My body is a little confused, she confesses.
This chirpy way of pushing through is signature Bloom.
But shes best known for her cult-classic musical comedyCrazy Ex-Girlfriend.
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But shortly into the characteristically raunchy tune, Bloom is confronted by a heckler in the audience.
Its Death and hes there to make her talk about what shes been avoiding: him.
During 2020, Bloom had been preparing for a few big life changes.
She was pregnant with her first child and planning a new special.
Sometimes, the answer lies in the tension.
Some really horrible things happened, and youve got to lean into the weirdness of it.
Youve been working on the material for this special since 2021.
How do you feel about audiences all over finally being able to see it?Im really excited.
Im just really proud of it.
It was a whole road getting this even on a streamer.
Theres also a fundamental weirdness when something personal also becomes something you do publicity for.
As a comedian, youre able to navigate very difficult topics with slapstick humor.
Thats the height of comedy.That makes me really happy, because writing those lyrics was scary.
What was that process like?The pandemic had a lot to do with the timing.
Adam died April 1, 2020, and I didnt even go onstage until May 2021.
There was a lot of time to process it.
It didnt feel like I was picking at a scab.
And thats why it took so long to get this special up.
And I had a newborn, which is its own mind-fuck.
I would have just started crying.
Has becoming a parent changed your perspective on how you develop material?Oh, its horrible.
Love makes you lame.
I used to do a whole bit in the [one-woman] show about dead baby jokes.
Theres just a part of my heart that has been split open and the stakes now are so high.
Do you think its changed your comedy?Well, obviously I can talk about being a parent now.
Though so much material has already been done around having a kid.
I dont want to embarrass her.
She cant legally or, like, morally give consent.
Its an imprecise science.
So youre worried about her digital footprint?Because I quote-unquote willingly got on the internet as an adult.
But the internet is not what it was when I started doing music videos in 2010.
It has become a much more intense, porous, forever, and dangerous place.
I dont think any of us gave full consent to what the internet has now become, right?
If shes gonna be online and be on social media, I want that to be her decision.
You and Adam were longtime collaborators.
What notes do you think he would have on this new show?I thought about that a lot.
Adam was such an unsentimental person, more unsentimental than I am.
I didnt want him to be, wherever he might be, watching a show he hated.
So how do you make a tribute to someone in a real but unsentimental way?
That definitely was a guiding force on this show.
How would you describe your specials version of Rachel?Rachel has been processing this for years.
Because thats where I was at with grief, and thats the central question of the show.
And doing the show helped me kind of solve that question.
How do I do that?
How do you acknowledge death but continue to live?
So right now Im working on two movies and three TV shows.
In the past couple of years, I had two other shows get passed on.
Theres a ton of stuff Im working on.
Thats fascinating, consideringCrazy Ex-Girlfriendwas a critical darling.
I want to go on tour with a brand new song-stand-up show.
I want to do more music videos on YouTube and TikTok.
And I was like, Shes making the tinfoil hats and shes Kristen fucking Bell.
