Ocean Tisdall
Ocean Tisdall is this week's One To Watch with is new track White Lies.
The Wicklow native joined Sarina on Saturday's show to talk new music, future dreams and never letting dyslexia hold him back.
Ocean joined Sarina fresh off attending the Brit Awards this week, which he said was a surreal experience.
He told her it was great to be back in a room celebrating people's art, especially after the hard hit the music industry has taken in the last 2 years.
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Ocean has always known he wanted to be in music. He told his sister at 10-years-old that he was going to be Jessie J. Although she also told him he shouldn't be somebody else, he should always be himself.
Growing up in a small village in Wicklow, Ocean said the quietness and alone time really helped him grow into himself.
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Ocean's latest release White Lies is the first song he ever wrote. It was written at the beginning of the pandemic, when he had to isolate in an old abandoned farmhouse.
He wrote it about a time he was in a situation with someone bad for him, but he kept going back to their blue eyes. Billie Eilish's song Ocean Eyes was a song he always listened to then, which you hear mentioned throughout White Lies.
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Ocean is hoping to get an EP out this year, along with booking some gigs so he can finally get on stage.
However, when it comes to long-term goals, he would love to win a VMA. Ocean tells Sarina he's always been a very visual person, especially with having dyslexia, and working that way comes very naturally to him.
He even writes his songs by creating the idea visually with images from the internet, then taking them to studio to turn into lyrics.
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To hear more about Ocean Tisdall and his music, have a listen to the podcast:
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