Dance Alongside With ‘Yo Gabba GabbaLand!’ Debuting Friday

Dad and mom of older kiddos might bear in mind a time when your littles have been glued to Yo Gabba Gabba! The present, on Nickelodeon from 2007 till 2015, was a staple of so many households. Host DJ Lance Rock and his forged of brightly coloured characters introduced music, laughs, and light-weight classes to kids.

Now the workforce behind the unique present is hoping to carry the identical magic to children with the brand new collection, Yo Gabba GabbaLand! Followers—mark your calendars, it premieres globally on Apple TV+ on August 9.

The present welcomes audiences to discover a magical world of limitless potentialities and promise, with some acquainted mates in addition to new ones. Yo Gabba GabbaLand! brings to life an expansive world, stuffed with a lot of love, studying, and enjoyable, the place kids and households are uncovered to life classes via track and dance. 

Identical to the unique collection, this new reboot is from Emmy-Award-nominated co-creators Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz. And in addition identical to the unique collection, this one stars the the unique forged members Erin Pearce as Toodee, Emma Penrose as Foofa, Adam Deibert as Muno, Amos Watene as Brobee, and Christian Jacobs as Plex.

However there are many visitor stars and musicians all through the season. These embrace Reggie Watts (Tuca & Bertie, The Late Late Present with James Corden”, Emmy Award winner Sam Richardson (The Afterparty), Critics Alternative Award nominee Gillian Jacobs (Neighborhood), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts), SAG Award winner Lauren Lapkus (Orange is the New Black), Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn 9-9) Grammy Award winner Diplo, and Grammy Award winner Flea.

In staying true to the unique Yo Gabba Gabba! Youngsters’s present, viewers can relaxation assured that there shall be a lot of thrilling musical performances and new music from the likes of Anderson Paak, The Man and Thundercat, together with Betty Who, The Linda Lindas, Miyavi, Cory Wong & Antwaun Stanley,  Kurt Vile “King Foolish,” The Drums and The Interrupters, with every musical efficiency highlighting kid-friendly the themes from every episode.

However as an alternative of DJ Lance Rock (Lance Robertson), the brand new present is hosted by the younger, rising star Kamryn Smith. 

Meet Your Host, ‘Kammy Kam’

With a background in dance (and even an look on the present Dance Mothers), the 13-year-old Smith all the time knew she wished to carry out. However her journey to Yo Gabba Gabbaland! was serendipitous. She was noticed on a shoot a number of years in the past, and the creators of Yo Gabba Gabba! stored in contact along with her.

“I met the creator on a industrial shoot and it took me 4 years to get the audition. However, when Apple TV+ picked up the present, I received the decision,” Smith tells Dad and mom.

Whereas some dad and mom select to prioritize teachers, Smith acknowledges it was her early begin with dance and the encouragement she obtained from her dad and mom that gave her a bonus, and helped to construct her confidence.

“Dancing has impacted me as a result of it has created a approach for me to have extra stage presence and use my voice. It additionally helped me to be myself,” she says. 

With this new alternative, Smith says she’s proud to be a job mannequin and create such optimistic content material.

“I believe dad and mom and youngsters ought to watch Yo Gabba GabbaLand! as a result of there are such a lot of issues that you may be taught in a single episode. I additionally really feel prefer it’s a approach that you do not have to take life so severely. The present is filled with enjoyable, journey, and magical stuff,” says Smith.

Talking of being in a enjoyable, magical environment, Smith says she cherished being on such a whimsical manufacturing set throughout filming.

“It was like this complete background that you may change, and it was actually cool,” she describes. “There was this complete enormous land that they made all by hand, and it was tremendous huge, and there have been these little holes that might come out. It was so enjoyable seeing all of the little creations and all of the little particulars and knickknacks. There have been little mountains and timber, and it was so cute. I personally love miniature issues like miniature meals, Barbies, and all the things miniature.” 

In accordance with Smith, what units the brand new present other than the unique Yo Gabba Gabba! collection is that it comes from a child’s perspective.

“It is coming from my viewpoint, and I really feel prefer it’s additionally completely different as a result of it is a new title, new adventures, and also you by no means know the place you are going to go, and it is simply tremendous magical,” she says.

Now that Smith is able to encourage others, she needs different children and tweens to really feel empowered to simply be themselves. Smith shares this message, “I believe it’s best to all the time love your self and check out to not be anybody else.”

Creating ‘Yo Gabba GabbaLand’

Each Jacobs and Schultz wished the brand new present to have the identical really feel as the unique however on the identical time they wished to develop it and make the panorama within the reboot extra elaborate.

“We wished this land to be greater than only a play set, however reasonably an extension of the creativeness, your bed room, and your whole home, and that’s no straightforward job in a child’s present. So, it took plenty of effort and time,” Jacobs shares.

Jacobs describes how the reboot took place.

“We all the time wished to maintain making the present. So, when Apple TV+ approached us about placing collectively a brand new model of the present, we have been over the moon! Within the precise improvement of this new Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, we simply wished to make it as excessive and vast, and thrilling as we might, whereas together with an even bigger horizon to discover an even bigger world,” he says.

When it got here to casting Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, each Jacobs and Schultz agree there was a little bit of magic and windfall enjoying a component of their discovering Kamryn.

“Identical to with DJ Lance within the authentic present, this was completely magic and meant to be. Kamryn is such a tremendous particular person, and after I consider the children out on the earth, I can not look ahead to them to satisfy her,” Schultz chimes in.

As Kamryn talked about, the creators noticed her on a industrial set and so they knew immediately.

“I used to be watching the way in which she labored and the way in which the director was working along with her, and she or he simply had an aura and a glow about her. She was very exact, but in addition collaborative and took course nicely. She simply had a light-weight popping out of her,” he provides. “I rushed again and informed Scott that I met this woman who in some way needed to be on the present. I believe it was simply this instinct.”

Jacobs launched himself to Kamryn’s mom, they stored in contact over time, and when the time was proper, Kamryn auditioned. 

The Variations Between The Authentic and The Reboot

For followers of the unique Yo Gabba Gabba!, there are some variations with the brand new present aside from the title. Jacobs and Schultz say the main target is much less on the foreground and extra on the entire world. The background is vast open for the viewers. In some segments, the episodes are additionally extra world.

“We have now segments that embrace children from all around the world exhibiting us what a day of their life is like. There’s tons extra inclusion with individuals from all around the world doing completely different animations and a extra world horizon,” Jacobs describes.

Shultz additionally says the tutorial focus of the brand new present is a bit completely different as nicely.

“It is much less about cognitive improvement and extra about emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication with the brand new collection,” Schultz describes. “We additionally labored with improvement specialists within the area of training, and it was a enjoyable, eye-opening expertise for all of us.”

Each Jacobs and Schultz agree they need children to have extra empathy and love because of watching the present.

“I believe the most important factor I would like children and households to remove from the present is the understanding that whereas we’re all completely different and have completely different backgrounds, we are able to nonetheless all love each other and join via music, dance, and enjoyable. And, that we are able to construct a greater world as a human household,” Schultz says.