十二年前，我在伊维萨岛参加朋友的婚礼时，醒来收到彼得·杰克逊和弗兰·沃尔什的邮件，问能否去新西兰观看《霍比特人2：史矛革荒漠》的初剪版，并考虑创作片尾曲。我当即就踏上了首班飞往新西兰的航班。

抵达后看完影片，当天就创作出《I See Fire》，随后一周时间都在制作和录制。这是我第一次独立制作、创作并演奏所有乐器（除了大提琴——讽刺的是我会大提琴却不会小提琴，但小提琴部分还是自己完成了）。能参与这部电影我深感荣幸，作为彼得和弗兰的铁杆粉丝，以及托尔金的忠实书迷，整个过程如梦似幻。

后来更有幸与全体演员一起参加宣传巡演**——对四年前还在英国空荡酒吧演出的22岁年轻人来说，简直超现实。这首歌是我在欧洲的首支热门单曲，至今仍是很多人认识我的代表作。本周播放量突破十亿，让我不禁回想起2013那些永生难忘的瞬间。

感谢彼得、弗兰和凯蒂给了我如此珍贵的回忆，以及这首触及十亿听众的歌曲 x

12 years ago I was at a mates wedding in Ibiza, I woke up to an email from Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh saying can you come to NZ and watch an early cut of The Desolation of Smaug, and maybe write the end credits song. I was on the first plane there from that moment. Landed, saw the cut, wrote I see fire that day as soon as I’d seen it, and then spent the rest of the week producing it and recording bits. It was the first song I’d produced solely myself, written solely myself and played every instrument on it (except the cello ironically considering I can play that and can’t play violin but still played that). I was so honoured to be part of the movie, such a massive Peter and Fran fan, and such a huge Tolkien fan, it felt like a dream being involved. I then got to do the press tour with all the actors which was so surreal for a 22 year old who 4 years before was playing empty bars in UK. The song was my first proper European hit, and still today is the song lots of people were introduced to me on. It hit a billion streams this week, which made me reminisce about those moments in 2013 that I will never forget. Thank you Peter, Fran + Katie for giving me such amazing memories, and a song that has reached a billion people x

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