Teddy Swims: “I recently got to record a song with Will Smith – he’s the sweetest guy ever”

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Teddy Swims has revealed to NME that he recently recorded a song with his “hero” Will Smith.Swims was speak to NME backstage at the recent BBC Radio One Big Weekend in Luton, when he teased his collab with the screen and rap icon.“I don’t know what’s going to happen with it and can’t confirm anything, but just being with him and learning knowledge and wisdom from someone who’s been through it all was crazy,” he said.“I was at his house and trying to FaceTime my mom because she loves him,” he continued. “She didn’t answer but he gave me his number and, the next morning, he texted at 8am saying I could put us all in a group chat.”“He’s the sweetest guy ever,” the Atlanta-born soul-pop singer-songwriter added.Talking about the success of his huge single ‘Lose Control’, which reached Number Two in the UK chart, he said that he always “absolutely” thought it would be a hit.“When we wrote it, that was the first time that I ever felt in my heart that ‘this song is gonna change my life’,” he said. “I knew that the song was going to be what it was and I had never felt that way before about anything I did.”He went on to say that the song’s success has taught him to “always follow your gut.

It’s always right.”Speaking about his UK fans, Swims described them as “the people who love me first and the most,” adding: “I love it here, this is home.”After his whirlwind global success, he said that getting to tour the world was “a beautiful thing because I get to trauma dump on a bunch of strangers every evening all across the world.|He continued: “I think that, because I’m willing to talk about my issues openly and vulnerably, there’s people that let me have a safe place to do that and understand and see me.“Also, I think I give people a.