E152: Example: The Dark Side Of Money & Fame

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Example is a music artist, producer, writer and rapper who has been leading the way in the music industry for the last 16 years. A trailblazer and an innovator, Example started out as a rapper before moving over into dance, lighting up Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and Global Gathering among many, many other festivals.

After only being able to harness his traumas in order to be successful, he quit his hard-partying rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and found happiness and balance in his life, and found a way to be happy in his music too.

One of the most popular live performers in the world, Example’s was one of the first shows post-COVID to completely sell out. His new album We May Grow Old But We Never Grow Up is out on the 17th June.

Early years
Aspergers
Your demons
Wanting to quit music
Money and fame turning you into a monster
Hating yourself
Self medicating
What made you get out of that reckless phase?
Advice for someone in a reckless phase
Spirituality and breath work
The miscarriage
Your future
People thinking you’re no longer making music
Competing with a former version of yourself
The new album
What matters?
The last guest question

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https://music.apple.com/us/artist/example/

https://twitter.com/Example

https://www.instagram.com/example

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Transcript

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0:00.0	No one signs a record deal and has a manager.
0:02.4	Come up to the note, there's a good chance
0:03.8	you're gonna be really famous.
0:04.9	Here's a pamphlet on how to not be a s***.
0:08.0	We are together for its own part!
0:10.4	Money and fame can show you who you are.
0:35.8	I look back as it being one of the worst weeks ever.
0:43.0	And then I'm at Aaron.
0:44.9	Just watching someone grow a baby and give birth is like one of the most sobering experiences
0:50.3	ever.
0:51.3	You tragically had a miscarriage in your second?
0:53.1	I remember I was invited onto Lorraine and I was meant to go on and talk about a single
0:57.2	one or two just before I went on.
0:58.8	They went, we just found out you lost a second baby.
1:00.6	Do you want to make the whole interview about that?
1:02.6	I've got so many messages from guys after it's just kind of got some amazing you went
1:06.2	on to spoke about that.
1:07.2	I've realised I've been first times I've spoken about things that I should have probably
1:10.8	spoken about with friends or family a long time ago.
1:13.9	If you were advising a younger Elliot, what would you say in terms of the components that
1:19.2	make for a good life?
1:20.2	I've often thought about this.
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