"We'll have these people hang out with us while we're doing our touring, and talk to them and let them speak their piece to the world"
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Kiedis is selling an ethic of access: the band as moving platform, the tour as a rolling microphone. On its face, its a generous, almost campfire-level promise - come with us, talk to us, say your piece. But the phrasing quietly keeps the power where it always sits in celebrity culture: with the people who control the stage, the schedule, the camera, the invitation list. "We'll have these people" sounds welcoming and managerial at once, like a backstage pass that doubles as a contract.
The line also telegraphs how modern touring isnt just music; its content. Inviting outsiders to "hang out" turns proximity into narrative, and narrative into brand. Its the logic of the documentary van, the Instagram story, the bonus-track confessional: authenticity as a curated experience. Youre not just hearing a song, youre watching the band be good guys in real time.
Context matters because Kiedis comes from a scene that built its mythology on immediacy - punk-funk chaos, Los Angeles grit, the sense that the line between performer and audience can be blurred. This quote updates that old intimacy for an era where intimacy is broadcast. Let them "speak their piece to the world" sounds democratic, but it also frames the world as an audience gathered through the bands megaphone. The subtext is less "anyone can speak" than "well choose who gets amplified."
The line also telegraphs how modern touring isnt just music; its content. Inviting outsiders to "hang out" turns proximity into narrative, and narrative into brand. Its the logic of the documentary van, the Instagram story, the bonus-track confessional: authenticity as a curated experience. Youre not just hearing a song, youre watching the band be good guys in real time.
Context matters because Kiedis comes from a scene that built its mythology on immediacy - punk-funk chaos, Los Angeles grit, the sense that the line between performer and audience can be blurred. This quote updates that old intimacy for an era where intimacy is broadcast. Let them "speak their piece to the world" sounds democratic, but it also frames the world as an audience gathered through the bands megaphone. The subtext is less "anyone can speak" than "well choose who gets amplified."
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