An Introduction to Diva Decoded!

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Okay. Should we say, hi, divas? I think divas should be a thing. Yeah, like, those are fans. Our fans are divas. [00:00:05] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Like believers. [00:00:07] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. Okay. [00:00:09] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay. Hello. [00:00:10] Speaker A: Hello. [00:00:11] Speaker B: Okay. [00:00:11] Speaker A: Hello, divas. Hi, divas. Hi, divas. [00:00:14] Speaker B: Hey, divas. [00:00:14] Speaker A: Hey, divas. Hey, divas. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. All right. [00:00:18] Speaker B: Three, two, one. Hey, divas. I'm Cam. [00:00:39] Speaker A: And I'm Nelly. And welcome to Diva Decoded. [00:00:43] Speaker B: This is the show where weekly we go through diva albums and decode them. [00:00:48] Speaker A: Diva Decoded, a podcast for divas by divas, where we decode different albums from different artists, and we just talk the shit. [00:00:59] Speaker B: Yeah, I love. I love delving into these albums. And, you know, people will often talk about big singles, but will rarely go into deep cuts. And I find that sometimes to be the most interesting parts of an album. And, you know, it's a collective project. It's a collective unit of songs that are meant to connect to each other, and I feel like that's lost on a lot of people these days, especially with streaming. So I think kind of exploring that further is. It's just an interesting concept to me. [00:01:27] Speaker A: Exactly. And I think it also. That being said, looking at the time and place that this album was released is also plays a big role in the album's success and its downfall, and also the origin of the album too. So I think that's something we're going to be diving into as well to see what was poppin around the time of the album's release. So it's gonna be really fun to dive into that a little bit more with you guys. [00:01:49] Speaker B: Yeah. And both Nellie and I have so much passion for this particular subject. I love talking about music. I love hearing about music, learning about it and everything. So I think exploring that on a weekly basis in a podcast, it just sounds perfect. So that's kind of why we wanted to do this. [00:02:07] Speaker A: How about we tell them a little bit about ourselves? [00:02:09] Speaker B: Okay. [00:02:10] Speaker A: Shall we? [00:02:10] Speaker B: You go first, Nelly. [00:02:12] Speaker A: I'm Nelly. I am a lover, sister, a daughter, and I'm also a diva. And when I met Cam, which was in university, we were both in the film studies program at Redacted, and we essentially both discovered that we both have a deep love for music, and specifically divas within music. And I remember Cam, on a very blessed day, had come up to me saying we should start a podcast about it. And we're two people that just love hearing ourselves talk, so why not? [00:02:50] Speaker B: I know. I like. Yeah, I can't lie. We got sexy voices. [00:02:55] Speaker A: Oh, my God. So hot. [00:02:57] Speaker B: Like no, but, yeah, I. I approached Nelly because she's a director and a writer and. [00:03:07] Speaker A: Right. [00:03:09] Speaker B: So I was working on. I was working on her film as an editor, because I'm an editor, and. [00:03:14] Speaker A: She'S pretty freaking fantastic at that too. [00:03:16] Speaker B: Thank you, Zoal. So, yeah, she had come over, and I had Whitney Houston's debut album up on the Wall. [00:03:22] Speaker A: Don't even get me started. [00:03:24] Speaker B: I know. And she went, whitney Houston. And I said, yeah, it was Whitney Houston. I love her. So it just kind of sparked a conversation. She'd come over, and we would just talk about divas for most of the time instead of working. So we were like, we need to. Well, I had the idea for. For the podcast previously and then kind of shared it with Nelly, and Nelly was enthusiastic, so we thought we would make it a moment. [00:03:51] Speaker A: The thing about Cam, which you guys will learn, too, is, like, he fricking knows his shit. Like, oh, my goodness, you