Trivia / Guy Sebastian

• Channel Hop: Aside from The Voice channel-hopping from Nine Network to Seven Network, Guy has been the face of every mainstram network on Australian TV except SBS. He's represented Seven Network with The Voice and X Factor, Nine with previous versions of The Voice, ABC with Don't Stop the Music and Channel Ten during and couple of years after Australian Idol. Averted with his record label - he's stayed with Sony BMG in Australia since 2003.
• Christmas Rushed: His debut album was recorded in six-and-a-half days. Bonus points for it consisting mainly of original songs, including three that were self-written.
• Contractual Purity: Surprisingly averted in spite of his image. He has no problems with making his music as G-rated as possible and appealing to multiple demographics.
  • The racy nature of his Pt. 1 EP - released in late 2016 - eroded this for a brief period. Any adult issue that was merely implied in his previous recordings was made more explicit.
• Executive Meddling: All of his albums to some degree (he's still signed to a major label), but his debut album suffered HEAVILY from this due to him just winning Australian Idol and thus still being contractually obligated to the show, the show's in-house management AND his new label. He kept being offered songs about clubbing and drinking, which took all his power to veto, and fought to include three of his own self-written songs on the album's track list.
• Saved from Development Hell: Armageddon was this. To put it into perspective - the first single, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was released in November 2011. The album it was lifted from was released eleven months later.
  • His 2014 album, Madness was also cursed by Development Hell. "Like a Drum" was released in October 2013. A second single, "Come Home With Me", was released in August 2014. The album was released that November.
  • There seems to be a pattern emerging where the lead single is released a year advance of the album. Following the Eurovision single "Tonight Again" (released in March 2015), another single, "Black and Blue", was released in November. Although an EP was released in December of the following year, neither of those songs made the track listing.
  • His ninth studio album has set a new record for this, with its lead single “Before I Go” being released a whopping TWO YEARS before its parent album.
• Screwed by the Lawyers: His song “Before I Go” is about his acrimonious split with his former manager who often invoked this trope throughout Guy’s career.
• What Could Have Been: Following appearances on Christian-oriented albums both pre and post-Idol, there was talk of Guy doing a gospel album to break the U.S market. During what would become the Beautiful Life sessions, Guy even wrote songs with Kirk Franklin. However, this album never eventuated.
  • The song “Lightning” from the album '’Madness’’ was originally supposed to feature British singer and X-Factor alumnus Ella Henderson. However, she ended up being replaced by Fatai due to scheduling conflicts.