i have five brand new songs that i wrote with justin tranter and his camp. and we curated the album it's about 90%, i would say, queer artists. >> jimmy: yeah good for you >> and it's great. so, go listen to the album i'm trying to bring back the days when the album was associated with the movie. remember y'all remember "waiting to exhale"? and, you know -- >> jimmy: yeah >> "the preacher's wife" and "the body guard," and stuff. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah i do yeah >> there was "soundtrack." >> jimmy: yeah, "soundtrack" is good >> honey, the "soundtrack" of your life. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: i -- i don't want to make any predictions or say anything, but already you've won -- you won the emmy, the grammy >> yes >> jimmy: and the tony >> yes >> jimmy: the two tonys. >> yes, two-time tonys >> jimmy: this -- i'm just saying you directed a great film. you did a great soundtrack you sing on this i'm just saying, i'm ready for an egot with two ts. >> listen. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: an "egotts." an egotts. >> from your lips -- >> jimmy: with two ts. >> wit

the bitch is back in the music business but yes, justin tranter and i -- justin tranter's camp and myself, we wrote five new songs for the soundtrack and we also curated artists who are queer. i think i could say probably like 90% to 95% of the artists on the soundtrack are queer. you got to go listen to the soundtrack, too. [ cheers and applause >> seth: did you -- was it -- did you write the songs and curate the songs, was that something you were doing while you were making the film, or did you wait until you had the finished product before? >> yes, we were doing both >> seth: okay, gotcha. you were doing it at the same time >> you know, i was writing along the way being a music artist and a musical theater artist i've always told stories through music. and that's a really, really important part for me as i take on this director's thing you know, it's inside of the music that i find the rhythm, that i find the music of the piece. >> seth: i certainly knew your connection to musical theater. and that's somewhere, you know, where you've always shone. i didn't realize how young you were wh