Enlightened: EXCLUSIVE Jeff Hardy Interview & Behind The Scenes

as we go through this, uh, again, we were having technical difficulties, but, all of a sudden, you like putting these things out, Jeff and I, and me again. I don't want to. to try to boost your ego or something, you don't strike me as that kind of person, uh, I've seen you, um, but Jeff and I were complimenting that you're a great actor, so there's an Obviously, there's a lot of acting that influences in your career, but it's like today you left us out, we were looking at you and then all of a sudden you came out of nowhere like a magician, you put on your glasses and of course Jeff and I our first thought was. like oh shit he forgot to clean them so i ended up telling everyone it was the glass and why did you take them out yeah i was worried about fingerprints and i had a feeling that might happen but we fixed it man we fix it.

I didn't, but why did you have sunglasses? Tell everyone this is really cool. I had them in my backpack and I had that Vision in my head, especially the transition from the Greenhouse to the White House. I thought, wow, that might be nice. It was cool to put on the glasses with the green eyes and take them off, have the white eyes, so that went through my mind and then I was like, oh, I don't even have to tell these guys that I could take them off. my backpack I put them in my little pocket of my hoodie and I just ripped it up with fingerprints then, but then perfectly and I was like oh wow, that was cool, so that's something I felt like I rolled with and I didn't.

I hesitate to do it, but I'm also a big fan of Alice in Chains like, hey, all these Scott Weiland, God rest our souls, uh, Lenny Kravis, he's a great guy, guys always wear sunglasses and I was like how weird Maybe I wear sunglasses because I really feel stupid. I need to wear them more in the bright sun because my eyes are really bad and the sun really hurts them, but I rarely wear sunglasses and I've never sung with glasses on before. I don't believe it. I thought that if. it's just going to be something cool with just a cool little feature to add to the video and I think it turned out well, it's a little bit different and now let's talk about what's there, I mean there's obviously a limit to the amount of stuff.

We're three guys with tons of stuff about hey, what if we did this? and if you? What if you stole acorns from your neighbor's squirrel? You know, so there are all these ideas and Jeff says, "Maybe not" and you've been taking it very well. but I mean there have been some valid ideas, but it's also your vision at the end of the day, it's the way you want to see this song that is emulated from your lyrics. I mean, this is actually just lyrically based. We're going to use some things in there that obviously have to go with the music that we were trying to syncopate, you know, our cuts of the music and everything, but on the lyrical side. , man, we just got, you have a lot of little There are creative things here that are creative, but you also have these little ideas for the video and I mean, other things are coming up now, which is right in the book and you have this book to tell everyone about this book.

Yes, I was impressed when I looked at it. It sure isn't, yeah, it's not a book version. It's a diary. I'm, can you tell me about that paper thing you're flipping through? I've always known it. I've always thought: why read a book when you can? write one. I have a long way to go imagining myself getting back in the ring like on TV, but then that night seeing me with my first really good music video. um it's just huge it's like uh two different worlds when it comes to my loves in life. and my hobbies and stuff, but um, but yeah, but we know a ring in Tampa now that we can film something really cool that we ever need, uh, yeah, we're going to do some really cool things with neon paint and I mean that there's a lot. of cool studio footage that's going to be cool, even the last thing we shot today I didn't really get it with the lighting, but I trust these guys as to what they're seeing in their brains. really make this come together and be a beautiful piece of art you still we still have some cool things coming up are you excited about this next round or what's for sure?

Yeah, I'm just out. I am a great force of nature. boy, just being in nature, you know, that's where the true beauty of life is and the Earth is God to me in many different ways, so, being out there and within the force of nature, expressing my strength from the nature that comes from my My own system, my own internal universe, as I engage in this internal engineering, um, along my journey, it's super exciting to mix that with what we've done here the last two days. Impressed by the shots of me looking at the man on the screen.

He is so cool that he made me say wow, could that? That's so cool that we don't even need to resort to the force of nature. They are not everything. This small rectangular room we can make a whole series of just that. Same song, you know, that's what we'll do. We'll do like the weekly "Yeah" video, people will be like, "Wow, that's it, ooh, it takes a tape and then I could walk out the studio door and then I'm out of this." A small house like the Guns and Roses video, the bar appears, the small Church remembers that they were going to celebrate the wedding in November.

Great, any comments on our photographer extraordinaire Jeff Faye, yes Jeff, there is something in the room, Caucasian, that is nice, thank you sir. okay, I appreciate your time there, Mr. Hardy, yeah, baby, Jeff, hey, Jeff, hey, okay, baby, Jeff, oh, yeah, look at this guys, oh my god, oh my god, yeah, It's true, you have new ink, right? working, oh my gosh, it's all fresh, so that's all the new ink, second skin right there, wow, that looks good, nice sleeve, dude, there's blood stains, yeah, it's underneath, you can see the plastic, yes, so I'll take it off.

