#127 Pt 2 – A Spark To Ignite: Fanbase Interactions, Toxic Positivity, Songwriting & The Band’s Future With Luke & Tom Of Royals

The pop punk band Royals return for part 2 of their discussion from last week! Mike speaks with singer/frontman Luke Smithson and bassist Tom Guildford about pop punk, their new EP A Spark To Ignite, music videos and more!

This week is part 2 of the trio’s discussion and they discuss the video & song meaning behind Worldwide Catastrophe, their anticipation for future live shows, the future of the band, the songwriting process, the theme for their Spark To Ignite EP, interactions with their fanbase, toxic positivity and many other topics are tackled!

Last week in part 1, the trio discuss why Luke started Royals, how the band is different to other bands Tom & Luke have been in, how covers are put together, what pop punk means to them, their favourite part of being in Royals, the importance of getting along with band members, how lockdown affected their EP release, the music video & song meaning for Jaded and more, so check that out if you haven’t already!

A Spark To Ignite EP on SpotifyRoyals on SpotifyRoyal’s Custom Spotify Playlist

Luke & Tom can be found on social media @LukeRoyalsUK & @TomsRoyalsUK!

Royals’ Site –  Social media: IG: @Royalsofficialuk – FB: /RoyalsOfficialUK – Twitter: @RoyalsBandUK – Royals’ Twitch

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Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-59 are out now, with ep 59 about the unspeakable rebel super weapon after A New Hope, ep 58 shows how Kanan Jarrus met his master and 57 is about Luke, Leia & Han getting stranded on the mysterious Hubin! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more – https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw

Mike was on ep 37 of What’s The Topic, to talk about the first episode of Loki, check it out on this very feed: https://spoti.fi/2SkIwDT

Mike is on episode 21 of the podcast Geek Talks on the Fantastic Universes feed: https://spoti.fi/3fOJT5h

Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3

Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here:  http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ

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#127 Pt 1 – What Is Pop Punk?: New Band Members, Arranging Covers & A Spark To Ignite EP Release With Luke & Tom Of Royals

The pop punk band Royals are this episode’s focus where Mike speaks with singer/frontman Luke Smithson and Tom Guildford; bassist & one of their newest members about pop punk, their upcoming EP release on June 11th, music videos and more!

For more detail, part 1 includes why Luke started Royals, how the band is different to other bands Tom & Luke have been in, how covers are put together, what pop punk means to them, their favourite part of being in Royals, the importance of getting along with band members, how lockdown affected their EP release, the music video & song meaning for Jaded and much more is discussed!

Part 2 is out next week (patreons already have access) and they discuss the video & song meaning behind Worldwide Catastrophe, their anticipation for future live shows, the future of the band, the songwriting process, the theme for their Spark To Ignite EP, interactions with their fanbase, toxic positivity and many other topics are tackled, so keep an eye out for that!

Royals on SpotifyRoyal’s Custom Spotify Playlist

Luke & Tom can be found on social media @LukeRoyalsUK & @TomsRoyalsUK!

Royals’ Site –  Social media: IG: @Royalsofficialuk – FB: /RoyalsOfficialUK – Twitter: @RoyalsBandUK – Royals’ Twitch

For only as little as £1 a month, get access to part 2 of this chat one week early, in the full unsplit version of this conversation (& previous two-parters) as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-58 are out now, with ep 58 showing how Kanan Jarrus met his master, 57 is about Luke, Leia & Han getting stranded on the mysterious Hubin while 56 gives information on the heroes of the resistance! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more – https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw

Mike is on episode 21 of the podcast Geek Talks on the Fantastic Universes feed: https://spoti.fi/3fOJT5h

Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3

Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here:  http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ

Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m

Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT

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