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depression. Learn more at BetterHelp.com. Tiny Desk, take it away. [Music] Oh, I leave...

[Music] Impression, to be exact. We're wondering why have clothes when missing mine's where they're at? Now I'm

gone, but you're still laying next to me. One degree of separation, your back together. Together, and if that's true, you'll just have to

taste me when he's kissing you. If you want forever, I bet you do. Just know you'll taste me

too. Uh-huh. He pins you down on the carpet, makes painting with his tongue... well, he's funny now. All it's...

different. Guess who we learned that from? Now I'm gone, but you're still laying next to me. One degree of

separation, your back together. And if that's true, you'll just have to taste me when he's kissing you. If you want

forever, I bet you do. Just know you'll taste me too. [Music] Well, every time you close your eyes and

feel his lips, you're feeling mine. Every time you breathe his air, just know I was already there. And you can have him if

you like. I've been there, done that once or twice. Singing about it doesn't mean I care. I know I've been known to share.

Well, I heard you're back together. And if that's true, you'll just have to taste me when he's kissing you. If you want

forever, I bet you do. Just know you'll taste me. [Music] To you, you just have to taste me when he's

kissing you. No, no, you just have to taste me when he's kissing... [Music] [Applause]

You. Thank you. Hello, NPR. First and foremost, I've been watching this show. Everyone says this... whatever you guys are great. You guys...

I know you're great, um, and this is such an honor. I feel like, as someone who started writing songs when

I was probably 10 or 11 years old, they weren't very good, but they got better

maybe later. And when I first started, it was kind of in a room like this—you're in a room with very dry

walls, and there's no reverb. It doesn't sound as nice as when there's headphones and a studio, but there's something so real about it and so special.

And now, when I write these songs that you're hearing, um,

this is exactly how I wrote them: in a room with this energy, and people I love, and producers I love.

Um, this next song is a very funny story of how it came to be.

Um, some people know me for, I guess, being explicitly horny. It's actually not so simple as that, um,

it's something that really was a beautiful and happy accident. On my last tour, I started doing these outros

um, as part of a song. These were lyrics that never made it to the end of the song; they were all like reject

lyrics, and lyrics that should honestly never be heard by the general public. And as a joke, I was like, 'Well, Boston can

handle it,' you know? So like, let's just throw one in for Boston. And Boston handled it so well that I was like, 'What

about Chicago?' And then it kind of kept going. And I think I had this limitless feeling when I started

writing. Short and sweet. I have a best friend, her name's Paloma, and we were, uh, we were having like this weekend

in an Airbnb. Her and I had to split this king bed, and I'd never had a sleepover.

with her before we were sharing a bed, we'd always be in like separate rooms, so it was like kind of a test for our

friendship. And, and I don't know if you guys have ever slept with anybody in a bed. Yeah, show of hands,

anyone? Very humble, modest folks here. Thank you for your bravery. Um, yeah, no, I I I had this sleepover with her and

we're like talking and it's like we fall asleep at the exact same time. Like, no one had to say like, okay, I think we

should probably head to sleep now. We both just shut our eyes, went to bed, shut up. And then no one was kicking, no one

was snoring, and we both woke up at the same time, like, you know, when you roll over and it's like very peaceful and

you're like, "Good morning." "Good morning." You don't have to like punch them to wake them up. She just woke up and I was

like, "We have really good bed cam." And she was like, "We do have really good bed cam." And so I I saved this as a

title. And um, then I met a guy and I was like, "We'd have really good bed cam" in a

different way than I have with Paloma. And I wrote this song. She doesn't make money on it, so I give her a lot of

credit. [Music] My one G, I was in a she-dress the day that we met. We were both in a rush. We talked for a

sec. You friended me up so we could connect. And what are the odds? You sent me a text and now the next thing I know

I'm like, "Manifest that." That's your oversight. I digress. Got me scrolling like out of breath. Got me going

like, "Who's the cute boy with the white jacket and the thick accent?" Like maybe it's all in my head, but I bet we have

really good bed cam. You talk so sweet when you're doing things, looking at me. [Music] Know I bet we have really good cam, right on.

Me, I mean, camaraderie.  Said you're not in my time zone, but you want to be. Where art

thou? Why not?  Upon me, see it in my mind. Let's face the prophecy. Who's the cute guy with the

wide blue eyes and the big bad...? I know it's soon-ish, but I bet we...

good. When you do you're looking... I know, reason... I'm... I bet we yeah, really good. And I bet we both arrive at the

same time. And I'll bet the threat at 69. And I'll bet it's even...