will learn a lot. Okay, like, sit down. Sit in the damn desk. Take out your pencil, and get to work with Cam. Okay? He knows his shit, so it's gonna be really, really fun for you to hear his insight. And, yeah, I think with both of us, the general consensus that we're always right, too. So definitely, you're going to school. [00:04:17] Speaker B: Yeah. You're gonna learn so much you don't even know. [00:04:22] Speaker A: So, yeah, every week, or every episode, rather, is dedicated to a different album. And we also have, like, a couple of ranking systems within that, so. [00:04:31] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Yeah, we have a. We love to rank. [00:04:36] Speaker A: That's true. [00:04:38] Speaker B: So, firstly, our first ranking system will go through every track in the album, unless it's, you know, something obnoxiously long, but we still have time for that anyway. And we will rank the album from our least favorite song to our favorite song. And I think that kind of having to put one over the other is. Just satisfies something in my brain. [00:05:01] Speaker A: It does. It really does. Cause there's always a winner. [00:05:04] Speaker B: Yeah, there is. There's always a loser, and there's. [00:05:06] Speaker A: Yeah, there is. [00:05:08] Speaker B: And, you know, a lot of these albums are very consistent, and, like, even the worst tracks could be very, very good. But, like, it's interesting, too. The thing about albums, sometimes they're very consistent, and sometimes they're really not. And it's like, there's the singles and the fillers. [00:05:22] Speaker A: Exactly, exactly. And I think we need to stop lying to ourselves, right? Because, like, when people are like, this is a no skip album. That's what Cam and I are here for. [00:05:29] Speaker B: Yeah, we're gonna prove you wrong. [00:05:31] Speaker A: We're gonna prove you wrong. There are. There are often 90% of the time, there are skips. [00:05:35] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:05:36] Speaker A: And we're gonna. We're gonna decode that for you. Yeah. [00:05:38] Speaker B: I don't know if there's, like, many albums where. That I could think of. Of the top of my head where there's no skips. My favorite artist is Mariah Carey. A little bit about me, and my favorite album by her is Music Box, and that's the one with Hero, Dream Lover without you, Anytime you need a friend or the big ones. And I mean, that's a no skip for me, but I'm a delusional lamb. And, you know, I don't know, maybe I think people would listen to it. A lot of people listen to it and call it Snooze box instead of Music Box because it puts them to sleep. [00:06:08] Speaker A: Those people are wrong. [00:06:09] Speaker B: Oh, I thought you said people aren't wrong. [00:06:11] Speaker A: I was like, girl, I don't think Kim will be doing this with me. [00:06:17] Speaker B: So, yeah, I don't know. I just think that's a. It's not objectively her best album, but it's definitely my favorite just because the vibes. The vibes it gives off and the vocals are amazing. So, yeah, I think. I think I would say that's a no skip album, but I don't know. What do you think? What do you think would be a no skip album for you, Nelly? [00:06:36] Speaker A: A no skip album? Well, first of all, the Lion King soundtrack. [00:06:41] Speaker B: Is that Phil Collins? No, that's Tarzan. No. [00:06:47] Speaker A: No, it's Hans Zimmer. [00:06:49] Speaker B: Oh, he's good. [00:06:50] Speaker A: Hans Zimmer is really, really freaking good. But if we're talking about, like, divas, I'm looking at Hannah Montana on your wall, and I'm like, I have a feeling that if I were to listen to Hannah Montana forever, I would listen to every single song. [00:07:02] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:07:02] Speaker A: Not skip a single one. [00:07:04] Speaker B: My favorite song I don't have on the vinyl because I. For, you know, we're audio podcast. I have Hannah Montana 3, the Movie, and Forever up on my wall because there's recent releases. Legendary, Amazing. I love Hannah Montana. We're going to talk about her eventually. She was my very