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The group discusses their recent NFL performance in Australia, Joe's travel mishaps, and upcoming tour preparations. They introduce support act Magnus Farrell, who shares insights into tour bus etiquette, his family background as the son of Will Ferrell, and his jazz influences. The conversation also covers Magnus's musical evolution from punk to pop/R&B and his Swedish heritage.
Okay, here we are.
Welcome back.
Hey guys.
We have had quite the week.
Let us fill you in on kind of all that happened.
Starting with our performance on Netflix for the first ever NFL game in Australia, in Melbourne.
Now, here's the thing.
Melbourne is in Australia, which is very, very far away from everything.
This is a different planet.
It's a different planet.
It takes a minute to get there and then get back, turns out.
Yeah.
Travel woes aside, the performance was amazing.
We had so much fun.
It was 100,000 people in the cricket stadium there.
We don't get enough chances to get over to our fans in Australia, and this was a combination
of our fans and obviously the NFL fans.
So we promised them six minutes this year.
Six minutes.
We did the math, and basically between the flights to get there and then to get back,
it netted out to be something like for every minute of performance, it was about nine hours
of travel.
That tracks.
That definitely tracks.
But Joe had the most complicated travel of all of us.
Tell us about what happened, Joe.
Yes, he did.
I did, yes.
Being one who likes to make it about himself, I wanted to be tardy, and so I was flying
from London to Melbourne, and it happened to be that day every flight was canceled.
The radars weren't working or something.
So like over 60,000 flights were just canceled.
And one of the biggest airports in the world.
Including any other UK-based airport.
And so I just waited in the airport.
I was able to get on an earlier flight, and it didn't take off until midnight or whatever.
Just for some background, we're on the phone with the team, because they're scrambling
with the NFL, with the travel team and all that, to figure out how do we get Joe somehow
on a plane to get there in time for the performance, because we really only had a buffer of like
eight hours or something.
And eventually, you get on this flight.
I get on the flight, it takes me to Dubai, but I miss my connection, because the flight
got in too late.
And not because you were tardy or whatever.
Which was, of course, classically.
It's not like you just wanted to hang out in another country for a little bit.
Dubai is tight, though.
You were literally just stuck.
It was really fun, though.
I had a great-
Did you have a great day?
Accidental day off.
It was a guilt-free day off, because there was nothing I could do.
Then I had a full day.
I landed at 10 a.m.
And the next flight was until 2.45 a.m. that night, or the following day.
So then I just ran around Dubai and had amazing lunches and shopped and-
Had multiple lunches.
Tell us about it.
I had a massage.
How many did you have?
Two lunches.
And then I had two dinners.
Fantastic.
And then I got back on the plane and then landed pretty much the day of show.
The morning of.
Very late the morning of.
And then tried to nap again.
But whatever.
Me and Kevin got there, and we did the run-through for the performance without you.
Yep.
Just rehearsal.
There was someone standing in.
And this was the day before.
The whole time, we're like, he may or may not make it, thinking of what we could do
as a contingency plan.
There really wasn't anything.
Luckily, you get there in time.
You land at about 9 a.m.
And you do whatever you gotta do, shower, eat some food.
Then we're basically off to the stadium.
And within a couple hours, we're on stage in front of millions and millions of people
all over the world.
And no one had any idea that Joe had just arrived mere hours before.
The other thing that was cool about this performance is that because it was in Australia, we wanted
to honor one of our favorite Australian artists.
The song that's been really important to all of us for a long time, You're the Voice by
the great John Farnham.
A song that is, I think, known by so many people around the world.
But it's an anthem for Australian folks.
And so we put this song in the performance.
And there was a lot of back and forth if we should do it, because it's not one of our
songs.
We figured it's not one where you go, that's John Farnham, I think, immediately for most
people.
And also for our audience, probably, it's a new discovery.
So it's a little bit strange.
Within six minutes, we're doing a cover as well, which was a brave move.
It was great, though, because we definitely felt the, I don't know, I felt the audience
instantly connect to us in that moment, which I think was really, really special.
Well, yeah, I mean, I think it was the right thing to do to kind of tip the cap to an Australian
great and in their country to really include them in that moment.
And it was really powerful for me.
And I didn't really know the lore of the song.
