Since then there's been one after the other and then touring. I was dealing with my own relationship problems and heartbreak and so it was quite difficult to get straight into writing about it then.
I guess I was just not ready to write about it yet. So, my sister, my cousin, our friend and I decided to go away to India for three months. That was a really amazing experience, to just escape, reflect, leave the worrying about writing behind, relax and just be free. View on Instagram. I was really struggling getting pen to paper and I did so many sessions, which weren't successful and I was probably just not ready to hit the studio yet. When you listen, you will notice that it's quite different sounding to anything I've done before.
The song writing is quite different, it's quite conversational I did a couple of stays in LA and people there really got it. I spent time in Santa Monica and then in a beautiful log cabin in Topanga that really got my creative juices flowing. The album took on like this kind of Laurel Canyon, seventies-like feel. I then went to Nashville, which was amazing.
It's full of amazing storytellers and musicians. I felt at home. I was lucky to be near greenery, and be right by the sea so we could do a lot of swimming in the summer. We had actually finished the record just before the pandemic hit. It was meant to come out around that time last year, so in a way it did stall the project a little, but in a way it gave us more time to actually just reflect on it.
I ended up making a few changes. I created a little make-shift mixer studio at home in a cupboard and I was finishing bits of the record. Because every day was kind of the same, it was so easy to just get into a routine of not doing anything.
I think that's when your mental health can get really bad, when you're not using your mind. I really kept myself active, physically and mentally. I did a lot of painting and drawing. That's something I don't always have time for that I love doing. I even had to force myself to get really good at being more present and engaging on social media. But also how does anybody meet anyone right now?
Call me a dreamer but I still love the idea of having a nice, romantic and organic story of how you meet someone, so dating may have to wait.
To play a show of this calibre in this beautiful setting is bound to give even the most seasoned performer a touch of stage fright. What are her rituals for overcoming that? Still, her early start is less surprising when you consider the fact that her mother is a successful concert pianist, and that Birdy herself learnt to play the piano at the age of seven before starting to write her own music by eight.
Enjoy unlimited access to 70 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a day free trial. Fragile it might be, but her cover proved a smash hit. The track charted across Europe and earned platinum certification six times in Australia, as well as featuring on the soundtracks for the likes of Vampire Dairies and Being Human.
I put the cover together on my piano at home. I was 14 and still at school at the time, so it was completely surreal when it started being played on the radio. Written in by a lonely guy who had retreated from the world, the single has made its way into reality-show auditions.
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