Daniel Johns Instagram – I’m notoriously bad at stopping and smelling the roses so I’m putting this here to remind myself.
This will be my final post for 2023 so I can go away to work on finishing orchestration and credit sequence for ‘What If The Future Never Happened?’. I’m shutting my socials down, putting my phone in a drawer and getting back to work.
FutureNever was the most gratifying creative experience of my career, it was gratifying because of YOU all. I’ve never felt more connected to the people who have supported the podcast, the album and the exhibition. ‘What If The Future Never Happened?’ is coming in early 2024, I’m disappearing into the studio now to finalise the orchestration.
In pretty big personal news, I’ve just signed the most important songwriting deal of my career with BMG, including all of my songs from ‘Frogstomp’ to ‘FutureNever’ and everything in between.
The team @bmgausnz also just came up to my house and presented me with this wild plaque celebrating FutureNever being announced as ARIA’s highest selling new Australian Album of 2022, spending 7 weeks in the Top 10 (and 2 weeks at #11 😂) and going #1 twice. I don’t really hang plaques in my house but I’m hanging this one in my living room because it’s a reminder of the love from you all and it means more than you’ll ever know. It also lights up.
Although it’s a solo album, FutureNever had many collaborative elements and I’ve been sharing the @aria_official trophies presented to my dear friends who helped create FN.
Thank you to @eddiezammit @allaboutgraphics BMG and @rialtomelbourne – because in mind blowing news ‘Past, Present and FutureNever’ has won 2 awards at the FESPA’s in Munich @fespagram – beating out the FIFA World Cup for the coveted ‘Best In Show’ Award.
Thank you also to @spotifyaunz for this epic plaque commemorating the global success of ‘Who Is Daniel Johns?’. Thank you to the @australianpodcastawards for the ‘Spotlight Award’.
Thank you to @ausindies for awarding FutureNever Best Pop Album in 2023. I’m loving being a truly independent artist making everything on my own terms.
Love you, I’ll find you in the NeverAfter 💕 | Posted on 31/Oct/2023 03:57:15
