Louise
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I think Claire was about 16 when she first started riding. And she fell in love, big time, hard, and said to Julie and Elizabeth, I need to teach. And they were like, you are a kid. No way. And she would take her little laptop and sit outside the door. and like take notes on the playlists of Ruth, Stacy, Lori.
She would just sit there and write down the songs of the playlists in the order, listen to them. And she would then, you know, come back with her mom to ride and then chat up everybody and everyone. And then Julie finally said, okay, work the desk. Like, I can't fight you forever. You're gonna be here all the time anyway. You might as well be useful.
It was May 2006. I feel like maybe they had been open a month, a couple weeks. You know, it was right next to Juice Generation, but it was unmarked. You went through these like glass doors and right ahead of you was this like stainless steel elevator. And you were like, what? Where am I?
Because now it feels like you're in somebody's space. But if you take a hard left, there was a door. And then it was kind of dimly lit. And you go down this really long, narrow hallway. And there's this magical, amazing place. And there was a desk. And I said, you know, hi, I'm looking to help you if you're looking for help. And Julie and Elizabeth were both there.
And unbeknownst to me at the time what this was or what anything meant, they were like, yeah. When can you start? And I was like, I have to actually go back and finish my shift. But they were like, just come back.
Total, utter shock. She was burning the candle at both ends. She had this unrealistic image of perfection in her head that, you know, probably most women battle with. And she was just so fucking beautiful. I don't think maybe she was consuming enough calories for the amount of classes she was teaching. Like at the time, I think she was teaching upwards of 14 classes a week.
And even someone who's like an Olympic athlete has like doctors around them and coaches. And this is like a kid, essentially. Work hard, play hard. I don't want to insinuate that there was anything nefarious happening, but there are rumors about that.
So Julie, in my experience of her, was very straightforward, sometimes kind of curt, sometimes loving and nurturing, but in a strict bad cop kind of way, if need be. And Elizabeth was very crunchy granola, very like... Oh, my gosh, you're here. Let's hug. And I was like, wait, what do you need me to do? I'm trying to be helpful. No, let's just talk for a second. How are you?
Like, we were very close. And, you know, you spend holidays with these people. You know, you teach turkey burns on Thanksgiving Day instead of traveling home to your family. And then you eat together because you're not at home. And you do that for however many Thanksgivings and Christmases and birthdays. You're super close to these people. And, you know, when we're out...
Eating, playing, you don't think people are going to not be here anymore. It's just kind of earth shattering when they're not.
And it was just like such yin and yang. And I guess that's why they work so well together. I felt like, Julie, I could never be fast enough. And for Elizabeth, I needed her to be faster.
She was an instructor. She was like on a pedestal. And it was weird.
They were like, go outside with these flyers, hand out these free passes, get butts in the door.
Like, so I would go to this balloon shop in the 80s on Amsterdam and I would get balloons and sort of Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins, Bert style with like one man band, like tie balloons to like my ankles and wrists and walk around like street corners and hand them out to people and say like, come for a free class at SoulCycle. And they'd be like, what is that? Yeah.
So then I would have to explain it, but I got to take free classes and I was excited. Or I'd walk in Central Park and try to like stop runners or other people on bikes and be like, come inside. And they were like, I don't want to do that. I want to ride outside. But you do it enough and people come in and then it's magic. And so then they come back.
72nd Street was lined with like black SUVs of these ladies getting out to check into their class and then get back in there. It was like wild. You walked around the corner and it was like just lines of these cars and classes were full. And now there was a wait list and now there was a fight over who was on bike six.
And it was less about the fitness of it and more about the overall experience of it. And yeah, I feel like it seemingly happened overnight that The phones would be going off the hook. I'm running late.
And a lot of times I feel like the time of day mattered more than who was teaching. Like they had to take the 830 because they needed to get to work. Then it morphed into, no, I have to be with the person who's going to heal my spirit. It was less about the fitness of it and more about the overall experience of it.
