There used to be five, but Jayna Brown left last year “to pursue other opportunities,” says Sasha Junk, senior vice president for marketing for Kidz Bop. They were chosen in 2013 after a long national search. Each goes publicly by first name only and fits a specific role and vocal type in the ensemble. The four carefully attired kids take seats around a U-shaped table in a small glass recording studio, and they are Santoro, 13 (both of her parents are scientists!) Matt Martinez, 11 (believes in aliens!) Ashlynn Chong, 13 (plays 10 instruments!) and Grant Knoche, 12 (loves crab legs!). For example: “Hi, I’m Bredia from the Kidz Bop kids, and I’m in New York right now! Wooooo!” The child artists are in the Sirius studios for a maximum of two hours every few months, recording for the dedicated Kidz Bop channel and taping interviews like the one with Curtis, who was totally not kidding about the burping alphabet thing.
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Along with the Curtis interview, they’re at Sirius to tape a series of “liners,” radio-speak for those snippets of audio that play between songs to convince listeners that the voices they’re hearing are actually live in the studio. The foursome is the current lineup of Kidz Bop, the most underrated force in American music. “You have to know the audience,” he says. This time, Curtis suggests, she should attempt to burp the alphabet, and everyone agrees that’s a hilarious idea. Curtis is due to interview them for an upcoming show, and the kids giggle over a memory of the last time they met, when Bredia Santoro, who has cascading ringlets and an exaggerated side part, showed off her impressive belching ability. Their spirits revive quickly, though, with the appearance of Kenny Curtis, a father of seven who hosts a four-hour “block party” on the Sirius channel Kids Place Live. A Sirius employee laments that the kids have just missed Lily James and Richard Madden, stars of the new live-action Cinderella movie, and that causes four sets of skinny shoulders to sink. Dressed in artfully tattered tees, Adidas sneakers, and bangles and cuffs, they’re followed by an entourage-mostly made up of their moms.
It’s not Take Your Child to Work Day at Sirius XM, but at first it seems so as four adorable middle-schoolers slip into the Manhattan lobby of the world’s largest satellite radio network.
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