Greyson Chance

Just waiting.

I'm waiting.

I'm Oliver Trevena here at the Four Seasons Ballroom.

I'm waiting outside the lines.

Grace VanderWaal, how are you?

I'm good.

Thank you so much for having me.

Thanks for coming.

I I saw his video.

If you haven't seen this video, um for starters, what rock have you been under?

Cause How many How many millions now have seen this?

It's uh 35 million.

Wow!

35.

You've been I mean it's been It's amazing.

35.

This video that you put up and you Facebook first.

I put it up on Facebook and then I put it up on YouTube and then within you know like two weeks, it was just.

And it's all happened so quick, a year ago.

I mean, you played one of Lady Gaga's songs and then a year later you're at the VMAs meeting her and hanging out and how how's it been this rollercoaster ride?

It's been it's been so crazy.

I learn something new every day about the music industry and I think people misinterpret it you know when they think of an artist, they think of you know somebody that goes to the studio, poses for pictures, it's an easy life and you know, it's really like a full time job and sometimes it can be really hard.

Yeah.

And then you worry about things, you know you wanna please your fans, you know you wanna please your label, you wanna please everybody and so sometimes it's hard but I'm so lucky and so blessed to be here and this is what I love to do.

Get rid of all the hesitation.

It's time for you to seize the day.

Who who who were your inspirations music-wise growing up?

You know, I uh Growing up still growing up.

Who were your Who Who are your inspirations?

Yeah right now it's uh I love Lady Gaga.

You know, expressions that she puts in her music and her stage performance and you know her outfits and everything you know, it goes to show how creative she is and how she's always thinking about new ideas and everything, so I find that very inspirational.

I love uh Amy Winehouse, I'm very addicted to her lately.

I think you know, the realness that she puts in her music.

I love old rock and roll, I love Kiss, Mötley Crüe, The Killers, uh Motley Crue.

Kiss.

All the rebels.

The Rolling Stones, I love The Stones.

I love old bands, I love The Beatles, John Lennon.

I love it.

13 years old and you know all these people.

That's absolutely crazy.

You gotta let your feet off the ground.

The time is now.

I'm waiting.

You're gonna teach me a little bit of piano, cause I wanna play like you.

Okay.

Let's see here.

Come on.

Shut up.

Hmm.

Let me see, alright.

You can rock out whenever you want to.

I wanna be able to do it too.

Okay.

Put your thumb here.

Okay.

So you're gonna go.

So thumb.

Okay.

No, that was wrong wasn't it?

It's this one.

I like I'm gonna leave it to you.

I'm leaving it to you.

You write your own music as well, and you're so young.

How old are you now?

I'm 13.

13 years old, when did you start playing the piano?

I started playing when I was about you know eight or nine and I used to put masking tape on the key so I know which key is which.

And your first single, "I Don't Know My Name".

"I Don't Know My Name."

Was that one you wrote yourself?

Outside the Lines.

I wrote Outside the Lines.

I love the lyrics and I loved everything that the song said.

So, I went in with the writer you know.

I didn't change a lot of the lyrics, I changed you know stuff in the melodies and you know, the instrumentation of it but I I fell in love with the lyrics, you know, how you gonna reach the top, they'll never enjoy your life.

I'll just sit back.

I I love that.

I think it's so powerful and I think it's so moving and uh what I think about when I write a song or when I sing a song, can somebody can my fans relate to this?

They know what this song is going through and I think that's really important when you're in the music industry today.

How grown up is this 13 year old.

I'm waiting.

Well, it's been an absolute pleasure to having you here.

Well, thank you so much man.

So nice to meet you too.

I'm hoping that he's gonna be around for a while because he's only 13 so probably another 30 years something like that.

30 80.

80.

Oh, I didn't mean obviously knocking your clogs.

I mean in the career you gotta take a bit of time off.

I'll be in a wheelchair in the studio.

I love that.

Look.

He's not going He's not going absolutely anywhere.