I was never, ever directed by Ruth to do anything. Like to me, she was a silent partner and co-founder and instructor. And Julie and Elizabeth did like phones, press, checking in. Customer service, back-end financial type stuff.
After, in the challenge patch, I was in Oasis Tropical Vodka mode and that was awful. Oh yeah. It disgusted me in the audio already. No, it's horrible.
I've never done it, but... We could have, but I was too young and I don't think it was possible. You didn't have that in China? I was too young.
How old were you? I was just in my room. You lived in China? No, I lived in China for 3 months when I was 20. But I was sad, so I was in my room. Not in the mood to eat insects. Come on, I'm going to go out and eat a little insect.
I can taste it, except if I know I hate it. For example, the banana, I really hate it.
There are so many things like that that I don't like so much, but I would love to love it so much. The banana is so good, it's the best fruit. There's an opércule, please. That's it, there's an integrated packaging, it's crazy. Exactly.
Yeah, yeah, but... When she didn't know she was eating bananas.
I ate, I was like, but it's delicious. Ah, so it's psychological, in fact.
No, but it's not really the same taste.
Or maybe it's just not mainstream enough and there's no vegan mainstream where they can put this kind of drink.
After all, Coca-Cola, it's a big corporation. It's in that vibe, I think. Yes, you're right.
I never do that. No, it's true. It's more a message.
The cage is still open. The cage is still open, don't hesitate.
He says, hey, hey, hey. I don't turn, I don't turn.
Wow. It's important to have good relationships. We'll come back to that. We'll come back to that later.
He was like, what is that? He wanted people naked. He gave two euros. What a big shit. I admit, I admit.
Pas si beaux mais barraques Ah ouais putain Moi j'ai un cousin pompier de Paris Y'a une caserne là où ils ouvrent la grande porte Et ils s'entraînent comme ça devant genre du lustre Ils te regardent gros eye contact Ah ah ah
» Ils te montent tes abdos de loin, comme ça.
The fireman's wife who says, I'm a photographer, I sell motorcycles, guys.
Well, I'm an old woman, I've been here since the beginning. I listen to music with my dad, it's great.
I can't believe it. It's giants. Yes, it's big stuff. Yes, it's true.
There are sad children who don't have a phone.
No, I swear. No, no, no. It's not a joke. No, no, no. Loser.
They have three of them, in fact, every time. Yeah, that's right.
They're sadder. Duolingo, I don't have that. But then, the media slaughter of Duolingo, how did it work on me ?
Well, on that, it's a bit like... It's too... It's too large-scale. At first, I thought it was funny because it was a bit like Loki. It was funny, it was very funny. But now, it's like, everyone knows it. You're talking about Duolingo? Yeah, Duolingo, a huge worldwide joke. And now, I'm like... I liked it when I was the only one to know.
You say that you too are hungry like them. But I have access to that, right? It's so cool.
So basically, they have the right to TikTok only a certain number of hours a day.
Like what? Dictatorship is not just about money.
But which is not at home and which is not my mother.
My mother has this for my little brother, it's called Custodio. And in fact, you would have to have another... Or else, Florent does it on your phone. And you don't have... I mean, you don't read with Florent, I imagine. And bim!
C'est une appli que tu mets sur le tel de quelqu'un d'autre. Ouais. Ça infantilise un tout petit peu.
It's horrible. Yes, there are especially TikTok replays in the reels.
C'est horrible. C'est honteux. Et moi j'entends de plus en plus parler de l'addiction au téléphone et c'est un truc qui revient dans ma tête de plus en plus et je me rends compte que je suis trop dessus.
Le matin je vais regarder parce que mon réveil est dessus. En fait je pense que je vais investir dans un réveil pour pouvoir le laisser en dehors de ma chambre parce que vraiment c'est un enfer. Mais ce que je me suis remis à la lecture, parce que j'adore ça, mais je le fais ça dans les transports. Je peux même plus le faire dans mon lit parce que le lit c'est genre le téléphone quoi.
