Flirting + Midnight Sun

The following podcast is a Dear Media production. I'm Benito Skinner. I'm Mary Beth Brown. And this is Ride. I want it to be deleted from everything. Do you know that everything you want, I'll do? Well, totally. And that's, and that's friendship. I sent your friend to the store. I sent your, I sent your girl to the store. I sent your friend at the door. What does SZA say in Homemade Dynamite, the remix by Lauren? It's only me and you, but I mean it's two and I don't regret drinking this liquor. I really love her tact. I know you don't know me well. It's insane. I'm doing my makeup. I'm doing my makeup on the pod so you guys can see how much better I look with makeup. Yeah, it's kind of a transformation. The power of makeup by Nikki Tutorials. I just hit the mic again. I guess we should start with this. Yep, that's what I was going to say. The moment. As I wake up, before I put on my makeup, I say a little prayer for you. So Rupert Everett in My Best Friend's Wedding, what that did to me as a kid. What it did to families. I mean, it was just incredible. I mean, it was so. With the lobster hands. Oh, come on. Forever and ever, you stay in my heart. We're kind of the twins in matching clothes. He totally, no, we are. But he also totally improvised. Like, he. In theory, his character improvised that at a lunch. Yeah. That's so crazy. And he was also pretending to be straight. It is so you being like, you have to fly in. You have to fly in. I love the concept of it. And George. And then kiss me. He just came here to fuck me. We always fast forwarded that part. Oh. That part. We would rewind. I loved that brunch thing. It was the first time I saw myself in media. I'm not kidding. No, I mean, that brunch is like. And it's the first time I ever heard that song. Oh, my God. It's so, he is so good. He's in this, um, this other film, Another Country. It's like kind of a gay masterpiece. I highly recommend it to anyone. It's like a pre-Call Me By Your Name vibe. They kind of can't show anything, though. No peaches. No, no Timmy, Tim and Tay jacking off into a peach, baby. Damn. You know, I was talking to someone and they didn't know what that scene meant. That he had sex with it? Yeah. What part of it did they not get? There's like cum in it. I know, but I just don't. Maybe girls don't know how nasty. Oh, it was a girl? As gays can get. Yeah. Honey, come talk to me. Look at you. Come talk to me. I just put too much bronzer on, but I don't care. Next up, we blend it. We use the same brush we used for foundation and concealer because it has a little bit left in the brush. Exactly. So I haven't been using foundation lately. I've just been using concealer. I saw it on TikTok and it's just better because I don't need, I don't want full coverage right now. Katie Jane Hughes has the most incredible tip that I've been using. I love her so much. Katie Jane, I know you're watching, girl. This, hey. This one's for you, okay? She has this tip where you put your bronzer and your blush on first so that you know how much to use for the concealer because all that's just layering on top and I want less. But I don't wear a stitch. No. She did my makeup for the US Open last year and like completely changed how I do my makeup. So I would love to shout her out as well. Who are you with? I mean, I went with my guy. And who's speed did she also do? Yours. I know. She's like touring the world with Dua Lipa. I love the work they do together. But hey, queen. This is us checking in. I love her products too. Rum Raisin is the blush I wear. Oh, I just hit the mic again. Sorry. Hey, if you want to know, you want to get the Penny look. You want to get the George Santos glam. You know what pisses me off is the concept of no makeup makeup. It's like, would that be so bad that I'm wearing makeup? You know what I mean? Well, I think it's not meant to shame. It's just meant to be like, oh, you can't really tell. But I think there's a little shame in it. Okay. Like the clean girl makeup thing is kind of shaming full glam. And it's like, maybe I like it all. Maybe let glam happen. Yeah. Let glam happen in any way it wants to. What is this Armani orange one? These are the new blushes. Oh, my God. That they let me say in the video I made that I took a bite out of one. Oh, should I? Maybe. Tasty. Oh, wait. That's such a pretty. Looking like a snack. I love that orange. I guess we have to talk about the fact that we did record an episode on Monday that will be staying in the Disney vault. It's in the Disney vault. With Walt. With Walt. Walt Disney did hear it. We are. It was raining. It was nighttime. We were not in good spirits. It was just way too fast after the weekend to be getting back into it. And we did a die. And it actually, I think. I think we got a lot off our chest, though. Sometimes you have to. It was like writing an email that you'll never send. Right. Emails I can't send by Sabrina Carpenter. By Sabrina Carpenter. Yeah, we said a lot. And I think it was good to do it. But yeah, it's. So what we realized in doing that, and we are back in the studio and it's Wednesday. Yes. We need to take a break. Yes. And we thank you guys because you're the best listeners in the entire world. We'll understand that we just need a break. And so we're going to take one. We need a summer vacation in Vape Cod. Yeah, we're going to go to Vape Cod. I love, love y'all. I know you're thinking, wait, but you just started. But here's the thing. The first day we recorded season four was two days after we wrapped overcompensating. Yeah. So, Daddy, you can't imagine what the low back is like. We just want to keep making really high quality stuff for you guys. And the best way to do that right now is to take two weeks off in September. So we will be. We're taking off the week of Labor Day and the week after. And we'll be back September 16th. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. For Fashion Week. For New York Fashion Week. New York Fashion Week. We're taking off Labor Day on September 11th, but we will be right back. We will be right back after that. Right? Yeah. I mean, come on. Yep. So thanks for understanding, which we know you will. That was so pretty. Thanks. I didn't blend in the brow enough. I get it. Also, it's like, it's a really good time back to school. Maybe, you know, re-watch Overcompensating. Watch Galaxy Brain. Or just like your favorite episode. You love. And we are sorry, but I just think we want to continue to like celebrate the pod. Well, this is a celebration of love and queer and being queer. And being queer and queer history. Yeah. Queer and proud. And speaking of that, I was at a wedding in the Bahamas this weekend. A heterosexual wedding. My friend Carrie. Such a fabulous wedding. Like refilled my cup in such a way. And I was really looking forward to this wedding for the last 18 months. And it was on the calendar. And my big goal was to have a date to bring to the wedding. And I didn't end up having it. And I just had such a good time without a date. Speaking of Dermot Mulroney. Dermot Mulroney. I should have, I tried to call my gay friend. You were, your sister was in town. So, you couldn't, you couldn't make it to the wedding. I know. I was about to be George at that wedding. You were. Oh, and I would have rocked it at the brunch. You would have, you would have started singing Dionne Warwick at the brunch. Of course. Dionne or what else? Hmm. I'm trying to think of what mine would. Well, it gets into my thing today. Jazz standard. It's the midnight sun. Kiss. Get out of the red sky. Laying on your chest like this. Hey. Yeah. The A was to the father of the bride. Totally. So. Bahama mama. In the Bahamas. Jackson's new shirt. Bahama. Bahama maha mama. Maha Bahama mama. I think is the better one. Fuck. Mahama Bahama mama. Tommy Bahama mama mama. Mm-hmm. Mahama mama. So, I had such a fabulous time at this wedding. And in the house that I was in was my friend Andrew and his wife Gianne. And we just had like, I, it's, there isn't an English word. To describe how much fun I had with these two. We had so much sex together. And it just felt good. It's called sex, mama. It was sex. And it was right. It just felt good. And it felt right. They just took such good care of me. And we, we were in that golf cart together. And we made memories. And it just like, even though I came back really tired. Because it was like multiple days of like events and socializing and partying. I also want to mention that like not a lot of people know that weddings are where I really shine. Oh, yeah. My sparkling personality comes through. Which I don't always have a sparkling personality. But at a wedding, like I'm there to have fun. You notice I'm quiet. Well, yeah. I don't personally relate. But of course, continue. This is your experience. What is this lip liner? Holy shit. Is that Wherever Walnut? It's Anywhere Caffeine. Oh, God. Nice try. Hey, even better. I have Wherever Walnut and I'm about to layer it. Don't even get me started on Endless Cacao. Right. But I will say one other thing, which is that I did confront some party crashers. At the wedding. So, nice try, hooligans. There were multiple wedding crashers at the wedding. I didn't know this was a thing, but yeah, I guess it is. And they were all different ages. You did it with a. Some of them were teens. Some of them were adults. You did it with a little mirror putting on your lip. I went up to them and I said, "How do you know Carrie and Ivan?" They were speechless. Yeah. And so I said, you know, I did my little spiel, like you guys should probably leave. Of course. And, well, one group of, like, adult men came in. You boys should probably leave, right? One group of adult men came in and one of them had a Popsicle. This wedding had a lot of stuff at it. Popsicle wasn't one of them. So, they, I mean, they had no choice but to admit that they weren't invited. And so, in that moment, I realized, like, I was security in a lip combo. Do you know what Daddy would have done? I can't even imagine. She would have taken the Popsicle from the guy, put it down like a strap-on, and said, finish it if you want. And I was like, "Why are you giving me a Popsicle so bad?" You can stay at the wedding. You took one for the road, dude. You're 37. Yeah, got it. And you took a Popsicle for the road. A grown man having a Popsicle, they used to go to war, by the way. I know. My grandpa was, like, flying planes. But before you think I'm insane for doing that, like, it's a safety issue. You don't want random guys at the wedding. Not at all. No, no, no. At any wedding. Here's the thing, yeah, if people want to keep— At any event. Hey, don't Karen my best friend. She was just trying to keep everybody safe. But seriously, though, especially in the Bahamas. from Bahama Maha Mama. Hey, girl, you never know. I mean, some of them were teens in literal golf clothes. We can kill women for anything. So just watch us skewer you on the internet. For that. I skewer you. You know what? I had a great, I just had the best time. And I feel like my faith, just in like what we're doing here on this planet we call Earth. I feel good about it. Good. And now I have a full glam. I had the best night. I got to watch. I watched the first three