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Hey, Vlog. One more time.
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Just like that.
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No Battle time.
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You were late. That's not good.
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We are so excited for Halloween here. This is, like, literally the most extra thing ever, putting together this whole photo shoot for Halloween. But you know what? This costume was actually supposed to be last year, but we're using it for this year.
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It's never too late.
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It's been a year in the making. Bang. Yangs. I sort of want bangs, but I feel like that I would regret that decision. I really feel transformed already.
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I didn't know the look had, like, a visor.
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No, no, we're just coming. I don't feel the van.
C
Oh, I thought just for Gunny.
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Tyler, you're so perfect.
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I'm sorry.
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No, it has a visor now. Just for you.
C
It's something Lady Gaga would do.
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Come on.
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No, it is. And you know what? This week, I'm being Gaga for Halloween. We are crawling out of this sand pit, like she does in her concert. She does all these, like, freaky, twitchy move. We literally have, like, an 8x8 sandbox that we're both laying in. And I'm going full Gaga this Halloween. I feel like doing something, like, freaky is, like, where I feel my best. Oh, my God.
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Amazing.
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Oh, my God.
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This is iconic.
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It's so good.
C
Don't go just like, oh, that's.
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Oh, no. We're yanking these babies. You all eat. So we have to take a photo for my magazines, which is my paparazzi shot. And then we're gonna take me splatted on the ground, and then me, like, doing some weird moves. Wow. She's read.
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Here we go.
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Wow, I'm freaking out. I really. They are not the most comfortable shoes. I will let you know. That's okay. It's not about comfort with her. It never.
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So she should feel like she's being spoiled by everything.
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Love.
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Excellent.
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Yes. Love.
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Yes.
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I'm freaking out. These are insane. It's so good. Good.
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Amazing.
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Love.
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Love.
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Love.
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Excellent. Love. Yes. That's hot.
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Love. Love.
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Love. Different expressions, boys.
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Yes.
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Three, two, one.
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Yes. Yes. Yes.
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So good.
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Yes.
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Give me supermodel legs.
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Yes. Yes. Love. I love Lady Gaga so much, I'm gonna cry. This is so exciting. Okay, you tell me where you are. Yes, I can. Got the on.
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And then what I do in post is I just remove this bad boy.
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Things are getting bloody. Look at this. So good. 10 out of 10 blood. Everyone's like, do you have references? I'm like, well, it's in, like, two seconds of the video and it blurries.
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I don't know. We're just gonna use our imaginations. All right? We're gonna dive in deep.
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Of course I picked the one thing I'm like, out of the whole music video that's eight minutes long. I'm in like three seconds. It's blurry. I want to do that. Like my awkward dancing over here.
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Do you think you could go out in public and people would mistake you as Lady Gaga?
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No, but I could try. Gaga's down and this goes through your mouth. There you go. Howdy, Halloween. Oh, can I see that?
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Your definition of getting the shot. Ladies and gentlemen, look at this icon. She's lying.
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We are getting the shot.
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And she will be rewarded with an amazing image. That blood is perfect.
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Keep going. Give me like 10 more seconds to have it.
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Happy Sunday.
C
Have you not started learning the other dances?
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We have started learning the other dances, but we haven't finished them. I still want to perfect the tango, so I'm just a little scared. I feel like we haven't like, been able to dedicate the full four hours to our dance because we've been learning the three dances, which usually we just every day come in for the one. So I think that's just a little spooky for this week. But I'm feeling good. How are you feeling? Valid.
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I'm feeling fantastic.
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Have you learned any of these dances before?
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No. These are all three new styles. Three times as stressed this week. I also think pal is stressed cuz he's being silent. Good thing you're here. This week is really stressful that like, usually by Sunday, like, we're not stressing at all. Like, because like, with the dance, it's usually like you get the steps down, then you add like more technique, more like critiques on your frame, then you add the sauce, which is like the extra stuff, and the facials and like, I feel like we just got the steps down okay. I don't even know if this is a thing, but it feels good.
