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BOYCOTTS AND QUARANTINE TO KEEP

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PLAYING.

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MANY SAY THEY SOUND BETTER THAN

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EVER.

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♪ GASLIGHTER ♪

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>> Reporter: THE CHICKS HAVE

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NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO SING WHAT’S

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ON THEIR MIND.

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♪ YOU BROKE ME ♪

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>> Reporter: WITH 33 MILLION

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RECORDS SOLD, THEY ARE ONE OF

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THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE BANDS
OF ALL TIME.

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OF ALL TIME.

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THE GROUP FEATURES NATALIE MAIN

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AND SISTERS NOW READY FOR THEIR

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COMEBACK.

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14 YEARS SINCE YOUR LAST STUDIO

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ALBUM.

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YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN

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SECRETLY PLAYING TOGETHER FOR

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THE LAST TWO DECADES.

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IS THAT TRUE?

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>> MAGIC OF THE STUDIO.

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YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME, PERFECT

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IT AND DO IT OVER AND OVER

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AGAIN.

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BUT WE

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>> BUT WE TOURED IN 2016.

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IT HELPS KEEP THE CREATIVITY

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GOING.

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>> Reporter: THE TRIO RECENTLY

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MAKING WAVES WITH NOT JUST THEIR

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MUSIC BUT THEIR NEW NAME.

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I READ YOU DROPPED DIXIE BECAUSE

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YOU WANTED TO MEET THIS MOMENT.

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>> WE’VE BEEN KICKING IT AROUND

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A LITTLE WHILE.

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FEELING A LITTLE UNEASY ABOUT

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DIXIE.

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WITH THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD

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AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER

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MOVEMENT, WELT HOW COULD WE NOT?

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♪ WIDE OPEN SPACES ♪

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>> Reporter: IT’S HARD TO

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BELIEVE IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO

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DECADES SINCE NATALIE MAINS

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SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT

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OF THE UNITED STATES.

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HER COMMENTS IGNITED A FIRE

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STORM OF CONTROVERSY.

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ONE OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP

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SELLING ACTS QUICKLY BECAME

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PARIAHS OVERNIGHT.

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RADIO STATIONS PULLED THEIR

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MUSIC, THEIR CONCERTS WERE

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BOYCOTTED, AND ALBUMS WERE

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DESTROYED.

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SOME REFER TO YOU AS THE FIRST

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VICTIMS OF THIS CANCEL CULTURAL

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MOVEMENT WE SEE SO PREVALENT

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TODAY.

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>> I THINK AS FAR AS THE

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INTERNET PLAYING A ROLE IN
CANCELING SOMEBODY, YES.

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CANCELING SOMEBODY, YES.

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BUT I ALSO THINK FOR US IT

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DIDN’T FEEL SO MUCH CANCELED.

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>> PLAYING GOOD MUSIC IS

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SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.

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WE LOST A CERTAIN CONTINGENCY,

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BUT OUR FANS WERE STILL THERE.

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I DON’T REGRET ANY OF IT, TO BE

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HONEST.

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>> YOU CAME BACK A FEW YEARS

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LATER SWEEPING THE GRAMMYS.

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YOU WERE ON A TEN YEAR BREAK.

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WHY?

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>> WE WERE TIRED.
WE HAVE NINE KIDS.

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WE HAVE NINE KIDS.

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>> BEING CANCELED IS EXHAUSTING.

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>> Reporter: THE CHICKS’ NEW

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ALBUM IS A NOD TO THEIR

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FAMILIES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND

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DIVORCE.

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>> I THINK DEFINITELY WHEN THEY

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WERE YOUNGER, THERE WASN’T THAT

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BALANCE.

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YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO BE THERE

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FULL-ON AS A PARENT AND AS A

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MOM.

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YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU GOT TO BE

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THERE.

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WHEN THEY GET TO BE TEENAGERS,

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YOU’RE LIKE WHO WANTS TO GO ON

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TOUR?

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WHO WANTS TO MAKE A RECORD?

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>> Reporter: NEVER SHYING AWAY

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FROM CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS, THE

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GROUP AGAIN TAKING ON CURRENT

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EVENTS.

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I LOVE THE QUOTE AT THE

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BEGINNING.

