Australia’s Song of the Year Winner Conrad Sewell on His New EP,...

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Australia’s Song of the Year Winner Conrad Sewell on His New EP, Working with Kygo and Dreaming Big

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The Sewell family ended 2015 in dramatic fashion, with 27-year-old pop singer Conrad Sewell (@conradofficial) and his sister, Grace, both up for Song of the Year at the ARIAs, Australia’s equivalent of the Grammys. Conrad ultimately won the top prize, for his Gospel-tinged piano ballad “Start Again.” As big brothers are wont to do, he made sure to tease Grace about it when they were both home for Christmas.

“That was pretty crazy,” says Conrad, about the siblings’ nominations. “I didn’t think I was going to win so I didn’t have anything planned out.”

Conrad may have just released his first EP, All I Know, but he’s far from green. Prior to his solo career, he got signed to a deal in Sweden, and began recording with the rock band Sons of Midnight. But the arrangement didn’t last long.

“It was kind of weird,” says Conrad. “I always had my eye set on America and English-speaking countries. This wasn’t necessarily where I thought my career was going to go, but it opened a lot of doors. It taught me songwriting. It was kind of a boot camp — we were doing tours, festivals. It threw me into the deep end.”

Conrad soon changed gears and moved to Los Angeles, where he transitioned into solo work. That eventually led him to “Firestone,” a catchy, tropical house track that he recorded with Kygo. The tune went on to become an international smash, amassing hundreds of millions of streaming views.

“I pretty much just wrote the song for my album then somebody told me about Kygo — he liked my voice and the next thing you know it became a single,” says Conrad. “When it had a million streams in a day, I was just like, ‘Wow.’ Pretty much instantaneously it connected. It all happened so quickly.”

Luckily, Conrad has been preparing for this moment since he was a kid. At the age of six, he was already singing Michael Jackson songs in front of the mirror — glove and all.

“I was always obsessed with singing,” he says. “I loved the feeling. I wanted to do everything to make that happen.”

Now Conrad will be able to give America a taste of what he’s about with his new EP, which includes the aforementioned “Firestone” and “Start Again,” along with the dance synth-heavy tune “Shadow.”

“I am just looking forward to putting out music and getting a buzz going.”

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