What's going on guys? Hanging with me right now. I have Mr. Keegan Allen. What's up? Hey, thank you so much for having me. How are you? I'm very well. Thank you. And you actually look like you just published a book. Oh, thank you. You look very like put together like Yeah. Thank you. I was going for that look actually. Yeah. Nailed it. Well, speaking of your book, let's get to it because there's so many things I want to talk about. It's Hollywood. Congratulations on this. You guys, look how cool this is. I feel like it's so nice with the black and white and the gold. Thank you. Yeah. I'm really proud of it. I'm really happy with it and what's inside is even cooler. Yeah. As well. Um yeah, it's cool. And it's funny too that it's like Young Hollywood and the book is called Hollywood and it's very appropriate that I'm here right now. I feel existentially like sound and happy. You know, so. What inspired you to create this book? So, I grew up in Hollywood. I grew up off the Sunset Strip and I I I'm a photographer and an actor. Being in that kind of avenue of creation at all times, I was really, really taken by what Hollywood is. And what we all find so elusive and interesting about Hollywood is the chase, the dream, the darkness, the the light, the triumphs. Some people I've met all over the world have no idea what Hollywood really is until you come here and you see it. And I really wanted to show through my lens a very specific view and an exposé of Hollywood in a beatific way. And like a way that that it's beautiful even when it is dark or or heavy but also those light and beautiful moments are highlighted as well. Are you into poetry as well because you just spoke poetry just talking about this book? Um no. Uh but there is some it's funny uh plug. There is some poetry within the book as well. Yeah, and there's some stories. I I really that are really uh special to me. I'm really proud of it. It took took five years to make this book. Five years and now it's here. I mean Here it is. It feels amazing. It's tangible. Yeah. It's a reality. Also something else tangible. Let's pick up this camera. I don't want to drop it but everyone can drop it. Look at how cool this is. So, tell us about this. This is your first camera right? You had it since you were young? Yes, my yeah, my dad my dad had that camera and uh he got it and uh yeah, there it is. Yeah. It's a film camera. He uh would let me borrow it sometimes and then I was like nine. I was about to turn 10 and I was like, hey, man. Can I just borrow it forever? And he's like, yeah, sure I guess. And he never asked for it back. He just let me kind of keep it and pretend like it was mine and and so it it still feels like it's his camera but I I used it to shoot uh roughly about 55% of the book. Wow. And then the other uh part of the book I shot digitally and I was very into the structure of the book as well because I wanted to tell a story with the people with the places and with the atmosphere of the book. So, we know that you release music before. I'm curious have you ever used your photography to like win a romance over? Like how musicians write music about people? Yeah. I mean, well, it was it's I'll go a step further with that. It photography was my way as I'm like a bit of an introvert. So, my was my way of kind of finding my way into society and presenting something because I was always interested in people's different views of photography because it is really the most interesting form of human communication. And back on the music thing, here at Young Hollywood, we love talking about like new music trends and since you are a musician yourself, have you noticed any music trends that you're like loving right now? Really love John Mayer's uh collaboration with with the Dead right now and Dead & Company cuz he's bringing so much youth because I went to a Dead & Company show last year at the Hollywood Bowl. In fact, it's in this book. Is it really? Um yeah, and I photographed John and uh at a like a Hollywood gig. He was he's very into this jam band kind of sound right now. So, I'm really into that. But I'm really this is weird. I'm really into lofi music. And I'm sure that if you know what it is, you know what it is. But if you don't know what it is, it's elevated elevator music. But wait. There's more. It's like jazz for millennials. Wait. Before you get offended, millennials, I'm a millennial as well. But I do I listen to like idealism. I listen to Potsu. I listen to Tomppabeats. It's it has no lyrics in it. Sometimes it'll have like anime like our Miyazaki film music like stuff in the background. But it's so relaxing and wonderful and it has that lofi sound of almost like a vinyl skipping on a track. I heard you mention like anime. Something that I noticed music trend like I feel like K-pop has blown up. And I want to I want to talk about this because like BTS is a big one. Yeah. I listen to Luna. I listen to, okay, yeah. I'm a I'm You got excited there for a second. I'm deadass into K-pop music, okay? Yes. I'll I'll get real Young Hollywood with you right now, okay? Let's do it. I'm I'm here. I'm ready. I I follow like all those girl group pages because it I don't know what they're saying. I don't know any of the music. I don't know. But I do know that it's amazing and I have some of it always on my phone. It's a dirty secret that I have of like I can't let anybody know that I listen to K-pop. But you know what? I'm gonna come out and just say I listen to K-pop. I'm proud of it. You should be so proud of it. I'm so proud of my K-pop obsession. Yeah. Keegan, you're an absolute pleasure. I want to talk to you all day. You're amazing. Congratulations again on your book. Guys, get it. You won't want to miss it.