Olly Murs Performs "Troublemaker" Live!

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The YH Studio welcomes Britpop sensation Olly Murs to perform two of his biggest hits, "Troublemaker" and "Dance With Me Tonight" live! He also sits down on our white couch to talk about his whirlwind success since finishing second on "X Factor UK", including a guest judging stint on the show that launched his career and a tour with fellow Brit Robbie Williams! Stick around for the bizarre twist ending! Hosted by Tracy Behr (@tracybehr).
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Key Topics (12)
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- Justin Timberlake
- Olly Murs
- Tracy Behr
- Ed Sheeran
- Calvin Harris
- One Direction
- Flo Rida
- Beyoncé
- Rihanna
- Michael Jackson
- Robbie Williams
- Simon Cowell
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One, two, one, two, three, four! My name is Olly, nice to meet you. Can I tell you, baby? I looked around, there's a whole lot of pretty ladies But none like you, you shine so bright Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was wondering if you and me could spend a minute On the floor, up close, gettin' all in it I won't give up without a fight 'Cause I just wanna ooh Yeah, baby I just want you to dance with me tonight
Hey guys, it's Tracy Barr in the Young Hollywood studio, and I am with Olly Murs. Oh! That's a little English accent there. I just, I just want to be like, "Hello, Olly." Hello, how are you?
How are you?
Oh, I was not too bad of an English accent.
You got a bit of an Australian twang to it though. maybe in the crowd, I loosen up and let your hands go downtown Go with it girl, yeah, just close your eyes
So speaking of, I mean, UK in general, you are, I mean, you literally are the biggest, you know, male artist superstars in the UK right now. I mean, I like I don't know if I am. I just want to be like
No, I don't. I mean, there's a few of us over there to be fair. I mean, uh, you know, Ed Sheeran, of course, and Calvin Harris are big stars. There's a few male artists, but you know, I'm one, I'm one of the, I'm one of a, of a breed of good ones over there, I think.
Whoa. Well, what do you have to do differently? Unfortunately, you get this massive benchmark because One Direction are like the biggest thing. And obviously everyone, you know,
You're tight with 1D? Yeah, no, definitely. Don't, no, I get on really well with the guys, but like, obviously, there's such a big benchmark and everyone's like, you're gonna do the same as One Direction. I'm like, no, I don't think I'm gonna do as big as them. I mean, they've, they've pretty much smashed it everywhere. But um, I just want to do well. I mean, Troublemaker was a big hit here. I'm really pleased with how well that did and, um, you know, I just do well
Everyone knows Troublemaker, you know, we had Flo Rida on there. It's on the track.
Yeah, Flo was great. It was, it worked so well and I'm pleased, so pleased it did well. Yeah! You got me hooked again from the minute you sat down The way you bite your lip, got my head spinning around After a drink or two, I was putty in your hands I don't know if I'll ever stick to stand, oh, oh, trouble, troublemaker That's your middle name. Oh, oh. See, I know you're no good But you're stuck in my brain. And I wanna know Why does it feel so good but hurt so bad? Come on, My mind keeps saying, "Run as fast as you can," troublemaker
and you just performed an amazing, amazing. I love when you perform because you're just like, you're an entertainer. I mean, that is what you do, so you just sing.
Well, I like having a good time. I think, um, you know, I'm always, I'm always, I think my music's always a bit feel-good music and it's just like, you know, hopefully get people smiling and having a good day and, you know, that's kind of my, my vibe, that's what I like to do. And obviously, I like, wherever, however I'm feeling, I want people to feel that. So, "Dance With Me Tonight" is that kind of song really. Although I should change the lyrics to "twerk with me". And then like I should change it to "twerk with me tonight."
