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How Vance Joy’s New Single, “Clarity,” Was Inspired by a Massive Life Decision · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Australian singer songwriter Vance Joy,
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Speaker 1: who had a massive global hit with Rip tie back In,
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Speaker 1: is back with a new album and a single called Clarity,
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Speaker 1: and the song's title messaging all stem from meeting his
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Speaker 1: current girlfriend and making a bold decision across the world
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Speaker 1: to be with her, was telling songwriter Universal, I'm recently
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Speaker 1: from Melbourne, but I met my partner in Barcelona in
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Speaker 1: early twenty nineteen, and during the COVID lockdowns, I spent
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Speaker 1: most of my time in Barcelona with her. I enjoyed
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Speaker 1: a different part of my life, with a different kind
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Speaker 1: of pace, and I realized that spending time with her
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Speaker 1: was what was most important to me. I was reconnecting
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Speaker 1: with life, not being solely focused on music and things
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Speaker 1: like that. So I think that was a moment of
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Speaker 1: clarity that influenced all my songwriting. Vance's album In Our
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Speaker 1: Own Sweet Time is out right now. That's Direct from Hollywood.