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Welcome to the Music and Trauma Podcast, we're Chris and Teri Potter . We're asking artists, musicians and guests what are the three songs that saved you? and exploring what matters to them about music and mental health.

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Yeah, you don't need to do anything because I'm just gonna kick us off okay because I'm just gonna say hi I'm Teri and you're gonna say and I'm Chris and I'm Dan aka Casablanca yeah but we've not introduced you yet but there he is he's already here so introducing Dan, Dan is Dan Cavicchia who is the man the artist behind the musical project that is Casablanca

Italian -born and naturalised British, his 90s influenced rock is wide -screened, dynamic and ambitious and it deals with a variety of themes often based around the gay experience. I've had the good fortune of helping Dan record some of his songs on and off over last couple of years and I have to say it's been a real privilege to be involved.

So welcome Dan and thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. I'm very happy. Thank you. Thanks guys. Well, you're making it really easy for us because you're so happy with it. I can't tell you how good that feels to know. So thank you. And before we start, one thing that I feel is important is we just go around the room and just check in with each other just to see where we are. So I've got a few questions and I'll set you up for this. So Chris and I will do it first. And I'm going to go to Chris and I'm just going to say how.

or what are you feeling right now? You've got one word, an emotion word. It's got to be a pure emotion word. Yeah, so I knew you were going to ask me this question. And in the last couple of days leading up to this, the answer would have been apprehensive. But in the moment, it's actually excited. I love that. I'm feeling a lot more relaxed than I thought I'd be thanks to Dan. We've had a lovely breakfast and chilled out and chatted, which is really nice.

There are two emotion words because excited is also in there as I've already said so and in my body there's a multitude of things going on but it's like a bit of a mix -up. Not quite settled because I feel like I want to do right by you in this session but it's all good, it feels good. So I don't think I need anything else to be comfortable with that. And so how do you feel about answering the question Dan? I can do that. One emotion word for how you're right now. happy.

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Happy, awesome. Yeah, I'm feeling very happy to be doing this thing because I really believe in what we do. So that's my main emotion. Honestly, when it comes to my body, I'm still feeling a little bit tense because it's a bit of a first for me. So I've got to be with that, but I feel at home. So I know it's just going to take a few minutes and I'll be all right. I love that. No, I love that you're being so open and upfront about it.

Just to set the scene for anyone that's listening, like right now we're sat in the Potting Shed studio, Dan and I on the sofa, Chris in a cosy armchair, all mic'd up. It is our normal domain and, Dan, you're very familiar with this setting, but also it's our usual domain in quite an unusual set up. Let's start with a couple of easy ones. What's been the driving force behind Casablanca and how did this happen? So I think it's a bit of a weird one because...

I started making music when I was really young. I was maybe like 11 and I kept going for like almost like 20 years, I think, you know, like a bit less than that. But I never kind of stopped. And I kind of got to a point where I felt that my relationship with music was not genuine anymore. I was very much like targeting.

some kind of success or something different from like what it should be. And so I realized that, acknowledged it. And I was like, you know what? I'm just going to stop. I'm going to take a break and I'm going to look inward a bit. And I stopped for like six, seven years. I was actually in Bali right before COVID in a co -living space. And we started playing guitar one night because it was raining.

And a couple of girls from that place told me like, wow, this is different. We really like what you're doing. Why don't you do that properly? I was like, well I used to, but I've taken a long break, you know? And they were like, no, you should rethink it. You've got something to offer, you know? And I remember going to sleep that night, I was like, with, I don't know, a punch of like life.

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I kind of forgot what I was doing, what it felt like one of the most important things in my life. And then came back from Bali, it was lockdown here in London. And I was like, do you know what? I can give it another go, but with a completely different mindset. Yeah. Let's see how it is to make music with a strong purpose and try and see... the right reasons. Yeah. I was like, I want to be myself like 100%. I want to talk

about what my experience on this planet feels like as a gay man. know, shame and, you know, being bullied and stuff like that. I know that loads of my friends can identify with this kind of story. Not many artists are really doing that. When it comes to queer artists, there's more of a conversation about pride and glitter and stuff like that, which is great, it's part of it. But how about all the trauma?

that comes with it. So I was like, that's what I want to do. That's great. Yeah, what a beautiful beginning for the work that you're creating. Can you talk about some of those lyrical themes that you sort of address in your music? Yeah, of course. I'm kind of focusing on some dark aspects of being a gay man. Things are so much better now, but there's still a lot of discrimination when it comes to it. So my first song is called I Wish I Was Born Straight.

