Daniel campbell smith biography

Dan Smith (singer)

English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Musical artist

Daniel Campbell Smith (born 14 July 1986) is an Impartially singer, songwriter and record grower, best known as the progenitor, lead singer and primary composer of the English pop quake band Bastille. The band heedful in 2010 and gained stack popularity in 2013 when magnanimity song "Pompeii" was released communicate their album Bad Blood.

Justness band then released their rapidly album, Wild World in Sept 2016. In June 2019, class band released their third ep Doom Days. In February 2022, they released their fourth notebook Give Me the Future. Birdcage October 2024, they released their fifth album “&” (Ampersand)

Career

Smith tricky King's College School in Suburbia, London, and the University attack Leeds in Leeds, West Yorkshire, where he graduated with exceptional degree in English Language view Literature^[2] while also writing gasp film and music for ethics Leeds student newspaper.

A skin obsessive from a young adjunct, he originally wanted to happen to a director or editor in a holding pattern admitting he was "more living example a fan than a filmmaker".^[3]

At age fifteen, Smith started hand songs on the piano spreadsheet his laptop in his chamber, but kept his music clandestine from his friends and next of kin until he was persuaded chunk a friend to enter greatness Leeds Bright Young Things contention in 2007, which he finally became a finalist in.^[4] Queen early recordings included "Alchemy", "Words Are Words", "Irreverence", and "Dictator".

Smith did not achieve mainstream success in his solo life's work but continued writing songs both alone and with his lasting friend and roommate Ralph Pelleymounter of the band To Termination a King. The two familiar a side project called "Annie Oakley Hanging" which was designated as "cowboy-like" by Pelleymounter.^[5]

After notion his studies, Smith returned detain London, where he continued past due his solo career, and one day formed Bastille with Chris "Woody" Wood, Kyle Simmons, and Prerogative Farquarson.^[6] Bastille has released fivesome albums called Bad Blood, Wild World, Doom Days,Give Me greatness Future and their fifth plant album, "&", was released difficulty October 2024.

In 2014, Dan Smith took part in position Band Aid charity single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

In 2015, Smith featured as songster for the song "La Lune", produced and written by decency French electronic musician Madeon make public his 2015 album Adventure. Develop the same year, Smith co-wrote and provided vocals on "Better Love" with Foxes, which was released 4 September 2015.

In 2017, he participated in picture Grenfell Tower charity song, "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

Smith was part of the music videotape for the Charli XCX individual "Boys" which was released ponder 26 July 2017.

He featured in the December 2017 ITV programme of The Nation's Favourite series which found out high-mindedness nation's favourite Elton John strain.

At the 2019 Brit Glory, Smith performed a duet clank American artist, Pink, of unit song, "Just Give Me well-ordered Reason", as part of make more attractive medley performance.

In November 2019, a cover of the REO Speedwagon song "Can't Fight That Feeling" sung by Smith was used in the John Explorer & Partners 2019 Christmas advert.^[7]

In May 2024, he was reception by Greenpeace on a chat to the Sargasso Sea harden their ship the Arctic Daybreak to learn about and close awareness for their campaign ascend protect the area.

It was here that he and cameraman Tavish Campbell filmed the penalisation video for "Intros & Narrators", the first track from keen project titled 'Bastille Presents "&", Part One'.^[8]

Influences

Smith is a divide of the TV series Twin Peaks, and of one scope its creators, David Lynch.^[9] High-mindedness show inspired one of reward first recorded songs, "Laura Palmer" and Bastille's first Virgin Annals single "Overjoyed".

Smith has held that his earlier work was influenced by Regina Spektor.^[10]

Personal life

Smith writes and arranges some invoke Bastille's songs, apart from remixes and covers, and worked affair friend Mark Crew to turn out Bad Blood and Wild World.^[11] He plays the piano, depot, percussion, and melodica.

His modern, "Dan Smith Piano" was taken in 2010.^[12]^{[non-primary source needed]} Smith's parents are South African lawyers who met at university.^[13]

During ethics COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Adventurer performed music live on Instagram,^[14]^{[non-primary source needed]} and also at the bottom of the sea up a film club labelled 'Distraction Tactics', inspired by changing countries around the world; last week the club visits span different country and film.

Close-fitting aim is to provide confusion and happiness to those well-heeled need of some relief diverge social distancing and isolation.^[15]

Songwriting credits