episodes of Overcompensating and you are so of season two. You're so good in it. Thanks, son. Every time you're on screen, I'm like, that's my girl. Oh, yes. Of course. Blend the neck. I just wanted to do that. I can't wait to see it. Well, ta-da. Look at this. My daddy over there with his fan. Shit. Also, if you are going to a wedding alone, I highly recommend identifying an emotional support couple to be by your side for the entire week. Or sometimes the emotional support couple chooses you. And in this case, Andrew and I have been friends for almost 10 years. And his wife is just like, first of all, body tea. Holy shit. Of course. Goes without saying. And you know what? Like, I gave her a blowout one of the days. She let me use her bag. I gave her. I went down on her. You went down on a guy? Well, you both went down on her husband. She let me borrow her evening bag because I hadn't brought one. It was just like girlhood and it was beautiful. And so I just can't. I can't thank them enough for making the wedding so special. I mean, the wedding was already going to be a special, glorious event. But like, I just didn't feel the absence of anyone. Like, I didn't feel that. You're full. I'm in a transitional phase of life where I just think like, yeah, maybe I don't need a straight guy at a dinner who's embarrassing me. I could just like have fun with friends. Yeah, it's so. Have you ever had fun with friends? You know, it can happen and it'll it'll hit you like it's on the brakes. Because you've been at so many dinners where the person I brought has said something. And I know people are like. Like, you need to date a woman. I'm like, great. Let's have some incoming calls. Yeah. Also, we have to turn the AC on. Yeah, we have to. And this is another thing where within the world of taking two weeks off, we have to have the AC on and that if that takes away from your experience of listening, it's just a hum. It's going to be okay. No, it's like, yeah, I can't watch you sweat. It's like crazy. Like this. I'm like, you see me kind of fading. Well, I did. I watched the light in your eyes dim. So I just don't want that to happen. The heat. I just. 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I sent to Mary Beth. We have it done. I found it immediately. No prosthetics. No prosthetics. Because that's my little gift to you, of course. I really appreciate that. Congratulations on Galaxy Brain. Thank you. I got you the best. Can I tell you what present I got you for it? Yeah. For what? For Galaxy Brain. Oh, yeah. I want to ruin a present right now. It just hit me like a ton of bricks. Because I saw it. My present was you dressing up as me. I know. And by that, I mean you doing drag as me. Of course. Well, like, was that even drag? Like, it like transcended something. A lot of people just said they didn't see you at the party. You know what? I got nice feedback from the blonde. Probably not on Twitter. I don't go on there. But I got really nice feedback on that. But a lot of girls being like, it made me think about things. And I go, isn't that why I was put on the earth? You should keep thinking. Well, one of the comments on the post was, this is what would happen if God made Adam from Eve's rib. Which, I'm like, damn, y'all are funny. No. Y'all are funny. No, seriously. When I sprint to the comments on TikTok, way funnier than anything else. No, they're having fun. Like, oh, my God. That really, really made me smile. Lately, though, I've seen a few people where a lot of brides are doing the, baby, where the hell is my husband? A lot of the creators have turned off comments because it's, you know, I can't even imagine. Sometimes I'm like, hey, let's not bully. But then occasionally I'm like, well, maybe some feedback couldn't be that bad. When you post, you're giving people a platform and they create a cinematic universe and a conversation and a discourse in the comments. Yeah. And you can always turn it off. And that's what's beautiful about it. So what did you buy me? I'm kidding to tell you. What did you get me? You could never in a million years guess what it was. I can't. So I am, I'm on TikTok. Please tell me. And I'm sure. I'm sure my kids will. I'm in the best Baroni chat with a bunch of gay guys. It's like heaven every now and then I check in on my boys. It's called Tiny Little Tops and it's just, it's heaven on earth. But I think because you go to school and have so much shame for the things you like, it's so fun when you come out to be like, oh my God, yeah, I loved dolls. So whenever they're like doll collectors on TikTok, I just watch them. I'm like, that's so fun. Like, and they'll, they, one of them went through all of the dolls they made for like Hercules and Pocahontas and Mulan. And I had like all of them. Like my mom bought me. I was just like, this is, this is what we're doing. Yeah. And Esmeralda. Oh God, I had a good doll for her. Very sexy. I had a really good one for Megra and for Pocahontas. I distinctly remember making Hercules and Megra fuck. Megra's had a, had an apparatus on the dress that could make it go from mini to maxi. Oh, and her, um, she has a Grecian goddess one that's like blue with like a white cape. So I'm on the, one of these and this doll, this collector brings up that there's a limited edition Little Mermaid coming out of the water doll. And I bought it. I found it. It's so good. Oh my God. It's so fucking good. You know, I'm going to put that like. I know. I saw it and I went, oh my God, the galaxy rain dress. And it's, as a kid, it just brought me so much joy buying it. And I was like, oh my God, this doll would have fucking