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Why Conan Gray’s First Performance Ever Was A Surreal Moment He’ll Never Forget · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. It used to be
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  Speaker 1: just about every artist got there start playing tiny shows
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  Speaker 1: in front of a handful of people before solely building
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  Speaker 1: towards huge, sold out crowds. But now times are different
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  Speaker 1: thanks to social media and YouTube, and excitement can build
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  Speaker 1: in an instant over an artist, right, and that's exactly
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  Speaker 1: what happened with Heather singer Conan Gray. In fact, his
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  Speaker 1: first time performing on any stage was to a jam
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  Speaker 1: packed audience. He tells, Nammy everything with my career, it
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  Speaker 1: was already happening faster than I could handle, so it's
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  Speaker 1: all lone as I go. My first live show ever
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  Speaker 1: was sold out. The tourt was sold out. I was
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  Speaker 1: really scared. I was gonna let everyone down. I remember
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  Speaker 1: being backstage and thinking the only way I can get
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  Speaker 1: out of this is if I died. I was that scared.
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  Speaker 1: I'm naturally a very shy person. But I walked on
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  Speaker 1: stage and everybody started screaming and clapping. In that moment,
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  Speaker 1: I realized I was safe. Conanet He's played tons of
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  Speaker 1: live shows since, that one memory will always be special
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  Speaker 1: for him. His new single Astronomy is out now. That's
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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood,