Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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All right, Rory, we are back. Today we have a special guest. Yes, sir. Now, Rory, this guest here, he's a very unique guest. He's like, you know, he's a child prodigy, child star, singer, dancer, songwriter, actor, singer.
probably models on the weekends um but he's a guy that i'm a fan of i've been watching him for a long time and um he's here with us today and he's in one of your favorite shows this upcoming season he will be on gray's anatomy of course today we are joined by the talented trevor jackson thank you man thank you so much bro
I feel great after that introduction.
No, no, no.
I mean, sometimes you forget who you are and then someone says, somebody has to give you your flowers.
No, but you, you, you're somebody that, um, just in watching, you know, uh, film and, and obviously Broadway, uh, been seeing you throughout the years, watched you grow up. Um, but to see what you're doing now and see the things that you're doing in your career and still at it, it's good to see black men always doing good things and always sticking to what they want to do.
So it's a pleasure to meet you, man.
thank you man nice to meet you guys too man fan of the show new music out new music out we was talking about it tomorrow tomorrow it's called i love you it's an ep it's um the first of a series that leads up to the album the album is am i allowed to say the album title why not the album is i love you goodbye the greatest breakup album of all time the greatest breakup album of all time hold on let's backtrack how do we get to the greatest breakup album of all time yeah some type of inspiration yeah where did that inspiration come from
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Chapter 2: What is Trevor Jackson's new EP 'I Love You, Goodbye' about?
Let's see if she liked me. It's not as traumatic as what Lamar did in the bunny ranch. Like, he killed himself and came back to life. Like, we're not going to do that. It worked, though. It worked. Lamar would have got his girl back. Absolutely. So, Trevor, talk to us about... What is it like...
Growing up in front of the camera, man, like you play young Simba in The Lion King, which is a... I mean, you got that on your resume. Everybody's ears are perking up at that point. But what is it like to... come up in this industry as a child, grow up, become a man, go through everything in front of the camera. Like, what's that experience like?
Life is hard enough as it is, so you add that, it's definitely going to be a little harder, but I'm thankful to have the family that I have and the support system that I had that I never, I was never too concerned about people's opinion of me, right? And I feel like a lot of people in my position are always on the front, what are they saying? Are they talking about me or they're being mean?
Like, I just, You don't care about social media?
No. The only reason, that's why I started doing the team mixes because I hated social media so much and everybody that I met were like, you got to have a social media presence. I was like, the only thing I feel comfortable doing, people seeing me do, is music. So I started doing the team mixes and that's kind of how that came about.
But yeah, I'm thankful that I'm so loved and I'm so supported by my family and my team that... I don't create for anybody's approval. You know what I'm saying? Go ahead. But what was Broadway like as a kid? It was amazing.
Just being in that environment as a child has to be overwhelming as fuck.
Was that your first ever Broadway or state theater? No. So the first thing I did was this thing called the Beef and Boards Christmas Show when I was seven years old. That was in Indiana. It was like a local thing. But it was equity. It was a professional job on stage. And then while I was doing that, everybody was like, you should do Lion King. You should do Lion King. I auditioned.
It was an open audition. 5,000 kids. It was like a giant 5,000. And I remember being there, you know, we're waiting, whatever. I auditioned. Didn't think I was going to get it. They called me. And I was one of the youngest that they've ever hired. You know, they wait till they're like nine or 10, but I was, I was like eight, like just turned eight. But what's that? What's, what's that?
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Chapter 3: What inspired Trevor to create the greatest breakup album?
My dad was like, you're taking my son away. You know, my dad's family, you know, it's like, you're just stealing her, you know? And she's like, this is what he wants, you know? And she, my mom always did good of asking me always, you You still having fun? You still want to do this? Like, if you don't want to, we can go home. I'm like, what? This is the best time I've ever had.
Like, picture getting to go to a park or a playground, but in every city. Every city I get to go to, I'm going to state parks, learning about new ways of, you know, how people live in different cities. It was dope. It was a training also for my hard work and my work ethic. You know, we had eight shows a week. but because we were young, we could only do four and four.
But if the other kid is sick, I have to do all eight shows, you know? So, and if I didn't get to perform, I'm mad. Like if he's performing, I'm like, I want to be on stage. You know what I'm saying? So that's something you always wanted.
Yeah. I love it. How did you, how did you fall into music?
Was music a big part of your family? Um, my family, uh, movies and music, you know, they always just are watching movies, always well-rounded with the type of music that they were listening to go from Elton John to Brian McKnight to, you know what I mean? It was just very, um, Brian McKnight, you're a little too young to know about Brian McKnight.
I can't wait for you to hear the album. You know, I definitely want to hit an album. The record, the One Foot In record is dope. Thank you. But we had a talk off camera about it being R&B. R&B. But the album is R&B. But that is a pop record. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Love it, though.
By the way, my goal is to not be R&B. My goal is to be the biggest music artist of all time and be global. You don't want to be boxing it. Yeah, and I want to make music that... I've been saying this word a lot. I don't want to sound like MLK, but freedom is what I'm trying to promote with everything that I do in life.
The way I do it, the type of music I make, the shows I pick, my life doesn't make sense for most people. They're like, how are you on TV? And then you do this, and then you write a country song, and you go over here, and you do... But I'm just taking whatever's coming from wherever it's coming from, you know what I'm saying?
And then I'm just releasing it, and it feels good, and it feels good to...
