Hey guys, Nikki Novak here for Young Hollywood on the set of Kingdom. We are here to chat with the one and only, Nick Jonas.

Good to see you.

Good to see you. I'm buttering you up. And I even have a gift for you.

You do?

I do.

What do you have for me?

A little bird told me that you like cigars.

I love cigars.

I don't know if it's a good one though, Nick, cuz I don't know anything about cigars, and I went into a cigar shop and I it was there was so much smoke in there. Yeah. I smell like I've smelled like a cigar for 24 hours, so thank you. But this is because

This is a really good cigar. I like this cigar.

Is it? Well, the guy in the store, I said, well, here's my budget.

It's perfect. Thank you. We could light it together.

You could. But we probably shouldn't. Not, not in here. This is, you'd get in trouble on set. So this is because, and I'm sure you know this, America's Top 40, did you know about this record?

Well, which record? You're busy. You oh, you're busy so breaking so many records. No, I don't know about that.

So you and your brother are on the Top 40.

Oh, I saw that. Yes.

Nobody's done that since the Jacksons in 1984.

Yeah.

So, high five on that.

Thank you.

Pretty cool. Did you moonwalk in celebration? You wanna

No, we didn't moonwalk in celebration. But actually, that is really cool. My dad wrote us both and was like, was really proud, and it was a nice moment.

Favorite um, song of DNCE?

Favorite song of DNCE? Uh, I like Toothbrush a lot. I also like Cake by the Ocean.

So you do cake first and then you brush your teeth?

Yes, exactly.

That's good. You got some new stuff coming out.

I do. Yeah, I'm I'm finishing my record now. So, you know, shooting the show, doing radio shows at the moment, and uh, making my album. So, it's a little busy.

So, you're not busy at all. Not at all. You don't have you have so much time on your hands, so much free time to smoke cigars.

So much time.

The process of doing this one versus like the music you did a year ago, how have things sort of evolved for you?

Um, you know, I've been making the record over the course of of the last year. But but really feeling like in the last couple months, I've kind of zoned in on exactly what I want to talk about and what I want it to sound like as well. You know, it's been all about just getting real, getting honest, and and telling my stories in the best way I can. And uh, not being afraid of of saying how I really feel about situations and uh, knowing that, you know, anytime I've become more vulnerable in my music, it actually connects more with people. So,

What is it about that? Because Instagram, I'll post something and I'll have I'll be like, The more I cringe, the more people like it. Interesting. The more I feel like, oh my god, I've just revealed way too much about myself. Yeah. Have you had a moment like that?

Um, yeah, not on Instagram necessarily. The thing is,

I heard you hate running.

I do. I have a bad knee, that's why.

Oh, you do? But otherwise, you love it?

No. No, hey.

What is the most

Who told you I hate running? Did I say that?

I think it was on your Instagram.

Oh, all right. No, no, no.

I think I saw it in like 100 things. I love all my castmates. It's not I watched all 100. Oh, yeah. So, I know 100 things. I'm bad. That's why I'm about that. Never mind. Oh, really? So, what's the hardest you've been hit first of all?

I mean, I tell the real fighters that we've worked with on the show to really hit me, cuz I just think it always looks better when I watch back the fights. And also, it makes it feel more real in the moment, you know. So, I'm not taking full punches, but you know, I I really do take shots and um, all the, you know, the drops and the wrestling, everything's real. Uh, and I'm pretty aggressive with them. I think I kind of set the tone, you know, for what level of realness I want to go to.

So you hit as hard as you want to be hit back.

Exactly.

What would you say this show is a cross between?

Um, I think that the best description I've heard is, uh, Friday Night Lights meets, um, Warrior the movie with Tom Hardy, uh, about MMA, as well. Maybe Rocky. You know, there's elements of all that in here. But I think it really is very individual, as well. You know, there's not a show that I've seen on television like our show, which I think is something that sets us apart.

And then the last question I have before we wrap is, did you ever get your Yeezys? Cuz you Instagrammed something about Kim Kardashian. Your old friends. You put a throwback picture up. And that she never hooked you up with the Yeezys.

I never got them. That's okay.

I mean, your footwear is lovely. Thanks. But you know, the Yeezys would be How do not how do you not get a hook up?

I don't know, I just I wasn't that aggressive about getting it. Okay. I really didn't make a huge effort. It was kind of just was what it was. Right. You know, if it happened, it happened, if not, my life will go on.