Chapter 1: What personal challenges did Becky G face in her career?
What is up, Daddy Gang? It is your founding father, Alex Cooper, with Call Her Daddy.
Becky G, welcome to Call Her Daddy. Do I call you Daddy or Alex? You can call me whatever you want. I'll call you Poppy.
Okay. I'm just kidding. I will not. I will not get upset about that. I have been so excited to talk to you. I feel like you have had just such... an incredible, massive career. I know you started at nine years old. Now your music has streamed over 28 billion times. You've sold out tours. You've received five Latin Grammy nominations. You've been in this industry for almost two decades.
But I do still feel like there is so much to discover about you and so much of your story that hasn't fully been told. So I've been really looking forward to sit down with you. Same. Thank you so much for having me. Of course. I heard that on your rider, you always have tequila and your pre-show ritual is to take a tequila shot before. So I figured if you're down, I poured us two tequila shots.
Girl, I love this. This is going to be my favorite podcast I've ever done ever.
I'm like, it's 1 p.m. I want to do a little cheers.
It's 5 o'clock somewhere.
What should we toast to?
I think we should toast to being big daddies in our fields. I think we should toast to The fact that I'm sitting in this couch because I've seen so many people that I love and admire sit right here across from you. And I just feel so, yeah, excited for this conversation. So toast to you.
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Chapter 2: How did Becky G navigate a public cheating scandal?
That you do that before every show? I'm Mexican. It just felt right.
Yeah, it just felt right. I know that sounds really funny, but I just feel like that's like our... It's like a celebratory thing. It's also like a warm-up thing. I'm sure you've heard singers talk about like hot toddies and stuff like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's just like I just want a tequila straight. Is that your go-to drink? It really is. Just tequila straight.
Just tequila on the rocks or it could be warm. It could be mixed. It could be anything tequila. I knew we were going to get along.
I will just have tequila on the rocks and I'm happy. Happy. Fuck, marry, kill tequila vodka gin.
Oh, just fuck Mary tequila. Everything else can die. You don't drink anything else? You know, I do. I like wine. I'm gonna sound like an alcoholic. Oh my God.
You're fine.
Let me watch myself. No, I love wines. So you know what's funny? I feel like wines and food are great pairings for me. I'm also like a champagne girly every now and then. I love a little bubbles.
But tequila.
But tequila is just my shit. It's good. Yeah. I'll have a beer every now and then. A little chela on the side. Yeah.
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Chapter 3: What impact did growing up in a large family have on Becky G?
It's funny. It's like, I want to be that girl that's not like, I look at my phone, but I'm like, oh, fuck. I am that person that's like, I look at my phone. I check and I'm like, I need to stop.
Yeah. And so I do. I catch myself. I would say like I try to a balance is impossible to sustain all the time. It's just you have to recalibrate. Good answer. What's the worst habit you have? You know what it used to be? Biting my nails. These are my actual nails, y'all. I do not bite my nails no more.
I am so bad at that.
And that's why I just do gel. Because I'm like, okay, who is the first celebrity that actually left you starstruck?
Oh, shit. Oh, damn. You know what's so crazy? Okay, obviously, you've probably had the same thing where it's like, this is what we do, right? So you're like, play cool, play cool. And you'll meet some people and they're so much more like human and chill than you thought they would be. So you're actually not as like, woo, like, oh my God, you're actually like, oh, you're cool as fuck.
Like, we can have a conversation and I don't feel what I thought I was going to feel in the best way, not in a bad way. But... I would say when I did the Oscars for the first time and I was doing the rehearsals on the stage, I wasn't even starstruck by the person themselves, but the photo cards that they have of them. You know how they have pictures of them? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Girl, Denzel Washington. I was like, I've seen him in so many movies. Like, why is it that I'm freaking out right now? Like, he's going to be right there when I'm singing. Like... Huh?
That actually is such a good answer, too, because it's not like Denzel Washington's like finding places to get paparazzi.
And I've met so many like mega super famous people that are obviously like so worthy of like kiss the ground they walk on. You know, they're so incredible.
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Chapter 4: How does Becky G view the concept of people pleasing?
I was like, you're just background noise right now. Like, now I'm going to chew with my mouth open. I hope you don't like me. Break up with me right now.
You're like, I'm going to finish this and then I'm going to actually leave you. But again, I'm not leaving until I finish this meal.
