Ga Tom Walker, 2019 shekara ce mai ban mamaki - ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun taurari a duniya. Kundin halarta na farko na mai zane Tom Walker Menene Lokaci Don Kasance da Rai nan da nan ya ɗauki matsayi na 1 a cikin ginshiƙi na Biritaniya. An sayar da kusan kwafi miliyan 1 a duk duniya.
Wakokinsa na baya Just You and I da Leave A Light On sun kai saman 10 kuma sun sami takardar shaidar platinum. Ya kuma lashe kyautar Mafi kyawun Hutu ta Biritaniya.
An haifi mawaƙin-mawaƙin a Scotland. Yana da shekaru 27, ya shahara tare da barin barin Hasken sa guda ɗaya (2017). Ya kasance a shirye ya dauki Jihohi da guguwa tare da sabon albam dinsa Menene Lokacin da za a Rayu.
Walker yana sha'awar kiɗa tun yana ƙuruciya, yana kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Ƙirƙirar Ƙirƙirar Watsa Labarai ta London. Bayan shekaru da yawa na hargitsi, ya sanya hannu kan kwangila. Walker ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun hazaka a cikin Burtaniya.
Mai zane ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy kuma ya zarce Ella May da George Smith.
Pianos "masoya" ne na Tom Walker
A bara, Walker ya yi magana a liyafar cin abinci na shekara-shekara na Royal Foundation inda ya sadu da Yarima William, Gimbiya Kate, Yarima Harry da Meghan Markle.
“Haka ne kawai. Duk sun yi min kyau sosai, sun san sana’ata da abin da nake yi,” inji shi. "Sun kasance masu kyan gani da ilimi da kyawawan abubuwa da duk abin da za ku yi tsammani daga sarauta, sun rayu gaba daya."
Walker ya kara da cewa: “Wannan ita ce ranar da ta fi tayar min da hankali a rayuwata. Ban san me zan ce musu ba. Kaɗa musu hannu kawai. Ban san me zan yi da hannuna ba a cikin hoton. Abin kunya ne sosai… Yana da ban dariya sosai, Ina magana da William da Kate kuma na kasance kamar, “Ya Allahna, kuna da girma sosai, rigar ku tana da ban mamaki!”.
Kuma ya yi dariya: "Babu lafiya, aboki, kwantar da hankalin!". Kuma ina kamar, "Oh, yi hakuri, yi hakuri! Ina cikin tashin hankali." Sukayi dariya. Sun kasance kamar talakawa, ba kawai kamar ’yan gidan sarauta ba - har zuwa duniya.
Tom Walker zai zama mai aure ba da daɗewa ba
Walker ya ba da shawara ga budurwarsa Annie, wacce ke da shekaru 27.
Kimanin shekaru 6 da suka gabata, Walker ya hadu da angonsa yayin hutu. Yayin da yake cikin bakin ciki, sai ya yanke shawarar yin wasan tsere tare da wani abokinsa a Faransa, inda aka gabatar da shi da Annie, wadda ta kammala digiri na biyu a fannin abinci mai gina jiki kuma tana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan lafiya.
“Tafiyar bas ta sa’o’i 24 ce ta komawa Burtaniya daga Faransa kuma muka karasa zaune kusa da juna saboda babban abokina da muka tafi tare da shi ya fara soyayya da abokina.
Kuma ya faru da na zauna tare da Annie. Ni da ita muka sauya wurare, sannan muka zauna tare muka yi ta hira har muka dawo,” in ji shi. "Na zauna a gidanta, kuma bayan kwana uku na ce," To, lafiya, zan koma London yanzu, amma idan kana so ka zo, kawai haskaka ni." Kuma karshen mako tana can. Kuma wannan labari ne kwata-kwata daban-daban...".
Walker da matarsa na gaba, waɗanda suka zaburar da sabon waƙarsa, mai yiwuwa ba su yi farin ciki ba idan sun ga juna sau da yawa kamar yadda za su so.
“Mun yi nisa cikin shekaru biyu. Tsawon shekaru biyu ina tuka mil 200 duk karshen mako don ganinta da dawowa. Abin da ni da kai ke nan ke nufi - muna yin nesa mai nisa, yana da wahala sosai, amma mun yi hakan, ”in ji shi.
“Abin farin ciki ne saboda mun yi tafiya mai nisa tsawon shekaru biyu, lokacin da ba ni da yawon shakatawa a yanzu, yana da sauƙi don mun ɗan jima ba tare da juna ba. Sannan idan muka ga juna sai mu narke kawai mu ji daɗi.”