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Rolling out.
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Your calves are so sore from hopping. I'm a little stressed, but it's gonna be really fun. And our tango's really cool. We have a really fun creative for it. We're like doing a nod to Lady Gaga's sand pit with her skeletons. Her like, graveyard that she does in her concert. Cause when I saw that, I was like, that's the coolest thing ever. We have to do that for Halloween. Shout out Dancipitztrus for building us a whole graveyard pit that we're Gonna be laying in. We're gonna unbury ourselves to tango together some friends that died and want to dance together one more time. And then at the end, we die again.
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Six, seven, Give it a little thrust. Then we chug again and go. Then we go. Snap, snap. Then we go. Roll it to the left, Roll it to the right. Booty bump, wink. And then just turn around or something. I think this was the first week we. Yeah, we shed some tears. We.
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I don't know.
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I was kind of hard.
A
What are you saying?
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I'd say this week was like the first. Like, the honeymoon is over, you know?
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Yeah. No, this wasn't fun. I mean, it was fun. Just. I was really frustrated with myself, and I wasn't. I was also frustrated with myself.
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No, I was frustrated with myself. You're a reflection of myself and my teaching, you know, in my choreography. So if you're struggling, I feel like that's a yes. There's things that I could demand from you to be better, but then there's also, like, I need to meet you halfway.
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Right.
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It's like, a lot of times I look to her to validate my creative choices, and sometimes. Yes, that requires more from her. Sometimes it was just a bad choice, you know? And so it's like a balance. I don't know if it's a bad choice until I see it full out. And, you know, and it's like, that's where we were at this week, both, I think, a bit questioning ourselves. And I think that's why we ran into that issue. I think I started questioning myself as far as choreography and teaching, and then that translated in her questioning herself as dancer and what she's doing on the show. So stuff. But lessons Learned. We go 5, 6, let's 5, 7, and 8. 1, 3, 5, oh, 7, 8. Good. Then we get into hustle, ball change, all change. And you're gonna open, and then you're gonna roll into my arm. You're technically gonna end on your left foot. So you're gonna go. Walk it out, Walk it out. All change, walk past each other. All change, walk past each other. To open. I would like. It's quite brisk, but I would like walk, walk, quick, quick, slow. Then I'm gonna put you up. Round, round.
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What do I do so I don't look like that?
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I'll give you a shape. This leg should be straight. This is slightly bent. This arm is out.
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There.
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You will, like, designate it like section 1, 2, 3. Right? And so things happen. Something. I'll be like, section three, Six, seven. And we just pick it up in section three. Okay, section one, six, seven, eight. If I feel like one more time, section one, like I'll put you down. Sing section one. Let's go. That's how it's gonna be. It's not gonna be like this one routine for eternity because we don't know how long the music is gonna be. We don't know how long they're gonna play it, you know. So I just want to have groupings that are fun as to dance and that we could enjoy and feel confident in.
A
Okay, I love that.
B
So that we could then add a layer of ourselves and spontaneity and just like allow the outside to influence how it may be too.
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Will there be an element of freestyle at all in that four minute marath?
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The whole thing is a fucking freestyle, I think. Oh, it's a control freestyle, huh?
A
That's a song that's so rude.
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Freestyle mode.
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I feel like. Yeah, like in the moment there will definitely be. Val's gonna flip out some move that I had no idea was coming and then I'm gonna have to try and reciprocate and be like, woo. Maybe I'll baby freeze again.
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I'll try to hear the phrasings. If we have an extra bar to fill in before, let's say our lift section or section two or section three, that's the moment. So we got like one, two. I'll fucking hype up the crowd and then come back in and we'll get into. So in that sense there'll be a lot of spontaneity. But I think we want to be as controlled as possible because we want to be like controlled chaos.
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Does it get like tight on the dance floor?
