Normani is dominating the prank phone call game. From convincing Ciara she's going to be the next ‘Bachelorette’ to asking Gunna to get matching “1:59” tattoos, Normani keeps her inner circle on their toes. Watch as Normani effortlessly fools her producer into believing her album's been leaked and tricks her creative director into considering a title change for her album. Check out Normani's interview on ELLE.com: https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a60456219/normani-dopamine-album-interview-2024/
Stream Normani's single "1:59" feat. Gunna here: https://normani.lnk.to/159
Pre-save Normani's upcoming debut album "DOPAMINE" here: https://www.wheresthedamnalbum.com/
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Stream Normani's single "1:59" feat. Gunna here: https://normani.lnk.to/159
Pre-save Normani's upcoming debut album "DOPAMINE" here: https://www.wheresthedamnalbum.com/
#Normani #PhoningItIn #ELLE #DOPAMINE
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00:00 Y'all, what was that?
00:02 Now I gotta get a tattoo of 159?
00:05 Hey, what's up y'all?
00:06 It's Sigur Rondermani, and today I'm gonna be prank calling
00:08 my friends, my family, and my team.
00:11 This is Phoning Again with Elle.
00:13 Okay, here we go.
00:16 I don't know what I've got myself into.
00:18 As soon as the person picks up,
00:21 cry and ask them if they're behind dopamine leaking.
00:25 I'm gonna call Tommy.
00:26 He's my producer, he's gonna flip out.
00:28 Oh my gosh, I have to cry.
00:30 Hello?
00:35 Tom, Tom.
00:36 What's wrong?
00:38 Did you see the album leaked?
00:41 No fucking way.
00:45 Who has it?
00:47 I mean, don't you have everything?
00:49 Yeah, I have, but not on the line.
00:53 We don't have anything on the line.
00:54 Lee has sent it to me this morning.
00:58 Did they take it down?
00:59 No, it's still up.
01:00 You can literally see it on Twitter.
01:02 Lydia's hitting me right now.
01:04 Let me call Lydia.
01:04 I'll call you right back.
01:05 Who's thing?
01:06 That couldn't have worked out any more perfect
01:14 because she's calling him.
01:16 What are the odds?
01:17 My eyes are actually tearing up.
01:19 I really committed to that.
01:20 Let me just call Lee.
01:23 Sis.
01:24 He's on the other line.
01:25 Let's just play it through a little bit.
01:26 And then you just tell them that's a prank.
01:28 Okay.
01:29 'Cause I told him that it was on the black market
01:30 and just be like,
01:31 "Well, it was the link that you sent me," or something.
01:33 I have one on the other line
01:34 'cause I'm holding, I'm merging them on.
01:36 Okay.
01:36 Tommy.
01:38 Yeah, I'm here.
01:39 Mani.
01:40 Yeah.
01:41 I'm crying.
01:42 I know.
01:43 They haven't taken it down yet?
01:45 They're saying they sold it to a third party
01:47 and we're trying to figure it out,
01:48 but it keeps popping up on all these different websites.
01:51 No fucking way.
01:53 Tommy, I think I have to tell you something.
01:57 Uh-huh?
01:58 This is a prank.
01:59 (laughing)
02:02 Y'all fucking crazy.
02:03 (laughing)
02:05 Is your heart dropped?
02:06 It's getting dropped.
02:07 I'm just in my mind.
02:08 I'm like, "Okay, how can we figure out
02:10 how to capitalize on this
02:12 and make it worth the leak?"
02:14 Okay, marketing.
02:15 (laughing)
02:16 Thank you.
02:17 Thank you.
02:18 Love you.
02:19 He was definitely scared.
02:21 He was just trying to play it cool.
02:23 Okay, now let's see what's next.
02:25 Carry a conversation by only quoting your wild side lyrics.
02:30 Who do I want to call and recite my wild side lyrics?
02:36 That's gonna get pretty intense.
