Action Items

Album Release and Success

SPEAKER_03: Celebrate the release of “Life of a Showgirl” which went to number one and had the biggest streaming day for any album released this year across all platforms.
SPEAKER_00: Congratulate SPEAKER_03 on the success of “Life of a Showgirl”.

SPEAKER_00: Congratulate SPEAKER_03 on her engagement.
SPEAKER_03: Show the engagement ring to the camera.
SPEAKER_00: Comment on the beauty and craftsmanship of the engagement ring.
SPEAKER_03: Share that her fiancé had the ring custom-designed and made over a long period.

SPEAKER_00: Acknowledge that SPEAKER_03 was on the “New Heights” podcast.
SPEAKER_00: Mention that since their appearance on “New Heights”, the team has won every game.
SPEAKER_03: Acknowledge the superstition and agree not to jinx the winning streak.
SPEAKER_00: Note that SPEAKER_03 used the “New Heights” podcast to announce and reveal her album title.
SPEAKER_03: Confirm that Travis (presumably Travis Kelce) used the podcast as a distraction to keep her from noticing the engagement preparations.
SPEAKER_03: Describe Travis’s meticulous efforts to keep the engagement a surprise, including blacking out all the windows.
SPEAKER_03: Recount Travis’s nervousness before the podcast, which she later realized was due to the engagement.
SPEAKER_03: Describe the backyard being transformed into a “secret garden oasis” for the proposal.

SPEAKER_00: Congratulate SPEAKER_03 on regaining control of all her masters.
SPEAKER_03: Express that regaining ownership of her masters still feels outlandish, as she had prepared to re-record her music.
SPEAKER_03: Explain that she had never been given the opportunity to bid on her work before.
SPEAKER_03: Describe the emotional difficulty of seeing her old music videos, album covers, or hearing older songs because she didn’t own them.
SPEAKER_03: Share that she has had to adjust her emotional response to her own work and is now happy to see any of it.
SPEAKER_03: Thank the audience for caring about the issue of music ownership.
SPEAKER_00: Encourage listeners to “listen to it all” and “love it all.”
SPEAKER_03: Acknowledge that these conversations about music ownership are not typically had publicly.
SPEAKER_03: Express gratitude for fan support regarding music ownership, noting it was a new topic for public discussion.
SPEAKER_03: Encourage other artists to negotiate for ownership of their work if they care about it.
SPEAKER_00: State that SPEAKER_03 is inspiring hundreds of thousands of artists by being honest and sharing insights into the music business.

SPEAKER_00: Propose a game where SPEAKER_03 has to guess which rumors about her are true.
SPEAKER_03: Clarify the game rules: one rumor is true, and the rest are false.
SPEAKER_00: Read the five rumors:
1. Turned down the Super Bowl halftime show because the NFL wouldn’t allow her to own her performance footage.
2. Close friend, Ed Sheeran, learned about her engagement on Instagram.
3. Joked at Selena Gomez’s wedding that Selena beat her to the altar.
4. Been spotted walking a mystery dog in Florida.
5. Travis Kelce can be heard harmonizing on “Opalite”.
SPEAKER_03: Guess that rumor #3 (joking at Selena Gomez’s wedding) is true.
SPEAKER_00: Reveal that rumor #3 is false.
SPEAKER_03: Explain that she gave a speech at Selena Gomez’s wedding but did not mention her engagement, focusing instead on teasing their 2008 fashion choices.
SPEAKER_00: Guess that rumor #2 (Ed Sheeran learning about the engagement on Instagram) is true.
SPEAKER_03: Confirm that rumor #2 is true, explaining that Ed Sheeran does not own a working phone and communication requires email or finding an iPad.
SPEAKER_00: Reveal that rumor #1 (Super Bowl halftime show) is false, explaining she is too focused on Travis’s games to commit to the halftime show.
SPEAKER_00: Reveal that rumor #5 (Travis Kelce harmonizing on “Opalite”) is false.
SPEAKER_00: Reveal that rumor #4 (walking a mystery dog in Florida) is false.

SPEAKER_00: Announce a commercial break.
SPEAKER_00: State intention to call Ed Sheeran during the break.
SPEAKER_00: Thank guests and announce more with SPEAKER_03 after the break.