David Cook on “The Last Goodbye”

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Kinsey here with Young Hollywood.

We're hanging out behind the scenes of Walmart Soundcheck with the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. David Cook.

How are you?

It's quite an introduction.

I didn't want to lose you, leave you with a broken heart.

Nowhere ever we are, we're miles apart.

I know that we tried.

But this is the last goodbye.

I didn't want to let you go.

Nowhere ever we are, we're miles apart.

I know that we tried.

But this is the last goodbye.

The Last Goodbye is lyrically about just saying goodbye to that relationship that's lingered a bit too long.

And uh, I've been there multiple times in my life, so I, I can't imagine that nobody else knows what I'm talking about.

Am I wrong in interpreting it as you're just piecing out and this girl is hearing this song on the radio and she's like, oh, BT dubs, we're broken up now.

Well, when you put it like that, it sounds a little harsh, but yeah.

Yeah, I guess so.

That's exactly what's going on.

This loud morning, is it safe to say that you're a fan of alarm clocks?

Not at all.

Um, this record is just kind of represents those moments in your life when you use sleep as a reprieve from life, you know what I mean?

And uh, and I've always found this this romanticism in the idea that you can live an entire life in those seven, eight hours that you go to sleep.

I really just wanted to tell this story of a relationship, you know, relationship that doesn't have a happy ending, where at some point you just everything goes wrong and you got to say goodbye.

And hopefully, you know, everybody can find something for themselves in it.

When you're a tour, what is your vocal warm-up?

Do you yell?

It's kind of this real quick, like 10-minute routine of I do that.

Yeah.

I'm not sure exactly what it does, but I've been told it does something.

The singer Tony from the Crash Kings taught me this deal where you kinda shake yourself and hum, so like It works somehow.

So I just do that.

Are there any epic pranks that have happened while you've been on tour?

We're pretty good at at tour pranks.

For a while, there was the whole uh we would tag each other.

Uh-huh.

Where you hit each other in the junk.

Um, but that stopped for a while 'cause it, I mean it hurts.

Yeah.

You have an amazing support group.

I was blown up on Twitter.

Do you have a favorite fan encounter or something that has stood out in your mind?

I've had a lot of really great encounters with fans.

I don't know that I could pick one.

I do know um, you know, one of the most fulfilling things is uh just for the third year in a row, I was involved with uh the Race for Hope in DC.

Um and uh we had this amazing turnout and and a a group of fans um kind of started a group, you know, a part of my team and and they show up and run and uh every year the group seems to get bigger, which is really um really heartwarming because it's something that's close to my heart.

So the fact that they take it upon themselves to help support is uh is huge.

Who would you tour with if you could have your pick?

Oh, wow.

I don't think Springsteen has openers, but if he were looking for an opener, I'd throw my name in that hat.

Bon Jovi would be a great one.

I want you to tour with Justin Timberlake.

You want me to tour with Timberlake?

Yeah.

I'd be down for that.

I hate to go back to the morning situation, but on Twitter, I did have some females ask how you prefer to be woken up in the morning.

Is it an alarm clock?

Is it a nice little poke on the shoulder?

I prefer to not be woken up.

I am uh I am definitely uh I'm a night owl before I'm an early riser.

So, if I can sleep till noon, then I feel like I've done something right with my day.

You're a nooner.

I like it.

Huge fan.

Hey guys, I'm David Cook, and you're watching Young Hollywood.