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community that I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before. “Before this happened you’d get to artists through a structured system that was very traditional. It seemed to work. But this time it just feels really personal.

“A lot of my shows have been me catching up with friends who are artists and asking them to make a playlist.

“There’s a desire to feel like we’re able to talk to other humans right now.”

As ever, Lowe has highlighted Australian and New Zealand artists - there’s been At Home With playlists for Amy Shark, Fisher, Benee, Lime Cordiale, Tash Sultana and Dean Lewis, while one of his FaceTime calls was with Tones And I, isolating in Melbourne.

The musician had been in the US, capitalising on her song Dance Monkey being in the Top 10, when she suddenly had to pause everything and had time to reflect on her success while she was still in the moment.

“Tones and I, what a whirlwind, she got sucked into that incredibly exciting slipstream where if you have a hit it can go faster than ever before, the counter on the streaming numbers go at such a rapid rate, which gets everyone’s attention which creates opportunity which creates this heady pace,” Lowe says.

“It’s what you wanted, you want your music to connect with people but you never stop to actually think about how you’re reacting to the situation once you’re on the other side. She was ready to go on tour, do her album, but then she had to stop.

“She seemed to be at peace with that to some degree. She’s using this time to prepare for when things pick back up. It hasn’t gone away, she just can’t get to it quite yet.”

Kiwi Lowe is proud of his homeland, who are slowly returning to live shows next week. “The fact they’re doing gigs there, even if they’re in-between what the new normal becomes, that’s a step forward. Progress is good.”