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Oct 2023
48m 57s

Rick Astley: Generational trauma, gut in...

Fearne Cotton
About this episode

There’s beauty in letting go and not having your life mapped out for you. That’s something musician Rick Astley has learnt in the years after calling it quits on his successful music career when he was just 27.

 

In this chat with Fearne, Rick gives some brilliant insights into what the music industry was like thirty years ago, how it’s changed, and how it hasn’t. Plus, he reflects on who his parents were and how, despite a difficult childhood, he’s able to see them as multifaceted humans rather than just parents.

 

Rick’s new album, Are We There Yet, is out on October the 13th.

 



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