Jenna Raine talks with Rolling Stone’s Ilana Woldenberg at the 2023 VMAs
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00:00 We are here with the one and only Jenna Rain.
00:02 How are you?
00:03 I'm so good.
00:04 I'm so excited to be here.
00:05 How are you?
00:06 Oh, no one's asked me.
00:07 I'm doing great.
00:08 I'm so happy to be talking to you.
00:10 You're like an angel on earth.
00:11 Thank you.
00:12 That's so kind.
00:13 I hear you just performed at the block party.
00:15 Yes, I did just perform at the block party.
00:17 What was that like?
00:18 A dream come true.
00:19 They had never done a block party before, so I was kind of like, what am I getting myself
00:23 into?
00:24 But it turned out so amazing.
00:25 I mean, the stage was a dream come true.
00:28 The crowd was so lovely and just so ready to be there and listen and jam out with me.
00:34 It was really cool.
00:35 It was such an amazing experience.
00:36 That's so exciting because I feel like that's what the VMAs are all about, is bringing music
00:41 to other people and connecting over it.
00:44 What are you most looking forward to this year?
00:46 Oh, gosh.
00:47 Like, just this year in general?
00:48 Oh, I guess that works, but also the VMAs.
00:50 The VMAs.
00:51 I was like, what?
00:52 I was like, that's a lot of questions.
00:53 I think I am most excited for the fact that all females are nominated for artists and
01:00 for, is it video of the year?
01:01 Which one is it?
01:02 Artist of the year, yeah.
01:03 Artist of the year.
01:04 I mean, the fact that that is even a thing is just so surreal to me.
01:09 It makes me so excited and honestly just gives me a lot of hope because, I mean, that's just
01:14 so cool.
01:15 Like, what are the odds?
01:16 That's crazy cool.
01:17 Yeah, it's badass.
01:18 It's something to put on your vision board.
01:19 Exactly.
01:20 Why not, you know?
01:21 Seriously.
01:22 Shoot for the moon man.
01:23 You're a moon person.
01:24 I mean, like, I want to be one of those people.
01:25 Like, that is in the nominated lane of just all females.
01:28 It's so cool.
01:29 It's so inspiring.
01:30 And I hear you have new music out.
01:32 Yes, I do.
01:33 Let's talk about it.
01:34 Yeah, so I released Big Dumb Heart Chapter 1 and then Big Dumb Heart Chapter 2 and then
01:39 I have Big Dumb Heart Chapter 3 on the way, so I'm completing this little series I started.
01:44 Wow, so tell us about the concept for the series.
01:47 Oh, gosh.
01:48 So, the whole entire thing is about how I'm a person that just, like, wears my heart on
01:52 my sleeves, aka a big dumb heart, and just in different ways how that's gotten me in
01:57 life, whether it's stabbed in the back, whether it's just being a people pleaser that people
02:01 kind of walk all over, but then also meeting amazing friends that are so there for me and
02:06 finding an amazing relationship and just the journey that I've been on having a big dumb
02:10 heart.
02:11 I love that.
02:12 I relate to that.
02:13 I think we all can.
02:14 That is so sweet.
02:15 And my last question for you is who are you most excited to see in there?
02:18 Oh, gosh.
02:19 Well, I really want to see Taylor Swift, but I don't know if she's coming or not.
02:23 Okay, she's coming?
02:24 I don't know.
02:25 I don't know, but I really want to see her.
02:27 And then Kelsey Ballerini.
02:28 Love Kelsey Ballerini.
02:30 She's, oh, her last EP, Chef's Kiss.
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