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Yeah, the first dance will be like in a controlled area. Then when they tap four couples out and there's five left, then we go into our second dance, which is the Lindy Hop and then we could dance anywhere. And that's really going to be also kind of not strategy but also kind of like a little peacocking, you know. But I grew up competing in this type of format and usually, yeah, you want to be the closest one to the audience because then the audience is cheering for you. You don't want to be caught in the middle of the floor with no one to dance to. There's things that are frowned upon. Like for me to cut into that distance to that space and stand right here. If he already had this, this audience as his. That's a disrespectful move. But I'VE done that move many times. The respectful move would be to somehow share this space. Right. So I would. I wouldn't disrespect his or her, whatever this couple's now relationship with this crowd. But I'm definitely right here and I'm gonna make sure that their eyeballs are looking this way.
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What made you decide putting Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga together?
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The song came first because I think that's the most important part is what we can dance to. But we were really torn about what to do for Halloween. I drove Elle crazy, I think about what song we were gonna do. But we landed on Bury a Friend and we were trying to think of a creative. And then that came up because we were like, what characters could we be? And I was like, what if we were just getting unburied from the ground? And like, Lady Gaga has this cool reference. And that's how that came to be. Okay, Crunch.
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Once you lay down, what do I do with my.
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Okay, that was fun.
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Super muscle.
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Al, I know you've been struggling with some back pain the last couple weeks.
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It's gotten a little bit better.
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There's no mirrors that hurt.
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Like yesterday, not so much. But like right in this very moment, it's okay. So we'll see. But yeah, that's also been a struggle this week because that has not felt great with anything we've been doing. But weirdly, right now it feels okay. So let's just. That's it. Not saying anything else.
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But when two people are working, like you're aware and I'm leading, then we're. We're gonna get up. Three, four, six, seven. Good. That's another thing. You're gonna go seven. You know that? This is where you finish. You need to go there. I'm gonna help you, but you need to go there. Right now. Your body is just waiting for me to place you there. And that's why it's a little too fast for that. Yeah, exactly. You're going there. I'm helping guide you there and help stop you, control whatever, give you assistance. But it's your steps to take.
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How are you feeling?
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Good. Good. Wish us luck. I'm starving. So I think we're gonna go get some Carl's Jr. I'm losing my Carl's Jr. Virginity. I'm so excited.
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You've never had Carl's Jr. No.
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What? Isn't that crazy? So, Carl's, we're coming for you. I am so sad because this year, if you had your Halloween party, I was supposed to Be Carl's junior Alex. I know. That's a really good Halloween costume. I was thinking that today and she was going to get big plastic strap on boobs. Oh, hi, Carl. All right. This is the best. Late night cravings. Yup. I feel at home. All right. Is that the new Cali xl? Let's see. Look at how good that looks. I seriously. Look at that. Come on, we have to get that towel. Yeah. Hi, welcome to Carl's. Do you want to try the new XL burger for your order tonight? Yes, please. Can we do three of the Cali XL burger? Could I do a churro shake and then could I do some chicken stars? Six piece or nine? Let's do a nine piece, yo. Wow. I'm excited. I'm getting down to business. Look, my mouth is watering. I'm so excited to try the new Cali XL burger. Oh, I'm so excited. I think this is about to change my life. Just wait. Oh, here comes the churro shake. Thank you. Wow. Churro shake. Locked and loaded. We are ready to go. Woohoo. Okay. Party. Oh, my God. Oh, baby. I'm excited. I'm going for it. You have to try that. Don't laugh at me. You just have food. Oh my. This is so good. Tyler. I know. Your mouth is bluttering. Yours is coming. Okay. Sally's. Tyler.
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Yep.
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Wow. This is everything. Are you gonna, like, go trick or treating on Friday? Well, maybe you can go trick or treating with like, Jenna and Val. That's what I'm thinking. If they let me crash their party. Also, this Cali XL burger is only here for a limited time, so get it before it's gone because this is a 12 out of 10. It's seriously so good.
