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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Steve Lacey is in

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Speaker 1: the midst of a massive rocket in The Superstar Whom,

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Speaker 1: transitioning from successful working musician for several years to solo

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Speaker 1: superstar hom thanks to his massive hit Bad Habits. Steve

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Speaker 1: is a sensitive soul and well aware that big fan

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Speaker 1: can be hard on anybody's mental health, but having early

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Speaker 1: creative success dating back to high school prepared him for

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Speaker 1: what was to come and allowed him to make music

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Speaker 1: that's natural and genuine. He tells the l A times,

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Speaker 1: I kind of feel like I went through the hardest

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Speaker 1: part already, the purity and that newness that came as

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Speaker 1: a team, not knowing what any of this is. Getting

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Speaker 1: over that was the hardest part. But I didn't have

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Speaker 1: to change to do it. I didn't have to conform

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Speaker 1: to whatever would make me a success. I didn't have

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Speaker 1: people in my ear telling me what will work. I

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Speaker 1: feel more freedom now than expectations because I didn't have

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Speaker 1: to change anything. I just had to get better these albums,

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Speaker 1: Gemini writes, is out now. That's Direct from Hollywood.