- Inzalelwane yaseSydney, eOstreliya uDean Lewis waqala wakhuthazwa ukuba alandele umculo njengekhondo emva kokubukela iDVD yaseOasis ephilayo ngo-2005. Waqala njengenjineli yesandi, emisela imiboniso ephilayo kwamanye amagcisa, kodwa wafumanisa ukuba umsebenzi uyamtyhafisa Umzobi uchithe uninzi lweentsuku zakhe ebukele abanye bephila ngephupha ngelixa umculo awufake kuYouTube awuzange uphendule. Ekugqibeleni, umhlobo wakhe waba ngumhlobo nomfazi kumculo wokupapasha waza wamcenga ukuba aphulaphule umculo kaLewis. Uphumelele ngokupheleleyo yitalente ekrwada yemvumi kwaye watyikitya kuMculo oKhethekileyo ngo-2014.
Ekuqaleni, uLewis wagxila ekubhaleni iingoma zabanye abaculi, kodwa wafumanisa ukuba iyakhathaza kwaye ayizaliseki. Nangona kunjalo, emva kokusayina isivumelwano esikhulu kunye ne-Island Records / Universal Music Australia ngo-Matshi 2016 wathunyelwa eNgilani ukuba asebenze nomlobi waseBrithani / abavelisi u-Nick Atkinson no-Edd Holloway, abaye basebenza noGabrielle Aplin noCharlie Simpson. Ingoma yokuqala abasebenze kuyo yayiyi 'Waves,' eyakhululwa njengenye yakhe yokuqala ngoSeptemba 30, 2016. Ingoma yafikelela kwi-#12 kwiTshati ye-ARIA yase-Australia. - 'Yiba Ulungile' yakhutshwa njengencasa yokuqala yecwecwe lokuqala likaLewis ngoJuni 29, 2018. Le ngoma yaba yitshathi yokuqala kaLewis yaseOstreliya, ichitha iiveki ezine ezilandelelanayo kwisamithi. Iphinde yaba yintshatsheli kaLewis yamazwe aphesheya, efikelela kwiitshathi kwihlabathi liphela.
Ukucamngca okuncinci kwintliziyo yothando kunye neentlungu ezihambayo ezidlulileyo yenye intsebenziswano no-Edd Holloway kunye noNick Atkinson. Ingoma ibhalwe malunga neqela lobudlelwane obahlukeneyo, abanye bakhe kunye nabanye malunga nabahlobo bemvumi. U-Lewis wachaza kwingxelo yeendaba ukuba 'wathabatha amasuntswana amancinci kunye namaqhekeza kumava ngamnye waza wadibanisa kwingoma enye.'
Le mvumi yongeze ngelithi emva kokuqhawula umtshato nelinye ixhegwazana layo yaqhuba yangqala kwabhuti wayo. 'Wadibana nam emnyango wangaphambili, wandinika iglasi ye-whisky, wathi, 'Kuphelile, beka ifowuni kude, kuya kulunga.' Siye sasela kwabe kumnandi nje ukuthetha. Kum le ngoma ithetha ngethemba nokwazi ukuba xa ungqongwe ngabantu abalungileyo, izinto zihamba kakuhle.' - Ividiyo yomculo wengoma yadutshulwa kwisiXeko saseMexico kwaye ilawulwa yi-Los Angeles-based, umlawuli wase-Australia u-Jessie Hill (Sawyer Fredericks' 'Nceda', uChris Cornell's 'Phantse Ndiyilibale Intliziyo Yam Ephukileyo'). Ikliphu idlala kunye nomlingisi waseMexico uMaria Evoli njengomdla wothando kaLewis.
- UDean Lewis uxelele Ibhodi yezaziso kwafuneka alale phantsi 'Be Alright' kumazwe amathathu ahlukeneyo ngaphambi kokuba ibe yindawo. Waqala ukuyirekhoda eOstreliya, kodwa wayengonwabanga yingoma, ngoko wawela iPasifiki waya eMelika ukuze asebenze 'nomvelisi wamagama amakhulu.' Nangona kunjalo, oko 'yayingengowamava alungileyo. Yayimbi kakhulu.'
U-Lewis emva koko wagqiba ekubeni adibane namaqabane akhe 'aMaza', uNick Atkinson kunye no-Edd Holloway. Bacebisa ukuba athabathe ikwayara anyuke nesitshixo, yaye oko kwangqineka kuyimpumelelo awayeyifuna. - Xa iqela lelizwe laseParmalee lakuva le ngoma, ngoko nangoko lacinga ukuba lilungile. 'Ndicinga ukuba iyahambelana, kuzo zonke iinkalo,' baxelele Ibhuthi . 'Uyazi, ngubani ongakhange ahambe ngendlela embi kwaye wacela umhlobo wakho ukuba akuncede? Kwaye ndiyacinga ukuba sakuyiva, ingcinga yam yokuqala yaba, 'Liculo lelizwe elo. Yingoma yeParmalee kanye apho.''
Ibhendi yagqiba ekubeni yigubungele ibenye . Phambi kokurekhoda le ngoma kwakufuneka babuze uLewis ukuba kulungile na ukwenza amanye amazwi athi 'ilizwe'. Wayekhe acule, 'Ndiyazi ukuba uyamthanda kodwa kuphelile, mfondini.' Bayitshintsha bathi, 'Ndiyazi ukuba uyamthanda, kodwa ixesha liphelile.' ULewis wavuma kwiinguqu.
