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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Mike Posner: ON How Fame Ruined His Life

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Business, Mental Health

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Mike Posner is the musician behind the hit songs I Took A Pill In Ibiza and Cooler Than Me. But behind the flashing lights and sold-out shows lies a very unique mind, one that has learned to deal with fame and fortune and most recently—the loss of his father. On today’s episode, Mike shares his insights on how to deal with loss, why moments of epiphany must be processed, and what the difference between the mind and intelligence is. Mike even turns the table on Jay—and asks him many profound questions about his own experience unpacking mindfulness. Tune in to this episode to catch a glimpse of the mechanics behind this singer-songwriter’s brain.

Transcript

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0:00.0

My hair has kind of changed as I've gotten older.

0:02.8

Growing up like the Kurt Cobain, two poxie core, these kind of guys.

0:07.4

But as I've gotten older, I thought, why am I idolizing them?

0:11.6

I should probably idolize even if it's not real.

0:14.4

It's like, try me better to idolize like Jesus or like the Buddha.

0:18.4

Right? Even if their like stories are fake, there's no like flaws there.

0:22.4

Like that's a better North Star.

0:24.1

So it's not every day that you receive a text message from a multi-planetm selling artist.

0:33.5

Someone who's written songs for everyone from Justin Bieber,

0:37.2

to Farrell Williams, to Big Sean, two chains, Whizz Khalifa, Nelly, Snoop Dogg,

0:43.1

and many, many more.

0:45.6

Now, when you hear his name, you'd think of music.

0:49.7

You would think of talent, you would think of songwriting.

0:54.0

But when I met this individual, we went so deep, so spiritual, so internal, so quickly.

1:01.6

Today's guest is Mike Posner.

1:04.4

I love the fact that we got into such a meaningful conversation

1:08.3

beyond music, beyond money, and beyond fame.

1:11.9

And his new album is out right now.

1:13.7

It's called A Real Good Kid.

1:16.0

And he even performs two songs from the album on the podcast.

1:21.5

I can't wait for you to hear this episode.

1:23.9

Welcome, Mike Posner.

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