We were working on it together. You remember that I was telling you, I'm a bit stressed out about this one because I'm sure it's going to be misunderstood because there's a lot of shock value in this title. Just in the title.

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The core of that song is not really about like, you know, I regret being a gay man. Not at all. It was not about being like homophobic, you know, about anything. It was more about, you know, I've found myself throughout the years navigating relationships in the gay community and the fact that...

it's become a bit of a forced format again to be in an open relationship and gay men have been, you know, rejecting structures from the straight community like monogamy and stuff like that because rules are not good but then we ended up creating another rule and I found myself in that kind of situation so many times throughout, you know, the past few years.

Everyone is different, everyone has different needs. It's not supposed to be a certain way and we should be more understanding of it. And so that's why I talked about that. Why does it have to be like that? I think that was my main driving force behind Casablanca actually. it's about what fits the individual, isn't it? Yeah, but also I was coming out from like a really traumatic relationship. I broke up like five years ago, but that was very important.

piece of my story. So I think that was the first thing that gave me, you know, like the energy to start this project. And then some other things, you know, like mental health in the gay community when it comes to all things related, when it comes to shame and stuff like that. And I decided to talk about also HIV, which is, you know, as I've explained, you know,

I'm surrounded by a lot of friends of mine that are HIV positive and are really healthy and they can live a normal life and unfortunately this piece of information is not widely spread yet.

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I wanted to dedicate that song to them, even if I'm negative, it doesn't matter because that's part of my life as well to deal with that and to witness that. So these are some of the themes, there's a lot of other things like hook -up culture, there's you know, there's a bit of pride in the next song that will come out, there's a lot of different things but it's always like kind of gravitating around that stuff. It's all knowing the music like I do, it's all, I mean the lyrics are so, they're all very honest and very direct and to the point.

That's a great thing to have. Thank you. What was the first point at which you really sort of became aware of music in your life? I think that when I was in middle school, I started playing guitar, learning guitar for like music classes. We all had to pick an instrument, you know? Yeah. And that was a bit of a revolution for me.

It was the main trigger because I realised that it was not just for school. It was way more profound for me. Did it come easily to you as well? Yeah, because I remember on the first year, I wrote a few songs already. the teacher was like, wow, this is unexpected because you you just meant to be learning some chords. You what mean? You come back to me with that and then we all...

performed my songs. that's amazing. I was really young, I was like 11. my gosh. 10, 11, so that was definitely my starting point and my first point of like awareness when it came to my relationship with music, And what were some of the artists that you were drawn to sort of early on in that time? Well, I am going to surprise you with it.

When I was really young, I was really drawn to boy bands. I remember being obsessed with Take That and East 17. And actually East 17, Up All Night was my first record. It was like holographic, was so futuristic. I loved it. And all the dance routines and stuff like that. Although it was not like guitar music, but I remember like that being for some reason like my first thing. And then...

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when I got a little bit older, you know, like maybe like around like 14, I fell in love with rock music and all the Brit pop movement and American rock as well, like grunge music and the Smashing Pumpkins, a little bit later, Placebo. Those were my teenage years for sure. That kind of vibe was super important.

for me, you know, that was the start of my musical journey, yeah, for sure, yeah. My turn, Music and Trauma podcast, hopefully trademark, is going to be the three songs that saved you, but we'll just add a little bit of a shift to that, like three songs that saved you or that you perhaps turned to when you need help, one at a time. Wondering what your song one is. So the first one was a no brainer, actually. It was

massive anthem, you know. It's Wonderwall by Oasis.

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At that time, I think I was maybe like, yeah, 14, something like that. And I was already feeling like I was a little bit different from my peers, from my male peers. So we're very much into sports, into football. And I was like, not like that at all. I remember when Oasis came out with their second album, I was like, okay, that's my path. That's what feels familiar. It feels mine.