[Applause] better when you're doing bad things, looking at me. You know, I bet we feel

[Music] good, baby. [Music] Good job. Good job. Okay, I would like to, if it's okay with

you guys, because this this band is so incredible and so talented, and these arrangements are so beautiful and

special. Thank you, Pete. Um, these are so special to me, and I just want everyone to go around and say their name and

their height. Got it. Hi, I'm Honey H, and I'm 5'2. I'm Bobby Woten, 5'7. Christine Noel, 5'4. And

3'4. Mamore, 5'2. I'm Chris Johnson, 6 feet. I'm Matt Park, about 3'8

sitting down. Uh, Cayb Melison, six foot. I'm Ally Simpson, 5'8. I'm Serena Shei. I'm

5'5. I'm Yasine. I'm 5'2. And I'm Mara, and I'm 5'4 1/2.

[Applause] And I'm Sabrina, and I'm very tall, and even taller when I take my shoes

off. I actually really need those. I didn't realize I needed those on. Wow. I thought I was going to take those off at

some point, but this is not going to happen. So, um, this next song is a really special song that I wrote for

short and sweet. It kind of introduced a whole new chapter of the album to me, a whole new chapter of my life, and also

kind of showed me how I can have a lot of grounded reality, uh, as well as my sense of humor, um, really, really combined

into something very special. Um, I wrote this with one of my closest friends, Amy Allen and Jack Antonoff, and um, yeah, it's

called "Please, Please, Please." [Applause] [Music] I know I have good judgment. I know I

have good taste. It's funny and it's ironic that only I feel that way. I promise them that you're different and

everyone makes mistakes, but just don't... Well, I heard that you're an actor, so act like a stand-up guy, whatever.

Devil's inside you; don't let them out tonight. I tell them it's just your culture, and everyone rolls their eyes.

Yeah, I know. All I'm asking, baby, please, please, please don't prove I'm right, and please, please, please don't

bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice. Heartbreak is one thing; my ego's another. Well, I beg you, don't

embarrass me. Please, please [Music] please. I have a fun idea, babe. Maybe just stay inside. I know you're craving some

fresh air, but the ceiling fan is so nice, and we could live so happily if no one knows that you're with me. I'm just

kidding. For really, really, really... Please, please, please don't prove her right, and please, please, please don't

bring me to tears when I just did my makeup so nice. Heartbreak is one thing; well, I beg you, don't embarrass me.

Mother [Music] Please, please, please... Well, if you want to go and be stupid, don't do it in front of

Me, if you don't want to cry to my music, don't make me hate you prolifically. Please, please, please, please.

Please, please, please, please, please. [Music] [Applause] [Music] What's a girl to

do? Well, this boy doesn't even know the difference between 'they're,' 'their,' and 'there,' yet he's naked in my

room, and I'm missing all the things he's missing. God knows that he isn't living large. A boy who's nicest breath said,

I swear, he's nowhere to be seen. It's if I can't have the one I love, I guess

it's you that I'll be kissing, just to get my... And the good ones call their exes

wasted. And since the Lord forgot my gay awakening, then I'll just be here in the kitchen serving up some

morning and bitching. [Music] [Applause] How do you like this office? No, I meant in general, like is it

a nice working environment? This seems so... I literally was just like, 'I want to work here. Are you looking for anybody?'

Okay, we'll talk later. Um, this next one is a is a very... it's Grammy-nominated, which is cool.

Um, um, and that's the first time I can say that, so I'm very excited and honored and grateful. Um, and I just like, I had

zero expectations when writing this song. It was just so much fun to make, and I knew it was special, but I just never

knew that people had such a caffeine addiction and such a problem. I really underestimated how much of a problem it is in our world. Um, this

is espresso. I hope you like it. [Applause] [Music] Now he's thinking about me every night.

Oh, is it that sweet? I guess so. So you can see, baby, I know that's that. Me, move it up, down, lift my... switch it up.

Lightning to know, takes a baby. I know that's that. Well, I can't relate to desperation. Might give a...

vacation, and I got this one boy and he won't stop calling. When they act this way, I know I got them too bad. Your ex

don't do it for you. Walked in and a dream came true.  For your soft skin and I adored it.

Hey, I know I'm for you. That morning coffee for you, touch for you, and now he's thinking about me every

night. So you can't sleep, baby. I know that's that. Move it up, down, left, right.  Mix it up like

Nintendo. Say, "Holy, is it that sweet?" I kiss so well. I'm working late 'cause I'm a singer. Oh, he

looks so cute wrapped 'round my finger. And my twisted humor makes him laugh so often. And my home becomes...

too bad your ex don't do it for you. Walked in and dreaming for your soft skin and up...

Well, I know I'm doing it for you. That morning coffee for you, you're new, and now he's thinking about me every

night. Oh, is it that sweet? I kiss so... so you can't sleep, baby. I know that's that, me.

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