You, you said twerk in the middle of the song and I, we caught it. I was like, "Did he just say twerk?" I was like, "No!" We did, we did
Yeah, baby I just want you to twerk with me tonight. Oh, yeah! I just want people to get my album and, you know, especially when people come to your tours, that's the most important thing. Like, when I go to watch a show, if it's the same thing all the way through, it gets a bit boring. And I feel like, you know, you know, even if you look at someone like stuff that Beyoncé does, actually, she mixes it up so much. She'll go from like an R&B song to like something completely different. And she, you know, and Rihanna's the same and, you know, even like part of like Michael Jackson and people like that, they change all the time. So it's about evolving and I feel like that's when you go to a tour, you want to see like all these different sorts of sounds and and being able to do it and that's kind of what I try and do.
And and you know, one of your, you know, besides obviously, I know a lot of your idols, like Justin Timberlake is a good example.
Love Justin Timberlake. Yeah, because he, I mean
He's been on this couch.
He has. He has sat right where you're sitting. He sat where I am. Um, no, he's, he's someone that I admire a lot. I think, um, he's the first guy that I went and watched the, his first tour in 2003, I think it was, 2002.
And now you guys a job. And you have your own sold out headline tour, and you just toured with Robbie Williams, right, this summer.
Yeah, we just, I've done my, did my own tour this year then I went out with Robbie on, on, he did a stadium tour, which I've never done before. So we went out and did the whole European thing. It was great. It was, it was brilliant. It was so much fun. Um, you know, performing in front of 80,000 people most nights was was pretty special. So
Ladies and gentlemen. We've got a special treat for you tonight. I'm gonna call my friend Olly up here to, to sing to you ladies. Olly! Let's go, man.
My name is Olly, nice to meet you. Can I tell you, baby? Looked around, there's a whole lot of pretty ladies But none like you, you shine so bright.
So, I want to talk about, you know, because you, you know, you started on the X Factor in the UK. And, you know, how do you feel like that experience just sort of, I mean, now that you watch other contestants on the show, you know, both UK and the US, and just sort of how they
It's a crazy experience. Like, I've just, I've just gone back and judged, like a guest judge on the show.
Oh, nice.
So, I've just been guest judging. That's crazy. And that's crazy because, you know, four, five years and Simon's just popped up on your screen with me. Oh my
Um, but I did Simon can hear us.
He can. He just popped up. I mean, like for five, four, five years ago, I was obviously a contestant. Um, so to go around in full circle and obviously I worked on there as a, I was on there as a contestant, I also worked as a, as a presenter on the show as well. And obviously now I'm back as a guest judge. So yeah, it's been pretty cool. It was, it was a good experience. But to, you know, it was a great, you know, the X Factor's been brilliant towards, yeah, for me, it's given me the most amazing life, an amazing job and, you know, I've, I've managed to, I get to travel the world and, of course, come to America. So yeah, it's been great. Yeah.
When I saw you there Sitting all alone in the dark Acting like you didn't have a care I knew right then that you'd be mine And we'd be dancing the whole damn night Oh Oh, oh!
You gotta check out Olly Murs, he is amazing and oh my God, what is happening in the studio right now? What the hell is What the hell? Um, this is, this is sort of how, yeah, I'm like really caught off guard. Is that the Young Hollywood mascot? What the hell was that? So, what just happened is real. That was so unplanned. Like, we really just are like actually shocked right now.
I think I just want you to dance with me Tonight!
Young Hollywood, thank you!
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Olly Murs
Featured artist and interviewee
- Tracy Behr
Host of the interview
- Ed Sheeran
Mentioned as another big UK male artist
- Calvin Harris
Mentioned as another big UK male artist
- One Direction
Discussed as a massive benchmark in music
- Flo Rida
Featured on Olly Murs's song 'Troublemaker'
- Beyoncé
Mentioned for her diverse performance style
- Rihanna
Mentioned for her diverse performance style
- Michael Jackson
Mentioned for evolving performance style
- Justin Timberlake
Olly Murs's idol who also sat on the YH couch
- Robbie Williams
Olly Murs toured stadiums with him
- Simon Cowell
Mentioned in relation to X Factor UK
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