I Sent Robbie Williams A Drunk 5AM Message The Night I Lost My Uncle | Window Kid
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How did losing his uncle to drinking shape Greg’s view on alcohol?
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I lost my uncle to drinking. Can I get to two, please?
All my songs are about drinking. My streams are paying me for drinking. My job was drinking. Having a drink on my lunch breaks. At 10 pints, I'm not even looking drunk. I'm on the powder and I was drinking wine in the night. Sat in hospital on my birthday. Pissed out, pure blood. You want some morphine, you're obviously a smackhead. I might be dying. I need to go and talk before I die. Your pancreas had burst? No, it burnt from my alcohol. I've messed it up. Robbie Williams, when I was struggling, and then when I was in hospital, he messaged me, like, can't stop watching, loving it, keep up the good work kind of thing. I'm now good pals with him. Music saved me, bro. Clip that shit.
Clip that shit. Clip that shit up. Today we have Greg, a.k.a. Window Kid, on the fucking podcast. Mate, it's good to have you on. How are you, brother? It's really good to have you on, mate. I'm good. How are
you? I'm good, man. The
sofa's really comfy as well. I'm happy. It's nice, right? New chairs. Yeah. You know, at one point you had a little leg up. I did. It might go back. We're saving that for a bit later on for a surprise. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Save it, save it, save it. I'm looking for a viral leg clip today. Viral leg clip. I mean, I love the gold tooth, by the way. There was a moment in my life where I found someone who was going to do platinum fangs on me. Sick. You know, because Travis Barker from Blink-182 had them in like the early 2000s and I thought they were the coolest fucking thing. And I fucking was pissed and never followed it up. Really? I made the initial appointment. You've got good teeth. Yeah, well, I fucking love that shit there.
You know, one day. Can you
get
clip-ons? Yeah,
just chuck one in. Just chuck one in.
Just chuck a
clip on it and it's how you feel. Absolutely.
But you've got great
teeth either way, so. Cheers, mate.
There's been a lot of dental work for these teeth. Has there? There's been a lot of cocaine rubbed into these gums. Yeah, yeah. There's a missing one there if I'm just fucking like... Where did Window Kid come from? Can we start there? I mean, you're probably so bored about asking. Bro, listen,
it's the most boring
story in
the whole
world. I love it. And it will be the whole pod. Because everyone will think it's like some really deep and meaningful thing.
Yeah, but it will take me the whole pod to tell you it. And by the time I'm halfway through it, people will already have stopped listening. So I reckon we call it a mystery. Okay, great.
And now that's
actually cooler and we can crack on. I
want
people to stick around for this. And I don't think they will if I start telling you why I'm called Window Kid, right? Okay, great. Fuck it.
Fuck it. I don't care. Yeah,
yeah, great. Honestly, bro.
So what do you want me to call you during the interview?
Call me Greg, man.
Call you Greg. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, great. Would you say that Window Kid and Greg are the same person or are they different people?
I would go with the same.
The same person? I would go with the
same, yeah.
Right.
Like when I spoke to other artists before and they've been like, oh, well, I've got like, I've got my artists and I've got me. Every time I hear them say it, I always think, am I going to have that?
Do you know what I mean? I'm going
to have a separate one. But no, that's just me.
So it's not your superhero? No. It's just you?
No, it's just me. All my boys from back in the day would just call me Wind.
Do you know
what I
mean? Better than
Windy. Windy's not great.
Yeah, Windy's not great.
Yeah, it's the same guy, man.
Where I want to start is I watched a video the other day of yours. Do you mind if I play it? No, of course. And I thought it was just fucking awesome.
I'm going to keep this short and sweet, but it was two years ago today since I went to hospital. I nearly died. And everything got a bit weird. And my whole life changed. And it's been weird. it's been hot it's been really hard it's been kind of horrible but also it's been really fun and it's took a lot of graft and i'm genuinely proud of myself i'm trying not to get upset right now because i'm gassed i'm in switzerland i'm with my bro and i just want to say thank you for everyone for being there for me
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did losing his uncle to drinking shape Greg’s view on alcohol?
0:00–8:37
2
What was the turning point when Greg realized his pancreas was failing?
8:37–18:49
3
How did a drunk 5 AM Instagram DM to Robbie Williams turn into real support?
18:49–28:23
4
What made Greg finally decide to quit drinking and go sober?
28:23–38:51
5
How has touring and performing changed for Greg since he’s been sober?
38:51–48:20
6
In what ways has sobriety altered Greg’s songwriting and creative process?
48:20–58:28
7
What practical advice does Greg give to listeners who are struggling with addiction?
58:28–1:01:41
8
What message does Greg want to leave for fans and what’s next for Window Kid?
1:01:41–1:01:47
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