Why We Heart Mitchel Musso

Mitchel Musso doesn't like Halloween or scary movies, but he likes Lil Wayne.
He also likes tweeting more than texting and at any given moment, you'll find him hanging out with Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment or the guys from Metro Station.
We learned all of this while chatting with Mitchel last week about his new video for 'Shout It.' We also talked about his girlfriend, the girls at his shows, and how the two don't necessarily go together.
Here's how our conversation went, minus the hellos and goodbyes.
JSYK: How was your summer tour?
Mitchel: Awesome. Phenomenal. Wild. My first headlining tour, first debut album, first time out there (even though it wasn't my first time out there) and I got to tour with my older brother, Mason and Metro Station. It was bomb. It was a lot of fun. The kids were crazy, we were playing all the venues I wanted to play like House of Blues, The Fillmore, those old rock venues. Huge. It was so much fun every night.
Do you have a favorite memory from the road?
Just every night. I really don't have a favorite city or a favorite state. Just every night being able to play with everybody was awesome. And I love my band. Just playing music all together, you know what I mean? Playing rock shows is always good.
We just posted the video for 'Shout It'...what is the song all about?
It was written by me and my older brother, Mason, because he had that hit, 'Shake It'...Metro Station had 'Shake It.' So we figured, 'Shout It,' made sense. If you listen to the song, he does all the background vocals, he sings in it. He's not in the video, but he definitely sings in it. And the whole song is about letting it out. Kind of like my life, seeing girls at shows...you know, pretty girls at shows. The whole thing is about this girl who comes to the show and she's at every one of my shows and she's always there and I always see her and I guess I just got this thing for her that makes me want to shout it out.
The whole thing is just letting it out and telling people how you feel about it. It's a cool message overall and it's a cool music video because it's very 'real life.' We just had a camera guy follow us around, I was like, 'I just want a camera guy to follow me around for four days of me playing shows and of what I do doing the tour and hang out with the fans and just being me.' It was very real and not one piece of it was scripted and I really enjoyed the outcome.
So is there really one girl that is at every show?
[Laughs] Uh, there's a couple of them, for sure. We've got a couple who have literally come to every show. I see you at "row sixteen, section three," is one of the verses and a lot of times the kids will come up with a sign that says literally, row sixteen, section three. So I end up finding that girl every night for sure.
But you don't have that girl yet?
No, not necessarily. Not yet. There's a couple I'm looking at, but not yet.
Miley Cyrus just tweeted a link to your video...
She just texted me. We've been texting back and forth. She was a little sick this morning, she went to the ER and stuff so I'm gonna go see her right after I'm done filming.
Do you tweet more or text more?I tweet a lot. I text a little bit, but I only text very few people, do you know what I mean? There are like four people: my best friend, my girlfriend, my brother...
So there is a girlfriend?
Oh yeah! Oh, I have a girlfriend, I just don't have that fan girlfriend. I have a stable girlfriend for sure, for like the past like nine months. Her name is Gia, Gia Mantegna.
What's up next?
Right now I'm focusing on music and writing more music and the tour is gonna keep going around, we've got Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Chicago Festival of Lights. Other than that, there's a couple of TV things in the works, but I'm not really allowed to talk about it right now.
So the other half of Loliver, Emily Osment, has an EP coming out. Have you heard it yet? Did you give her advice on recording an album?
I didn't give her any advice, but I have heard a couple of her songs. She's actually like right next to me. She's ten feet away from me right now, it's hilarious. We're shooting a New Year's thing.
Awesome! We talked to her a couple weeks ago...
Yeah, we love her. I love her. She's like a little sister to me. She's bomb. She has a phenomenal voice, I really can't wait for the album to drop.
So you make music, but what music do you like to listen to?
You know, I listen to everything from Elton John to Lil Wayne, seriously. I like all the elements of music. Every genre from classical to rap to hip hop, R&B, electro, dance, rock, it really doesn't matter. I can't play all that, but I like listening to music like that. So it's really difficult, at least as far as what I wanted to play. I try to add all elements of music to be completely honest with you because that's truthfully what I listen to.
Last question, any Halloween plans? Parties?
Um, not necessarily. And I hate dressing up. I don't know. I've been one of those kind of kids my whole life, I never did the whole, dress up, go scare people thing, I'm not really the scary kind of guy...I also don't really like scary movies in general. So I like to sit home and pretend it's Christmas when it's Halloween [laughs].


Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
emilyoliver79 Oct 6th 2009 5:02PM
aww, that is like so awesome that Mitchel's older bro is Mason off of Metro Station. I'm in love with that band. That just makes Mitchel all the better! :) He's like the air to the balloon, you gotta have both to make it work.
Emma Oct 6th 2009 9:49PM
omg he has a girlfriend :(
i think im just going to go die.
Thats soo upsetting.
I love himm soo much!!
Ray Oct 7th 2009 4:57PM
get a life. no offense but he's not THAT hott.
PrincessXandri47 Oct 7th 2009 7:16PM
Me too! :( ;.(
tuba352009 Oct 7th 2009 1:34PM
ohhhh My brother also impressed with lil wayne often ....
AMelia Oct 11th 2009 4:25PM
I LOVE MITCHEL
AMelia Oct 7th 2009 1:56PM
i love mitchel so much! hes an amazing singer ad actor! i met him in philly and it was the BEST day of my life
Sessomaru_1 Oct 7th 2009 4:43PM
OMFG,he has a girlfriend i didnt even know,that sucks,i love him sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much,his voice is Phenomenal,i just love it
lilly_bug Oct 7th 2009 4:42PM
hey mitchel. you rock and i so love you and i like your song shout it. when i ght your cd shout it and do it up were the only songs i would listen to but then i got the metro station cd and i love there songs. love you kiss kiss
duncangirlz Oct 7th 2009 5:11PM
OMG i love him but i hate his girlfriend ps sorry but he does not no how to pick girlz HA HA HA HA HA
Tatiana Oct 16th 2009 11:07AM
wow I really hate it when people do that. They have formed some crazy fantasy that they are going to marry some celeberty that they will most likely never even come into contact with, and instead of being happy for them when they get a girlfriend that makes them super happy, they bash the celebs girlfriend. How do you think Mitchell would like you after you said that? He wouldn't!
I happen to think she is really pretty! I love the dress she is wearing, and he seems very happy with her. So stop hating on this girl that you don't even know.
webkinzgal11 Oct 8th 2009 7:54PM
i luve ur interview mitchell i luve u!!!!!!!!
xxsammpaigexx Oct 7th 2009 8:31PM
i met him and his brother, mason is super nice. mitchel seemed like he didnt really want to interact with any fans that night. :/
xoSimplySarahx Oct 11th 2009 9:13PM
where and so didi i
Artemis Aurelia Oct 8th 2009 10:26PM
Mitchel!!! :D lol. First off, Gitchel =
Jessica Nunes Tavares Oct 7th 2009 8:46PM
Really nice interview !
I'm from Brasil and I've gone to Orlando just to see his show! Was simply AWESOME, he rocks!
But i'm waiting a show here in Brasil.
I simply love his songs, and he of course hahahaa
=)
Artemis Aurelia Oct 7th 2009 8:52PM
Gitchel =
fiqah02 Oct 8th 2009 9:55AM
ok but i like mitchel musso because he's funny and handsome and cute and he's has a hot body
but i thought he have a girlfriend named gia and i like your girlfriend mitchel musso
fiqah02 Oct 8th 2009 9:59AM
i like mitchel musso because he's cute and handsome and funny and he has a hot body
purpplezebra823 Oct 9th 2009 2:28PM
OMG I LOVE mitchel keep rocking