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John Oates talks ‘Reunion’ and the likelihood of one with Daryl Hall

The singer-songwriter reflects on Hall & Oates and the promise of what lies ahead.

It was 1974 when John Oates and Daryl Hall first landed on the Billboard Hot 100 with their hit single “She’s Gone.”

Five decades later, Oates says the song still remains one of his favorites.

“It’s a defining moment in my life, in songwriting, in my collaboration with Daryl Hall. And the fact that it put he and I on the map, into the world. And the fact that the song just sounds as good today as it did when it was written 50 years ago,” Oates tells TODAY.com.

Speaking in a video interview, the singer-songwriter says he still plays the classic tune at nearly every one of his shows, and that despite performing it hundreds, if not thousands, of times, it never gets old.

“That’s something to be said. So, I’m very proud of that,” says Oates.

At 76, Oates has just released “Reunion,” his latest solo album and, in many ways, a catharsis for the legendary musician whose longtime collaboration with Hall recently ended in a very public, headline-making split.

In late 2023, Hall sued Oates to prevent him from selling his share of their joint business venture, which includes the duo’s trademarks and record royalty income, among other assets.

“It’s a boring legal issue that’s really not worthy of making headlines. The fact that it was brought out into the public was unfortunate as far as I was concerned. It’s a business thing,” explains Oates.

Business aside, he’s much more interested in focusing on the latest chapter in his life, one that finds him free to pursue the kind of music that, to some degree, he tabled as one-half of Hall & Oates.

“(The music I was making prior to meeting Daryl) was roots music, acoustic, acoustic-oriented, some early R&B, but mostly folky and bluesy,” he says.

“When Daryl and I got together, we combined our two individual influences together to create something totally unique and new, that was unique to us as a duo,” Oates says.

It was those unique influences that led the pair to history-making success, spawning hit after hit in the ‘70s and ‘80s including “Sara Smile,” “Rich Girl,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “Kiss On My List” and “You Make My Dreams,” among countless others.

By the ‘90s, however, their collaboration began to wane. Oates says that in the absence of making music with Hall, he began looking for other outlets, drawing him to Nashville, a place he would eventually call home.

“Very early on, I realized that there could be a musical home for me there, but I wasn’t quite ready to make the move,” he says.

But the idea of it stuck with him, and when the time came for Oates to find his “solo music identity,” one where he could see himself “being identified outside of the work I did with Daryl,” it was the Nashville music community and influence that brought him back to stay.

A result of that figurative homecoming is “Reunion,” an album Oates says is his most personal.

Finding his true identity in ‘Reunion’

“Every song on the album is intentional and has a connection,” says Oates, including the title track, “Reunion,” which he says was inspired by his dad, Al Oates.

“(It) was inspired by my 100-year-old father who told me, literally, that he was going to reunite with Mom, who had passed away previously. And I thought, ‘OK, what is the real meaning of the word ‘reunion?’” Oates asks.

It’s a question that ultimately led him to his own reunion of sorts.

“Not only was I referencing the next step in life, but I was also referencing a reuniting with myself about finding my true identity as a person and a musician,” he says. “And making sure that that was clear outside of the confines of working together with Daryl Hall and being perceived as some sort of group or duo or entity.”

Oates says the songs on the new album are a collection of tunes that were essentially, well, waiting to be collected.

“I didn’t write them in a six-month period or a year period — some of them go back into the ‘90s,” he says. Among the tracks, there’s a cover of John Prine’s “Long Monday” along with “All I Am,” a reflective song about his own mortality.

“When you make music that’s this personal, the anxiety that I have is, are people really going to understand it? Or is it too deep or is it too personal?” says Oates.

Either way, he says it’s OK because it’s what’s on his mind.

“Music should be fun and should be uplifting and it should make you smile,” he says. “But it should also make you think and it should make you cry and it should make you contemplate.”

He also puts to rest any speculation that “Reunion” is a thinly veiled allusion to his split with Hall.

“It was a total irony that that song also has that possible innuendo that there was going to be a Hall & Oates reunion. And it was totally not intended in any way,” he says.

“Really, the song was so emotionally important to me because of my dad and what he said. And it just happened to coincide with the legal wrangling. So, it’s just a weird coincidence.”

As far as a reunion with Hall is concerned, Oates firmly closes the door on the possibility.

“Daryl and I started as kids. We made a partnership based on our expectations and our lives 50 years ago. That partnership has outgrown itself. We’ve outgrown it, individually and collectively. It was time to change things and move on. And we didn’t agree on how to do that. So, therefore, we had a legal disagreement and it’s being worked out,” he says.

Are there any circumstances in which he’d consider reuniting?

