And we're kicking things off with the one and only Ciara, live from the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Vegas.

I think the ultimate goal is choosing the best pathway to the least amount of stress.

You are not the best pathway, too.

Don't be stressing me out now.

We ain't got time to be

Mm-hmm.

And you know, you do your own research.

And I don't mean research in that I'd read anything or believe anything.

Thankfully, with the background in journalism, you knew what to look for and you knew, you know, who you could trust.

And so a lot of reading, um, at 2:00 and 3:00 and 4:00 AM in the morning.

Um, and buying books, and all of that.

And I suppose in the first while, I still, I still trusted myself, in that I thought, "Okay, he's just a baby.

Mm.

That's true.

And it was happening in, like, 10 to 15 minutes.

And him and my sister were like, "You have to listen to the radio now." And I was like, I was so, like, my eyes were glued together with, like, sleep and stuff, and I was like, "Gran." And I looked terrible.

And I listened to the radio, and it was all just happening re- like, my, my cognitive abilities were happening so slowly.

And I was, like, listening to the song, and it didn't occur to me until that moment that you were gonna...

The word Dunboyne was com- gonna come out of your mouth.

Hmm.

It's amazing.

But you saw something that others didn't.

Yeah.

You know, I'll jump out here, and then Chris, I'll let you bring it home.

But, you know, for me being a mom of four, you get to see all types of appetites come throughout the door, be in the house.

And one of my greatest challenges, um, especially for our daughter Sienna, is... was for her to consume protein.

Um, you know, she really at one point struggled with putting meat on her sandwich and just the basic meal.

She wanted butter noodles, no meat.

Is that what's happening?

amusement

parks? Pros.

Music parks are the best.

It's so good for family.

When we go there, we always have the happiest time with all of our crazy kids that turn us upside down mostly every other day.

They're so good.

They're on point.

Yeah.

Oh, you do?

Yeah, you should, but not while you're dating someone else.

Yeah, that's a big red flag.

The shirt should have never changed.

Right.

Facts.

Same shirt.

What are your thoughts? I think

On

Thanksgiving Day.

At the parade.

You're performing? What are you doing? Can you tell us? I'm going to be doing— Some of my new songs.

Yes.

Great.

A little bit of goodies filled with new songs.

long does it take to prepare for something

What's your favorite song from the new album?

Oh, man.

Let me tell you.

I'm so excited for this album, Kylie.

Um, this is, this album's a labor of love 'cause it's literally been almost, like, five years and some change since I've been working on it, and I've also been releasing songs in real time.

And I'll tell you, this is the first time I think I will be saying this on an interview, um, as you know, the 22nd is the big day that my fans finally get to unlock the album, and when I say unlock, because it started out as an EP, and then I shared that EP with the world, and there was, like, six or seven songs on there, and then I was just creating along the way and I'm like, "I'm gonna stop sitting on these songs." Like, my fans deserve to have these records.

Don't overthink it.

Okay.

Period.

And, you know, I was probably like the fifth rotating member of my role.

So there was two girls that were in the group, but they kept trying to get this third member right.

Yeah.

So, you know, that was that.

So did that.

And I think I kind of came in a little ambitious.

You know, he says that to me, but he's like, I don't know what you're talking about, but you know,