![]() ![]() ![]() But I think it’s time for me to perhaps do something else that I’ve discovered, which is acting. And I have no problem remembering my lines, because I spent so many years singing the same songs over and over again.” The singer also shared that he may start putting more of his energy towards acting, adding that he is “doing acting now”, though remained tight-lipped about what exactly the roles are. We all become like kids when we’re in a place that we haven’t been before, and we just need grown-ups and experienced people to say, ‘You’re doing well!’” And that’s something that’s so important. But again, they all make you feel very comfortable and reassure you that you’re doing very well. Timothée Chalamet is a lovely guy, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa. And it was a great experience, the people were lovely. “I learned my script, went there and performed. “Denis Villeneuve called me and said, ‘Benjamin, I’ve got a role for you. Then, the opportunity to act in Dune came from the director himself. Speaking about how the opportunity came about, Clementine explained that he had auditioned for a couple of other film roles at the request of a talent agent from his tour manager’s company, but was told he wasn’t right for the parts. Don’t think that you’ve reached a place that you really want to go.”īesides music and songwriting, Clementine also spoke to NME about his debut acting role in the Oscar-winning Dune last year, in which he played the Herald of the Change. “Those things are just to help you to get to where you want to go. But don’t get too carried away, you’ve got to just stay focused and do what you do. So the Mercury Prize gives incentive, or a path for people to tread on to go and maybe find solace within themselves.”Īsked if he had any advice for this year’s Mercury Prize winner, Clementine replied: “It will push you to the place that hopefully you’re trying to go. That’s why people actually go to see an artist. “But what I realised is that actually, people are not there to see you perform, they come to see themselves, to understand themselves, to make peace within themselves. And I’ll be literally doing the same thing,” he said. Then when my music started getting recognised and I started playing professionally, 5000 people will come to the show. “People will listen but pretend they’re not listening. He also compared his life as an artist now to when he used to busk on the Paris Metro. He continued: “The Mercury Prize definitely changes people’s perspectives about your artistry and what you do.” “But what we do, if it’s good enough, affects people, and people have perspectives.” “I think an artist can’t be a person who is affected by an award,” he said. The singer also reflected on life since he won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2015 for his acclaimed debut album ‘At Least For Now’ – beating out Jamie xx, Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice. And in that process, of course, as an artist, you write what you go through.” I had to see a few therapists to get to understand that. And that brought a lot of past trauma out of me. And when I started writing, I got a son with my wife, Florence. “That’s what started to inspire the album. “In the beginning, I always thought that I was used to being lonely, but when Covid happened, I realised that actually, no, I need people around me. “I started getting anxious and worried about my career, my future and the fact that everything just stopped, everything is frozen,” he said. The singer resided in the mountains in Santa Monica, California, during the pandemic when he first started thinking about writing a new album. ![]() He explained that the third part will focus on “hope”, adding, “but it’s all for humanity”. “My father’s passed away now, but remembering him, and then looking at my son and what he expects of me and my wife,” he added. Benjamin Clementine CREDIT: Akatre Studios ![]()
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