“No. Not for me personally. I don’t know about Daryl. You’d have to ask him. I’ve outgrown the partnership. I’ve outgrown the collaboration and it’s time for me to move on,” says Oates.

“I’m very excited and I’m invigorated and energized by the potential that lies in front of me. And I want to make the most of my last years of creativity.”

For those still holding out hope that the pair will reunite, Hall said in a recent interview with Variety that it’s “correct” that the duo is finished.

As for Oates, his thoughts on a reconciliation are much the same. “Never can tell,” he says, “but I’m really happy right now.”

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How John Oates Is Moving Beyond Daryl Hall Dispute and 'Reuniting' with His 'True Self' to Create New Music (Exclusive)

The Grammy-nominated musician opens up to PEOPLE about his new album 'Reunion'

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• John Oates is set to release Reunion , his sixth solo studio album, on May 17
• The musician says the album was born amid a renewed sense of freedom after he and bandmate Daryl Hall stopped touring together
• John Oates says it's "shame" his legal beef with Daryl Hall "had to be aired in public," but that he's "happy" for both Hall and himself as they pursue solo endeavors

For more than 50 years, John Oates has been linked to Daryl Hall, his Hall & Oates bandmate.

Since the release of their debut studio album in 1972, the musicians have sold more than 80 million albums together, thanks to hits like “Maneater” and “She’s Gone.” But now, in the midst of a contentious legal battle and two years after they last played together, Oates is ready to do things his way.

On May 17, Oates will release his sixth studio album Reunion , an album he says granted him the freedom to explore his creativity in ways he hadn’t in decades.

“There was a period where we thought we were going to lose [my father Al]... and he told me he was going to reunite with Mom,” Oates tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I thought, ‘OK, what is the real meaning of the word reunion?’ I’m reuniting with my true self [on the album], who I was before and who I need to be now.”

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Though Oates, 76, says he “never lost” his true self, he admits to having “definitely buried him” along the way amid a suffocating touring schedule with Hall (The pair put out their last original album together in 2000, and Oates released his debut solo album two years later).

“I spent the entire early 2000s squeezing my individual creativity into this very regimented schedule of touring and business,” he says. “It was debilitating for me, and I couldn’t do it anymore. There was really no creativity left for me in that. It was just about celebrating our past.

Though Oates has released other solo albums, Reunion feels different, because it’s the first time he’s been able to “fully commit.”

“That’s why I believe this album resonates in such a way, because it’s so honest and so real, because I don’t feel like in the back of my mind, I’m looking at a calendar going, ‘Well I’m doing this now, but next week I’m going to be out singing ‘Maneater,’” he says.

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For now, it seems as though there will be no new chances to catch Hall & Oates play “Maneater” on a stage together. The pair — who released their debut album in 1972 — last played together in 2022, and in November, Hall, 77, sued Oates in a case that remains ongoing.

In the suit, which Oates calls “boring, legal mumbo-jumbo,” Hall sued Oates in an attempt to stop Oates’ alleged plans to sell his share of a joint business venture to a third party, something Hall said was in violation of a business agreement previously reached by the pair (Hall said in legal filings obtained by PEOPLE that the possible sale had caused “tremendous upheaval, harm, and difficulty in my life”).

“It’s a shame that it had to be aired in public. I have no plans [to play together again]. I always felt Daryl wanted to make his mark as a solo artist as well, and in a way, what’s happened has given him the freedom to do whatever he wants. I’m happy for him, and I’m really happy for me. I don't see any downside to it.”

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As he forges ahead in his solo career, Oates credits his move to Nashville some 15 years ago with changing his life, as it opened his eyes to the world of Americana.

“That’s become my core,” he says. “I began to rethink a lot of things. And what it really did was it kind of reignited my early musical DNA, the music that I was making prior to meeting Daryl. Because once Daryl and I got together, we combined our individual kind of influences and created something totally new and totally unique to ourselves. But I had a whole musical life before I met him — I started playing at 5, 6 years old and met him when I was 19 or 20. So it was like all of a sudden I realized that if I went back to my earliest musical DNA, I could create something new and original that was completely unique to me.”

Much of Reunion is made up of songs he wrote years ago, like “I Found Love,” originally written just before his 1994 wedding to wife Aimee.

“This album is really the sum total of a lot of experiences,” he says.

For more on John Oates, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.

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Daryl Hall & John Oates Talk Live Music’s Return: ‘Excitement Is Too Easy A Word’

Daryl Hall & John Oates are betting that a show full of hits may be the perfect musical comfort food to help fans acclimate to big-venue concerts once more.

