PipemanRadio Interviews Cassadee Pope at Sunfest 2024

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0:59 And I'm here, Cassidy boat Nice here at SunFest man as bad ass because you're from here. I'm from West Palm. Yeah. Now have you ever played SunFest before? I have, but like one of the you know, side tents to you know, a backing track. So I'm to be on stage with my band live and you know, on the main stage is so cool. Yeah, it's way cool. And uh I like this stage better anyway. Okay, so it's finding some of my media partners they were talking about the Ford stage. I'm like, well, this Amphitheater is always here, yeah, you know because there were sound issues on Friday nights. So they're like, oh no, I'm like you won't have them at this stage because this is always here. It's just yeah, I've seen shows here.

1:44 I've come here for the Fourth of July thing every year when I used to you know, grow up coming to those those things. So I mean I remember the stage from being a kid. It's nice. Crazy. So you have a new album coming out on the twelfth of July. Yes, and from what I understand as like your most real album yet in like three decades, it's like you're just letting it all out of who you really are. Yeah, And I think, you know, I think every time I release a project, I feel like I'm learning more about myself every time. So I've learned a lot about myself over the last you know, two years since I've released my last album, and I've been writing through a lot of transitional periods, like you know, switching genres back to pop punk, and I have a lot to say, a lot of life experience to this point, so it feels like I feel like I'm in a safer space to reveal more about my story. And you know what, I love that you're back to pop punk. And it was so cool because sometimes it depends on who you are in punk when you leave, maybe you can't come back, but then yeah, you were at when we were young last year Endless, the whole community accepted you like you never left. Yeah, it's really cool. I mean when I started, you know, talking to other artists and bands about coming back and who I'm writing with and what I'm doing, and you know, asking for advice and you know, managers who should I meet with and everything. It's just was really cool to just be totally embraced. You know.

3:15 I didn't stop keeping in touch with my friends or anything like that, but you know, when you when you're not seeing each other at the time at festivals and whatever, when you're not in that circuit, you you're out of sight, out of mind kind of. So now that I'm around more and i'm you know, doing more things and I'm visible, it's like I'm getting asked to do things. I'm getting you know, there's a lot that I can't say yet, like songs I've sang on for other bands, and it's just like so so cool to see all the stuff that is, you know, come out of coming back to the genre. Because you're right, I think that genre is very They're they're very specific with who they embrace because it has to be authentic and it has to be something they believe in and they do with me, which is so cool. Yeah. And it's funny what you said, because doing festivals, I go and I do radio cover at festivals over the US, UK, Europe, Like it's weird for me to be doing one at home in West Palm Beach. Yeah, yeah, right, I get that. And it's so true though. It's like people say stuff to you when you get home and like, aren't you glad to be home? I'm like, I don't know. My friends are out on the road right now. I'm all alone. Yeah, And so it is weird to like jump to another genre because it's a whole different crowd, you know. So, yeah, you're right. I know people that I used to know years ago that they haven't been around the scene while and it is almost like they're forgotten because they're not there time and time and time. Yeah.

4:38 And when everyone's you know, continuing to stay on the road and doing their own things, it's like that life just kind of goes by so fast and you just realize, wow, I haven't seen this person in years, and so when you do see them and reconnect, it's really cool. So tell us about your newest single too, And I want to know the story about the in the video, the note on the wall, because as I mean, like you could tell that you were totally emotional during that whole video. It was emotional, you know. I asked my fans last year to send me you know, I'm gonna have a song about substance abuse in my experience with it with loved ones in the past, and if you've had that experience, if you are someone who struggles with it, or someone who's who knows a loved one who has, like, send me a note anonymously and I will print it out and it'll be a part of something really special.

5:28 And now it's it's finally out and it's people are you know, like wow, I can't believe my note made the video. And we printed them out and put them behind me during my performance during the three of US music video, and it made me emotional because obviously that's a very personal song about my story, but to know that I'm not alone in my experience with that and that other people feel like the song is helping them through a tough time, it just like definitely brings out a lot of emotions because music is the best therapy for you as the artist and for me as the listener, you know, and we may have a different story, but we still relate to whatever story you're telling when you're authentic, right, Yeah, and you're being authentic, and when you're authentic, like everybody can relate in their own story.

6:14 Yeah. And you sometimes think as an artist, like, am I being too specific? Am I being too descriptive of what it is that I'm going through? And it'll alienate other people? But it's sometimes like the most descriptive, most personal songs end up appealing to everyone because unfortunately, substance abuse and addiction has touched all of us in some capacity. Yeah, and it's sad, but it's like, I'm also glad that people can hear that and feel like they're not alone. Yeah. And it's especially a problem in your industry, Yeah, of course. And I think it helps for people to see people like you expressing it, putting it out there, and so that can relate. Like, everybody goes through this, and it is a real bad problem right now. And I don't think you can meet any person and anywhere that hasn't been touched by it. Yeah. Yeah, and it's mental Health Awareness month too, so I thought, you know, if there's that component obviously, so I just wanted to I'm going to partner up with an organization that I love called to Write Love on Our Arms and they Oh I love them. Yeah. They they're amazing and they have so many great resources for people who are in recovery or you know, having suit of suicidal thoughts anything like that. They're really great at rehabilitation and getting people therapy whatever they need to get better. So doing that as much, it's cool you're partnering with them because I I you know, there's different organizations, some you like, some that you love. They're the ones that I love because they're so boutique.

