In January 2019, Loughlin sat down with Melbourne rapper Boler Mani after the release of his breakout hit Miss Anxiety.  The track went global, featuring in the soundtrack to the ABC TV soap The Heights in 2020 — also broadcast in the UK — along with other tracks from the producer. Listen for the stories behind Boler’s four biggest tracks, how he overcame his past on his mental health journey, and the four tips Boler has to keep physically and mentally healthy that work for him when he’s “in a slump.” In the interview, Boler talks: Opening up about mental health by “turning a negative emotion into a banger” (01:21) The process behind creating his hit track (02:03) What he hopes listeners can get out of the track (02:41) How he started out making music (02:59) Balancing his fledging career with high school and winding down with music (03:30) Taking adversity and “putting it into the past” in Miss Anxiety (04:15) “Powerhousing through” problems but wanting to reach out (05:19) Big career milestones after “starting at basically nothing” (06:33) How his track Dam I Got a Cold became a radio hit (07:05) The unlikely story behind how Madness came to be (07:31) Rushing to record Coffee Break during a lunch break (08:01) Whose influence he “wore on his sleeve” in Super (09:10) Being “transported to a different world” while performing live (09:45) Future plans and where he’s taking his music career next (10:44) Wellness tips to stay healthy and get out of a slump (11:11) You can stream or buy Boler Mani’s tracks wherever you get your music, including his new release ‘Unsatiated’ out on the 17th of February.  Find Boler on Instagram @bolermani. Keep up to date with the latest Minds in Tune interviews — featuring real conversations with rising music stars, and mental health experts — by subscribing to the program on your preferred podcast platform and following the show on Instagram @mindsintune. Listening to the show on Apple Podcasts?  Leave us a 5-star review! Interview Transcript LOUGHLIN PATRICK: I'm Loughlin and you're listening to Minds in Tune, and today I’m here with... BOLER MANI: Boler Mani. LP: How would you describe yourself, Boler? BM: I'd say I’m a pretty relaxed, happy person who's just here to- Just here to party, just here to dance, just here to have some fun. LP: Pretty chill, yeah? BM: Yeah. LP: You've got a new song out at the moment, though, that I guess some people wouldn't describe as... as chill, called ‘Miss Anxiety.’  It's got a bit of a focus on mental health.  How did it feel to kind of write about, you know, mental health and make a song about mental health? BM: It's definitely a good way for myself to help cope with, you know, certain emotions that I would be feeling.  Yeah, I don't know.  Like turning like a negative emotion into a banger seems like my, personally, best way to cope with it.  Especially because obviously I love making music, and getting my thoughts onto paper really helps with that as well.  Yeah, just like, vibing out to something that you generally perceive as negative is kind of what I go for. LP: Yeah.  What made you think that this was the song where you were going to talk about mental health, though? View the rest of the transcript at mindsintune.org/#bmtranscript.

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Melbourne Rapper Boler Mani Talks 'Miss Anxiety,' Creating Bangers, His Mental Health Journey + More

(we've never had to cut half an interview from the clean version before.  there's a first time for everything!!) This week, Jason talks the song he made a dramatic change to and his future projects, Loughlin and Zelig explore procrastination, and George joins Loughlin to chat about this week's biggest stories.  Plus, Australia has a brand new number one song this week; find out what it is at the end of the show! 

CLEAN // Jason Talks Changing His Tunes + Loughlin and Zelig on Procrastination

This week, Jason talks the song he made a dramatic change to and his future projects, Loughlin and Zelig explore procrastination, and George joins Loughlin to chat about this week's biggest stories.  Plus, Australia has a brand new number one song this week; find out what it is at the end of the show!

EXPLICIT // Jason Talks Changing His Tunes + Loughlin and Zelig on Procrastination

This week on the show, Loughlin checks in with what's going on with some of our previous guests and chats about insomnia with Madi.  Plus, George continues his conversation with Dr Grant Blashki, the lead clinical advisor at Beyond Blue.

EXPLICIT // Dr Grant From Beyond Blue Talks Mindfulness + Loughlin and Madi on Insomnia

This week on the show, Loughlin checks in with what's going on with some of our previous guests and chats about insomnia with Madi.  Plus, George continues his conversation with Dr Grant Blashki, the lead clinical advisor at Beyond Blue. 

CLEAN // Dr Grant From Beyond Blue Talks Mindfulness + Loughlin and Madi on Insomnia

 This week, Jason Damot drops in to run through the biggest stories in mental health and music this week - and to premiere his brand new single 'Pastel Sky' on the show.  Plus, he makes a huge announcement about something he's releasing next month, with Loughlin also making an announcement about Minds in Tune.  Plus, George interviews Dr. Grant Blashki - lead clincial advisor at Beyondblue - about his job and what he's working on at Beyondblue, and joins shaZelig to share the facts about dissociation.  And, as always, we play Australia's favourite and undiscovered songs of the week, including two charting songs from Billie Eilish's new album.  What was Australia's favourite new track off the album?  Tune in to find out! 

CLEAN // Jason's HUGE Annoucement, the Beyondblue Interview + Dissociation with George and Zelig

This week, Jason Damot drops in to run through the biggest stories in mental health and music this week - and to premiere his brand new single 'Pastel Sky' on the show.  Plus, he makes a huge announcement about something he's releasing next month, with Loughlin also making an announcement about Minds in Tune.  Plus, George interviews Dr. Grant Blashki - lead clincial advisor at Beyondblue - about his job and what he's working on at Beyondblue, and joins shaZelig to share the facts about dissociation.  And, as always, we play Australia's favourite and undiscovered songs of the week, including two charting songs from Billie Eilish's new album.  What was Australia's favourite new track off the album?  Tune in to find out!

