British singer George Ezra questioned his future after a number of low moments

George Ezra is jealous of his backpacker mates. The British chart topper likes the idea of a carefree lifestyle, travelling across Australia with nothing but a backpack. It comes as he revealed the low moments he felt in his career before he overcame them.

George Ezra is jealous of his backpacker mates.

The British chart topper likes the idea of a carefree lifestyle, travelling across Australia with nothing but a backpack.

“I never did the backpacking thing,” Ezra told Confidential.

“I know it is bad to say because I am living my dream but I do get a bit jealous.

“The lack of worries just makes everything so much easier and it is the lack of belongings … you’ve just got this rucksack, everything (is) easier to understand.”

British singer George Ezra enjoys the simple things in life. He gets jealous and wish he could just travel with his friends. Picture: Supplied

Backpacking dreams aside, the 25-year-old has an unusually healthy perspective when it comes to the business of making music.

“I take it with a pinch of salt, which I think helps me out,” he said.

“Everything that has happened up until now — even though it has happened quite quickly — I feel like I have had a foot on each rung of the ladder. That makes it much easier to put everything into perspective.”

That doesn’t mean Ezra has had a dream run of it. While lauded as a star on the rise with huge international success for his global hit Budapest and debut album Wanted On Voyage, Ezra has also experienced the lows of the business.

He has been through a number of lows. Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

He questioned his future when his 2017 single Don’t Matter Now flopped and his second album release was pushed back to this year.

It turned out to be a good decision with the album, Staying At Tamara’s, topping the UK charts.

“I am also aware that this could all go away tomorrow,” he said. “I try not to let that bog me down at all but just see it as a positive, that you’ve got this amazing opportunity and beautiful thing, so I enjoy it while it is here. ”

Ezra’s latest singles Paradise and Shotgun have both been hits in his home country and around the world.

His album Staying At Tamara’s topped the UK charts. Picture: Supplied/Sony

“It has not been plain sailing but the thing with most ­musicians I talk to, most of them are happy to be doing it in any capacity.

“The fact that I get to do this at the level I get to do it is phenomenal and amazing, but I think I would be doing it ­regardless.”

Of Shotgun, which has been a summer anthem in Europe, he added: “It can be a hard thing to write positive, happy pop songs without them being cheesy and I think Shotgun does a really good job of that. It is not sickly but there is so much sunshine in it.”

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