Country duo The War and Treaty talk to Billboard News' Tetris Kelly about performing at Spotify's Grammy Best New Artist party, how they feel about their nomination, what it was like to perform at the 2024 Emmys with Charlie Puth and more!
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00:00 But to perform live at the party, like, let's do it.
00:03 Nobody does it like Spotify.
00:06 Grammy week is approaching and one of the biggest events of the year
00:09 is their Best New Artist Party.
00:11 That always brings the biggest performers and the brightest talent.
00:15 With this year's lineup on February 1st including performers like Jelly Roll,
00:20 Victoria Monet and more.
00:22 And speaking of the party, I have some very talented friends
00:29 I haven't hung out with in a while here to talk with us.
00:32 Hey Warren Treaty, what's going on?
00:33 Hey Tetris!
00:35 I am so excited to hear you guys are performing at this event.
00:40 But I mean, I've been watching you guys just grow, grow, grow.
00:43 And now Best New Artist at the Grammys. How are you feeling?
00:46 Yeah, this is insane. I mean, the whole journey has been one big insane experience.
00:53 Wow.
00:54 Yeah.
00:54 I mean, where were you when you got the news?
00:58 In the airport. We were literally sitting down eating breakfast, waiting on our flight.
01:02 And I started immediately just crying. And Tyler was like, "Who died? Who died?"
01:07 I didn't know who died because I'm always dying.
01:09 He always knows who's dead before I do. And I'm like, "Who died now?"
01:12 And no one died.
01:14 Luckily, it was really good news. And the good news keeps on coming.
01:18 Obviously, we know how important streaming is to music.
01:21 Spotify throws, if not one of, the biggest Grammy party every year
01:25 with the Best New Artist party. And you're performing. So how does it feel to be involved
01:29 with them?
01:30 Woo! It's amazing. We watched a huge jump in Spotify for us this year. And we just want to
01:37 thank all the Spotify fans for listening to the music and for connecting with us in that way.
01:43 But to perform live at the party?
01:45 It's insane.
01:45 Like, let's do it.
01:46 I got to tell you, I have a blast every year. There are big performances there. So
01:51 what can you tease? I know you're going to take us to church.
01:54 Oh, we're going to do what we do.
01:56 We're going to take you to church. We're going to rock and roll you out.
02:00 We're going to do some lovey-dub-dub stuff.
02:03 Yeah.
02:04 I can't wait to see it all.
02:08 It was also amazing to see you guys at the Emmys. You guys got to participate in that
02:12 tribute, which was amazing. So tell me about how that felt.
02:15 That was so surreal. I mean, we were in a room full of people that we'd watched growing up.
02:19 And people were still watching on different shows. So it was amazing. And we were like
02:23 kids in a candy store, to be out of our musical element and be in their element.
02:27 It just felt really special. It felt purposed. And we were so honored to be a part of the 75th Emmys.
02:36 And I mean, you have to take that emotion and energy and keep pushing through this season
02:41 because, OK, you had the Emmys, you got the Spotify party, you got the Grammys,
02:45 and then February 2nd, we're getting new music, right?
02:48 We're getting new music.
02:49 Yeah!
02:51 And we're going to actually perform that song live at the Spotify party.
02:57 Look at that! That's what we like to hear, getting a premiere, brand new music from Warren Treaty.
03:02 But this was very special. We've tested it out several times. We're really ready to unleash.
03:09 It's the record I've always wanted to do. The album, the music I've always wanted to do.
03:15 Yeah.
03:16 I'm so glad I'll get to see it live and in person. Thank you guys always for hanging out with us.
03:21 And I'll see you at Spotify.
03:22 All right.
03:23 See you there, Techies!