02:41 I just got off the phone.
02:43 (phone ringing)
02:45 Hello?
02:46 Hey, babe.
02:47 Hey.
02:48 I'm ready to pull up on you.
02:50 In Seattle?
02:52 Yeah, I'm ready to do what I do.
02:55 What?
02:56 What you talking about?
02:58 What you want to do?
02:59 What you talking about?
03:02 Shoot your shot, 'cause I'm bulletproof.
03:04 Oh, then come on, say it to me again.
03:06 (screaming)
03:08 (laughing)
03:09 Hold on, I have to FaceTime.
03:10 Oh my God.
03:11 No, what was this?
03:14 Babe, we're all here.
03:16 I had to call.
03:17 (laughing)
03:19 I had to call you and recite my lyrics,
03:22 but they're a little provocative.
03:24 So you were the only person that I could call.
03:26 I love you.
03:27 (laughing)
03:28 I love you too, but we gotta stop.
03:30 Stop.
03:31 All right, love you too.
03:32 Bye.
03:33 Bye.
03:34 (laughing)
03:36 All right, y'all are doing too much
03:38 and y'all got me nervous.
03:40 Say you're thinking about changing the name of your album
03:43 and make up a cringe title.
03:45 Ooh.
03:48 Okay, I have somebody in mind.
03:49 I'm gonna call my creative director, Kwesi.
03:53 (phone ringing)
03:56 Ooh, girl, are your ears on fire or nuts?
03:59 (laughing)
04:00 Bitch, are they burning, bitch?
04:01 Was you talking about me, friend?
04:02 Literally talking about you behind your back.
04:04 Like, seriously.
04:05 Were you talking shit?
04:06 Is that it or not?
04:07 Yeah, I was talking all types of shit.
04:08 No, I'm joking.
04:08 I thought this.
04:09 No, friend.
04:11 Okay, so don't be mad at me,
04:12 but I'm not feeling dopamine anymore.
04:15 Dopamine what?
04:17 As the title for the album.
04:19 I just don't think, like that's not--
04:20 No, are you kidding me?
04:22 No, I'm serious.
04:23 I know that it's like ambitious
04:25 and people don't typically do it on their first album,
04:27 but I want it to be self-titled.
04:28 Okay.
04:32 But you know we announced this, right?
04:34 I believe in you if there's anybody.
04:36 Like, we could make it make sense.
04:39 Girl, my heart rate, my heart beating fast.
04:41 No, but like, you don't, come on now.
04:43 It's not like we put so much out at this point
04:46 to where we can't just take back dopamine, you know?
04:48 All right, give me backstory.
04:50 Talk to me.
04:52 (soft music)
04:54 This is a prank, this is a prank.
04:55 (laughing)
04:58 So everybody can hear you.
05:04 I said, I got just the person for this question.
05:12 Perfect.
05:13 Could you imagine?
05:15 Love you, bye.
05:20 I'm still breathing, love you too, bye.
05:22 That was great.
05:24 Okay, let's see what we have next.
05:25 Say you've just been cast as the next Bachelorette
05:30 and ask if they have any advice for you.
05:32 I'm gonna call a Sierra.
05:34 I don't know if she'll be happy about this though
05:35 because she's the one that did set me and my man up, so.
05:39 - Hello?
05:43 - Hey, how are you?
05:45 - What you doing?
05:45 How are you?
05:46 I'm doing great, how are you?
05:47 - I miss you, how are you?
05:49 - I know, I miss you too.
05:50 - I know this is gonna sound like really random, but.
05:54 - What?
05:55 - I got an offer to be the next Bachelorette.
06:00 - What the heck?
06:02 - Yeah, and it's like one of my favorite shows
06:06 and it's always--
06:06 - Oh my lordy.
06:08 - I'm considering it.
06:10 - No, wait a minute, wait, tell me what's going on,
06:12 why you considering this?
06:13 - I mean, it just feels like the right moment, you know?
