It's a practice warm up and sign of good grace with the producerBingo. Been pump faking since push ups. He lacks confidence
It's not just confidence that is lacking, his entire tonality has changed. There's an underlying saving face element to most of what he's saying
This is meant to be a lyrical exercise but what is being exercised is purely off paper, it lacks the confidence to make it a performance .
It's more of a recital than a rehearsal
He's tentative half-hearted monotonous and an overall low energy dry run