Nick Jonas

Jonas said the brothers once stopped working together to protect their family relationships.

“let's not do the music together anymore or work together so that the, the family at, you know, the table can, can still all be there and love each other”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 29:33

Jonas said a major misconception was that the band's Disney-era music could not have come from an honest source or from the brothers themselves.

“one of the biggest misconceptions about us, and odd to acknowledge your own preconception, but it was that because we worked with Disney”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 21:09

Jonas attributed his resilience to that early career failure.

“And I think that resilience came from that early perceived failure”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 13:17

Jonas said the Jonas Brothers' first album failed and they were dropped by their first label before finding success with Disney.

“Our first album did not do well. We got dropped by our first label. It took us finding a home with Disney”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 13:05

Jonas said he reached out to Priyanka Chopra after seeing her Quantico billboard.

“I saw a billboard of her on Sunset Boulevard for her show Quantico”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 54:28

Jonas said his film with Paul Rudd would be released in June.

“I have this movie coming with Paul Rudd in June”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 39:23

Jonas said his family left or was pushed out of their church because the brothers' music was not Christian music.

“we left the church or were sort of pushed out because our music wasn't Christian music, right?”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 24:00

Jonas said his upcoming film raises questions about ownership and accountability similar to the AI debate.

“It asks the same question I feel like that some of the AI conversation asks. What is this idea of ownership, of truth and accountability”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 40:14

Jonas argued that AI use in music is inevitable but that lived human experience cannot be replicated.

“But I believe that the lived experience, the human experience, cannot be replicated”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 38:50

Jonas described the sangeet as a competitive performance in which the winning family is considered dominant.

“you basically do a performance and you battle and the family that wins the performance is the more dominant family”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 54:20

Jonas said the Indian audience's reverence for film stars is unlike anything he has seen.

“The way in which the Indian audience reveres their film talent, their stars, it's unlike anything I've ever seen before”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 53:19

Jonas noted that weekly music releases have grown from 30–50 in the early 2000s to thousands today.

“on any given Friday release day, there would be anywhere from 30 to 50 new releases”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 35:59

Jonas said becoming a father transformed his creative approach to both music and acting.

“becoming a father, we have a four-year-old, that really changed everything for me as a creative, both on the music side and as an actor”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 26:52

Jonas said he went on as Tiny Tim's understudy unrehearsed because covers had never been needed in the show's eight-year run.

“in the eight years that this show had run, they'd never had a Tiny Tim cover have to go on”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 17:44

Jonas recounted being discovered at age six when a woman in a hair salon suggested he could play Gavroche on Broadway.

“The woman next to her said, hey, my son is Gavroche on Broadway. I think your son could do it”

SmartLess: "Nick Jonas" (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 13:56