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Jake Miller Talks Tats, John Mayer, & The Secret

Jake Miller Talks Tats, John Mayer, & The Secret

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Singer/songwriter hangs out with us and a few lucky fans and plays a few spirited rounds of Heads Up

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Young Hollywood

I know we have a bunch of questions also on Facebook. So Nicole's going to come in. Okay. Cool. So, we're going to start with. Um Ashley Laferty wants to know what's your tattoo of? Can you show it?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Oh, yeah. I will. Yeah. He's like, I got a new tattoo, and let me tell you about it a million times. But, yeah, I like on Snapchat, I'll like take pictures of like my piano, but like I'll put my arm in it. So it's like low key putting my tattoo in it. But, um

Young Hollywood

This is not your first right?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

First and last. Yeah, I'll never get another one, to be honest.

Young Hollywood

Really?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

But um, the symbols of a iPod just because I love music. And then 12 has been my family's, my whole family's lucky number for like as long as I can remember.

Young Hollywood

Why?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

So it started off in kind of like a more casual way. It was Bob Griese, the football player. It was his number. And then my dad just started like loving it. And then he just passed it on to like my family. And like from, from when I was like, from as far back as I can remember, it's, it's been 12. Yeah. I don't, I don't really know. It just kind of got more and more important to us, and we would see it everywhere, and like if it was like the 12th of January, we knew it would be like a good day or whatever. So.

Young Hollywood

See, that's really cool.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

So, and on the other side, it's on 12 so it kind of like reminds me like throughout all the craziness in the music industry like to think of what's important, which is my family.

Young Hollywood

That's awesome.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Or just like my friends, or just like life outside the music industry.

Young Hollywood

Right. That's so cool. Um Emma Chan wants to know why do you love music so much? Um which is another one that you kind of touched on. But what specifically about music in comparison to maybe like sports or something that suits you?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Um It's just something that like everybody can appreciate, no matter what language you speak, or where you're from, or if you don't know the person, or even if you don't get along, like everybody just loves music. That sounds like really corny and like cliché, but like to do something, it's like to make a song in my bedroom that like thousands or millions of people can listen to. One person in Germany, one person in LA like. And they all love it, and like listen to the words. Like that's just like really cool. That's probably why I make music. Um why I love music is just because it kind of like gets me in my feelings, and it just kind of makes me appreciate life.

Young Hollywood

Right. This feelings.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Yeah. Especially John Mayer songs. Like I'll listen to John Mayer like on the car ride home and I'll just start crying.

Young Hollywood

No. That's how like any John Mayer song, like the minute it comes on, I'm like already

Jake Miller Talks Tats

But sometimes like it's crying in happiness. Sometimes it's in sadness. Like he just makes me like, like really like appreciate life.

Young Hollywood

Controls all the emotions.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Yeah. Like he really does. Like go listen to No Such Thing, and then like listen, like imagine like your middle school days, like, or high school days.

Young Hollywood

He's like my life.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Exactly. Like, for sure. It's crazy. It's crazy. I love music.

Young Hollywood

I can tell. We can tell. Um Michael Jones. Favorite meal ever?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

That's a good one. It used to be Chipotle. Ever since I started like working out and like,

Young Hollywood

I know, right?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Well, my fans are just like, what? Well, like I, I've always been like the biggest Chipotle fan in the world, but like now that I'm like, I've always been working out, but now I've been trying to eat good too. All my fans know I love Chipotle. So you all know this. Okay, so I have, I have a card, I have an unlimited Chipotle card.

Young Hollywood

Are you serious?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Yeah, I'm serious. Like it's literally,

Young Hollywood

How do you get that?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Well, I don't know. Eat it every day. No, like we'll go on tour with nine of us, and we just, whatever we want. Swipe in. Done. And they're always so confused.

Young Hollywood

Wait, do you guys know what he orders at Chipotle? No, there's no way you guys know. I feel like someone in here knows.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

I don't think so. Cause I don't really even know, it always switches.

Young Hollywood

Oh, so you don't have like a staple go-to.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

I used to get the bowl like way back in the day. Then when I got the card, I'm like, damn, I'm gonna be here a lot. I need to start, I need to get bowls. And then now it's just like, I can't even go there at all. Like I get sour cream and cheese, and guac. It's just like, it's not healthy.

Young Hollywood

That sounds really good right now.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

So good.

Young Hollywood

Yes. Michaela Kitz. How do you feel about having so many people with your lyrics tattooed?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Okay, that's a really good one, because I love your posts on there. I have a whole folder, like a photo folder on my phone of like all the tattoo, all the fan tattoos that get tweeted to me or whatever, just because like

Young Hollywood

That's so cool.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Yeah. Like everybody asks me like, what's the greatest like gift you've ever gotten from a fan? Like I think that's the greatest gift, like to know that my lyrics are like forever on your skin. Like you'll be like 80 years old, and you'll have like Jake Miller lyrics that you don't even remember the song. You're just like, like why did I get this? I'm just kidding. But, uh, yeah, it's, it's like

Young Hollywood

Someone actually got this exact tattoo the other day.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Are you serious?

Young Hollywood

Did they put 12, too?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

No, it was like 128 or something. Yeah. I don't know.

Young Hollywood

That's awesome. And then I want to know, cause we talked at Jingle Ball about The Secret, the book The Secret.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

I was literally just gonna start reading it again today. And it's like, look at that.

Young Hollywood

Wait, okay, so you told me though that you won money in Vegas, the last time we talked about this. And I want to know, has anything else happened to you that you can like pin to it?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

No, that's why I want to read it.