And Nick, you presented the idea of doing it.
And I think there was definitely some back and forth about whether we should do it or
not.
I was sitting there the whole time.
I was like, guys, you're not trusting me.
This is going to be a moment.
Trust me.
Trust me, bro.
And we did.
I was definitely worried about it.
It took some convincing.
It went really well.
And then we got back on a plane.
But I couldn't believe that you didn't do any rehearsal.
You hadn't seen the stage in person.
Nope.
Because they build the stage in the middle of the stadium, like in minutes, and then
you're just up there and you crushed it.
Thank you.
I just kind of was like, well, I have the best excuse if this doesn't go well, that
I literally couldn't be here.
And it was impressive.
If it goes well, then it's like, then you get a lot of, you get a lot of flowers and
people are like, wow, how'd you do that?
So either way, a win-win scenario.
One of the other things that was sort of a last minute thing was our wardrobe.
We decided to wear these Letterman jackets that we had made with the JB crest, the new
crest.
And then our names on the back and certain numbers.
I just went with my, like my birthday, I didn't know we were going with, like, you guys went
with.
Well, everyone thinks that they're Easter eggs for something.
And listen, they may be.
Oh.
You went with your birthday, Joe?
That was what you did?
Yeah.
That makes sense.
I see Joe's playing the game of he's making you think it was a nonchalant, inconsequential
thing.
But in fact.
They could, they could mean something.
It could mean something special.
Just, we'll do some, we'll put it somehow into the next album rollout.
You'll never know.
Yep.
We'll figure it out.
Yeah.
Exactly.
We're going to be selling the jackets though.
That's one thing.
We are making our own version to sell to the fans.
We can show up at the shows.
Of the Letterman jackets?
Yeah.
That's great.
Which is sort of a response to the reaction to them.
Yeah.
I think we should bring them as part of the looks in the upcoming tour as well.
We'll do the suits.
Literally just text about that with the team.
I love that.
Look at us.
Kevin doesn't read my texts when I send them.
He has you on mute.
I was getting, I was actually preparing, to be honest, I was preparing dinner for tonight.
Are you making your famous steak and stuff?
I am literally doing the full thing.
It's prepped upstairs.
So I'm doing that.
The girls were like, dad, you're home for two nights and would you please make your
steak?
So I was like, yes.
You've gone for two nights because you're going where?
We are going to celebrate two people that I love very dearly's birthdays, Nick Jonas
and my wife, Danielle Jonas.
Nice.
It's pretty wild.
So this will be your, it's like 16 bedrooms.
It's something crazy like that.
Yeah.
Wow.
Got a lazy river in it, doesn't it?
It's got a lazy river.
Wow.
That's cool.
You got to post a lot, Kev.
Lots of posts.
I'm going to post.
The people need to see what we got going on at the house.
I will post continuously.
Do a walkthrough.
Do a MTV Cribs.
So here's the thing.
We all leave tomorrow.
We got a little mini vacation, um, Danny's birthday, my birthday following this week.
And so it's really nice for us all to kind of have a little break together before we
go off and start this tour, which begins in days, mere days.
It's the second time during this podcast in the last five minutes I've said mere something.
So nice.
Mirrors.
A cool word.
Clock it.
Um, we start the tour in a few days.
That's right.
We've got, uh, an incredible kind of group of, of support acts that are coming out with
us.
We've got, I can't announce today.
Some extras.
Yeah.
It's great.
We just announced, uh, Jamie Miller.
Just got a massive hit right now with baby dolls coming out on the tour for, I think
your stops.
Um, it'll be so fun to have him out there.
Massive fan of his voice in this song.
You can do the dance.
Huge.
Uh, I think, I think we should, we should talk about that offline and see if we're ready
for it.
Um, of course we have Franklin Jonas, our dearly beloved brother who I had a funny
dream about last night.
I'll tell you about offline as well.
And Mike DeLisa, the DJ DeLisa and, uh, our, our, I can't say favorite, but our, our, our
new friend and, um, you know, someone we're so thrilled it's going to be on this tour
with us.
Uh, his, his first arena tour, um, he's having a crazy moment blowing up all over the world,
starting with, uh, two podcasts, one in Australia, one here in the U S that went viral viral
moments.
