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Inspired

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Lucy Smith talks to artists to find out the stories behind your favourite songs.
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Episodes

Broods - Free

NZ duo Broods tell you how they wrote breakthrough hit 'Free' as a secret message to the people around them - a middle finger to the man.

Dec 03, 201810 min

The Preatures - Is This How You Feel?

The Preatures burst out of the gate in 2013 with the tense, impeccably produced and irresistibly catchy "Is This How You Feel?" - a perfect synthesis of the band's playful style and classic rock sensibilities.

Nov 19, 201810 min

Paul Kelly - Dumb Things

The Australian icon on how the line at the pub and '80s comedian Yahoo Serious both had a hand in the making of one of Aussie rock's evergreen classics.

Nov 12, 201814 min

The Rubens - Hoops

They'd just wrapped recording on their then-untitled second album - and then inspiration struck in the middle of the night.

Nov 05, 201810 min

Lily Allen - F*** You

Despite the huge success of first album Alright, Still, Lily Allen still felt pressured by the music industry to conform. Hear how she went against the grain, in this episode of Inspired.

Oct 29, 201811 min

Angus & Julia Stone - Chateau

For their fifth album Snow, Angus & Julia Stone holed up in Angus' Byron Bay studio to write and record.

Oct 22, 201815 min

Hermitude - The Buzz

Blue Mountains duo Hermitude know their way around a banger, and they're meticulous in the way they craft their drops.

Oct 15, 201814 min

Little Dragon - Ritual Union

Enigmatic Swedish outfit Little Dragon scored a big crossover hit with the wonderfully complex Ritual Union - a reflection on the cyclical nature of relationships.

Oct 08, 20189 min

Wolf Alice - Beautifully Unconventional

London quartet Wolf Alice's second album 'Visions Of A Life' was a critical and popular success, with stand-out track Beautifully Unconventional an off-the-wall tribute to one of singer Ellie Rowsell's school friends.

Oct 01, 201810 min

The Living End - Prisoner of Society

1997 saw the Melbourne trio release 'Prisoner Of Society': a short, sharp invitation to thrust your fist in the air and shout.

Sep 25, 201810 min

The Jungle Giants - Feel The Way I Do

Jungle Giants frontman Sam Hales explains how Ernest Hemingway helped him overcome writer's block in Paris to make 'Feel The Way I Do'.

Sep 17, 201810 min

Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune

The duo lay out the song's year-plus-long conception: its origins in, fittingly, an airport, and the film soundtrack that spurred them to take a stylistic leap that paid off.

Sep 10, 201813 min

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

The Scottish band's Alex and Paul untangle the complex web of influences, inspirations and revisions that fed into 2004's Hottest 100 number one.

Sep 03, 201817 min

Vera Blue - Hold

Vera Blue's roots as a singer-songwriter lie in acoustic and folk, but a collaboration on her breakthrough single brought her over to the electronic side.

Aug 20, 20189 min

Tash Sultana - Jungle

The talented multi-instrumentalist on the complicated genesis of her breakout hit 'Jungle'

Aug 13, 20189 min

Kimbra - Settle Down

The single that introduced us to New Zealand singer-songwriter Kimbra had its start as an after school project when she was 16.

Aug 06, 20188 min

The Wombats - Greek Tragedy

As The Wombats relocated to LA for 2015's Glitterbug, lead single 'Greek Tragedy' captured an intense personal moment for singer Murph.

Jul 30, 20188 min

Cub Sport - Come on Mess Me Up

It took years for Tim Nelson of Cub Sport to figure out what he was trying to say with ‘Come on Mess Me Up’.

Jul 22, 201812 min

Meg Mac - Roll Up Your Sleeves

The Melbourne songstress describes the ingredients that inspired 'Roll Up Your Sleeves' & made it a fan favourite.

Jul 18, 201810 min
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