm like, no, my parents don't dye my hair. Like, this is just what my hair looks like. And it kind of was like a weird emotional attachment that I had to how blonde not only Dolly Parton was, but how blonde my own biological mother was. And I wanted to do that, but you'd think it was gonna be cheeky, but it's actually just the real reason why I am blonde like this. And it's because it makes me feel close to my mom. It makes me feel like she's protecting me. Like when I. It makes me feel safe. And I wrote a song about it actually called Going Blonde. And it was pretty soon after I'd found out this information and kind of done my deep dive. And it feels like it just came to me from either her or the heavens, I don't know. I was literally in a bar across the street from my apartment and the idea came to me and I wrote it down on my phone. Just like, just the words. I just had all the words and I wrote it down. I was too scared to get up and like, go home in case I forgot something. Wrote the whole song sitting at the bar and then ran across the street home and put chords to it. And it has inspired this album that is going to be my stories of who I am and where I come from and why I am the way that I am and. Yeah, that's. That's called Going Blonde.

[Bunny XO]

I am so excited for this album. I feel like we're actually finally getting to see who you are.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

You know, and I think that's a beautiful thing. You're like a butterfly. You're literally.

[Tanner Adele]

Literally like, I feel like it. I feel like it.

[Bunny XO]

This is gonna be so therapeutic for you. You've made me almost cry like three times since sitting here, cuz I'm just.

[Tanner Adele]

Like, oh, wait for the album.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, I can't wait. I'm gonna. I'll just. I'll call, I'll video myself just. Just ugly crying.

[Tanner Adele]

It's just we see the outside of being blonde, but it's like there's a source of like.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

Confidence that it comes from for all of us.

[Bunny XO]

Absolutely. And I just. I just interviewed Dolly.

[Tanner Adele]

Amazing.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. And she's so fucking just. She's hilarious. First of all, she is not as sweet as everybody thinks she is. She is sassy and she is fiery. But that is what I named my podcast, Dumb Blonde, because it's an oxymoron. Because, you know, when I walk in a room, everybody's like, oh, look at this dumb blonde. You know, and then. But really, as soon as I open my mouth, they're like, oh, wait a second, maybe she's not so dumb. You know?

[Tanner Adele]

Exactly.

[Bunny XO]

So I completely relate to the going blonde thing. And I think we should clip that and send that to Dolly's team. Have you ever got to meet her?

[Tanner Adele]

I haven't been able to meet her yet.

[Bunny XO]

Danny, her. Her manager. Danny is amazing. And she's so welcoming to new female artists too. So I'm going to clip that. And Danny, I love that.

[Tanner Adele]

I'm like, I feel like she. I mean, obviously she's an icon, but it's like, it's kind of weird because of, like, I look at her like, she's a depiction of my mom. Literally.

[Bunny XO]

She's. I call her mom.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, literally. She is like, she's mother to mother.

[Tanner Adele]

She. She is.

[Bunny XO]

She' amazing. Us so ongoing is so on going blonde. Is it going to be like any. Is it going to be like all ballads or is it like a mixture of emotions? Like, are we gonna still get the hip hop vibe and the techno vibe and all that stuff that we've gotten before?

[Tanner Adele]

It is introspective. It's a sound that I haven't done, like, deep dive fully into doing, but it appears in certain places all over the last, you know, two years of my releasing music. And it's. It's romantic in. In a non romantic way and heartbreak in a non romantic way. And just like the heartbreak life sometimes brings on us. But yeah, I mean, it's. I feel like I'm becoming a woman with it. Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

When do you think it'll be dropping?

[Tanner Adele]

Oh, I have no idea.

[Bunny XO]

Not yet. We don't know.

[Tanner Adele]

Hopefully. I'm.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, let me know.

[Tanner Adele]

Aiming for the top of the year. That's what I've been saying the last couple months. Last year I had, like, just no time for anything at all. So busy but aiming for top of the year.

[Bunny XO]

You've been everywhere too. Like, I have every. I see you in like New York. You're like out of the country. Like, what are you doing right now? Like, give me, like, what are we doing? Is this Appearances, like, are you just living the. The life that you deserve or what's going on?

[Tanner Adele]

I finally have a moment to breathe, and I think it's very important for me. I mean, it's. You know, everything's gonna be starting up now, but it's winter, it's dark, it's cold, it's snowing every once in a while, and so it's giving me a little bit of time to recharge.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. And to be on that healing journey.

[Tanner Adele]

Exactly.

[Bunny XO]

Let's talk about the Beyonce stuff. Yeah. Because, girl, when I saw that, I was so giddy. First of all, I'm talking about just the first announcement that you came out with and that you were going to be on the album. And I just remember thinking to myself, like, this, she's going to be the next big thing. Like, I'm so excited for you, because I know that had to have just been, like, a moment insane. Can we talk about it?