rocked my world. And I, I saw it and they're like, this is, I think it's for what? Little Mermaid came in the, in the eighties. So I guess 40th anniversary or some kind of. Kind of like, I don't know, um, but anniversary for it. And they did her coming out of the water. And I thought, oh my God. And has her red hair with the purple. I was like, this is the doll of galaxy rain. The joy it brought me gifts off season. Gifts off season. And wow. I can't believe you told me you never do that. The issue though would be, it comes this week and then we're going to LA and then. Yeah, it would be weeks and weeks. I'm going abroad. You're going abroad. You're going to study abroad. This feels like you're all summer. So I was like, it'll just, it will take forever to get you this present. And I actually cannot wait anymore. I hope you got a ship somewhere where it can be brought inside. Cause I know your apartment is. I got it to mine. Okay, good. Yeah. My FedEx guy, he's got the codes. So I cannot wait to have it. And you know that my apartment is. I immediately feel better. AC. Yeah. This is important. Before I go abroad. My apartment is filled with things that bring a childlike wonder back to me. That's what I thought. Mary Kate Nashie's headshots. Yeah. I have a lot of, I love Lucy memorabilia. And you have my permission to take her out of the box. I'm not going to. Okay. It's staying in the box. And it's going to go right next to my candelabras. I understand that. That I bought. She's going to be perfect next to those Russian candelabras. They're beautiful. They're so pretty. They're so fragile though. My favorite joke. It was me taking those candelabras and walking across the Williamsburg Bridge with them. I am Lumiere in certain ways. I mean, I just like. What are the odds that would come out this year? You've got to be fucking kidding me. Whoa. Like she is. And it's full. Fully the purple of your dress. No. And she's like serving body tea. It does. Freaking Ariel. And there's water. She has like a water bottle. There's water coming up. And this actually is sort of making me think of also the Cindy Crawford Rolling Stone cover that I have framed of her on the beach. No one does GIFs like me. Sorry. I just, I have yet to meet. Actually, my sister Laura is pretty fucking good at GIFs. But like, all right, wait. Just so we can. Which camera? This one? We'll put it on the screen. But like, are you kidding me? And that's my husband. Look at this. God, she's so pretty. And she has purple eyeshadow on. I just saw it and I was like, it's literally your dress. No, it is actually. She's like, Ariel's wearing Beterhoft. I'm sending that to Jackson Beterhoft. Okay, and then the box. Come on. Yeah, it's stunning. I mean, that's just that. It's going to live. It's going to live. It's going to have a life. I'm so happy you like it. I love it. You're making me think of other stuff that I need to buy. I did want to say while we're on the topic of comments, we were on the topic three topics ago. Well, I read the meanest thing about me on Twitter the other day and I'm. I thought you'd have gone there. I just accidentally went. Someone sent me something because they're like, have you seen this? And I went and it was so evil. Just next time you want to do that, please just send me a text. I just don't. Yeah, I don't need to. My therapist said that everyone else's narrative is theirs. It's none of your business. Not when what's mine's is mine's. What's mine's is mine. And what's yours is yours. So when I did The Tonight Show. With Jay Leno. With Jay Leno. When I did The Tonight Show last year or two years ago, 2024, I think. Mama. Someone commented on a clip on TikTok and said she needs a stylist. Yes. And then someone else replied to that comment and said, you need Ozempic. Yeah. And the original commenter said, I'm a recovering anorexic. Thank you. And then the person who said you need Ozempic goes, babe, you've recovered. And I know that that might be seen as like a problematic exchange. But what I love about it is I think, babe, you've recovered could be one of the greatest comebacks of all time. It has a Joan Rivers quality to it. It really does. Might I ask. It has a painterly quality. It has a keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth quality. It's very that. It's very like, y'all ever been in Marquee when it shut down? Like, there's kind of just nothing you can. It's just, it's a little bit like, I think I've said this before, but gay guys always had like the best comeback ready just in case someone said we were gay. And it's got. I mean. Babe, you've recovered. That's a mic. That's a mic drop. So I encourage you to work, babe. You've recovered into your lexicon. You've recovered. It's just. And obviously there was no response after that. Well, what could you say? In fact, I think there's at that point, there's deleting comments. It's delete. And maybe when you're in a couch. Maybe let's start from scratch. Of course you have the screenshot. But also, sorry, I just think like, if you're going to spew hate out there, like you're going to get. You're prepared to take it. You're going to get got. Like I'm not really like slinging things out there because I don't want people to come for me. I have something fun to tell you after you record. No fucking way. Yeah. How fun? Levels? And it's. As fun as getting your grown woman adult friend a doll? It might be. Holy shit. Because I have screenshots of something that's going to make you happy. I think one thing I did. This is me glitching. Me being like trying to talk about something serious. I break through this. I wish. Break