10 years ago, Irishman Hozier burst onto the world stage with the song Take to Churchwhich spent 24 consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard’s Rock Songs.
The love story between men and the disapproval of the Church made the 33-year-old singer taste the benefits of fame and pave the way for a musical career in which he recently released his third studio album. Unreal Unearth.
Today I feel more comfortable with what I do and I think that as an artist you are always looking for a meaning to what is in your work, what you are going to get from it and what you are going to do with the work. Today I feel more in control and more at peace with what I do. For me, at the time, it was easy not to internalize the fame that came from outside.
Because at that time when many people were attracted to my work, it was easy for me to keep a distance. Without a doubt I was delighted that many people loved and supported my work, but fame is a beast that did not interest me,” Hozier commented in an interview with Excélsior.
The native of Bray, Ireland, played last night at the Pepsi Center to promote Unreal Unearthwhich has 16 themes and inspired by Dante Alighieri’s structure of hell and its nine circles (The Divine Comedy).
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I remember playing with some ideas very early in the pandemic and I had a lot of time to read things I always wanted, especially old literature and poetry, the classics, and Dante was among them. While he was reading The Divine Comedy I did the same with the reports of the number of people who died daily in my region, the country, Europe and the rest of the world due to the coronavirus.
Those sensations that we all experienced during the pandemic, all of that resonated with me and I ended up making an album that reflects those dark circumstances, the uncertainty in which Dante lived surrounded by death. The idea was to make an album in which people enter one side with certain emotions and end up with others,” Hozier explained.
Unreal Unearth delves into emotions such as pain, loss, lament and love to take people through a sonic journey that reflects the human condition.
After having launched the cut on the market From Selby. Part 1Hozier is promoting From Selby. Part 2, whose black and white video stars Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson.
I met Domhnall a few years ago in Belfast, at a concert, through my manager and from that moment on we have seen each other in recent years for dinner or drinks.
He is a wonderful person, a kind, warm guy and is a great human being and extremely talented in both drama and comedy. I’ve been a fan of his for many years, I even saw him on a sketch comedy show in Ireland, so I showed him the song, he loved it and he came up with the concept of what the video could be, kind of loop or limbo and we started working on video. She was practically his baby and Gleeson is incredible,” said the singer.
After performing last night at the Pepsi Center, today the Irishman will offer his second concert at the same venue and with many fans waiting to have him on stage.
Hozier
- Andrew Hozier-Byrne.
- He was born on March 17, 1990 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
- Son of a blues musician.
- He has been active in music professionally for 15 years.
- He is currently promoting his third studio album titled Unreal Unearth.
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