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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.

We are live from the Mercedes-Benz Interview Lounge.

I'm Danielle with Gandhi and Zora Larson.

Hey!

Who, by the way, we have voted you best dressed on this jingle ball tour. No way. 100% and multiple times. Thanks. I appreciate that. No, it's so fun. It's so fun to be stepping into the festive theme of it all. All right, so let's talk about your music and what you have going on because Midnight Sun came out this year. And a lot of fans are saying this is the most personal album that

we've heard from her. Do you feel the same way? Absolutely. And what do you want people to take

from this album since it is so personal to you? Well, I think I speak a lot about, you know,

feeling, you know, I've been in this industry for a long time.

I've also grown up. I'm turning 28 in a few days from now. And I've just been growing up.

But I also think it's so important to celebrate the little things in life. Like all my song, Midnight's

Sun is basically just about this beautiful

Swedish summer's night where the sun just stays up. It never really sets. It just stays light in

Sweden, you know, in summer. And those things, like all these amazing like performances and the people

like it to me, like all of that is incredible. but sometimes it's like a beautiful sunset that really makes me happy or like having my feet in the grass like

connecting with nature like being out and I don't know it's just the the simple things in life that

makes me feel joy so I want people to listen to it and I feel happy What about flying a helicopter? I heard you're trying to get your helicopter license. Yeah, that's not really the little things in life for me. That's so, it's hard. Do you really want to do that? Yes. I just can't like find the time to finish it. But it is one of my dreams, my absolute dreams, to get a helicopter certificate. Wow.

I have a feeling, once again, that the record reps, hear you say that, and all of them, if you listen closely, are pooing their pants. No, I know. And nobody wants to get in. Like, I'm like, right? No. No. You don't have a license yet. I'm not getting in either. I know, but even when I get it, none of my friends want to do what they're like, I would never get in a helicopter with you.

I didn't even want to get in a helicopter with you.

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