The Justin Bieber wet-pants look
Justin Bieber has been photographed in grey sweatpants with a suspicious wet patch. His explanation is that water from flowers spilled while he was driving, and he embraces the joke by posting that nobody is cool unless they wet their pants. Scott immediately decides this is a look he and Chris should reproduce.
They pour water onto one another’s trousers, supposedly matching the small original patch. Restraint lasts seconds. Scott ends up extremely damp and has to continue presenting while looking as though he has suffered a major accident. The experiment is another “UK Hun Friday” moment: the end-of-week mood in which Chris talks to strangers and both presenters say yes to ideas they would reject on a Monday.
Jet-lagged All Time Low
Jack Barakat and Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low arrive after flying from Los Angeles and going straight out, their usual strategy for breaking through jet lag. Jack has opened a bar in LA, Scott enjoyed its highly attractive clientele, and the band are preparing new music and British dates.
The conversation turns to performers forgetting lyrics. All Time Low’s solution is simple: point the microphone toward the audience and let them sing. That works for established favourites, but not necessarily for a new Robbie Williams song nobody knows yet. Jack and Alex are asked to identify lines from their own catalogue, and the gaps in memory justify the episode title.
A button ruins Meghan Trainor forever
Meghan Trainor’s new song “I’m a Lady” receives its first play, but Scott has loaded the desk with comedy clips repeating the title. He promises to let the track breathe, lasts about ten seconds and then begins pressing them over the chorus. Listeners say the additions enhance it; Chris points out that nobody will hear the record normally again.
Greg’s Real or No Real considers whether Robbie Williams used a giant lyrics screen at the BRITs. The claim is real, just as Dolly Parton has reportedly used prompts for her between-song stories. Bangers reaches a disputed Friday result, while the programme ends with wet trousers, unreliable memories and one song permanently colonised by a large red button.
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