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Written by Sara Tardiff<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the evening after being named VH1\u2019s Art\u00acist of the Year and Andrew Hozier-Byrne, known by the mononym Hozier, seems unfazed. Not with lack of elation, but he is almost un\u00actouched by the reality of it. With a year on the road, Byrne is walking away with a handful of chart-topping songs, a Grammy nomination, and a number of high profile award show performances, yet he reluctantly admits, \u201cI don\u2019t feel the fame in a way you might expect,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s like you\u2019re living the same life you always have, except one day someone asks you what being fa\u00acmous feels like\u2014and you don\u2019t know how to answer.\u201d And by the humble, near self-depricating answers he often gives, and the sweet softness of his voice, I almost believe him.<\/p>\n

Whether or not he identifies with the fame, it is there \u2014 and it unfolded quicker than it does for most. After the Irish-born musician dropped out of school to pursue a more fulfilling career trajectory, he jumped right in. \u201cI was doing open mic nights but I wasn\u2019t really part of this singer, songwriter scene in Dublin. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d have the path that I ended up having,\u201d he says. \u201cI thought I would have a small growing fan base. At the time I didn\u2019t know how to produce music, record music. I didn\u2019t know what I wanted out of myself either. It was a very slow learning process, and a lot of working with producers, but within days of releasing \u2018Take Me To Church\u2019 there was major label interest. It was all very grass roots.\u201d The music video\u2014which was a commentary on the violence and discrimination again the LGBTQ community in Russia\u2014 was a viral hit that no one saw coming, least of all himself.<\/p>\n

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Come March, Byrne will have been on the road for nearly a year straight, spending a great deal of time touring the U.S. and more recently Australia. \u201cSadly, you don\u2019t get a huge amount of time to soak of the atmosphere of a city,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you\u2019re lucky, you might get a day off, but you\u2019re so tired you sleep.\u201d Deeply inspired by jazz and the blues be\u00accause of the \u201cvery sensual, very raw and physical\u201d quality of the genres\u2014citing Nina Simone and Billie Holiday as major influences\u2014he was lucky enough to experience some of the south\u2019s music scene\u2014for a day at least. \u201cWe had a few hours in New Orleans, so we got to explore a bit,\u201d he says. \u201cI ended up on Bourbon Street, eating fried chicken and listening to some great local bands. There was a real sense of a creative community.\u201d<\/p>\n

He admits that it\u2019s hard to get much writing done from a tour bus, considering he prefers \u201cwriting in solitude, away from everyone.\u201d But he imagines that once his upcoming European tour wraps in March of 2016, he will have time to draw from all the experiences of the past year and start writing again. Most of his prior work has been the product of \u201clove and lots of rejection,\u201d exploring pain and beauty in equal parts. \u201cI think I\u2019d be a bit of romantic at heart,\u201d he says. The first time falling and being in love with someone was such a profoundly altering experience that I still am reeling from it. I still draw from that experience creatively. But I am a cynic, don\u2019t get me wrong. I feed into that dark side of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hozier’s new album is out in early 2019. His new single, “Movement,” is out now.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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