EXPLICIT // Jason's HUGE Annoucement, the Beyondblue Interview + Dissociation with George and Zelig

This week on the show, we take things closer to home to meet our third rising star: Jason Damot from Brisbane, Queensland.  He sat down to chat with Zelig and talked all about his creative process and songwriting journey.  Plus, Diya and George dive into synesthesia, and Zelig joins Diya to ask the question "Could Skrillex be the solution to eliminating mosquitoes once and for all?" as they run through this week's biggest stories in music and mental health.

CLEAN // Jason Damot Shares His Creative Process + Diya and George Talk Synesthesia

 This week on the show, we take things closer to home to meet our third rising star: Jason Damot from Brisbane, Queensland.  He sat down to chat with Zelig and talked all about his creative process and songwriting journey.  Plus, Diya and George dive into synesthesia, and Zelig joins Diya to ask the question "Could Skrillex be the solution to eliminating mosquitoes once and for all?" as they run through this week's biggest stories in music and mental health. 

EXPLCIT // Jason Damot Shares His Creative Process + Diya and George Talk Synesthesia

 This week on Minds in Tune, Leea Nanos shares how being herself and ignoring what others thought opened lots of doors for her in part 2 of our interview with her.  Plus, after a trial of an extreme weight-loss program for teens caused controversy this week, with experts warning the habits formed could lead to eating disorders,  we're sharing Loughlin and Zelig's discussion on how to recover from one.  Plus, as always, we discuss the other big stories in mental health and music, and play Australia's favourite songs that you have and haven't heard of yet. 

CLEAN // Leea Nanos Talks Embracing Her Musical Identity + Loughlin and Zelig on Eating Disorder Recovery

This week on Minds in Tune, Leea Nanos shares how being herself and ignoring what others thought opened lots of doors for her in part 2 of our interview with her.  Plus, after a trial of an extreme weight-loss program for teens caused controversy this week, with experts warning the habits formed could lead to eating disorders,  we're sharing Loughlin and Zelig's discussion on how to recover from one.  Plus, as always, we discuss the other big stories in mental health and music, and play Australia's favourite songs that you have and haven't heard of yet.

EXPLICIT // Leea Nanos Talks Embracing Her Musical Identity + Loughlin and Zelig on Eating Disorder Recovery

This week, we return to our regular format, but bring you three phenomenal female guests across the show as Women's History Month winds down. Jeanette, chief ambassador of ChangeMakeHer, joins Loughlin to run through the biggest stories in mental health and music this week and shares how she's helping more young girls get into STEM. Then, Miriam joins George for a raw and powerful discussion about body image, opening up about how toxic tropes in the media have impacted her from a very young age. And, we've got part two of the Nicole Gibson interview to close the show, with Nicole sharing how she's going to create the biggest love-based movement in the world, and what her biggest fear is. Plus, as always, we play Australia's favourite music that you have and haven't yet heard of.

CLEAN // Nicole Gibson on What Scares Her the Most + George and Miriam on Body Image

This week, we return to our regular format, but bring you three phenomenal female guests across the show as Women's History Month winds down.  Jeanette, chief ambassador of ChangeMakeHer, joins Loughlin to run through the biggest stories in mental health and music this week and shares how she's helping more young girls get into STEM.  Then, Miriam joins George for a raw and powerful discussion about body image, opening up about how toxic tropes in the media have impacted her from a very young age.  And, we've got part two of the Nicole Gibson interview to close the show, with Nicole sharing how she's going to create the biggest love-based movement in the world, and what her biggest fear is.  Plus, as always, we play Australia's favourite music that you have and haven't yet heard of.

EXPLICIT // Nicole Gibson on What Scares Her the Most + George and Miriam on Body Image

 The 17-year-old CEO of Personal Brand Journey Jade Darmawangsa joins us for an interview in our 45-minute extended look at entrepreneurship, sharing the details of her secret childhood health battle for the first time, and telling all about forging a path in the male-dominated industry of online marketing,  Plus, Loughlin and Zelig take a look at three people who are dominating their respective fields - but are their workloads taking a toll on their mental health?  And, as always, we play the best new music that you have and haven't heard of, including another great track from from our rising star of the month: Leea Nanos. 

EXPLICIT // Spotlight on Entrepreneurship with Jade Darmawangsa

The 17-year-old CEO of Personal Brand Journey Jade Darmawangsa joins us for an interview in our 45-minute extended look at entrepreneurship, sharing the details of her secret childhood health battle for the first time, and telling all about forging a path in the male-dominated industry of online marketing,  Plus, Loughlin and Zelig take a look at three people who are dominating their respective fields - but are their workloads taking a toll on their mental health?  And, as always, we play the best new music that you have and haven't heard of, including another great track from from our rising star of the month: Leea Nanos.

CLEAN // Spotlight on Entrepreneurship with Jade Darmawangsa

Minds in Tune is all about discussing what matters. We play Australia’s favourite new and charting songs, chat with mental health experts and musical stars on the rise, and explore the big issues and stories that could be affecting you. Minds in Tune returns in February 2021!

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