Yeah. And it's unlimited soup and salad, bitch.
Girl. Oh, I would be livid. Okay. What is your worst irrational fear?
Worst irrational fear? You know, I had a feeling we'd get into like therapy talk eventually, but like this is a little soon. I think just letting, it's not really irrational, I guess, but just like letting the people I love down, like, yeah, the people I love down is like, letting them down is just, it's a lot.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So let's get into therapy talk. Yes, let's do it, girl.
OK, so take me back. Tell me about growing up in Los Angeles. Like, what was your community like?
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Chapter 5: What lessons did Becky G learn from her relationship with her father?
It's six of us. And you know, there was no insulation. We did have carpet. It was just rolled out on the ground though. It was concrete on the other side. So it wasn't soft or plushy, It was carpet. And it wasn't tough, though. Like, you're a kid. There's a bit of naiveness that I think was in my favor, if that makes sense. Because I was like, oh, it's a big sleepover every single night.
Like, oh, I'm sharing a bed with my baby sister. Like, oh, cuddles, you know? Like, it was never... looked at as something that I was like ashamed of, at least not yet, because in that time you're so young, you don't really know what's happening or you do, you have an idea, but you can't really do something about it, you know? So you're just making with what you've got.
And like when you talk about how, you know, addiction in those four walls, like when you look back, like how long do you feel like you were in survival mode of like, there's nothing I can really do. I just gotta, I just gotta get up every day and go do my thing.
I mean, the truth is, is it's generational. Yeah. Yeah. It's generational. And I think when you, and anybody I think who's probably tuning in knows, if you've grown up around addiction, there's something there. It's not always just drugs. It's not always just alcohol. Sometimes it's work.
um there's a an avoidance of type that fuels this this deeper wound and that is absolutely generational you know so this is before my parents this is before my my grandparents even um and i have a lot of empathy around that for sure but I would say then the moment I came out, I had young high school sweetheart parents who got married straight out and were like, we want to have a family.
And by the time my mom was 23, she had all four kids.
And I think what's so interesting when something is generational, it's like,
it inevitably is so hard to not have it just be this like normalized understood thing that it actually takes someone going against the grain and making things like a little uncomfortable or calling things out to actually have it not continue to be this transgenerational trauma but that takes such an effort to break and so when you are such a young child
how are you going to do anything other than like fall in line and play your role? And then eventually when you have some more autonomy, then you'll be able to look back and be like, huh, what would I have changed about that dynamic? But until you have that, there's nothing you can really do.
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Chapter 6: How does Becky G define empowerment in the music industry?
You know, so it's not that like firstborns have it the hardest, but it's that we have a different version of our parents. All of us do.
It's such a good point because I have friends who are the oldest child and that is so in line with what they've said. And then also I think any of my friends who are the oldest and had some instability in their home, a lot of times we talk about how a parentified child develops such a high EQ because you're so hyper aware of every single person's emotions in your family.
And it almost forces you to be one step ahead of every situation so that you know, like, this is how I'll solve it. This is how I'll handle it. Like, this is going on with my parents. Like, this is how I'm going to save my siblings. This is how I'm going to save myself. This is how I'm going to fix the situation. And you're constantly having to be ahead and thinking of everyone but yourself.
And it's, hard to realize that everyone's emotions are not your responsibility. Yeah. And I'm curious if you have any advice now as you've like clearly done a lot of work on yourself and lived a lot of life to anyone who is watching that has still that like weight or burden of being the oldest child and taking on so much responsibility.
Yeah. Okay. Wait, as you're saying this is literally making me think about there was a time where I Oh my God, this is going to be really embarrassing to share. I don't think I've ever shared this story. But I remember we were going through a lot as a family. And I was offered this opportunity to be a part of this Disney holiday experience. And I was going to perform.
And it was going to be the coolest thing ever. And me and my family, we're from Cali. We loved going to Disneyland growing up. And my baby sister had never been to Disney World before. So I was like, oh my God, like, you know, things are not so good at home. I'm going to take my baby sister to Disney World. This is going to be amazing.
I'm going to do some work, but we're going to have a good time. I do drinks around the world and Epcot and have one too many. And I wake up in my hotel room and I'm like, Wait, the sun hasn't even gone down yet? Like what happened? Like I was in full panic mode, palpitations. Like I'm sweating, I'm looking at my sister and the moment I look at her, I just start crying and I'm like, I'm so sorry.
