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

⏱️ 72 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. Follow Example: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Example Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/example Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	No one signs a record deal and has a manager come up to those.
0:03.1	There's a good chance you're going to be really famous.
0:04.9	Here's a pamphlet on how to not be a shit.
0:07.8	Put your eyes together for example. money and
0:15.0	one thing you can show you who you are
0:18.0	one of the things you said is the person I was when I was 27 was a fucking monster.
0:21.0	When I became famous I just went a bit off the rails
0:24.6	with drugs and alcohol.
0:25.9	I think there was just this one weekend at Glastonbury
0:28.6	where I just kind of disappeared for 48 hours.
0:30.7	I was in an absolute state.
0:32.2	What was the cost? Well, it's just not nice to see your
0:34.3	parents cry, you know? Wow. I look back as it being one of the worst weeks
0:42.4	ever and then I met Erin.
0:45.0	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 on your second.
0:53.0	I remember I was invited on to Lorraine and I was meant to go on and talk about a single on a tour.
0:58.0	Just before I went on they went, we just found out you lost the second baby, do you want to make the whole interview about that? I got so many
1:03.9	messages from guys after it's just going that's amazing you went on and spoke about
1:06.8	that. I've realized there's been the first time I've spoken about things
1:09.8	that I should have probably spoken about with friends or family a long time ago.
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