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Chapter 4: How does Trevor Jackson navigate his dual career in music and acting?
And to be honest, most vocal producers can't sing. Almost all of them.
Do you know how frustrating it is to fucking sit there and he's trying to sing better. And he's like, I'm like, that's not how it's supposed to sound. Yeah. That's not how it's supposed to sound. Yeah.
Chapter 5: How does Trevor's upbringing influence his career choices?
So what was the sound at this time when you were with Atlantic? Like what was happening in the industry as far as what was the norm?
Um, it was just, if, um, I guess at that time, I guess Trey song ish. Gotcha. Okay. You know what I mean? Just that kind of vibe, which I love Trey songs. I think Trey songs is great, but it just felt very like niche. You know, I just didn't, if I don't even know if I said that word right, but you give it to me. Yeah.
A lot of that over singing doesn't work for everybody else. It works for Trey. It doesn't work for everyone.
Yeah. And no, and me too, that actually, that was a big issue was like, I just sounded like other people, you know, I sounded like Chris or I sounded like this and you know, I had to find my, my voice, but I would do it. I wouldn't change anything, man. Like I said, that's how I feel about life. Like where I am now, um, my sound is there.
And we were actually, we had an interview earlier today, and they were talking about this Eblis commercial that I did for eczema. And you can barely hear my voice in the back, but people were calling me, hey, is this you? Or even on Twitter, I'm like, y'all can tell my voice? So I felt like in that moment, I was like, yeah, my sound, it's me. People recognize you.
I just seen I have eczema. Your eczema is different, though. You're a white guy. It's worse, man. You can see it worse. No, it's red.
You can see it.
We'll get you some eczema.
Now I'm trying to plug.
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Chapter 6: What challenges does Trevor face as a talented artist?
You think it's... It'll never be over for traditional R&B. I would never be that person to say that.
Definitely niche. It's changing, you know? It's changing. But I hope to kind of try and keep it alive a little bit. But I definitely think it's... Yeah, it lost its place. And I think it plays into this thing, right? I think today's society, effort is frowned upon, which I hate. Effort is frowned upon. I think it's the most ridiculous thing. And it's my little nephews. It's not cool to try.
You got to be. And I'm like, we're missing out on probably some of our greatest artists, painters, musicians, because they think it's not cool. I know the singer. I know this basketball player who can sing and he would never sing in front of his friends because they would dog him. But this dude, the little white boy, riffing his ass off. And he only does it when we're around, right? Yeah.
But he would never tell his friends that he sings. You know what I'm saying? Because they, you know, and I think that plays into that. Because to be a true R&B artist, you have to sing your ass off. Yeah. And there's not a lot of that. You know what I mean? So I think that's why. But I just want people out there to know it's OK to try. It's OK to be good at something.
It's OK to put everything you have into things that you love. Like, that's not not cool. That's awesome. That's crazy that you have to say that.
Yeah. He didn't tell a lie at all.
That's really how this shit is now. You have to say that to people because, again, people think it's not cool to try some new things.
It's groupthink. It's groupthink. And that comes again. People are lonely. They want to fit in. So I'd rather fit in than actually follow my dreams. I'd rather be, you know, a part of something, even if I don't fully agree with it, because at least there's someone next to me. At least I'm not, you know, it's scary to be on Earth in the middle of space and not know why you're here.
And still paying bills. And still paying bills. And paying for water. You know what I'm saying? Debating over water. Debating over waters. We're talking about Poland Springs here, dude. What the heck? You know what I'm saying? But it's just wild to me. So I think that's what I always want to carry, man. So what is it that Trevor can't do? Like, what are you terrible at? Sit still.
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Chapter 7: How did Trevor Jackson land a role on Grey's Anatomy?
You're laundering that $3 million to come right back to you.
It's money laundering. And the world is so not here that they're like, oh my God, what? You know what I'm saying? That's how people respond to you. Oh my God, hey. Like, Instead of being like, hmm. You know what I mean? That's a little crazy. That's weird.
That's probably the scariest part, too, and I'm sure you guys can attest to this because you guys are smart men, is also knowing that most of the world doesn't give a fuck. They don't.
That's scary.
99.99% doesn't. That is scary to me, bro. They don't. But as an artist, as somebody that is as passionate as you are about arts, how does that keep you motivated to want to keep doing it when you see things like this happen?
Oh, I think, honestly, it motivates me in an amazing way. It makes me want to go even harder, but I think this album... kind of speaks to the truth about humanity, right? I don't feel like a robot could write... a breakup song that would feel like these. Okay. You know what I'm saying?
Cause even that thing, even though I didn't listen to it, I heard the voice, the voice doesn't, I can't feel it really. Right. Right. Kind of sounds a little. Yeah. Robetronic. Yeah. You can tell it's very pieced together. Even just the way you put words, like, you know, I've seen people like, Hey, make an AI song and it's simple. It's cool. But it's, it's not life experience.
It's not, you can, you can, you can tell. Yeah. So I think that'll be the separating factor. But then again, They're about to take mines and be able to put them into... You know what I'm saying? We're already here, guys. Open the computer. Look some stuff up. Oh, that's happening. Because it's already here. It's happening. I'm a robot. Yeah.
No. Could you imagine the internet? That would be nuts. That would be a way to drop a bomb on the world. The first human I tried to remix to the truth. That's why he does so many things. That's why he can't sit still. That's why he can't sit still. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's short-circuiting all the time. Yeah, yeah.
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