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$20,000 to Look Hot

It's also interesting because like I, like I was trying to get a YouTube— like I have a, I have a song that I was trying to get like cleared for my YouTube channel. It was my, I think it was my intro song. And I can't get it cleared because it's owned by like 10 different people. So I have to go to Universal Music, then I have to go to Sony, 'cause they each own 50% of it. And then I have to go to someone else. And I have to get approval from every person. Or in this case, I would have to pay one of the people off. So I'd have to give them, like they wanted like $1,000 per vlog just so I can use this intro song. And then another person wanted another $3,000 for the song. So it's like, in total it was gonna cost me like $30,000. For me to use 4 seconds of a song for my intro on my YouTube video. So I was like, "Okay, I just won't get paid instead." So yeah, songs are so fucking insane to me.

August 30, 201925:51David
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Jason25:44
Don't they say that, that like all the money's in the writing?
David25:46
Yeah, I don't know how—
Jason25:47
like Sia wrote all those songs for Rihanna. Well, and that's why she's rich.
David25:51
It's also interesting because like I, like I was trying to get a YouTube— like I have a, I have a song that I was trying to get like cleared for my YouTube channel. It was my, I think it was my intro song. And I can't get it cleared because it's owned by like 10 different people. So I have to go to Universal Music, then I have to go to Sony, 'cause they each own 50% of it. And then I have to go t…
Jason26:38
I know. I was in the studio with my friend Charlie Puth the other day.
David26:41
I was in the studio.
Jason26:42
And we just got so creative. We lit the incense and we opened up some canned water. Yeah, you guys are crazy. And we got after it, ordered some Postmates. Benny Blanco came in.