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The War And Treaty Call Jon Bon Jovi A "Great Human," Talks His Influence and Impact, Being Nominated for Best New Artist At The GRAMMYs & More | MusiCares Person of the Year 2024
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2/3/2024
The War And Treaty caught up with Billboard's Katie Bain at MusiCares Person of the Year 2024.
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So you're performing tonight. There's a lot of people that would want to get into that room.
00:04
So can you give us a little bit of a hint of what you guys are going to be doing in there?
00:07
Singing, eating, crying.
00:12
Well, we can't tell you the song. We're singing "I'll Be There For You."
00:17
One of the greatest love songs ever. But we're doing our own version of that.
00:23
How did you land on that song?
00:27
He presented two options. And the best options that he thought would fit us.
00:34
And we decided that "I'll Be There For You" was perfect.
00:38
Do you want to sing a little bit for us now?
00:41
We gotta sneak it. They want to be in there.
00:45
Totally. Totally. Okay.
00:48
What makes John such an icon?
00:55
The first thing that came to my mind, I can't say because I was like,
00:58
he's just a complete badass. But I think his freedom to do whatever he wants.
01:04
The fact that he's been able to sustain a beautiful marriage in this business.
01:10
The fact that he's been able to create music that has taken him all around the world.
01:15
And that inspired his philanthropic efforts. So to me, that's the ideal artist.
01:23
And being a damn good human. I mean, that's that right there.
01:28
And to have this level of influence and still be touchable, you know, relatable.
01:34
That right there is goals for any artist. That's a goal that I have.
01:37
To still be the same and be a great human.
01:40
Speaking of goals, big weekend coming up. What are your goals for Grammy weekends?
01:45
Doing it. Just being here and being present.
01:49
Not missing the moments. Not being self-absorbed.
01:53
But to celebrate everybody. Because everybody here is a winner.
01:56
And that's not a cliché thing to say. I think that all of us have gone through
02:01
moments of redemption. So to be able to stand up here and really root for one another.
02:07
Especially in our Best New Artist category. I mean, we all know the story of Jelly Roll.
02:11
We all know Ice Spice and Noah Khan and Gracie Abrams, Victoria Monet, Coco Jones, Fred again.
02:20
And now everyone will know Warren Treating.
02:23
This is a big category. What were you guys doing when you found out that you were nominated?
02:29
We were in the airport having breakfast.
02:31
Airport eating.
02:33
Golly.
02:35
That's what we love to do.
02:38
And then I imagine a lot of screaming, maybe some jumping up and down.
02:40
Crying. I thought someone died because Michael was crying so hard. I'm like, "Who died?
02:44
Tell me who died?" He's like, "No one died."
02:47
It just felt wonderful for that to happen.
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