first, like, music experience. Like having a cd, listen to. Listening to an album the whole way through and knowing all the words to every song. Like, that was my first experience with that. But, yeah, they don't have Wherever I go. [00:07:34] Speaker A: What? [00:07:34] Speaker B: From Hannah Montana Forever? That's not on the. It's actually was an iTunes exclusive. That was so good. [00:07:43] Speaker A: Thank you so much. [00:07:45] Speaker B: We're gonna do music too. Yeah. [00:07:47] Speaker A: Oh, my God, we're Stingers. [00:07:49] Speaker B: But no, I was gagged by that. I was like, how is that not on the album? That's like the best song ever. [00:07:54] Speaker A: Oh, no. Scope album. The Preacher's Wife. I listen to every single song. [00:07:58] Speaker B: Really? [00:07:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:59] Speaker B: What about. There's like different versions of the same song. What about that? Does that count? [00:08:04] Speaker A: I feel like I also listen to it. Like, it's just too good. [00:08:10] Speaker B: I think My Heart is Calling. [00:08:11] Speaker A: It's the best from that, for the album from my. [00:08:14] Speaker B: Because I had Nelly over recently too, and we were listening to the Preacher's Wife on vinyl and that song came on and we stopped our conversation and. [00:08:21] Speaker A: Went, oh, what's this? [00:08:25] Speaker B: And we're like jamming to it, like getting down to it. [00:08:28] Speaker A: It's too good. It's too, too good. [00:08:30] Speaker B: It was so cute. [00:08:31] Speaker A: But yeah, it's. Our job is to be the judge and the jury. [00:08:35] Speaker B: Yeah. And to go on tangents. [00:08:38] Speaker A: Yeah, we're. [00:08:39] Speaker B: You know, this is a podcast of tangents. That's what you're listening to us for, bitch. [00:08:42] Speaker A: Like, that's like. What else would you be listening to? Yeah, but yeah, we have. We rank each song and then we also have a very, very fun ranking system overall for the album. Maybe we should go through it now. [00:08:54] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:08:55] Speaker A: Starting off with timeless classic. This is an album that is indisputably. Indisputably? Is that a word? It's an album that is unarguably. [00:09:06] Speaker B: Yeah, that's better. Yeah. [00:09:08] Speaker A: Okay. Starting off with timeless classic. It is an album that is unarguably an album that is just timeless and classic. It's like self explanatory. It's is something that you can listen to today the same way that you would in the 90s or the 80s when it was released. [00:09:30] Speaker B: I would like to provide a particular example. So that would be Butterfly by Mariah carey. That's like 97 hot R B music. Hot. She was getting that Derek Jeter skeeter at that time. [00:09:44] Speaker A: Real sorry. [00:09:46] Speaker B: I don't know why I said that. So it is very 90s. It is very 90s R B. But at the same time, you could listen to it today and it's so fresh and doesn't sound like anything that you've necessarily heard before. It's not necessarily following trends. It's just kind of in a world of its own. So I think that particular album is so good at that. Especially songs like Baby Doll are really great. With that, My all is pretty timeless as well. [00:10:12] Speaker A: Amazing. [00:10:13] Speaker B: Break down the roof you. I mean, it's a wonderful album. [00:10:16] Speaker A: I think mine would be the miseducation of Lauren Hill. I think that's like one. Definitely that. Like, knowing that it was. It was 96, 94, 98. 