Jethro Tait on writing tracks that openly deal with anxiety and depression.

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HERMAN ELOFF, LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Jethro Tait (Photo: Chanley Wong)

From boy band to singing solo - Jethro Tait is making music for the soul

Jethro Tait speaks to Channel24's Music Editor Nikita Coetzee about his debut EP and penning open and honest tracks about what it's like to deal with anxiety and depression.
 

I remember Jethro Tait from the local boy band, FOUR. He was the quiet one, I tell myself, thinking back to an interview I conducted with the group in 2016. 
 

Now Jethro is making waves in the local entertainment scene as a solo artist. He's still reserved. But his quiet nature and nervous energy feel familiar to me, being an introvert myself.
 

"My life hasn't changed much because I do spend a lot of time at home anyway," he says when I ask how he has been holding up during lockdown. 

Our conversation comes just days after the 28-year-old released his debut EP, I Don't Sleep

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