Rob Mills

And I think Australian audiences are going to love it.

They're going to love a little bit of escapism

I think it was my – I was always singing at home, you know, with tennis rackets, a bit of Phil Collins, a bit of John Farnham.

When I say a bit, a lot of John Farnham, a lot of Michael Jackson, a lot of pop for me.

My brothers were all into rock and roll and alternative music.

Mum and dad were both big music lovers.

Yeah.

Yeah, mum was a performer.

Mum would take me to karaoke on, I think it was Wednesday nights or Thursday nights.

What a cool mum.

Well, look, years later, you know, with a bit of therapy, you realise that your mother was taking you away from your dad because she needed some escapism time because she was in an unhappy marriage.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But I learned, you know, I think that's probably where I learned how to perform, like how to watch.

I watch people and say, oh, that's good.

You know, subconsciously you're watching performers and go, that's terrible or, oh, that's really good.

So I think it was year nine my music teacher suggested that I sing at the school concert at the end of the year.

And luckily I got that push from my music teacher to encourage me to be up on stage.

And I think for the very first time I was like, oh,

People clapped.