Rixton on Their Debut Album & Touring with Ariana Grande

Welcome, Rixton.

Hello.

Oh my gosh. That was really exciting. That was like I knew this was coming. Oh my gosh. No, as soon as the camera comes on you just come alive.

Yeah, they didn't talk to me before we started. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

No, but here's the funny thing is as I was pulling up we're shooting at a hotel for those of you who don't know. As I'm pulling up I see girls waiting outside like fans and I'm like I bet those are fan girls and I bet they're waiting for you guys.

Yeah.

And were they?

They were. Yeah. Yeah, they were.

Are you used to that at this point or are you upset if you go somewhere?

No, we can't leave the house. I tell them, I pay them.

Just you?

Just me. My hat.

No, I love the hat. What is it? That's what I was gonna say after your hat. It's incredibly cuz it's incredibly funny. Because yeah, it's you know we haven't really done much.

No, I'm sure you have. We don't understand how they know.

Yeah.

You told them.

No, but here's the crazy thing. I don't think we tweeted it out. I can't do you guys know how they scope it out and find out where you're gonna be?

No, we've asked them and they won't tell us.

So you guys are just saw the video for "Wait On Me." It's like a full on gangster movie. Do you like it?

Yeah.

I wanna know who do you guys think the best actor of the four of you is? Who's the one take wonder? Who gets it in the first take?

Charlie.

Charlie, thank you. Thank you.

It's uh, they're great. They're the best.

I'm the best. I'm the best at everything.

No, anyways, yeah. No, I I I No, I know but you're all. You are surprisingly terrible.

Yeah. No.

No, you are surprisingly really good. In me and my broken heart video, he did a bit where um, you know like the double take? Do the double take.

Oh, oh yeah. That's the worst thing.

Can we see yours?

Mine? Yeah. Okay, we did. There you go. You kind of you kinda did it already. Very good. Um, if you guys, each of you down the line actually had an actor playing you in a movie and it doesn't have to be realistic. Who would you want playing you?

Mark Wahlberg.

Nice.

Cuz he seems confused and angry all the time and that's kinda like me.

Uh, I'd go for Ricky Gervais.

That's cool. Wait, can you do his laugh? That's good, that's good.

Yeah. Probably, uh, Zach Galifianakis.

That is so unexpected. I was not expecting that at all. I thought you'd say Leonardo DiCaprio or something. Okay, so let's talk about the new album, Let The Road. It's your debut album.

Yeah.

Um, coming out in January. That's right. People can pre-order it now.

Yeah. Correct. Yeah, it's very it's very strange for us. Um, it's been like a a six year process, hasn't it? Yeah. Um, so the songs on there that have survived survived the test of time and finally made it on the album. So it's just the most surreal thing ever. It's kinda weird cuz it's always been like our baby and it soon the world is gonna be out there in the world. And it's gonna belong to them.

Yeah. And it's gonna belong to them.

And touring with a little girl, little unknown girl named Ariana Grande?

Yeah. But I know you guys you did a throwback picture with her recently on your Twitter. So you guys have known her for a long time.

She was fingering my belly button in the in the photo shoot.

I wasn't gonna bring up that part, but now that you did.

Yeah. That was because we we we played a show with her and and we had a few beers and there's like a press shot and oh get together. And I was like everyone pull a face and I was like yeah, yeah, yeah. And I pulled a face and pull my top up and stuck my finger in my belly button and put seven gin on.

Is that what you do to impress Ariana Grande?

Yeah.

Did she enjoy it?

No. She doesn't answer my letters. No.

Okay, so I have a series of questions for you guys based on the names of the songs on your album.

Nice.

So I'm doing sort of like a play on words. You guys ready?

Yeah. Nice. Yeah.

Um, "Wait On Me," I wanna know who takes the longest to get ready? Who do you guys waiting on?

Charlie.

It's the hair, right? He's got the fantastic hair though, I've got ya.

Yeah. He doesn't know. So you gotta.

Why why do you take so long? Why why?

Cuz he hairsprays it and then he walks to the door and then he walks back to the mirror, sprays it again. Touches it, makes sure nothing's out of place. Goes back to the mirror, sprays it again. Sprays it with the hair dryer. get it. Then he decides he don't like it so then he goes has a shower.

We all want the same thing. On if we all want the same thing on the count of three, don't say it yet, I want you to all say what's the one thing that we all want the most in life? Are we ready?

Mhm.

One, two, three.

Money.

Yes.

You, you.

Cheese.

I'm in love with you.

I like girls.

I one quality that you like most in a woman? The most important quality. Be honest. Don't

What did you say? A hot babe.

Oh my god. Um, no, no too soon. What? Uh are we allowed to say? Be honest. Oh, be honest. Um, a good sense of humor.

That's so much nonsense. Why?

All right. Confidence and a good ass. That's two. What's more important?

No, I'm gonna go with confidence.

Okay. Um, eyeballs. Nice eyes. They have to want it but.

Eyeballs? Yeah, you know lovely eyes. Gotta have real sphere shape eyeballs.

Mine is a lovely smile. Oh, the best one.

So talk to me about Ed Sheeran. Working with, you know, that whole that whole experience and

Yeah. Ed Ed's um, incredible. Yeah. Yeah, we've come very close with him actually. He's just so talented. It's almost like it makes me sick how talented

Really?

He is. And and the worst thing is is he's the nicest guy anyone will ever meet. No. And I hate that. I hate that. Cuz there is nothing bad about him. Like you just meet him and he's just like, oh my god, he's the nicest guy I've ever met. He's talented. He's just got everything and I want to be him. He is the definition of a superstar.

Yeah. Every every like everyone like from meeting people in the corridor to someone sweeping the streets like he's just the nicest guy to everyone and you know, we really you know, we new to this whole game. So we really look up to that and and people like that and take that on board.

How do you feel it changes the dynamic? Like having somebody like that come in to collaborate with you?

Um, it he well, just kind of in awe, aren't we? Yeah. Everything he does.

And anybody still bucket list that you sort of want to collaborate with each of you?

Um, Ryan Tedder is a big one.

Yeah, the same. Yeah, we'd go to work with him.

Drake. I love Drake.

Basically all the biggest superstars in the world. Pretty much. Very thick.

Have you guys have been sort of like the biggest wow moment since you guys have started this together? This sort of journey together. Any sort of like incredible meetings or

The weirdest thing, Will Smith, meeting Will Smith. That was kinda strange. He was a lot of fun.

Did you get jiggy with it?

Uh uh, no, maybe after a few drinks I probably would have.

Can you do the Will Smith dance?

No, I can't. What is it? If you guys will stand up with me, I'll do it. I'll teach you if you'll stand up.

What we waiting for? You had me at hello.

Is it the John Ha like one?

It's like this.

What's that mean? I don't think I'm doing it. Am I doing it right? I don't know what it's meant to look like.

It's like this.

One of you said you could twerk. So. That was good twerk. Ready? It's like you go like this. You're driving a bouncy car. We're not supposed to do that, are we? Whoa. I I don't get that. We're just milking a cow. I should never give dance lessons.