Ouais, je comprends. C'est super chiant, ça prend tellement de temps.
Is it a trick? No, not a trick. A trick that you find.
Ah, because it also wakes you up with the light?
A trick that happens in the restaurant when you order. Is it a service?
Professionalize your use of dick. I'm doing it the day before, I'm doing it the day before.
A tangible. It's not really an object either. It looks like a prout. No.
I don't know what it is. It plays with instruments that don't exist anymore.
Il faut trouver leur particularité ?
It's a Christmas drink based on milk and alcohol, I think. And eggs. And eggs too.
Good guess, good guess. But here we are, we're getting closer, more than everything that has been said.
Elles étaient emmêlées dans des fils.
Come on, Chloé, let's do it again. Not bad.
Let's go to the porn now. Yeah, yeah.
I remember, we had a computer in the living room for the family, and I remember we were sitting in front of it with my sister and we were watching clips. And one of the first clips that really struck me was Mika Lollipop. And, well, sidetrack, we were also watching... Porn? Porn, yes. We wanted to go there right away. No, no, no, but it's related. No, from... Damn, what's her name?
Nicole Scherzunger. Ah, Pussycat Dolls. Pussycat Dolls, the group. And for me, I was like, I watch porn. It's not like my parents watch what I see. It was really that. A little embarrassed. Private navigation, Pussycat Dolls.
I also played a game where we replaced bulbs. It was really well cracked on the ground. Flash games, it was a big period of the internet too. Flash d'or for me. It was CD-ROM. CD, lamp.
Things where the guys created funny things.
Pourquoi on ne disait pas ? Pour les champs qui t'obligeaient à regarder. De quoi ? Les champs, l'image de champs.
I think it already existed, right? We didn't see it coming, we just went for it. Ah yes, okay. Fourth, maybe, no? Fourth, third. What a horrible period.
She found everything very quickly. She found everything very quickly. She found everything very quickly. She found everything very quickly. She found everything very quickly. She found everything very quickly But no, I remember the very first... Well, it's atrocious, the first things I put on, it's really... It's in mirrors, on me.
Maybe it's in Italy. Racist. I'm Italian.
No, but we were little. Me, I remember... I was in 5th grade. Yeah, when it happened.
We were like, wow. Incredible. 11 likes. Because I remember that when you went to 11, you had 11 likes. Before, it was just a list of people. And I was like, ah yes, a star. I'm so famous that there are no more names. He can't handle me anymore. I beat a star.
Moi, j'avais une utilisation un peu Facebook où je mettais toutes mes vacances et tout.
Hyper populaire. Moi, c'est la peinture que j'avais faite. Je l'avais hang chez moi.
I hate my pizza in my mouth. A real Italian does that normally.
Can you check that it's the first object, Jean ?
What I mean is that today, do you have the object in front of you? Can you check if it's the first object that was sold? They ask for proof now, so I think they need the mail.
And how can we find that? It's a very well-known series. It's a series.
Police, police, thriller. A thriller series. A thriller series. It's not like... Analyse Keating. How to get away with murder.
There are too many phrases, that means it's really disgusting, I'm sure it's disgusting.
For the moment, I want to leave them.
As you said, what I like about the podcast is the authenticity of the conversation. There's a bit of editing, but it leaves... Very little. Yes, very little. It leaves all the imperfections. I love that. And since now it's on the phone, you can do anything next to it. And that's what I like, working with a podcast, literally doing anything. The room...
Yeah. Especially the live. I'm not a comedian. When I was doing an exhibition in high school, I was super, super scared. There, for example, two weeks ago, I was invited to do a little bit of the Pardon GPT live.
with Pierre Lapin and Rémi Boye, and really, the bubble that it puts me in, it's crazy. It's in front of people, so it's an extra. But I think that on Twitch, live, you always have that in your head that watches you. You proposed it to me, basically. I think that later, Twitch, I would like it. Because you're not physically in front of people. You have a return, necessarily, with the chat.
