In this intimate home hang, Allison Hagendorf welcomes Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) and his newest signee Vienna Vienna for eggnog lattes, extra-fudgy brownies, and a real conversation about finding your lane as a new artist right now.
Filmed at Allison’s home, this candid, long-form chat dives into artist discovery, songwriting, influences, live show obsession, and what it really takes to break through in a saturated era—without losing your voice.
Pete & Vienna Vienna get into:
⚡️ How they co...
In this intimate home hang, Allison Hagendorf welcomes Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) and his newest signee Vienna Vienna for eggnog lattes, extra-fudgy brownies, and a real conversation about finding your lane as a new artist right now.
Filmed at Allison’s home, this candid, long-form chat dives into artist discovery, songwriting, influences, live show obsession, and what it really takes to break through in a saturated era—without losing your voice.
Pete & Vienna Vienna get into:
⚡️ How they connected + why DCD2 believed immediately
⚡️ Vienna Vienna’s origin story: writing, fear, and music as self-expression
⚡️ The “worship band → emo/hardcore” pipeline (and the catharsis of it all)
⚡️ Songwriting as “something important told facetiously” (mission statement energy)
⚡️ The new EP: growth since Wonderland + the sounds shaping it
⚡️ Influences: The Cure, Morrissey/The Smiths, Devo, LCD Soundsystem (and more)
⚡️ Why the live show is the thing—and how touring sharpens everything
⚡️ Fatherhood, family moments at shows, and staying grounded inside “the machine”
⚡️ From Under the Cork Tree turning 20 + what Pete’s proudest of with FOB
⚡️ Advice for new artists: take the alternate route. Bet on the weird path.
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00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Egg Nog Lattes & Brownies + How Pete & Vienna Vienna Connected
05:50 - Vienna Vienna Meets Pete (and the “leaked link” moment)
08:04 - How Did Music Become Your Life?
09:51 - Influences: Christian Music, Emo, Hardcore & Community
14:14 - Songwriting, Lyrics, Melody (and the mission statement)
17:57 - New EP Coming: Growth Since Wonderland
19:14 - Hearing Your Own Music “In the Wild”
22:31 - CPR Music + The “You Made It” Test
23:26 - New Music Continued + Sonic Influences
25:51 - The Cure / Morrissey / Devo / LCD Soundsystem (Mixtape EP energy)
27:08 - The Live Show: Vulnerability, Theater, and Creating Moments
31:04 - Vienna Vienna’s Dad at the Show + Family Support
34:17 - Pete & His Kids: Life Inside the “Normal Bubble”
38:59 - Being a New Artist Now: What’s Changed (and what hasn’t)
42:21 - The Hardest Challenge Right Now: Cutting Through Noise
47:20 - What’s Harder vs Easier for Artists Today
51:48 - Opening for K.Flay: Leveling Up on Tour
55:56 - From Under the Cork Tree Turns 20 (and how big it was in real time)
59:39 - What Pete’s Most Proud Of in Fall Out Boy
1:01:46 - New Fall Out Boy? What It Would Need to Be
1:03:08 - Advice for Vienna Vienna
1:04:14 - Outro + Bounce House
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An A-Game Production
Co-Produced by Raw Content & Ones To Watch/Live Nation
Raw Content
Directed by: JT Boehme
Shot by: Michael Morones
Sound by: Jimmy Ward
Post Match Cuts
Co-Edited by Tim Gilli
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