C
You look spooky.
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Thanks. We're cooking in here. We're about to get some black drips on the eyes and then we have white eye contact and then we're. We have Val. I love the pants so much.
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Thanks. You can have them. They might give to you.
A
How are you feeling?
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Good. I'm excited. I'm excited for the drip.
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Yeah.
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Even though I'm already dripped out, give me some extra drip.
A
Are you doing eyeliner too?
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Yeah, I think so.
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Okay, right? Yeah.
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I just got my freaking wicked eyeliner out. Now I gotta get my Halloween eyeliner in.
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Is it supposed to sting a little?
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There's alcohol in it, so that might.
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Be what you're feeling.
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Okay.
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That looks cool, huh?
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I don't know if this will be annoying or helpful.
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No, that's great, Julie.
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I think have them like, naturally. Naturally drop so it doesn't look like we drew those lines.
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It needs a stretch.
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You still a badass?
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Yep, yep. Oh, I love it. Oh, that's cool. You guys look great. Okay, we're gonna camera block and then we have to get ready for dress rehears.
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Nice, nice. Bend your. All right, folks, we're gonna go in.
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Stand by.
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Be lower on that back.
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How do you feel?
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Good. Just. Good job.
B
So can we clean that up? I'd rather buy you more time so you really nail that.
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Okay.
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Six, seven, eight, and one.
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It was a little late, I know.
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But because it's super fast anyway, we'll clean that up.
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That's on me.
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I, I, that's on me. You told me the wrong camera. Yes, you did. I don't know what camera one is, but you, you showed me this one right here next to the jib with the hat. Yeah, it's not. It's that guy right there. The one that's moving right now. You're trying to undermine me. That's okay.
A
I think we should do this at the same time.
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Think whipping your head, you know, like your head is adding effect. And I'll remind you.
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Right here.
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Yeah, Just the connecting elbow. So you scoop. Pick it up a little bit.
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Oh, this is left.
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Sorry for you.
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Left.
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Yes.
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Camera three.
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Ah, I see Kate.
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Yeah, it's camera three. So she's in the corner.
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I knew exactly where she was until you told me to look somewhere else.
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We only have.
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Anyway, thank you.
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Yeah, an hour before.
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Just let's go.
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So we have to. We need to go over the other dances. So, like, it's going to be here before we know it. So let's get moving. Here she is waking from the dead. So we have this corset with these, like, crystallized bones that they put on, which are so cool. And then blood seeping out from When I die. Sleeves. I can't believe the hair. They did so good with the hair. It's kind of like Pirates of the Caribbean or Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean. Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean. Caribbean. Pirates of the. Pirates of the Caribbean. What's the other one?
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Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Caribbean. I feel that Caribbean sounds better, but I feel like I say Caribbean. I'm getting confused. Anywho, Pirates meets skeleton meets tango master meets Billie. Eilish is soon to meet Lady Gaga and they all had a baby together. And then this is born in this dance. I'm gonna give you a nice little wing and then smoke it out.
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What's it called? A cat eye?
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Yeah. Not necessarily cat eye, but for if you're sleeping and bron. That's good.
B
Oh, yeah. Rock on.
C
I'll finish this movie. Name Pirates of the Caribbean.
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All right.
C
It was the Caribbean.
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It was the Caribbean. The Caribbean.
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We were just having this debate. I cannot laugh at myself. The blood really tied it all together.
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Let's go.
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Do you think during the dance I can be like.
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Yes, yes, yes. Everywhere? Show tea.
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Are you guys technically a zombie coming out of the door?
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No, we're.
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We're just hot people that are just coming out of the grave. Like, why is everybody trying to put us in a box? We're just super hot coming out of a grave.
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Tatango.
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That's it. No more questions.
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It kind of gives Hocus Pocus vibes.
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Hocus pocus?
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Which one of these are you saying I look like? Tyler? The one on the left. Tyler.
