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The Girl and The Dreamcatcher Perform Live & Talk First Date

The Girl and The Dreamcatcher Perform Live & Talk First Date

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The YH Studio welcomes The Girl and The Dreamcatcher, AKA Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan, for an exclusive live acoustic performance of their song "Make You Stay" and a sit-down with the talented couple to find out more about their music and their relationship! Hear all about their fateful first date, plus we quiz them about each other and ask them some questions submitted by their fans on Twitter!

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Dove Cameron

Hey you guys, it's the girl in the Dreamcatcher here at Young Hollywood. How you doing? We're about to perform two original songs. This one is called Make You Stay. I'd sing acapella in the rain. Let the whole world think I've gone insane. Give you all my money and my name. Nothing I wouldn't do. Nothing I wouldn't do.

Young Hollywood

Hey, guys. It's Tracy in the Young Hollywood Studio, and I am sitting with the two lovebirds. I'm kind of like third-wheeling, but I'm so fine with it. The Girl and the Dreamcatcher, aka, Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan. So, Liv and Maddie, you guys are together on that. You're acting on that. When did you start dating? How long after doing the show together?

Dove Cameron

Episode six of season one.

Young Hollywood

Was that like don't pertain to like, you know, like a specific scene that you're like, oh.

Dove Cameron

It was. It was. Yes. It was.

Young Hollywood

Wow, we don't know this is episode six.

Dove Cameron

It was the first time that our characters told each other that they had feelings for each other on the show. That night was our first date.

Young Hollywood

No way.

Dove Cameron

We filmed the scene like on like the porch swing, and it's like, I like you, Maddie. I like you too, Diggy, or whatever. And then afterwards, he was like, hey, like, I'm not doing anything. I don't know. I was going to go alone to get frozen yogurt, but like, do you want to come?

Ryan McCartan

Ryan thinks of himself as a lot nicer than you're making him.

Dove Cameron

Well, no, because you like, you. You played it so cool, and I was like, that's cool to you. Okay. But then I like ran around set being like, do you think this is a date? Do you think he likes me? I mean, I would think by now I got my answer.

Young Hollywood

That's like, that's like a fairy tale story that's like only in a movie. Where'd you go on your first date? So, where was that?

Dove Cameron

Like eight places?

Young Hollywood

Eight places? Wow.

Dove Cameron

We started off at like a frozen yogurt shop, and then it was like closed. And then I was like, I know this amazing, like, it's sort of like a tea coffee shop, and I'm not going to say it because it's undiscovered, and I don't want everyone to go to it. Um, just kidding. But, um, it's Starbucks.

Ryan McCartan

Starbucks.

Dove Cameron

I'm trying to say. No, but it's just really like weird little hole-in-the-wall bakery, but it stays open until like 4:00 in the morning. And so I was like, I know this place. And so we went, and it was in Hollywood. And then he was like, I know this place. And he took me up to this like lookout spot that looked over all of Hollywood, and we just like talked and hung out. It was amazing. We stayed out until like 4:00 in the morning.

Ryan McCartan

We sure did.

Dove Cameron

When I'm crazy and I don't know why, would you call me down and read my mind? Would you send shivers on my spine? Nothing I wouldn't do. Nothing I wouldn't do.

Young Hollywood

But tell us about the proposal because you guys are engaged. Give us the quick rundown. Like, what did you do?

Dove Cameron

We, okay, we don't really like to talk about it, just because there's so much about our life that is so public, which is fine. But I don't know. It was just a really, it was a really romantic moment for us that we just kind of want to keep to ourselves.

Ryan McCartan

Yeah. I promise it was romantic. I got down on one knee. She cried, I cried. It was all very.

Young Hollywood

And at least it happened. It happened. It happened. It happened. It's real.

Dove Cameron

I would break the laws of gravity. I'd kill it for you in the first degree. Shut the world out when you need to breathe. Nothing I wouldn't do. Nothing I wouldn't do.

Young Hollywood

And then the video for Make You Stay. It was really cool, by the way, because you did this like split-screen thing. Yes. How did you come up with that whole concept?

Ryan McCartan

Well, so we have a a really awesome blessing that's been associated with all this in that when we do music videos, we work with our best friends. Our best friend, Brian, who's a producer, great choreographer, awesome creative mind, and then Colton Tran, one of our best friends, who is a phenomenal director. And so it was his idea to incorporate this sort of split-screen idea in the video.

Dove Cameron

We could be. We could be anything tonight. Just tell me everything you like. Can't you see? We could be something if we tried. Just tell me how to make your mind. What have I got to do to make you, what have I got to do to make you, what have I got to do to make you stay?

Young Hollywood

Okay, I have to get to a little game really quickly. Yes. It's a newlywed game. I want to see how long you guys know each other. So, a couple couple quick questions. So, you're going to write your answers down. Without showing. You can't show each other.

Dove Cameron

I'm so ready. I want the gold one.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so who said I love you first? This could be an easy one or a hard one. I'm trying to I'm trying to read you.

Dove Cameron

This was a weird convo that we had, I guess.

Ryan McCartan

Yes. Oh. Yeah. It was me. But that was a weird story. Yeah, because I knew that she loved me, and she knew that I loved her. But I'd never been in love before. I'd never. And she'd never been in love before, and she was very shy about everything, which is adorable and sweet, and I let her be shy about a lot of things, but with this one I was like, no, I need to hear you say it. Yeah. And so she ended up saying it first, kind of because I made her.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, you kind of made her say it. You made her say it.

Ryan McCartan

Well, because we were only like, you know.