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IF YOUR VOICE HELD NO POWER,

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THEY WOULDN’T TRY TO SILENCE

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YOU.

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WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK THE ROLE

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AND THE POWER OF MUSIC IS TO

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SOCIETY RIGHT NOW?

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>> I THINK IT’S HUGE.

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I THINK PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING OUT

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MORE.

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PEOPLE WHO USED TO SORT OF DO

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THE, JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE, IT’S

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NOT MY JOB TO COMMENT, I’M JUST

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HERE TO ENTERTAIN.

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I THINK THOSE PEOPLE STARTING TO

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SPEAK OUT NOW AS WELL, I THINK

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THAT’S WHAT MUSIC IS FOR.

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>> Reporter: AS CRITICS CALL

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THIS ALBUM THE BAND’S BIG

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COMEBACK AND THEIR SONGS CLIMB

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THE CHARTS --

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♪ GOOD-BYE EARL ♪

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>> Reporter: -- THEY HAVEN’T

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FORGOTTEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP

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WITH COUNTRY MUSIC.

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>> I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC.

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>> WOULD YOU PERFORM THE CMAs?

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>> WE DID THE CMAs WITH BEYONCE.

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♪

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>> WE’LL ONLY DO IT WITH

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BEYONCE.

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THAT’S OUR RULE.

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>> Reporter: THE CMAs ASKED YOU

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TO DO "GASLIGHTER," WOULD YOU DO

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IT?

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>> YOU’RE JUST STIRRING UP.

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YOU’RE JUST TRYING --

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>> I’M NOT.

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I’M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

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YOUR AVENUE OF PROMOTION.

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>> WE DON’T CUT ANYBODY OUT OF

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ANYBODY, BUT NO WE WOULD NOT

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PERFORM "GASLIGHTER" ON THE

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CMAs.

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>> Reporter: THE CHEMISTRY

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BETWEEN THE THREE OF YOU IS SO

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PALPABLE.

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HOW HAS THIS RELATIONSHIP BEEN

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THIS SEEMINGLY PURE FOR SO LONG?

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ZBLIFL

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>> I FEEL LIKE WE’RE LIKE A LONG

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MARRIAGE.

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WE HAVE SUCH A HISTORY.

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I THINK ABOUT HOW YOUNG WE WERE

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WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER.

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>> YEAH.

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I FIND OUR FRIENDSHIP TO BE WAY

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EASIER THAN MARRIAGE.

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>> A LONG GOOD MARRIAGE.

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>> A LOT OF LAUGHS.

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>> YEAH.

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>> A LOT OF LAUGHS, GOOD TIMES,

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GOOD HANGS.

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THE ALBUM IS GREAT, BY THE WAY.

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THE CHICKS SAID THEY COMPLETELY

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CHANGED THE WAY IN WHICH THEY

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RECORDED AN ALBUM.

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THEY WOULD WRITE AHEAD OF TIME

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AND KNOCK THEM OUT.

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THEY DIDN’T DO THAT.

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THEY GOT A GREAT YOUNG PRODUCER

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FROM JERSEY, WORKED WITH JACK.

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WORKED A LOT OF THESE IN THE

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STUDIO.

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IF YOU’RE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT,

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THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH THE

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CHICKS IS UP AT TODAY.COM

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INCLUDING MORE ON THE WRITING

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PROCESS AND ALSO WE TALKED A LOT

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ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE

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CANCEL CULTURE.

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THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT

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BACK IN THE DAY.

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>> GOOD CHEMISTRY WITH ALL YOU

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GUYS.

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>> YEAH, IT WAS FUN.

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IT WAS A GOOD TALK.

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NICE TO TALK TO A BAND WHO

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SPEAKS THEIR MIND AND ANSWERS

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QUESTIONS WHEN YOU ASK THEM.

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>> ALSO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT THE

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CHANGING ROLE OF ART IN OUR

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WORLD.

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>> RIGHT.

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NATALIE SAID ARTISTS USED TO SAY

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WE’RE JUST HERE TO PLAY.

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THAT’S NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.

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AND IT’S PROBABLY A GOOD THING.

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>> NEVER HAPPENED WITH THE

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CHICKS.

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AND WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM

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THEM, ACTUALLY.

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THE MUSIC IS COMING UP IN JUST A