{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/688a215dfc150bcf7f78525e/6a37e3d46f90df4cb7c91744?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Hope Tala: Listener Q + A","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/688a215dfc150bcf7f78525e/1782047617486-875781f7-6113-4a5d-b21e-3f566a19ea76.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Singer-songwriter Hope Tala answers listener questions in this Q&amp;A episode of the podcast.</p><p><br></p><p>Listeners ask Hope what she wouldn't change about the music industry, who her dream collaborator is — her answer is Kendrick Lamar, whose album <em>To Pimp a Butterfly</em> she wrote her university dissertation on — and how she navigates the pressure to post constantly on TikTok when she'd rather be writing. She also shares the message a stranger sent her ten years ago about a song she'd put on SoundCloud that made her realise making music might be her purpose — a message about grief, and a moment of peace — and why she still remembers it now.</p><p>This is a conversation about what keeps a creative going — and why it's almost never the things you'd expect.</p><p><br></p><p>🎥 WATCH the full episode <a href=\"https://youtu.be/4zMTxkFuIis\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HERE</a></p><p>📘 Buy Freya's novel: <a href=\"https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/a-real-piece-of-work/freya-bromley/9781529155433\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Real Piece of Work</a></p><p>💛 Follow <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/freybromley/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@freybromley</a> on Instagram for updates and to ask your questions</p><p>📚 Join Freya's newsletter at <a href=\"http://www.freyabromley.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">freyabromley.substack.com</a> for behind the scenes thoughts</p><p>🎙️ And hit <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/character-study/id1896655831\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe</a> wherever you get your podcasts</p>","author_name":"Freya Bromley"}