Speaker 1: Hey guys, it's calum scott here. Class 95 gets up
Speaker 1: close with calum scott. Hi Callum. It's so good to
Speaker 1: see you. How are you? I'm good. So the last
Speaker 1: time you spoke to us was actually with Gene back
Speaker 1: in 2018. And since then we've had Covid, I mean,
Speaker 1: everybody experienced the horrible pandemic. What have you been up
Speaker 1: to these last two years during the pandemic? How was
Speaker 1: it for you?
Speaker 2: It was pretty awful. I mean, it's the same for everybody, right?
Speaker 2: We were stripped of being able to be with the
Speaker 2: people we loved, couldn't travel, couldn't go into venues. So
Speaker 2: it was pretty rough. I mean, for the first couple
Speaker 2: of weeks of that lock down, I just sat in
Speaker 2: my pants and played Call of Duty. I just didn't,
Speaker 2: I didn't know what to do, drinking wine,
Speaker 2: sat on the couch watching netflix and all that kind
Speaker 2: of stuff. I think when everybody started to realize actually
Speaker 2: this is pretty serious. And that's when I kind of
Speaker 2: started to
Speaker 2: I fell out of love with music, to be fair
Speaker 2: with my own music because I just felt that there
Speaker 2: was so many other things going on that were much
Speaker 2: more important than me writing a sad song. You know,
Speaker 2: I lost a lot of inspiration and motivation. But I
Speaker 2: think as we start to see some light at the
Speaker 2: end of the tunnel, my producer had been in touch
Speaker 2: and sent me some music and I started working again,
Speaker 2: reignited the Passion. So thankfully I finished the album during
Speaker 2: the pandemic. And yeah, releasing it in like literally a
Speaker 2: couple of weeks. It's crazy. Yeah, I was scared. Don't
Speaker 1: be scared. We're really psyched to get new music from you.
Speaker 1: Was it difficult sort of restarting the whole engine? Did
Speaker 1: you have to do anything to sort of get the
Speaker 1: creative juices
Speaker 2: flowing? Yeah. Yeah, it was one of those ones where
Speaker 2: it was like, you know, like when you've had so
Speaker 2: much time off school and you know, you have to
Speaker 2: go back and you have that not feeling in your stomach, like,
Speaker 2: I really don't want to go back. It was kind
Speaker 2: of that like, I was just like, like I've fallen
Speaker 2: off the rhythm, so now I have to, like try
Speaker 2: and get myself back into that. But music is one
Speaker 2: of the most incredible things of it. It's like a
Speaker 2: universal language, right? So I think even though I was
Speaker 2: getting down on my look, music kind of helped bring
Speaker 2: me back up
Speaker 2: and then me writing music helped me motivate other people.
Speaker 2: So I kind of had a ripple effect.
Speaker 1: It's a full circle actually. Yeah,
Speaker 2: yeah, music helps me and then my music helps others
Speaker 2: and so on. And so
Speaker 1: tell us about your new song called Heaven.
Speaker 2: Heaven is such a beautiful song. You know, I think
Speaker 2: as songwriters, you're constantly trying to find new ways of saying,
Speaker 2: I love you, I hate you. You know, you've broken
Speaker 2: my heart, all those kind of things. And I think
Speaker 2: for me heaven is one of those ones where it's
Speaker 2: just a song about loving somebody in the present and
Speaker 2: we're all suckers for it. We all, you know, we're
Speaker 2: all wondering what's happening next and what's the next thing
Speaker 2: and you know, worried about the next step. Whereas I
Speaker 2: think heaven reminds people, it's kind of bringing that concept
Speaker 2: of what I have with you right now is the
Speaker 2: most perfect thing I'll ever have. And I think that
Speaker 2: it's so beautiful to sort of remind yourself to live
Speaker 2: in the present. So loving the present as well. I
Speaker 2: think it's just gorgeous and it has this kind of lush,
Speaker 2: big ballad sound to it without it just being piano
Speaker 2: and vocal because I'm a sucker for getting behind the
Speaker 2: piano and just singing a sad song. I love it.
Speaker 2: I love to have a good cry. I love to
Speaker 2: be emotional, but heaven is one of those ones where
Speaker 2: we've put some production behind it. It sounds, it just
Speaker 2: sounds very big. So when we've been singing it live recently,
Speaker 2: it's always seems to be going down well and people
Speaker 2: have already messaged me saying, yeah, that's the first dance
Speaker 2: song at my wedding and
Speaker 1: we love it already.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. It seems to be going down so well.