And then, uh, his music is starting to just absolutely blow up and, and he's just going
to be a massive star in a matter of mere minutes.
Um, but he's kicking off with us on this tour, uh, supporting us on, on many, many dates.
And he's actually here today.
Our guest, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Magnus Farrell.
We're so happy to have you in the pod today.
Thank you for coming this way.
Yeah.
I'm so happy to be here.
Yes.
Oh, where's Kevin Jonas?
He's not currently with us.
He's making steaks for his family.
Oh, are they on the grill right now?
They're not on the grill.
They're prepping.
I, uh, I fully seasoned and got everything sorted and it's just waiting for us to be,
uh, done talking Magnus, very like at a college level, although you know what college cooking
is such a thing.
I feel like what's what we should go to in college then just like really unseasoned eggs
scrambled.
Yeah.
That's pretty much what I had in mind.
Um, you are coming on tour with us.
I am very excited about, uh, we, we first came to know you and meet you on the set of
our Christmas film.
Yes.
I feel like we might've met though before that at some point, probably when you were
young, much younger.
Yeah.
Oh really?
Yeah.
Oh, when I was like a little kid.
I think so.
Huh?
Yeah.
Are you just making that up?
Was it believable?
Did I do a good job?
No, I probably, I just don't.
I don't know.
I feel like we met, we've met the family many times.
So I feel like we've crossed paths.
My backstory is that I had actually, I had Shabbat dinner with, with your parents, some
friends of ours.
It was really nice thing for me to go and, and your parents are talking about your music
and all this stuff.
And then a couple of weeks later I heard some of the music and, and I think it was like
a month after that you guys were on set for the movie.
And for those that don't know, at the beginning of the Christmas movie, um, Magnus's family
is coming to our show and you've got two brothers as well.
So it was a really nice, fun thing.
The synergy of like, you know, the three brothers there, three brothers there.
And it's a hilarious scene that kicked off the movie in the best way possible.
And then soon after that, um, you know, we connected, listened to some of the music and,
and it worked out to have you join me on, on my tour that I did a couple months ago.
I forgot you guys did that.
That was fun.
Yeah.
Let's talk about what's happened in your life in like the last couple of months.
Cause it's pretty mind blowing.
So you've got two viral moments right between this, this podcast in New Zealand or Australia.
Okay.
And then one here in the U S that blew up.
Um, and what's so great about this is that it, it, it's moments like these where you
kind of least expect things to pop off where now audiences can be, can be reached in so
many different ways.
And I think it was within days after that the streams blew up the, you know, the, everything
just happened for you.
And we're, we couldn't be more excited and thrilled for you.
What's this kind of meteoric rise been like here in the last couple of weeks?
I mean, it's just like, it's kind of like what you said, like if I had told myself a
year ago that a podcast with Michelle Obama was the reason why all the music stuff worked
out, I probably like, I would have slapped myself in the face, but no, it's just so cool
that, that, uh, the internet can kind of have that effect and like have that impact
on my career.
And it's insane how much everything's changed and here we are.
And I don't know, it's like everything, all my dreams have come true.
So super sick.
Yeah.
That's so great.
And this will be your first proper tour.
Yeah.
Like my first proper, proper tour.
Yeah.
So what are you doing to prepare?
Oh, I'm excited.
Yeah.
Not the boring stuff like rehearsals.
Yeah.
Like what have you been doing?
Like the packing, what's going on there?
Are we, are we aware of bus rules?
What's the...
Wait, wait, wait.
No, I don't know the bus rules yet.
What are the rules?
Give me some comments.
Oh, there's a couple of bus rules.
We have a fun game.
We got bus rules.
How many people are we talking about on the bus right now?
How many people?
I know it fits 12.
It fits 12.
Legally.
That doesn't always mean you need 12.
Right.
But I, I might have, it might have to.
And question, have you, have you toured on a tour bus before?
No.
Okay.
So it's, it's a first.
Okay.
Breaking it down for you.
There's front lounge and there's back lounge typically.
Unless you get a bed and there's like a primary space for, are you going to do the better you
new bunk?
You're about six, three, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
You're going to go.
We're going to put you in a bed.
Okay.
You're the...
You might not have that opportunity.
I don't think that's...
You might not have the opportunity.
