Speaker 1: Listen, We're blessed by an Australian icon in the studio.
Speaker 1: Today Girls two point three million sales worldwide, streamed over
Speaker 1: ninety one million times. You can watch her on Dancing
Speaker 1: with the Stars currently on Channel seven. Maybe a brand
Speaker 1: new single le's quite your attention.
Speaker 2: Hi guys, welcome to the studio. Look, we're going to
Speaker 2: get into Dancing with the Stars in a minute because
Speaker 2: we love watching you on that and you mean absolutely
Speaker 2: killing it. But first talk to us about Peachy, this
Speaker 2: brand new song. What was the insco behind it?
Speaker 1: Do you know what?
Speaker 3: I was so excited to go in and write because
Speaker 3: I hadn't put out a song in ages, like it's
Speaker 3: been two years, I think since I've put out something.
Speaker 3: But I when we went to the studio, I was like,
Speaker 3: I want to write something really pop and really fun
Speaker 3: and really happy. And I'd just kind of written the
Speaker 3: Christmas song and same kind of vibe, like just that
Speaker 3: really pop, nostalgic. It sounds like the two thousands, that
Speaker 3: kind of thing. And it was the chords actually, we
Speaker 3: had these like chords that like that kind of like
Speaker 3: and it sounds that you've heard it before. And I
Speaker 3: was like, let's just write something really really fun and
Speaker 3: then we had every lyric except that now I'm saying
Speaker 3: life is and it was that line and Morgan, the
Speaker 3: producer goes peachy, and I was like, I love that
Speaker 3: because that just kind of burts a whole new idea,
Speaker 3: like the artwork and everything now is going to be
Speaker 3: so fun.
Speaker 4: You say you took two years off between releasing songs.
Speaker 4: What was why for the break? What was the reason
Speaker 4: behind that.
Speaker 3: I just was like, you know, I'd put something out
Speaker 3: and then I wasn't not not inspired, but I'd written
Speaker 3: some songs and I was like, they're not They're not it,
Speaker 3: They're not good enough. And I never want to put
Speaker 3: something out just to put it out, you know. I
Speaker 3: want to put something out that I really really love.
Speaker 3: So I just took my time with it.
Speaker 4: Do you not have pressure though from the record label?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 4: Yeah, like to be able to keep creating. How do
Speaker 4: you put it back on that?
Speaker 3: Okay?
Speaker 4: I wrote something that I don't want anyone to hear it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've done that before, and they're like, so you do,
Speaker 3: won't just even just send it? And I'm like no,
Speaker 3: because if then if they like it, then they'll be
Speaker 3: like we should put it out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's so interesting. Do you get pressure from
Speaker 1: the music labels as well? And you see it on TikTok?
Speaker 1: But artists that are forced to make tiktoks and then
Speaker 1: you watch them and they're so inauthentic and you've got
Speaker 1: Mike like doing a dance and you're like, you're a
Speaker 1: dad man. Does the label go like, Sam, get up
Speaker 1: there and you post your TikTok, put a little pretty
Speaker 1: shot on and do a TikTok day?
Speaker 3: They used to. I'm really lucky now that I'm kind
Speaker 3: of in control of all of that, but yeah, I
Speaker 3: used to like have a social media manager at the
Speaker 3: label and be like, hey, you need to do this,
Speaker 3: you need to do that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I'd be.
Speaker 2: Like, oh, really, when you're creating songs or you're coming
Speaker 2: up with a new idea, does any part of you
Speaker 2: have TikTok in mind? And the reason I say that
Speaker 2: is we were speaking to Megan Trader not that long
Speaker 2: ago and she was like, look, I almost owe TikTok
Speaker 2: to my revamp because I wanted to get spend viral.
Speaker 2: So now there are artists that are actually taking that
Speaker 2: into consideration.
Speaker 3: Do you oh yeah, well, yeah, you kind of have
Speaker 3: to because TikTok's such a huge platform for music now
Speaker 3: and I feel like as well, it's if you do
Speaker 3: have a chorus that you feel like lends itself to
Speaker 3: that world. It's not a bad thing. So yeah, definitely,
Speaker 3: I don't. It's not like front of mine. But I'm like, afterwards,
Speaker 3: I always think, what's the TikTok part going to be?
Speaker 3: You know, because it's always a part of it.
Speaker 2: Which is the dance partner?
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, exactly. Speaking of dance, how are you finding
Speaker 4: Dancing with the Stars at the moment because you've just
Speaker 4: had a perfect ten out of ten school.
Speaker 2: I can't relate.
Speaker 1: About Laura was on last season. For anyone that missed it,
Speaker 1: you really don't need to rewatch. You just need to
Speaker 1: know that she was described as a praying mantis on asset.
Speaker 4: But that's yeah, Craig, who is not particularly very kind.
Speaker 4: No you would if you watch. He was so mean
Speaker 4: and then he said, Laura, you're kind of like moving
Speaker 4: a lot, and you remind me of a praying mantison acid.
Speaker 4: But you can't relate to that because you've gotten a
Speaker 4: perfect scorek.
Speaker 3: I just know when it gets to him, I'm like, Okay,
Speaker 3: I'm just gonna get I'm just gonna get it over
Speaker 3: and done with. Give me the mean comments. But I've
Speaker 3: really trained really really hard. I mean, Gustavo, my dance partner,
Speaker 3: was an incredible teacher, especially with Latin, like he taught me.
Speaker 3: I mean even just like it was like heels off,
Speaker 3: We're going to get our feet into the ground and
Speaker 3: you know how they kind of start from like you
Speaker 3: have to connect with the floor. And it was like
Speaker 3: really intense training and very very hard. But and I
Speaker 3: was at times going like what are we doing? And
Speaker 3: then when it got to the day, I was like, oh,
Speaker 3: I get what he was doing now because it is
Speaker 3: in my head.
Speaker 1: We adorn you, Sam. The new song Peachy is out now,
Speaker 1: so fun, like perfect, especially with the mob of music
Speaker 1: at the moment, it fits right in. And keep watching
Speaker 1: Sam Dancing with the Stars next Sunday, August four, seven
Speaker 1: pm on Channel seven and seven plus. We'll see you soon, Sam.
Speaker 4: Thank you guys,