H=Host
D=Darren
(H) …risky decision to go solo but one listen to his new CD Spin and it’s clear
his gamble paid off big time. Please welcome back to the show – Darren Hayes!
(clapping and
cheering)
Darren, welcome
back!
(D) Haha!
(H) I have to tell
you I have gotten so many emails about you coming on the show, so we’re thrilled to
have you. Why did you decide to go solo?
(D)You know, I think
we kinda got bored to be honest…um…we both wanted new challenges…I mean…I
was…I don’t know, I was like 20 when I met Daniel and I’ll be 30 this year
and you know…we sold 20 million records together…it was an amazing run. But you
know, he…he kinda wanted to produce records and I wanted to continue on, I couldn’t
imagine not…not singing and not doing this…
(H) font> That’s an enormous
amount of records. You guys were so popular…you went multi-platinum. Is there a lot
of pressure to be…be solo now?
(D) Not at all (laughs) Sure…I mean it’s
um…I try not to think about it too much but…there is an expectation and in some
ways for me this is my third album…but in a lot of ways it’s…it’s…it’s
like starting again…it’s like I’m a brand new artist so…I’m just
trying to keep the expectations down and have fun.
(H) Well, I hardly
even recognized you when you walked into the door today…
(D) Right.
(H)…because you…you
had that black hair…
(D) Right
(H) …for so
long and so many people have asked me why you’ve decided to go blonde.
(H) You’re
rolling your eyes.
(D) I mean…did
anyone ever think that that hair was real? I mean…c’mon…it was…it cost
$8.00 at a drugstore…I mean it was a …I’m Australian you know, I grew up on
the beach and…
(H) So this is nat…this is a
natural color?
(D) This is me…yeah…yeah.
(H) Well, we’re
excited because we get to hear you sing so I’m going to let you get up there.
(H) Here to perform
his hit Insatiable off the CD Spin, here is Darren Hayes.
(Darren sings
Insatiable. Two back-up singers. No backing band on stage.)
(D) Thank you.
(H) You were great…thank
you…Darren Hayes everyone. His new CD’s called Spin. We’ll be right back
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