Episode 4 - Felicity Light - Australian singer/dancer/choreographer/fashionista.

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Welcome to the second episode of season 2! The SINGERS, ACTORS, WRITERS and INFLUENCERS showcase on a global scale!

FELICITY LIGHT: Some songs age like wine, and some love stories transcend the test of distance and time. A single about the struggles of long distance relationships, written in 2017, perfectly exemplifies this. With a danceable catchy tune that pops, carried by exuberant vocals, Sydney's rising Pop Princess Felicity Light's new and growing following will definitely find every reason to stay with her music. This glamorous girl certainly knows how to debut in style, with her fresh single 'Need You To Stay', now available on all streaming platforms.
Written by Felicity herself — with production by Jhay Cabrera and Andro Martinez, and mastering by Darren Ziesing — the sweet, vibrant, and punchy track comes with an equally glossy and stylish music video, set for release on December 4.
The video resembles a glittery dream sequence, created by the formidable creative team helmed by Sydney- based Can't Be Stopped Productions. The visuals highlight Felicity's natural charm and powerful presence, which positions her as a total performer and in a league of her own. Her light not only shines in the way she sings and dances, but in her writing as well. 'Need You To Stay' was written back in 2017 while she was enduring a lovesick heart on board a cruise ship, away from the love of her life. But happy endings prove to be true, as Felicity is still with the same person she wrote the song for in 2017.
"I wrote the song in my cabin while sailing around Alaska after my new boyfriend had left the ship and returned to his home on the other side of the world. I am so excited that we got our happy ending after six months apart and out of a tricky situation, I now have my first single out in the world," said Felicity.

There is certainly no backing down with this girl on fire, as she is set to release more singles in the coming months. From the little girl who sings the whole Spice Girls album with her mum, to being influenced by the music of Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, and Delta, to name a few, Felicity has definitely come a long way, and is now set to make her own light sparkle and shine!

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Hello everyone and welcome one and all to season two of Warren Telling Tales of the Creatives. This season I'll connect with creatives around the world in countries such as Hong Kong, Sweden, India, Canada, the UK, and Australia to name but a few. You will find out more about the wonderful creators themselves, their backgrounds, their work, and what inspired it. Alongside this, you'll hear extracts from projects they've worked on now and in the future. These singers, actors, writers, and inspirational speakers will hopefully inspire others to get out there and make it happen. I hope you enjoy it. Hello. So we have today we've got Felicity Light on the podcast. I'm very excited to have you on.

SPEAKER_03 0:43

Thanks for having me.

SPEAKER_00 0:45

Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. It's uh it's gonna be awesome. We're gonna talk to you about uh everything you've been up to. Um, and uh yeah, so Felicity is a singer, she's a dancer, uh, she's multi-talented. Um, I've been following and watching her work for a while, and and she really is brilliant. And uh I'm very happy that you've agreed to come on today. What an intro.

SPEAKER_03 1:07

Very kind words, thank you.

SPEAKER_00 1:09

No worries. No, it's it's the truth, it's the truth. And um, we're gonna talk more about uh your song that you've you brought out very recently. Uh need you to stay. We'll talk about that um a little bit later. Um and that's an awesome song. You know, when I I I I'm just gonna jump straight into it actually. Well when I first played it, I was like, because often I play songs and like they take me like you know a bit of time. Yeah, that's not bad. Yeah, that's all right. I can feel that. Um, but uh when I played your song, I um I was like, it was so catchy. Oh, that's what we want.

SPEAKER_02 1:42

We want it stuck in your head. That's the idea.

SPEAKER_00 1:46

You know, I I I I just love it, and I love the video and and the song, and it's all so colourful, and uh it's a real feel-good number. But anyway, we're gonna talk more about that later. I just couldn't help but get that out there. Um so yeah, so so I suppose we should tell uh tell our listeners how how we know each other.

SPEAKER_02 2:04

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 2:05

Um so we came together on a uh we did uh an immersive car show performance. It was it was extraordinary. I well I thought it was extraordinary.

