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SINGER Hozier has said he is “delighted” with the success of his song, Too Sweet, after it went viral on social media.
The Co Wicklow star – whose real name is Andrew John Hozier-Byrne – released his Unreal Unearth album in 2023 and treated fans to its outtakes with his Unheard EP back in March.
The lead track from the mini album, Too Sweet, is currently sweeping the airways and the singles charts alike, while becoming a viral TikTok trend.
Speaking about its online success, he told the Evening Show with Dan O’Connell on Radio X: “I wasn’t always as savvy [on social media], but stuff like this really wakes you up to what it can do for a song.
“You have such direct access to an audience that – if they connect with something, they create their own little things with it and it becomes its own thing. So I’m delighted. It’s been awesome to watch it happen.
“It’s all been a pleasant surprise for me, you know,” he added. “But that’s the beauty of people just making their own thing, their own little memes, their own little jokes on TikTok:”
Hozier is also set to embark on huge outdoor dates this year, which will see him play the likes of Dublin’s Marlay Park,
London’s Finsbury Park and a headline set at the TRNSMT Festival 2024.
Asked if he has anything planned for the milestone shows, the musician (34) said: “They’re the biggest-ticketed shows I’ll have played in my career so far.
“I’m delighted, I’m honoured to be on a bill with Brittany Howard, Lord Huron... Ye Vagabonds are a duo from Ireland that I love and admire dearly, so I feel really good about the bill.
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“I’m excited, but for a stage and a show that the only way I can approach it is it’s like doing a festival show but it’s the full set.”
Asked if he has to get himself in a different headspace for the dates, he mused: “I think you just feel into it. Every show is different.”
“It’s a different vibe,” he added.
“The crowd have a different energy [...]
I’m excited to try it.”