98, yeah. What? [00:10:26] Speaker B: Cuz she was with the F. The Fugees. [00:10:28] Speaker A: Yes. Oh, my God. I thought it was earlier in the 90s, but like, it is an album that you can still listen to the same way that you would in the 90s. It's. Tell him. Oh my gosh. [00:10:37] Speaker B: What? [00:10:38] Speaker A: Anyways. But yeah, that's timeless. Classic. [00:10:41] Speaker B: Next, we have bloated blockbuster. So this is an album that we feel is overrated with big success at the time, that we feel is undeserving in some ways. So I think an album like I don't want to hate on my girl, Paula Abdul, but no, I like, Like, I love Paula Abdul and I'm not talking about her first album, forever your girl, but I'm talking about Spellbound would be an example of a bloated blockbuster. It had two number ones on it. One was Rush. Rush, which is. I love that song. Such a good. Such a good ballad. And then Promise of a New Day, which I'm like, how did this song go to number one? I don't understand. But yeah, I. I do think it's a good album. It has some good songs, but for the success that it had, I'm. I was kind of shook by it just because, like, the quality is not really that there. But I love Paulo Duel. I'm so sorry. But yeah, I don't know. What do you think would be a bloated blockbuster? [00:11:34] Speaker A: Mine would be a lot more current. Sorry, Swifties. But the bloated blockbuster that I can think of immediately would be the tortured poets department. Yeah. Yes. Yes, 100%. I think that was what. [00:11:49] Speaker B: And it was a double album. [00:11:51] Speaker A: Yeah, it had so many tracks. [00:11:53] Speaker B: Like, I was like, this is crazy enough. [00:11:56] Speaker A: That's enough. [00:11:57] Speaker B: Yeah, I feel like Midnights was more like there was some songs I could like, pick out and be like, okay, like, these are different from each other. But yeah, like, I don't know for the other. For the newer one. But yeah. [00:12:08] Speaker A: Okay. Next up the list we have Momentary Magic. This one is some, like an album that was huge at the time but has since faded into obscurity. I'm struggling to try and think of a reference album for that right now. The top of my head. [00:12:24] Speaker B: Oh, I would say the Duchess by Fergie okay. [00:12:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:12:29] Speaker B: Like, there's some memorable tracks, but no one's like, I don't know. No one talks about her anymore. And I love Fergie. Don't get me wrong. F E R G what do you think could be a momentary magic? [00:12:48] Speaker A: I feel like at the time, this was right post. Soon after Disney. I'm thinking of whatever album that Demi Lovato had. Here We Go Again on it's called. [00:13:01] Speaker B: Here We Go Again. [00:13:01] Speaker A: Oh, my God. No way. I have a feeling, like, from. I remember, like, my era, like, being obsessed with it at the time. I don't know if people reference it as much because also, like, it was so close to Disney. [00:13:12] Speaker B: Yeah, I. I also love the album. I love Demi Lovato. My favorite Demi Lovato album is Unbroken, even though that's kind of a weird one for all the levotics. But, yeah, I don't know. I think I. I totally get it because it was a number one album. Here we go again. But, yeah, I don't really hear it talked about that much anymore. Usually if, like, people are talking about OG Demi, they're talking about, like, her Don't Forget album, her debut, Don't Forget. That's such a good song. [00:13:37] Speaker A: I would come home from school and put that shit on YouTube and I would just sit there and force myself to cry. Like. Like, it would. I was just like, this is a song to cry to. So let's do it. Like, come on. [00:13:47] Speaker B: Oh, my God. I'm in the guitars. Oh, my God. That's such a good moment. [00:13:50] Speaker A: Oh, my God. When she. Oh, when she breaks out and she's, like, flipping her hair. [00:13:52] Speaker B: The music in the rain. Oh, my God. [00:13:55] Speaker A: Somewhere. Oh, my God. Too dead. [00:13:58] Speaker B: The next one we have is passable platinum albums we feel are okay, but isn't necessarily a highlight or artistic failure. So this is kind of like a less intense version of bloated blockbuster. Trying to think of an example of an album that would be a passable platinum. I feel like JLo. Sorry, like any JLo. No JLo. It's like, girl. Like, how about you? [00:14:21] Speaker A: Like, no, for real, though. [00:14:22] Speaker B: She's like, I'll sing the verses for real. Ashanti, can we have you for the. For the chorus? [00:14:28] Speaker A: She's being like, can your Uber get here fast? Uber in the 90s. Imagine. Can your taxi get here faster? Also, this was in the 90s. It would