SPEAKER_02 2:16

It was, it was. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:18

Um, and that was in uh that was in Shenzhen in in China. Uh so that was a new experience for for lots of the people there, lots of the performers, and we had yourself and we had a few other people that had come in from Australia to do it, which was super cool. Oh, yes, there we go. I've dropped it. Felicity is from Australia. Um, you may have guessed from the accent, I don't know. But anyway, um, yeah, so yeah, and it was it was for me, it was a great experience. Um I I enjoyed it, it was fun, uh, it was different. I hadn't personally done I've done immersive shows in the past, but nothing quite on on that scale with so many people, and you know, that I just still have flashbacks to that massive space we were performing in.

SPEAKER_03 3:02

Definitely, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:04

You know, the the the the poles or the the big concrete blocks that that you danced had to work on cylinders that we had to dance on top of that was an experience and a half, never done anything like that before.

SPEAKER_03 3:17

Fingers crossed, I actually don't have to do that again because they were tall, they were high, and we were dancing on these tiny little platforms. But it was an experience nevertheless. It was it was exhilarating that whole job, really, wasn't it?

SPEAKER_00 3:30

But I think that you know it was um you know, performance can be like that sometimes. You can pra you can plan, you can rehearse, you can practice as much as you want, and then suddenly you're thrown into that venue and you think like wow, we're gonna have to make some tweaks here and we're gonna have to adjust stuff. And and everyone did it, everyone jumped on on board, and you know, we we just we got on with it, and um I think it actually turned into a really good performance in the end. Um, and uh it was yeah, it was cool. Um, so good. So yeah, where so tell us where are you, Felicity? Where where are you right now?

SPEAKER_03 4:02

Yeah, so I'm in Sydney, Australia. So it's um 8 p.m. and the sun is still up, so it's yeah, so it's it's summertime obviously here, and um it was quite hot today, you know, we're 30 degrees at the moment. So yeah, I'm just you know living up in Sydney as as much as the COVID restrictions allow. But yeah, Sydney, born and bred.

SPEAKER_00 4:29

Nice, nice, nice. Well we'll we'll talk about um the you mentioned COVID restrictions there. Well, we'll we'll come on to that a little bit later. We um uh that's something that we I'm discussing with every with all the guests that come on. And uh but yeah, so Sydney, that's awesome. I I you know I went to Sydney very recently actually, and um I I just loved it, man. I love I fell in love with the with the city and you know the people and the weather and the beaches, and oh it's uh it's a m it's an awesome place. And I'm currently in Sweden, as most people know. So like the w the weather is a little bit different here.

SPEAKER_03 5:02

A little bit extreme polar opposite end of the spectrum. So yeah, I'd love to go to Sweden. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 5:10

Yeah, well, it's it's I mean it's a beautiful country. Um you know, the landscape is awesome and lakes to die for, forests and lots of space, and you know, after living in Hong Kong for five years, it's it's yeah, it's a super different vibe. But uh yeah, I could do with a bit of Australian sunshine right now.

SPEAKER_03 5:27

Yes, going to the beach on the weekend that's uh must be quite a foreign concept to you at the moment.

SPEAKER_00 5:33

Yeah, yeah, I haven't been to the beach since uh probably July, I think.

SPEAKER_01 5:39

Oh, how sad.

SPEAKER_00 5:40

Yeah, I know. Uh I I contemplated jumping in the lake the other day, but then I had second thoughts because it's a little bit cold. A little bit cold. Anyway, so yeah, so you're in Sydney, and you said you were born and raised in Sydney?

SPEAKER_03 5:56

Yeah, yeah. So always lived here. Um, I can't really imagine living anywhere else, to be honest. I love it, obviously. You know, I'm biased, but I I do love Sydney and everything that it has to offer. You know, it's sort of the best of everything. You've got the beach, like we mentioned, and a great CBD, a great city, an urban scene, and then sort of you travel an hour and you're in the country and you can escape to you know something a bit more rural. So no, I do love living in Sydney.

SPEAKER_00 6:27

Nice, nice. Um have you always lived in Sydney? Have you have you been lived anywhere else?