Ya fara sha'awar kiɗa tun yana ƙarami
Walker yana godiya ga mahaifinsa don gabatar da shi ga masu fasaha da yawa tun daga ƙuruciyarsa.
“Mahaifiyata ya ɗauke ni ga gigs da yawa lokacin da nake girma. Gig na farko da na tuna shine AC/DC lokacin ina ɗan shekara 9 a Paris. Kyakkyawar gogewa ce ta farko!” Walker ya ce.
"Ni da shi mun je Foo Fighters da Muse da BB King da Underworld, Prodigy da Slipknot - mun je Slipknot saboda yana son ganin kungiyar, ba don ina son ganin Slipknot ba," in ji shi.
“Mun je kide-kide na gargajiya, kide-kide na jazz da sauransu. Mahaifina ya kasance abin sha'awa na gaske. Kuma a fili ina da abokaina suna sauraron Sum 41 da Green Day."
Walker ya gane cewa yana so ya yi waƙarsa bayan wani wasan kwaikwayo na dutse mai kisa.
"Tun daga waccan wasan AC/DC, na yi shekara biyu ina neman guitar. Mahaifina ya ƙare ya saya mini guitar don Kirsimeti, sannan ya fara. Na sayi kit ɗin ganga bayan ƴan shekaru kuma na sayi bass, na fara samarwa, na fara waƙa,” in ji shi.
Walker ya kara da cewa: “Garin da na girma a cikinsa kusan babu makada, ni kadai; akwai shaguna guda biyu, kamar kantin sayar da kayan zaki, kayan zaki da sauransu, da kayan gona da gidan mai. Kuma da gaske ke nan. Don haka babu abin da zan yi, don haka na shafe tsawon lokaci a cikin ɗakin kwana na ina yin kiɗa. Na yi haka ne domin na ga kamar abin da zan yi ke nan har tsawon rayuwata. Ina son shi kawai."
Ya yi sanyi lokacin da ya sadu da Ed Sheeran
Lokacin da Walker ya kasance a kwaleji inda yake nazarin rubutun waƙa, ya san Ed Sheeran.
"Na tafi London sau ɗaya a mako, na tsawon makonni takwas, ta jirgin kasa da baya kuma na saurari Ed Sheeran," Walker ya nuna. "Ya kasance kawai ya shiga cikin lokacin. Ya fito a YouTube tare da Ina Bukatar ku, Bana Bukatar ku." Kuma na yi tunani, "Idan wannan mai jan gashi zai iya rubuta irin waɗannan waƙa masu kyau kuma ya yi ta ta danna maɓallin sauti, to me yasa ba zan iya yin hakan ba?".
Lokacin da Walker ke ƙirƙirar kundi na farko, ya sadu da Sheeran a cikin ɗakin rakodi ta hannun abokin aikinsu Steve Mack.
“Na ji tsoro, ban san abin da zan ce ba. Idan na waiwaya, ban sani ba ko na ce, "Kai, ya kamata mu rubuta waka tare a yanzu!" Walker yace. “Amma ban san abin da zan ce masa ba, tunda yana daya daga cikin jarumai na saboda wanda na fara yin hakan. Sai gumi ya kama ni da tashin hankali."
Ya kasance mataimaki a wajen bukukuwan aure
Bayan na sami digiri a fannin rubuta waƙa: “Na yi tafiya a kusa da London na tsawon shekara guda, kuma ina aiki a matsayin mataimaki. Ni ne mutumin da ke zuwa abubuwan da ke faruwa, ina neman mutanen buguwa, na nuna musu yadda ake aiki a rumfar hoto."
Walker ya ce game da abin da ya faru a baya: “Don haka na yi haka har tsawon shekara guda, kuma abubuwan da suka faru na sa’o’i biyar ne, sau da yawa a mako. Kuma a lokacin da ba na yi ba, sai kawai na kasance ina yin aikin waƙar, ina ƙoƙarin karyawa."
Ya ɗauki hular sa hannu da gemunsa don neman kyakkyawan dalili:
“To, na aske duk gashina saboda rashin lafiyar sa. Ba ni da mafi kyawun gashi a duniya, a fili yana raguwa, kuma na yanke shawarar kawai na karɓi shan kashi cikin alheri, da wuri. Tabbas saura shekaru biyu ko uku. Don haka kawai na yi tunani: "Oh, su, gaba ɗaya, wannan gashi!" Walker yayi dariya. "Na ga hotunan mahaifina tare da wasu wayo na Donald Trump a kan tafiya - kuma ba na son hakan. Na aske shi duka zuwa wuta." Walker ya kara da cewa: "Allah, yanzu yana da sauki sosai - kawai na tashi da safe na sa hulata. Yana da kyau!".
