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Krista
Interview with Darby from "The
Voice" on
NBC 11/23/16
NBC Universal Moderator: Kaitlin Blanco November
23, 2016 12:00 pm CT
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen
thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Voice Elimination
Press and Media Call. For the presentation all participants
will be in a listen only mode. Afterwards conduct a question
and answer session. At that time if you have question press
the 1 followed by the 4 on your telephone. If at any time
during the conference you need to reach an operator press
star then 0.
As a reminder today’s call is being
recorded Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Now I’d like to turn
the conference over to Kaitlin Blanco. Please go ahead
ma’am.
Kaitlin Blanco: Thank you. Hello everyone.
Thank you for joining our call today. Joining us today from
Team Miley we have Darby. Out of respect from all
journalists queuing up please ask only one question at a
time. You’ll have the opportunity to follow up. I’ll now
turn the call over to the question and answer portion. Go
ahead.
Operator: Thank you very much. And once again
ladies and gentlemen as a reminder to register any questions
or comments it’s 1 followed by the 4 on your telephone
keypad and you’ll hear a three tone prompt to acknowledge
your request.
If your question’s been answered and
you’d like to withdraw your registration press the 1
followed by the 3. If you’re using a speaker phone, please
lift your handset before entering your request. We’ll get to
our first question on the line from Mark Franklin from the
Voice Views. Go right ahead.
Mark Franklin: Hey
Darby. Congratulations on making it so far on the show.
Darby Walker: Hello. How are you? Thank you.
Mark
Franklin: I’m sure original music is somewhere in your
future. I was wondering what you can tell bands about that.
What sounds to expect, was there something you were already
started working on, that sort of thing?
Darby Walker:
It’s definitely something that’s way for a while. I can tell
everyone to keep expecting music with a lot of messages very
much in line with what you guys have been hearing but with
more of a Darby twist on it so everyone keep your ears open.
Mark Franklin: Okay. And how you would say your Voice
experience will affect the music you’ll be releasing in the
future?
Darby Walker: That’s a good question. I feel
like my Voice experience really allowed me to explore the
music that I’ve always wanted to sing and perform and I
really got to get out of the whole Indie box. So for me I’ve
always called myself an old soul. That’s the music I love so
I really think I’ll be taking a lot of those kinds of sounds
and putting them in my music. That’s something that I’ve
started to do and it’s something that I think you can expect
to hear from me.
Mark Franklin: Okay. Thank you very
much and best of luck.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: And we’ll go to our next question on the line
from (Jeff Dodge) with MightyTV.com. Go right ahead.
(Jeff Dodge): Hello Darby. How’s it going?
Darby
Walker: There’s been better days. How are you?
(Jeff
Dodge): So you were up again for the instant save. You know,
he was in that position last week as well so what did you
think your chances were of staying or going when you were up
against him?
Darby Walker: To be honest that wasn’t
even something that crossed my mind. In the moment I was
just worried about giving my best performance of my last
chance song and I had no clue what was going to happen. I
feel like it could’ve gone either way. I know that the East
Coast is the people - they’re the ones who get to vote first
so at the end of the day - at the end of the day I knew it
was up to them and it was all completely subjective. So yes,
honestly my mind wasn’t there when that was happening.
(Jeff Dodge): Okay. So were you surprised at all that
you were eliminated?
Darby Walker: I mean, at the end
of the day I was completely surprised. I wasn’t expecting
it. I wasn’t expecting it to be (Aaron) and I in the bottom
two. I just wasn’t expecting that at all to be really,
really honest with you but I will say the universe works in
interesting ways and I have complete faith that everything
is the way it’s supposed to be and I’m really excited for
the future.
(Jeff Dodge): Okay great. Well good luck
going forward.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: Thank you very much. We’ll get to our next
question on the line from Elizabeth Kwiatkowski from Reality
TV World. Go right ahead.
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski:
Hello Darby. Thanks so much for taking the time for this
today.
Darby Walker: Of course. How are you?
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski: I’m good. So (Sa’Rayah) told me last
week that she felt she had no shot to win the instant save
against (Aaron) because competing against him was basically
like competing against Miley Cyrus who has an enormous
following on social media, much more so than the other
coaches I believe. So why do you think two of her team
members fell into the bottom two this week then? Like, do
you have any theories and therefore do you agree or disagree
with what (Sa’Rayah) has said?