Okay, I'm not that what they're doing, but I'm that, you know? Yeah. And so it was a bit of a relief for me, you know, it kind of saved my life, you know, in a certain way. you know, when you're that young, you really want to fit in, you know? Yeah. And when you realize that you can't really fit in that way, I was like, okay, I've got something though. I actually haven't heard that for quite a long time. Yeah. Yeah, me Obviously when it came out, was...

everywhere. course, yeah. It's actually quite a long time since I heard it. It's guitar based, the main character here, apart from Liam obviously, but it's the acoustic guitar. And that's what I was doing. So all the pieces were coming together. So yeah, that's a good combination of things, I believe. So could I ask how it makes you feel now listening to it compared to how it made you feel then? You know what, like you were playing it. It's quite interesting how visual memories.

get attached to songs and I could see myself little Dan in his bedroom with a lot of like amazing life force. you around 14, 15? Yeah I was 14 I think, something like that. Yeah it reminds me of that moment which was the calm before the storm. Right. It was just before...

a few years that would be really difficult for me. What came after was, yeah, hard to digest, I believe. Does it, like when you listen to it now, do you still feel the same way? Yeah, it gives me a good amount of positive energy, which is what it did to me. 14, 15 year old Dan comes into the room. It takes me back. It takes me back. You show up again, don't you, It still takes me back. I'm still doing its job.

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You've got like the adolescent part of you that just shows up and just goes yeah! Wow okay well now you can go. Just take over this podcast I want you to do it. Come on come on what is your what is the song  number two? So my second song is Pure Morning by Placebo.

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I'm feeling like I heard authenticity, I heard edginess, which I didn't feel was in the previous selection. Some might argue that, but it was so the honesty of the lyrics, really direct, really to the point, really, really blunt. Yeah, it's good to hear that song again. It's been a long time since I've heard that. There is a real edginess to it, there? Yeah, 100%. Well, like, I think this one hit a bit harder than the other one, to be honest with you. Yeah.

because it really connects to what I was going through around that time. Say like from 15 to 19 years old, those were the years where it was getting pretty clear that I was a gay man, you know, and I was queer and everyone could see that, but I was still not ready to acknowledge it. But the people around me, especially my friends,

at school, like, turned and kind of became my worst enemies. so they started bullying me really harshly, do know what mean? And it was a massive struggle for me because, like, you know, I was, like, in a small village in northern Italy in the 90s and being gay was definitely not an option, do know It was super conservative.

It was not what it is now. so it got to a point that was really, really hard to digest what they were doing to me. They would, you know, make graffiti signs and stuff like that throughout the village. Just saying, you know, Dan is a faggot and stuff like that. I would find myself going to the bus stop in the morning to go to school and everyone around me was reading that stuff. I was witnessing.

that painful reality which was like constantly around me. I can't even imagine. difficult to... Yeah. And then I would take the bus and everyone would be screaming at me, faggot, on the bus, 7 o 'clock in the morning before going to school. And then coming back home, was a bit of the same kind of game, do you know what mean? And, you know, it was a lot to digest around that time. was just really young. Was there any support

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at all in that whole lot of So, well, you know, I did not, as I said earlier, I was not ready to acknowledge that myself. I was going to say, who did you tell? Who did you talk to? No one really, because I felt asking for support for me around that time would be kind of declaring that I was gay. Right. To go to my parents and say, well, they'd taken the piss because they're saying that I'm a faggot. And it would kind of...

you know, unmasking the whole thing. There was a lot of conflict there, do you know what mean? So I kind of withdrew and I kept silent about it and I kept making music, you know. That was my relief, you know. So this song is very important. I said like it hit differently from Wonderwall because when I picked it, I was like, don't know why it saved my life. But actually what I was feeling now when you were playing it.

is all the anger, the sound, the guitars, the edge you were talking about. There's a lot of nerve, there's a lot of rage in this sound. And that's exactly what I was feeling for what I was going through. So sound wise, it was perfect for me. But I'll say it saved my life because around that time...

