Bretman Rock’s Secret Birthday Surprise + Inside Our CRAZY Japan Trip

Pretty Basic with Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz

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Remicruz, 601834, Society & Culture, Alishamarie, Prettybasic

4.8 • 36.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Pack your bags and grab a raw egg (trust us)—we’re taking you to Japan with us! From getting champagne-drunk in a purse store to watching Bretman Rock get recognized 30 times a day, this trip was everything. We hit iconic spas, got our minds blown at a maid café, and casually tried a snake venom shot (???). We’re spilling all about Remi’s emotional attachment to a raw egg café, Alisha’s hilariously random river moments, and a birthday surprise that seriously slayed—including a Minions moment we still can’t explain. Plus: Donki chaos, wagyu buffets, vintage GUESS finds, and a bug bite hack that might just change your life. It’s the Pretty Basic Japan recap you didn’t know you needed.

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0:00.0	Shh. Hi, we're here. I mean, I didn't really see you in Japan, which is crazy, you guys. Every trip is always just so different. And you know what? We're so different. Obviously, Molina's gone. My niece is like, it's gone. Why is it going to come back? And I was like, I'm sorry I got rid of it. You wouldn't normally just take a shot. Really? No. I thought I was a cool girl. You are a cool girl.
0:21.3	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:28.4	Pretty basic.
0:32.2	Hey guys.
0:33.0	What's up?
0:33.6	Welcome back to Pretty Basic.
0:35.7	We are little jet travelers. Oh, I'm they're going to say jet
0:39.3	lagged. Jet lagged. Jet travelers and jet lagged. Yes, we are. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Um, hi, I'm Alicia
0:44.7	Marie. Hi, I'm Remy Parsons. And if we don't make sense at all this episode or if we're like a little
0:50.0	delirious, we live a little delirious, like happy giggly moment, but it's because, like,
0:56.4	Japan time is we would be dead asleep right now. What time is it there right now currently?
1:01.1	Watch, it's like four. It's 6.12 a.m. We would be dead. So apologies. I feel like any, the past
1:06.1	two days, I've just told people like, I'm so sorry if I'm slow or than normal.
1:11.9	Because my brain right now is asleep, but I'm here.
1:15.1	Also in your defense, you landed yesterday from Tokyo.
1:19.5	True.
1:20.2	But that's crazy.
1:21.5	My own fault.
1:22.5	Like I did that to myself willingly, so I don't regret it at all because I was like,
1:26.3	I have the choice to extend.
1:27.7	And the furthest possible time I can get home before I need to like, you know, really be home is, uh, would be that flight where I land at 6 a.m. We were delayed a little bit. So 7.30 technically. Um, and then yeah, by that time we had to record later that day. And I was like, we are here, we are going, we are thriving.
1:44.8	Obviously we are so grateful, but we are also just a little tired. And that is okay, we are grateful and tired and two things can be true at one. I'm more grateful than I am jet lag. Of course. Like, hi. Hi, we're here. And as Taylor Swift says, jet lag is a mindset. You know what? I really think it is.
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