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Guaranteed Human.

Talking with the biggest stars from our Mercedes-Benz interview lounge,

backstage at Z-100's Jingle Ball.

This is Elvis Duran in the morning show's Jingle Ball Diaries.

Live from the Mercedes-Benz Interview Lounge, I'm Gandhi here with Danielle,

but a much bigger name is online.

One, we have

Jesse Merth. Hey, hello. Looks insane. Oh my gosh. That's very kind. In a good way. Yes.

Of course. You look up. Amazing. All right. So you're here. You're at Jingle Ball. You've had a

huge year. How are you feeling about it? We know that your sophomore album,

sex hysteria, drops. It's different genres. We've got a little hip-hop. We've got pop. Do you have a

favorite genre when it comes to hitting the road? Ooh, I like to play big ballads. I love to

like really sing. Okay. But I also love to make like upbeat songs, so it's tough.

But I really enjoy performing big ballads.

Okay. I like that you gave us an answer. A lot of people are like, I like them all. Yeah, no, I don't. I actually really hate performing my, like, hitters. Really? I hate that shit. Oh, why? Because I just, I like to be emotive and it's hard when I'm like blue strips, you know.

Okay.

Fair enough.

It gets weird.

All right.

So you're on the gym. Oh, why? Because I just, I like to be emotive, and it's hard when I'm like, blue strips, you know.

Okay.

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