7:40 They so care about everything. Yep. I see them everywhere and they're just trying to help people and like, yeah, it's the same similar concept with the notes, like you get to write a note at their booth at the festivals. Oh, it's pretty cool. Yeah, they're great. So we're also going to talk about something that even though we're at sun now, this will probably come out during the week and you'll have announced something on Monday. Yeah, So do you want to talk about that? Sure, I'm headed on tour. I'm doing my first headliner in two years, the Hereditary Tour. I'm taking out my friends the Foxies on the whole tour and then on the East Coast dates starting July nineteenth. My friend Natalia Taylor is going to come open as well, hopping on with the Foxies, and we're, yeah, we're going East coast some East Coast dates, and then we're we're well, we're doing West Coast first. Sorry, And it's gonna be kicking off the album release as well, So the album will be out during the tour and people can hopefully learn some songs and come to the shows and sing along. But I'm just excited to take take this album on the road because I'm kind of old school. I like releasing albums with a tour fel like way it should be right. Yeah, i feel like, you know, live is where I tell the story the most emotionally and authentically. So I'm excited to have people come out and you'll have you'll be at one of my favorite venues in West Palm, Respectable Street. Yep, that is that will be a cool show. I'm really excited. I'm going to tell them when I'm on stage tonight today because I want to give them the exclusive. But

9:13 Respectables, I'd go to shows there there all the time growing up, and I remember venues like that Raised Downtown Blues, you know, Spanky's, Like all those venues mean so much to me, But Respectables is just one of my favorites. It's so funny because I was just there Thursday night covering the show and we were outside talking about Spanky's and Raised Downtown Blues. And I remember seeing Dri and I'm from the days of DRI and I saw them at Raised Downtown Blues. I'm like, holy shit, I can't believe they're playing here. There were some iconic bands that played there. Yeah, and there's so many great bands that play at Respectables. So it's so cool to have you there. It's going to be awesome. I'm ending the tour there, so i'll stay a few days after too. There you go, anything else you want to share with the listeners that we haven't covered that might be important for them to know that's going on with you. I mean you covered a good amount. Yeah. The album coming out, and I you know, I wrote it. I wrote a lot of the songs on the album with a fellow West Palm Beach native Valley Tamposi who's a big songwriter. Now, so there's a lot of you know, hometown love on the album, and obviously ending the tour here means a lot. So you did a good job.

10:22 Absolutely. So I like stories. So we'll finish up with if you were to tell one story of your whole musical career when you're like eighty, what would it be? Oh? God, good or bad? Oh that's hard. Okay, that's always a hard one story. Man. I don't know. I mean, there's been so many random things that have happened to me. I think if I had to pick one, I guess i'd probably pick playing on. So I was on Fuse on when Mark Coppis had his own show with Amy Schumer just before she really blew up, and I got to sing on that show with Hey Monday and meet Mark Oppus, who's one of my heroes, and he was just really kind. It's not like anything spicy or crazy that happened. Oh wait, I was in the makeup room and I was getting my makeup done next to Mark and Amy before the show and someone, the producer comes in and they're like, hey, they the network just wants you to tone it down a notch with the you know, dick jokes and this and that that, and Amy was like, have you ever seen a blank Winady two show? And She's like, have you seen my comedy show? Like they're asking us to do what? And I was just like sitting there cracking up because I was like, yeah, they're not going to clean up their you know act. But yeah, that was fun.

11:39 Love it. Tell everybody your socials. For those that don't know your website, how they can pre order the new album coming out, check out the video, tour dates all that go. Yeah, so the tour dates are on my website, Cassidy Pope dot com. It'll direct you to Cassidy dot com the link to to to get the tickets, which today Monday. If it's is this coming out Monday, it'll come out. Yeah, it'll come out Monday or Tuesday. Okay. One of the days. There's a VIP that you can purchase where I'll be doing two songs, acoustic, a meet and greet, early entry, all of that good stuff that are available at each menue. There's only fifty at each venue, so they will go fast. So all those tickets. Everything for that will be available on my website or like the link, and all my bios and all my socials which are all Cassidy Pope, so I'm on all the platforms. Nice. Well, you rock and you're going to kill it here at SunFest. Thanks.

12:33 I'm like so far, that's what I'm most looking forward to. And we're on the third day, last day. Thanks, and you're in. You're in good company too with Dashboard Confessional and Third Eye Blind. Yeah, this is the day. If you're gonna play, this is this is a cool day for me. Yeah, I'm excited. Thank you, Thanks Lin, Thanks for being on the Adventures of play Man. I loved it. Thank you so much. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipeman on W four c u I Radio. Hey, I'm Cassidy Pope and you're listening to Pipeman on W four c Y Radio.