[Tanner Adele]

Yes. I mean, there's some things I can't, like, detail, but, like. Yeah, that was. That was, like, the crazy. The week leading up to the album was the craziest week of my life.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

I didn't tell anybody one. Nobody knew. Only my. My manager knew was the only person. So it was kind of this funny anticipation as I'm having, you know, friends hitting me up and being like, the album's coming. Oh, my God. Like, you would tell me if you were on it, right? Like, you tell me and just kind of that sigh of relief that, like, okay, like, the secret's out. Like, I can breathe again.

[Bunny XO]

Like, what an honor. Like, it's like when Beyonce calls, that's like, the fucking president is just want that phone call because she's so. She doesn't normally work. Like, what she did on the car where. I'm sorry, Cowboy Carter was completely different than what she's. Yeah. Normally every time. She's never collaborated the way she did on Cowboy Carter. So that was, like, really special for you guys, for you to have made it on there, too.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes. I. I think people would be happy to know because there's so many people who talk their shit on Beyonce. But, yeah, she's like. She is genuinely one of the warmest people I think. I feel like I've met.

[Bunny XO]

I don't get the Beyonce hate.

[Tanner Adele]

She's kind.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah.

[Tanner Adele]

Like, she's. And she's funny, and she's very cool.

[Bunny XO]

Yeah, I love that.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

What was it like when you first got to meet her? Did you. Was the. Your first time meeting her at the super time super bowl halftime show.

[Tanner Adele]

So I can't disclose.

[Bunny XO]

Okay. Gotcha.

[Tanner Adele]

The first time I met her.

[Bunny XO]

Okay.

[Tanner Adele]

But. But she gave me a hug that I will never forget, and it was just magical. Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

It's almost like kind of like passing the baton of, like. Hey.

[Tanner Adele]

Oh, God. Oh, God.

[Bunny XO]

Listen, going blonde might be your Beyonce album. You never know.

[Tanner Adele]

You never know.

[Bunny XO]

You never freaking know. What was it like performing at the halftime show?

[Tanner Adele]

I mean, the girls are so beautiful. We all have our little tattoos. You know, Tierra and I had a little congratulatory dinner, and, you know, it's. It's just a lot of gratitude. Just a lot of gratitude and a lot of fun. And, I mean, I'm. I am excited being able to step into this year with everything that I accomplished last year. It feels like I wish I could just put it in a little time capsule and, like, dig it up in 10 years and, like, remember it all again.

[Bunny XO]

You can if you wanted to, but it was.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah, it was so special.

[Bunny XO]

Oh, I love that. So what do we have to look forward to with Tanner in 2025?

[Tanner Adele]

I am the most excited for Sea to Sea.

[Bunny XO]

What is it? I am.

[Tanner Adele]

It's country to country. It's a music festival. Country music festival. And a bunch of the artists go and play the country festivals abroad. Overseas. Okay, so it'll be in London and in Ireland. In Glasgow. Yeah. It's, like, over the course of, like, days. Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

And who's playing? I've never even.

[Tanner Adele]

I think Lainey's headlining them this year. But it's so fun. It's one of my favorite things we do. I love traveling, so I'm, like, excited to go back to Australia. I'm excited. I got a few shows in Stockholm and in Oslo. Like, I am.

[Bunny XO]

Your girl is catching flights, not feelings.

[Tanner Adele]

Exactly.

[Bunny XO]

Exactly. When's your birthday?

[Tanner Adele]

June 27th.

[Bunny XO]

Okay, so you're count the cancer. Leo.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes.

[Bunny XO]

Cancer. I can see that you have really super, super soft feminine energy.

[Tanner Adele]

Yeah.

[Bunny XO]

See? Do you guys see it? Every time I meet a cancer girl, I'm like, I can totally see it. You guys are just so. You guys exude femininity. You.

[Tanner Adele]

Wait, what are you?

[Bunny XO]

I'm a Capricorn. Aquarius. My birthday's in two days.

[Tanner Adele]

Happy birthday. Thank you.

[Bunny XO]

I freely stop counting. When you get to my age. When we get to my age, we start going backwards. We're like, I think I'm 31, maybe 27. I don't know.

[Tanner Adele]

Love that.

[Bunny XO]

So, Tanner, thank you so much for coming on the podcast where can I tell people to find you and if they already don't follow you, I mean.

[Tanner Adele]

Definitely Instagram because who knows how much longer we'll even have. Tick tock. But tick tock, obviously. And YouTube is going to be popping this year, so that. That's all I'll say.

[Bunny XO]

Let's go. I can't. Is there any cool collabs that you have coming up that you can kind of hint to?

[Tanner Adele]

Not that I can say.

[Bunny XO]

Damn it. All right, off camera, I need to know.

[Tanner Adele]

Yes. Okay, I'll tell you.

[Bunny XO]

I love you so much, Tanner. And I wish for having me nothing but success. You deserve it. And you are just a little angel and I can't wait to see you grow.

[Tanner Adele]

Thank you so much.

[Bunny XO]

Of course. And thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Dumb Blonde. I will see you guys next week.

[Tanner Adele]

Bye.

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