through the floor. I want to break through a floor so bad. Nevermind. I feel like this season has been tricky for me to talk about life. It's like we want to name names, but we can't. It's been difficult to talk about life without going into too much detail and wanting to protect people's peace. So I just think like we're doing our absolute best to continue to bring you what is going on in our lives without putting anyone in our lives in a situation. Yes. And I would say for us, the people in our lives, the people we bring into our lives, give them grace and love and acceptance. And you know us. I really do think you do know us. It's been. But we're having fun. I do want to say we're having fun. I. This season feels more free. This season. Oh my God, literally. Also, I gave a speech. It's not okay. I don't fuck with it, Madonna. I gave a speech at the wedding about trying to get out of the Dear Media contract. Clink, clink. Hey, everyone. Let's raise a glass. Okay, let's get into what we ride for. So today I will finally be. And you know, maybe some people will be like, it's a. You're. This took so long. No, who cares? No, but I kind of just want to preface like. Preface. I was going to let that one go, by the way. I just want to preface. I'm so. I was going to let that go. We have preface. We have. We have haphazardly and we have. Cun. Tintillating. And cun and tintillating. I wish that I still thought it was called cun. We should have let that one go. Maybe you got a cun. You're going to cun for me? Where do you want to cun? So today I will be riding for Zara Larson's Midnight Sun. And I will be riding for flirting. I feel like this is a long. This one's a long time coming as well. These are very intertwined to me. Cause it's the midnight sun. Kiss, get out of the rest. I lay it on you just like this. Hey! So, Midnight Sun. And for those of you who haven't had Zara Larson come across your desk, you have been missing out on that lush life. Zara Larson is a Swedish pop star who has taken the world by storm. But she has been working doggedly for years. She was on, I believe, Sweden's Got Talent when she was like a kid. Sorry. If you can't. If you can't love Zara Larson at her Ruin My Life, I don't think you get Midnight Sun. You're welcome. But you should. Go back and. Revisit the classics. The secret text, yeah. So, Midnight Sun is this ferocious album by Zara Larson. It is truly. It's transporting you to the beach. It's Maui Babe. It's seashell anklets. It's Swarovski crystals across your eyes. A dolphin jumping in the water. Lisa Frank, but without the problematic vibes. What was that? Lisa Frank has some interesting business practices, allegedly. Oh, okay. I don't want to know. I hate that we have to say allegedly. It's like, no. Well, if it's proven. It's only alleged if it's like they were accused of something and. Like a guy who actively like was dating a 16-year-old and I couldn't say on this pod that he's a fucking pedophile. Yeah, because you would have to say alleged. It's like, can't you call someone a pedophile anymore? Americans are very litigious. People love to bring it up to gay guys. I know. Have I talked about like, I just think it's so funny that Republicans always talk about it. Because like, it has to be top of mind. Right, no. Like, I'm not thinking about that word a lot. No, except if I meet a Republican. Yeah, exactly. I think, hmm. Duddy's killed 15 pedophiles to date. I honestly, and I think she has a lot to look forward to. That's the shit. She's dumping them in the river. She dumps them in with two hands. It's easy for her. Of course it's easy for her. Overhead. Yeah. Yeah. She dusts off her thigh high boots. We have to write her sleep story. So, Zara Larson has this album. But why I'm writing for. For Midnight Sun. The song? I'm actually writing for the whole era. Okay. Because it's, it is this, it's someone who has worked so hard. It's very Charlie Bratt. Where someone who has worked so long and so hard finally gets their flowers. And it's because they just are fully true to themselves. And they, she created an entire world. It is like. It's beautiful. It's girlhood. It's girlhood. And she made this whole remix. She made this album called Girls Trip, which is only with female artists. It's glittery. It's bright. It's poppy. It's shiny. She brought back glam. Glam was in a coffin somewhere. Glam was dead in a ditch. We were just glazing our faces. We were just glazed donuts. But we weren't putting on eyeshadow. She, oh my God, her, I think her name is Sophie Sin. It's S-I-N-O-T. Oh my God. It's incredible. The beats that she's, that Zara is doing on this tour. The dances. The body is crazy tea. The costumes are heaven sent. The energy. The celebratory nature. She is also, her politics, her personality, her TikToks. Her interviews. She is heaven sent when they're like, what do you like not listen to? She's like, well, you're never going to find me listening to Chris Brown, like a woman abusers. She's just naming names. Allegedly. Allegedly. Jesus. I want to point out. So something fun, a connection that I have to Midnight Sun is that it was featured in the Sonic commercial I did. And let's sip to that. Let's sip to that. Let's sip to that. Can we just sip to that? You know, Sonic and I have a huge relationship because there was a Sonic right by my high school and I would go and get tater tots there and then an ocean breeze slush. Or there was a cream slush they had for a while where you would get orange or lemon. That sounds very Midnight Sun. Oh my God. It is so, actually, you know what? Sonic really knew what they were doing there