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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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Published: Wed Aug 12 2020
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Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen | Brought to you by Athletic Greens, LinkedIn Jobs, and Thrive Market.“I don’t think that I’m necessarily like a super-talented songwriter. I think I’m just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on one song, I will write 10 in three weeks.” — SiaSia (@sia) is an Australian singer, songwriter, director, screenwriter, and pop icon. Her current single, Together, is from her forthcoming album and motion picture, Music, due out later this year. In 2019, Sia partnered with Diplo and Labrinth to form the group LSD. Their debut album, Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present…LSD has one billion+ streams to date. She released the Grammy-nominated This Is Acting (Monkey Puzzle/RCA Records) in 2016 to much critical acclaim and cemented her role as one of today’s biggest stars and sought-after live performers with her sold-out Nostalgic for the Present headline tour.Sia has more videos in YouTube’s Billion Views Club than any other female on the planet. Her massive single Cheap Thrills was a multi-format global radio hit and one of the longest-running singles in the Top 40 in 2016. Along with her own successes, Sia has written global smashes for today’s biggest acts, including Beyoncé, Kanye West, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and many more.Please enjoy!This podcast is brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time, “If you could only use one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually Athletic Greens, my all-in-one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in The 4-Hour Body in 2010 and did not get paid to do so. 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LinkedIn screens candidates for the hard and soft skills you’re looking for and puts your job in front of candidates looking for job opportunities that match what you have to offer.Using LinkedIn’s active community of more than 690 million professionals worldwide, LinkedIn Jobs can help you find and hire the right person faster. When your business is ready to make that next hire, find the right person with LinkedIn Jobs. You can pay what you want and get the first $50 off. Just visit LinkedIn.com/Tim.*This episode is also brought to you by Thrive Market, which saves me a ton of money and is perfect for these crazy times. Thrive Market is a membership-based site on a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. You can find all types of food, supplements, nontoxic home products, clean wine, dog food—just about anything. Members earn wholesale prices every day and save an average of $30 on each order. 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Thrive Market is a membership-based site that aims to make healthy living accessible and budget-friendly.
00:00 - 00:42 (00:42)
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Thrive Market
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Thrive Market is a membership-based site that aims to make healthy living accessible and budget-friendly. Members can save up to 50% off on retail prices and get exclusive deals on high-quality products.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
In this episode, Tim Ferriss interviews the unorthodox, Australian singer-songwriter, Sia.
00:42 - 09:14 (08:32)
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Creativity
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In this episode, Tim Ferriss interviews the unorthodox, Australian singer-songwriter, Sia. They discuss topics ranging from her music-making process, personal struggles, and use of various outlets to find inspiration for her art.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker describes their experience receiving five intravenous ketamine infusions over two weeks, not to treat suicidal ideation, but to personally experience the effects and side effects at different dosages to potentially recommend it to others.
09:14 - 15:47 (06:32)
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Ketamine
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The speaker describes their experience receiving five intravenous ketamine infusions over two weeks, not to treat suicidal ideation, but to personally experience the effects and side effects at different dosages to potentially recommend it to others. They were surprised to have a positive experience and did not have a "bad trip" as they initially feared.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the impact of upbringing on adult attachment styles.
15:47 - 25:36 (09:49)
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Attachment Styles
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In this podcast, the speaker discusses the impact of upbringing on adult attachment styles. Those who were left to cry it out without reassurance during the intermittent crying phase as infants may develop a fearful-avoidant attachment style in adulthood, leading to unpredictable behavior in personal relationships.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
In this episode, the speaker talks about the significance of expression and eye contact while parenting a child.
25:36 - 33:38 (08:02)
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Parenting
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In this episode, the speaker talks about the significance of expression and eye contact while parenting a child. Lack of animation and expression could lead to fear in children, and the speaker also touches upon dissociative identity disorder.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares that meditation should be a donation-based process, and discusses the difficulty of understanding some meditation podcasts.
33:38 - 39:15 (05:36)
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Meditation
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The speaker shares that meditation should be a donation-based process, and discusses the difficulty of understanding some meditation podcasts.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The podcast guest shares about her experience battling depression and suicidal ideation as a sensitive individual, and how the use of ketamine has helped her break free from negative thought patterns.
39:15 - 50:27 (11:12)
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Depression
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The podcast guest shares about her experience battling depression and suicidal ideation as a sensitive individual, and how the use of ketamine has helped her break free from negative thought patterns. She also discusses her career as a successful pop songwriter, having written over 100 songs for artists such as Britney Spears and Rihanna.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The songwriting process involves chords, melody, and lyrics, each worth 50% of the publishing rights, while production involves creating and adding sounds to the song.
50:27 - 1:03:40 (13:13)
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Music Production
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The songwriting process involves chords, melody, and lyrics, each worth 50% of the publishing rights, while production involves creating and adding sounds to the song. The best way to make money in the music industry is to write the music, and publishing is the only growth industry in music.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Sia talks about how she fell in love with Maddie Ziegler as a person and as an artist and chose to make her the focus of her work instead of working with other people, including celebrities.
1:03:40 - 1:15:43 (12:02)
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Sia
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Sia talks about how she fell in love with Maddie Ziegler as a person and as an artist and chose to make her the focus of her work instead of working with other people, including celebrities. Sia also reveals her childhood obsession of mimicking artists until she thought she sounded like them.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
In this episode, the benefits of co-regulation in overcoming addiction and building connection are discussed along with the journey of directing a film about autism representation.
1:15:43 - 1:25:34 (09:50)
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co-regulation, addiction, autism representation
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In this episode, the benefits of co-regulation in overcoming addiction and building connection are discussed along with the journey of directing a film about autism representation. The speaker explains how 20 minutes of co-regulation with a trusted person can cure addiction and emphasizes the importance of representing autism authentically in film.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Comedian Nikki Glaser talks about adopting her two boys and mentions how being a mother is the most meaningful thing to her.
1:25:38 - 1:31:52 (06:13)
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Adopting Children
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Comedian Nikki Glaser talks about adopting her two boys and mentions how being a mother is the most meaningful thing to her.

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#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
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The Tim Ferriss Show
Thrive Market is a membership-based site that provides affordable, healthy food and products.
1:31:52 - 1:38:28 (06:36)
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Thrive Market
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Thrive Market is a membership-based site that provides affordable, healthy food and products. Customers can regularly save 25-50% off retail prices with member-only discounts on products ranging from clean wine to dog food.

Episode
#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show