R&B singer SiR on his latest record 'Heavy'

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On the latest episode, R&B singer SiR joins us to talk about his new record Heavy, growing up in Inglewood and his musical family. Plus, he gets vulnerable and frank about his path to sobriety. Right now is the best time to support Bullseye and the MaxFun podcasts you love by starting a monthly membership or upgrading your existing one! Learn more at https://maximumfun.org/join/

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1:07.0	Most professional musicians decide they're really going to go for it
1:12.0	before they're even old enough to drive a car.
1:15.0	My guess this week, Sir, didn't figure it out until he was well into his 20s.
1:21.0	Now, that's unusual for just about any successful performer. For Sir it was
1:27.3	particularly so because of his family. His brothers are musicians. His parents are musicians. And when I say that I don't mean like put out a record in college and play with my buddies on the weekends type musicians.
1:43.3	His dad played with Prince, his mom sang back up for Michael Jackson and Anita Baker.
1:49.5	Like basically this is a family where it's weird not to be a professional musician. So anyway, sir, he got fired from his job managing a gym.
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