Here with Leon Bridges here at the AMA's. How's it going, man?

Really good. How are you doing?

You performing tonight.

Yes, indeed.

What's what song are you going to perform for us?

Yes, the song I'm performing tonight with Macklemore is a tune called Kevin.

I've actually haven't heard that. It's not yet released. Oh, it's just it right now. I was like, damn, I heard that for. This guy has got one of the most soulful voices right now in the game. You have a very blues voice right now and coming into a very modern world. How how how's the world been responding to you?

Yeah, man, it's um not saying that it's the only thing happening but you know it's not um there's not a lot of it, you know, within the mainstream music. Um and so people have really been responding to it in a great way and uh it's good for me, you know.

Did you start out like playing guitar? You're from Texas, right?

From Texas. Fort Worth, Texas.

So where where where were you where were you playing when you were first starting out there in Texas?

Yeah, I was just playing at coffee shops and on the street buskin.

Wow.

In my garage. That's it.

That's it, playing the blues, huh?

Yeah, R&B, blues, you know, a little bit of country, you know.

I really like this what's this uh thing you got here on your on your tie? Right there. What is that?

Oh, yeah, this is a uh tie pin. Uh tie pin. Yeah, thanks to my dude um John Luna, uh aka Barrio Dan. He lives in LA and I get like all my vintage clothing and stuff from him.

This song with Macklemore. How is he performing with you tonight? And or how did you guys come to do this together? And who approached who?

Yes, uh well way uh way earlier in the game um him and his team hit hit us up about me doing a song with him and and so I um went out to Seattle and um we kind of sat there together and uh collectively uh came up with the song. And uh yeah, I'm I mean really excited to perform it.

What's up, Young Hollywood? This is Kid Leon Bridges. Thank you.