I saw Placebo and as you know, like the guy was like, you know, gender bending, cross -dressing, wearing like makeup. And I was kind of around the same time, even though they were like taking the piss, I was still like experimenting a bit with a bit of foundation or like skinny, like tight outfits and stuff like that. And when I watched this music video on MTV, I was like, okay, so.

there's someone like me, I had a bit of a sense of belonging with this. It's how it saved my life. And I was like, okay, I'm not alone. I'm not wrong. You know? So that was such an important thing for me. Apart from the sound really, I love this music. I love what they did with this album, but it was way more profound, you know? It was a role model for me.

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They are saying I'm wrong, but actually, do you know what? I can see other people like that, I'm not alone, and that's fine. This is my new path. This is what I am. Do your thing, follow your path, And lyrically, it sort of cuts through the crap, doesn't it? Because I mean, a friend who bleeds is better. It's like, you know, just meet me where you're at. Meet me in truth, meet me in honesty. I mean, there's so many interpretations of that. That's my projection, but it really is just saying show up as you are. Exactly. That's so true. So...

there's an additional reason to say, yeah, I'm going to show up as I am. All this honesty around that lyrics, it was super important to me. Love that. Wow. Thanks, Dan. That's like so open. I can actually sense that moment of transformation. I'm not going to lie. I was not expecting that, but I'm a bit emotional because I've heard, I've played placebo so many times, but in this setting environment, what we're talking about, I'm focusing on

the hidden meanings, how they connect to my personal story and obviously yeah, this tune takes me back and hits really hard. I ask you when it hits really hard what that feeling is like right now? You know I'm gonna do that. And you can go, no, Teri, Of course, yeah. The feeling is a bit overwhelming, not gonna lie, you know. I am in therapy.

My therapist, he's a good man as well. Amazing guy. He deals with like a lot of queer people. He's always told me like, know, the core issue for us is the shame that you start building when you are a teenager and when, you know, most of us obviously have been bullied, you know, it is such a common path to go through. so, what was that i was saying?

No, you know what, here's the thing though, sometimes we tune out because we are overwhelmed. And like in those moments and it's okay. I think that tuning out thing is happening. It's just there to protect you from a because it was all a little bit too much for a moment and that's okay. But I'm, do you know what? I'm very happy that I'm feeling that because I'm still working on it. Okay? So that's why it is a little bit overwhelming. It's kind of like, you know, being thrown back.

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to that moment, which will always be with me, it will always be a wound that we can't cure, but we can manage. come to terms with it. Come to terms with it, yeah. I like the term integration because sometimes like all of these things that hurt us, we're not supposed to cure them or fix them, but if we can get them to settle in our system. And one of the things that I noticed about you and from our numerous chats and we go deep sometimes, I'm like...

You're not just focusing on healing yourself, but actually through your work and all your creativity, you're shining that light outwards. You're giving other people something to look at and to learn from, which is amazing as well. Yeah, 100%, as I was saying, it is a wound. We can't really heal it. But when you become aware of it and you master it a bit, you can be very useful to other people that going through it. Do you know what I mean? Because you own it.

and you can offer support. Dare I throw in the possibility that it might even be the reason we're here is to like take on these trials and learn something about them and then turn it back outward, you know? Yeah. Well, thanks for this. No way. Thank Thank you for the emotion. We're laughing and crying all at the same time. I'm quite happy actually that although it is painful, it's always nice to feel

alive and be able to realise all the work you've been doing. Because like, yeah, I know what that is, but I know what that means. I know how I've been learning from it, how I turned it into something different as well. Affirmation. Yeah, exactly. That's exactly what I mean.

Yeah, we don't often take time to acknowledge how far we've come, do we? It's important. It's important to do that sometimes. OK, so, you know, it's obviously got that edgy feel, it's got that honesty. It's quite blunt, isn't it? And I wonder how that shows up in your work and how that's been an influence in your work. Yeah, like, what I'm doing now is...

