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Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So far, Myles Smith<\/strong> has sold out multiple tours, scored a major hit with “Stargazing,” won a BRIT Award — the U.K. version of the Grammys — and landed on Barack Obama<\/strong>‘s playlist of favorite songs.\u00a0 He’s also set to open for one of his musical idols, Ed Sheeran<\/strong>, later this year.\u00a0 But Myles says the weirdest, most surreal moment of his journey to fame hasn’t been any of those things.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the U.K. paper The Guardian<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, Myles says that moment came when he called up his local utility company to sign up for a new WiFi service. “They put me on hold, and it was ‘Stargazing’ playing,” he says. “Those are the types of things that still seem absolutely bizarre.”<\/p>\n

One reason why Myles feels his songs, including “Stargazing,” have connected so strongly with people is that they’re very emotional and vulnerable. That’s why fans often reaching out to him on social media to tell him how his music has helped them, but for that, he says he has a stock answer: “It wasn\u2019t my music that saved you \u2013 it was you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people \u2013 and I really do appreciate it \u2013 will message me when they\u2019re going through troublesome times,\u201d he explains. \u201cThey\u2019re dealing with mental health issues \u2013 or much further. I could take it as an ego lift: \u2018Wow, I\u2019m saving lives!\u2019 But the reality is that those people are doing the hard work to really understand themselves.”<\/p>\n

“As an artist, I never want to put a false sense of myself into the world, where I am this savior,” he concludes. “I push air \u2013 that\u2019s my job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myles is currently on tour in Europe; his We Were Never Strangers tour returns to North America March 31 in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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