The biggest stars in music... ... 00:01
choose aspiring artists for a life-changing opportunity. ... 00:05
Create your own amazing cover. ... 00:08
Ludacris:i Thousands of submissions from across the globe. ... 00:10
All you gotta do is make it dope. ... 00:12
Ludacris:i Only two will go head-to-head ... 00:14
in a surprise audition. ... 00:16
Youre gonna be performing for us, ... 00:17
- live. - ( all gasp ) ... 00:19
The winners will get to collaborate with a superstar. ... 00:21
All: One, two, three. Best Cover Ever! ... 00:25
Welcome to the Best Cover Ever. ... 00:27
i ( music playing ) ... 00:29
Whats going on? Im here with my guy Charlie Puth today. ... 00:33
We got a lot of history, you know. ... 00:35
We do, Luda. What up, Luda? ... 00:36
- Whats going on, man? - Hows it going? ... 00:37
I dont know, but were gonna have a hell of a lot of fun today ... 00:39
because one lucky cover artist ... 00:41
is gonna get a chance to collaborate ... 00:43
and perform live on a cover with you. ... 00:45
Man, what an honor. ... 00:47
Thats a hell of an honor, man. ... 00:48
But we got to take a picture to kick it off first, right? ... 00:49
We do, we have to commemorate this moment right now. ... 00:51
Lets do it boxing style, you know what I mean? ... 00:53
Gonna show off my Pacquiao. ... 00:56
( both grunting ) ... 00:57
Hit them with the upper cut. ... 00:58
- There it is. - Man. ... 00:60
Bang, you know what this is gonna be, right? ... 01:01
Its gonna be the best cover ever! ... 01:03
i ♪ Lets Marvin Gaye and get it on ♪ ... 01:05
i ♪ You got the healing that I want ♪ ... 01:09
Youre perfect for this show because youve done cover songs. ... 01:16
As I understand it, you even won some award ... 01:19
for a cover song before. ... 01:21
Im in sophomore year of college in Massachusetts at Berkeley, ... 01:23
and then I saw other people uploading cover songs, ... 01:28
and I was like, I can do that, too. ... 01:31
Heres the thing you saw so many different submissions ... 01:33
for Attention. ... 01:35
♪ And now Im all up on ya ♪ ... 01:37
♪ What you expect? ♪ ... 01:39
♪ But youre not coming home with me tonight ♪ ... 01:42
♪ Yeah, you just want attention ♪ ... 01:45
♪ You dont want my heart ♪ ... 01:47
♪ Maybe you just hate the thought of me ♪ ... 01:50
♪ With someone new ♪ ... 01:52
♪ Yeah, you just want attention ♪ ... 01:54
♪ Been runnin around, runnin around, runnin around ♪ ... 01:57
♪ Throwin that dirt all on my name ♪ ... 01:60
I liked Joselyn a lot. I really, really liked her. ... 02:02
- Joselyn Rivera, right? - Yeah. ... 02:04
♪ You just want attention ♪ ... 02:06
♪ You dont want my heart ♪ ... 02:08
Like, Attention is already, like, a dark record, ... 02:10
but she kind of made it darker, ... 02:12
but without making it, like, downright depressing. ... 02:14
♪ Youre just making sure, never gettin over you ♪ ... 02:16
i My name is Joselyn Rivera, Im 22 years old ... 02:20
and I grew up in Miami, Florida. ... 02:23
i When I was about four years old, ... 02:25
i I was very shy and introverted, ... 02:26
i so my mom was very concerned. ... 02:28
i She took me to specialists and then they recommended ... 02:31
that she put me in music. ... 02:33
i Whenever I felt just felt like giving up ... 02:35
i I would just turn to music. ... 02:36
i Music is my therapy. ... 02:38
Its everything to me. ... 02:39
♪ You just want attention ♪ ... 02:40
i I moved out to Los Angeles. ... 02:43
I remember one night just being like, ... 02:45
Mom, you know, Im moving. ... 02:47
And shes like, Where you gonna go? ... 02:49
Who do you know out there? ... 02:50
Like, What are you gonna do? ... 02:51
And I was like, Mom, I dont know. Its off of pure faith. ... 02:53
Like, Im just gonna get out there cause I know, ... 02:55
something in my heart and my gut is telling me, ... 02:57
make it happen. ... 02:59
i Cause Im really close to my mom. ... 03:01
i Not having her here is definitely different for me. ... 03:03
This is, like, probably the first thing ... 03:06
she hasnt been here with me for. ... 03:07
So... ... 03:10
Producer: Charlie Puths producers picked you ... 03:15
and you get to come out and audition for them. ... 03:16
- Are you serious? - Yeah. ... 03:18
Oh, my gosh! ... 03:20
Wait, okay. ... 03:21
I have to call my mom. ... 03:22
Singing with Charlie Puth would be a really amazing, ... 03:23
like, crazy, crazy opportunity. ... 03:27
I actually went to go see him live, ... 03:30
and hes an incredible musician. ... 03:32
- And who else did you like? - I really liked Tyler and Ryan. ... 03:35
♪ Youve been runnin round, runnin round, runnin round ♪ ... 03:37
♪ Throwin that dirt all on my name ♪ ... 03:39
♪ Cause you knew that I, knew that I ♪ ... 03:42
♪ Knew that Id call you up ♪ ... 03:43
So we can screw up here? ... 03:45
Producer: Absolutely. ... 03:47
All right, thats fine. ... 03:48
Cause I do it a lot, all right, lets do it. ... 03:49
Im Tyler Falcoa. ... 03:51
Im Ryan Falcoa, ... 03:53
and... ... 03:54
( laughs ) Sorry. ... 03:55
And we are Tyler and Ryan. ... 03:57
♪ You just want attention ♪ ... 03:59
♪ You dont want my heart ♪ ... 04:02
Tyler:i Weve been playing together for well over 13 years. ... 04:05
We started doing shirtless lip-syncing videos. ... 04:07
Ryan:i We thought the girls would dig it, ... 04:12
i so we would, you know, take off our shirts. ... 04:14
i We thought we were the greatest rock band of all-time. ... 04:15
i Once we started getting some traction to the channel, were like, Wow. ... 04:18
i So then we started doing actual covers ... 04:20
i of hot songs at the time. ... 04:22
To be able to sing with Charlie is... ... 04:23
Would be a life-changer. ... 04:26
Hes a little fan girl. ... 04:28
Thats what he is. Hes a little fan girl. ... 04:29
Producer: Youve been selected to come out to L.A. ... 04:31
and perform for Charlie Puths producers. ... 04:34
( both laugh ) ... 04:35
Yes! We did it, bro! We did it! ... 04:36
♪ What are you doing? ♪ ... 04:38
♪ What are you doing to me? ♪ ... 04:39
♪ What are you doing? ♪ ... 04:41
When I was ten years old, ... 04:42
i a football helmet, like a metal clip ... 04:44
i tore open my arm and... ... 04:46
I got 115 stitches. ... 04:48
i My dad brought home a guitar one day ... 04:49
i because I had this injury in my arm, you know. ... 04:52
Why dont you pick it up and learn something, you know? ... 04:55
Have fun with it. ... 04:56
That was the moment ... 04:57
i that we started our musical career. ... 04:59
Good luck, buddy. ... 05:01