because it's very Midnight Sun. Their drink menu is just like, you're not going to find. It's Midnight Sun refreshers. And then every now and then you have a chili cheese dog there and you shit, you're fucking rains out. Allegedly. Allegedly, dude. I really found this album during the like the fall, like last fall. And then it was kind of during the winter. I was like, it was all I would work out to. And the song, like that's the thing with the ambition. It's called Ambition. That one's amazing. Crush is like explosive. The Eli remix of Crush. I was going to say the Eli remix. Holy shit. The Tyla remix of Hot and Sexy. And then also the Pink Pantherous of it all. And Zara Larson obviously had a huge moment with Pink Pantherous because of the Stateside remix. Yeah. Oh. our Miss Girl skated. I remember when we were in London listening to that in the hotel room we shared. That was a really special time. That was a really good trip. We were there for a photo shoot. And I was trying to get someone to respond to my Instagram story, and they did. And, like, what could be better than that? We cheered. Yeah. We had a big, big celebration. We had chicken tenders there. We went to a gag night. Big fucking trip, dude. Oh, God. It's the never-ending midnight sun. But then Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico happened. Oh, my God. And, sorry, but midnight sun, it's all we played. And, obviously, Jake Sam is famous twink. Famous twink and fellow member of the security team. He's such a Zara head. So it was like, oh, my God, we were in the water going like this. And then we found out it wasn't safe to swim there. Well, you know, the riptide. The riptide of it all. Very midnight sun. But I just urge everyone to dive into all that is Zara Larson and dive into this midnight sun. Put a little flower in your hair. Put a sparkle on your eye. Wear a crop top. Wear a shadow. Wear literally, like, I want it. And fuck it. Make it orange. Like, I don't care. Sherbert. I just, she, I think if I was going to be a pop star that she looks like the one I would pick. Because I would have so much fun. Totally. There's such an essence to all of it. There is a playfulness. And the music, her voice is gorgeous. Like, she is so fucking talented. The dancing. I just, I just think it's like joy. And it feels like bourbon. Hyper. Totally. It's got, it's got barbenheimer energy. And it's like letting people be playful. And it's also inclusive. And also, like, still fiery. And sex posi. And I just, holy fuck. Have you ever seen a pretty girl get ugly like this? That was you before you put your makeup on today. Not true. You're beautiful all the time. But I would love to do a little freaking midnight sun look on you, girl. And it's like spring. It's like spray-painted shirts where you go to, like, a fair. Yeah, you go to the fair. She loves putting on a hat like this. Oh, my God. It's like so, I just, I love her. I love her. It makes me feel alive. Agreed. And it makes me feel like, oh, my God, I have a Playboy bunny, like, tan line. Tan line. On my bosom. Above my bosom. Back there. And being blonde and, like, listening to midnight sun. Yeah, that's really cool. That can feel like a mini box. There's a synergy. Blue moon. Shine on me. Kiss me in the dark. Mm-hmm. Tell me. I look beautiful. Underneath the stars. In Swedish, I believe puss-puss is kind of like a, it's a fun greeting. Okay. It's aloha of sorts. Why haven't you been saying that to me? Well, today's the day. And that whole concept, I can't. Puss-puss. Puss-puss. Puss-puss. Puss-puss. Yeah. I just, I would love to get her on the pod, actually. Yeah. Zara, this is an invitation. Let's do that. We'll work on it. We'll work on that. I would die for that. We'll get our best guys on this. You'll see me be a little. I would be shy. A little gay fanboy. I mean, I would just like let her go. Let her freaking go. I'm bad. It's like I'm shy at first. And then I'm like, let me, let me hold you. Well, I want to thank her for all she's given us and for the years of tireless hard work. Yes. And you know what? We're happy to have you. How great is that? A woman who's just. A girl singer. Worked her ass off. And she had this interview where they kind of like asked her about flopping. I know. That was crazy. That felt like it was like the start of this like, I mean, she's doing amazing things on the internet. And it felt like that interview, which was like a serious interview, like on the news. I know. And they asked her about flopping. I find issue with the Kia Asylum of it all. I don't think it's funny. It's like my one thing I'm serious about because I'm like, well, so obviously Bad Bunny excluded. What do we call the place where all these male singers go? Because all of them have one song that's just on the radio. And then they. I'm like, what? What's what's their version? Do we really need to find a prison to put women who are putting themselves out there? Don't. Can we not do that? I'm totally against it. And I'm like, I swear to God, it's just like not funny to me. No, it's not funny. I was watching this. Oh, my God. It came up on my feed. I was watching Britney Spears, a tour doc about her when she was in the Dream Within a Dream tour. It's just like how much she's putting herself out there in the work. I know. I can't even think about it. I know. Well, if we keep disrespecting. Our stars, we're going to lose our stars. Yeah. So can we just like let them just chill, have music that maybe it doesn't. Does it all need to hit so hard? But she kind of very much gave it a baby. You've recovered. She was like, you know, this flop happened and it's the midnight sun. And I'm sitting here with you, aren't I? Yeah. Baby, you've recovered. You've recovered. 