SPEAKER_03 6:34

Pretty much. So um I have I I did work on cruise ships. So for two years there, I was in and out of Sydney. So we were uh you you rehearse in Miami, so you live there for two months while you rehearse. So I've lived in America for a tiny, tiny, tiny little bit of time, and then working on the cruise ships, traveling lots of different places, so not living in Sydney. But I mean, one day, you know, when when travel opens up again, I I would love to try living in London and seeing what that's like. My dad's English, so I've got the English passport, so I'd love to take advantage at some point. But for now, Sydney, Sydney is where it's at for me.

SPEAKER_00 7:17

I didn't I didn't know that. So you're you're you're half English then.

SPEAKER_03 7:21

Yes, yes, I am.

SPEAKER_00 7:23

Wow. Yeah, I'm not gonna ask you to do your best English accent right now. I won't put you on the spot.

SPEAKER_03 7:28

Um I have been watching The Crown a lot, and if I could have a royal accent, that's the accent I would choose. I would want to talk like the Queen. I think that would be fantastic.

SPEAKER_00 7:39

You know, there are still some people that actually talk like that. Talk like that, yeah. Yeah, there's not many, but there are some. Um that's crazy, crazy, crazy. Um, cool. So so he's from is he from London?

SPEAKER_03 7:53

Yeah, yeah. He's well, he's from Surrey. So basically, yes, a little bit um south. And then I've got family in Leeds, and um that's pretty much it. So yeah, Surrey and Leeds is where my family's based.

SPEAKER_00 8:07

Wow, I can't believe that I didn't I can't believe I didn't know this. Um you've got Leeds and and Surrey. Um Surrey's, I love I haven't been to Leeds personally, but I have a friend who's from there and he speaks very highly of it. Um but I've been to Surre quite a few times. I rehearsed a show there years ago now, um, down on the water. Um the nice little lake that sort of runs through that part. Sort of Hampton, I think it was Hampton, Hampton Court or some anyway.

SPEAKER_03 8:38

You you'll know it a lot better than I do. But yes, I when I go and stay with my grandma, I do love it. It you know, it's just like straight out of Harry Potter book. Harry Potter lives in Surrey, well the Dursleys, and so is my grandma. So I think that's great.

SPEAKER_00 8:54

Yeah, yeah. Nice. And and you mentioned that you um you were rehearsing a bit in Miami. Can you tell us what that was like? I've not been there either, but I I would love to go.

SPEAKER_03 9:04

My first initial uh impression was rocking up to South Beach, which is like the famous Long Beach. It was it was just really like you were in a movie. Like it just everything you think of Miami, like the the colorful buildings, the cars going past with the top down and and you know, guys calling out things and the girls with massive hoop earrings and high heels and their bikini, like it was just really like you were in a a a pit bull music video the whole time. Like it's just Miami is just like everything you imagine on steroids. It was really super fun, but I was working most of the time because we were dancing, rehearsing for the cruise ship. So that was six days a week we were working. So I only on a Sunday would I get to really experience what Miami had to offer. But I did it was sunny, it was beautiful, you know. We it was quite similar to here because we could go to the beach on our day off. So Miami worked for me because it was nice and warm. But yeah, it was a pretty cool place. I'd love to go back and see it properly and stay there and really immerse myself in it. But I loved it from what from the taste that I got of it.

SPEAKER_00 10:16

Wow, cool. So you're you're you were on cruise ships. So is that something you did for a long time or was that just one one sort of tour, or how how how how often were you doing that for?

SPEAKER_03 10:26

I did two contracts. So my first one was uh eight months, and then my second one was about five. So, you know, in between going there, coming home, going back, you know, it all up, it sort of took up about two years of my life, and I loved it for the for the time that I was on there. I don't think working on a cruise ship is for everybody, but it's definitely a really fun experience for that, you know, for whatever amount of time that you want to be on the ship. Um, some people that I worked with, you know, that was their 10th contract, so they'd been doing cruise ships for 10 years, and it's I think you can really get not stuck, but just going, oh my god, this is awesome. I don't have to pay for rent, I don't really have to pay for food, I can just do what I love every day and get paid and and save and save, and then you know, go home to your home country and buy a house or whatever it is. So I think it is really appealing in so many ways, but also you're stuck on a floating vessel in the middle of the ocean and you can't get off sometimes. So, you know, there's things to love and things to not love as much.

