Recently, local artist Kelsey Kindall stopped by Baydream to debut her new single, “Bad Idea.” It was Baydream host Apple Gomez’s first on-air interview on her new show, and Kelsey’s first interview on the radio. But this song defffffinitely isn’t Kelsey’s first bad idea. Listen to the full interview between Apple, Kelsey, and Kelsey’s BFF Christina for stories of very memorable--and sometimes medically significant--bad ideas. Plus, chats about bathing in fountains, astrological signs, Love is Blind, spontaneous tattoos, and more!

Scroll below to stream “Bad Idea” and catch a few snippets from the entertaining convo:

Apple: I want to talk about the inspiration behind “Bad Idea” because I think it’s a really great message. There’s a part about everybody grinding and how life shouldn’t be so stale–

Kelsey: We’re all gonna die someday so just kind of chill out. [Laughs]

Yeah! I feel like that’s a good reminder because, on the one hand, it is good to have ambition and work hard for the things that you want. But on the other hand, we can definitely get lost in the grind of things. That's really applicable to me lately, so it's a super fun reminder. It’s encouraging and inspiring me to get out of the house and out of the stress.

I'm glad you got that message from it rather than just being like…I think when people first hear the song, [they’re] thinking that I'm endorsing wrecking your life or doing illegal things. My mom put a disclaimer on her Instagram, like, “Listen to the lyrics!” [Laughs]

But yeah, this song was kind of birthed out of a video of me at a wedding over the summer. In the beginning of the song, you'll hear me go, “Is this a bad idea?” And someone's like, “What?” And I’m like, “Is this a bad idea?” And someone goes, “No!” And that’s me at this wedding, where it was like 90 degrees outside – so hot – and the reception was happening, and we were right on the lake. I was desperate to jump in the lake, like I just knew I was gonna do it. Five glasses of wine, and I was like, “I'm going in.” So this video is of me jumping off of the dock with my wedding attire on, into the water, and I sent it to my producer like, “Isn't this so funny? LOL!” He thought it was hysterical and turned it into a beat.

So that's kind of what inspired it; it's just this light hearted like…don't take anything too seriously. Yes, we're at a wedding, and we're supposed to be on our best behavior but at the same time, how fun is it to just let yourself go and give in to those impulses that you have sometimes and just be spontaneous? I did have a soaking wet ride back on the bus, but I made it everyone else's problem. [Laughs]

Kelsey Kindall's Goodbye Party EP drops May 3.

I’ve been seeing videos of your live performances online. You have stunning outfits, a beautiful stage presence, and you also have backup dancers, choreography...you have the whole thing, which I absolutely love. I feel like you normally see that with bigger, commercial artists, and it's rare to see that at smaller venues throughout the city. So I wanted to ask you about the process behind that and the inspiration to just go for it?

It's so funny, I've been doing these smaller shows that you show up to and you expect to kind of sit back, relax, and just watch people perform, and I've, like, made people get up and be like, “You're learning choreography tonight actually, sorry. We're dancing!” I, like, taught the choreography to a So Far Sounds before; it was hysterical. They were not expecting it. But I think we had people in the room love it. And if they didn’t, they pretended, so that was great. Thank you for that.

But I think why I want it to feel like a big kind of moment is that I have such a background in theater and musical theater–that's where I came from–where everything was a production. We sang. We danced. We put on a show. We had the sets. We had the costumes. When I'm doing a show, I want people to go on a journey with me. Dancing and singing and even the ad libs I do in-between, like I kind of give a stand up comedy show in-between which is also really fun...I just want people to go on this story, this journey with me and afterwards feel like they had a whole production. So even if it's a small space that doesn't necessarily account for this, like, stadium dancing or lights or, you know, all of the moving parts, I want it to feel like that because that's like my little magic moment. That's what I get really excited about.

Listen to the full episode to also hear some of Kelsey’s favorite Bay Area artists!

Kelsey’s new EP, Goodbye Party, drops on May 3.