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Show Name: Who’s on the Aux?

Episode Title: Heartbreak, Healing, and Love

You are listening to Who’s on the Aux, the podcast with your hosts Fiona Reznik and Aleena Kashif.

In this episode of Who’s on the Aux the Podcast, we discuss: Heartbreak, Healing, and Love

Aleena: Who’s on the Aux? We’re on the Aux. Hello everyone, and welcome back to Who’s on the Aux podcast, where we discuss some of your favorite music artists and decide whether they are truly good or just over hyped.

Fiona: That’s right. So who are we talking about today?

Aleena: We are talking about the guy they say who was built from heartbreak…

Fiona: Which is???

Aleena: Zach Bryan, duh

Fiona: Who??

Aleena: I honestly don’t really know either, I’m not gonna lie. However, I did some research, and he is an American songwriter.

Fiona: Yeah, never heard of him

Aleena: Yeah- wait, wait, we just got a message from one of our listeners!

Fiona: Okay! Read it now!

Aleena: This is a question from Julie, who emailed me from Australia! She is wondering what inspired us to create a podcast and why we chose this particular topic.

(Talk about why we chose podcasting, and we did this topic.)

Fiona: Moving back into the topic of this episode

Aleena: (Talk about Zach Bryan) As ironic as it is, even though Zach Bryan makes many country and American songs, he was actually born in Japan.

Fiona: No way, was he raised there?

Aleena: Nope, he was raised in Oklahoma, but both of his parents were stationed in Japan because both parents were serving time in the U.S Navy. Which later on, influenced Zach to serve there too, but I’ll get into that later.

Fiona: Oh, so when would he even have time to start music then?

Aleena: Basically, when he was 14, his grandfather gifted him a guitar, which was literally all that Zach needed. Zach had a spark, and I guess the guitar made it bigger.

Fiona: But why would his grandfather just randomly give him a guitar?

Aleena: He would write some poetry when he was 12, and I think his grandfather just saw a gift in him.

Fiona: Okay, so what about him serving in the Navy?

Aleena: After high school, he decided to enlist, following in his parents' footsteps. He stayed for 8 years before he decided to leave. While he was in the Navy, he would upload videos of himself singing, and they were unedited. It showed many people his talent, and as soon as he left, he decided to keep doing music.

Fiona: How much longer after that did he actually become recognized, or famous?

Aleena: He mainly got recognized because he would post videos on YouTube while he was still in the Navy. This one video he posted on YouTube was named “Heading South”, which was literally filmed on his phone. This gave him recognition and gathered many, but his debut album was made after the death of his mother, Annette, in 2019. In her memory, he named the album DeAnn.

Fiona: Aww, that is very sentimental, like making a whole album named after his mom. But what after that?

Aleena: Well, he started releasing more and more independent albums, and he started gaining fans and fame. Eventually, he went on tour, and now people listen to him daily.

Fiona: That's cool, I’m gonna listen to one of his songs, because I still don't even know who he is.

Aleena: Before we get into opinions, let's hear from one of our classmates about their podcast.

Aleena: (Welcome everyone back) So, do you listen to country music, or do you like it?

Fiona: Opinions

Aleena: Opinions

Aleena: Thank you for listening. Were your hosts Fiona Reznik and Aleena Kashif signing off? Next week on the Aux, we have yet again another male artist. He is a rapper...