Ku-Tom Walker, u-2019 bekuwunyaka omangalisayo - waba ngomunye wezinkanyezi ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni. I-albhamu yokuqala yomculi u-Tom Walker What A Time To Be Alive ngokushesha yathatha indawo yokuqala eshadini laseBrithani. Cishe amakhophi ayisigidi esisodwa athengiswe emhlabeni wonke.
Izingoma zakhe zangaphambilini ethi Just You and I nethi Leave A Light On zifinyelele kweziyi-10 eziphezulu futhi zaqinisekiswa ngeplatinum. Uphinde wawina nendondo yeBest British Break Through.
Umculi-umbhali wengoma wazalelwa eScotland. Eneminyaka engu-27, waduma ngengoma yakhe ethi Leave A Light On (2017). Wayesekulungele ukuthatha i-States nge-albhamu yakhe entsha ethi What Time to be Alive.
U-Walker wayethanda umculo kusukela esemncane, ephothula eLondon College of Creative Media. Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi yengxabano, wasayina inkontileka. U-Walker usephenduke elinye lamathalente athembisa kakhulu e-UK.
Lo mculi uthole indondo yeGrammy wadlula u-Ella May noGeorge Smith.
Amapiyano "abalandeli" bakaTom Walker
Ngonyaka odlule, u-Walker wakhuluma esidlweni sasemini saminyaka yonke seRoyal Foundation lapho ahlangana khona noPrince William, Princess Kate, Prince Harry kanye noMeghan Markle.
“Bekuwumsangano nje. Bonke bebengiphatha kahle, bebazi ngomsebenzi wami nangengikwenzayo,” kusho yena. "Bebenhle kakhulu futhi benolwazi futhi benomusa futhi yonke into obungayilindela ebukhosini, baphila ngokuvumelana nayo."
U-Walker wanezela: “Kwakuwusuku olungikhathaza kakhulu ekuphileni kwami. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngithini kubo. Avele abaxhawule. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngenzeni ngezandla zami esithombeni. Kwakuyihlazo kakhulu… Kwakuhlekisa kakhulu, ngangikhuluma noWilliam noKate futhi ngathi, “O Nkulunkulu wami, ubukeka umuhle kakhulu, ingubo yakho iyamangalisa!”.
Futhi wenza ihlaya: "Kulungile, mngane, yehlisa umoya!". Bese ngithi, "O, ngiyaxolisa, ngiyaxolisa! Nginovalo." Bahleke. Baziphatha njengabantu abavamile, hhayi nje njengamalungu omndeni wasebukhosini - phansi kakhulu emhlabeni.
UTom Walker maduze uzoba indoda eshadile
U-Walker wacela umshado entombini yakhe u-Annie, owayeneminyaka engu-27 ubudala.
Cishe eminyakeni engu-6 edlule, u-Walker wahlangana nengoduso yakhe ngenkathi eseholidini. Ngesikhathi esosizini, wanquma ukuyoshushuluza eqhweni nomngane wakhe eFrance, lapho afike aziswa khona ku-Annie, owayesanda kuphothula iziqu zakhe ze-master in nutrition futhi esebenza njengomeluleki wezempilo.
“Bekuwuhambo lwamahora angu-24 ngebhasi ngibuyela e-UK sisuka eFrance futhi sagcina sesihlezi eduze kwethu ngoba umngane wami omkhulu engangihamba naye waqala ukuthandana nomngane wami.
Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngahlala no-Annie. Mina naye sashintshana, sabe sesihlala ndawonye saxoxa njalo,” kukhumbula yena. “Ngahlala endlini yakhe, kwathi ngemva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngathi, “Awu, phola, ngibuyela eLondon manje, kodwa uma kwenzeka ufuna ukuza, vele ungikhanyisele.” Futhi ngempelasonto elandelayo wayekhona. Futhi lena indaba ehluke ngokuphelele ... ".
U-Walker nomkakhe wesikhathi esizayo, abagqugquzele umculo wakhe omusha, kungenzeka ukuthi abazange bajabule ukube babebonana kaningi ngendlela abebengathanda ngayo.
“Ibanga selihambile eminyakeni emibili. Iminyaka emibili ngangihamba ngemoto amakhilomitha angu-200 njalo ngezimpelasonto ukuze ngimbone futhi ngibuye. Yilokho okushiwo mina nawe-Just You - senza amabanga amade, bekunzima kakhulu, kodwa sikwenzile, ”kusho yena.
“Kuyaphola ngoba sekuphele iminyaka emibili sihamba amabanga amade, uma ngingekho manje, kulula ngoba sesinesikhathi singekho sodwa. Bese kuthi lapho sibonana, sivele sihlakazeke futhi sijabulele.”
Waqala ukuthanda umculo esemncane
U-Walker ubonga uyise ngokumethula kubaculi abaningi kusukela ebusheni bakhe.
