Hozier is opening up about a not-so-sweet travel experience.
The Irish musician, 34, recalled how some of the lyrics in his hit song “Too Sweet” were inspired by a series of drunken events — which included a random celebrity encounter. A fan recorded the tale told on stage during Hozier’s Unreal Unearth tour and shared the detailed account to TikTok on Aug. 18.
“I probably would go to my grave without saying it, but it’s kind of a good story and I’d rather it come from me,” he explained on stage at Minnesota’s Xcel Energy Center earlier in August.
Hozier, whose real name is Andrew Hozier-Byrne, went on to explain how he was meeting up with his “best old mate” the night before he had to catch his flight, adding that he “hadn’t started packing by the time we had our first drinks.”
He said that they were “drinking very heavily …