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Wealthy Way

Why Mike Posner Vanished After Taking A Pill In Ibiza...

Wealthy Way

Ryan Pineda

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Wealthy Way, I got to sit down with none other than Mike Posner. You probably know him from his huge hits like "Cooler Than Me" and "I Took a Pill in Ibiza." But what you might not know is the insane journey he’s been on since his music took off. Mike opened up about why he stepped away from the industry, what drove him to walk across America, and even climb Mount Everest! Yeah, this guy didn’t just stop at music—he went for the top, literally.In this conversation, Mike...

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0:00.0

You end up getting all this fame while you're in college and then what happens?

0:05.0

Well I made this song that people kind of seem to really like.

0:08.5

Now it's a song cooler than me.

0:10.0

Yeah.

0:11.0

If I could write you a song to make you fall in love I will already have you up under my own.

0:17.0

I put this song out and people love it.

0:20.0

I said to get a lot of attention from other people.

0:22.0

Yeah.

0:22.5

And I was really not used to that.

0:24.0

I was used to being in that basement.

0:25.6

But then I put my second single out,

0:27.8

and I put my third single out.

0:29.3

And I put my third single out.

0:29.4

And so my career start to fizzle.

0:31.8

People call me a one-hit wonder at that time. That was really difficult for me.

0:37.1

That was a pain point, but it was a gift from God, you know, to fail.

0:44.0

Mike Posner is a singer, songwriter, and record producer.

0:49.0

He became famous with his hit song cooler than me in 2010, Hosner has created several popular songs, including

0:56.4

the Grammy-nominated I Took A Pill in Abbeiser.

0:59.7

He has also worked as a songwriter and producer for other artists like Justin Bieber and

1:05.0

Maroon 5.

1:06.0

Mike Posner, what's up man?

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