SPEAKER_00 11:39

Yeah. Wow, that's cool. And and where whereabouts did you travel to? What kind of countries were you?

SPEAKER_03 11:44

Um yeah, so my first one we were um based out of New York, so we were sailing to Bermuda and then back to New York. So it was the Bermuda run, and that was a seven-day cruise back and forth. And then we moved to we did um some parts of Canada, so we were in Quebec for a little bit.

SPEAKER_02 12:08

Oh nice.

SPEAKER_03 12:09

And then we moved on to the Caribbean, so I get to do different islands every day in the Caribbean, and then the second ship that I did, um, we were based out of Vancouver and were doing the Alaska run. So we were sailing to Alaska every week and then back to Vancouver. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 12:26

So it was a great experience though, right?

SPEAKER_03 12:28

Yeah, it was. It was very, very cool.

SPEAKER_00 12:31

That's nice. You said you were you were on the boat the whole time, or you were you so you weren't able to like sort of hop off for uh a little bit and see.

SPEAKER_03 12:38

Yeah, when you dock every day in the new port that you go to, we could hop off and explore because as a dancer working on a cruise ship, all of our shows were at nighttime. So we had you know shows at 7 pm and at 9 p.m. and at 10 p.m. So that meant that during the day, if we didn't have a rehearsal or something else on, we could explore and and see the sites. And and so we were very fortunate to that that was the schedule that we didn't really work too much in the day because all of our work was at night time. So then we could see the places that we were at, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 13:12

Love it, love it. Cool. Is that something that you would do again in the future, or or have you do you feel like you've sort of explored that avenue now and it's time to to try new things?

SPEAKER_03 13:25

And yeah, um, it's funny because all of my friends that well, not so much anymore. All of my friends are are off the ships because ships aren't running at the moment. But you know, COVID aside, all seeing all my friends still on ships on social media, I'm like, oh my god, maybe I want to go back, maybe I want to jump on a ship again because you, you know, of course, social media, you see all of the awesome things that are happening and you forget about all of the not so great things that happened. So then, you know, I'm seeing all these amazing photos of my friends on a a a beach in Bermuda. Oh, I want to go back. So on the one hand, I would love to, on the other hand, no, because the the main reason is I actually met my current boyfriend, my partner. I met him on the cruise ship, on the first cruise ship that I did, and he's from South Africa, so uh we did long distance and then decided to commit. This is it. So he's moved to Australia. So we lived together in Sydney, and we both said no more ships, we're done. Yeah. So really he made the move over here, and that was kind of our way of being together. So if one of us were to go and do a contract again, then we'd be separated for eight months or six months, and that's not what we want. We want to be together.

SPEAKER_00 14:52

Yeah, I mean, those those those sorts of jobs are you know incredibly entertaining and enjoyable, but then they do have that that aspect to them where it where it's very hard to you know to have relationships like uh you know um uh permanent relationships or you know, family and things like that, it becomes much, much harder to to do that because obviously you're traveling here, there and everywhere. I mean, I I did a show in in Germany for about six months. I wasn't touring around, I was in one place, but just sort of living in another country away from people that are close to you, it's um you know it can be quite quite challenging. Yeah. You know, as good as the work is, part of you is like I I want to be I want to be there, and and and then you you sort of feel a bit well, I know I felt personally quite torn when I was doing doing that type of that job. So all right, well, there we go. So so now you're you're here and um oh that was nearly a very nice link into your song. Um uh yeah, so uh so let's talk about it. Let's talk a little bit about your your brand new single which came up. What when when we did it, what was the official date that it came out?

SPEAKER_03 16:00

The official date was the 13th of November, so uh a couple of months ago, but yeah, it's still very you know new for me as that was my first single, my debut single. So yeah, it still feels super fresh for me. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:14

Yeah, so exciting. So exciting. Are you excited? I bet you are. You must be.