Darby Walker: I have
my own theories. Miley’s someone who I have the upmost
respect for and I love her with all my heart but at the end
of the day she’s a figure that either people love, and some
people don’t love. So I think – and we talked about this
onstage. She believes that it’s a reflection of what people
feel towards her and that’s not said that we were in the
bottom two. I can agree with that.
I can agree with
that. I think people project – they completed projected
their feelings of her towards me which is something that I
kind of expected going into it and I have no regrets of any
of the songs I sang. I think at the end of the day – at the
end of the day I think that’s what it really boils down to.
And when it comes to whole social media following I think
that has to go with the demographic that was voting for the
instant save as well. So yes, it’s tricky.
Elizabeth
Kwiatkowski: Okay. The public perception seems to be that
you were one of the underdogs this season. Some of the
favorites to win like Billy Gilman for example, they have
these really undeniably huge powerful voices so I just want
to know how you felt when you stacked up against the
competition. Up until last night how confident were you that
you could win this thing?
Darby Walker: Honestly I’m
not just a voice. I’m an artist and I think that’s what I
completely brought to the table. I brought my artistry with
me. Performing with Billy Gilman and all of those people, I
loved them all. I loved them all. They’re all extremely
talented but when it comes to stacking up against them I’m
completely confident and comfortable in the music that I put
out and the messages that I put out and what I was doing. It
was so much more than just singing big and singing big
songs.
I can sing a big song if I wanted to. I could
do that but for me it’s always about standing for something
and really introducing to the world who I am.
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski: That’s great. Well congratulations on
making it as far as you did.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: Thank you very much. We’ll get to our next
question on the line from Bobby Jones with The New Music
Buzz. Go right ahead.
Bobby Jones: Hello Darby. Thank
you for giving us such a great time on stage with your
imagery and performance.
Darby Walker: Thank you for
joining.
Bobby Jones: Yes. So the question I have,
you said originally that you were more of an Indie artist
and you thrust it into the pop music genre of doing these
types of song. They weren’t probably something that you’d
do. Do you feel that you’re uncomfortable up there? Do you
feel that maybe you could’ve – if you would’ve been able to
do some of the songs you wanted to do that you could’ve gave
a better performance or how do you feel that you did
overall?
Darby Walker: Overall I’m so happy with
every single song I sang and every performance I sang. Every
song that I ended up singing on that show was a song that I
wanted to sing. It was something that I believed then. It’s
something I believe needed to be heard. So I’m ecstatic that
I pushed out of the whole Indie box that everyone was trying
to put me in. I’m an Indie alternative artist and I feel
like I stayed that way throughout the entire thing. I wasn’t
just covering songs. I was completely infusing myself into
every song that I did. So yes, honestly looking back at it
I’m so, so happy with every performance I gave.
Bobby
Jones: Great. Thank you.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: And we’ll get to our next question on the line
from Beth Beacham from Hollywood Junket. Go right ahead.
Beth Beacham: Hello Darby, wonderful performances.
Darby Walker: Thank you. How are you?
Beth
Beacham: Good. How are you? I had a question about…
Darby Walker: I’m all right.
Beth Beacham: I had a
question about your Twitter. Do you mention revolution? I
wanted you to elaborate on what you define as revolution and
what you believe in.
Darby Walker: That’s a good one.
So for me this revolution that I speak of is something that
– this is something I’m so passionate about so you’ll have
to bear with me. Going up on that stage, like I said it
wasn’t about being pretty.
This revolution that I
was up there fighting was for everybody out who wants to be
themselves and for everyone else who doesn’t want to be
labeled and put in a box and for everyone else who believes
in peace and believes that change starts with what we’re
putting out in the world, and for everyone else who believes
that are taking risks that are good in being different is
something that we need to do. That’s the revolution I’m
talking about.
I’m not like anyone else out there
right now doing this. I believe with everything going on in
the world and everything going on in our country especially
when you have things like social media, if you’re not
putting out and being liked, if you’re not being the change
then what are you doing? So if I can do that that’s all I
want and I got to do that with every song that I sang. I got
to do that week after week after week and the following I
built up and the songs I’ve done is unbelievable. I’ve
gotten more of a social media following than anyone else on
the show.