“Ubaba wangiyisa emidlalweni eminingi yokuzijabulisa ngisakhula. Igigi yami yokuqala engiyikhumbulayo kwakuyi-AC/DC lapho ngineminyaka engu-9 ubudala eParis. Bekuyinto yokuqala emnandi!” kusho u-Walker.
“Mina naye siye kuFoo Fighters noMuse noBB King no-Underworld, uProdigy noSlipknot - saya eSlipknot ngoba efuna ukubona iqembu, hhayi ngoba ngifuna ukubona iSlipknot,” wanezela.
“Siye emakhonsathini e-classical, amakhonsathi e-jazz nokunye. Ubaba wayengikhuthaza ngempela. Futhi ngokusobala benginabangane bami belalele iSum 41 neGreen Day."
U-Walker wabona ukuthi ufuna ukuzenzela owakhe umculo ngemuva kombukiso owodwa obulalayo we-rock.
“Kusukela kuleyo gigi ye-AC/DC, bengicela isiginci iminyaka emibili. Ubaba wagcina engithengele isiginci ngoKhisimusi, kwabe sekuqala. Ngathenga isigubhu eminyakeni embalwa kamuva ngathenga ibhesi, ngaqala ukukhiqiza, ngaqala ukucula,” usho kanje.
U-Walker wanezela: “Idolobha engakhulela kulo cishe lalingenabaculi, kwakuyimina kuphela; kwakukhona izitolo ezimbili, njengesitolo esidayisa amaswidi, amaswidi nokunye, kanye nempahla yasepulazini kanye negalaji likaphethiloli. Futhi yilokho ngempela kuphela. Ngakho kwakungekho ongakwenza, ngakho ngangichitha sonke isikhathi ekamelweni lami ngenza umculo. Ngakwenza ngoba kimi kwakubonakala sengathi yilokhu engizokwenza ukuphila kwami konke. Ngisanda kuthanda."
Wagcina epholile lapho ehlangana no-Ed Sheeran
Lapho u-Walker esekolishi lapho ayefundela khona ukubhala izingoma, wathola ukwazi ngo-Ed Sheeran.
“Ngangiya eLondon kanye ngesonto, amasonto ayisishiyagalombili, ngesitimela ngibuye ngibuye ngibuye ngilalele futhi ngilalele u-Ed Sheeran,” kucabanga u-Walker. “Wayegqekeza nje ngaleso sikhathi. Uphume ku-YouTube nethi I Need You, Angikudingi." Futhi ngacabanga, "Uma lomfana onezinwele ezibomvu ekwazi ukubhala izingoma ezimnandi kangaka futhi akwenze ngokucindezela ama-acoustic pedals, pho kungani ngingakwazi ukukwenza?".
Ngenkathi u-Walker enza i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, wahlangana no-Sheeran esitudiyo sokuqopha ngokusebenzisa umhlanganyeli wabo uSteve Mack.
“Ngangethukile, ngingazi ukuthi ngithini. Uma ngibheka emuva, angazi noma bekufanele yini ngithi, "Heyi, kufanele sibhale ingoma ndawonye njengamanje!" Kusho u-Walker. “Kodwa ngangingazi ukuthi ngithini kuye, ngoba wayengomunye wamaqhawe ami ngenxa yawo ngaqala ukwenza lokhu. Ngangijuluka futhi nginovalo."
Ubengumsizi emishadweni
Ngemva kokuthola iziqu zokubhala izingoma: “Ngahamba unyaka wonke eLondon, futhi ngisebenza njengomsizi. Ngingumfana oya emicimbini, ngibheka abantu abadakiwe, ngibakhombisa indlela yokusebenza endaweni yokuthwebula izithombe."
UWalker uthi ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kwangaphambili: “Ngakho ngakwenza lokhu unyaka wonke, futhi kwakuyizenzakalo ezithatha amahora amahlanu, izikhathi eziningana ngesonto. Futhi ngenkathi ngingakwenzi, ngangihlala ngisebenza emculweni, ngizama ukudabula."
Wathatha ikepisi lakhe lesiginesha nentshebe ngesizathu esihle:
“Hhayi-ke, ngagunda zonke izinwele zami ngoba bengigula. Ngangingenazo izinwele ezingcono kakhulu emhlabeni, ngokusobala zazizaca, futhi nganquma ukwamukela ukwehlulwa ngomusa, kusesekuseni kakhulu. Impela ngineminyaka emibili noma emithathu esele. Ngakho ngavele ngacabanga: “O, zabo, ngokuvamile, lezi zinwele!” Wahleka u-Walker. “Ngabona izithombe zikababa ehambisana noDonald Trump ohambweni - futhi ngangingakufuni lokho. Ngashefa konke kwaze kwaphelela esihogweni." U-Walker wanezela: “Nkulunkulu, kulula kakhulu manje - ngivuka nje ekuseni ngifake isigqoko sami. Kuhle!"".
