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JOE ZEE: My next guess is basically
the Taylor Swift of China.
But now G.E.M., not to be confused with our gem with a J,
but she's equally outrageous, is about to take the US by storm.
And she's kicking it all off with her own North American
tour here in November.
Hi G.E.M.!
[CHEERING]
You are so cute.
So, if you're like Taylor Swift in China,
do you have your own squad?
Do all your girlfriends come on stage with you?
G.E.M.: I actually have a lot of different people
on the stage with me.
My band, my dancers, actually when they are on stage with me
I'm much more confident because I don't feel like I'm alone.
JOE ZEE: Oh I think that's probably
Taylor Swift's problem too.
She feels not so confident without everybody there.
Wait, so you have a new song called Heartbeat, right?
G.E.M.: Yeah.
JOE ZEE: That's about anti bullying.
Is that a big problem in China?
G.E.M.: Actually I think everyone
gets to face bullying in different areas in life.
And I actually wrote this song in Easter,
when I was actually facing a rumor online.
And I feel like I want to give up.
But then it was Easter, I'm supposed to have a new life.
And so I wrote this song to encourage myself,
and hopefully to encourage a lot of different people,
no matter they're facing cyberbullying,
or campus bullying, different--
ASHLEY GRAHAM: That's amazing.
G.E.M.: Yeah.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: That's an amazing way to get the word out.
I heard that you write all your own music.
G.E.M.: Yeah.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: That's amazing.
Where do you get all your inspiration from?
Is it just day to day life stuff?
G.E.M.: From daily experiences or from different people
that I met with.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Boyfriends?
JOE ZEE: Do you?
G.E.M.: I wish to have one.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: You wish to have one!
JOE ZEE: Oh you do?
ASHLEY GRAHAM: She's single!
JOE ZEE: She's single, somebody call her!
She has a movie coming out.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: G.E.M.!
JOE ZEE: But wait, you're huge on social media too, right?
You have a footprint.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: How many followers do you have?
G.E.M.: 18 million on Weibo.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Wow.
JOE ZEE: Is Weibo your big one?
OK, everyone always says Weibo or WeChat.
Which is the one?
G.E.M.: Weibo.
JOE ZEE: Weibo's better than WeChat?
G.E.M.: No actually it's different.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: I don't know the difference.
JOE ZEE: It's because they're the big China social media.
G.E.M.: WeChat is actually just like--
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Instagram?
G.E.M.: Messenger.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Oh, OK.
Got it.
G.E.M.: We text message and we chat.
JOE ZEE: OK and you're also going to a lot of fashion shows
this week.
You're going to Alexander ***, DVF, Jeremy Scott.
G.E.M.: Tomorrow, yeah.
Tomorrow we're going to DVF.
And then the DKNY show as well.
JOE ZEE: Which is the big hot ticket we were just saying.
And you're also global ambassador for Tag Heuer.
G.E.M.: Yeah.
I actually just came back from Switzerland last week.
We were on Jungfrau mountain top.
And I actually sang three songs up there,
and I was almost out of breath.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Yeah because of the altitude, right?
G.E.M.: Yes.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Good thing you didn't pass out.
JOE ZEE: I know how cute is she, right?
ASHLEY GRAHAM: You're adorable.
You're so compact!
JOE ZEE: And if you want to see more G.E.M. of course
she's going to be in the upcoming Sleeping Beauty
with Demi Lovato!
She had the big hot summer song for us this year,
so I'm like still jamming to her in my head.
G.E.M.: Actually we are going to record the song next week
in Los Angeles, and doing the voice over.
And the funny thing is, my role is actually Sleeping Beauty.
And the very first song that I wrote in my life,
when I was 13, was actually called Sleeping Beauty.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: Wow.
G.E.M.: So it's --
ASHLEY GRAHAM: It's amazing how it all comes back around.
JOE ZEE: You were supposed to get that role.
Well thank you for coming by, and we're all
going to be listening.
ASHLEY GRAHAM: It was a pleasure.
G.E.M.: Thank you.
[CHEERING]