But that same year, Simpson - who as a seven-year-old asked for guitar lessons after watching his dad strum and sing at backyard barbecues - uploaded some songs to YouTube. They came to the attention of a Grammy-nominated record producer in the United States, Shawn Campbell. Simpson was signed by Campbell’s Atlantic Records and the-then 13-year-old and his family relocated to Los Angeles in 2010.
Romantic relationships accompanied his celebrity status, dating model Gigi Hadid and fellow pop star Miley Cyrus. Yet Simpson was unfulfilled. He wanted to swim for Australia. So in 2019, he returned to the pool in chase of his dream. Simpson returned to his pet stroke, butterfly, thinking by 2024 he may have a chance of earning a berth on an Australian team. Such has been his astonishing progress, that selection came on Wednesday night at the Australia championships when he qualified for the 100-metre ‘fly for the Commonwealth Games in July-August.
Music remains a passion Simpson, who now dates Australian swim star Emma McKeon. Last month he released another album, self-titled. On streaming service Spotify alone, he has 2.8 million monthly listeners - many, no doubt, are among his 4.4 million followers on Instagram.
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