And my sister's like crying, but she's like laughing.
she's like this is my baby sister guys and we're because we're going through so much at home i was like i wanted like take her to have a break from everything that we've been going through and then here i am getting all topsy-turvy upside down yeah but it sounds like becky it's because you needed a break you needed a break complete breaking point And I'm over here crucifying myself, right?
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Chapter 7: What does Becky G say about the importance of female collaboration?
As if she's not also like a whole like grown ass young woman herself, you know? And so it was just like one of those times where I was like, yo, I need to check in with myself. And I need to like dive into this. Like, why am I hanging myself up for something that... Should actually lead me to more curiosity. Yes.
Like what is going on? And it's like what's so crazy because I have siblings too and I'm the youngest. But it's like when you have dynamics with your siblings, no matter how old you get, you still –
kind of see each other in those four walls that you grew up in and so when you are around your siblings like my siblings and I have had some really beautiful conversations around like regressing almost when we're around each other because like I still feel like the baby and you still feel like my oldest sister and like there's so much history that
you meet adults and you're a complete different person to these people that you're interacting with. They don't see you as the oldest daughter. They don't see you as someone who was trying to help provide for them.
So there's like so much ingrained in family dynamics that are so beautiful, but also like they can be really big wounds that you have to like actively recognize and be like, girl, your baby sister is fine. You took her to Disneyland and she's a big enough adult that she could have managed herself. You can't ruin her time.
Well, the party continued. I stayed in the room. I ate some chicken nuggets. And I definitely was like, I need to sober up and take a shower. But the party continued with the vibes and the Disney of it all. And everything was fine. Everything was totally fine. What a concept. By the way, I was like, is there pictures? Is there videos? Did somebody catch me off guard? And they were like, no.
No.
Like, you were so normal. Like, you're so fine. But I was going through so much panicking that I like completely shut off. And like, you know, I think that that that is like a really good example of like, just how far on the spectrum you can go of like, codependency, people pleasing. Like you don't give yourself any space and grace to just be a young 20 something year old figuring it out.
I was gonna say, it also feels like from your upbringing, like you really had to be in such control at all times. Cause there was no plan B, there was no safety net. It's like, you need to figure this out cause there's no other option. And I know you had a complicated relationship with your father.
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Chapter 8: How has Becky G's perspective on love and relationships evolved?
I mean, I became the sole provider for my family by 16 years old. Girl. Yeah. And it looked like being at, you know, peaks on charts and not having any health insurance. because when you work in the entertainment industry, you know how that goes. Like it's not, you don't, health insurance isn't built into a record deal.
You know, like these are things that, you know, I was able to provide for myself, but like, When it came to my family, I was like, my dad's losing his job. Like my siblings got to get through school. Tuitions have to get paid. Like, and they deserve to play sports if they want to, like, cause they're good at it. And I, I, I have an escape. They deserve an escape too.
So it was like, I just needed to produce more. more than for myself, but for everyone else since, yeah, since my very, very early teen years.
It's so much pressure to put on yourself.
Yeah, it was, it was a lot. Was anyone there to support you? I think that people were there to support me in the best ways they knew how to. Yeah, I think my mom, oh my God, my mom is my girl. Like my mom is somebody who, even when she didn't know me, What was going on? I think she had... a good read on things.
I remember it getting to a point where I had worked so hard to get far in my career and optically things were very successful. Behind closed doors, things were not very successful. Financially, I was carrying a lot of weight. And so if I was just a single girl living on her own, like I'd be just fine, but I'm providing for my whole family and it looks a lot different.
And so I remember just kind of like finally like looking up and being like, wow, I'm still here. Like I'm still here and not in a good way. Like I haven't moved forward. Like I'm still in the same neighborhood I grew up in. I'm still dealing with the same shit when it comes to like my parents and their marriage. I'm still carrying these weights. I'm still... And I thought I...
I reached a milestone at that point that many my age hadn't even really reached. And I was still hung up on the fact that, but we're still here. And I think that my mom, when she's witnessing me in that moment, it gets to a point where you're at a breaking point. You're like, this pressure is unbearable that I don't even wanna exist anymore.
And I remember my mom grabbing me by the face and telling me, you could choose to never pick up a microphone ever again and I promise you it's okay. You you're good. We'll figure it out. We've always figured it out. Like it's not on you. This isn't on you. And she took that off of me.
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