You might need all the bunks for the crew and the band.
I'm okay with being in bunk Ellie.
Bunks is the vibe in general.
I will say you sleep better in a bunk than you do in a bed.
I will say.
Yeah, I agree.
Our friend Marshmello, he had a tough time on the tour.
He was like, how are you guys doing this?
And we're like, we just opt for the bunk.
The Jonas brothers are unlike the Farrell brothers in that we are vertically challenged.
And so the bus is very comfortable for us.
It might not be.
You guys know I'm shorter than all my younger brothers now?
I'm shorter than them now.
Well, your parents are pretty tall.
You're shorter than them now.
So it makes sense.
Were you taller than them?
I was at least taller than the youngest one.
Now he's...
That's kind of what we're dealing with with our younger brother.
Yeah.
He's just kind of bigger than us.
Damn.
So you literally look up to them now?
Yeah.
Are they pumped for you?
I mean...
Yeah, they're excited.
They're excited.
What are your brothers into?
Matias is...
He just finished his first acting role, like lead acting role.
And that's...
I don't know when it comes out, but he's in a movie, which is super cool.
I'm super excited for him.
That's awesome.
He's also like balancing school and college.
He's a sophomore in college, doing all that.
That's huge.
And then Axel, dude, he's like, he's now like 6'5 and is a hooper.
I've thrown him lobs.
Wow.
Dude, I've never thrown or caught a lob in my life.
No way.
Damn.
That's impressive.
Okay.
Back to bus rules.
Yes.
Thank you for the updates and shout out to the bros.
You guys are awesome.
Congrats on everything.
Matias Axel.
Okay.
Congrats on the lobs.
These are some tour bus do's and don'ts.
Some of them seem pretty obvious and the answer will just be, yeah, you should do that or
not.
And we're here to provide any advice.
Great.
Please.
We have done this many times.
And there's always stories involved.
Yes.
There's always stories.
Yes.
So number one, eating someone else.
Oh, hold on.
I got a soundbite for this.
Yeah.
Number one would be eating someone else's food if it's not yours or if you, and there's
a guy JT's in the other room and he's, the reason he's not in this room right now is
because he did this and did this.
He did do this.
He was put in bus court.
So, so here's the background.
The question actually is eating someone else's bus food.
The distinction is that after a show, your tour manager will get bus food and it's you
order from any, you know, Chili's or Applebee's or Buffalo Wild Wings, whatever fried location
they have shows up in bags on the tour bus.
Do you have any dietary restrictions?
Penicillin.
Me too, bro.
You guys are penicillin brothers.
No way.
Amoxicillin as well.
Do you get the spots?
I get the thing where your throat closes up and you can't breathe.
No, no, no.
I just got that.
I get the thing where I die.
So mine's not as bad.
Yeah.
And shellfish.
No.
Yeah.
I mean, everyone's like, Oh no, I'm so sorry.
I'm like, I don't know.
I don't know what that's like.
So I can't feel bad for me.
It's okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
You know, you've had shellfish before.
That's how you found out you were allergic.
Oh yeah.
So like, you know what it's like.
But I don't really remember it now.
You know, it's been so long.
It's been so long.
Okay.
Eating someone else's bus food.
Even if it, uh, even if yours didn't make it or if you leave it out, that doesn't necessarily
exactly.
Is this like a labeling thing?
No.
Yeah.
There's a label on the food.
Unless you get pizza.
That's fine.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Community food.
Um, but okay.
Next one.
Rules when a wife or girlfriend is on the tour bus.
Oh, that's great.
Oh, this is like conversation.
This is more like what?
It has to be established.
Right.
Okay.
It's kind of two sounds.
This one and this one.
Wife or girlfriend or boyfriend or husband as well.
Yeah.
Totally.
And partner.
I feel like it's a lot of common sense stuff.
No?
Kind of need to.
Yeah.
But people don't always think.
True.
Can I hear it?
I'm kind of lost.
I don't really know what the rule is here.
What do we, what's the rules?
The rules, you have to establish the rule.
Yeah.
I think it's an opinion.
It's more like an opinion.
First of all, it's your bus.
You're allowed to have a friend or not.
We're asking you, what's your, what's your take on this?
Do you think that everyone should present?
