Sam Fischer

Sam Fischer was born July 5, 1991 in Australia. Musically inclined, at age 3 he took an interest in learning to play the violin. By age 10, the saxophone. By age 12, he'd started writing songs. He attended Boston's Berklee College Of Music.

 

His first release was as a featured singer on the 2012 single "Heartbeats" by Alex Preston. In 2014 he moved to Los Angeles and continued his songwriting. He began releasing singles in 2016 and released his debut EP, Not A Hobby in January 2018. The song "This City" was released that same month. It now stands at over 350 million worldwide streams, over 2 million worldwide sales and over 50 million video views. 

 

Fischer released his project Homework in 2020, which is a cathartic body of work, acknowledging the moments in life that Sam has struggled to deal with and how these situations have changed him for the better.

 

"What Other People Say" was written by Sam before "This City" became a hit, it was a song he always knew would be a duet and was blown away when Demi Lovato became the perfect person to accompany him on vocals. Written about a feeling of being alone and not wanting to let people down, the pairing takes two different lives and perspectives and unites them in one message of human experience, emotion and togetherness, so they are alone with one another in the song.

 

Sam says, "What Other People Say is a confession, realizing how far away you can get from who you are in an effort to be liked. It’s about the pressures of society and how getting caught up with the wrong things can change you."

 

Demi says, "This song is a reflection on what it’s like to lose who you truly are in an effort to please other people and society. It’s why I wanted to make this song with Sam – ultimately it’s about two humans coming together to connect and find solutions to their problems."

 

(Photo credit: Frank Fieber)