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100 % myself as Chris was saying, you know, we've been working together music But I'm feeling like really honest about what I'm doing what I'm talking about the language I'm using the messages I'm using as opposed to years ago in my previous projects Where I was still not ready. Yeah to be out. Yeah to everyone and so I was finding shortcuts to not be completely clear

Sure. what So the message was a little more hidden. Yeah, it was a bit more coded. So to hear this song, as they were being so honest, I am being very much myself and honest. So obviously Brian Molko, he was out. Yeah. And he was saying, yeah, know, Nancy Boy, and you know. But for years I was not talking about that. But that possibility opened up, I guess, at that point, like where you can just kind of go...

there is something here for me. The door's opening. Because I've met you in recent years and I have never experienced that side of you where you've been that shut down. I can't imagine what that must have been for you to hide yourself away for so long. Do you know what? The major shift for me was when I came out to my family. Was it? And it was pretty late down the line, you know. It took me years.

But I did that when I was not making music. Because I told you I took a massive break. And I did that during that period of time. And I came out to my parents and it changed everything, you know? So if I'm clear and transparent with my parents, then I've got nothing else to fear. That's amazing. So that was the big divider.

So when I came back to music, I felt there was no need for any kind of masking or anything like that. I'm proud I did it, a bit late, but I did it. Is there such a thing as a bit late? I mean, I'm sure it unfolded for you at just the right time. You had the tools, you were ready. Yeah, I had the tools, yeah, yeah, for sure. When I came up to my family, to my parents, I was out.

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to my friends, yeah. To your group. To my sister. Obviously, it gave me the confidence to be more like myself to anyone in the world. But it's quite interesting and sophisticated because there are still so many times to this day where you're not 100 % sure that you can be yourself. Right. I find myself editing a little bit. Not who you are. Yeah.

And then I kind of realised that and I'm like, oof, so ingrained, so rooted in me. that you noticed though. Yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah, I can spot it. I can see, OK, I can see where this is going. I'm bit concerned about that and blah, blah, blah. But then I'd say, you know, I'm completely out to the world. But there are still like a few moments where you feel a little bit threatened.

You always learn to navigate that space, but obviously it can't be compared with 15 years ago. Well, I guess, except it can, because I guess when you're in those moments where there is that much discomfort or uncertainty, that it is, it's comparable. You go right back to that feeling and the feeling is in you going to stay exactly the same. To be in the closet, basically. You go back to the closet. Yeah, it's not a nice feeling at all.

It's like really like denying who you are. But it's not like I'm doing it a lot. It's actually a bit of an exception, but I still notice when that happens. You have to sanitise it a little bit because you know what might happen. You know, one of that experience from like my teenage years to happen again. it's a bit repeating. You know, it's not to kind of minimise my experience, but you know, I live in East London. I really feel I'm part of it, you know, and to meet so...

many other gay men that have been going through the same kind of stuff. experiences. It really makes you feel, okay, I'm not alone. We're all talking about it. I belong to it. It makes you feel different. More purpose as well for what's to come, for what we need to talk about, for what we need to fight for. Yeah, that connection and that coming together. That's his connection, yeah. Beautiful. Thank you. Well, do you have a number three? Yeah. Okay. My number three?

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is a song called Malamente, it's a Spanish song by Rosalia. She rose to fame maybe like four or five years ago. Let's have a listen.

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We were both just laughing because we had things to say and we didn't want to say them before we got on the recording. What I read there is it's like an experience of living hypervigilantly, like not knowing what's coming next. Do you know what? I feel like music is so incredible because I don't speak Spanish.

Right, you don't speak Spanish, so you didn't even know the lyrics of that? Exactly. my gosh, okay. And I just had to learn how the translation on the internet is so uncanny how we can connect with something. I'm reading the lyrics and they are just so incredibly close to my feelings, what I was going through with my ex -boyfriend. So music can touch you without...

The need for like clear language. It is very important to me because I had just broken up with my ex -boyfriend. We were together for a year and every chapter of this album is about a different aspect of that toxic relationship. That experience honestly has been like five years already. It's been one of the most...

important experiences of my life in terms of like trauma. You know, not as important as being bullied when I was a teenager because that shapes you for life. But the damage on my well -being, on my heart was so intense and so heavy that

you know, I'm still working on it. Much better now, you know, it's been years. But I was fresh off that relationship. To hear that song was cathartic, you know, it started my process of healing, because I started going on therapy as well to work on it. Unfortunately, there was a lot of cheating, gas lighting. I was thinking that was a bit crazy because I thought the guy was cheating on me and...