Hey, I'm going to have my partner, my person around for these dates.
And it's sort of like, yeah, cool.
Or is it like a, what's the vibes?
I feel like if you have any suspicion that inviting a friend or a partner is going to substantially
change the dynamic that you already have, then you just should not be.
They shouldn't be.
No.
One night stand on a tour bus.
Correct.
No.
I feel like.
If you're like, Hey Susie or Ricardo is going to stop by.
Is that cool?
What are these names?
I don't know.
These are my fictional characters and they're both gorgeous.
It's like sitcom stars.
They're going to come by and be like, Oh, we love them.
Yeah, of course.
But if it's like, I just met somebody that's not the vibe.
No.
Okay.
Solving the snoring problem.
If someone, if someone in the bus, one of the 12 people in the bunks.
I thought about this.
I was thinking about this.
How do you do it?
I think it's solid.
A solid like joke combo being like Magnus.
Wow.
That nose works.
You were shaking the bus.
Yeah.
Like, wow.
The bus wasn't even on.
If it's your boy and you're on a tour bus, you can like make a joke.
Just shame him.
Yeah.
Shame.
Or just be like, guys, I get everybody a tour gift and you got everybody.
Anti-snoring.
Whatever.
What's the, what's the sleep thing?
Breathe right.
I had a, I had a method.
Let's hear it.
It's kind of bad, but like me and my brother used to share a room and he used to snore.
I used to just take his face and like shake his face and it worked every time.
Oh, there you go.
Yeah.
Well, I like that.
It's an option.
And he didn't, he never knew.
He never knew.
Yeah.
Oh, this is, this is probably the number one rule.
Number one.
Yes.
Or number three.
I've heard about this one.
Yeah.
You don't want to do that.
Yeah.
Unless the bus driver tells you it's fine.
Which is.
Because it might have a grinder.
I didn't tell you that.
They did once to me.
I was like, look at him.
I was like, you're trying to test me.
Yeah.
Number two is not allowed on the bus.
And for those that are, are the listener at home or wherever they, I always say at home.
Yeah.
I'm assuming they listen to this at home.
Yeah.
They're just sat on the couch listening to it.
Oh, at the gym.
At the gym is good.
The reason why is because you're all in a moving vehicle essentially and the pipes are
tight.
Well, there's no pipes.
It's a collection container.
I think like it just sits in this container.
And then they dump it out.
And then smell into the bus that everyone's living in.
We, the family went on an RV trip in a cruise America.
Oh, fun.
Oh, how was that?
It was like five of us and we all had to, but that was also our rule.
And did you, did, did you follow this rule or I was like, I was the one to establish
that rule.
I did not let anybody smart.
Yeah.
Well, there you go.
Yeah.
He's got a smell.
Nice together.
We had, um, I would bring, I brought incense on the last tour.
That was helpful.
Nice.
You got to be careful where you put it.
Cause it's, it's a flammable.
Yeah.
Next one is partying in the bus.
What are the rules of someone in sleeping?
Look, if they're sleeping, that's their choice.
Just make sure the sliding doors are closed.
Oh, there's sliding doors to them.
Yeah.
There's usually automatic sliding doors and you can separate the bunks to the hang,
but it's kind of classy.
Just like, don't it's classless.
Another word would be when you leave it open, when people are sleeping,
you just gotta, if you guys are hanging in the front, you gotta close it.
You gotta close it down.
Usually the crew too.
Also, is it pretty, is it pretty sound proof?
Oh yeah.
Oh wow.
And especially cause there's this low hum of the generator as it's driving.
And you kind of get swayed.
It's fantastic.
That's the end of our game.
Do's and don'ts.
It's more of a conversation.
I learned so much.
You mentioned your family.
Now your father is Will Ferrell.
Yes.
He's one of our favorite actors of all time and come to be one of our favorite people
that we've had the pleasure of now working with.
Totally.
And getting to hang with.
Yeah.
Your family is planning on attending some of these shows?
Yes.
Okay.
That's great.
Great to hear.
So we're going to see them there.
And you mentioned the clip with Michelle Obama, which went viral.
Your dad very proudly, has a bunch of dads.
It really touched my heart, I'm sure it did with you guys.
But proudly showing Mrs. Obama your music.
And that was one of the moments that really kind of kicked things off.
Now I know that at a few different points in interviews and other places,
you've actually embraced the quote Nepo baby title,
which I think has been a really graceful way to handle it
when so many sort of try to avoid it.
It is a fact that your dad is who he is,
but it certainly doesn't define who you are as a musician
and hasn't been the charge or the thing that's leading it.
What's that been like for you to sort of navigate that conversation?
And as you're coming into this massive success now,
having your family a part of that?
I think that's all people really want when these situations come about
is just to acknowledge and then move on.
That's kind of all, that's all it is.
And anybody who still has an issue, they kind of just,
I just don't think they know and they haven't taken the time
to like look in and like do the research.
So I mean, it's pretty simple to just, yeah, this is, he's my dad, whatever.
Like this is the music I make.
And I think like if it was bad, like I wouldn't be here.
It is your fault, that is your parents.
Correct.
But the entertainment genes go back a lot further,
which is part of the thing.
Your grandfather is a jazz musician?
Yeah, dude, Lee Farrell.
He played with the Righteous Brothers.
Wow.
So sick.
Yeah.
That's amazing.
And so growing up, were you listening to him play?
Were you playing with him or?
Yeah, he would like, well, it was just little things.
He would just turn on the organ and be like, go mess with it.
And I'd be messing with it and doing stuff.
And like, then he'd come in and show me some stuff
and then leave the room.
And then as I got older and I was playing more piano,
then like we'd be like, yeah, let's play blues.
And then he'd play the left hand, I'd play the right hand.
And then when there were some weddings,
like I got to play and sing with him and he'd play saxophone.
And it just like little moments where.
Wow, that's incredible.
But it was always natural and it was like just fun.
And I think that was kind of his plan.
Like he was introducing the music in such a wholesome way.
That's amazing.
So that leads me to the next question.
Who are some of your favorite musicians?
Are there jazz influence, blues influence as well?
Yeah, I mean, when I was in jazz band in high school,
we were doing a lot of like transcription stuff.
So I was like listening to Oscar Peterson
and like transcribing Bill Evans stuff and Miles Davis.
And then that turned into, I also had this weird complex
where I didn't want to listen to popular music
because I wanted to be niche.
I needed to be niche.
So like that turned into like Bruno Major
and all this like R&B, like Mac Ayers was like my ----.
Mac's amazing.
And then, yeah, then that developed into like, wait,
I like Quincy Jones that he made pop music.
So then Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson,
all like the pop music and seeing the through line
on how everybody's influences are just like within their music
and as that develops and how everything's connected.
And here we are.
Yeah, I feel like there's always that time.
There's always that time in like, I guess, high school for us,
like where you're just like, no,
I don't want to listen to music that's popular.
My stuff is-
I don't listen to the radio.
They're not sellouts.
Kevin and I would always listen to go to these punk rock shows
when we were like so proud of these bands
that we saw in this small venue.
Not realizing when we started playing in those small venues,
like, yeah, but you know,
it's nice playing in a little bigger venue.
But also like the idea that more people listen to your music
and consuming it and it's part of their story
and what they're going through.
Like that's the dream, right?
Right.
And like when you think about it,
like pop music is literally just pop music.
You can define it and make it whatever you want
as long as it ends up appealing to a mass of human beings.
Yeah.
So it kind of doesn't matter.
It's like whatever.
Which is what's happening right now with the sleep talking,
which is blowing up.
And it's been compared by a lot to people like Timberlake
and Robin Thicke.
Music that was a big influence on me too.
My solo stuff.
And what does that comparison feel like?
To have people calling out not just your voice,
but the sounds, the music.
There's obviously a real R&B sense behind it.
And the blues background, jazz background makes sense.
No, I mean, it's flattering.
I mean, that's the stuff that was on the radio
when I was like going to school
and like listening to stuff with my family in the car.
And I don't know.
It's like they're weirdly,
I feel like there would be pressure,
but I don't feel like there is
just because it's stuff I like to make.
And as long as I'm making stuff I enjoyed listening to,
then that's kind of all that matters.
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but you made a lot of this stuff,
was it in Sweden or you speak Swedish?
I speak Swedish, yes.
You speak Swedish, right.
I made some of it in Sweden.
Okay.
I remember like a while back you were out there.
Your mom is Swedish
and you guys go pretty much every summer, right?
Every summer, yep.
That's so cool.
Summers in Sweden are magical.
You guys got to pull out, bro.
By the way, the thing that I love about it
is that the days never end.
I mean, it's like you'll be at dinner at nine
and the sun's still out and then at 11 or 12,
it like just kind of dips around the horizon.
And it comes back at 3.45 in the morning.
Yeah, it's pretty wild.
I've had a few late nights there
and I was there for,
there's fantastic songwriters in Sweden.
Yeah.
And you go do these recording sessions
and then it's like you wrap,
like we wrapped at like 10 or 11
and they're like, all right, let's go to dinner.
And I was like, okay, sun's up.
Cause I'm like, I don't know.
And then we went to a bar and then I went to a club
and we left and the sun was still up
and that's tough on my brain.
A never ending midnight sun.
And everyone's beautiful.
And they're also just so jolly.
They're so jolly that it's summer and the sun is out
because the winters are brutal.
Yeah, it's brutal.
Like dark at 2.45 PM.
Yes, yes.
So pick the, if you can choose, go in summer.
Agreed, agreed.
Is there a city on the run
that you're looking forward to playing?
Yeah, like Atlanta.
Why Atlanta?
I've been there once
and I wish I could have spent more time there.
Yeah, it's a great city.
I think it's like a really underrated music city.
I mean, it's not underrated,
but I'd like, I feel like you think about LA and Nashville.
Right.
And then Atlanta.
That came from Atlanta.
Especially the style of music that you're going for.
Yeah.
It's exciting.
It's so fun.
I'm so pumped, guys.
Boston is one of my favorite cities to play.
Yeah.
We kick off the tour there.
Oh my God.
I'm very excited for that.
And you also have an EP coming out the same week.
It's a huge week for you.
Yeah, it's going to be fun.
Big week.
They're going to keep you busy.
How come you like Boston so much?
We just have a history of playing shows there in the early days,
because it was driving distance.
So we could get in the van and trailer with the band
and go up the East Coast and play basically school auditoriums
all throughout New England and the Tri-State area.
And it just became a really great foundation for us with our fans.
And we've had so many great memories playing the TD Garden, Fenway.
Wow.
And it's just kind of a magical spot for us.
And to kick off the tour proper part there is, I think,
going to be the perfect place for it.
It's going to be so sick.
We are days away from beginning.
Yeah.
What are you doing for your last minute prep?
You've got to get your stuff all ready.
You've got to close up the house a little bit.
What are you doing at this moment to get to prep?
Got a bunch of, like, so many vocal items that I didn't even know
I would ever need that I'm going to get a little bag for.
Oh, nice.
Like a nebulizer and, like, cough drops and, like, throat coat.
Manuka honey drops.
What are the drops that you guys do?
I don't know.
I feel like it's secret.
Yeah, Nick's got some super drops.
I don't know.
It could just be a placebo thing because he's like,
It's real.
Whatever it is, it works.
You guys sound great.
Especially when you're, like, vocally tired.
Also, the tough thing is, like, every show feels like a celebration.
So you want to go have a, whether you drink or not,
but you want to go hang out and celebrate,
have a drink with your band or you're wide awake after a show.
Obviously, you're familiar.
But then you're like, Oh, I have a show tomorrow.
And you wake up and you're like, Oh, my voice is a little tired.
What do I do?
And then you're kind of just stressing.
And Nick's like, Here's this magic drops.
And I'm like, I can sing again.
They are incredible.
One of my co-stars from this Bravo show that I did last year,
great singer, she was like, Oh, I've got the tricks.
We had an early morning performance coming up.
So we finished the show at 11 p.m. or 1030 or something that night.
Had to be up at 3.30 to go sing on the Today Show.
And this show is a very challenging show to sing for me.
And so they're all natural drops that I'll send to you.
I'll shoot you a text.
And this episode is brought to you by...
It's just great.
It's got, like, a bunch of natural ingredients in there
that help open up your voice, make you feel amazing.
It might be a placebo thing, but I think it does work.
Yeah, it does.
Okay, so we're days out.
You've got your drops and your cough drops and other things.
