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How Dan + Shay’s Near Breakup Led to Their Most Inspired Album Yet, ‘Bigger Houses’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Country duo Dan and Shay were one of the biggest
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  Speaker 2: crossover successes of the twenty tens, with hits like Tequila,
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  Speaker 2: Speechless in Ten Thousand Hours with Justin Bieber. After meeting
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  Speaker 2: at a party in twenty twelve, their first album Moments
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  Speaker 2: fell out of them, but a success came, the songwriting
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  Speaker 2: slowed and a quiet distance grew between them, Dan taels Billboard.
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  Speaker 2: Part of the problem was that they didn't fight tough.
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  Speaker 2: Issues weren't discussed, and there wasn't an open line of communication.
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  Speaker 2: Behind the scenes. Dan and Shay were close to breaking
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  Speaker 2: up till last March, when Dan tex at Shay asking
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  Speaker 2: for a meeting. Brother to brother. He says, we sat
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  Speaker 2: on the back patio two of us, no outside influences.
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  Speaker 2: We had not how to come to Jesus moment in
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  Speaker 2: a long time. We both apologized for not nurturing the relationship.
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  Speaker 2: Being in a duo, it's tough. There's money and notoriety
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  Speaker 2: on the line. That's why many historically have fallen apart.
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  Speaker 2: But if you don't work on the relationship, it will
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  Speaker 2: fall apart and you'll go your separate directions. That night,
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  Speaker 2: was the most pivotal moment in our career to this point.
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  Speaker 2: It changed everything. With a renewed energy and appreciation for
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  Speaker 2: each other, working on their new album, Bigger House, felt
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  Speaker 2: like a return to the inspired old days. It's out now.
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