Hozier describes a creative slump during the pandemic where his mind felt split, leaving him unable to write. He questions whether his art can heal listeners, a paralyzing self-confrontation. His breakout hit "Take Me to Church" reached diamond certification and became one of Spotify's most-streamed tracks.
I honestly felt I was never going to write another song. Really? Yeah, sometimes during the pandemic. And I hit this kind of wall where I couldn't move forward and I felt I'd written.
My very last song. Singer first made noise with his breakout single we were all obsessed with, Take Me to Church, earning a rare diamond certification. And since then, it has become one of the top 30 most streamed songs ever on Spotify.
Please welcome singer-songwriter Hozier. So I was absolutely at war with my third of cards. Yeah, yeah. How did that look like on a daily basis? For that being? It's like I couldn't have a thought without an opposing thought. you know? So it's like my brain was kind of split in two. I'd have a thought and then a thought to combat with that. The artist's question of okay, like it's knowing that art has such potential to heal, it's easier to just once you make the conversation with yourself, well what am I trying to make sense of within myself? It's quite paralyzing to be confronted with. And the great, great question of will this heal somebody? Will this fix this thing?
