My best friend sang with him for years, and she told me about an audition. I tried out he picked me, and I\u2019ve been touring with him for seven years now. In this new show I have a solo with him\u2014we sing, \u201cHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n
What\u2019s an average day on the road like? <\/strong><\/p>\n Right now, it\u2019s early in the tour, so we\u2019re still kind of in the learning process\u2014making sure we\u2019re hitting all the notes and all the right movements at the right times. Any downtime we have is usually spent practicing, making sure we have our part down pat. But normally we\u2019ll get to a city and have a little bit of downtime to ourselves. Then we\u2019ll do the sound check, which usually lasts about an hour; go to catering to get some lunch; do our makeup and hair; and then it’s show time.<\/p>\n Your work with John Legend also led to an appearance in the Oscar-winning film La La Land<\/em>. What was that like? <\/strong><\/p>\n It was a really cool experience. I\u2019m one of the background singers you see when John performs on stage during the movie. I\u2019m the singer in the middle with the short hair. It\u2019s a very brief performance, but I\u2019m in there [laughs]. I flew out to L.A. and we filmed in a theater. Ryan Gosling was there\u2014he played the piano and John played the guitar, which is different for him. It was my first time filming a movie and being on set, so it was cool to see how everything works and how it\u2019s all put together.<\/p>\n Is it safe to say you\u2019d be open to more offers to appear on screen? <\/strong><\/p>\n Yes, for sure [laughs]. I would love to get into commercials and movies and that type of thing. I love being in front of the camera.<\/p>\n Speaking of which, you sang with Cardi B on Saturday Night Live<\/em> last April. Was it nerve-wracking to perform on live TV in front of a national audience? <\/strong><\/p>\n I think I was more excited than anything else, because it was my first time meeting Cardi B and I\u2019m such a fan of hers. So, it was pretty cool to share the stage with her.<\/p>\n The internet went crazy about your performance. There was a ton of buzz about you after the show, with one news outlet reporting that you sang \u201cso perfectly that you couldn\u2019t help but get chills.\u201d When did you know you nailed it?<\/strong><\/p>\n Alec Baldwin came up to me afterward and said how much he enjoyed my performance. And then people started discovering me online and writing articles about me\u2014sometimes without even reaching out to me first. It was cool, because I think sometimes when you\u2019re hired to do background work you don\u2019t really get noticed. And it was such a big moment for her [Cardi B] as well. I didn’t know that she was going to reveal her pregnancy [during the performance]. It turned out to be a pretty historic night for her, and I was glad that I was able to be a part of it.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181126_162421_563-300x200.jpg\")