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Now on Chatterbox UK, we're just lucky enough
to welcome for the first time, Ansley. Ansley,
welcome to Chatterbox. How are you? Good, how
are you? Thank you for having me. Thank you,
great to meet you. Thank you for coming on. And
very exciting time for you. I mean, obviously,
you've... When did you land in the UK? I landed
yesterday morning and I've been here now for
a bit. I've slept a lot. So today's really my
first day here, I feel like. And it's been good.
I have a little bit of jet lag, but I'm holding
in. I was going to ask about the jet lag. I've
never been over the pond without any jet lag,
ever. So yeah, horrible, isn't it? uh but exciting
times now i've also interviewed a couple of times
actually not just this time uh joe hermes has
been on a couple of times and he's in very exciting
times as well because uh you are supporting boys
life as well so yes how did you get that gig
did they bring you or your agent monday what
happened how did you get that My manager, Warren,
actually is the one who got me to open up on
this tour, which is so amazing. Actually, before
this, I just opened up for ADMT in October. And
then right after that, I got a call from Warren,
my manager, and he was like, would you want to
be the main opener for Boys Life? And I said,
heck yeah. So now we're here a few months later
and I'm so excited. Yeah, yeah. And have you
been to the UK before? Yes, I was here in October
when I opened up for ADMT. Oh, see, that was
over here. Sorry, I didn't know where that was.
OK, no problem. And OK, have you had the chance
to see much of the UK when you were here before?
Are you hoping to do that on this tour now? I
got to see a lot of the UK. It's beautiful. And
now I get to go to the other side of it. So it's
all places I haven't been to yet. So it will
be a really fun time. I can't wait to see all
what it's about. What do you think about the
UK and it's you've got these sort of like medium
-sized towns we say maybe 100 ,000 people maybe
smaller and they've all got a theatre what do
you think of that because it's something that
a lot of states towns that size don't have but
we all seem to have a theatre often funded by
the local council I mean is that an eye -opener
for you or what do you think of that? I just
think it's amazing and also all the people I've
met you know being on this last tour and even
being here now everybody's so different in their
own way in every city you go to and it's amazing
to meet all these wonderful people and how they
support you know local artists and also artists
you know from other countries so it's been amazing
we do love live music we really do and i can
see that you guys have amazing crowds here and
like i say the the venue shows you know small
small towns medium -sized towns with places like
that so uh yeah uh a lot of people come from
from over the pond and sort of notice that so
yeah and uh yeah and funded by the council so
yeah that's amazing i think to bring local to
bring the local residents life music and shows
so yeah it's good uh so how would you class your
normal style against boy's life Class my normal
style like as in music. Yeah, how would you say
class your genres because I Don't think you're
a like, but how would you class it? Well, I mean,
I think boys life's music art is very very catchy
So I think my songs are very catchy I can't seem
to get them out of my head and so do a lot of
my fans say that So I think I believe that's
one thing we have in common I'm a very, very
into pop, you know, pop music girl. And I feel
like some of our songs have some similarities
and also just their stage presence. I think they
are just amazing and you can't keep your eyes
off them when you watch them on stage. And that's
something I believe that I bring when I'm out
on stage with connecting with an audience. What
I've seen you look great, I meant sort of genre
-wise and things like that, but I think what
I've noticed, because it's not just you and Joe,
Hermes, and there's been others over the years
that have supported them, and quite often they
will have people supporting them that are different
genres, and it might be like chalk and cheese,
but it works. Yeah. they're not afraid to have
some I think is it Brian McFadden's into country
in a big way he loves a bit of a warm -up artist
doing something like that so yeah it's something
with the mix of genres but it seems to work with
them and they do listen they've done it a long
time they know what they're doing don't they
say yes obviously hey look I'm here now and I'm
about to open and I'm very popped so I can't
wait to see how that all meshes together and
I have a feeling it's gonna go great I don't
think they would ask you unless they knew it
would work. Let's talk about you and the USA,
actually, back over there, because you've hit
the charts over there, haven't you? You've had
some pretty big successes and that. Tell us a
bit about that so we can all have a look into
that. Yeah, so I hit top 40 on radio in the US.
I think it was like five months ago, I was on
there for a few months. I think I got to like
37 or 36. It was amazing hearing my own song
on the radio for the first time. And then I got
invited by I heart radio to come sing at their
Duncan lounge, which was incredible. And Yeah,
that was one of my big accomplishments so far.
And working in the US has been amazing. My producer
is Dallas Austin, who has worked with so many
talented people in the world, like Madonna and
Michael Jackson. And now that I've gotten to
do an album with him, it's just been a whirlwind
of all my dreams coming true. Sure. And we got
this new release we're pushing here in the UK
now, My Own Rich Man. Tell us about that. Tell
us all about that. How did that come about? So
my own rich man, I wrote this song actually when
I was with my producer, Dallas Austin, we were
in the car coming home from dinner and there
was a bunch of people in the car and this man
mentioned to me, he was like, one day Ansley,
like a man will put you on his private jet. And
I looked to myself in him and I said, no, one
day I'll have my own private jet and I'll invite
a man. So the minute I said that, it clicked
in my head and I looked at my producer and I
go, right when we get back to the studio, I'm
running to the other room, I have a song to write.
And I was like, go make some beats. So I literally
wrote this song in under an hour and 30 minutes,
and I had the best time writing it. It was just
so much fun. And the fact that the experience
just happened with that man telling me that,
and then I wrote My Own Rich Man is... what makes
it so fun because i even talk about in the song
that i had my own jet so of it i have listened
to it we are going to play on our live shows
as well uh for the next six eight weeks or so
so we're going to give you a good old spin hopefully
gets us some of the charts as well when we we
keep playing we're going to get a good few spins
here i like it i know there's a lot happening
at the moment with you and we're only just march
but What's next? How long is this tour for, actually?
How long is the Boys' Love Tour? How long is
that going on for over here with you? Well, so
when I start March 5th and then I end March 22nd,
so I'm doing 12 shows. Sure, sure. Yeah. And
what's next for you? What you got planned? So
after that I'm going back to America and I'm
going to finish my album Band From Normal. I
have one more song to write on there and then
one of my songs is also hitting America I believe
in May. Okay. And then my whole album is going
to be coming out in the summer and then I'm back
to the UK going on more tours. Cool. We need
to be chatting about some of that, if you're
cool with that, because you're quite interesting.
I like the way you are in your career at the
moment. You're at a really interesting stage,
especially with a show with this sort of platform.
I think we'd really like to have you back on
to see where you're going next, talk about that
next tour and the album. I'll ask you about when
we do the interview. I'll go through the album,
get you to talk about the tracks, and then we'll
pick some and play them when I edit it. We do
it that way. I would love that. Yes, of course.
And all my social media is at Ansley Music, so
I post everything on there as well. I'll get
you to say that again right at the end. But before
I let you go, I've got a question I want to ask
you. It sounds like you are coming back, but
just say, if you had to come back in six months'
time... Sounds like you might be, but if you
were to come back in six months time, what would
you like to be telling me and the Chatterbox
listeners that you've achieved in that time?
You know what I would like to say I would like
to say that my album BAM from normal has hit
top 10 on charts that one of my songs Has been
on billboard or is on billboard And that I'm
opening up for a huge artist artist or even having
my own tour here in the UK Nice. Nice. Let's
look forward to you coming on the UK singles
chart as well all that stuff So yeah, let's do
your social media and sleep. So yeah all yours
chuck it in my game, please My social media is
at Ansley Music, A -N -S -L -E -Y Music. And
yeah, and then all my streaming services are
just under Ansley. That's cool. And have you
been doing any interviews? It's not so madness.
Have you done any interviews in the U .S. about...
The Boys Life Tour over here. Has there been
any interest there? Have you been getting interviews
on there about it at all? Not yet in the US.
I actually just started my interviews here today
in the UK. So we're just getting started. I can't
wait to see what happens from here and when I
get started on the tour and opening up. So hopefully
there will be a lot more when I get back in America
as well when my song hits radio there. And you're
going to have a lot to talk about on this tour
with them. Oh, I will have a lot. I'm excited.
Ashley, it's been fantastic meeting you. Thank
you for coming. There will be another time. I
know there will. And I think it's going to be
this year. So let's do it again. And in the meantime,
I wish you every success and great song, My Own
Rich Man. And let's talk about the album and
your next tour when you're back. You take care.
Yes, thank you. Bye. Thank you. Bye bye now.
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