I'll probably take it off late tonight, man, yeah, you're supposed to leave it on, so you were in the chair for a couple hours for that, but I tried my system and you'll be, uh, that's not it. that's not finished that's not finished there oh, I'll get the Sharpie, we can finish it now Jeff, we're already in a session, right? Oh yeah, and it's under the beautiful sunlight, it's enlightening, isn't it? It is very enlightening. I am on the Red Path to Enlightenment for a real man, as if something is changing within me within this human brain.

Well, that is a spiritual vessel that will lead me in the right direction of everything. No, but this is a props to Starkey Park for letting us in here, man, these are beautiful, extremely powerful power lines, right here like our neighbors and, but yeah, it feels, this feels exactly, very excited about this, this killer shot. here, that's what we're looking for. Impressive, yeah, and it's a little strange having to carry you around town in this condition and all I had was a hood, you know, I should have, you know, wait, are you talking? It's just that right now this guy is making people believe that he is there, yes, for sure. one of those wannabe Jeffs, you know, those Jets, they're all over the place, oh yeah, okay, here we go, okay, I'm here with the famous Jeff Hardy, how's it going, Jeff?, okay, okay, I'm doing great, uh, that's a Wrap, I love those words when you're working on a project and you get to this moment, uh, uh, yeah, this park is.

I already forgot the name Stars, no, it's the Heartwood reserves, yeah, formerly known as uh Starkey. Ranch I guess the Heartwood Reservation was the perfect setting for the kind of lighting environment in this video so I'm really excited to see the finished product which is amazing and you know there was uh we boy we did something we still use technology, right? And like this technology again, we're using it today and making some really interesting shots. We had one where we started today, going through a curtain in the studio that was in downtown Tampa. Here we are up and up, I think we are. in Pasco County now and we had to go and film you coming through the curtain, which was bringing everyone to light, right, yeah, exactly and, what a killer transition, to go along with the visuals of this music, um, like this what i think It's going to make a lot of sense and a weird kind of stamp at the same time, which I love, but yeah, today we even got on a four-wheeler.

I'm with me, I'm with my friend Jeff, say hi to Jeff, hey, hi, hi, Jeff. and Jeff and I are going to do some four wheeling in a Toyota Corolla, have you ever done this before? Yeah, I did a World Town once, but oh, not in a Corolla, that's not cool, wait, hold the camera, I'm. I'm pretty sure you're not going to drive this around here no, everything's going to be fine, yeah, here we go, hey, honey, don't try this at home, you've got your seatbelt on, I don't though, oh, I did well, I think something happened to my throat, oh, in a small car and my rag, my famous nut rag was hanging out of Virgil's passenger side door, it got caught in the mud puddle, we just conquered it, we we made it and then we came back, that's amazing, very cool and now the photographer is going to photobomb us this is amazing ready and it's going to look like a Taurus look that's going on I'm just going to block that right there perfect uh yeah the bathrooms are that way sir hear about the action paper yes yes thank you yes whatever I'm talking about that's it so that's a summary and how was your experience without uh?

Throughout this video, do you think we've captured the footage you were looking for, maybe a little more, I think? So it's always interesting when you see some images in your brain, as far as what you see within your Fifth Dimension, fourth dimension, whatever, but then how it develops into actual images that other people are I'm going to have the opportunity to see um so yeah, it reminds me of when I paint my face when I wake up and I know I have a match that night and I'm like, okay. I'm going to go with these colors.

I'm going to go with the blue and green tonight and then the blue and green faces on my face. I have this image in my head but it always turns out a little different from what I was seeing here, so the same with video production and all this it's super exciting to see what was in my head, what the transition to reality is like, so yeah, I'm excited, then we stopped for fast food today and Laura says, today we stopped for fast food and no one recognized him, we were waiting for him like a A bunch of crazed fans come up to the car and bang on the window, but it's good , you just have the hood on and stuff, yeah, I almost broke my covid mask just to distract the spectators if there was any kind of liquor. but you know, I guess it's normal in Tampa to be dressed like that, that's what you're saying, no, sure, it's totally normal in my world anyway, but I know the person who works at Wendy's had to know that whoever was traveling. with Virgil Medocini sharpened some knives and then jumped, remember what his friend was, yes, but his friend was Brian, right, he was very colorful and bright, it was okay, that's also a summary of this side.

It's been a pleasure working with you, Jeff, thank you very much, I hope. see you again soon, yes, thank you all, we will do it again sometime today, like tomorrow I will make my own path this way because tomorrow doesn't even exist, you should end up inside our souls without waiting for you to escape, TRUE? now is all we have in your presence wishes memories more than me more than illuminated more than me more than me through the light I am here to talk to you about your car's extended warranty