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I'm sorry. See, you can't tell me he doesn't give Billy from Hocus Pocus.
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Who the fuck is Billy? Billy better be a hot motherfucker. I don't remember Chris Hemsworth in the movie.
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This guy.
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Let me see, let me see. Good one, Tyler.
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Look at his hair. He has the same hair.
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Tyler just feels left out because he wants to show us his costume. I'm vlogging. Okay, ready, Tyler? Reveal.
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Yo.
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You kind of look like that witch from that movie. You've got the chin.
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I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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I do.
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I got the chin.
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Gotcha.
B
The best dance you've done there, I think. I think it's. I would say, our best dance. Yeah.
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Yeah.
B
I would say purpose sport.
A
When did you watch it?
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I was. I saw you guys blocking. I was up in PT right When I saw you, you went down just to fun right after.
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Thanks.
B
Yeah.
C
Easy.
B
It looks great. You feeling good about it?
A
Yeah, I'm really excited.
B
Looks sick.
A
Love. Here he is. It's so good. It's so good. She killed it. It's really good, Robert.
B
Oh, Snaz, you guys.
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Wow.
B
This is.
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Oh, my gosh. Your eyes, Val. I know. I gotta get my neck. That's insane.
B
Killer, guys. Between, like, 15 and 26. For 11 years, I wore contact, so I'm a pro at this game. Oh. It fell out so many times, like, me playing basketball and, like, fall out and grab it, put it. Put it back in 30 fingers and everything. So I'm used to the discomfort. Definitely. You feel it on your eyes.
A
You look so good. Really? I love that. Hey, guys, I'm in. Alex and Val's. Dance today. I'm really excited.
C
You hit him with the shovel.
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I kill them.
B
Yeah.
A
Oh, spooky. Beautiful. Wow. Oh, wow. So good. So spooky. Like. Yeah.
B
Let's say I'm not connecting to you. One, two. Yeah. Does that feel okay for you?
A
Let's try it again.
B
There's no connection point. It's just you on your own and on one. Going back with your right. Everything else is just single counts. You're home free. Very special day. Because it's someone's birthday.
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Andy. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday. Thank you. Thank you. I love you all. I've been telling people that when Emma and I first repaired, it was early. Early.
B
And I was looking at the calendar.
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And I said, oh, my birthday falls on a Tuesday.
B
I'll probably still be there.
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Ha ha ha. And here I am, and I'm so happy and I love you all and thank you. Thank you.
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Best birthday ever.
A
Thank you. Wow. You're free. Hi.
B
What'?
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How are you?
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How you doing? Sally.
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Hi, I'm Natalie. So nice to meet you.
B
A couple of my friends are coming.
A
Nice to meet.
B
How you doing? Nice to meet you.
A
I'm Kate. Nice to meet you. Sarah. Nice to meet Ava. Nice to meet. Nice to meet you. Hi. Emma. Nice to meet you. Emma. Emma, nice to meet you. Hi, I'm Kirsten.
B
Nice to meet you.
A
Now we're name. Wait, would you actually. What are all our names? Would you mind getting a great picture of us? Oh, wow.
B
Still a baddie, though.
A
Still a baddie. Where do we go?
B
Can we go when we all fall asleep? Can we look at each other on sleep and then just take our time so it's not too rushed? That's all good. One more time. Just like that?
A
No.
B
You sure?
A
Yeah, One more time.
B
Let's go.
A
Not the full thing, the whole thing. Oh, where?
B
What?
A
Just until. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. Okay.
B
From the top. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When we get out. You were late again. That's not good. So contain yourself. So 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8. You got to go again.
A
I'm going to be pooping by the time we get on there.
B
It doesn't matter.
A
Yes, it does.
B
You have 30 minutes before you dance. You have like 30, 20 minutes before you dance. Good job. That was excellent.