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The duo — which last performed on Feb. 28, 2020 at New York’s Madison Square Garden — has plans for a 25-date summer tour, opening Aug. 7 in Mansfield, Mass., and including regular HoagieNation festival two nights later in Philadelphia, where Hall and Oates partnered during 1970. Squeeze will be opening through Oct. 1, with KT Tunstall on board for most of the shows.

“Excitement is too easy a word,” Hall told Billboard about the prospect of getting back on the road. “I’m many things. I’m excited about it. I’m apprehensive. I’m nervous. I’m confident. I’m paranoid. I’m everything at once — and when I hit the stage I think it’ll probably be as if I never left.”

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Hall predicts fans will feel the same way in short order. “I actually would use the word rejoicing, like ‘We’re here! We’re back in this again! We can do this!’ I think it’ll be that kind of positive feeling and ecstatic feeling. I think once it starts happening, it’s gonna be great.

“My music tends to make people feel good — even the depressing songs make you feel good,” Hall adds with a laugh. “And the familiarity is a strong point. It adds to the commonality of it and the goodwill and the good feelings.”

Hall, for one, will be shaking off some cobwebs from the shutdown — or, as he terms it, “hibernation.” “Some artists did a lot of writing, a lot of recording — I didn’t do any of that,” he says. “I can’t say ideas didn’t come to me. Of course they did. But I felt like I just needed to shut down and wait for the other side to become apparent, because I thought anything I’d write or do during (the pandemic) would be irrelevant. But now I’m ready to go again.”

Oates, meanwhile, kept himself busy with a variety of projects — including the virtual Song Fest 7908 to benefit Feeding America (which Hall contributed a performance for), contributing songs to a friend’s upcoming feature film and working up material for a possible follow-up to his 2018 solo album Arkansas . “This has been a busy year for me,” he says. “I ended up collaborating with a few different people. It was a good time to work on some different music and try things.”

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But a casualty of the layoff may be plans for a new Hall & Oates album — their first since 2006’s Home For Christmas and first of all-original material since Do It For Love in 2003. The pair began talking about the project during early 2020 but are explicitly “not sure” about it now. “Things have changed,” Hall says. “I’m really not sure what’s going to happen. I don’t know if I’m gonna do a solo record next, or do a (Hall & Oates) record. I don’t actually know, so I’m just gonna shelve that thought and really lock into these shows.”

Oates adds that, “Daryl was talking about recording; He found a producer in Holland, a young guy, he really liked. And then COVID hit and it was over. The whole thing just came to a grinding halt. We will resume at some point with some sort of recording project, but how it manifests itself and who we work with and how we work… who knows. We’ll just have to regroup and see how that’s gonna work.”

Daryl Hall & John Oates upcoming tour dates are as follows: * w/ Squeeze ^ w/ KT Tunstall

August 5 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA *^

August 7 – HoagieNation – TD Pavilion at the Mann – Philadelphia, PA *

August 9 – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion – Gilford, NH *^

August 11 – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theatre – Wantagh, NY *^

August 13 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ *^

August 15 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga Springs, NY *^

August 19 – Ruoff Music Center – Noblesville, IN *^

August 21 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, MI *^

August 23 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH *^

August 26 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater – Tinley Park, IL *^

August 28 – American Family Insurance Amphitheater – Milwaukee, WI *^

August 30 – Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, MN *^

September 1 – Ball Arena – Denver, CO *^

September 18 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD *^

September 20 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater – Tampa, FL *^

September 22 – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood, FL *

September 24 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre – Alpharetta, GA *^

September 26 – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Woodlands, TX *^

September 28 – Dickies Arena – Fort Worth, TX *^

October 1 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA *^

November 6 – Fantasy Springs Resort Casino – Indio, CA

November 9 – Maui Arts & Cultural Center – Kahului, HI

November 13 – Neal S. Blaisdell Center – Honolulu, HI

December 3 – Foxwoods – Mashantucket, CT

December 4 – Foxwoods – Mashantucket, CT

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Daryl Hall is what dreams are made of for Music. Whomever he sings with is the icing on the cake. He just makes music better, performers better, musicians better. I followed his career and most concerts where I could attend. My family became instant big fans. Was also there the night of the Grand Opening Of Daryls House in New York with John Oates. Also saw him many times in New York and Pa.

Daryl when you come to Orlando this summer have Rumer and Todd Rundgren with you also. Let me know. and Thank you for the Music and lyrics. Teresa Asaro

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It was a very good one i did not know the were going to talk that much Would I go see him again yes but not Daryl's house concert I will go and see Daryl and John concert.

