Vault: Interview With Eve

Summary

The Bert Show – Vault: Interview with Eve (October 29, 2025)

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Episode Overview

This special “Vault” episode of The Bert Show features Grammy-winning rapper, singer, and actress Eve. With humor, candor, and her signature authenticity, Eve discusses her artistic process, growth in the music industry, how she deals with fame, and offers a playful critique of a host’s dream to join her “posse.” The interview is peppered with laughter, honest insights, and memorable moments that reveal Eve’s down-to-earth personality and work ethic.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Eve’s Relationship with Her Music and Self-Critique

• Self-Listening Habits

  • Eve shares how she listens to her songs, focusing on lyrical clarity and delivery:

    “I listen to the words. I listen to my music. I listen to the way I said things. If I could have said it better… That’s what I listen to.” (00:30 – Eve)

  • She admits to being her own toughest critic and never fully settling:

    “Sometimes I’m like, I could do more. I could have did more. But sometimes that’s all that could be done, you know?” (00:41 – Eve)

• Satisfaction with Her Work

  • On the track “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”:

    “Not a thing. This is actually one of my favorite songs that I’ve ever done.” (01:01 – Eve)

Industry Image and Authenticity

• Breaking the “Party Girl” Stereotype

  • Eve reflects on how not fitting the typical “party” image has affected her career:

    “I mean, I do me, you know, I don’t care… I don’t think it’s helped or hurt… People really know that I do my own thing.” (01:52 – Eve)

• Rejection of Material Excess

  • On mainstream hip-hop expectations:

    “…you know, the crystal, all that. Come on, man. I’m just not.” (02:06 – Eve)

Life on the Road and Security Hassles

• Radio Tours & Frequent Flying

  • Eve candidly discusses the realities of promo tours:

    “It’s the plane riding, it’s the packing of the bags… We always get stopped at the supposed ‘random’… the fake random that I’m in the computer. I get checked all the time.” (02:10 – Eve)

  • Adds humor about TSA and shoes:

    “I had on flip flops one day and she told me—what am I sticking in a flip flop?” (02:30 – Eve)

Moments of Humor: Aspiring to the “Posse”

• Playful Posse Audition

  • A host reveals a long-held dream of being a “posse guy” in a rap crew, sharing a humorous demo tape.

  • Eve’s reaction is teasing but supportive:

    “Put him in a jumpsuit. He’s ready to get out there, put some sunglasses on his face.” (04:21 – Eve)

  • The host reminisces about missing his shot with Public Enemy, prompting more shared laughs:

    “Growing up, I wanted to be one of the military dudes in Public Enemy, but I couldn’t get Chuck D. to call me back.” (04:28 – Host)

Expressing Gratitude and Connection

• Eve receives warm thanks for her honesty and participation, with an open invitation to return whenever in Atlanta:

  “Anytime you’re in Atlanta, you know the door is always open for you.” (04:45 – Host)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Self Critique and Growth

  “I listen to my music. If I could have said it better or if it could have been clearer… that’s what I listen to.” (00:30 – Eve)

• About Being Herself in Music

  “I do me, you know. I don’t care… People really know that I do my own thing.” (01:52 – Eve)

• Travel Frustrations

  “The fake random that I’m in the computer. I get checked all the time. We always get stopped because we usually have one way tickets.” (02:19 – Eve)

• On Host’s Posse Audition

  “He is crazy. Just put him in a jumpsuit… he’s ready to get out there.” (04:21 – Eve)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00 – Host introduces Eve and begins interview
• 00:30 – Eve talks about critiquing her own music
• 01:01 – Eve expresses satisfaction with “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”
• 01:52 – Discussion about image, authenticity, and fitting in
• 02:10 – Eve discusses travel hassles and radio tours
• 03:00 – Host pitches himself as a “posse member”; playfully auditioning
• 04:21 – Eve’s humorous reaction to host’s audition
• 04:45 – Closing remarks and invitation for Eve to return

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Summary

The Bert Show’s interview with Eve is a delightful blend of authenticity and humor. Eve offers transparent insights into her personal and professional life—how she’s both proud and critical of her work, how authenticity guides her career, and how she navigates the music industry without conforming to stereotypes. Laughter fills the studio during the host’s “posse” audition, showcasing the show’s trademark levity and Eve’s good-natured wit. The entire conversation is a testament to Eve’s grounded personality and the comfortable, open rapport she shares with The Bert Show cast.