06:17 - What about you guys?
06:18 What's happening there?
06:20 - I think he would understand.
06:22 It's not like we're super, super public anyway, you know?
06:26 - I wouldn't do it.
06:27 Certain things could happen, like a kissing moment
06:30 or like, you know?
06:31 - Well, I would definitely set those boundaries,
06:34 like no tongue.
06:35 - Once you do that, that's like the kiss of death.
06:40 That's if it matters to you.
06:42 - Yeah, no, you're right.
06:43 - You know what I'm saying?
06:44 - Yeah, I have to tell you something, sis.
06:46 This is a prank that I'm pulling on you with Elle magazine.
06:50 (laughing)
06:52 You gotta know me better than that.
06:55 I'm not about to go and know "Bachelorette."
06:58 - You scared the life out of me.
06:59 - I know.
07:00 - You woke up the baby.
07:02 - Oh no, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
07:04 - 'Cause I got freaked out.
07:06 - I'm sorry.
07:07 - I'm sorry.
07:08 - This is a prank.
07:09 - And you still handled me with grace, with such grace.
07:13 - Oh my gosh.
07:14 I'm like, let me talk my girl off the ledge.
07:16 - This is a prank.
07:17 - This is not the right idea.
07:19 - I love you.
07:20 - Okay, love you.
07:21 - Okay, bye.
07:22 - Bye.
07:23 - My sis was stressed.
07:25 Okay, this is a good one.
07:28 Tell the caller you just got a tattoo of your song titled 159.
07:33 I think it might be more realistic if I'm like,
07:36 "Hey, can we do it together?"
07:37 Okay, I'm gonna call Gunna, obviously.
07:39 I'm gonna call him.
07:40 (phone ringing)
07:42 - Yo.
07:43 - What's up?
07:44 - I'm good, what's up?
07:46 - It's been a while since I dropped music
07:48 and just to commemorate the moment,
07:50 I thought that it would be really dope
07:52 if we got tattoos that say 159.
07:55 Like, I wanna get it on my eyebrow,
07:58 but I was just trying to see like, if you would be down.
08:03 - 159, right?
08:04 - Yeah, 159.
08:05 Yeah.
08:06 - You know what I mean?
08:07 You know, it like, I'm ready.
08:10 - You said what?
08:13 - I said, "Okay, cool, I got a tattoo artist.
08:16 "He can do both of us,
08:17 "so if you got somebody that can pull up and do it,
08:19 "I'm with it."
08:20 - I know you lying.
08:22 Dude, this is a prank.
08:24 This is a prank.
08:26 You really getting a tattoo of 159?
08:29 - Yeah.
08:31 - Oh, wow.
08:33 Shit, now am I getting a tattoo of 159?
08:36 You know?
08:37 I'm with the shits, let's do it.
08:40 You gonna get it on your eyebrow?
08:41 - I ain't going eyebrow, doggy.
08:43 I ain't going eyebrow.
08:45 You know what I'm saying?
08:46 I can't, you know, I've been getting faces and stuff.
08:48 I can't.
08:48 - Oh, yeah, protect the skin at all costs.
08:51 - I been trying to go glass.
08:52 I'm not gonna go glass, though.
08:54 - Oh my gosh.
08:55 I have witnesses here, so let's do it.
08:56 We gonna do it.
08:57 - Hey, baby, if you got me on speaker,
09:00 listen, we going to get the 159,
09:03 and you know what, we're gonna get the message.
09:04 I don't know where we getting the message,
09:06 but you can pick your spot.
09:07 I'ma pick my spot.
09:09 - We're doing it.
09:10 - Let me know.
09:10 I'ma let you know today.
09:12 - Okay.
09:13 - Oh my God.
09:14 Bye.
09:17 - Y'all, what was that?
09:19 Now I gotta get a tattoo of 159?
09:25 Thank you guys so much for watching.
09:26 Be sure to check out my new album, "Dopamine."
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