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The excitement outside of New York\u2019s Beacon Theatre was palpable on Thursday night. Hours before Rolling Stone\u2019s<\/em> Musicians on Musicians franchise took over the Upper West Side venue, fans lined up on the sidewalk off Amsterdam Avenue. Some played patty-cake to pass the time before doors opened, while others sported Paramore tote bags and Bleachers T-shirts. There were even unofficial vendors selling bootleg tees; the cover for our seventh-annual Musicians on Musicians issue<\/a> of Rolling Stone<\/em> was printed on each. Clearly, everyone was eager to see the stacked lineup<\/a>, which included cover stars Hayley Williams and Jack Antonoff, as well as Mar\u00eda Zardoya of the Mar\u00edas and Role Model.<\/p>\n Every year since 2019, the Musicians on Musicians series has brought artists together for wide-ranging, revealing conversations with one another. Last night at the Beacon, presented by Sonesta International Hotels<\/a>, marked the series\u2019 third-annual live event, and it was a vibrant display of the magic that happens when like-minded artists come together in one room.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday Night Live<\/em> star James Austin Johnson acted as the night\u2019s host and he kicked off the evening by cracking some of his trademark deadpan jokes. \u201cI\u2019m really enjoying getting to be the Trump voice guy on SNL<\/em>,\u201d Johnson said, referring to his infamous impression of the president during his second term. \u201cAnd how wonderful it is that we get to be here in the Beacon Theatre before it is demolished, to be a part of Donald Trump\u2019s ballroom<\/a>.\u201d After getting a few more laughs, he invited Zardoya and Role Model, whose real name is Tucker Pillsbury, to join him onstage.<\/p>\n Zardoya and Pillsbury sat in leather chairs at the center of the stage, in what Johnson jokingly called his living room. After praising both Zardoya and Role Model for their inescapable songs from the past year, Johnson started the conversation by asking how the musicians knew they had a hit song on their hands. Zardoya started by talking about \u201cNo One Noticed,\u201d the 2024 breakthrough track for her band, the Marias. \u201cIt was kind of an anti-hit,\u201d she said. \u201cI definitely did not for a second think that it was going to resonate the way that it did.\u201d Zardoya shared how an 84-year-old friend of the band had a singular response to the song.\u00a0 \u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019ve never done drugs, but I think this song sounds like molly,\u2019\u201d she recounted. Pillsbury was particularly surprised by this reaction. \u201cI\u2019ve never done molly, but in my head I would go to Kesha or something,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n