Ep. 251: Myles Smith | Stargazing, Therapy, and The Secret Cost of Success

Ep. 251: Myles Smith | Stargazing, Therapy, and The Secret Cost of Success

From And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan by And The Writer Is

May 26, 2026 · 1h 45m · Episode 251

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Myles Smith discusses his rapid rise to fame, the impact of therapy on his music, and the hidden costs of success.

Today's guest is a rising star who's risen so fast he's not really rising anymore — he's just a star. From a bedroom in Luton playing $50 nylon-string covers and open mics playing for 4 people... Three years later: a billion streams, "Stargazing" on President Obama's summer playlist, two singles that took over pop radio before he'd ever made a debut album, and a debut album sourced from the notes he wrote in therapy that saved him. He's proof that sometimes all you really need is a guitar, a work ethic, and a Taco Bell-poisoned night in Malibu to write a song people argue about in twenty languages. And the writer is... Myles Smith! If you've ever wanted something so badly you didn't think to ask what it would cost when it arrived — this is the conversation. And The Writer Is... Myles Smith! In this episode of And The Writer Is, we go deep on: • Why he scrubbed every song he made before 2023 — and what "I didn't exist before 2023" actually means • His advice for up and coming artists... • The end-of-Covid breakdown at 18 that almost ended things — and the therapy notes that became My Mess, My Heart, My Life. • Meeting Peter Fenn on the last day of a six-week US trip — and writing…

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