"The greatest first kiss that never happened again” recalled in debut single

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The story of “the greatest first kiss that never happened again” is the debut single from Daisy Howard who grew up in Littlehampton and now lives in Thailand.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Six Newspapers. Really lovely

00:07this morning to speak to Daisy Howard, who is back in Littlehampton, where she grew up,

00:12but based in Thailand now, and back marking a really important moment because your debut

00:17single is coming out and it's called First Kiss. And it's an interesting story behind

00:23First Kiss.

00:25Slightly one. I like to say it's a song about the greatest first kiss that never happened

00:30again. It was just one very good first kiss that inspired a song and that's about it really.

00:40So I'm thankful.

00:41So the first kiss was fantastic in itself, but then you had a sort of, well, you had

00:45misgivings thereafter, I think.

00:48Yes, let's say my observations guided me away from kissing that person again, but that's

00:54okay. It's good to know these things and be aware.

00:57The point is, you had that great moment, and from that, you've got your debut single.

01:04Yes, I'm curious as to whether I should share it with that person or not.

01:10Well, let me know what happens if you do. But you've waited a long time for this first

01:17single, haven't you? You've been doing music for a long time, but it's accelerated since

01:22being in Thailand, isn't it?

01:24For sure. I think I've been doing music, as long as I can remember, since primary school

01:31and all through secondary school at the Little Hampton Academy, which was then LCS. And I

01:37think, you know, long story short, I was waiting for the moment to come to me. I was waiting

01:43for someone or something to give me the chance, give me the opportunity. And then it just

01:49hit me, turning 30 last year, that no one's going to come along and make it happen for

01:53you.

01:54It's down to you.

01:55If you want to achieve something in life, yeah, it's all down to you. Like, we are in

01:59charge. We need to create our own destiny, as cheesy as that sounds. So I just started

02:07to put the feelers out, investigate what was available for me, and everything just fell

02:12into place. It was like, oh my gosh, this is it. I could make it happen.

02:17And you've got all those tracks recorded. You've got the single. You're going to do

02:22an EP sometime before Christmas. And in the next year, it's the album. That's going to

02:28be massive, isn't it?

02:30Yeah. Yeah, I mean, for me, it's massive. And that's one thing I've been telling myself

02:36in this whole process, that this is important for me. And if it makes me happy, then that's

02:41all that really matters. And of course, it would be amazing if the world could hear it

02:45and I could do music professionally and share my songs. But I think ultimately, I just know

02:52I'm proud of this. I'm so proud of these songs. And I really hope that people like them as

02:59well.

03:00You should be proud. Absolutely, you should be proud. Have you got a title for the album

03:03yet?

03:08I'm kind of toying with the idea of calling it Saved, because the theme of the album is

03:15all sort of centered around one period of my life, sort of from 2020 to 2022. And all

03:21of the songs have this theme of, you know, wanting to save someone you love, and realizing

03:28that ultimately, you can't save anyone but yourself. So it's a real storytelling journey

03:34and it's, you know, the trials and tribulations of young love. But yeah, I'm still trying

03:41to figure out if that says punchier title. I don't know, really. It's quite a big thing

03:46to name your first album, isn't it?

03:49Let's chat again when you've got that new album ready to come out. Daisy, lovely to

03:54speak to you. Good luck with the single.

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