See, that's why you don't give the boys you're going after, your BBM. You send, "Hey, movie tonight?" question mark and it's R and you haven't heard a response, now you're freaking out.

Hey guys, Jessica Smith here with Kelly James. How are you today?

I'm doing great. I wish I was in King Sport, but I'm in Austin, which is the second best.

We are here at South by Southwest and I like that you're being, you know, kind of like in the spirit of St. Patty's Day with those green Oakley shades. You are going to play the Oakley showcase tomorrow night. Yep, tomorrow. Are you looking forward to that and?

I'm super I'm super excited. I actually did it last year. So I, um, I played uh last year with Mike Poser was on that show. And this year, we got, you know, Cisco and Swayze back again and a bunch of other great acts. The Cataracts are on, Dev's playing. I mean, they they really, really, really do a great job of getting a lot of up and coming artists on these shows.

So, whenever you're on the road, how do you keep in touch with all of your friends and your fans and?

That's that's it's super hard actually, you know, again. You get on the road and you get in this mode where, you know, you're you're you're almost in kind of Groundhog Day. And it's a beautiful Groundhog Day to be in because you get to play music every night. But you're really in this like every day is so fast and it's traveling and show and traveling and show and all the things in between. I mean, I really try to post everything I can on Facebook. All my friends check that, all my fans check that.

Do you ever BBM while you're on the road?

Yep. I'm I'm very selective with my BBM followers.

Oh. So, you know, like

How many do you have? Uh, maybe like uh 280. No, I'm just kidding. I have like 13. I have 13. But it's it's crazy because like, you know, when someone asks you for their BBM, I think that's like, you know, that's like so personal. It's like, yo, only my close people get my pin.

But how do you feel because I know like it hurts my feelings so bad when somebody reads my BBM and then it's like the little R. That's the worst.

See, that's why you only have your close friends. And then nothing.

See, that's why you don't give the boys that you're going after your BBM. You go and you jump in way too quick. And then you say, "Hey, movie tonight?" question mark and it's R and you haven't heard a response, now you're freaking out. Now you're checking their Facebook profile, seeing if he's updated anything. And that's actually like a game. Like if you want to play, like if you're trying to play that game, you let it marinate for a little bit. You read that and you're sitting there and you're going like this.

I'm going to let her marinate for a little bit. I'm going to let her think about this little question. I'm going to let her see. I'm like I'm like, "Oh, baby, I don't need to be marinated."

But but but oh, but you will marinate it. You will marinate. You look like that Wagyu beef.

You know what's really sad? I have all girls on my BBMs. And it's all my girlfriends and I'm like, "You're supposed to be my best friend."

And they R you?

Yeah.

They R you?

I got R. It's so sad. I got R and it wasn't even pirate day.

Oh my gosh, have you been to Pirate Times in California?

I haven't, but I want to switch my Facebook language to pirate language. Um, guess what's on my Facebook profile right now.

No. Yes. Say something. I want to show you. I'm going to let you go before you say anything else that's like really wrong. All right, good. I'll get you. So you go and enjoy South by Southwest. Have a great show tomorrow night.

Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Holler out to uh King's Fort, Tennessee. The girls in the building.