1 00:00:10,669 --> 00:00:14,869 Speaker 1: My hard podcasts, hear more kids podcasts, playlists and listen 2 00:00:14,909 --> 00:00:16,108 Speaker 1: live on the Free I. 3 00:00:16,069 --> 00:00:19,069 Speaker 2: Had it's what you hope you having a great drive, hone. 4 00:00:19,109 --> 00:00:21,628 Speaker 2: That is nice to meet you if you are still listening. 5 00:00:21,669 --> 00:00:29,309 Speaker 2: A lot of people have tuned out, but Miles Smith 6 00:00:29,469 --> 00:00:35,309 Speaker 2: is in the studio right now. I want to talk. 7 00:00:35,388 --> 00:00:37,108 Speaker 2: So you're about to get you. You're doing this tour 8 00:00:37,108 --> 00:00:41,189 Speaker 2: in Australia right finishing outcome more shows then you're getting 9 00:00:41,349 --> 00:00:43,509 Speaker 2: going on tour with Edge here and is that right? 10 00:00:43,589 --> 00:00:43,789 Speaker 1: Yeah? 11 00:00:43,789 --> 00:00:44,949 Speaker 3: I will be, I will be. 12 00:00:44,989 --> 00:00:48,668 Speaker 2: It's mad. So I heard that there's another song just 13 00:00:48,709 --> 00:00:51,069 Speaker 2: sort of come out called My First Heartbreak, right, which 14 00:00:51,108 --> 00:00:53,629 Speaker 2: is which is about your dad leaving you? Is that right? 15 00:00:53,749 --> 00:00:56,469 Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, it's a it's a really deep and personal 16 00:00:56,509 --> 00:00:58,389 Speaker 3: song and it took me a while to write and 17 00:00:58,429 --> 00:01:00,469 Speaker 3: it was just a part of my life from sort 18 00:01:00,509 --> 00:01:02,268 Speaker 3: of like childhood to being an adult where I sort 19 00:01:02,269 --> 00:01:05,509 Speaker 3: of wrote a story of just how my relationship with 20 00:01:05,549 --> 00:01:08,429 Speaker 3: that situation sort of grew and going from sort of 21 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:11,469 Speaker 3: like being really confused to being really angry to sort 22 00:01:11,469 --> 00:01:13,309 Speaker 3: of being at a point of like, hey, when I 23 00:01:13,349 --> 00:01:14,949 Speaker 3: get to that point of being a father, I hope 24 00:01:14,949 --> 00:01:16,989 Speaker 3: I think do things differently and it sort of came 25 00:01:16,989 --> 00:01:19,469 Speaker 3: out like that and really natural, but took two years 26 00:01:19,509 --> 00:01:21,309 Speaker 3: to put out into the world because I wasn't comfortable 27 00:01:21,349 --> 00:01:25,349 Speaker 3: because some parts of my life I keep private that 28 00:01:25,389 --> 00:01:26,429 Speaker 3: far I was ready to let go. 29 00:01:26,509 --> 00:01:28,629 Speaker 2: And did it Did it have something to do with that? 30 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:32,389 Speaker 2: I read that it influenced the ur realizing that song. 31 00:01:32,589 --> 00:01:35,429 Speaker 3: Yeah, I played it for Ford at his house and 32 00:01:35,549 --> 00:01:37,549 Speaker 3: you know, I played it just you and yeah. 33 00:01:37,429 --> 00:01:39,469 Speaker 2: Yeah, well in the pub. He's got a pub in 34 00:01:39,469 --> 00:01:41,828 Speaker 2: his house, doesn't he. That is he have a tunnel 35 00:01:41,869 --> 00:01:42,469 Speaker 2: to his pub. 36 00:01:42,629 --> 00:01:44,429 Speaker 3: Is that I don't know if his public knowledge, but 37 00:01:44,429 --> 00:01:46,309 Speaker 3: I'm not saying no. 38 00:01:48,949 --> 00:01:55,949 Speaker 2: It's awesome. It's awesome. It's real, So you're in his 39 00:01:55,989 --> 00:01:56,549 Speaker 2: private pub. 40 00:01:59,909 --> 00:02:04,629 Speaker 3: Allegedly. I played in many records that day, and that 41 00:02:04,709 --> 00:02:06,789 Speaker 3: one particularly got a bit teary, and I was like, hey, like, 42 00:02:07,229 --> 00:02:09,948 Speaker 3: this is a super important song, and you know, it's 43 00:02:09,989 --> 00:02:12,149 Speaker 3: like not every song you have to think about, ah, 44 00:02:12,189 --> 00:02:13,749 Speaker 3: this has to be on radio or this has to 45 00:02:13,749 --> 00:02:15,789 Speaker 3: do this is like sometimes songs just have a purpose 46 00:02:15,829 --> 00:02:17,828 Speaker 3: in the world, and you know, they meet people where 47 00:02:17,829 --> 00:02:18,269 Speaker 3: they need it. 48 00:02:18,309 --> 00:02:19,429 Speaker 2: And you know, for me, that. 49 00:02:19,549 --> 00:02:21,749 Speaker 3: Was something there was a perspective that I never thought 50 00:02:21,749 --> 00:02:23,749 Speaker 3: about about how other people would respond to it. It 51 00:02:23,789 --> 00:02:26,589 Speaker 3: was always an into dialogue and so yeah, not too 52 00:02:26,589 --> 00:02:27,709 Speaker 3: long after I put it out. 53 00:02:27,749 --> 00:02:30,709 Speaker 1: That's so nice they give you any other advice, Like, 54 00:02:30,749 --> 00:02:33,629 Speaker 1: he's obviously a great person to lend the year of 55 00:02:33,629 --> 00:02:35,429 Speaker 1: giving that these banes were at all before he's super 56 00:02:35,429 --> 00:02:37,869 Speaker 1: super famous. Did he give you other advice going into 57 00:02:37,909 --> 00:02:39,469 Speaker 1: this world and becoming super popular. 58 00:02:39,589 --> 00:02:42,429 Speaker 3: Yeah, He's all about just staying true to who you are. 59 00:02:42,509 --> 00:02:44,709 Speaker 3: And I know it sounds so cliche, but I could 60 00:02:44,709 --> 00:02:47,029 Speaker 3: see how it gets difficult. But also at the same time, 61 00:02:47,069 --> 00:02:49,029 Speaker 3: I think when you're you're raised in a certain way, 62 00:02:49,029 --> 00:02:51,389 Speaker 3: and when your your values are those that you've been 63 00:02:51,429 --> 00:02:53,829 Speaker 3: given to by amazing people around you, just the more 64 00:02:53,869 --> 00:02:55,869 Speaker 3: you stick to them sort of, the better life is. 65 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:58,069 Speaker 3: And for me, I always try to stay grounded, always 66 00:02:58,069 --> 00:03:00,989 Speaker 3: try to stay within my remit and just enjoy music 67 00:03:00,989 --> 00:03:02,388 Speaker 3: for the reason I got into it, and that's just 68 00:03:02,429 --> 00:03:03,149 Speaker 3: because I love it. 69 00:03:03,589 --> 00:03:06,909 Speaker 2: Yeah, right, And a good reminder with dad song for example, 70 00:03:06,989 --> 00:03:09,709 Speaker 2: that you know, even someone like you who is very grounded, 71 00:03:10,109 --> 00:03:13,829 Speaker 2: once you're in this sort of slipstream, which is looks 72 00:03:13,869 --> 00:03:16,389 Speaker 2: hectic by the way from the outside, you know, we 73 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:18,909 Speaker 2: get a lot of people through here that your age 74 00:03:18,989 --> 00:03:21,869 Speaker 2: or younger even who sort of stardom comes really quickly 75 00:03:21,869 --> 00:03:23,669 Speaker 2: and it's very hard to keep fitting the ground. I'm 76 00:03:23,709 --> 00:03:25,989 Speaker 2: often reminded of like the you know, I don't know 77 00:03:26,029 --> 00:03:27,829 Speaker 2: if you can't swimming, if you've been in Australia, if 78 00:03:27,829 --> 00:03:29,709 Speaker 2: you're too scared. Sometimes poems are too scared to go 79 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,269 Speaker 2: out in the water. But sometimes you get your feet 80 00:03:32,309 --> 00:03:33,989 Speaker 2: taken out from underneath you and you can't, you can't 81 00:03:33,989 --> 00:03:36,309 Speaker 2: stay standing anymore. And I'm often reminded of that watching 82 00:03:36,629 --> 00:03:38,709 Speaker 2: young artists come through here. There's often a sense of like, 83 00:03:38,829 --> 00:03:41,829 Speaker 2: she's the momentums really ripping me away right now. So 84 00:03:41,869 --> 00:03:44,589 Speaker 2: it must be nice to get confirmation from somebody who's 85 00:03:44,629 --> 00:03:47,349 Speaker 2: sort of you know, out there surfing, so to speak, 86 00:03:47,629 --> 00:03:49,269 Speaker 2: to be like, hey, look there are other things you 87 00:03:49,309 --> 00:03:50,589 Speaker 2: don't You don't need to get caught up in this 88 00:03:50,629 --> 00:03:51,549 Speaker 2: all the time. 89 00:03:51,509 --> 00:03:53,909 Speaker 3: But you know what, I was just waiting for the punchline, 90 00:03:53,909 --> 00:03:56,909 Speaker 3: because so far this interview, you've been, you've been, You've 91 00:03:56,909 --> 00:03:57,789 Speaker 3: got me so many. 92 00:03:57,629 --> 00:04:08,629 Speaker 2: Times like where is this golt? Literally don't care. 93 00:04:10,869 --> 00:04:13,629 Speaker 3: You're you're bang on with that man. And it can 94 00:04:13,709 --> 00:04:16,029 Speaker 3: be hard and it can be difficult, but I think, yeah, 95 00:04:16,349 --> 00:04:18,149 Speaker 3: you know, you guys are lovely. I'm sure that you've 96 00:04:18,149 --> 00:04:20,669 Speaker 3: had many a chance to let your egos overwhelm you. 97 00:04:20,709 --> 00:04:24,988 Speaker 1: But why yeah, why, it's a really goodholes. 