From Hotel Buffet Waiter to Record Deal: The Inspiring Story of Hens and “Your Story and Mine”

Antonio Hens, better known as Hens He just released his second album. I don’t hate myself that much. This album comes almost two years after Hensitohis first job and the one that made his popularity skyrocket in just a few months.

But before this, the Segovian was already taking his first steps in music. Hens started releasing his first songs in 2018. But at that time, his work as a musician was not financially enough to dedicate himself solely to that. That is why the singer was forced to look for another job, specifically as a waiter at a hotel buffet.

This is how he told it in the podcast human animals when asked about what his life was like before music. “I worked in a hotel as a waiter at the free breakfast buffet, on weekends. During the week I studied protocol and events and made music just because. I had a good time”ha told Hens. “I was working to pay for college.”

your story and minethe theme that changed everything

And how did you go from that to signing a record deal with one of the most important record labels in the country? In Segovian he has confessed that He was able to start dedicating himself to music thanks to social networks. Hens has said that he used to share a preview of the song that he was going to release at that time, although his audience was small. She until one day she did it with a song that became a viral phenomenon. “One day I put an advance of your story and mine and I don’t know what happened. It went viral and the topic was not even finished”he explained in the interview.

your story and mine it was the beginning of everything. Hens posted this song at the end of 2019 and it was the track that made people discover her music. She also discovered the Sony record company for her, who knew how to see very quickly the potential that she had as an artist. “I signed when I had 30,000 monthly listeners and after six months I reached a million”the Segovian has told.

many followers vs. success in music

Hens has also reflected on the same podcast about the difference between having a large following on social networks and being successful in the world of music. The singer has explained that going viral has nothing to do with actually being successful as a singer and selling out big venues.

In addition, the man from Segovia has set the example of the group long live sweden, who without having hundreds of thousands of followers on social networks, have managed to fill the Wizink Center in Madrid in their last concert. That is why Hens is clear that, in the world of music, the most important thing is not the numbers in networks.

I don’t hate myself that much is the new Hens project. A most intimate album in which the singer is honest about heartbreak and self-love from his own experience. In addition to the festival tour through which he will present his new songs in the summer, the singer will do his own tour. At the moment, the only date we know is the next February 23, 2024 at the Wizink Center in Madrid. Do not miss it!