Conrad Sewell
Conrad Sewell
Conrad Ignatius Mario Maximilian Sewellis an Australian singer and songwriter from Brisbane, Austrália. His sister Gracerose to fame with the single 'You Don't Own Me' featuring 'G-Eazy'. Sewell is best known for his vocals on Kygo's single "Firestone" and his number-one single "Start Again". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, he won Song of the Year for "Start Again" and it was nominated in two other categories: Breakthrough Artist and Best Pop Release. His second single "Remind Me" has...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth31 March 1988
CityBrisbane, Australia
CountryAustralia
To come home and have three songs working on radio, I can't tell you how happy I am. It is amazing.
You have those songs that are very special to you that you don't want to get ruined by production. Something like 'Start Again' shouldn't be touched. It's a classic-sounding song on a piano and violins and harmonies, and I think those songs are perfect as they are.
Traveling a lot and touring, you're in and out of hotels, and you don't have any comforts around.
Nineties music was what I grew up with, and I want to make music that's soulful but that you can also dance and drive to.
I think videos are really hard. I'm yet to be happy with a video. It's very weird watching yourself on camera, which I guess I'm going to have to get used to. I love the thought of being in them, but it's one thing to say that and another to actually do it.
I want to touch people with the music and help them through whatever they're going through. That's what music's there for - making people happy.
Even though I am signed to an American label, I want Australia to fall in love with my music because if it doesn't work here, it won't work anywhere.
Once we played for the Princess of Monaco in Paris. We were the biggest ducks ever, wearing rented tuxedos. We trashed the party, took a bunch of girls and champagne in limos underneath the Eiffel Tower, and set up an acoustic show. It was like a Hilary Duff movie.
I want to be remembered as a great performer.
I knew I wanted to do music at eight years of age. I listened to a lot of Motown growing up, and it got to the point where I started mimicking people - Michael Jackson or whoever. People started to notice I could hold a tone. The bug was always there.
I'm not trying to say I'm this artist who is all artsy and that I only write music for myself, because I don't. I write music for other people to enjoy, so I think about if it'd be an idea someone else would like.
I don't think I'll ever be a person who likes to work out.