Although Daryl Hall is consistently committed to the duo Hall & Oates, he does occasionally take to the road solo to air some of his own releases as well as covers from his infamous band. Considered to be one of the most gifted songwriters of the 20th century, it seemed pretty natural for Daryl to have a side project throughout the career and he collaborated often with esteemed producer Robert Fripp.

Although Hall & Oates have a larger pull for the fanbase, the venue is still packed out tonight for Daryl's solo headline show and as he steps onto the stage the whole audience cheer largely. He hand selects his own personal favourite work from the discography including the sincere 'Eyes for You (Ain't No Doubt About It)' along with the recognisable Hall & Oates tracks such as 'Private Eyes' and 'Man-eater'. The audience watches on in quiet anticipation as Hall keeps the show pacy before culminating in 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)' which has the whole room singing. He has saved two gems for the encore of 'Rich Girl' and 'You Make My Dreams' before he exits to even larger applause than when he appears.

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John Oates on Daryl Hall Legal Fight: ‘Brothers Have Disagreements, Families Grow Apart’

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John Oates held very little back as he discussed his ongoing legal battle with Daryl Hall and the threadbare nature of the duo’s relationship in recent years in a new Good Morning America interview.

Late last year, Hall filed a restraining order against Oates in an effort to stop Oates from selling his half of their business venture, Whole Oates Enterprises, to Primary Wave. Hall, in legal documents, described the sale as a “completely clandestine and bad faith move,” a characterization Oates disputed. 

“We’ve always looked at ourselves as individuals working together,” Oates said on GMA . “And I felt like I had the right to do that. But, you know, he didn’t.”

Oates continued: “And it was kinda ruining my life, to be honest with you. I wasn’t happy. And I said, ‘Well, I’ll just step aside,’ people do it all the time. I mean, you look at all the artists who are selling all their catalogs… it’s pretty common. It’s not that big a deal. But Daryl didn’t like the idea that I would sell to a certain third party.”

(That “certain third party,” Primary Wave, happens to already own a chunk of Hall and Oates’ music after Hall himself made a deal with the company in 2006. In recent interviews , however, Hall expressed some regret about that deal, especially as the market for artists selling their publishing has exploded in recent years.)

Just as he told Rolling Stone recently , Oates did not seem to think it was likely that Hall and Oates would ever reunite. “Not from my point of view, but you’ll need to ask Darryl how he feels about it,” quipped Oates (whose new solo album , out today, happens to be called Reunion ).

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“Over the past 20 years, we’d show up at a show individually, walk on stage, play, and then we’d go our separate ways,” Oates said. “It really wasn’t as tight as people might, you know, would like to imagine in their kind of a fantasy imagination of our relationship.”

Asked what he would say to Hall if he was watching, Oates replied: “I love you like a brother… but you know what? Brothers have disagreements, families grow apart… would say, I wish him the best. I hope that he has everything he wants in life. And that he can pursue his dream of being a respected solo artist, which I believe is something that he’s always wanted.”

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There’s Batman & Robin, there’s Bert & Ernie, and there’s Hall & Oates.

And when news broke last November that Daryl Hall got a restraining order against John Oates — his blue-eyed-soul brother in the best-selling duo in pop history — it seemed as if the pair that ruled the ’80s with their big hair and even bigger hooks had shockingly lost all of “that lovin’ feelin’” for each other.

But as wild as it first seemed, this was not about physical protection — this was strictly a business move to block Oates from selling his share in the pair’s Whole Oats Enterprises to music publishing company Primary Wave.

And while Oates can’t discuss the ongoing legal battle amid the breakup that had many of us vacillating between “I Can’t Go for That” and “Say It Isn’t So,” he’s still singing his longtime partner’s praises — even as he begins the next act of his career with “Reunion,” his new solo album, out Friday.

“Daryl’s voice was the one that was on all the hits … And you know, listen, Daryl’s one of the greatest singers of all time,” Oates told The Post outside of the former site of the Gaslight Cafe, the Greenwich Village coffeehouse where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo played their first New York show together in the late ’60s — when they were both in different groups.

“And so when you’re with one of the greatest singers of all time, of course you’re not going to be the frontman. And it’s actually OK, because I don’t think I really felt comfortable doing that anyway.”

That doesn’t exactly sound like a man who has gone from harmonizing to hating.

But at 76, Oates is stepping out of his comfort zone and into the solo spotlight on “Reunion,” a folky affair that feels more like a goodbye to his rock-and-soulmate of five decades — and a return to his own rootsy roots before he’s out of time.

“The irony behind the title has nothing to do with what was going on with Daryl and I in terms of not working together,” said Oates. “It really was inspired by my 100-year-old dad [Al]. We thought we were going to lose him a few months ago … and he told me he was ready to move on.

