Cody Simpson is set to return to music, several years after he gave it up to focus on competitive swimming.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, 28, has admitted to finding a newfound passion for music, three years after he released his last album.
‘I am working on the return to music. I’m getting a bunch of material together. It is touching on my whole life journey so far lyrically,’ he told The Daily Telegraph.
‘Sound-wise just drawing on the myriad of experiences I’ve had since I was a kid. It almost kind of blends everything I have ever been in a way.’
He added that his new music is by far the most personal and reflective he has ever produced in the studio.
‘I feel like it is representative of all of the eras I’ve had rolled into one, trying to figure out how to acknowledge every part of myself and make it feel fresh,’ he said.
Cody Simpson (pictured) is set to return to music, several years after he gave it up to focus on competitive swimming
‘I had such a break with the swimming stuff… It just feels so new and exciting again and it is really cool to experience that because I thought I was jaded and I am not. It is exciting.’
He added he was working hard to ensure his new music was released early next year.
Cody rose to fame in 2009 as a preteen after uploading clips of him singing to YouTube, which helped launch his musical career.
The singer moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to record music with Atlantic Records, cutting albums at Village Studios in West Los Angeles and performing at the Malibu Guitar Festival and The Troubadour in recent years.
He later became a professional swimmer in 2019 and won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
He put his music career on hold to try and earn a place at the Paris Olympics with the Australian swimming team, but was ultimately unsuccessful and returned to performing.
‘All you can do is everything you can to take what you’ve been given as far as you can take it,’ he wrote at the time.
‘You owe yourself the honour of cultivating your talents with as much fervour and intensity as you can.’
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, 28, has admitted to finding a newfound passion for music, three years after he released his last album
The Gold Coast-born performer is dating fellow Australian swimming champion Emma McKeon
The Gold Coast-born performer is dating fellow Australian swimming champion Emma McKeon.
The pair went public in July 2022, with Cody praising Emma’s influence on his transition to professional swimming.
Both have supported each other at major events, including the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where Emma achieved record-breaking success.
They’ve also been spotted enjoying downtime together, from beach outings to attending social events and loved-up dates in romantic locations around the world.
Cody has even spoken about marriage potentially being on the cards.
‘We have something that is beautiful, honest and pure,’ he revealed, adding that marriage was possible down the line.