Transcript

[A]

This is the Birch Show. Of course you remember Eve. Blow your mind. Gwen Stefani. She's got a new song with Alicia Keys, Gangsta Lovin'. She's got a new solo album out called Evolution, and she stopped by the Birchow Studios and hung out with us for about an hour. And she's just the coolest girl. You hear your music being played on the radio. You hear it in the headphones right now. What do you listen for? Are you only. Like, when I look at a picture of all of us, I just see me. Yeah.

[B]

Do you even know that Gwen Stefani's in this song, too?

[C]

I listen to the words. I listen to my music. I listen to the way I said things. If I could have said it better or, you know, if it could have been clearer or. That's what I listen to. So you do critique yourself? Yes.

[A]

Do you.

[C]

Is it ever finished? Are you ever at the point where you're like, all right, this is cool. It's done? Yeah, sometimes. Not all the time. Sometimes I'm like, I could do more. I could have did more. But sometimes that's all it is. That could be done, you know?

[A]

Right. So when you're hearing this now, like, if you could go back in the studio right now and you're listening to what we're hearing right now, what would you change about this?

[C]

Not a thing.

[A]

No, not a thing.

[C]

This is actually one of my favorite songs that I've ever done. Really?

[A]

She.

[B]

Take Gwen out of it. Make it Eve and Eve.

[C]

Eve featuring Eve.

[B]

Change the name of the song. Let Me blow my mind.

[A]

You know, I was reading your bio here, and I was trying. You know, like, when we have celebrities come in, I try to relate to them on one. On some level, you know? Let me tell you something. You and I are on totally different sides of the spectrum. Because the way you grew up, I mean, in reading this thing, that's a tough life. I mean, I, like, grew up in the Jewish section of San Diego.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Do you think that, you know, by you not being, like, the big time partier and, you know, kind of meeting the image in the music industry that has helped you with, you know, your peers in the industry or hurt you?

[C]

Neither. I mean, I do me, you know, I don't. I don't care. Like, I don't. I think. I think. I don't know. I don't think it's helped or hurt, you know, I think people really know that I do my own thing. I don't really try to. That's not my Thing I don't like, you know, the crystal, all that. Come on, man. I'm just not.

[A]

Are these tough on you, these radio tours?

[C]

It's the. It's the plane riding, it's the packing of the bags and the checking in. And first of all, we always get stopped at the supposed.

[B]

What they call it, the random.

[C]

The random, the fake random that I'm in the computer. I get checked all the time. We always get stopped because we usually have one way tickets. So they always stop us.

[B]

Take off your shoes.

[C]

Take off the shoes. I'm gonna say I don't flip flops one day and she told me, I'm like, what am I sticking in a flip flop?

[B]

Now I got to take advantage of why you're here because I know you got to get going soon.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

But I've always wanted to be a posse member. Like I've always wanted to be, you know, in a posse. And I've. I've always wanted.

[C]

Okay, well, yeah, he wants to be the cream.

[B]

Well, here's what I did. I put together a tape because I want to be the posse guy who sings every sixth word of a rap song. You know what I mean? You see how that works? So what I did.

[C]

She's making fun of you so badly inside.

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

I'm just. Can I play my tape for you? It's two minutes. Just constructive criticism.

[C]

Okay?

[B]

That's all. I'm looking. Yeah.

[A]

You're Simon on American Idol right now.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Word.

[B]

Rock you. That's me. All night night. Rock you. Old school, ineffective.

[A]

Baby girl.

[B]

Established. You are my short list. What you gonna do about it?

[A]

What do you think?

[C]

You know what?

[A]

Any future at all.

[B]

Look to your left. You know what you see? You see crunkness.

[C]

He is crazy. Yeah, Just put him in a jumpsuit. He's ready to get out there, put some sunglasses on his face.

[A]

Like.

[B]

Growing up, I wanted to be one of the military dudes in Public Enemy, but I couldn't get Chuck D. To call me back. So, you know, so I'm working on it.

[A]

And the clock around his neck gave him a ra. Good to have you in stadium.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

Good to have you in Atlanta.

[C]

Thank you.

[A]

And anytime you're in Atlanta, you know the door is always open for you.

[C]

Definitely. Thank.

[A]

Okay. Thanks for coming in. This is the Birch Show.