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No one likes coffee more thanChelsea Peretti.
Today, Perettis releasingher five-song teaser EPFoam and Flotsam; call it asipof things to come.
it’s possible for you to read some excerpts from the transcript or listen to the full episode below.
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But anyway, regardless, whats not to like?
Its a real pick-me-up.
It smells great to me.
And then it just makes me so energized.
Im … explaining coffee.
When I drink a lot of coffee, I do wind up getting really, really energetic.
Then I tend to sing or act you know, act a fool as the case may be.
So, you know, its a muse.
Its definitely a muse.
I cant exactly remember how it unfolded.
So he took my manic drivel and turned it into this catchy thing.
I mean, listen, I dont want to undersell myself.
Im an incredible songwriter.
So thats kind of how we started.
Then we had thought and talked about doing an album; never did it.
What has it been, a year?
Its eaten up all my time.
I just kind of followed it down every wormhole.
There was a phase of that for a couple of months.
And then it was like,Wait a minute.
These songs arent funny anymore.
But I had lost my voice.
I had kind of been sick for two months, getting sicknesses from my toddler.
It sounded so yearning.
So I put that into the song.
I was like, I wont have this cool voice forever.
It also feels kind of like …
I hate to use the wordrant, but it feels like exploring every angle of why something is irritating.
Thats what I would do in stand-up.
Im always interested in the idea of hating yourself, and this song certainly is an examination of that.
You know:I fucking hate when people do this, but I myself do this.
I mean, theres a whole term self-hating Jew.
And why is it that some people are born with less self-doubt than others?
Why do some people feel confident when they wake up in the morning?
Actually, I will say I think Im smart, but thats where a lot of my problems lie.
She also clearly has a great sense of humor.
There was a time when she was maybe going to be on the album.
She followed me on Twitter.
Then she would tweet all the time about coffee.
Shes like, Coffee cups up!
Shes always posting pictures of coffee.
I knew I loved this woman.
Im like, Im not asking legendary multiGrammy Awardwinning songstress Anita Baker to be on this dumb coffee album.
But eventually, of course, I did.
Were trying to emulate her insane voice.
It just sounded like dogs howling at the night sky.
But somehow we had the balls to send this to her.
And then she was exhausted and she went home.
But I think she just came to realize, like,What am I doing?
I cant come out of retirement for this nonsense.
But shes remained on our team as a guide and shes been so awesome.
And then she was down to do it.
She came and we totally did it in this very different way.
Its cool, but it weirdly touches on so many of the themes that I feel right now.
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Its voracious of your entire life.
Would you be as psyched to go?
And then I have to go up and be like, Hey, Im the person that everyone hates!
I just felt like I had this chip on my shoulder.
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We shot like 20-something episodes a year.
So I just felt it took what I had creatively.
For me, that was my creative energy.
So its the silliest thing to undertake.
I really think its funny.
And also my movie script.
I guess we could put that up online if I die.