Speaker 1: So what is heaven for you then right now, since
Speaker 1: we're talking about the present,
Speaker 2: Heaven for me is opening a lovely bottle of red
Speaker 2: wine for me is
Speaker 1: that particular time, is that
Speaker 2: we love them, We love them. But you know what
Speaker 2: I think, I mean, I do, but I think, you know,
Speaker 2: at this moment in time looking at my touring schedule
Speaker 2: and just being like, I'm getting to go away again
Speaker 2: and getting to perform all these shows again. I mean,
Speaker 2: I'm going to be back in Singapore performing a show
Speaker 2: there again. It's just like all the excitement I felt
Speaker 2: from 2018 when I was last in Singapore and the
Speaker 2: show there and you know, I was doing promo there,
Speaker 2: it was so incredible to be in a new country
Speaker 2: and for my music to already have planted a beautiful
Speaker 2: seed and a gorgeous flowers growing there. And then I
Speaker 2: got to go and tend that flower and be in Singapore.
Speaker 2: So to come back, it's just going to be my
Speaker 2: heaven for
Speaker 1: Sure. So just going back when you last year, which
Speaker 1: is in 2018 when you spoke to gene, you said
Speaker 1: that you wanted to adventure more. Did that happen? You
Speaker 1: also said you wanted to do some acting. Did that
Speaker 1: happen as
Speaker 2: well?
Speaker 2: No, unfortunately, I know I really wanted to do some acting.
Speaker 2: I think that's definitely still on my bucket list of
Speaker 2: things to do. I just released the music and the
Speaker 2: other day called Boys in the street, which is this very,
Speaker 2: very emotional song. That was my first step into acting
Speaker 2: because I had to act to parts of the story,
Speaker 2: one was a young boy, one was a kind of
Speaker 2: a father figure that was getting down on the boy.
Speaker 2: And so I had to kind of represent that visually.
Speaker 2: So that was quite a nice little step into that
Speaker 2: kind of vibe as for exploring. Singapore didn't get to
Speaker 2: do that either. What I've been doing my research though
Speaker 2: and I have seen, I've seen that you guys have
Speaker 2: the Gardens of the Bay.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is going to be the last stop on
Speaker 1: the asian tour, isn't it? I do believe,
Speaker 1: hopefully you have some
Speaker 2: time. Hopefully I want to come to see the Gardens
Speaker 2: of the Bay. I wanted, I've seen something called the
Speaker 2: Centaurus a giant swing,
Speaker 1: I don't know, there's a giant swing,
Speaker 2: Okay. I mean it looks terrifying, but it looks it
Speaker 2: looks gorgeous as far as I could see. There's tons
Speaker 2: of like gardens and zoos and lots of like nature
Speaker 2: and stuff, which I'm very impressed,
Speaker 1: very small, but we've got a lot of things to
Speaker 1: do and the offer still stands, jean said the last
Speaker 1: time she'll take you around and I will join this
Speaker 1: time around and we'll be a proper good tour guides
Speaker 1: if you have the time. Absolutely. Getting back to the music,
Speaker 1: tell us about what we talked about your new song
Speaker 1: called Heaven,
Speaker 1: let's talk about your new album, which should be coming
Speaker 1: out soon as well. What can we expect Is it
Speaker 1: going to be in the line in the vein of Heaven?
Speaker 1: It's gonna be something different.
Speaker 2: I think there's gonna be a really nice journey with
Speaker 2: this album, because, you know, the first album was very
Speaker 2: much me being like, oh my God, I'm sand, and
Speaker 2: I get to, like, do this album, this is crazy.
Speaker 2: And like, you know, everything was kind of like, like
Speaker 2: a kid at christmas. Yeah, it was just like, oh
Speaker 2: my God, I get to be Business is so exciting.
Speaker 2: And I think when it, when it came to writing
Speaker 2: the second album, it was kind of very much like
Speaker 2: a right, you're an artist now
Speaker 2: there's a new level to it. You know, you're an artist,
Speaker 2: people relied on your songs to get by or to
Speaker 2: become more confident with themselves, or, you know, they might
Speaker 2: have used your music as the first dance on a
Speaker 2: wedding or to celebrate somebody's life or whatever it is,
Speaker 2: sound tracking these amazing moments in their life. So now
Speaker 2: I have a responsibility
Speaker 2: and I took that very seriously and it kind of
Speaker 2: made me grow up a little bit.
Speaker 1: Do you feel the pressure though?
Speaker 2: Yeah, of course, of course. I mean, you look at
Speaker 2: the ridiculous stats at the first album and you're like,
Speaker 2: well no pressure. Just got to write an album that
Speaker 2: breaks all those records. There was some pressure when I
Speaker 2: was writing this album, but
Speaker 2: I must admit, the more that I just enjoyed writing
Speaker 2: the second album as that kind of stage in my
Speaker 2: life is this is just the next chapter for me,
Speaker 2: the more I started really enjoying the process, I must admit,
Speaker 2: I feel more confident on this album. I feel like
Speaker 2: my writing and my vocal ability is, is developed. You know,
Speaker 2: there's a new sense of, like, hope and resilience within
Speaker 2: this album. So it's definitely don't get me wrong,
Speaker 2: there's definitely quite a few ballads on exactly prepared to cry.