Young Hollywood

Oh. I remember. I remember we were talking about that because I was like, I haven't read that either. It's like, it'll change your life. For, even if, it might be only for like three weeks, and then it kind of starts to fade out. And then I guess you have to pick it up and read it again. But it's a really like easy read. And just like while you're reading it, it makes you feel like you are like the greatest person in the world, and you can achieve anything. You guys should all read it, The Secret. Cool. And then that's it for Facebook questions. But we actually wanna play a few rounds of Heads Up with you. Heads Up. Have you played this before?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. With the Ellen game?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, yeah. Exactly. All right. So, All right, what do you guys think? We should do Superstars, Act It Out, Animals Gone Wild, Blockbuster Movies, Icons, Legends, and Stars, Accents, and Impressions.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Act it out.

Young Hollywood

Act it out. Okay, that sounds pretty good to me. So I have to guess this? What's happening? Can you guys see? Uh, can you see? Wait, can you see me, too? Wait, you know what? Oh.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Lifting weights?

Young Hollywood

Yeah, that's close enough. Okay. Right? Yeah. Okay. Uh, What? Uh, binoculars? Uh, snorkeling? Uh, what? What? Throw, I don't know what's happening here. Uh, what? Three? Good? Great? Fabulous? Tracy, do you want to maybe just pass? I'm gonna pass on that one. Wait, tell me what it was.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

3D. Oh my God. What?

Young Hollywood

Um, Uh, What? Uh, touching? Clapping? Smacking? Hitting? Uh, tapping? Tapping? No. Playing tag. Wow, I just thought he'd do so well on that game at all. I thought you did very well. So what happened? That's all right. Let's do another category. All right, let's go. Should we do another category? I was gonna say Accents. Oh, accents. Oh my gosh. This is hilarious. Okay, there we go. What do I have to guess? The accent. No, I have to guess it. I think. Obviously. Oh. What? Good luck, Tracy. I don't know this one. It's like, What? What?

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Scooby-Doo. That's not an accent.

Young Hollywood

Shut out to the. That's what I'm saying, that's not an accent. Okay, did you do it? Okay, so you have to do that now. Go down. What? Go down. There you go. Oh, this is, this is just horrible for me. Uh, it's a type of candy.

Jake Miller Talks Tats

Sour Patch Kids?

Young Hollywood

Something from like another country. I don't know that. That's, That's a red, really good candy. Oh, Swedish. Thank you. No. I am doing this so wrong. Oh, uh, Uh, what? I did that. We're gonna have another, let's do another cat. All right, one more. That was way too hard. Scooby-Doo is not an accent. What do you speak? Scooby-Doo. Let's do, let's do superstars. Okay. Oh, shoot. Can you see? Can I see what? Can you want a lift? Lift. There you go. Uh, All right, all right, all right. Oh. There you go, Tracy. Oh, his name. He's in the Buick commercials. That's Lincoln, Matthew McConaughey. Yeah. He's in the Buick commercials. It's not Buick, though. Oh, Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln. Oh, um, she's in like a very good movie. Can I just say the name of the movie? The Notebook. Sure. It's gonna give it away. I've seen that movie. She dated Ryan Gosling forever. Her name starts with an R. Julia Adams? I don't know. We're gonna play the Whisper Game. Wait, do it, do it. That's the hardest part of this game. Oh. I'll be there for you. Dark hair. Um she's really like crazy. Lila. I don't know. What do you like?

Young Hollywood

Oh, you don't watch Friends? I would have never known that. I did watch Friends, though. Jennifer Aniston. She's the one that I love. Good work. Anybody else want to play? Jay, can you hold the mic for me? Yes. Thank you. Wait, wait. What? What's happening? When she's talking, I'm like this. Oh, so you wanna get a mic for you? Technical difficulty. We had technical difficulties, I am like, that's why it was awkward. Excuse me. So which category are we doing? Act it out. Oh my God, I'm scared. We're gonna have a fan come do it. Throwing a ball. You want to stand up? Throwing a football. Playing darts? Open the fridge. Close. Uh. Opening the fridge. No. Close? Uh. Lighting a match. Whoa. Ironing. Not doing anything. Drawing. Yeah. Oh. That was good. Drawing. Good work. Hi five. That was awesome. Good work.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Nicole

    Helped with Facebook questions

  • Ashley Laferty

    Fan who asked about Jake's tattoo

  • Bob Griese

    Football player whose number inspired '12'

  • Emma Chan

    Fan who asked why Jake loves music

  • John Mayer

    Artist whose music Jake loves and makes him emotional

  • Michael Jones

    Fan who asked about Jake's favorite meal

  • Michaela Kitz

    Fan who asked about lyrics tattoos

  • Ellen

    Creator of the game Heads Up

  • Matthew McConaughey

    Guessed during Heads Up

  • Rachel McAdams

    Guessed during Heads Up

  • Ryan Gosling

    Mentioned as Rachel McAdams' former partner

  • Jennifer Aniston

    Guessed during Heads Up

FAQ

What is Jake Miller's tattoo of?+
Jake Miller has a tattoo of an iPod symbol combined with the number '12'. The iPod symbolizes his love for music, and '12' is his family's lucky number.
Why is '12' important to Jake Miller?+
The number '12' is his family's lucky number, initially inspired by football player Bob Griese, and it reminds him of his family's importance amidst the music industry.
Does Jake Miller have an unlimited Chipotle card?+
Yes, Jake Miller has an unlimited Chipotle card, which he received because he frequently ate there.
What is the greatest gift Jake Miller has received from a fan?+
Jake Miller considers fans getting his lyrics tattooed on them as the greatest gift, as it signifies a lasting impact of his words.
What book does Jake Miller recommend?+
Jake Miller recommends "The Secret," stating it's an easy read that makes you feel empowered and capable of achieving anything.
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