“And he said he was going to reunite with Mom, who had passed away years before. And when he said that, it really struck home to me because, you know, I’m getting older and … the horizon’s a little closer now.”

But “Reunion” also reconnects the singer, songwriter and guitarist with a part of himself that had played second fiddle to Hall & Oates since they debuted with 1972’s “Whole Oats” — five years after meeting as students at Temple University in Philadelphia.

“I’m going back to my earliest musical DNA,” said Oates. “I’m remembering and kind of relishing the fact that I was a guy who played a certain style of music before I met Daryl Hall.

“When we met, we pooled our individual influences and created something uniquely original. But the guy I was before that never really left. He just got pushed over to the side, you know, kind of like an old bear sleeping through the winter. And now it’s been reawakened. And so I feel like I’m rediscovering a part of myself that I forgot about.”

This despite the fact that “Reunion” — which features originals such as the wistful title tune as well as a couple covers (John Prine’s “Long Monday” ) — is actually Oates’ sixth solo studio album, going all the way back to “Phunk Shui” in 2002. But in a way, this feels like the very first one now that Hall & Oates is officially over.

“When I was working with Daryl, trying to be a professional and being responsible, I had a lot of commitments to him, the band … and that was always a priority,” said Oates. “Although musically I always wanted to do other things, it was hard to juggle the two.

“And this is the first time when I’ve been able to fully commit to the projects that I want to do now … Being fully committed makes all the difference.”

But Oates isn’t going completely solo in this next chapter. After moving to Nashville in 2010 with wife Aimee, he’s surrounded himself with a new musical family including bluegrass greats such as Sam Bush, who co-wrote “This Field Is Mine,” and renowned Dobro player Jerry Douglas, featured on “I Found Love.”

“All the people who made the album are friends of mine, and we’ve had experiences together in the studio or on the road,” he said. “So it’s really, I think, the most personal album I’ve ever done.”

Indeed, “Reunion” is putting Oates back in touch with the man behind the mustache. (And yes, he’s in the Mustache Hall of Fame too.)

“You got to go back to the beginning to start over,” he said. “So in a sense, I guess that’s what I’m doing.”

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John Oates opens up about legal feud with Hall & Oates bandmate Daryl Hall

John Oates is opening up about his legal feud with former "Hall & Oates" bandmate Daryl Hall .

During promotional appearances for his new solo album "Reunion," Oates sat down with Michael Strahan on "Good Morning America" to discuss tension between the pair following Hall's lawsuit and restraining order in November.

"When this whole situation got mired in legality and complex legal wranglings, I got frustrated and I said, 'You know what? Daryl has always wanted to be his own man.' I said, 'I'm going to give him the opportunity to do that,'" Oates told Strahan, referring to his attempt to sell off his share of their joint venture, Whole Oats Enterprises LLP.

Details of Daryl Hall's lawsuit, temporary restraining order against John Oates uncovered

Oates also told Strahan the duo "never" had many disagreements but added that they "never really talked to each other very much over the past few years."

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"We've always looked at ourselves as individuals working together, and I felt like I had the right to do that (sell his half of the company). But, you know, he didn't," Oates told Strahan, saying he wanted Hall to have a solo career.

Oates echoed his "GMA" comments about Hall during a People interview about "Reunion" published Wednesday, calling the lawsuit "boring, legal mumbo-jumbo."

"It's a shame that it had to be aired in public. I have no plans (to play together again). I always felt Daryl wanted to make his mark as a solo artist as well, and in a way, what's happened has given him the freedom to do whatever he wants. I'm happy for him, and I'm really happy for me. I don't see any downside to it," Oates told People.

He told Strahan the bandmates would arrive separately to perform their hits at shows and then leave separately while saying the perception of a close bond between the pair is "kind of a fantasy imagination." Despite his comments, Oates said he loves Hall like a brother and wished him the best, but said brothers disagree and grow apart.

What happened to Hall and Oates? 'GMA' interview follows Daryl Hall's lawsuit, restraining order aimed at John Oates

In November, Hall filed a lawsuit against Oates. Although court documents were sealed, the website for Tennessee's Davidson County Chancery Court Clerk and Master's Office verified that Hall filed a complaint against Oates and requested a temporary restraining order on Nov. 16.

Hall's lawsuit stems from Oates' attempt to sell off his share of their joint venture, Whole Oats Enterprises LLP, which would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had forged,  The Associated Press reported .

The move quickly prompted a judge to temporarily block the sale while legal proceedings and a previously initiated arbitration continue.

Contributing; Edward Segarra, Erin Jensen