When you try something new, no one's gonna believe in you. That feels shitty. But there's a superpower hidden in that, if you still believe in yourself.
I remember playing my first festival in 2016. I was on the side of the stage, waiting to go on. They made me wait for fifteen minutes after the headliner had finished before they let me on.
By then, everyone had gone.
I was so excited to be there. Then I was absolutely gutted by what had just happened.
That was the moment I made a promise to myself. I was never gonna be in that scenario again. I was gonna work so fucking hard that the next time I was at a festival, I would be the respected artist.
Not the guy being told to wait while the crowd went home.
Being underestimated can switch something on in your head. No one else has to see it yet. You know what you're capable of, and you can put that feeling into the work.
Being the person who is underestimated is actually a crazy superpower.