I really connected with a lot of the
younger people out there and I think the most beautiful part
about this is the fact that my need for change and my need
to spread love and light resonates with so many other people
out there and this is so much bigger than just The Voice and
this is so much bigger than just song choice and music. This
is about coming together as a collective.
Beth
Beacham: Okay thank you so much. I look forward to what you
do next. Thank you.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: Thank you very much. We’ll go to our next question
on the line from (MJ Santee) with From Mjsbigblog. Go right
ahead.
(MJ Santee): Hello. Hello Darby.
Darby
Walker: Hello.
(MJ Santee): Hello. I was wondering if
you can talk a little bit about your relationship with
Miley. How did the two of you work together? Did she pick
your songs or did you pick them together? Did you…
Darby Walker: Everything Miley and I did…
(MJ
Santee): About fashion choices, how did you come about
coming up with them?
Darby Walker: Everything that
Miley and I did was completely collaborative. It was her
texting me song choices saying hey, what do you think about
this or hey, just listen to this and me texting her saying
you listen to this, what do you think about this? Style was
the same way. I’m someone who I very much know who I am.
The nice thing about Miley is that I really got the
freedom to go all out and be 10,000% of what I wanted to be
and I don’t know if I would’ve gotten to do that had I dealt
with another coach. It was just really nice to work with
someone who believes in everything that I believed in. We
both knew that some of the songs I sang was calculated
versus we weren’t sure how people would take them.
We knew that we weren’t sure how people would take me
wearing a flower, just a flower in my hair doing my thing
but at the same time it was more important to us to put out
good art, an art that means something than just music that
everyone can sing along to if that makes sense. So working
with her, it was wonderful. It was super wonderful and I
look forward to everything or anything if anything comes in
the future with her.
(MJ Santee): You sang a lot of
vintage songs. Did you – had you heard those songs before or
were you just completely…
Darby Walker: I’ve always
been into – I always tell people I was born in the wrong
time. I go back and cry myself to sleep at night because I
don’t feel like I’m from this time. I’m going to back,
collect antiques and start a vinyl collection from the past
three years. So for me that was very much – that was who I
was. That’s who I was, that I was never – you know what I’ll
say? She completely gave me the freedom to do that. I never
knew how and if I could do that and with her, I got to push
out of the Indie box and do everything that I wanted to do.
It’s something that’s influencing my whole life and I’m
really happy that I got to sing those “vintage” songs for
everyone to hear because it was good music and it was music
that meant something and I feel like a lot of songs nowadays
talk about love or being heartbroken or about sex. That’s
all what we’re really hearing and I feel that the songs that
I sing were about so much more than that. It was about
freedom and self-expression and love and peace and being who
you are. So the fact that I got to sing songs that – both
those things and put that out there it was beautiful. It was
so beautiful and I’d do it again the same way.
(MJ
Santee): Great. Thank you.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: And we’ll go to our next question on the line
from Krista Chain from The TV MegaSite. Go right ahead.
Krista Chain: Hello Darby. How are you?
Darby
Walker: I’m good. How are you?
Krista Chain: I’m
good. What’s your most memorable moment from your experience
on The Voice?
Darby Walker: My most memorable moment.
That’s hard. There’s a lot of them but I think my – one of
my favorite moments is – it was 11:00 at night. We had a
long day of filming and we were rehearsing for a group song.
It was me, (Aaron), (Ally), and Miley on stage. The band had
gone home. The crew had gone home. They were turning off the
lights and I was standing there barefoot and all of us were
just sitting there clapping our hands and tapping our foot
practicing that song over and over and over, just really
enjoying the music and enjoying being there and creating
something. It was the last moment I think I experienced on
the show and it was beautiful.
Krista Chain: Great.
Thank you. I wish you luck going forward.
Darby
Walker: Thank you so much.
Operator: Thank you. And
we’ll get to our next question on the line – follow up
question from the line of Mark Franklin with Voice Views. Go
right ahead.
Mark Franklin: Yes Darby. You mentioned
just briefly the East Coast versus the West Coast and the
Twitter save and of course you were going up from someone
from Georgia and you’re from California. How do you feel
about that whole Twitter save format? Do you think that
could’ve influenced the outcome?
