Sam Fischer @ Kavka Antwerp

Despite having written for the likes of Demi Lovato, Keith Urban, Ciara, Cian Ducrot and Cat Burns, and finding global success with viral TikTok hit ‘This City’, Sam’s debut album, ‘I Love You Please Don’t Hate Me’, is his first extended body of work. It is a compilation of tracks he has written over his career, and the common theme is his relationship with himself - which at times has been fraught. “The album name is a pretty good summary of what’s to come,” he explains.

Sam grew up in Sydney but moved to LA after he graduated to try and make it as a singer and songwriter. But it was tough, and he struggled to make ends meet. As a last ditch effort at being an artist, he self-released his EP ‘Not A Hobby’ which included a track called ‘This City’, documenting his LA struggles. That song ended up completely changing his life.

Early in 2019 he noticed that the track had gone from 4000 streams a day on Spotify, to 10,000, then later to 60,000. Within months Lewis Capaldi had been in touch asking him to support him on the US leg of his tour. After the final night of the tour, Spotify put This City on their Pop Rising playlist. It was doing 4 million streams a week by then, and it is now at over a billion.

Sam is no stranger to collaboration having released his ‘These Citie’s EP in 2020 featuring artists like Anne-Marie and Kane Brown, as well as writing and appearing on Sam Feldt’s 2021 dance track, ‘Pick Me Up’. On his debut album, Amy Shark features on ‘High On You’, while his good friend Meghan Trainor pops up on ‘Alright’.

Now Sam is looking forward to getting back to performing live in front of an audience again. “I’m excited to tour as much as possible. And really work my arse off to show the world who I am and what I can do as an artist.”

On Friday, May 24th 2024, Sam Fischer is coming to the KAVKA in Antwerp for an intimate concert you don’t want to miss!