James Blunt: Online Abuse, Trauma & Life in the Spotlight (E298)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
James Blunt is an internationally acclaimed British singer-songwriter, best known for hits like "You're Beautiful." Before rising to fame in the music world, he served in the British Army, a chapter of his life that deeply influenced his artistic perspective.
In this episode, James candidly discusses the early struggles of his music career, revealing how he dealt with the harsh criticism and negativity that first came his way. He also touches on his time in the military, sharing his decision-making process behind joining the army and the invaluable leadership lessons he gained that continue to shape him today.
James opens up to Jake and Damian about his emotional challenges and how music became his outlet for self-expression. He recalls the inspiration behind his song dedicated to his father, revealing how songwriting became a way to articulate feelings he couldn't otherwise voice. He also discusses his friendship with the late Carrie Fisher and how her influence played a pivotal role in his acclaimed album, “Back To Bedlam”.
This episode is a heartfelt exploration of resilience, creativity, and the transformative power of music as a form of emotional expression.
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| 0:00.0 | Luck is your own creation, isn't it? |
| 0:03.0 | Luck you have to, you know, you don't have to be in the right place at the right time. |
| 0:06.0 | You have to kind of be in all the places all the time for it to find you. |
| 0:10.0 | You create your own luck. |
| 0:12.0 | I think I felt embarrassed and marginally ashamed that I was |
| 0:17.0 | and was really picked out and chosen not to be with my peers. |
| 0:24.8 | I feel very, very lucky to be able to say those words to him while he was still alive |
| 0:30.7 | because often we leave things too late I think. I captured him on camera and I'll always have him on camera in that way, you know, which is a gift. |
| 0:40.0 | That was the voice of musician James Blunt who joins us on today's high performance. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome, I'm Jake Humphrey. I've been a broadcaster for over 20 years and I love these long-form |
| 0:50.7 | conversations in a world where so much is about being quick or |
| 0:55.4 | about capturing people's attention in an instance this show allows us and therefore |
| 0:59.6 | allows our guest and you to go deep and really understand people and I think you're about to |
| 1:05.4 | understand James better than ever before. And I'm Damien Hughes. I've spent my |
| 1:10.0 | life immersed in the world of trying to understand and implement high performance cultures. |
| 1:15.0 | I've been lucky enough to work with professional sports teams all over the world, including |
| 1:19.3 | the Canberra Raiders, the Scotland Rugby Union team and the England national football team, as well as with |
| 1:24.8 | leading business people to help them understand how they can create cultures that get the |
| 1:28.9 | best out themselves and others. |
| 1:31.8 | So James joins us as he celebrates 20 years since his first album |
| 1:35.7 | Back to Bedlam which is actually being re-released so you can get your hands |
| 1:39.2 | on it now. Obviously it was like phenomenally successful but that actually brought him so much pain so many |
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