have been the early 2000s. [00:14:41] Speaker B: I feel like Circus by Britney Spears could be one. Like, it's a good album. [00:14:46] Speaker A: Oh, now I'm thinking of Katy Perry. What's that one album? [00:14:49] Speaker B: Prism. [00:14:50] Speaker A: It's a. It's the one. Whichever one has Kiss Me, Kiss Me. [00:14:57] Speaker B: You'Re gonna say Teenage Dream. [00:14:59] Speaker A: Is that from Teenage Dream? [00:15:00] Speaker B: Is it possible? Platinum. [00:15:01] Speaker A: Wait, no, wait, there's that from Teenage Dream. [00:15:02] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:03] Speaker A: Wait, that's not what I meant. Then. That's not what I meant, is the mess is the best one. Maybe it's Prism. [00:15:08] Speaker B: Prism has Roar and Dark Horse. [00:15:09] Speaker A: And, like, Dark Horse is what I'm thinking of. Not Kiss Me, not ET Yeah, okay. [00:15:13] Speaker B: I was like, no way. [00:15:16] Speaker A: No, not Teenage Dream. Teenage Dream was her best one. Literally, the one we said. I was like, wait, no, it's not Teenage Dream. I would say for passable platinum, I would say Prism by Katy Perry. Dark Horse was fun. [00:15:30] Speaker B: Roar. [00:15:31] Speaker A: I hate it. [00:15:31] Speaker B: It has not aged well, and neither has Roar. I don't listen to either of those songs. [00:15:35] Speaker A: No. Well, yeah, I'll leave that with Katy Perry. Katy Perry. I'll is Katy Perry. As we know. So level B. We have forgotten flops. An underrated album we feel deserved much more at the time, yet didn't reach what it should have. [00:15:52] Speaker B: I think an album that is. That, for me, would be potentially Charm Bracelet by Mariah Carey. That's a very underrated album. It was right after the whole glitter debacle. And, yeah, she was kind of seen as, like, a joke. And this was before the Emancipation of Mimi moment with We Belong Together, Shake it off, and, like, it's like that, and Don't Forget About Us. So she was still trying to kind of find her footing. So I think it's an amazing album. In some ways, I like it better than the Emancipation of Mimi. In terms of commercial viability. I don't think it's as strong, but I just. Personally, I like it better. So I think that'd be a good kind of forgotten flop. It's a fan favorite among the lambs. [00:16:35] Speaker A: That's real. [00:16:35] Speaker B: What about you, Nelly? What do you think? [00:16:36] Speaker A: I was trying to think. I'm like, did Plastic Hearts do well commercially? [00:16:41] Speaker B: I don't know if it did. I. I mean, I think it did okay, but, like, it didn't. I don't think it did as well as, like, Endless Summer Vacation with Flowers, like, because Flowers was huge. [00:16:52] Speaker A: Because Plastic Hearts is my favorite album by her. It is so freaking good. And I remember it's so funny because I have a bit of a confession to make. Growing up, I really struggled with her voice. [00:17:06] Speaker B: Really. [00:17:06] Speaker A: I would watch Hannah Montana and be so annoyed. [00:17:08] Speaker B: I like, like, her speaking voice. Or singing voice. [00:17:11] Speaker A: All of the above. [00:17:12] Speaker B: What? [00:17:12] Speaker A: I know, I know. [00:17:14] Speaker B: And I remember she's so talented. [00:17:16] Speaker A: I was so funny because when I was younger, I just thought she was so whiny. And so I remember watching, like, the last song and being like, they could have chosen anybody else, like, whatever. And now listening back, I'm just like, nelly, what are you thinking? Like, her voice was so. It was such a nice rasp to it. And I think that it was, like, maybe underdeveloped at the time, But Plastic Hearts was, I think, is like her peak in terms of, like, the rasp and the grit that she has as a singer is unmatched. And it's just such a shame because I'm like, Plastic Hearts was. It deserves so much more. [00:17:50] Speaker B: It really did, for sure. I love angels like you. [00:17:54] Speaker A: I love Edge of no, that you're wrong for me. Can you bring me on stage? Oh, my God, that'd be amazing. [00:18:02] Speaker B: And there's that acapella of her singing it