Dove Cameron & Ryan McCartan: RDMA's Cutest Couple

Dove Cameron & Ryan McCartan: RDMA's Cutest Couple
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If the Radio Disney Music Awards were handing out a trophy for Cutest Couple, Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan would win in a landslide! YH catches up with the newly-engaged "Liv and Maddie" co-stars who tell us about their musical collabo, The Girl and the Dreamcatcher, plus they reveal their cute nicknames for each other and record a musical.ly of a DNCE song -- check it out on Young Hollywood's musical.ly account!
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Welcome back, Carman and Ryan. You guys are like the epitome of the cutest couple on Earth.
Thank you.
You really are. Congratulations on your engagement.
Thank you very, very much. Thank you.
I first just have to talk about your dress. What made you, like, how did you get this whole up against the getter?
Um, I like really classic lines. I like very, like, simple, um, ensembles. I like very, yeah, like I said, like classic. Um, and I hardly ever go for color, and so my stylist convinced me to go for a bold color.
And then you guys have a band called the Dream Catchers. So, there's a lot of stuff going on with that, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to be a really exciting summer for us. Uh, we're planning to release an EP, we have a lot of shows coming up. Um, it's really fun. It it's it's been one of the most amazing enterprises maybe for either of us in our life. It's really romantic, you know, to perform with the love of your life and and
It really is, right? It's like the dream job.
Yeah. Dream life, dream everything. But also, you know, we we have we've noticed that there's sort of a trend in in music to kind of talk about like that bumping single life, which is which is cool and chill, but like we're really excited to make being in a relationship sexy again and to talk about that kind of stuff in our music. Um, and so that's sort of what we're about and we're excited to keep the grind going.
But that's so true, 'cause like, you know, what is it about what you want to sort of what message do you want to get across, you know, to your fans about romance and about keeping that alive?
Well, you know, I think I think you're either writing about being in love or being out of love and writing about heartbreak, and a relationship is both and neither at the same time. There are amazing highs that you can't get from anything else and there are unbelievable lows you can't get from anything else, and we want to write about all of that, all of the the honesty and truth about a relationship. I also think, like, I've heard a lot of, um, like duets where you later find out that they either were kissing in the booth or they were together in a relationship. Like I just read an interview with Meghan Trainor where she's talking about working with Charlie Puth. Um, and she said that they were kissing in the booth. And I was like, that's why that song stands out to me so much. And I think that it's it's a really interesting element to bring a real relationship into music, so.
You guys have nicknames for each other?
Yeah. Bear. Bear happens a lot. Bear, um, for a while, he called me like chickadee and cupcake and those never stuck. There's a we cycle through a lot. We're pretty creative minds.
Chickadee. I love that. Are you guys fan-girling and fan-boying over anybody specific tonight who are you most excited to see? Like all your friends, pretty much.
This is like our home. Yeah. I think G&C, though. G&C, uh, we're we're big fans of them, we're really excited to see them perform. They're amazing. Like you can't get that song out of your head when you hear it, right?
Oh, yeah, no, no. And so many others from them too. "Too Fresh" is like one of the best songs I've heard in a long time. Yeah. Is there any like new artists or anyone that you guys have on your radar that you're loving?
Alessia Cara, girl. She's coming up. She's good. Yes. Yeah, and and who who did, um, "Seven Years Old"? Lukas Graham. He's amazing. I love him and I love his whole band.
If you could face-swap, first of all, have you ever face-swapped with each other? I have to know.
Yeah, it's weird.
Well, can we do it? I think we have to do it on Young Hollywood.
Yes, we're going to have to.
Oh my God! That was the worst decision I've ever made. Oh, my God. That's the best thing ever. Dove has three lips. It's not even like pretend bad. It's not even like, oh, how silly. Like that's really bad. But you kinda nailed it, though. Yeah. Lastly, I have one thing. Have you heard of the app musically?
Yes. Oh, yeah. He loves it. I love musically.
Can you do one?
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Dove Cameron
Featured talent, discusses her dress, engagement, band, and nicknames.
- Ryan McCartan
Featured talent, discusses engagement, band, and nicknames.
- Meghan Trainor
Mentioned in context of duets and kissing in the booth.
- Charlie Puth
Mentioned as Meghan Trainor's collaborator.
- Alessia Cara
Recommended new artist.
- Lukas Graham
Artist of "Seven Years Old" mentioned and praised.
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