Shinedown caught up with Billboard’s Tetris Kelly on the red carpet at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025.
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00:00Hanging out with my friends Shinedown. I don't know if you guys can see already
00:03They got trophies in their hand on the carpet. That is not for everybody. Yeah, my favorite commentator. Oh my god this guy
00:13Thank you so much, how does it feel to be winners already walking the carpet?
00:17I mean have you been to the bar already? We have not been to the bar yet
00:19We we walked in and they handed us two awards that we did not know we won. So
00:23Yeah, and I mean Dance Kid Dance has been doing amazing things on the Billboard Rock Charts
00:27Thank you. Why do you feel like that song is really like broken out for you guys again, and it has the fans so excited
00:32I think it's you know with the symptom of being human. It's
00:35You know what one of the awards is for you know
00:38We're all a work in progress when when we sat down to write the song
00:42I think we needed the song at the time more than than anyone else
00:46You know
00:46I always said that we kind of were like a vessel in a lot of ways and
00:50You know, I always said that we kind of were like a vessel in a lot of ways for symptom and just to see the reaction
00:56Just globally what that song means to a lot of people. That's all we can ask for is for them to uh,
01:01You know, they became attached to it like we became attached to it
01:04But we just we continued that on with a song like Dance Kid Dance
01:06I mean we just write honestly what's on our minds and that's it, you know
01:10And we also write songs for ourselves. The audience is us
01:13I feel like we are fans as well, which is a good thing
01:16But that keeps it honest like we have to we have to write what we like
01:19And and and our and our fan base has been with us forever
01:22They allow us to be ourselves like that and in turn that honesty I think resonates with them
01:26And I guess they like it too
01:28So and to come to a radio event like this that's celebrating so many other amazing artists. You got gaga taylor swift
01:34I mean, what what do you guys think about the the state of music right now and how women are kind of killing it in pop
01:41How how what how women are killing it in pop?
01:43Keep bringing it keep bringing it man
01:46No, like I mean I think about the fact that like lady gaga is here tonight. I know the gracie abrams
01:52He's all about gracie abrams. Oh, man. I love that
01:55but like I man I I found out about billie eilish back in 2013 and I was just like who is this young lady and
02:02Like it was extraordinary. So to be able to like we're going to get a chance to see her perform tonight
02:06that's like that's a huge thing for us, but
02:09I mean
02:10Keep rising ladies keep rising. And then lastly we have our women in music event at the end of this month
02:14We're not we are honoring dochi money long
02:17Gorilla, megan maroney megan trainer. How do you guys feel about any of those names or anybody you're a fan?
02:21I'm from memphis, man. So gloria, that's my girl
02:24I'm from he's like, yeah glow i'm 901 forever, man. So I love that. I love I love that
02:28She's out there doing I mean that's that's a big thing for memphis, tennessee, too
02:31So heck yeah, so her man for diy man direct to consumer man, let her do her thing man
02:36She knows exactly what she's doing. She's bringing it to the people a smart girl
02:40Well, thank you guys so much for hanging out with us and go have fun tonight. All right
02:43You are best for the compliment by the way, I appreciate that so far. Thank you at st. Patrick's day, man