Sean Mack at West Of The Fest 2025 with Billianne

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00:00Mix 94.7 is shot back backstage, West of the Fest 2025, hanging out with Billie-Anne.

00:14How are you?

00:15I'm good.

00:16How are you doing?

00:17Doing really good.

00:18We were just talking about this couch and how comfortable it is back here.

00:20Yeah, it really is.

00:21We're lounging here.

00:22Yeah, we're definitely chilling.

00:23Normally, it's a very formal interview process.

00:26This is amazing.

00:27It's my ideal setting.

00:28Exactly.

00:30I feel like we just sit here and just veg and watch shows all day.

00:34I'm down.

00:35Exactly.

00:36Good.

00:37Tell me about your Austin experience.

00:38This is your first time here?

00:39Yes.

00:40It's been really, really nice.

00:41Everyone we ask who lives here is saying how nice this city is, and everyone's happy to

00:45live here.

00:46Every driver we've been with, we ask them, they're like, yeah, I love it here.

00:48I love living here.

00:49So yeah, that's our impression as well.

00:51Yeah.

00:52It's been great.

00:53Growing up in Canada, what were your impressions of Texas as a kid?

00:55What did you think it would be like, and has it kind of measured up to what you thought

00:58it would be here today?

01:00I probably only imagined farmer's fields.

01:02Yeah.

01:03I don't think I imagined any tall buildings like this as a child.

01:05Yeah.

01:06Like tumbleweed rolling through.

01:07Yeah.

01:08Like horse and buggy.

01:09Exactly.

01:10Well, it used to be like that, to be fair.

01:11Yeah.

01:12Yeah, true.

01:13Like 100 years ago.

01:14Yeah.

01:15Historically accurate.

01:16Yeah.

01:17Yeah.

01:18Historically accurate four-year-old.

01:19Exactly.

01:20Very impressive.

01:21Very well-versed in books at age four.

01:22So kudos.

01:23I want to talk about the music.

01:25Talk about, of course, many people have heard you on TikTok over the past few years.

01:30Talk about TikTok as kind of like an outlet for artists.

01:33Obviously during COVID, it was kind of the only outlet for artists.

01:36Have you found TikTok to be obviously advantageous for you?

01:39Do you think it's a good thing for the music industry to have artists like kind of be discovered

01:43via that way versus otherwise?

01:45Yeah.

01:46I guess I would describe it as like a double-edged sword sort of thing.

01:49I think a lot of people would describe it that way, like TikTok has brought me so much

01:53good.

01:54My whole fan base is because of that app, which is really cool and also so much reach.

01:59My high school was canceled because of COVID and that was my only outlet and I started

02:03doing TikTok.

02:04So I see it as a very positive light still.

02:07Yeah, absolutely.

02:08Talk about this Kelly Clarkson show situation.

02:10Obviously this is a huge thing.

02:11You were featured on there recently.

02:13How did you discover this was going to happen and take me through all that because that's

02:17like a huge deal.

02:18Yeah.

02:19Like a lot of things I just hear from my management, they're like, Kelly Clarkson is going to put

02:22your song on her show.

02:25I'm a huge Kelly Clarkson fan.

02:27We grew up watching American Idol and I've watched her winning and her singing that song

02:32like so many times.

02:33So to hear her say my name on that show is so crazy.

02:37Yeah.

02:38Texas girl too.

02:39Is she?

02:40Yeah, she's from up near Dallas area.

02:41Oh, that's awesome.

02:42That's why it feels so good.

02:43That's exactly it.

02:44Very proud Texan.

02:46You've had some showcases here in town over the past couple of days.

02:48Talk about your experiences around town.

02:51Have you had a chance to like eat anything and like in the general vibes of being in

02:55Austin for the past couple of days?

02:56Oh, the vibes have been incredible.

02:58I keep saying I kind of want to live in a place that's like this all the time where

03:01there's just always a show to go to.

03:03There's always people to meet.

03:04There's always something to do.

03:06Yeah.

03:07And the venues have been very cool as well.

03:09We've eaten a lot of tacos.

03:10That's good.

03:11Yeah.

03:12Then you're doing it right.

03:13Okay, good.

03:14That's good to know.

03:15Speaking of shows, I want to ask everybody this today because I always find interesting

03:18answers.

03:19We have three questions for you.

03:20What was your first concert, your last concert and your best concert that you've ever seen?

03:25Okay.

03:26My first concert, I was actually never a concert goer as a kid.

03:28We were always just like camping and stuff.

03:29That's all I did.

03:30So it was in 2019 and I went to go see the Jonas Brothers like reunion tour at Scotiabank

03:35in Toronto.

03:36Classic.

03:37So that was a big deal for me.

03:38It was my birthday.

03:39And then what was the other two?

03:40Your last concert.

03:41What was your last concert?

03:42My last concert.

03:43Who was it?

03:44Before we get to that, what's your favorite Jonas Brothers song?

03:45And is it the year 3000?

03:46I think I like Don't Throw It Away.

03:48Ooh, solid.

03:49Yeah.

03:50I think that's a good one.

03:51It's a good deep cut there.

03:52Yeah.

03:53I don't know.

03:54Kind of.

03:55Maybe it's like a B-side.

03:56A little bit.

03:57My last concert I went to was probably something here at South By, but like my true one that

04:02I bought tickets for was recently with my friend.

04:04I went to go see Louis Volbeck at Massey Hall in Toronto.

04:09Incredible artist.

04:10So good.

04:11Yeah.

04:12Okay.

04:13And best concert you've ever seen.

04:14This is always the toughest one for artists.

04:15Best concert.

04:16Yeah, I know.

04:17I actually haven't seen that many besides like specials and stuff.

04:18That's true.

04:19But I think my favorite concert I've seen is maybe, I think Ryan Beattie, he's another

04:24folk artist, just had this like circle of like eight musicians around him.

04:28He's just in the center with a microphone and headphones on just singing and it was

04:32incredible.

04:33Yeah.

04:34That does sound like a core memory for sure.

04:35Yes.

04:36What does the rest of the year look like for you?

04:37What's going on for the rest of the year?

04:38I'm planning-

04:39You played a new song here today.

04:40Yes, I did.

04:41Yes.

04:42So there's that.

04:43So make sure you guys go stream that.

04:44Yeah, that song.

04:45Yeah, it's awesome.

04:46That song is called Future Emma.

04:47It's coming out in April 11th, so I don't know.

04:51Yeah.

04:52That'll be cool.

04:53And then I'm planning on releasing my first album, which is really exciting.

04:57Are you nervous?

04:58Excited?

04:59All of it?

05:00I'm nervous.

05:01I'm nervous.

05:02It's a bit overwhelming.

05:03There's so many steps to everything, like the mixing and mastering.

05:04Do you have a title for it?

05:05I do.

05:06Okay.

05:07Do you want to tell us or no?

05:08I don't know.

05:09I don't know.

05:10I'll let you.

05:11I'll leave it alone.

05:12I don't want to push it.

05:13I'm keeping it close to my heart for now.

05:14Exactly.

05:15It could be like Austin Tacos or something like that.

05:16Yeah, probably.

05:18Not good options, but options nonetheless.

05:21Sean Mack, Billyann, hanging out at West of the Fest.

05:23Thank you so much for being here.

05:24Awesome.

05:26We're back soon.

05:27Mix 94.7.

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