Kwa Tom Walker, 2019 chinali chaka chodabwitsa - adakhala m'modzi mwa nyenyezi zodziwika kwambiri padziko lapansi. Chimbale choyambirira cha wojambula Tom Walker What A Time To Be Alive nthawi yomweyo idatenga malo oyamba pa chart yaku Britain. Pafupifupi makope 1 miliyoni amagulitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi.
Nyimbo zake zam'mbuyomu Just You and I and Leave A Light On zidafika pamwamba pa 10 ndipo zidatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu. Anapambananso mphoto ya Best British Break Through.
Woyimba-wolemba nyimbo adabadwira ku Scotland. Ali ndi zaka 27, adatchuka ndi single Leave A Light On (2017). Anali wokonzeka kutenga mayiko ndi chimbale chake chatsopano What Time to be Alive.
Walker anali ndi chidwi ndi nyimbo kuyambira ali wamng'ono, atamaliza maphunziro awo ku London College of Creative Media. Pambuyo pa zaka zambiri za mkangano, iye anasaina contract. Walker wakhala m'modzi mwamaluso odalirika kwambiri ku UK.
Wojambulayo adalandira Mphotho ya Grammy ndipo adaposa Ella May ndi George Smith.
Piano ndi "mafani" a Tom Walker
Chaka chatha, Walker adalankhula pamwambo wapachaka wa Royal Foundation komwe adakumana ndi Prince William, Princess Kate, Prince Harry ndi Meghan Markle.
“Zinali zopenga basi. Onse anali abwino kwa ine, amadziwa za ntchito yanga komanso zomwe ndimachita, ”adatero. "Anali okongola kwambiri komanso odziwa zambiri komanso achisomo ndipo chilichonse chomwe mungayembekezere kuchokera kwa achifumu, adachitadi zomwezo."
Walker anawonjezera kuti: “Linali tsiku losautsa maganizo kwambiri m’moyo wanga. Sindinadziwe choti ndinene kwa iwo. Ndinangogwirana nawo chanza. Sindimadziwa chochita ndi manja anga pachithunzichi. Zinali zochititsa manyazi ... Zinali zoseketsa, ndimalankhula ndi William ndi Kate ndipo ndinali ngati, "O Mulungu wanga, mukuwoneka bwino kwambiri, zovala zanu ndi zodabwitsa!".
Ndipo iye adaseka: "Ziri bwino, bwanawe, bata!". Ndipo ine ndinati, “O, pepani, pepani! Ndine wamanjenje." Iwo anaseka. Ankachita zinthu ngati anthu wamba, osati ngati anthu a m’banja lachifumu—pansi pano.
Tom Walker posachedwapa adzakhala mwamuna wokwatira
Walker anafunsira chibwenzi chake Annie, yemwe anali ndi zaka 27.
Pafupifupi zaka 6 zapitazo, Walker anakumana ndi chibwenzi chake ali patchuthi. Pamene anali m’chisoni, anaganiza zopita ku skiing ndi mnzake ku France, kumene anam’dziŵikitsa kwa Annie, amene anali atangomaliza kumene digiri yake ya kadyedwe kabwino ndipo anali kugwira ntchito monga mlangizi wa zaumoyo.
"Unali ulendo wa basi wa maola 24 wobwerera ku UK kuchokera ku France ndipo tidakhala moyandikana chifukwa mnzanga wapamtima yemwe ndidapita naye adayamba chibwenzi.
Ndipo zidachitika kuti ndidakhala ndi Annie. Iye ndi ine tidasinthana malo, kenako tidakhala limodzi ndikucheza mpaka kubwerera, ”adakumbukira. "Ndidakhala kunyumba kwake, ndipo patatha masiku atatu ndidati, "Chabwino, ndikubwerera ku London tsopano, koma ngati mungafune kubwera, mungondiwunikira." Ndipo sabata lotsatira iye anali komweko. Ndipo iyi ndi nkhani yosiyana kwambiri ... ".
Walker ndi mkazi wake wam'tsogolo, yemwe adalimbikitsa nyimbo zake zatsopano, mwina sakanakhala osangalala ngati akanawonana nthawi zambiri monga momwe akanafunira.
“Tachokera kutali m’zaka ziwiri. Kwa zaka ziŵiri ndinkayenda pagalimoto mtunda wa makilomita 200 kumapeto kwa mlungu uliwonse kukamuona ndi kubwerera. Izi ndi zomwe Just You ndi ine tikutanthauza - timachita mtunda wautali, zinali zovuta kwambiri, koma tidachita, "akutero.
“Zili bwino chifukwa takhala tikuyenda maulendo ataliatali kwa zaka ziwiri, ndikakhala paulendo pano, n’zosavuta chifukwa takhala kwa nthawi ndithu. Ndiyeno tikaonana, timangosungunuka ndi kusangalala.”
Anayamba kukonda nyimbo ali wamng’ono
Walker akuthokoza bambo ake chifukwa chomudziwitsa kwa ojambula ambiri kuyambira ubwana wake.
