June 21, 2025

6.1 Pop-Up Pod: With Rob as Your Witness Drops!

6.1 Pop-Up Pod: With Rob as Your Witness Drops!
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Lovejoy JUST released the first single of their forthcoming debut album! Listen as the Pebble Brain Trust shares their initial reactions.

https://www.lvjynation.com/blog/lovejoy-releases-knockout-new-song-with-rob-as-my-witness/

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Hello love and Joyers and
welcome to a special pop up mini

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episode of the podcast.
It's been an exciting week in

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Lovejoy land and we wanted to
hop on and discuss the music

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video and the single drop with
Rob as my witness.

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So I think you guys probably
heard the song before I did.

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So what were your first
impressions Dave?

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You got it in UK before
everybody.

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Well, to be fair, I think we
might have or myself and Angie

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might have virtually listened to
it at the same time being six

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hours apart.
What did I think?

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OK, 6:00 this morning.
I listened to it three times and

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I'm, I'm not going to lie, I was
quite uncertain.

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I did not dislike it, but I was
quite uncertain.

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I put it in a very small
playlist up with normal People

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Things and sober, and I've
listened to that the three songs

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back-to-back on the way home and
if Rob just fits right in.

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And from 6:00 AM this morning to
3:00 PM this afternoon or 4:00

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PM this afternoon, I now really,
really like Rob.

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Because if you stick it with
them, two really works.

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It really does work.
And then of course, at what was

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it 5:00 PM English time, we the
video was dropped.

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I've managed to watch it once
because I've been so busy today.

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I've been out and about in the
New Forest, so I've only managed

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to watch it once.
Really like it can't pick up

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details or whatever because I've
seen it once, not really studied

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it.
It was about 5 past five when

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just after it dropped and I was
literally going out the door at

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5:10.
You guys, I'm already sick of

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the person that I've become
since listening.

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Can't tell you how much I love
it, that riff, just that it's

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been stuck in my head and my
family hates me because I'm

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singing that.
I'm singing the chorus and that

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bass line, that bass line, Ash,
you are a God.

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I just feel like everything fits
together so perfect.

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And Will's voice, the register
that he is singing in in this

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song is absolutely perfect for
him.

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I think it's kind of almost,
yes.

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It's kind of almost like a
normal people things.

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And when he hits those low
notes, yeah.

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It's just comfortable, it's so.
Blind.

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Oh good, it's so.
Good, I like I am trying to be

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unbiased which is.
Hard but.

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I really think that this song
could do really, really, really

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well.
We, meaning you and me and Dave

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and everybody that's listening,
we're going to have to throw our

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whole weight and support behind
getting this thing the attention

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it deserves.
It's a freaking banger.

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It's amazing.
And the video, I love it.

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What a great concept and Will
does such a good acting job.

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It was.
It was give the guy an Oscar.

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It's a fantastic fun to seem
like that I'm.

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I'm almost punch drunk because
I'm so happy with this.

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I I feel like the like the
kool-aid man, I'm I can run

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through a brick wall.
How about you, Leslie?

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We're in Brooklyn, NY right now,
so if you hear a lot of traffic

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noise in children and angry
drunk people, that's why.

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Apologies, I'm on location
there's.

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Not there's no sleep, no sleep
and lots of dogs.

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Anyway, I digress.
The.

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Song's great.
I was bopping in my seat.

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As my daughter can attest,
that's always a win if I'm

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bopping in my seat listening to
it.

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I love.
And we got a little bit sound in

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there that he likes to do now,
you know what I'm saying?

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Like normal people saying the
first time you heard that normal

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people things were you like,
what the heck was that?

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And now I love it, but it was
weird at first.

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Yeah.
Yeah.

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This is like new signature
thing.

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And then the music video.
Watch it here in the park on my

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phone twice through trying to
absorb everything going on in

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it.
Like you all said, there's a lot

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going on and you have guesses as
to what the storyline is like.

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Did he lose his money gambling?
Now he has to box to make the

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money back?
Or did he lose a bet and now has

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to box and he's totally not fit
for boxing?

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So I don't know what did you
have an opinion on what the

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story is?
Did did you guess what I?

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Guess I think I I like your idea
for the first storyline.

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I feel like he lost a bunch of
money and now he's got to like

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get in the ring and try and and
try and pay it back.

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And the production, just the
overall look and feel of it is

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really yes.
They've spent a lot of money on

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that.
Really, really good.

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Really good.
The lighting, cinematography,

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like oh man.
What I would say is a proper

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music video.
I heard I've seen a lot of

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people say it's their favorite.
I definitely like it more than

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some of the others.
I think production wise, this

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one blows everything else out of
the water and I like a lot of

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their other videos, but I don't
this one just doesn't even

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compare, I don't think to
anything else they've done Yeah

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the.
Production value, it's alone.