SPEAKER_03 16:20

Yes, I am, I am. It was definitely a learning experience, just you know, figuring out how to actually put a song out there and and make it all happen. So I've definitely learned things that I'll implement for the next song that I release. And you know, it was just very exciting, and I got a lot of really beautiful feedback from, you know, people that I that are super supportive, my friendship circle, but also people I hadn't spoken to in ages, you know, reached out and said, Oh wow, like congratulations. So it was just nice to like the song brought I don't know it just enabled me to connect with some people that I hadn't connected with in ages. So there were just lots of different awesome aspects a song brought up.

SPEAKER_00 17:02

I think I actually sent you a message saying I can't can't help but listen to the track and dance around the dance around the living room in pink, which I've not done honestly, I've never done that before. Well maybe I have. No, I haven't, I haven't. Um but it yeah, it's it's an awesome song, uh, and everyone will get a chance to hear it at the end of the episode. Um what was the uh the inspiration behind the song? What what yeah gave you that gave you the material?

SPEAKER_03 17:30

So it was pretty much what I was speaking about before. It was uh 100% inspired from the long distance relationship that I did with my boyfriend, his name is Keegan. Um it was basically just because we did long distance for about two years, so we'd be together for three months, and then we wouldn't see each other for three months, and then we'd be together for three months, and we wouldn't see each other for three months. It was just constantly back and forward traveling to see each other. So it was just really about not wanting him to leave. I just it was so you know, sad every time we had to be separated. So I just I guess you know, you being in love, you're you're feeling vulnerable and you've got all these new feelings. So you just I was like, what do I do with them? So you know, write them down, put it into a song, and um yeah, it was just a hundred percent about missing him, so yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:25

I mean, I wouldn't I wouldn't have a clue where to start with writing a song. I've written bits of theatre and stuff like that, but yeah, writing a song is is a whole other it's a whole other kettle of fish as far as I'm concerned. And I I can you can you give us uh for those that might be interested in writing and and making music like you have, like an insight into your process, like how you go about doing it and how you make it so catchy and you know all these things?

SPEAKER_03 18:51

Well, yeah, I mean I'm I was I'm I'm no expert and I definitely this was my first sort of experience with putting you know uh an entire song together that had flow and told a somewhat of a story, you know, communicated some of the feelings that I was going through. So I really just started at the at the top of the song, you know, uh the first verse was the first thing that I wrote. I think like the the words and the tune simultaneously sort of happen. It's I you know, I wasn't even expecting it. It's just I was walking down a corridor and all of a sudden I've just got this little tune and some little words, and I go, Oh my god, I have to write it down. So it's it's not like I sat down and thought, okay, right, I'm gonna write a song. It just organically sort of happened like that. And then I'd really only written three quarters of the song when I got into the recording studio and basically just sung it for the producer that I was working with, and he sort of it is really a collaboration process, and and and the producer that I worked with said, Oh, I think you know the song needs to finish in sort of this direction. So I got some help from some professionals that that you know really did help me to just put all of the ideas together. Um, so it is definitely it was a learning experience that first song for me, and trying to work out how to yeah, make a a whole product from some little ideas in my head, you know.

SPEAKER_00 20:25

Yeah. Wow, it's um that's nice, it's nice to know though that you know that that can happen, you know. You you get a few words together and walking down the street, and then you start there's a there's a beat there, there's a rhythm, and and yeah, and ideas start to flow. It's uh that's cool, very nice. Um awesome. So that's out there, and you um you you've did do you enjoy it? Do you enjoy the the experience of of making music, making songs, productions, and all that?

SPEAKER_03 20:53

I just need someone to pay me to do that every day. That's what I need, you know. I wish I could do that every single day, and that's what I'm slowly working towards, you know, just wanting to make that a full-time gig and you know, making and money from it is the ideal scenario, obviously. So, yes, I love it. The whole the writing process, but also um getting into the studio and and making those ideas that are just on a little piece of paper or in my phone come to life. It's quite a like overwhelming experience for to go from the start of this tiny idea to at the end when you've got this big finished product, it's really awesome.

SPEAKER_00 21:31

Yeah, yeah. Wow, there we go. And you mentioned that you are considering or you are in the process of making some other songs and tracks and things like that.

