The Band Perry’s Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry are already in Rio for this year’s Olympics. The family trio caught some of the events, including women’s gymnastics and some of the swimming competitions on Tuesday night (August 9th). In fact, they were hoping that gold medalist Michael Phelps (who has the most gold medals of any Olympic athlete) was listening to their music, especially the Team USA theme song “Live Forever,” in his headphones.
“I’m pretty sure that Michael Phelps is going to be listening to Jay-Z, but I want to pretend that he is listening to ‘Live Forever’ on those headphones,” says The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry.
“We used to grow up, obviously like most everyone in America, watching the Olympics and we’re not really that athletic, so anything that we could do to be associated with real athletes, we’re like all in,” says Reid Perry.
The band will perform Wednesday night (August 10th) at the Team USA House on Ipanema Beach, followed by a performance of “Live Forever” and their new single “Comeback Kid” the next morning on NBC’s Today Show on Thursday (August 11th).
.@MichaelPhelps = #GOLD – a true honor to see him swim for his 20th gold medal. #goUSA #icandienow
— Kimberly Perry (@kimberlyperry) August 10, 2016
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Audio / The Band Perry talks about their song “Live Forever” being the Team USA theme song at this year’s Olympics.
DownloadThe Band Perry (Olympics) 1 OC: (Kimberly) …the stands. :26
REID: “The Team USA chose ‘Live Forever’ as their anthem, their theme song. So, we’re hoping basically they’re listening to our voices right before they either go and shoot like the bows and arrows, before they do the power walking, before they do…” KIMBERLY: “I’m pretty sure that Michael Phelps is going to be listening to Jay-Z, but I want to pretend that he is listening to ‘Live Forever’ on those headphones.” REID: “I’m sure he is. We’re actually going to go down there for part of the Olympics, so if we see him race, we’ll just start yelling it from the stands.”
Audio / The Band Perry says they like being associated with “real athletes” at this year’s Olympics in Rio.
DownloadThe Band Perry (Olympics) 2 OC: (Kimberly) …all proud. :16
REID: “We used to grow up, obviously like most everyone in America, watching the Olympics and we’re not really that athletic, so anything that we could do to be associated with real athletes, we’re like all in.” KIMBERLY: “Totally. I just want to be like the song in Michael Phelps’ ears when he’s getting warmed up to jump in the pool and do his thing and make us all proud.”