Speaker 2: But you know what, I feel like it's an elevated,
Speaker 2: more evolved version of the first album. It's very emotional
Speaker 2: and emotional provoking, but then you also have those moments
Speaker 2: where it's just like, okay,
Speaker 2: yeah, I feel good about this song and it makes
Speaker 2: you feel motivated? So it's a journey which I'm always
Speaker 2: really keen to show up my life shows, and all
Speaker 2: my albums.
Speaker 1: You've always been quite raw when it comes to writing
Speaker 1: your music, you bare your soul. But that was also
Speaker 1: at the beginning where everything is very new.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like being in this industry for a
Speaker 1: couple of years already? Do you feel like you still
Speaker 1: bear everything? Everything is you're wearing heart, your heart on
Speaker 1: the sleeve? Or do you feel that now maybe some
Speaker 1: things are no go zones when it comes to writing
Speaker 1: the songs, or is it No, it's
Speaker 2: all put it all down. You know what I've never
Speaker 2: really known any different. So I've only ever like
Speaker 2: being honest and being vulnerable and used my life experiences
Speaker 2: and my personal experiences don't get me wrong. There are
Speaker 2: some songs on this album, one of them called Bridges,
Speaker 2: the title track of the album that is very personal.
Speaker 2: I argued with myself whether I should put this song
Speaker 2: on the album and then I realized that
Speaker 2: some of the songs on the album have been such
Speaker 2: tools for people and has been a medicine in some
Speaker 2: ways for people
Speaker 2: that I kind of owe it to my friends and
Speaker 2: to my audience to be honest and vulnerable because it's
Speaker 2: honestly that pays two fold. You know, like when I've
Speaker 2: been honest with my music in the past, people will
Speaker 2: send me messages all the time with their own stories
Speaker 2: and they're being personal with me. So I kind of
Speaker 2: feel that it's the only way I know how to
Speaker 2: do things. It's just
Speaker 2: bear in my heart and soul and
Speaker 2: put my blood sweat and tears into a song, Don't
Speaker 2: get me wrong. All my songs like that are a
Speaker 2: little bit more, you know,
Speaker 1: but we really appreciate it because I think it takes
Speaker 1: a lot of courage and a lot of, a lot
Speaker 1: of courage and bravery to actually put your soul out
Speaker 1: their final question, you're gonna be in Singapore to perform
Speaker 1: for us at the capitol theater. What can we expect?
Speaker 2: I mean, it's going to be, there's going to be
Speaker 2: a new sense of appreciation, I guess for live music.
Speaker 2: I mean, we're finally back in venue. So it's just
Speaker 2: going to be that magic of being shoulder to shoulder
Speaker 2: with people and me being able to see the lights
Speaker 2: in people's eyes, it's no longer a zoom screen is
Speaker 2: actually people in front of me and that magic of
Speaker 2: being at a live show and enjoying just forgetting about
Speaker 2: everything that's going on in the world and just being
Speaker 2: present in that moment in that theater is just going
Speaker 2: to be the best brand new music, full albums, worth
Speaker 2: of new music and a new band that I love
Speaker 2: that I've got on so well with what I want
Speaker 2: to do is I just want to bring my live
Speaker 2: show to Singapore, I want to make it bigger and
Speaker 2: better than last time. I want to make sure that
Speaker 2: people walk away from the capitol theater and I'm so
Speaker 2: glad that I went to that show, It was worth
Speaker 2: every penny. You know, because that's the kind of show
Speaker 2: I want to put on, I want to make sure
Speaker 2: that people walk away and go, oh my God, that
Speaker 2: was amazing. And I want to bring on some new fans.
Speaker 2: You know, if you've never been to one of my
Speaker 2: shows before and you're thinking about booking tickets, please do.
Speaker 2: It's going to be a lovely night of just love
Speaker 2: and appreciation and enjoyment. Whether you're really into the music
Speaker 2: side of things or whether you're into the lyrics or
Speaker 2: whether you just want to sit and cry or move
Speaker 2: and bop along. There's something for everybody.
Speaker 1: It's a human connection and we're definitely looking forward to that.
Speaker 1: Looking forward to see you in Singapore. And if you're
Speaker 1: gonna be going around, look us up will definitely take
Speaker 1: you around.
Speaker 2: Yes, it sounds like I'm going to have quite a
Speaker 2: few tour guides, which is not a bad thing.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Callum, We'll see you soon.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Now calum scott will be in Singapore as part of
Speaker 1: the Bridges Asia tour, 28th of october at capitol theater
Speaker 1: tickets go on sale Wednesday, june the 15th at 10 a.m.
Speaker 1: at S G dot book my show dot com. And
Speaker 1: of course look out for Kalam's latest album called Bridges
Speaker 1: Out Soon. Hey guys, it's Callum scott here. Class 95
Speaker 1: gets up close with calum scott.