Can't get songs into ipod

I've got a new ipod and i'm trying to get all my songs on it
that I have in i-tunes from my old ipod, and when I look at it through i-tunes it shows that all the songs are on my new ipod but when I disconnect it - the ipod has no songs on it. What am I doing wrong? (When it shows the songs in i-tunes they're all there but they're grayed out)

(sorry to butt in Katrina. good to see you, by the way. hope you're well.)
saddie, it might be worth checking on this possibility:
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