The Vamps Perform "Can We Dance" Live in the YH Studio

I talk a lot when I'm drinking, baby. I'm known to go a little too fast. Don't mind all my friends. I know they're all crazy. They're the only friends that I have. I know I don't know you, but I'd like to skip the small talk and romance, girl. There's all I have to say. So, baby, can we dance?

Hey guys, it's Tracy here. I'm in the Young Hollywood studio with The Vamps.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Tristan and I play drums and backing vocals in The Vamps.

I'm Connor. I play bass and backing vocals.

I, uh, my name's, I, hi, my name's James. I play guitar and do backing vocals as well.

I'm Brad and I'm the singer and guitarist in The Vamps.

Here we go again, another drink I'm caving in. The spill words keep falling from my mouth. You know that I mean well. My hands remember somewhere else. Your eyes doing naughty but in flirty. Oh, oh, one more drink and I should go. Oh, oh, but maybe she might like me though. Oh, oh, I can't take this anymore. Should I go? Should I stay? Just can't let this slip away. I talk a lot when I'm drinking, baby. I'm known to go a little too fast.

Well, so you guys, I am really excited to talk to you because, I mean, you guys are different in the sense that you found each other online, right? Which is

Yeah, definitely, yeah.

Crazy, because, what, you sort of started the whole thing?

Yeah, I was the first vamp. Um.

First vamp.

And, uh, I, I wanted to make a band and, um, I just found Brad on YouTube one day, so, uh, went from there. And then we found these two on YouTube as well, so

We have no lives. We just spend all of our time on laptops, you know.

But now we

But I feel like that is how, especially like people this generation, like you live on social media, like you live online.

Yeah, definitely, yeah.

And you guys are all from the UK, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

So do you guys sort of get, do people ever like think that you're like the next One Direction? Like, are they like a big, big influence for you guys?

That'd be awesome. I mean, like they deserve every bit of success they've got because they work so hard. But, I mean, the thing that sets us apart from them is we play instruments, I guess.

I know one of you guys is a French fry enthusiast. Which one is that?

What? Sorry.

Oh. No. Oh, okay. I need you to just understand what that is. Like, is there a specific kind of fry that you're like, Oh, I must do that?

Yes, right. I mean, but I'm a really fussy eater, so, as I grew up, I tend to just eat chips and like chips as we call it in the UK. But yeah. That's why I know.

You could love us, eh?

Yeah. Definitely.

So what are some other things about each of you that maybe some of your fans out there don't know yet?

We're actually a girl band.

We're a girl band.

Actually, don't let the face fool you and the hair, you know, it's uh, no, what, what interesting facts are there?

Brad used to be blonde.

Yeah, that's a good one.

He used to be blond. Like till six months ago.

Yeah, he just dyed it.

We're brothers. I'm not the odd one out. We're like, we're like the Jonas Brothers, but then with Brad.

Yeah. No. I had like, when I was really young, I had like a bowl cut with really straight blonde hair and I just kind of changed. So, I think I put my hand in a light plug socket or something. maybe.

One more drink and I should go. But maybe she might like me though. I can't take this anymore. Should I stay? Should I go? Just can't let this slip away. I talk a lot when I'm drinking, baby. I'm known to go a little too fast.

What are some of the craziest fan moments you've had?

Just like we did our own, we did our own little tour in the UK and, um, people were climbing on our tour bus.

Yeah, it was like a zombie apocalypse. So funny. So funny.

We didn't have a bus, but, a van. We have a van and it's so like compact. It's like

But you guys opened up for McFly.

Yeah.

That was awesome.

Really cool.

I mean, was that sort of like your first like, Oh my God, I can't believe I'm playing in front of this many people.

Well, it was our first set of gigs as a band. Like, we just wrote for ages and then we were like, Right, you're going on tour with McFly. So it was amazing. It was really good fun. It's weird because we grew up listening to their music so it's like it's a pleasure to go on tour with them.

There's all I have to say. So, baby, can we dance? I've been a bad, bad boy. Whispering rude things in her ear. Please say she'll change. Please say she'll change. I'm not to bring me back to her face. Oh, no.

Awesome. Who are some of your biggest, you know, musical inspirations?

I'm going to bring my own hair to it. Yeah. Uh, bands like Panic! At The Disco and All Time Low and stuff. I like Taylor Swift a lot, like musically. Um. A bit random, but yeah.

I'm kind of like, uh, guitar, indie bands, like Arctic Monkeys. Foo Fighters are a massive influence as well. Yeah.

And aren't you, so you guys are going to be opening, I heard, for Taylor Swift.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess so. Yeah. Very excited.

Hey, let's just not forget about that. So where I'm going to say because like I've been like James is in love with Taylor Swift. Yeah. And what about, you opened for Selena.

Yeah. Yeah.

Selena Gomez on the UK. How was that?

That was awesome. Yeah, yeah, she's awesome. Yeah, yeah, definitely. She was lovely. She invited us onto her tour bus. She's actually got a bus. She's got like a bath on her bus. So, um, but it she was so nice, yeah, she was really nice.

I'm not to bring me back to her. When I'm drinking, baby, I'm known to go a little too fast. Don't mind all my friends. I know they're all crazy. They're the only friends that I have. I know I don't know you, but I'd like

How long does it take to actually get each of those hairstyles?

We do each other's. Like, perfect. Yeah, yeah, we do each other's. Oh, you look great. Oh my God.

Um, I don't know. I mean, they range from like

Five minutes to 15.

I actually did this one. So, uh,

Well, thank you guys so much for coming and I'm looking for

Thanks for having us.

Thank you for having us.

Yeah, it's nice to see what's going to happen.

And The Vamps. Thank you.

Yeah.

You're welcome.

Can we dance?

Thank you.