SPEAKER_03 21:40

So I've I've got two other songs there. The songs are ready to go. I've just got to sort of get some content happening for them so that I can put them out to the world. So actually, this weekend I'm doing a little photo shoot to go with the next song so that I can just put something out there on social media attached to the song. So I'll probably Release the next track in hopefully early March, and then the third track maybe in April or May, and then just trying to keep that ball rolling. So I'm writing some new songs now so that I can just hopefully all this year be putting content out consistently to build that sort of profile that I want to work towards.

SPEAKER_00 22:24

Nice. You're not wasting any time, Felicity.

SPEAKER_03 22:27

Trying not to, it's hard. It takes a long time because you know you've got to save money to make all of this happen. So it's it has taken me a long time to get here just because really you need financial backing to make it all happen. So it's it it does take its time, and you know, you've got to fit it into your schedule with work, the you know, the work that I've got and and a whole bunch of other things. So it does take time, but I'm trying to make it my 100% my priority.

SPEAKER_00 22:56

Cool. All right, let's jump, let's jump back a little bit to uh to 2020, and it's sort of like petered into this year um sadly as well. But hopefully, you know, we'll it you know the light is at the end of the tunnel. Um all this this process of you know making music and being creative and dancing, because I should mention Felicity is a is a dancer as well, so you you you're dancing in the music video, um and you were dancing for the show that we were in, and you've done lots of other performance dance work as well. Um how was how was juggling all of that you know and keeping the creativity going through uh through 2020 where you know there was there was a fair bit of restriction out there in terms of what we could and couldn't do, particularly in the art world? I know it affected lots of people in different ways. Um, you know, I've spoken to some other people on the podcast and they they you know used the time to sort of I don't know, self-reflect, self-heal, learn some new skills. Other people, you know, were just continuing as they were before. Some people were hit really badly by it. Um what was what was that year like for you? How did you sort of deal with that that that period?

SPEAKER_03 24:08

Um well it it did suck a lot because all of the performing work completely stopped, of course. So I'm I'm used to cheerleading. So I cheerlead for the Sydney basketball team. So all of those, you know, performing to crowds of 20,000 people plus stopped. So that sucked. I used to I I'm with the Samba, Brazilian Samba company. So we um wear the big feathers and and dance at weddings. So I I used to perform at weddings and corporate events and birthdays every weekend, that completely stopped. So it was really sad to not be getting that sort of adrenaline rush every week of being able to perform. I was still teaching, so I'm a dance teacher as well. So that was staying. It was over Zoom and there were Zoom classes, so that's not really the same as teaching in person. So at least I was, you know, still dancing and had some income that way. Um, but I think it just got to the point um where you know, after three months of of not being able to perform, that I really thought, okay, well, what am I gonna do with this year? I need to, this is the time that I need to put my song out there. So I had the song just sitting in my computer, hadn't done anything with it. I was thinking before COVID hit, you know, when am I gonna put it out there? What am I gonna do? So, in a way, 2020 was the catalyst for me starting this, you know, singing career journey path that I'm going down. So I don't want to say that if COVID hadn't have hit, I might not have done it. I think I would have done it, but it just really gave me um lit the fire, you know, under me to go, right? You need to do something creative this year and put something that you've created out into the world. And yeah, so I think it was just that not being able to do creative things that really was the kick up the bum to put something out to the world, you know.

SPEAKER_00 26:11

That's cool. It's good. It's uh it has been tough in in in periods, but it's great that you've been able to use that time to actually, you know, make make make some content and material and you've got it out there and now you've got this song and you know it's it's inspired. You know, I'm sure I I would hope it would inspire other people that may have struggled through that time to think you know it's actually possible to do work and and and continue to be creative because some some creators have have really struggled, so it's nice to hear um from someone like yourself that you know has got this you know great song out there that and you made it during that time. Um brilliant. So uh yeah, good stuff. Um all right. Give can you give us a few brief highlights of your your life journey to this point? Like two or three things that you've done, and you were like, Oh, I really love that. Maybe it was the cruise ships, maybe it was the bringing up the song, maybe it was it doesn't have to be art based, it can be a personal achievement. Maybe you've jumped off a you know, bungee jumped off a bridge, or you've I don't know, you've fed a crocodile or whatever it is.

