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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Leon Thomas Had a Strong Sense “MUTT” Would Be a Hit Thanks to the ‘Drunken Fun Method’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: We can all confidently say now that Leon Thomas and
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  Speaker 2: that hit Mutt is just awesome. Leon actually had a
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  Speaker 2: sense that it would be a big, big song. He
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  Speaker 2: knew when he just had the hook, just just that
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  Speaker 2: one part you sing along too, he knew the whole.
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  Speaker 1: Thing was going to be hit, right. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 1: a very good chorus.
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  Speaker 3: You hear it everywhere you go these days.
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  Speaker 2: But it wasn't just because he liked it. Leon was
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  Speaker 2: saying to Variety why he knew Mutt in particular had
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  Speaker 2: a very good chance of being a big radio hit.
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  Speaker 2: He says it passed what he calls the drunken fun test.
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  Speaker 2: You know what that is?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's pretty hilarious, but also makes sense.
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  Speaker 4: The drunken fun method is writing the hook the average
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  Speaker 4: person who's.
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  Speaker 3: Drunk in a club run a show can kind of
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  Speaker 3: sing along to.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Leon says, if it's not that easy to sing,
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  Speaker 5: it's not going to travel too far.
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  Speaker 2: He's right, I mean, like we got to be able
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  Speaker 2: to know it and sing along to it right out
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  Speaker 2: of the gate without any beverages, and Mutt is out.
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  Speaker 3: Now, that's direct from Hollywood.