Nathan Evans interview

GlasgowWorld

The Scottish songwriter and TikTok sensation discusses being brought up as a Rangers supporter, his love for Glasgow and an insight into what tours/festivals he has lined up.

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00:00 So I want to talk to you a bit about you and supporting Rangers.

00:03 Obviously, you're a mad Rangers fan.

00:05 Talk to us about how that all came around.

00:08 It's just a generational thing.

00:10 My dad's a Rangers fan, my granddad's a Rangers fan,

00:14 and it's just kind of one of those things just get passed down to me.

00:17 And I've been a football fan ever since I can remember.

00:21 So I just grew up a Rangers fan and that's it.

00:24 Once you're in, you're in, aren't you?

00:25 Yeah, that's it.

00:26 And I'm guessing as well, you obviously try and attend as many matches as you can.

00:29 I know you've got a busy schedule.

00:30 I do. I do.

00:32 I think the last game I was at was the Hibs at home.

00:35 And that was the last game I'd been at in a long time,

00:39 just simply because I've been so busy.

00:42 But whenever I'm home, whenever I've got a spare minute,

00:45 I try and make it to as many games as possible.

00:47 So what are your earliest memories of supporting Rangers then?

00:50 Can you remember your first game that you ever attended?

00:52 I can. The first time I ever seen Rangers play in a stadium

00:57 was actually at Motherwell Stadium.

01:00 And I was in the away end because my mum and dad were friends

01:04 with the physio for Motherwell, so he managed to get me tickets.

01:08 And that was the first time I ever seen Rangers play.

01:11 And one of the greatest days ever.

01:13 It was like the first time actually getting to see your team play live.

01:16 Aye. Aye, there's no feeling like it.

01:18 And I'm guessing when it comes to a Cup final day,

01:21 the nerves are just on a totally different level, are they?

01:24 Through the roof. Through the roof.

01:25 I don't think I'm going to have any nails left by the end of it.

01:28 The game's leaving, we're still hours away from the game

01:30 and I'm already halfway there.

01:32 So my fingers are crossed, my toes are crossed,

01:35 and I guess we just need to wait till the 90 minutes are over.

01:39 Yeah.

01:39 See what happens.

01:40 So you were originally brought up in Airdrie, am I correct in thinking?

01:43 Yeah.

01:44 Obviously you've spent a lot of time doing gigs, etc. in Glasgow.

01:48 How big has Glasgow been for you in terms of, you know,

01:53 the launchpad to your career really?

01:55 Huge, huge.

01:56 The support, the local support has just been absolutely incredible.

02:00 Everywhere I go now, I'm just getting recognised,

02:03 and pictures, and just the positivity around meeting everybody

02:08 is just absolutely incredible.

02:10 So, aye, the support is just, it's unreal.

02:13 Absolutely unreal.

02:15 I want to talk to you as well about the run that they had to the Europa League final

02:17 a few seasons ago.

02:19 Did you manage to take in any of those games?

02:21 Yeah.

02:22 Were you in Seville?

02:24 I was. So I was on tour during the last few games.

02:28 So I got to the RB Leipzig away game,

02:31 so I was away over in Germany on tour.

02:34 I managed to get to that game.

02:36 I got to the Dortmund game at home.

02:39 Some night, that.

02:40 I got, oh, incredible night, incredible night.

02:42 I got to a few games, and then I managed to get to Seville as well.

02:46 So it was like the last day of tour was like a day before the final,

02:50 and I flew straight from there to Malaga.

02:53 I met some friends in a hotel, and then we got the bus into Seville.

02:56 So an incredible, incredible experience.

02:59 Unfortunate with the result, but that experience and the whole,

03:04 that whole campaign will just, it'll never leave me.

03:07 That'll be with me forever, and it'll be something I tell the kids about.

03:11 Fantastic. I want to touch on Philippe Clement as well, obviously.

03:14 In the door in October, a lot was made about the comings and goings

03:18 under Michael Bale last season.

03:19 What have you made of the impact he's had in the short term?

03:22 I think he's looking positive.

03:25 I think the way he talks as well is really professional, really good.

03:29 And his style of play, we've had some hiccups,

03:34 but I think we'll get there,

03:36 especially once the summer's out the way and stuff like that.

03:38 And he gets a hold on the team the way he wants it,

03:42 then I think it's going to be positive, definitely.

03:45 Fantastic. And moving away from football, obviously, your career,

03:49 what can I say? The last couple of years has just been

03:52 a bit mad for you, I guess.

03:53 It's been mental.

03:54 The last few years have been absolutely nuts.

03:58 I've just been working on music non-stop.

04:00 Since the Wellerman came out, I obviously brought out my

04:03 Sea Shanty album last year, and now we're working towards

04:06 a new album which is coming out in September.

04:09 So, aye, just working towards that.

04:12 Got a few new singles out.

04:14 Got another one coming out very, very soon.

04:17 And then got loads of festivals and shows.

04:19 And it's just absolutely incredible.

04:22 My life's been fucked upside down in the last few years.

04:24 So, yeah, and there's a tour on the way as well,

04:26 so keep your eyes open.

04:27 Stay tuned.

04:28 And I just want to touch on Highland Girl as well.

04:30 Yes.

04:31 Obviously, it's been a TikTok craze.

04:33 Yes.

04:34 A lot of people saying, you know, get it on Spotify.

04:36 I see it's on Spotify now.

04:37 Yeah, it is.

04:38 How excited are you to get another one?

04:40 It's just class.

04:42 When you put something on social media,

04:44 you're always a bit...

04:45 Well, I am anyway. I'm always a bit nervous,

04:47 because you never know what the reception's going to be.

04:50 So when you put something out and you get the reception

04:52 that I got for Highland Girl, it's just...

04:54 It's incredible. What a feeling.

04:56 And then to put it out and everybody going,

04:58 listening to it and seeing it and buying it on iTunes

05:01 and everything else, it's just...

05:02 It's incredible. Absolutely incredible.

05:04 You turn on the radio, it's on Cloud One,

05:06 so, aye, it's amazing.

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