SPEAKER_02 27:22

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 27:23

In my case, I kissed a giraffe once. That was one of my life highlights. Wow, um, yeah. Um I still have uh I'm still slightly haunted from that experience.

SPEAKER_03 27:33

But anyway, um look, I think definitely being able to to work on a cruise ship and to get paid to dance and do what I love every day. Of course, that's a highlight. Definitely putting out the song, something that you know I created from start to finish. Of course, 100% is number one, takes a number one spot. I suppose something else from another aspect of my life. Um I've I've been to Egypt. I thought that was amazing. That's probably the number one trip that I've taken. I went with my dad and we did the pyramids and went on the Nile and and you know, did the whole touristy thing, and I would, you know, when it's an appropriate time to go back, would absolutely love to go back. It was just a a culture that um you know is so different to living in Australia, and it was just really awesome to be immersed in something so different and to see the way people live in the Middle East, um, and to just see the incredible ancient wonders of the world was a real highlight in my life. So there you go.

SPEAKER_00 28:44

Super exciting. Yeah, I I I I've uh I've not been to Egypt, but uh I'm reading a book about a guy who's in Egypt at the moment and it does seem very cool. So I uh I I would like to do that as well, sure. All right, um good, good. Uh so let's um if you weren't singing, dancing, performing, being creative, if I if I if I was incredibly mean and I took those things away from you and I said sorry, I know, how dare you? Sorry Felicity, it's not possible. Um you need to you need to pick another lane.

SPEAKER_03 29:19

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 29:20

What what would it be? Difficult, I know.

SPEAKER_03 29:24

I I think it would be something in the fashion world. I think you know, I'd like to maybe I don't know, be a be a buyer for a for a big fashion company or work for one of the high-end brands and just get to get paid to go shopping, you know, that would be pretty cool. So something in fashion. I love dressing up and I love expressing myself through what I wear. So 100% something fashion-y, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:55

Very cool, very cool. Um, and that goes quite well with you know singing and performance as well.

SPEAKER_03 30:01

Yeah, yeah, I can implement it.

SPEAKER_00 30:02

Hopefully you can combine the two at some point, yeah. Nice. All right. Um, so where is the best place for people to reach out to you? If they really like you as a person, uh if they want to say hi, if they love your music, and they they just they want to say, you know, thank you for for putting this out there. Um, where how can people get in touch with you?

SPEAKER_03 30:26

I think definitely on my Instagram, send me a little message. Um, my Instagram is fizzy light, so f-i-z-z-y light l-i-g-h-t. Um, that would be awesome. If yeah, if if you want to connect with me, that would be so cool. How awesome.

SPEAKER_00 30:46

I I will post um all the links to your social media in the description of the podcast. So as people listen to it, there'll there'll be uh an access link for them there. So it's nice, easy. Um good. So Fizzy, is that is that a name you go by, or is that just for Instagram?

SPEAKER_03 31:03

That's my nickname. So obviously my full name is Felicity, but from when I was, I don't know, two or three, my mum, my mum's nickname for me was Fizzy. So then I got to school and told everyone my name was Fizzy. So that's just been always been my nickname. And I um, you know, sort of considered should I make fizzy my stage name? So we're still in the works, in the you know.

SPEAKER_00 31:27

Yeah, maybe I like it. I like it. It's got rings. Um was there a reason for your mum calling you Fizzy? Was it was there something you were doing? Like were you fizzy around the room or were you look, I do. You like fizzy drinks or yeah.

SPEAKER_03 31:40

I had really I do have really, really curly, frizzy hair. Obviously, I've straightened it, so because it can get a little bit out of control. So, you know, when I had when I've got my ringlets happening, people make that connection. But no, I think it was just a uh a fun little cute name that my mum came up with.

