YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT THE FILM AND SCREENINGS AT THE FILM AND SCREENINGS AT RAISING LIBERTY SQUARE DOG. RAISING LIBERTY SQUARE DOG. >> IT'S A FIRST OF ITS KIND >> IT'S A FIRST OF ITS KIND SINGING COMPETITION. SINGING COMPETITION. AUDIBLE'S BREAKTHROUGH HAS AUDIBLE'S BREAKTHROUGH HAS BURST ONTO THE SCENE WITH THE BURST ONTO THE SCENE WITH THE FIRST EVER AUDIO ONLY SERIES FIRST EVER AUDIO ONLY SERIES THAT INVITES LISTENERS ON A THAT INVITES LISTENERS ON A JOURNEY THAT DOESN'T MATTER JOURNEY THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, JUST WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, JUST HOW YOU SOUND. HOW YOU SOUND. >> LET'S LISTEN. >> LET'S LISTEN. >> TAI HERNANDEZ. >> TAI HERNANDEZ. IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE TALKING IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE TALKING TO YOURSELF LIKE AS IF YOU WERE TO YOURSELF LIKE AS IF YOU WERE IN A MIRROR. IN A MIRROR. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> YEAH, YEAH. I FELT THAT SAME EXPERIENCE OF I FELT THAT SAME EXPERIENCE OF IT. IT. >> I FELT LIKE A PRAYER. >> I FELT LIKE A PRAYER. >> OUR OWN LINSEY DAVIS SAT >> OUR OWN LINSEY DAVIS SAT DOWN WITH FOUR TIME GRAMMY DOWN WITH FOUR TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER SONGWRITER AWARD WINNING SINGER SONGWRITER AND ACTRESS KELLY ROWLAND AND ACTRESS KELLY ROWLAND TO DISCUSS HER ROLE AS A JUDGE TO DISCUSS HER ROLE AS A JUDGE AND MENT AND MENTOR ON THE SERIE TO DISCUSS HER ROLE AS A JUDGE AND MENT AND MENTOR ON THE SERI, AND MENT AND MENTOR ON THE SERI, RIGHT ALONGSIDE GRAMMY WINNER RIGHT ALONGSIDE GRAMMY WINNER SARA BARLAS AND GRAMMY AND TONY SARA BARLAS AND GRAMMY AND TONY WINNING HOST DAVID DIG'S FIRST WINNING HOST DAVID DIG'S FIRST SINGING COMPETITION EVER FOR SINGING COMPETITION EVER FOR A PODCAST. A PODCAST. WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THIS WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THIS PROJECT ? PROJECT ? EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID . EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID . THE FIRST SINGING COMPETITION THE FIRST SINGING COMPETITION ON A PODCAST. ON A PODCAST. IT WAS SO COOL HOW THIS HAS IT WAS SO COOL HOW THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE AND THE WHOLE NEVER BEEN DONE AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF IT. IDEA OF IT. SARAH BOREALIS, OF COURSE, SARAH BOREALIS, OF COURSE, IS ALONG ON THE RIDE WITH ME IS ALONG ON THE RIDE WITH ME AND DAVEED DIGGS. AND DAVEED DIGGS. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. IT WAS GETTING TO KNOW THESE IT WAS GETTING TO KNOW THESE CONTESTANTS AND NOT NECESSARILY CONTESTANTS AND NOT NECESSARILY JUDGING THEM AS MUCH AS IT WAS JUDGING THEM AS MUCH AS IT WAS MENTORING THEM. MENTORING THEM. AND EACH WEEK GOING THROUGH AND EACH WEEK GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND SEEING DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND SEEING HOW THEY COME OUT AND AS HOW THEY COME OUT AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT LEFT YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT LEFT YOU WITH A LOT OF IMAGINATION YOU WITH A LOT OF IMAGINATION AND WONDERING WHAT THEY LOOK AND WONDERING WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. LIKE. >> I CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE, BUT >> I CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I JUST MET YOU . I FEEL LIKE I JUST MET YOU . >> DOES IT MAKE YOU MORE INTO >> DOES IT MAKE YOU MORE INTO ONE WITH EVERY NOTE ONE WITH EVERY NOTE AND DELIVERY BECAUSE YOU DON'T AND DELIVERY BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE EYE CANDY AND THE HAVE THE EYE CANDY AND THE DISTRACTION? DISTRACTION? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND THE MOST INTERESTING THING AND THE MOST INTERESTING THING TO ME IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TO ME IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DISTRACTIONS, NO LIGHTS, NO DISTRACTIONS, NO LIGHTS, NO CAMERAS, NO THIS OR THAT, NOR CAMERAS, NO THIS OR THAT, NOR ANYTHING. ANYTHING. >> IT'S JUST LISTENING FOR. >> IT'S JUST LISTENING FOR. >> MY GOODNESS. >> MY GOODNESS. YES. YES. IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE TALKING IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE TALKING YOURSELF LIKE AS IF YOU WERE IN YOURSELF LIKE AS IF YOU WERE IN THE MIRROR. THE MIRROR. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. YEAH, I FELT THAT I HAD THAT YEAH, I FELT THAT I HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE, BUT IT FELT SAME EXPERIENCE, BUT IT FELT LIKE A PRAYER. LIKE A PRAYER. >> HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT >> HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN BEING DISTINCTION BETWEEN BEING MORE OF A MENTOR THAN A JUDGE? MORE OF A MENTOR THAN A JUDGE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END, YOU'RE NOT JUST LIKE THIS WAS YOU'RE NOT JUST LIKE THIS WAS GREAT AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW GREAT AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHAT I MEAN? AND YOU'RE NOT, LIKE, BADGERING AND YOU'RE NOT, LIKE, BADGERING THEM AS MUCH AS YOU ARE. THEM AS MUCH AS YOU ARE. WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF THIS WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF THIS SONG AND WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO SONG AND WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO IT? IT? AND IS THERE AN EMOTIONAL AND IS THERE AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO THIS SONG? CONNECTION TO THIS SONG? OR SOME OF THE OF COURSE, OR SOME OF THE OF COURSE, OUR ARTISTS ARE WRITERS. OUR ARTISTS ARE WRITERS. SO IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHERE DID SO IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS CONCEPT FROM? YOU GET THIS CONCEPT FROM? >> IT FEELS QUITE ANCESTRAL. >> IT FEELS QUITE ANCESTRAL. IT IT NEEDS TO BE ROOTED, WHICH IT IT NEEDS TO BE ROOTED, WHICH IS SIMPLE, SIMPLE ALUMS. IS SIMPLE, SIMPLE ALUMS. >> IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT >> IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE JUST GETTING TO KNOW ARE JUST GETTING TO KNOW THE ARTIST EVEN MORE THAN JUST THE ARTIST EVEN MORE THAN JUST SEEING THEM. SEEING THEM. DO YOU THINK THAT THIS RESULTS DO YOU THINK THAT THIS RESULTS IN A MORE PURE AND WHOLESOME IN A MORE PURE AND WHOLESOME FORM OF SUCCESS OR CELEBRITY? FORM OF SUCCESS OR CELEBRITY? BECAUSE OFTEN IT IS THE BECAUSE OFTEN IT IS THE PACKAGING. PACKAGING. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND CAN YOU DANCE AND HOW AND CAN YOU DANCE AND HOW YOU LOOK AND HOW YOUR BODY TYPE YOU LOOK AND HOW YOUR BODY TYPE AND ALL OF THAT? AND ALL OF THAT? AND THIS IS JUST TALENT. AND THIS IS JUST TALENT. THIS IS JUST TALENT. THIS IS JUST TALENT. AND I THINK IT'S A PLUS. AND I THINK IT'S A PLUS. I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S ALSO I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF SOMETHING THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO MORE OFTEN THAN PEOPLE DO MORE OFTEN THAN THEY REALIZE, BECAUSE IF THEY REALIZE, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE DISCOVERING MUSIC DISCOVERING MUSIC WITH STREAMING AND EVERYTHING, WITH STREAMING AND EVERYTHING, THEY PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ARTIST LOOKS LIKE. THE ARTIST LOOKS LIKE. THEY'RE LISTENING. THEY'RE LISTENING. IF THEY CATCH A VIBE, IF THEY CATCH A VIBE, THEY CATCH A VIBE. THEY CATCH A VIBE. THEY STREAM THE ARTISTS THEY STREAM THE ARTISTS AND THEY START TO FOLLOW THEM. AND THEY START TO FOLLOW THEM. THIS IS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY THIS IS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST KIND LEAN INTO THAT TO JUST KIND LEAN INTO THAT EVEN MORE WHEN IT COMES EVEN MORE WHEN IT COMES TO DISCOVERING THESE ARTISTS, TO DISCOVERING THESE ARTISTS, SOMEONE WILL LISTEN TO THE SHOW SOMEONE WILL LISTEN TO THE SHOW . . THEY'LL LEAN INTO ONE OF THEY'LL LEAN INTO ONE OF OUR ARTISTS AND WANT TO FOLLOW OUR ARTISTS AND WANT TO FOLLOW THEM, WANT TO FOLLOW THEM, WANT TO FOLLOW THEIR CAREERS AND WANT THEIR CAREERS AND WANT TO SUPPORT THEM. TO SUPPORT THEM. >> OH, CRAZY. >> OH, CRAZY. >> OVER. >> OVER. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU LITERALLY KEEP CLIMBING, YOU LITERALLY KEEP CLIMBING, YOU KEEP GROWING. YOU KEEP GROWING. THERE'S DESPERATION. THERE'S DESPERATION. >> I ASKED FOR SOMETHING IN >> I ASKED FOR SOMETHING IN THIS SONG. THIS SONG. >> YOU HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS >> YOU HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS OBVIOUSLY IN WHERE SO MANY OBVIOUSLY IN WHERE SO MANY DIFFERENT HATS. DIFFERENT HATS. >> IS MUSIC STILL YOUR PASSION. >> IS MUSIC STILL YOUR PASSION. YES. YES. LOVE MUSIC. LOVE MUSIC. >> IT'S WHY I'M TALKING TO YOU >> IT'S WHY I'M TALKING TO YOU TODAY WHEN YOU IMAGINE TODAY WHEN YOU IMAGINE YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT, YOUR BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT, WHAT'S THE MOMENT THAT WHAT'S THE MOMENT THAT YOU IMAGINE? YOU IMAGINE? I REMEMBER SINGING CLIMB EVERY I REMEMBER SINGING CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN AT SCHOOL AND I MOUNTAIN AT SCHOOL AND I REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE ON THIS STAGE. ON THIS STAGE. I REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE I REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO SING EVERY NOTE. TO SING EVERY NOTE. I REMEMBER WHAT THE AUDIENCE I REMEMBER WHAT THE AUDIENCE LOOKED LIKE. LOOKED LIKE. I REMEMBER SAYING TO MYSELF, I REMEMBER SAYING TO MYSELF, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. HOW OLD ARE YOU SAYING I WAS? HOW OLD ARE YOU SAYING I WAS? EIGHT , EIGHT OR NINE . EIGHT , EIGHT OR NINE . BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS WHEN BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS WHEN I SAW I KNOW I WANTED TO SING I SAW I KNOW I WANTED TO SING WHEN I SAW WHITNEY HOUSTON, WHEN I SAW WHITNEY HOUSTON, I KNEW THAT I HAD A VOICE AT I KNEW THAT I HAD A VOICE AT LIKE EIGHT OR NOT. LIKE EIGHT OR NOT. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE YOUR OWN MUSIC CAREER AND HELP YOUR OWN MUSIC CAREER AND HELP MENTOR AN UP AND COMING ARTIST? MENTOR AN UP AND COMING ARTIST? OH, MY GOODNESS. OH, MY GOODNESS. I THINK ABOUT THE MOMENTS I THINK ABOUT THE MOMENTS I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE PULLED ME TO THE SIDE AND SAID PULLED ME TO THE SIDE AND SAID ,TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS OR ,TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS OR THE ADVICE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE ADVICE I WOULD HAVE GIVEN MY YOUNGER SELF IF I WERE DOING MY YOUNGER SELF IF I WERE DOING SOMETHING LIKE BREAKTHROUGH SOMETHING LIKE BREAKTHROUGH OUTWORK EVERYBODY, OUTWORK OUTWORK EVERYBODY, OUTWORK EVERYBODY PUT IN THE WORK. EVERYBODY PUT IN THE WORK. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE FINALLY READY FOR THE PERFORMANCE, READY FOR THE PERFORMANCE, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. GO ABSOLUTELY HAND LIKE GO ABSOLUTELY HAND LIKE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU PERFORM I THINK THAT WHEN YOU PERFORM OR EVERY TIME YOU PERFORM, OR EVERY TIME YOU PERFORM, I KNOW I WAS TAUGHT EVEN AS A I KNOW I WAS TAUGHT EVEN AS A KID. KID. WHEN YOU PERFORM, YOU DO IT WHEN YOU PERFORM, YOU DO IT LIKE A SHOW LAST AND EVER. LIKE A SHOW LAST AND EVER. >> SO THAT WAY YOU GET >> SO THAT WAY YOU GET EVERYTHING OUT, YOU GET ALL OF EVERYTHING OUT, YOU GET ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT AND EVERYTHING THE EXCITEMENT AND EVERYTHING OUT. OUT. >> AND WHEN YOU COME OFF OF IT, >> AND WHEN YOU COME OFF OF IT, IT'S DIDN'T FEEL LIKE YOU GAVE IT'S DIDN'T FEEL LIKE YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL. IT YOUR ALL. >> YEAH, LIKE IT. >> YEAH, LIKE IT. BUT IT'S A PRIDE IN IT, BUT IT'S A PRIDE IN IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR IT. SO HARD FOR IT. SO I'D SAY GO HAND EVERYBODY. SO I'D SAY GO HAND EVERYBODY. I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW, LIKE I ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW, LIKE WHEN IS THE NEXT ALBUM GOING WHEN IS THE NEXT ALBUM GOING TO COME. TO COME. WHEN, WHEN CAN THEY EXPECT WHEN, WHEN CAN THEY EXPECT NEW MUSIC TO DROP SOON. NEW MUSIC TO DROP SOON. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY IS SOON THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY IS SOON IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE. IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE. IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE A RELEASE. A RELEASE. IT TO BE A SURPRISE. IT TO BE A SURPRISE. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ALREADY THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ALREADY LIKE I LIKE THE IDEA OF LIKE I LIKE THE IDEA OF SPONTANEITY AND MYSTERY WHEN IT SPONTANEITY AND MYSTERY WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC. COMES TO MUSIC. I REMEMBER ARTISTS RELEASING I REMEMBER ARTISTS RELEASING SONGS IN A TIME WHERE IT WAS SONGS IN A TIME WHERE IT WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY GOD, THE JOB JUST LIKE, OH MY GOD, THE JOB TOMORROW. TOMORROW. THAT'S THAT'S FUN. THAT'S THAT'S FUN. THAT'S EXCITING. THAT'S EXCITING. AND , YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. AND , YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. >> SO WHY NOT ONE LITTLE >> SO WHY NOT ONE LITTLE SURPRISE, SURPRISE MUSIC FROM SURPRISE, SURPRISE MUSIC FROM KELLY IS A WELCOME SURPRISE