VMAs 2023: Jenna Raine

Rolling Stone

Jenna Raine talks with Rolling Stone’s Ilana Woldenberg at the 2023 VMAs

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00:00 We are here with the one and only Jenna Rain.

00:02 How are you?

00:03 I'm so good.

00:04 I'm so excited to be here.

00:05 How are you?

00:06 Oh, no one's asked me.

00:07 I'm doing great.

00:08 I'm so happy to be talking to you.

00:10 You're like an angel on earth.

00:11 Thank you.

00:12 That's so kind.

00:13 I hear you just performed at the block party.

00:15 Yes, I did just perform at the block party.

00:17 What was that like?

00:18 A dream come true.

00:19 They had never done a block party before, so I was kind of like, what am I getting myself

00:23 into?

00:24 But it turned out so amazing.

00:25 I mean, the stage was a dream come true.

00:28 The crowd was so lovely and just so ready to be there and listen and jam out with me.

00:34 It was really cool.

00:35 It was such an amazing experience.

00:36 That's so exciting because I feel like that's what the VMAs are all about, is bringing music

00:41 to other people and connecting over it.

00:44 What are you most looking forward to this year?

00:46 Oh, gosh.

00:47 Like, just this year in general?

00:48 Oh, I guess that works, but also the VMAs.

00:50 The VMAs.

00:51 I was like, what?

00:52 I was like, that's a lot of questions.

00:53 I think I am most excited for the fact that all females are nominated for artists and

01:00 for, is it video of the year?

01:01 Which one is it?

01:02 Artist of the year, yeah.

01:03 Artist of the year.

01:04 I mean, the fact that that is even a thing is just so surreal to me.

01:09 It makes me so excited and honestly just gives me a lot of hope because, I mean, that's just

01:14 so cool.

01:15 Like, what are the odds?

01:16 That's crazy cool.

01:17 Yeah, it's badass.

01:18 It's something to put on your vision board.

01:19 Exactly.

01:20 Why not, you know?

01:21 Seriously.

01:22 Shoot for the moon man.

01:23 You're a moon person.

01:24 I mean, like, I want to be one of those people.

01:25 Like, that is in the nominated lane of just all females.

01:28 It's so cool.

01:29 It's so inspiring.

01:30 And I hear you have new music out.

01:32 Yes, I do.

01:33 Let's talk about it.

01:34 Yeah, so I released Big Dumb Heart Chapter 1 and then Big Dumb Heart Chapter 2 and then

01:39 I have Big Dumb Heart Chapter 3 on the way, so I'm completing this little series I started.

01:44 Wow, so tell us about the concept for the series.

01:47 Oh, gosh.

01:48 So, the whole entire thing is about how I'm a person that just, like, wears my heart on

01:52 my sleeves, aka a big dumb heart, and just in different ways how that's gotten me in

01:57 life, whether it's stabbed in the back, whether it's just being a people pleaser that people

02:01 kind of walk all over, but then also meeting amazing friends that are so there for me and

02:06 finding an amazing relationship and just the journey that I've been on having a big dumb

02:10 heart.

02:11 I love that.

02:12 I relate to that.

02:13 I think we all can.

02:14 That is so sweet.

02:15 And my last question for you is who are you most excited to see in there?

02:18 Oh, gosh.

02:19 Well, I really want to see Taylor Swift, but I don't know if she's coming or not.

02:23 Okay, she's coming?

02:24 I don't know.

02:25 I don't know, but I really want to see her.

02:27 And then Kelsey Ballerini.

02:28 Love Kelsey Ballerini.

02:30 She's, oh, her last EP, Chef's Kiss.

02:33 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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