{"id":119092,"date":"2025-01-14T12:02:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/14\/myles-smith-honored-and-privileged-that-fans-are-stargazing-with-him\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T12:02:21","slug":"myles-smith-honored-and-privileged-that-fans-are-stargazing-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2025\/01\/14\/myles-smith-honored-and-privileged-that-fans-are-stargazing-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Myles Smith &#8216;honored and privileged&#8217; that fans are &#8216;Stargazing&#8217; with him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-13\/M_MylesSmithKimmel2_122624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before fans worldwide woke up to the music of\u00a0<strong>Myles Smith<\/strong>, the British singer\/songwriter literally woke up the people in his life with his breakout single, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tKml80alH3Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stargazing<\/strong><\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with ABC Audio, Myles recalled playing &#8220;Stargazing&#8221; after writing it in a West Hollywood house that was also occupied by his older brother, his best friend and his manager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It must&#8217;ve been 3 a.m. when I got in, and I played it through the house speakers, totally unaware of the fact people were sleeping,&#8221; Myles said. &#8220;I was just like, &#8216;Oh, I really want to listen to this.&#8217; I played it, and it was probably the one time that they all woke up and they weren&#8217;t, like, &#8216;Please stop playing music so loud.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Myles said, &#8220;They all got up and jumped.&#8221; He laughed, &#8220;I was like, &#8216;This is great.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stargazing&#8221; has come a long way since that late night\/early morning listening party. Not only has it been a hit on several charts, but\u00a0former President\u00a0<strong>Barack Obama\u00a0<\/strong>even put it on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-lUCeIvG3w\/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>summer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barackobama\/p\/DD0dWQ3vAJW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>year-end<\/strong><\/a> playlists.\u00a0Myles told ABC Audio that the response has been validating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When [&#8216;Stargazing&#8217;] came out, I think it just felt really good to know that what I trusted and believed in and loved resonated,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its chart success, &#8220;Stargazing&#8221; has become a go-to wedding song, much to Myles&#8217; delight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just feel really honored and really privileged that people decide that they want my slightly annoying British voice as the backing track to their wedding,&#8221; he laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Myles will launch his We Were Never Strangers U.S. tour on Jan. 22. He&#8217;s also opening for\u00a0<strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong>&#8216;s 2025 European tour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKml80alH3Y\" title=\"Myles Smith - Stargazing (Lyric Video)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. 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