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Myles Smith review – Brits Rising Star award winner clearly has hidden depths
The Stargazing streaming sensation gives his young fans what they want, but there’s evidently more to him than earworm singalongs
He spent his teens on the open mic circuit and first broke ground during the pandemic when his TikTok covers went viral, before last year’s Stargazing notched up over half a billion streams on Spotify. A gentle reggae lilt occasionally reflects his Jamaican heritage, the soulfully anthemic Little By Little showcases the affecting tremor in his voice, and his emotional frisson and hint of vulnerability elevates his material above the blandly formulaic. When a story looks like being drowned out in audience chatter, he respectfully but firmly requests that people stay quiet enough for him to deliver the emotional introduction to My First Heartbreak, a beautifully raw acoustic song about growing up with an absent father.
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