At only 20 years-old, he became really famous, really fast, all thanks to his amazing song "Budapest". When I first heard the track, I had something I like to call "an Adele moment", an epiphany if you will. Let me elaborate some more on that :)
When I first heard Adele's "Chasing Pavements", I thought about this big beautiful black woman with great pipes, singing her ass off. You can imagine my astonishment when I first saw pictures of Adele, being her amazing self. Makes you think how weird our expectations can be sometimes, linking a particular sound to a particular look.
I had this same "Adele"-moment when I heard George Ezra sing. I had a picture in my head of this rugged forty year-old homeless guy with a beard, making a living by singing tunes on the London Tube.
Obviously, I was mistaken! ^^
Ezra stopped by our Dutch friends at 3FM Radio this morning. Watch him perform "Budapest" AND cover One Republic's "Counting Stars" below.