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Bean Performs "Wildfire" Live and Discusses Her Writing Process

Bean Performs "Wildfire" Live and Discusses Her Writing Process

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The incredibly talented singer-songwriter Noelle Bean -- AKA Bean -- pays a visit to the YH Studio to treat us to a live acoustic performance of her song "Wildfire"! She also sits down with us and shares how she got her start in music and takes us through her writing process, plus she chats about opening for Colbie Caillat and Austin Mahone and reveals what artists she would love to collaborate with!

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Bean Performs

Hey, this is Bean and this is my song Wildfire. Hey, shut your mouth. Talking like you know my story. Nope, you're so boring. Take your stuff and bounce. Chuck all your say opinions cause I'm not listening.

Young Hollywood

I'm all here on the Young Hollywood sofa with the lovely Bean. Hello. How are you? This is this is this is your real name, this is Bean.

Bean Performs

This is it. This is it. This is what I was born with.

Young Hollywood

She was born with Bean. That was it. That was it. Mine, mine doesn't flower as much as yours for Bean it's not.

Bean Performs

Yeah.

Young Hollywood

No, yours is like, yours is like John Travolta. Like Really? It sounds like Mine is like Bean, you know? Bean? Yeah. We just made a song up. Bean. Bean. It's not as good as your joke though. No, no, it's not. It's not as good as Wildfire either.

Bean Performs

You can knock me down down to my knees. Turn my bones to ashes, bury me. Rising like a phoenix, you'll make you see. I'll burn even higher. Burn even higher. I'm a wildfire.

Young Hollywood

Your voice is so nice.

Bean Performs

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Which helps in music. It does, it does. It's always awkward if we have someone at the Young Hollywood studio and they sing and they've got horrible voice. And everybody's like, okay, I'm done with this. Yeah, and that's like but that was really nice.

Bean Performs

Thank you. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Um and it's been it wasn't like you didn't start that young. I mean you're you're you're not old now, but it was only like five, six years, the last five, six years that's all all happened, right?

Bean Performs

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I started singing my parents were pastors growing up so I started singing in church and stuff like that. But it wasn't until I picked up a guitar that I realized that I love music and I love writing so, so much that I had to put my own YouTube videos up, so. After that, my record label found me and here I am.

Young Hollywood

And the rest is history.

Bean Performs

And the rest is history.

Young Hollywood

And the rest is history.

Bean Performs

Rising like a phoenix, I'll make you see. I'll burn even higher. Burn even higher. I'm a wildfire. Yeah. I'm a wildfire. I'm a wildfire.

Young Hollywood

Talk us through the writing process of the of the of the new song like this.

Bean Performs

With Wildfire, the writing process was completely different from any other song just because this song is about my journey up until this point and all of the ups and downs and the struggle of trying to break like everybody else's into the industry and be somebody and be unique enough that you are going to like shine brighter than 90% of the people in Hollywood. I hope whenever everybody else hears it they can get some like inspo to keep fighting on too. It's a good song to start your day with. Yeah. When you wake up in the morning, drinking your coffee, put that song on.

Young Hollywood

It is, it wakes you up, you know? That or I of the Tiger. Yeah, even one of those. I of the Tiger, you know? I of the Tiger's a good one too. That's like a whole league of its own, but. Do you do you have a song other than your own that you use for that up beat?

Bean Performs

Probably, I mean, I would say like Katy Perry.

Young Hollywood

I was I didn't want to say it but that's what I was thinking as well. You know, like she Roar. Yeah. Lost all credibility there thinking in the in the men's bar there. Katy Perry roar. Quite like it, just say.

Bean Performs

It's okay. You say roar cooler than all of us, so.

Young Hollywood

Okay, that's fine then.

Bean Performs

You're never gonna keep me down. You're never gonna knock me out. You're never gonna keep me down. Can't keep me down. No, you're never gonna keep me down. You're never gonna knock me out. You're never gonna keep me down cause you can knock me down down to my knees.

Young Hollywood

Are you hands on in what you want from the video?

Bean Performs

I am. I must say with this music video, it's completely left of field from everything else that I've done prior to. Right. It's a whole new world, so get ready. It's exciting. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

You've opened up for Colby, Austin Mahone, some amazing people. Yeah. If you could open up for any artist right now, who would it be?

Bean Performs

Oh my god. I'm obsessed with The 1975. Oh. Like I love Maddie Healy so much.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Have you got posters on your wall?

Bean Performs

Um, you know, I actually don't, but

Young Hollywood

The last poster that was on your wall.

Bean Performs

The last poster that was on my wall, I would say probably Twain. Okay. I was like seven or eight. Okay.

Bean Performs

Turn my bones to ashes, bury me. Rising like a phoenix, so make you see. I'll burn even higher. Burn even higher. I'm a wildfire.

Young Hollywood

If you could collaborate with anyone, um, in music, in in your in your next music. Don't say The 1975.

Bean Performs

I know. I was like crap, I've told all my 1975.

Young Hollywood

Think outside the box. Just stop thinking about the dating world and think about work.

Bean Performs

It's okay, I already got a boo. But um,

Young Hollywood

Oh, easy, you better not watch this interview then.

Bean Performs

I know, right. He'd be tracking down The 1975, for instance. Yeah. But yes, collaboration. Collaboration. Anyone else?

Young Hollywood

Okay.

Bean Performs

Um, Coldplay. Okay. Ed Sheeran. This guy named Matt Corby. And I mean Colby would be so dope. I did say one. But you got

Young Hollywood

I know, I know. You have so many choices that you roll with it. I just let you roll with it. You're like, okay.

Bean Performs

I'm a wildfire. I'm a wildfire. Yeah. I'm a wildfire. I'm a wildfire.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Noelle Bean

    The featured artist and singer-songwriter

  • Bean

    Noelle Bean's stage name

  • Katy Perry

    Mentioned as an artist with upbeat songs

  • Colbie Caillat

    Artist Bean has opened for and expressed interest in collaborating with

  • Austin Mahone

    Artist Bean has opened for

  • The 1975

    Band Bean is obsessed with and wants to open for

  • Maddie Healy

    Lead singer of The 1975 whom Bean admires

  • Shania Twain

    Artist whose poster Bean had on her wall as a child

  • Coldplay

    Band Bean would like to collaborate with

  • Ed Sheeran

    Artist Bean would like to collaborate with

  • Matt Corby

    Artist Bean would like to collaborate with

FAQ

Who is Bean?+
Bean is the stage name for singer-songwriter Noelle Bean, who visited the Young Hollywood studio to perform her song "Wildfire".
What is the song "Wildfire" about?+
"Wildfire" is about Bean's journey in the music industry, encompassing the ups and downs and struggles of trying to break through.
How did Bean get her start in music?+
Bean started singing in church as her parents were pastors, and later realized her passion for music and writing after picking up a guitar and posting YouTube videos.
Which artists has Bean opened for?+
Bean has opened for artists such as Colbie Caillat and Austin Mahone.
What artists would Bean like to collaborate with?+
Bean would love to collaborate with artists like Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Matt Corby, and Colbie Caillat.
Who is Bean's favorite band?+
Bean is obsessed with the band The 1975 and their lead singer, Maddie Healy.
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