Midnight Red Performs "Hell Yeah" Live

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Boy band Midnight Red is bringing back late-'90s/early-00s pop à la Britney Spears and *NSync, and they bring it in full to the YH Studio to perform a live acoustic version of their catchy single "Hell Yeah"! Colton, Anthony, Thomas, Eric, and Joey also sit down with us to chat about their experiences on the road, how they came up with their fans' nickname, and their individual styles. Now... TWERK! Hosted by Oliver Trevena (@olivertrevena).
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Hey what's up, everyone? It's Midnight Red and this is our song, Hell Yeah. On Young Hollywood.
We're rock the party. We got it locked it down. Call up all your friends so we can take this town. Check me, go all out. Hit it like a leader. Yeah. Oh, leader.
Tonight. I'm here with Midnight Red.
I'm Joey. I'm Anthony. I'm Colton. I'm Eric. I'm Thomas.
And I'm not in the band.
Yes, you are. Am I? I'm in it. New member. He's in it for sure. She's in it. She's our Fergie.
She's your Fergie. She's your Fergie. Lads, this is all amazing, isn't it? You're like world domination going on right now.
We're trying.
Take me home. Not take me home. I was not done taking the wrong way. Well. Although, I'm sure there's thousands, millions of girls out there that would be screaming take me home. Meaningless to your lyrics. What do you think of this song?
I like it. Yeah! Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me. So put it on me, put it on me, put it on me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't keep me waiting. This night is fading. Take me home, home, home, home. I try but it's not the same. Give me your love again. Take me home, home, home, home.
You've had massive success already. You've been touring. You toured with Backstreet Boys, New Kids back back in the day and now you've got your own tours and it's selling out and people screaming. Have any girls fainted yet?
We've seen crying. We've seen crying. We've seen crying. We've gone. Oh, the one girl you got underwear.
Do you keep the underwear?
No.
Okay. I got one. When you get older, you might regret not keeping the underwear. Just a word of advice.
We're wearing one of the pairs right now.
If I had to pick though, like the the naughty one in the group and the sensible one that keeps you in order. You're definitely the naughty one, aren't you?
Why does everyone
Cuz you are. I've got that vibe. I knew you walked in. Trouble.
It's true. I know what trouble follows me though. Like I don't I don't incite it. I don't know. It honestly does. And not only that, I'm clumsy too. So, like anything I touch will spill.
And who's the sensible one? Who's the most in you, Jo. Keeps you in check. Keeps you in court. How fun. Yin and yang.
Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me. Put it on me, put it on me, put it on me. Don't keep me waiting. This night is fading. Take me home.
And tell us about you, moving back to the fans. They're they're crazy. They're the red heads.
Yes, red heads.
The red heads and that wasn't a name given by you. That was their own doing. They coined that too. Tell us about the red heads.
We were actually trying to figure out a name before and then it kinda got awkward when we were trying to figure out the name and we It was like we came up with like the Midnight Riders. The Midnight Redders. Like it was it was bad. I'm not gonna take credit for that. None of us. That was a Twitter thing too. Midnight Riders. They actually did their own little vote and between their own like and their own voting polls, Red Head was the one.
And I'm sure you've got your own red wigs for sale, maybe.
Yeah, oh for sale. Yes, of course, you know, good idea though. Go to our web. I'm just kidding. I love the wigs.
Let's make your head spin. Round, round, round, round, round, round. Round, round, round, round, round, round. So now the light, you lose yourself.
And who were your inspirations, musical, growing up. Have you got similar inspirations?
We all vary, like, differently. Um, I mean, we have our individual inspirations, of course. But as a group, we definitely um all grew up in that same late 90s, early 2000s era pop. So like all the Britney, Christina, N Sync, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, like that whole era of like pop music was big influential for us. So we're kinda bringing a little bit of that flavor back.
Great. And you're very fashionable.
Thank you.
I have a little bit of a celebrity trend report. Tell us about your individual styles, each one of you.
Oh, wow. Uh, I mean, for me, it varies. It's honestly like what mood what mood I'm in. You do dress yourself. Leather jogging shorts. Leather jogging shorts. I'm from Seattle, so I got to put for my city.
What are these? Do these get warm cuz they look very warm. These guys.
They go, they go. I got em this morning, so we're still new to uh.
That's what we call fresh on Young Hollywood.
Oh, fresh to fresh. With a P-H or with an F?
Fresh with a P-H. P-H. I missed that boat. I missed that boat. Well, clearly, I'm on it now. Fresh with a P-H. Got it. Hit and fresh.
It's a small boat. But a boat. It's but it's a fresh boat. Small boat. Twerk. Oh. I've got that power. See that? The power of control and back.
Don't keep me waiting. This night is fading. Take me home.
Okay, can we play a little uh, game because I noticed on your Twitter, you've been firing questions at your fans. Oh yeah. So what I'm gonna do is switch it around and fire them back at you. Turn the table.
Turn the table. Turn the tables. All right. And Dale. Turn the tables. That's what we're gonna do, Young Hollywood. Are you ready? Time out, time out. Time out, I need to know the rules. Okay. It's basically rapid fire. And we're we're gonna say what or who's the best. There's gonna be two options, you're gonna say and you're gonna pick one.
One question each?
No, no. We just, you can just call it out. Okay, okay. One, maybe one by one even. We're in a controlled environment for one part of this. And then a little bit of chaos in there. Okay, we do that. We do that. Okay.
Right, Joey. Yes. What's better, cake or ice cream?
Ice cream. Cake. Cake. Cake is ice cream. I mean, cake is better.
What is the one food you can't live without?
Philly cheesesteak.
Who's your favorite celebrity blogger?
Ooh, uh, Dlisted.
What's your favorite thing on TV to watch?
Uh, Breaking Bad.
I thought it was gonna be Mastermind. Who's your favorite non-celebrity person on Twitter that you follow?
Oh! This is his question. You. We lost. Oh. And a solo twerk. Solo twerk. Solo twerk. Oh, we lost. Oh.
Hell yeah. Let's crash the party like we don't care. Hell yeah.
If you've learned anything from this interview, it's that they are very different, but they are all American. America.
Midnight. America. America. The American dream. Equality. Yeah, Midnight Red. I'm from America. That was good. What's your American? What's your let's not go there. We can wrap this up.
Will make your head spin.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Colton
Member of Midnight Red
- Anthony
Member of Midnight Red
- Thomas
Member of Midnight Red
- Eric
Member of Midnight Red
- Joey
Member of Midnight Red
- Oliver Trevena
Host of the interview
- Britney Spears
Mentioned as a musical inspiration
- *NSync
Mentioned as a musical inspiration
- Fergie
Referenced playfully by Oliver
- Backstreet Boys
Mentioned as a tour mate and inspiration
- New Kids
Mentioned as a tour mate
- Christina Aguilera
Mentioned as a musical inspiration
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