online. That's so good. [00:18:06] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. Yeah. When she's, like, in the studio. Oh, my God. In the tank top. I watch that video all the time. It is so freaking good. But, like. Yeah. And have you ever listened to her. The album, like, the live album of that? [00:18:18] Speaker B: I've. I've seen it on Spotify and I've listened to bits of it because I'm like a huge Miley fan. Particularly like, early Miley. I know I have the hand Montana. I. I have a Han Montana fixation. And I don't know why I think it's the blonde hair. But yeah, I. I have heard it. And there are some really interesting versions of old songs as well on there. Like, I think she does seven Things. It's like. Yeah, it's. Isn't that album cover picture of her. [00:18:47] Speaker A: Ass on seven Things? [00:18:49] Speaker B: No, no, no, no, no, no. The live album you're talking about. [00:18:52] Speaker A: Oh, yes. It is a picture of her ass with her hand on her eyes. Sorry. I was like, sorry. I did. I did. I remember being obsessed with her songs, but I struggled with her voice. Like, I. I loved start all over, but, like, I just. I really struggled with her voice. But it's so funny. Like, in retrospect, I'm like, that was so good. [00:19:10] Speaker B: Meet Miley Cyrus. Such a good album. And that has Start all Over. See you again on it. I think Breakout's amazing again, but I don't know. I was always a Hannah Montana, Stan. Like, I love her down. I don't. I don't know Why? [00:19:24] Speaker A: I wish her all the best. [00:19:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I miss her. [00:19:27] Speaker A: I really do. [00:19:27] Speaker B: Anyway, and then for the last in the ranking system, we have Drumroll. Nelly tv Decoded. That's our name. It's obviously the best. So this is an album that revolutionized the pop stratosphere and is timeless. So it had to pay, paved the way, or changed the game in some way. What do you think would qualify that for you, Nelly without spoilers? [00:19:53] Speaker A: I would say Never say Never by Brandy. [00:19:57] Speaker B: Iconic. [00:19:58] Speaker A: I think in terms, like, she's labeled the vocal bible for a reason, but I think in terms of, like, just true, like, innocent love that we see in a lot of, like, pop artists, even in their debuts. And they're just like, when they're talking about innocent, because, you know, a lot of people like pop artists, they have their innocent era in their first album, and then they branch out into the sultry. And so I think, like, in terms of that, like, yearning and that, like, young, young, like, foolish love, like, Never say never, I think, is diva Decoded. Fantastic. [00:20:31] Speaker B: The Boy is Mine too is forever Iconic. [00:20:34] Speaker A: So good. Have you ever somebody like. Yeah. Have you ever loved somebody that made that you've loved so much that made you cry? Not personally, but I can definitely relate to the idea of it. [00:20:45] Speaker B: You're just so in love with someone that you start crying. [00:20:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:20:49] Speaker B: Oh, my God. That's really dramatic. I'm not. I. I'm not a crier. I love my boyfriend, but I'm not a crier. [00:20:57] Speaker A: My God. Alec, are you listening to this? Anyways, sorry. [00:21:01] Speaker B: It's true. [00:21:03] Speaker A: But what would you think, Kim? Oof. [00:21:07] Speaker B: I mean, I would say, like, first thing that comes to mind is fantasy with Old Dirty Bastard by Mariah Carey, and that's off the Daydream album, and that totally paved the way. You see, to this day, it's a huge thing for pop artists and to have a rapper hop on the track. So it had been done before her, but I think not everyone else was the girl next door she was at the time. So I think for her, that was such a big move and it was such a big success and worked musically so well that it totally set a trend for the future that is, like, undeniable and there forever. So I think that's a. That's a huge paving of the way. So I think that would be diva decoded for me. [00:21:54] Speaker A: I love that as an example. It's so funny