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Sep 2021
32m 41s

Sam Fischer

BBC RADIO 2
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Gary Barlow chats to Sam Fischer - the Australian songwriter behind the viral hit ‘This City’ which has been streamed over 275 million times. Apart from creating his own music he also writes for other artists including Clean Bandit, Jennifer Hudson and Demi Lovato. Sam revealed how he went from being broke and dropped by his first record label to touring with Lewis Capaldi. He speaks from the heart, explaining how honesty is always the best policy when it comes to writing songs.

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