A
I'm ready to tango. I'm going to have fun with it, but I'm gonna. How you feel? I feel good. But now time for the dance Monster Dawn. Val still looks stressed, so he's not celebrating. I Was like, what's everyone looking at? Thank you. So did you. That was seriously, like, one of my favorite Halloween dances I've ever seen, period. Thank you. I appreciate it. Time for Monster Thong. Are you ready? Are you ready for the monster thong? Cause I'm. Battle time.
B
Like, holy moly.
A
That was. I didn't see your dance.
B
That was another.
A
I know. You killed it. Thank you.
B
Yeah, that was something else.
A
Like, just, like, how controlled everything was.
B
But it just felt so, like. You know what I mean?
A
Like, oh, my God. I was really trying to bring the facial expression. No, it was like, you.
B
I was like, ah.
A
It was so good.
B
So good. Well done, well done.
A
Can any of you rip out my eye contacts, do you think? Yes, of course. Really? You can rip them out for me. Hannah's a doctor. Hannah. Okay, but can I touch the black in your eyes? Oh, Hannah wears contacts. I don't know. Just get them out. Okay, Wait, you have to look forward. Like, straight up. Oh. Oh, wow. Yay. Monster frame these. I guess I'll put it in my sock. Yeah. Okay. Your little shoes are squishy. Yay. They're so cute. That was insane. The best thing ever. So good. Are you so happy? I had tears on my face. That was good. It was insane. I, like, blacked out. I blacked out, too. I can dance. I was like, keep going. And I was like. You guys were like, what is this shuffle thing that you can do? I like that one. When I did this. Lindy. Yeah, Lindy. Ha. Lindy to do. Press really quick, and then do you guys want to go to the trailer? You can drink, and then I'm gonna come and we'll go to dinner. Yeah.
B
We'Re thinking over.
A
Cheers to Alex.
C
Out of all of Alex's dances, which one has been your favorite song?
A
Yeah. Maleficent. I think Maleficent was, like, a game changer for me, but this one was better.
C
Yo, first ten.
B
First ten.
A
Wow. You look gorgeous. Yes. Okay. I didn't know. I didn't know. I would have come, said hi earlier, but so nice to meet you. So happy you're here. They killed it tonight. Did you see Val likes pupils pain? Did he like, coughing like crazy? So he has a really bad, like, gag reflex. Alex was about to throw up. Well, so every. Like, he can't breathe. He has a deviated septum. It's like, the whole thing. Anyway, so they were dancing for four minutes straight, so he was like, he's going to puke. And I was like, what's going on? They're dancing so full out the whole time. Can't focus. I was like, did anyone see the split? They did a death drop. I was like, oh, poor girl. And you killed your dance. Yeah. It was so fun. So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Nice. Later. All right. Bye. Bye.
Episode: "Rising From the Dead on DWTS"
Release Date: November 7, 2025
In this vibrant behind-the-scenes episode, Alix Earle takes listeners inside her preparation for a show-stopping Halloween performance on Dancing With The Stars (DWTS). Through candid, unscripted moments with her dance partner Val, production crew, and friends, Alix details the creative process, challenges, and celebrations that came with embodying a "Lady Gaga rising from the grave" concept—complete with extravagant costumes, sandpits, and a mashup of Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga references. Along the way, listeners witness emotional highs and lows, dance industry insights, and comedic chaos, all in Alix's signature unfiltered style.
Dance Stress and Practice
Emotional Toll & Growth
Body & Health
Marathon Dance, Improvisation & Crowd Work
Theme Selection
Getting Ready
Zombie or Just Hot?
The episode’s language is lively, candid, and peppered with inside jokes, real-time encouragement, and unfiltered creative process banter. Alix is relatable, energetic, and vulnerable as she navigates both the intensity of dance training and the joys of creative self-expression, supported by a passionate and equally quirky team.
This summary delivers the heart and highlights of the episode, blending creative chaos, dance industry tension, and plenty of Halloween spectacle—making it a must-listen for DWTS fans, Alix stans, and anyone who loves seeing artistic ambition come to life.