SPEAKER_00 32:01

Cool. Very nice. Um, all right, so two more things before we wrap up. Um one is a game. In fact, let's just jump straight into that. Uh we'll jump into that and then I'll tell you what the last thing is uh afterwards. Um so yeah, it's would you rather? Um it's uh it's a game that I have played with all the guests so far and will continue to. Um different questions, I find it quite enjoyable and entertaining. Um so uh it's five questions. Don't give it too much thought. The first thing that comes to mind, just you know, spurt spurt it out there. I don't know if that's a word. Anyway. Throw it out there. Just throw it out there. Um so are you ready?

SPEAKER_03 32:46

I suppose. Yes, okay.

SPEAKER_00 32:48

You look slightly nervous, it's okay. It's okay. Um, all right, number one, would you rather always say everything that's on your mind or never speak again?

SPEAKER_03 33:03

First option, always say what's on my mind.

SPEAKER_00 33:06

Okay. Number two, would you rather make a phone call or send a text?

SPEAKER_02 33:13

Send a text.

SPEAKER_00 33:16

Number three, would you rather read an awesome book or watch an awesome movie?

SPEAKER_03 33:23

If it was a really awesome book, an awesome book. If it was really, really, really good and gripping, yeah, the book.

SPEAKER_00 33:30

What if it's a really awesome and gripping movie?

SPEAKER_03 33:33

Oh, there's just something about a good book, you know, that you imagine the story in your head. There's just something really something really personal and great about that. So the book one.

SPEAKER_00 33:44

Okay, cool. Nice, nice. Uh number four, two more. Uh would you rather put a stop to war or end world hunger?

SPEAKER_03 33:53

Oh no. I think put a stop to war, I think.

SPEAKER_00 34:02

Put a stop to war. Okay. Nice, nice. And last lit but not least, would you rather have X-ray vision or magnified hearing?

SPEAKER_03 34:13

Magnified hearing.

SPEAKER_00 34:14

Interesting. Can you tell us why?

SPEAKER_03 34:18

I don't think I want to see what underwear people are wearing. But I'll tell you what you're saying across the street. So there you go.

SPEAKER_00 34:25

There we go. That's uh I didn't expect you to say that, but uh I like that, I like that. Alright, so um Felicity, uh, we end the episode uh with your um we end the episode with uh your final thoughts for for this. Uh it it's uh ideally a life message, um, an attitude, an approach, an ideal, um how you would deal with a certain situation. Something uh positive and uplifting for our our lovely audience.

SPEAKER_03 34:55

Okay. I think uh back yourself. So, you know, even in the face of other people thinking they might know what's best for you at the end of the day, you you really do have to be true to your vision and go with your gut feeling and know that you know, whatever you're going through, you were true to yourself the whole way. So I think just making your your decision and and backing it and not and and you know being unapologetic and staying true to your vision. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:34

I like it, I like it. So have a vision, stick with it and and go for it. Yeah, nice, awesome. Thanks so much, Felicity. Um can I call you Fizzy or maybe I'm not called enough, I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 35:47

No, I think we're at the stage. You can officially call me Fizzy. Yep.

SPEAKER_00 35:52

Amazing, that's very exciting. Um, cool. Um, well, Fizzy, it has been an absolute delight. Um, thank you so much for coming on today. Um, and uh hopefully our listeners can take some inspiration from your song and the work that you've done and your life journey to this point. And uh I know I'm looking forward to hearing more songs from you, and um I'm sure everyone else will as well. So uh have a lovely what what time is it over there now, did you say?

SPEAKER_03 36:22

Yeah, now nearly nine.

SPEAKER_00 36:24

So it's nearly nine o'clock. Oh my goodness me. All right. Um, yeah, it's tricky, isn't it, with this time difference? But um, thank you so much for coming on. I appreciate it. And um, yeah, uh, we'll be in touch.

SPEAKER_02 36:35

And oh, you're very welcome.

SPEAKER_00 36:38

You're very welcome, and uh, I will see you soon.

SPEAKER_01 36:41

Cool, bye, thank you so much.

SPEAKER_00 36:43

Bye bye, see you.

SPEAKER_01 36:49

I want your lips on my lips. I can't wait to longer feel your hands on my hips. Do you have to run away? Like we invented all the time.