98 00:04:25,749 --> 00:04:31,029 Speaker 2: But you know that that's why we didn't we refuse 99 00:04:31,109 --> 00:04:33,229 Speaker 2: to talk to you in the airline. Don't make guy 100 00:04:33,309 --> 00:04:36,509 Speaker 2: kind of in away from the studio miles. We've got 101 00:04:36,549 --> 00:04:38,149 Speaker 2: into a beautiful area with you. But there is a 102 00:04:38,149 --> 00:04:40,069 Speaker 2: slightly juvenile question and this is this is coming from 103 00:04:40,069 --> 00:04:41,909 Speaker 2: our junior producer, an La. So he's outside and know 104 00:04:41,909 --> 00:04:45,509 Speaker 2: he's recently had some gut issues, but she found out 105 00:04:46,269 --> 00:04:50,709 Speaker 2: that you had food poisoning while you're performing shows. So 106 00:04:50,869 --> 00:04:55,509 Speaker 2: after a bit of Nando's Sushi and Toronto and go on, 107 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:56,629 Speaker 2: oh it has to yeah. 108 00:04:56,629 --> 00:04:59,069 Speaker 3: For me, it's like I've been playing shows since I 109 00:04:59,109 --> 00:05:00,149 Speaker 3: was like eleven years old. 110 00:05:00,189 --> 00:05:01,988 Speaker 2: Really yeah, yeah, right. 111 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,069 Speaker 3: Old pubs or clubs and stuff like I remember times 112 00:05:05,069 --> 00:05:06,669 Speaker 3: I used to like be in a bar and see 113 00:05:06,669 --> 00:05:09,469 Speaker 3: like one guy like sinking a guinness looking at me like. 114 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:18,749 Speaker 2: Shut up san in his private time, I can see you. 115 00:05:20,149 --> 00:05:25,109 Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure it was you, but no, and then 116 00:05:25,229 --> 00:05:26,989 Speaker 3: having to convince him I was good by the end 117 00:05:26,988 --> 00:05:28,509 Speaker 3: of the night and so now that I get to 118 00:05:28,509 --> 00:05:30,389 Speaker 3: walk out in front of like thousands of people at 119 00:05:30,509 --> 00:05:32,429 Speaker 3: night and you know, being able to do the thing 120 00:05:32,429 --> 00:05:34,549 Speaker 3: I love is like, I never want that. Yeah, I 121 00:05:34,589 --> 00:05:35,428 Speaker 3: never want to miss that. 122 00:05:35,829 --> 00:05:37,789 Speaker 2: Well, Mane, it's been a pleasure talking to you, it 123 00:05:37,909 --> 00:05:40,789 Speaker 2: really has. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming 124 00:05:40,829 --> 00:05:43,389 Speaker 2: in and congratulations on all your success. 125 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:44,109 Speaker 3: Appreciate you. 126 00:05:44,109 --> 00:05:46,549 Speaker 2: Good luck with the tour, go hard on the rider 127 00:05:46,709 --> 00:05:58,029 Speaker 2: obviously yours Sushi Sushi from Toronto. I stopped. It's great 128 00:05:58,029 --> 00:06:00,748 Speaker 2: to have you any mate. So's latest single, as we 129 00:06:00,789 --> 00:06:04,508 Speaker 2: all know, it's nice to meet you, EP a minute, 130 00:06:04,549 --> 00:06:08,669 Speaker 2: a moment. He's out May twenty three, brand new music 131 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:10,029 Speaker 2: from you, Miles. 132 00:06:09,789 --> 00:06:13,509 Speaker 3: Yes, and hopefully you guys play it just as much did. 133 00:06:13,709 --> 00:06:16,509 Speaker 2: Nice to meet you and everybody you had you You've 134 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:20,109 Speaker 2: had your quite over the year. Miles Smith and Will 135 00:06:20,469 --> 00:06:20,909 Speaker 2: It's kiss