But I think it's a little less scary.
And you also have to have a meeting. Podcasts, you can shoot it whenever you want. I work on the week, we see each other on the weekend, in the evening.
That's very funny. Chloé, that's how she consumes it. She likes it. Especially the Americans who film and stuff. So she had a lot of podcasts like that that she consumed. And especially just in the background.
Yes. I waited with impatience so long in the show, and I actually warned Chloé. She briefed me. You noticed, I didn't tell you in the message.
I have three things linked by humour. A book called « L'amour c'est surcoté » by Murat Winter. I recommend it to everyone, I love it. There are real laughs when you read it. Fab Caro gave me this and Murat Winter too.
It's like Mario and Wario. It's his negative self.
It's... He's a very problematic guy, but he's so funny. He has friends, they're big morons. It's so funny. Basically, this book is a love story with... I don't remember the girl's name anymore. It's really great, I read it very quickly and I recommend it to everyone. There's a second book after that.
C'est un autre perso, mais c'est globalement... Les deux sont très bien, mais j'ai vraiment préféré le premier. Et je crois qu'il y a un film qui a été tourné.
So I have this book. I have a podcast called Onomatopoeia. Of course. L'oranus. D'où les proutes. La reine. Alistrage. Alistrage, exactly. And which is also very funny, very prout, very pipi caca prout. Discussion too. And it's in audio.
Yeah. Anis Raj is a girl on Twitch too. Okay, okay. And Laura Nuss, she's on TikTok and on the networks. And my last thing, it's a film. It's Coupé by Michel Azami-Suisse. It was one of my biggest laughs in the cinema.
Don't say too much. I don't want to say anything. It's just excellent. I discovered it. I just wanted to go to the cinema with my father and my sister. We discovered that. But I was laughing next to a guy. We weren't many on the set. I don't know why we stuck to that guy. I was laughing, folded, and I said sorry afterwards. It's excellent. Really, look at him. He's sublime.
Non, mais tu sais, les parfums genre goop... Rappelle-toi Guineve Paltrow, il avait fait une bougie gouchotte. Oui, non, odeur.
You have the impression that you feel it. No, not at all. I'm attached to the body.
What's your name? It's LouLikesBlue. L-O-U-L-I-K-E-S-B-L-O-U.
Oui, je ne pense pas. Les manifestations.
Look at this dope. Surprising. The best way to... Go ahead, sorry.
Does it make you want to or not? I thought it was not possible to make worse than the tomato wine, but apparently... You make the show and sponsor episodes to say, frankly, look, not so bad anyway.
It's true that it's tactile. That doesn't mean anything. It costs 8,000 euros. It's rich language, that's good. I can't take it anymore.
We like, we hate, I have the impression. It made me cough. Yeah, it made me too bad. We did the cinnamon challenge, it was really disgusting. What is it? It's a big spoon of cinnamon powder in your mouth and you have to swallow it. And not cough, that's it. We also did something citric acid.
Yeah, she's never off.
Where you're very self-aware.
I mean, White Lotus, of course.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Puscription?
Oh, no, totally. Yeah.
What's that again?
Totally. Yeah. Or just the outsider. Yeah, the outsider. And she's still the outsider, but it's different.
Yeah, I'm not loving it as much as you love it.
I don't know. I'm caught up, though.
Maybe I was scrolling too much while I was watching.
I'm with you. Subsequent.
Oh, no. I hate it when that happens.
Thanks for being here. I'm just going to take my shoes off. Those are so cute. A little Prada slipper. Thanks.
It's so good. I need to see it.
Right. Okay. Anything. Okay, got it. Okay.
I don't think you're a narcissist. Like, that's not the word. But I think perhaps you're not always the best listener because you're thinking of, like... Myself. Yourself.
Oh. Oh. Gossip Girl. They told you who Gossip Girl was? Yeah. My freaking sisters.
They didn't mean to. It was not on purpose.