Dominic Fikeis opening up about the sacrifices he made to put on a good show.
“I really want to move with intention,” Fike, 27, tells the host of his touring. “It started with me. Initially I would show up to rehearsals, back in my first tour, I would come through and be like, ‘Alright man let’s get f—ing through this. Here, play the bass, I’ll do this, whatever.'”
“But then towards the end, it started to wear on me. I would be in my room and just shut out everybody and go to bed. I didn’t care as much as everyone else. With this tour, starting with Coachella, I made sure that I was leading it,” he adds of hisDon’t Stare at the SunNorth American tour.
Dominic Fike performs at Coachella in April 2023.Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella
He adds, “I had to get sober to do it as well. I showed up and I was like — I think I was hungover and messed up and I was so tired — everyone was like, ‘Dom, you ready to sing? And I was about to cry I was like, ‘I don’t want to sing. F— you guys.'”
Then, theEuphoriastar had a revelation: “Something hit. ‘We’re all here because of me. I’m also paying everyone to be here. I should be as involved as I can and make sure it’s really special.'”
He adds, “And that translated to this incredible live show we did at Coachella, and I’m riding off that high right now with that focus and that intention. That’s how I’m moving for the rest of my life.”
In the process of getting back on track, he cut out “cigarettes, sex, drugs, alcohol” and stopped using his phone “at the dinner table.” He also made sure to prioritize his health.
“I make sure when I overwork I recover properly. I have a trainer that comes on with me and we make sure that everyday I’m 100% ready,” he concludes, adding that he now thinks of the fan experience at his shows.
During his Apple Music Live performance, Fike will sing his biggest hits like “Mona Lisa,” “3 Nights,” “Superstar Sh*t” and “Think Fast.”
In July, the singer-songwriter opened up about the difficulties of filmingEuphoriawhile dealing with his own addiction.
“I was a drug addict, and coming onto a show, you know, mainly about drugs is very difficult,” he said in aconversation with Zane Lowefor Apple Music.
He added that series creatorSam Levinsongot him “a sober coach, somebody to be there, you know, all the time” but it “did not work because I was, you know [high].” Lowe then asked if he filmed while under the influence, to which Fike responded, “Oh my God, yeah dude.”
“I was so f—ed up doing a lot of that show,” he admitted. “It was really bad.”
Dominic Fike.Courtesy of Apple Music
Courtesy of Apple Music
He continued, “I was reprimanded for it. I almost, you know, got kicked off the show…. They were like, ‘Bro, you cannot be doing this.'” Fike said that producers “had to” use takes that were filmed while he was high which Lowe called “a bit of a double standard” — asking Fike to be sober but still getting a “great scene” with him under the influence.
“Yeah, that’s entertainment dude,” Fike responded. “They give you a bunch of money and they’re like, ‘Yeah, figure it out bud. Sink or swim.'”
source: people.com