Dove Cameron

I'm so ready. Say you love me, you made her say it. I play things very close to the chest. I know. He was not having me be shy. He was not having it.

Young Hollywood

Well, which leads to the next question then. Was there a moment that you guys knew each other was the one? Was there a time like that something happened?

Dove Cameron

Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Like a date or something specific? I'm just I'm just going to be very vague because I don't really know. Did you draw anything? Did you draw anything? No. Wow. Dressing room. What happened in the dressing room? Two for two.

Ryan McCartan

A conversation happened in the dressing room. He was on a couch, and I was on a chair. I was standing up. Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Oh. Wow, they are they are nailing this game. They are nailing it. Last one. What is your What is your favorite snack to eat when you're watching a a movie? Together or the other person? Do the other person. Do the other person.

Dove Cameron

Other person? Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. This is hard. Okay. Cookies.

Ryan McCartan

I wrote Pop-Tarts.

Dove Cameron

Yeah, Pop-Tarts.

Ryan McCartan

Pop-Tarts and cookies. Oh my God. That's right. Picture of hell.

Young Hollywood

What can we say? Meant to be. Meant to be. Let's do a couple of fan questions. This is from @DovelyUpdates. Uh, which artists would you guys like to collaborate with?

Ryan McCartan

Macklemore, Ellie Goulding, Disclosure.

Dove Cameron

The Chainsmokers.

Ryan McCartan

The Chainsmokers. Oh, yeah, the Chainsmokers.

Dove Cameron

We have a lot. We have a long wish list. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

From @DovesFandom. What are each of your pet peeves? Ooh.

Ryan McCartan

I don't know why, I have a weird thing about this, but at restaurants, when someone's like reading the menu, and they're like, I'm going to do this salmon. He hates that. I'm going to do

Dove Cameron

That's me, by the way.

Ryan McCartan

do the salmon. Interesting. I think what you meant to say is I'm going to order the salmon, or I'll have the salmon.

Dove Cameron

You're so weird.

Ryan McCartan

I just it really bothers me. Also, I could care less. Really bothers me. It's like, if you could, then you should. If you couldn't, then that's what you should say. I couldn't care less.

Dove Cameron

I my pet peeves are not I know, I was going to say my pet peeves are not that specific. My biggest pet peeve, and this is everyone in the room's not going to laugh at this because it's not funny. It's like, oh, yeah. But like, I hate it when someone is like a victim of a circumstance that they put themselves in. When they're like, I just wish I could have this. It's like, well, you could, if you just did it. You know what I mean? I'm like a very like, you know, you wake up in the morning, you do it. Like not early. You wake up late. You wake up in the afternoon and you do it. But, yeah.

Young Hollywood

Okay, last question. This is from @DovesMyWorld. Favorite moment as a band so far.

Ryan McCartan

Oh, there was this one concert in New Jersey that was awesome. It was a few months after we had released our first single, so people had sort of caught wind of it by then, and it was the first time that people were like singing our words back to us, which was a crazy, crazy feeling. That might be the one. That might be my favorite. Oh, New Jersey.

Young Hollywood

Well, there you have it. New Jersey. Dove Cameron, Ryan, thank you guys so much for coming and, oh my gosh, the performances are amazing.

Dove Cameron

We could be. We could be anything tonight. Just tell me everything you like. Can't you see? We could be something if we tried. Just tell me how to make your mind. What do I got to do to make you, what do I got to do to make you, what do I got to do to make you say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah?

Young Hollywood

So, you guys are coming out with an EP. Yes. Right? And it's called Negatives. So, where did you come up with that?

Dove Cameron

Negatives are like camera negatives. Oh, okay. And something that I've always firmly believed in is that it takes the dark and the light to create the whole picture.

Dove Cameron

And so with Negatives, you know, Make You Stay is on there, Glowin' in the Dark is on there. There are some, there's a couple of the, the other new songs that are really lovely and positive and happy, but there are songs, you know, like Cry Wolf, or there's a song called Monster that really highlight and underscore the the crazy lows of it all. And, you know, those crazy lows make being in love worth it because when you can fight yourself out of that hole, what you're left with is so much more than what you had.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Dove Cameron

    Artist, interviewee, and member of The Girl and The Dreamcatcher

  • Ryan McCartan

    Artist, interviewee, and member of The Girl and The Dreamcatcher

  • Tracy

    Host of the Young Hollywood Studio interview

  • Brian

    Best friend and producer/choreographer for their music videos

  • Colton Tran

    Best friend and director of their music videos, including "Make You Stay"

  • Macklemore

    Artist they would like to collaborate with

  • Ellie Goulding

    Artist they would like to collaborate with

  • Disclosure

    Artist they would like to collaborate with

  • The Chainsmokers

    Artist they would like to collaborate with

FAQ

Who are The Girl and The Dreamcatcher?+
The Girl and The Dreamcatcher is a musical duo comprised of actors Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan.
What song did The Girl and The Dreamcatcher perform?+
The Girl and The Dreamcatcher performed their original song "Make You Stay."
How did Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan meet?+
Dove Cameron and Ryan McCartan met while working on the show "Liv and Maddie," where they played characters who had feelings for each other.
What is the concept behind their EP "Negatives"?+
The EP "Negatives" is named after camera negatives, symbolizing that it takes both dark and light experiences to create a complete picture, featuring songs about both positive and challenging emotions.
Who directed The Girl and The Dreamcatcher's "Make You Stay" music video?+
The "Make You Stay" music video was directed by Colton Tran, a close friend of the duo.
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