Darby Walker: I
think it did influence the outcome completely but it’s
something that’s out of my power. It’s something I can’t cry
about because I knew that going into this. The thing is I’m
from Georgia as well but I never fully got that same
exposure and it’s hard to be from – it’s hard to be
bicoastal because when you live in L.A. the only people they
are talking about are the A-listers. Because (Aaron) was
from Georgia he got first dibs on everything. I really,
really, really pushed myself and promoted myself as much as
I could. I was my biggest person out there fighting for
myself.
So I knew when that happened that not only
because he was from Georgia but because I think the mindsets
are different between East Coast and West Coast if that
makes sense and I’m not trying to make this political by any
means but I was up there singing about things that maybe
more conservative people didn’t want to hear about. I was up
there doing things that maybe they weren’t ready to hear or
ready to watch and I think their opinions towards Miley and
me being considered the “mini-Miley” could’ve influenced
their judgment and their votes but you know what?
Like I said it’s up to the universe. I believe everything
happens for a reason so I’m happy that he’s still there and
I wish I could’ve been there but that’s just the way the
cards fell.
Mark Franklin: Okay. And once again thank
you very much and best of luck.
Darby Walker: Thank
you.
Operator: And we’ll go our next question on the
line as a follow up question from Elizabeth Kwiatkowski from
Reality TV World. Go right ahead.
Elizabeth
Kwiatkowski: Hello Darby. I know you said that you’re
extremely happy with your song choices overall and you seem
to have no regrets but despite loving your instant song save
last night , do you think maybe singing a different song
would’ve produced a different outcome for you? Have you
thought about that at all?
Darby Walker: It’s
something that I thought about but it’s not something that
I’m going to keep thinking about. Honestly I picked the song
– the way I thought, I was like Darby if you have to sing
instant save song, sing something that everyone knows and
loves and sing songs that you love and your song
(unintelligible) (John) is something I’ve never met anyone
who doesn’t love that song.
So no, I don’t think I
would’ve sang a different song. It’s something that means a
lot to me, yet again if I was going to sing something and I
was going to – and that was going to be my last song I’m
glad I got to put out one last little message of love and
one last little tidbit of light and one last little tidbit
of Darby.
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski: Awesome. What was
your reaction when Miley saved you over (Belle Jewel) and
(Sophia) heading into the top 12? That was obviously a big
moment for all the artists that were saved. Was that a shock
for you or did you feel your connection with Miley was
strong enough where you sort of anticipated that decision?
Darby Walker: I never like to fully anticipate
anything but no it was something – it was really, really
satisfying and gratifying if that makes sense. It’s like I
believe that we had that relationship so for her to pick me
and really believe in what I was doing was something that
was so special and for me I think for both of us me – my
presence on the show meant more than just singing those
songs. I think that’s why we had such a good time and why we
did connect so well. It’s because we’re both people who
stand for a cause and we’re both people who are out there
every day trying to spread some light. I was surprised but I
wasn’t surprised.
Elizabeth Kwiatkowski: Great, thank
you.
Darby Walker: Thank you.
Operator: We’ll
go to our next question from the line of – a follow up from
the line of Bobby Jones with The New Music Buzz. Go right
ahead.
Bobby Jones: Hello Darby. So being on The
Voice you get to experience the best case scenario. You got
to do your own music but then knowing the reality if you did
get a record deal, probably have somebody telling you what
to do every day and what songs to sing and everything else.
So what’s next for you? Do you go back to doing Indie music?
Do you advance from there? What’s next for Darby?
Darby Walker: That’s such an open-ended question because
there’s so much that I don’t know about yet. There’s so much
in the works already. There’s so many things out there. I
have a movie coming out in February which I’m really excited
about. I’ve got a lot of music that I’ve already made but
I’m more thinking about – because I’m a person, I believe in
change. I believe in evolution and I know I’m not the same
person now than I was going into this.
So you guys
can expect to hear a lot of new music coming from me. You
can expect to see a lot of me on social media. I’m going to
be everywhere. Just expect a lot of art.
Bobby Jones:
I get it. No, exactly (unintelligible) so definitely it’s a
move forward. You’re not going back to the Indie singing in
coffee shops type of thing and everything else. So now you…
Darby Walker: No. Now I feel like I’m moving on to
something bigger and more meaningful. I was to sing – I’ll
sing for anyone who listens, anyone who wants to hear me
sing but at this point I really, really, really have a
strong sense of who I am and I know who I am and a lot of
other people know who I am and believe in me and what I’m
doing. So I think it’s so much bigger than what it was when
I was started. So I don’t think there’s any going back.
