“His performance is a medley of songs, but each song has its own environment, says producer Larry Klein of Justin Bieber’s 2015 American Music Awards performance, which will close the show. “It’s like a theatrical play.”<\/p>\n
Klein’s comments appear in backstage interview footage issued to the press. The producer demonstrated excitement for what he declared will be an “outrageous, outrageous finale.”<\/p>\n
Klein is not the only one excited for the performance.<\/p>\n
The same interview footage reveals enthusiasm from Meghan Trainor and Pentatonix.<\/p>\n
Asked with whom she is most excited to share the stage, Trainor commented (through a smile), “Justin Bieber. I’m a Belieber, whatever!”<\/p>\n
As the members of Pentatonix discussed the performances for which they are most excited, Pentatonix’s Mitch Grassi commented, “Bieber’s performing…I’m excited for that. I love the new stuff he’s been releasing.” The other members concurred.<\/p>\n
Not exclusively excited for Bieber, Trainor also confirmed her excitement for host Jennifer Lopez’ performance.<\/p>\n
“I love her, she always puts on a crazy good show,” said Trainor.<\/p>\n
Pentatonix’s Kevin Olusola professed his interest in The Weeknd’s performance, while Scott Hoying declared interest in seeing One Direction.<\/p>\n
Other comments from the interview footage:<\/p>\n
Producer Larry Klein on host Jennifer Lopez<\/strong>: “How can you do better than Jennifer Lopez? Honestly? You can’t! She’s a threat in music, in TV, in movies, in fashion…it’s amazing to me. I can’t tell you how excited I am!”<\/p>\n Meghan Trainor on competing for the Favorite Female Artist – Pop\/Rock award<\/strong>: “Winning, I just assume I don’t. It’s me, Taylor Swift, and Ariana Grande. I’m like…they are queens, there’s no way [I win].”<\/p>\n PTX’s Kevin Olusola on his group’s “Star Wars” medley<\/strong>: “We’re kind of going back to our choral roots. We’ve all been in choir, and so we get to sing operatically, which has been fun.”<\/p>\n PTX’s Kirstie Maldonado on the caliber of AMAs performances<\/strong>: “I feel like a lot of my favorite past performances have been from the AMAs. I feel like everyone really packs a punch when they come here and perform.”<\/p>\n 5 Seconds of Summer’s Ashton Irwin on what makes the AMAs special<\/strong>: “It’s obviously a cultural thing – the American Music Awards is special to Americans. The fans come, and they come to see the bands, and it’s just a place where all the artists can collaborate and meet each other. I actually think this is the only music awards show where I get to meet people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047,1048],"tags":[1810,233,1262,96,2474,1142],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n