May 30, 2023

Interview with Shaun Farrugia

We had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Farrugia over Zoom video!

Rising artist and songwriter Shaun Farrugia recently released his long awaited debut EP ‘Heaven Like Mine’ via Polydor.

‘Heaven Like Mine’ is tinged with emotion that’s both elevating yet deeply poignant, and continues to showcase the rising star’s effortlessly rich and raspy vocals against a backdrop of alt-pop goodness. Lined five tracks deep, the EP is delicately furnished with themes surrounding love, acceptance and modern day anxieties. Featuring previous singles ‘Dear God’ and ‘Count On You’, title track ‘Heaven Like Mine’ is abundant with uplifting folk inspired acoustics, which transitions seamlessly into the ethereal ‘Recognise Me’ - leading to the beautifully climatic final track ‘Vertigo’.

Quickly emerging as a frequenter on BBC Radio 1 including multiple plays from Jack Saunders and Maia Beth on BBC Radio 1’s Future Pop, bringing Shaun’s catalogue to 30 million streams to date. His previous cover of The Weeknd’s Billboard Chart topping #1 hit Blinding Lights flew straight to #1 on the Shazam Discovery Charts, after featuring on Love Island, the biggest reaction to any song in the latest season of the show.

The 26-year-old Maltese native dropped his life on the island to fly to London in 2019, quit his job, sell everything he owned and showed up on the doorstep of Sigala after being invited to come and meet the producer during an Instagram Live. The gamble paid off, Shaun was quickly snapped up by Polydor. As a regular guy doing extraordinary things Shaun scores high on the likability scale, but he manages to balance his modest nature with an ambition that’s hard to ignore — and is right there in his extraordinary songwriting.

From Shaun’s early songwriting credits for artists as diverse as Mimi Webb (‘I’ll Break My Heart Again’) and The Script (‘Hot Summer Nights’), to two collaborations with the likes of renowned DJ Martin Garrix ('Starlight ‘Keep Me Afloat'’ and 'If We’ll Ever Be Remembered'), to co-signs from some of the biggest tunesmiths in the business, and at the start of 2022 hitting a brand new milestone with Sigala’s top 40 record 'Melody'.

Over the summer of 2022, Shaun made his live performance debut at MTV’s Isle of MTV in his home of Malta on July 19th, joining Marshmello, French Montana and Mae Muller on the lineup. With more music set for release over the coming months, this gifted lyricist and superstar-in-the-making is already on his way to become one of the most exciting prospects this year. Definitely one-to-watch.

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Shaun Farrugia

Singer / Songwriter

“I suppose,” supposes singer, songwriter and superstar-in-the-making Shaun Farrugia, “what I'd like to say to anyone who's about to discover my music, is this: ‘Hi. I'm a 26-year-old man who's fallen deeply in love, and expressing it felt weird, so I chose to do it through music. Welcome to my world. This is me.’”

That is indeed Shaun, but this talented Maltese performer is plenty more besides. It’s hard not to get swept away by songs Shaun describes as being like “an ocean of voices”: soulful, emotive music inspired by his love of artists like Coldplay and Kane, that’s already captured the attention of fans around the globe. The storytelling in his music is perhaps no surprise — by his own admission Shaun is “a sucker for a good story” — and Shaun’s own story is, itself, quite something. It’s the story of a guy overcoming adversity, finding his own lane in life, and creating space for himself in an industry that doesn’t often welcome outsiders.

But here we are, and here Shaun is. And this is, quite unmistakably, happening: from early songwriting credits for artists as diverse as Mimi Webb and The Script, to collaborations with the likes of Martin Garrix, to co-signs from some of the biggest tunesmiths in the business. Shaun rapidly approaches local hero status on the Mediterranean island that once seemed impossible to escape.

As a kid Shaun endured bullies who’d mock him both in person and on social media; Shaun grew to feel ashamed of who he was, and never felt good enough among his peers or in the classroom. An ADHD diagn… Read More