There’s only looking forward and only new experiences.
Bobby Jones: Got you. Thank you.
Darby Walker:
Thank you.
Operator: And before proceeding once again
as a reminder to register for any questions or comments on
the telephone, just use the 1, 4 on your telephone key pad.
And we do have another follow up question from the line of
(MJ Santee) from Mjsbigblog. Go right ahead.
(MJ
Santee): Hello Darby again. Could you talk a little bit
about your relationships with the other contestants? Who
were you closest to?
Darby Walker: To be honest my
best friend on the show was (Aaron) so that was real fun
last night. Yes. Everyone here is like family. I love Billy
Gilman. I love me some Billy Gilman. He’s the most charming
person you’ll ever meet in your life. (Ally’s) the funniest
person you’ll ever meet in your life. Her impersonations of
everyone are hilarious.
I love everybody here. I
have the upmost respect – what? My gosh. Cowboys, I love our
cowboys. (Josh) and (Austin) and (unintelligible), they’re
great. I love everybody. I love them all with all my heart
and I know that I will see them all and continue to talk to
them all for many, many, many years to come. They can’t get
rid of me that easy. Yes, I’d say my best friend here was
(Aaron).
(MJ Santee): Did you guys say anything to
each other while you were waiting to hear the results?
Darby Walker: We both just were in shock. He felt so –
it was just like a lose-win-lose situation. Either way, you
couldn’t really fully be happy and I talked to him and stuff
last night with him and talked to him this morning and it’s
like although he’s happy to be here that’s not what he
wanted at all. And for me it’s like I’m happy that his music
still gets to be heard because I love his music but at the
same time I still really, really want to be here. So yes, it
was just – it wasn’t a fun situation to be in.
(MJ
Santee): Yes that sounds hard. And could you just talk a
little bit about the movie you’re going to be in. Is this
something you filmed before you were on The Voice?
Darby Walker: Yes. I’m actually super excited. This is
something that I filmed before The Voice which was produced
by the same man who produced Halloween and Michael Myers so
I’m super excited. It’s scheduled to come out in February.
Yes it’s – I think it’s going to be cool. I can’t give away
all the details but everyone should stay tuned and watch.
I’m excited.
(MJ Santee): It’s a horror film?
Darby Walker: It’s a horror film. Yes ma’am.
(MJ
Santee): Sounds like fun. Thank you.
Darby Walker:
Thank you.
Operator: And we’ll get to our next
question on the line, another follow up question from the
line of Bobby Jones with The New Music Buzz. Go right ahead.
Bobby Jones: Hello Darby. On a lighter note we’re
actually neighbors and I’ve seen you from time to time and
now that you’re on The Voice is there any more – is there
any public recognition when people see you and they’re like
hey, you’re that girl?
Darby Walker: There is – I’ve
gotten a lot actually, more than I was expecting. It’s
funny. I was eating breakfast the other morning and this man
walks up to me and he takes off his hat and he puts his hat
on my head and he’s like, “Oh my gosh. I knew it was you.”
He’s like, “Me and my wife watch you all the time.” I
started cracking up. So yes, I honestly have gotten
recognized a lot and I’ve gotten a lot of recognition from
people in my community and a lot of people from back in
Georgia so it’s really fun. We’re neighbors?
Bobby
Jones: Well that’s a good thing. I’ll make – yes we are.
Darby Walker: No way.
Bobby Jones: Way.
Darby Walker: Very cool, very cool.
Bobby Jones: Next
time I’ll (unintelligible) next time I see you.
Darby
Walker: Yes please do it. Please do it.
Bobby Jones:
No problem. Thank you.
Darby Walker: Of course, bye.
Operator: Thank you very much. And Ms. Blanco we have no
further questions on the line. I’ll turn it back to you.
Kaitlin Blanco: All right then. That wraps our call for
today. Again if you’d like a transcript you can email me at
K-B-L-A-N-C-O at M-P-R-M dot com. Thanks everyone. Enjoy the
rest of your day.
Operator: Thank you very much and
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