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Or get 10% off your first purchase at K18hair.com with code RIDE. That's code RIDE at K18hair.com. Let's talk about flirting. Flirting. Oh, shit. No, you could give a class on this, baby girl. I don't think people know how much this is like a skill of mine that I possess and I can really tap into it or I can step back from it. And I just think flirting is one of life's. Great joys. It's actually, I had to look in on Ride on Spotify to make sure I hadn't already written for this or wrote for this. You listened to every episode. I listened to every single episode and I had not. So I love flirting. I love flirting on text. I love flirting on DM. I love flirting quick interaction out in public, on the dance floor, at a wedding. I mean, the sky's the limit. How do you flirt? Finger and mouth all the way. I find that it's really helpful when you're talking to a guy. I have a few tips if you want me to. Can you share them? I do. Just to anyone in the middle of them talking, you just go, you just have your tongue out. And they don't go, what? And you, what? Well, you know how it's gay waiter. Call a guy stupid. Stupid. Gay waiter who knows something you don't is, hi. But flirting is, hi. It's different. I also want to talk about negging, which is a style of flirting that was invented by that guy, the pickup artist or whatever, where you just like insult people as a way to, that is. It's so fucking illegal. If you do that to me, I will leave the event. He will never get in my knickers that way, by the way. Never, ever, ever. I left an event recently because I was being negged by a child star, former child star. He wasn't a kid anymore. Yeah, of course. But he was being so rude to me. And I was just like, I'm leaving. Yeah. What are we in kindergarten? This isn't fun. No. This is fun for you because it's not fun for me. No. Flirting doesn't always need, it's not about the destination. It's about the journey. I agree. Flirting is the journey. You're not trying to hook up with everyone you flirt with. Sometimes it's just for fun. Of course. As a little Scorpio, sometimes I am just like, oh my God, it's not that deep. And then I hit him with. And when you're funny, I would say like flirting can just be like sort of an exercise. Well, we're storytellers. And we're storytellers. We're storytellers. I, oh God. I mean, oh my God. Thinking about flirty texts or a flirty fucking message. What it could do to the heart's fire. A flirty Instagram story. Midnight Sun is very flirtatious. And if you hear that song on the dance floor, I think it can be electrifying. And then all of a sudden. All of a sudden you're flirting with your body language. Do you know what I love doing? I love doing this. Yeah. That's really good. Wow. It's those little tiny muscles. It's these muscles I've got up here. And you just can be like, whatever. Oh, at the wedding, I was told by a male guest after when we were at the after after party. He was like, you're a really good dancer. And it just felt like good. Didn't he tell you this in a hot tub? He told me in the hot tub. Because I can picture it. And then you lifted up your knee high leather boot you were wearing in the hot tub. Yeah. You let the water drain out of it. And you said, I said, I guess I got it from my mother. I said, say it again. My mother was a dancer as well. And then I did the Bebe Rexha pose where her head was out of the water and her butt, but no other part of her body. Fuck. You're thinking about it now. Well, I am. And I'm also thinking of he wanna lick my bum, but clap my rots. Got him going crazy for that poon. So people make this stuff. People make and post things like that, not knowing it's going to come across Benny Drama's desk. Yeah. And then it's my problem all of a sudden. I'm sorry. And then so the day I learned about this ditty, this melody on TikTok, I saw Raccoon Puppet performing it. And I just thought, well, shit, they know. nailed this. This was made for me. Happy birthday to me. And can I just say that unless you're in a relationship with someone and maybe even after you are. Yeah, wait. I don't think that sending memes is flirting unless it's a screenshot of a meme that you're texting me and it applies to me specifically. Trading videos back and forth isn't flirting. It has to be specific and it has to be thought through and it has to make sense for me. That's not hot. It's not hot because sometimes you're way off. Can I just tell you? Yeah. Flirting is like, you know, it's like you're making a little, you're doing little bits. Yeah. And I'm kind of like right now. Yeah. But I have to. Do you want to see my Circe impression now or later? What is from Game of Thrones? The day I found, no, the witch from the Odyssey. Oh, OK. These men, you leave me with these men, these prigs. You know what they do to me? Samantha Morton and the Odyssey Oscar campaign. It starts here. I can't. It starts right here, baby. And also, well, come on the pod. In Zara, same episode. Oh, four mics. That's the thing with the ambition. Everything's a competition, ladies. They're like, what? I think I would flirt with both of them. But her performance in the Odyssey, I think about it once a day. I want to rewatch the scene a hundred times. It is so unbelievable. She's in it for like less than five minutes. I haven't seen it yet. Just when it's going to it's going to happen. It's a little life. It's going to be the right time for her performance. But I can't stop doing it. It's