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You know they're going to
stepping up and up and up.

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Yeah, normal people's things.
I thought, oh they've spent a

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bit of money but this is now
gone up another 200%.

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Yeah, it's cinematic.
We had a fun idea for TikTok

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videos.
Last I saw, there were like 46

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videos using the song for the
theme idea that we were going to

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ask folks to when sober came
out, we said post your TikTok

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videos using the song to get it
going, to get it viral.

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We're going to ask that you
stick to.

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But if you're looking for an
idea, we had the idea of the

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hashtag what Rob witnessed and
your video could be tied to

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that.
I'm thinking people will show

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their friends doing silly things
or their pets or fan art or

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anything and hashtag it what Rob
witnessed and use that, use that

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song to get it going.
Spread.

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I find when you have an
open-ended option, it's actually

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harder to come up with an idea.
What do you think, Dave?

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You like that?
I know you're not Mr. TikTok.

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It's a great idea, first time
I've heard of it.

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I know you have a chat when I'm
asleep.

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It's a great idea.
Do it.

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All right, yeah, we'll be
posting it everywhere, and you

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could post more than one.
You all love the single.

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Yeah, I'm digging it.
I can hear it being on Alt

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Nation.
I'm going to request that it be

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on Alt Nation top, you know, Alt
18 of the week.

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Everybody needs to do that.
I think it'll fit right in.

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It's catchy.
It's I'm I'm.

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Excited.
Yes, and I posted a little bit

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about this on Reddit 2 today.
But if you've got a local alt

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station in your area, or even if
you don't and you want to adopt

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an an adult or an ALT.
Station, you got an adult.

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Excuse me, yeah, adopt an adult,
adopt an alt station somewhere

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else in the US, Find a station
like in my area.

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I've got FM1O21 and Q1 O1 in
Chicago.

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Download their app.
There's always a place on there

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where you can type off a little
message.

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You know, please play Rob, you
know, with Rob is My witness.

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You can send them voice memos
and you can usually even keep

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track of their playlist.
You can see what they've played

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and if they're playing Rob,
shoot them a quick message or

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text.
Most places you can text and

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thank them.
It's super easy and you don't

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even have to listen to the radio
to do it.

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Just just download an app and
and do it all from there.

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It's easy and it's really
helpful.

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I've been keeping an eye on the
airplay charts and seeing that

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there's been a boom in airplay
in the States, at least I'd

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Lovejoy.
So I'll get those stations out.

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I'll let you know and and you,
Dave too, because also thanking

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them for playing them already.
And hey, you're already playing

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Lovejoy.
Do you know there's this new

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song, that sort of thing.
Any bit of support, especially

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radio stations, just like
newspapers, they need some love.

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And I think we might have a
perhaps a list that we're going

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to put out here at some point
with some stations in the US

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with like some contact info and
text numbers and socials and

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that sort of thing to make it a
little easier.

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Yeah, definitely want to make it
easy.

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Make it so you can do a quick.
Every little bit helps everyone

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you know does 5.
Some people do more.

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Awesome.
Everyone could do like a

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handful.
That'll make a difference for

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sure.
Yeah, and you've been doing a

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great job, Leslie, getting stuff
out there as far as graphics and

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how to's and whatnot.
So I know you've been really

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busy.
Thank you.

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Apparently going to have to get
ice cream in a minute.

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But yeah, it's nice chatting
with you and it's been fun and

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exciting seeing all the
excitement online as well on the

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Reddit and in the comments.
That's another thing.

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Leave comments, positive
comments everywhere you can.

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Even Wilbur posted to his
stories today.

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Share the love.
Yeah, I'm going to sit down and

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catch up with everything.
Literally come home and jumped

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on.
So Reddit wise, no clue.

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Very.
Good.

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So thanks for joining us, and I
think Leslie's going to dart off

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and get her ice cream now.
Yeah, and make sure you keep an

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eye on Lovejoy Nation's official
website, lvjynation.com.

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We got a blog post it and put up
that's chock full of information

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and all good juicy stuff to
really give this song its boost.

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And Congrats to James Marriott
from #1 in the UK and.

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Good for.
Him, hopefully.

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Lovejoy's next.
Hell, we'll take #2 you know.

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Happy everybody as.
Friend of as Friend of the band,

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Yeah, busting his butts.
And now we've got to bust our

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butts too.
Yeah, if.

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Everybody does a little bit.
We can do it.

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All right, I'm going to stop
yapping now because it's time to

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go all.
Right.

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Take care, Angie, Dave and the
rest of you guys.

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Get off of this and get to it.
Take care.

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Bye.