because you mentioned Mariah being your favorite artist, but I'm like, I don't think anybody would have to guess That I don't think anybody would have to guess that. I love that, though. I really, really do. I feel like that's me with Whitney Houston. Like, that is. She is my girl. Like, Whitney is my girl. Don't mess with her. She has no business being gone. But I love her. I love her. I love her down. But yeah, that's our ranking system and it's definitely something that is. We're always correct. And. And if there's ever a moment where me and Cam are arguing, just know that I'm correct. So you just have to follow me. That's all. That is all. What else is there? [00:22:36] Speaker B: I mean. [00:22:36] Speaker A: Oh, wait, you didn't introduce yourself. [00:22:38] Speaker B: Oh, okay. Well, I'll say a little bit about me before we wrap up this little mini intro episode. So my name is Cam. I have loved divas forever. My first divas were Mary Kay Nashley. I was for real, for real obsessed with them and like had to have every video and everything. And they're a little singers, you know. [00:22:59] Speaker A: Yeah, kind of. [00:23:01] Speaker B: So, yeah, I loved them. And then as I got older, like I said, it kind of became Han Montana and Miley and then it was Demi Lovato for a long time and the Mariah Carey. So it's just kind of switched throughout time. But I've always loved my divas and it just satisfies a part of my brain that I can't quite explain. So, yeah, in terms of, you know, my personal life, I'm an editor, I am a filmmaker. I made some documentaries on Mariah Carey. [00:23:33] Speaker A: Hell yeah. Where can we watch it? [00:23:35] Speaker B: Oh, girl, they're not up anymore. Hit me up, I'll send you the link. They can't really be up anymore because it's like copyrighted or whatever. He's just doing it illegally. [00:23:45] Speaker A: Whatever. [00:23:46] Speaker B: Well, yeah, I mean, it was on YouTube for a while. It was up. But then, yeah, Sony took it down. Even though they're, I mean, you know how much money I made them, probably. [00:23:55] Speaker A: I can't believe Sony came after you. [00:23:57] Speaker B: Yeah, they high key, like, took it down. [00:24:01] Speaker A: So I'm like, season desist. How can you give my boy Cam a season desist? [00:24:05] Speaker B: It wasn't a cease and desist. It was just like your channel is deleted. It was YouTube. It wasn't that serious. [00:24:09] Speaker A: Rude as hell. [00:24:10] Speaker B: But I was like, you really did that to me. So, yeah, that's a little bit about me. So, yeah, I, I think that's. Yeah, I think for a little intro moment. [00:24:22] Speaker A: Yeah, I think that pretty much sums up what everything we're gonna talk about everything you. Everything else you want to learn. Go and listen. [00:24:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Our first episode, we will be covering Whitney Houston's debut album. Whitney Houston. [00:24:36] Speaker A: I'm so excited. [00:24:38] Speaker B: Me too. I love this album, and I can't wait to get into it with you. [00:24:43] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh. I can't wait to get into it with you. I feel like it's a really, really good start for and we'll set the tone for the rest of the season for sure. I'm excited for you guys to listen to our voices. So, divas, listen up. Pucker up, giddy up. We're excited to see you in the next one. [00:25:04] Speaker B: Thank you so much. [00:25:05] Speaker A: Bye. [00:25:06] Speaker B: Bye. [00:25:11] Speaker A: Before we end, we'd love to shout out our lovely team behind this podcast. [00:25:16] Speaker B: First, we'd like to shout out our amazing editor, Blake Walker. Thank you so much. You do all the dirty work and we really, really appreciate you. [00:25:23] Speaker A: We love you, Blake. We'd also love to shout out our lovely social media manager, Angelica Ortega. So everything you see visually, it's her. [00:25:31] Speaker B: Yeah. She's killing it. Thank you so much for listening. My name is Kam Barbeau. [00:25:35] Speaker A: And I'm Nelly Deverlis. [00:25:36] Speaker B: You've been listening to Diva Decoded.