like I have, rah, ta, ta, ta, ta. God, I'm going crazy for that poon and on and on into these pigs. These men need to make an edit. They do feel. Yeah. Can someone make that edit for me? I would love. I think they probably could. And I'm sure I'm sure your ex would have plenty of notes for my little impression. I'm sure he would. This is just me. I haven't even I don't even have the source material to rewatch and make it perfect. But, you know, it's just it's you're working on it. Yeah. I also want to mention Galaxy Brain. The digital album comes out on August 19th. Mm hmm. Stream it. Make a playlist with it. Have sex to it. Do whatever. Have sex to it. I don't whatever you want. Yeah. However you want to like. Wait, a picture riding a guy and you're the big punch line's about to come. Yeah. Yeah. And then see how hard you can make them bust. Yeah. This feels like you're oh summer. That's fun. Should we flirt? Yeah. Hi. Hi. I'm Mary Beth. Benny. Oh. Oh. Sorry. I'm like I get little. I actually can't. Sorry. I got a boner. That's what I really like your hair. I love your hair. I really think it was. Yeah. Not a natural blonde. So I just want to say that off the bat. I couldn't tell. What are your bubbies like? They're small. They're small. I don't I never really cared about that. And then do this a lot. If you're a guy. Yeah. Guys need to work on it. Be more charming. That's perfect. Yeah. It's really good. I think that's great. I ride for midnight sun. I'm so happy that I have so many gay men around me. Look how red you got me. I know. I mean, whatever. You know when I'm getting feisty. It's what can I say? This polo might be a little tight. No, I think it's good. It's the right size. Thanks, mama. I love midnight sun. I could. I feel like we listen to it at least once a day. We do. I just I can't not. And like the remix. It's like right when I maybe it was out of my rotation every single day. Then she comes out with girls trip and it's like it's back. Now I get to hear Tyler saying. Piping hot. I make him sweat without a sauna. If sexy is a crime, I'm guilty. Your honor. This ain't even my prime. I've been a prima donna. We're so lucky to have women. Can we just treat women? Can we just say thank you, Tyler? Thank you. Oh, my God. Pink. And I love Pink Pantheress. And I just love it all. It's just like fuck. And I'm so impressed with women that can break through in music. And I think it's because when they're true to themselves and they build to build a world like that is so difficult. And I thank you. It's just so thanks for writing for it, because I know girls can be really hard on each other sometimes. Well, yeah, girls are always like this. And I'm a guy's girl. Of course. Yeah, of course. A little do that. Really tough. Because you you're kind of like that's your bio. Do that. Do that. And I go. Uh, clink, clink, clink. And I do have a speech about being a guy's girl. So do you ride for flirting or what? I, um, well, of course I ride for it. I wrote the book on it. Romanicize your life. Flirt with whoever. Go to Paris or don't. I'll never go to Paris. Yeah. Please. You are the girl who didn't go to Paris and shouldn't have gone. You're the girl who went. And and can I just say a testament to the fact that you shouldn't go. If you ever meet Elsie, you have to tell her. I go. I went. It was bad. Hey, so I hope you don't feel bad because I went. And holy fuck. Hey, so I've been twice. And the guys I was dating both times like kind of tried to kill me. Yeah. That part is the man. Nice. Yeah. I love flirting. Flirting is delicious. Um, I think it's just so fun. I love flirting with women too. It's the spice of life. You do do that a lot. Um, but yeah. And I love watching other people do it. I think it's sweet. I love seeing a friend do it. It's a little bit. Like something you shouldn't see, but it's cute. It's the side of them you don't see a lot. I know. I'm like, oh my God, look at you go. When they're spitting game. But I don't, I don't exactly know what I'm doing when I'm doing it. I'm an eye contact person and I'm definitely not giving you shit. I'm a touch. A little touch. Oh, of course I'm a touch. I'm, if I'm, if I'm doing that. It's on. I wouldn't consider myself a flirt though. I don't think people would, but. I don't lead people on. Like if I think they would get. No, no, no. That's a tease though. That's different than a flirt. Are you a tease? Baby. Are you more of a flirt? Oh, don't you freaking get all bashful. He's, he's, he's a flirt. I can tell. Yeah, you a nasty. All's a flirt. Confirmed. All. I love all these boys we have in here. I am a flirt and I like to, but sometimes you're not given material to work with. What's that song? I'm a flirt. I actually, I went to a birthday party in LA for someone I didn't know. I obviously introduced myself cause like, thanks for having me. And I met a, I met a Baroni at the bar and we were just flirting and she was like, I might move to New York. And I was like, you should. You see, you go, I'm picturing it and you go. I went, maybe you should. And then I poured a whole glass of water on myself. You know, sex is the greatest aphrodisiac. That's one of my opening lines when I flirt. Yeah. You know, sex is one of the greatest aphrodisiac. You're flirting with the person checking us out on CVS. I say that to them all the time. I actually think the guy at my CVS would be like, really? Okay. He'd say, all right, I'm gonna write that down. Shit. Okay. In closing, all I want to say and say it with me on three. One, two, three. Puss, puss. Oh, my exit. Benny, babe, eyes on the road. Benny, look out! Ride. Thank you.