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and he was saying, no, that's not true. So I started going on therapy to convince myself that maybe I had trust issues and he suggested that I should go. And then I ended up finding out that I was actually right. In order to be in that relationship, I also had to start taking antidepressants. Right. Just to be there, just to cope with it. Really f***ed up. So, although it was just a year, it really scarred me. Yeah.

This song is super important for me. It takes me back there. I was starting to rebuild my psyche and although the themes are a bit dark, it turned into something healing and an invitation for me to work on it. How is it to listen to it now, honestly? Do you know what? It's good because I feel I'm...

in a much better place. And to go back there is like, yeah, once again, I can feel all the work I've been doing. And I still have work to do. I'm not saying I'm like 100 % sorted out, not at all, but I'm certainly not there. So it's just a reminder. It feels good. What's the actual, you know, when you're writing a song or creating music, what's the actual feeling that you have? How does it make you feel to be doing?

I'd say it feels a bit like a spiritual experience. I'm leaving the limitations of like daily life and tapping into a different dimension. I'm telling you that because I've just come back from a holiday. I had a bit of time. I was like, do you know what? I'm going to write some lyrics from some other tracks I've never really taken time to deal with. When I was walking back to my Airbnb, I had to go through

a massive volcanic land just by myself for like 20 minutes, no one around. And I was still feeling I was a bit disconnected from the ground. I was like, that's how music makes me feel. I'm kind of leaving. I'm still here, but I'm leaving for a bit. I'm entering an emotional, spiritual portal a bit. might sound a bit like, I don't know, you're making it a bit too poetic. It's a fascinating process, isn't it? Because you are making something

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where there was nothing. Yeah. Also, yeah, that's really exciting. yeah. It's creativity and the real sense of it, you know. Chris, that was deep. Yeah, we're going a bit deep, but maybe that's why I'm feeling like that, because you're connecting to the creation. I've got a big overarching question, if it's OK to ask it. It is, what is important to you? What matters to you about music and mental health in the same sentence?

For me personally, it is a cathartic, therapeutic tool. In dark times, creativity has been my shelter, in a way to promote healing. So that relationship between the two matters. As you were saying there, I was pondering people that might be listening that aren't necessarily identifying as creative people, like might not be musicians themselves. I have plenty of people in my life who are that way, but...

who get so much from just sticking a pair of headphones on and just hearing their tunes and losing themselves. I think it's got to be a similar experience in terms of transporting to somewhere, safe place for a period of time. Exactly. that's really beautiful. Transporting you to safe place. Chris, you and I both did a profundity.

I've just made that word up. Can we say it in profundity? Is it in the dictionary? We can, I just did. I'm very happy. We're so happy. I've talked about a lot of stuff. I couldn't have imagined this being as rich and as potent as it's been. And thank you, that's on you because you've just brought this vulnerability, this honesty, this generosity to have shared all of this and to have just been as open as you have.

Thanks for having me guys. Thank you. You're so welcome. And we want to go on. Actually, it's been much deeper than I expected it to be. So I'm feeling a bit liberated as well. It's been great. I want to give a shout out to your new single coming out. Yeah, my new song is called What I Know. And it's the first one that's going to be a little bit positive. Because I've been talking about that, you know, some dark.

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in the past. Yeah, but I can't get those loops out of my head, by the way, for your tunes that I've heard. So I'm just like this. When you say that, it's dark and it's also really catchy. thank you. It's about pride. It's about gender identity in a positive, uplifting kind of way. Slight scrimmage that kind of stuff to the world, but there's more light than darkness as opposed to my previous releases. So, yeah, I'm quite excited about that, guys.

Very excited to. I'm really excited to see the video as well because you're really incredible at cinematography and we're going to put links to your Instagram and all your other links will be on the page. But yeah, check out all of Dan's work because it will really surprise you and take you to places that you weren't expecting to go in a really good way. Thank you. Thank you. And thank you. Thank you, Dan. Also, if you do find yourself enjoying any of these episodes, please consider making a small donation to the charities which we're supporting, which are Nordoff and Robbins Music Therapy.

or Youth Music UK, links are on the show notes. Thank you everyone for listening. Off we go. Let's play us out with 'What I Know'

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