Teddy Swims has opened up about the struggle of balancing taking time off to welcome a baby with having to tour to be able to afford one.
The singer-songwriter appeared on Capital Radio’s Evening Show with Jimmy Hill just before performing on stage at the BRIT Awards on Saturday (March 1), where he confirmed that he and his partner are expecting a baby boy, due in June.
He went on to articulate the fine balance that many parents will recognise, between the need to take time off work and the growing financial pressure to keep earning.
“Yeah, we’ve got June off for the baby to be here and a lot of July off as well,” he said on the show. “But unfortunately, there is so much of this year that has been scheduled and we’re buying a house as well so we’re going to tour a little bit less.”
“But for the rest of this year, if I stop touring then we can’t afford to have a baby. So, I’m going to miss some stuff this year but next year primarily I think we’re just doing a lot of spot dates like festivals and stuff and doing a lot of writing so I can be home more. And he will be big enough by then that I think he will do some of the North American tour with me this year too.”
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The ‘Loose Control’ star released his second album ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2)’ in January. In a four-star review, NME said: “The swiftly released follow-up staves off a bad case of sequelitis because it successfully deepens Swims’ story. He’s “coming from more of a healed spot” now, as he put it to NME backstage at Reading Festival last summer; opener ‘Not Your Man’, with its thunderous percussion and ominous, rolling bassline, certainly sounds like the work of a man emboldened by world domination.”
Swims’ unique blend of soul, pop and R&B also earned him a spot on the ‘Bose x NME: C24’ mixtape with the doo-wop-inspired, contemporary pop ballad ‘Funeral.
The singer is also set to perform at the Isle of Wright Festival this June. Sting, Justin Timberlake and the Stereophonics are the headliners for this year’s three-day event.
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