Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives, this is Jess, and today I am joined by the

one and only Mr Pet Shop Boy himself,

B, how are you, B?

I'm good, how are you?

So my number one question for you,

and I've actually guessed it on your podcast, The B-list,

which I love, like you have such a diverse variety of guests and, well, my top two

questions are, where did the moniker Pet Shop Boy come from? I mean, aside from like the band,

the Pet Shop Boys, and why do you go by just your first

initial be I mean I know your first name is Brandon like is this a secret yeah yeah yeah

so Pet Shop Boys I mean I love the band it's like my favorite band, but it was like something in my head. I was like, honestly, Pizza Boy was taken and like all of these other like cute, quick names, I just needed a name for Instagram and honestly it was the first thing that

popped into my head and I was like oh this works and it's so funny.

Pizza boy? I know right? You could have had a whole other life. I think literally

for like a week there I was called

little Chipotle. That is so stupid. So stupid I know. But I think

Pinch-O boy it has a ring to it. It works now like now it's like stuck even though he's

really cute yeah I know you're a man but the name B well the nickname B was

always with me since like elementary school I was in spelling B's so yeah little

known fact I was a spelling B champ and so I love spelling I loved all that so I don't know

people just like nicknamed me B I don't know very cute and

and you live you live here in the city you live in Williamsburg yeah I live in Williamsburg

awesome I'm moving soon I'm moving to Greenpoint. Oh, really?

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