What is something about this tour that you feel like
you're feeling a touch of anxiety about?
And as veterans here, we'd love to be able to help.
Laundry, laundry, laundry, laundry.
I've been thinking about that.
Smart.
Yeah, that is a tough thing.
However, there are these...
I've got another product plug, but it's not a product plug.
Please, please.
There's these laundry bags on Amazon that are...
They've got, like, a scent-proof thing.
You throw it in there, you close it up, no smell.
Wow.
Do you enjoy doing laundry?
No, I'm, like, so ADHD.
I'm a guy who will put it in the wash and forget that it's in the wash
and then it smells worse than it did before
because it was wet for six hours.
Sometimes the simple luxuries on tour, like doing laundry,
can be tough, right?
Yeah.
So willing to pay a little bit to have it washed
and then brought back to you might just be worth it sometimes.
Yeah.
There's also washing dryers in the venues.
Ah.
Because there's washing dryers in the venues.
Oh.
Yeah.
All right, we've got some questions from our lovely Hey Jonas listeners.
This is what people want to know.
The first is, what was movie night like in the Ferris house growing up?
What classics of your dad's did you and the brothers watch and rewatch?
Or not watch because you're like, we don't watch our dad's work.
We never would watch his stuff.
He feels like weird.
Like, I was talking to him about this the other day,
and I was like, well, how do you,
is there ever a point where you, like, watched a full movie
and you didn't have any, like, criticism about yourself?
And he's like, oh, my God, still to this day,
like, he'll look at himself in a cut and be like, man,
I hate my double chin there.
Like, why did they choose this shot out of all the shots?
And so, yeah, I think that's kind of the reason.
We watched a lot of, like, old classic movies.
He'd, like, make us sit down and, like, train our attention spans
through, like, an Alfred Hitchcock, you know,
whatever that is, through the rear view miniseries.
I remember that one.
And, like, just old classics.
He loves his, like, Chevy Chase movies and whatnot.
But that's kind of what it looked like.
Okay, let's see what else we got.
Your dad has said that he loves to prank you guys.
Yeah.
Among you and your brothers, who is the best prankster?
Hmm.
I mean, you shaking your brother's head when they're snoring is pretty
prank level.
Matias is pretty good.
He, like, okay, for example, last night, he was there at the show.
I can see him in the way back.
And he's, like, pulling up photos of me,
trying to get me to crack on stage.
Like, horrendous pixelated, like, 540D.
You know your brother's stuff right there.
And then, like, on some hits, he knows the hits well enough that
he starts, like, conducting with his hands.
And he's, like, this Goliath of a man standing on the chair.
Like, that's the type of ---- he'll do to me,
just to try and make me laugh.
So, Matias is, yeah.
You need people like that around.
That's great.
Also, we got to say congrats on your VMA nomination.
Yes, of course.
I appreciate it.
As we wrap things up here with Chris Magnus.
That's a huge moment.
Yeah.
And are you going to be able to go to the show?
Yeah.
No, I'll be there.
Okay, good.
Great.
Best of luck.
It's a great night.
You have a great time.
It's going to be fun.
This is a bowl of questions.
They have nothing to do with you or your career.
But they're just random.
But we'd love for you to answer some.
Oh, I love this.
I've seen this.
You guys are, like, covering your face with this.
Yeah, most recently.
I'm tapping in.
I'm tapping in, bro.
Respect.
You are.
You're wired in.
Wired.
If you ever had to enter a competitive eating contest,
what food would guarantee your victory?
Whoa.
Nice.
Can I, like, be on an empty stomach?
Like, I'm hungry.
I'm, like, really hungry.
You're going into competition prep.
Like, California rolls.
Like, sushi California rolls.
California rolls?
Yeah, it's kind of basic.
But, like, it's a guilty pleasure, bro.
I would eat.
From where?
Yume.
You heard it?
Yume.
On Ventura.
Yume.
Shout out.
He wants unlimited California rolls.
California card for life.
Don't.
I would not hate it if you sent me just boxes of California rolls.
There you go.
Opening night gift.
Sorted.
We're so happy to have you on the tour.
We're thrilled you came on the podcast today.
It's going to be a blast.
We're so excited.
We'll see you in a couple days.
Yeah.