“Bambo anga ananditengera ku maseŵera ambiri pamene ndinali kukula. Gig yanga yoyamba yomwe ndimakumbukira inali AC/DC ndili ndi zaka 9 ku Paris. Chinali chokumana nacho chabwino choyamba!” Walker anatero.
"Iye ndi ine tinapita ku Foo Fighters ndi Muse ndi BB King ndi Underworld, Prodigy ndi Slipknot - anapita ku Slipknot chifukwa ankafuna kuwona gululo, osati chifukwa ndinkafuna kuwona Slipknot," anawonjezera.
"Tidapita kumakonsati akale, ma concert a jazi ndi zina zambiri. Bambo anga anali kundilimbikitsa kwambiri. Ndipo mwachiwonekere ndinali ndi anzanga akumvetsera Sum 41 ndi Green Day. "
Walker anazindikira kuti akufuna kupanga nyimbo zake pambuyo pa chiwonetsero chimodzi chakupha.
“Kuyambira pamasewera a AC/DC, ndakhala ndikupempha gitala kwa zaka ziwiri. Bambo anga anamaliza kundigulira gitala pa Khrisimasi, kenako idayamba. Ndidagula zida za ng'oma patapita zaka zingapo ndikugula bass, ndikuyamba kupanga, ndikuyamba kuyimba," akutero.
Walker anawonjezera kuti: “Mzinda umene ndinakuliramo unalibe oimba, ndinali ine ndekha; panali masitolo awiri, monga sitolo yomwe imagulitsa confectionery, maswiti ndi zina, komanso katundu wa famu ndi malo opangira mafuta. Ndipo ndizo zonse. Chotero panalibe chochita, chotero ndinathera nthaŵi yonse m’chipinda changa kupanga nyimbo. Ndinachita zimenezi chifukwa ndinkaona ngati ndidzachita zimenezi kwa moyo wanga wonse. Ndangochikonda."
Anakhalabe bwino atakumana ndi Ed Sheeran
Pamene Walker anali ku koleji komwe amaphunzira kulemba nyimbo, adadziwa za Ed Sheeran.
“Ndinkapita ku London kamodzi pa mlungu, kwa milungu isanu ndi itatu, pa sitima yapamtunda ndi kubwerera ndi kumvetsera Ed Sheeran,” anatero Walker. "Panthawiyo anali akungodutsa. Adatuluka pa YouTube ndi I Need You, Sindikufuna. " Ndipo ine ndinaganiza, “Ngati munthu watsitsi lofiira uyu angakhoze kulemba nyimbo zabwino chotero ndi kuchita izo mwa kukanikiza zoyimbira zoyimbira, ndiye bwanji ine sindingathe kuchita izo?”.
Pamene Walker amapanga chimbale chake choyamba, adakumana ndi Sheeran mu studio yojambulira kudzera mwa wothandizira Steve Mack.
“Ndinachita mantha kwambiri, sindinkadziwa choti ndinene. Ndikayang'ana m'mbuyo, sindikudziwa ngati ndikanati, "Hey, tiyenera kulemba nyimbo limodzi pompano!" Walker anatero. “Koma sindinkadziwa choti ndimuuze chifukwa anali m’modzi mwa ngwazi zanga chifukwa ndinayamba kuchita zimenezi. Ndinali thukuta komanso wamantha."
Iye anali wothandizira pa maukwati
Nditalandira digiri ya kulemba nyimbo: “Ndinayenda kuzungulira London kwa chaka chimodzi, ndikugwiranso ntchito monga wothandizira. Ndine munthu amene amapita ku zochitika, ndimayang'ana anthu oledzera, ndikuwawonetsa momwe angagwirire ntchito m'chipinda chojambula zithunzi."
Walker akunena za chokumana nacho chake cham’mbuyo: “Chotero ndinachita zimenezi kwa chaka chimodzi, ndipo zinali zochitika za maola anayi, kangapo pamlungu. Ndipo pamene sindinkachita, ndinkangokhalira kuimba nyimbo, kuyesera kuti ndidutse."
Anatenga chipewa chake chosayina ndi ndevu zake pazifukwa zabwino:
“Chabwino, ndinameta tsitsi langa lonse chifukwa ndinali kudwala nalo. Ndinalibe tsitsi labwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, mwachiwonekere linali lochepa thupi, ndipo ndinaganiza zongovomereza kugonjetsedwa mwachisomo, mofulumira kwambiri. Ndatsala ndi zaka ziwiri kapena zitatu. Kotero ndinangoganiza: "O, awo, makamaka, tsitsi ili!" Walker anaseka. "Ndidawona zithunzi za abambo anga ndi a Donald Trump popita - ndipo sindinkafuna. Ndinameta zonse mpaka kugahena." Walker anawonjezera kuti: “Mulungu, nzosavuta tsopano—ndimangodzuka m’maŵa ndi kuvala chipewa changa. Ndizopambana!"".
