SXSW 2013: Jake Bugg on Success and Authenticity

By Eric Helton | Rolling Stone – Sun, Mar 17, 2013 10:00 AM EDT

When 19-year-old British singer-songwriter Jake Bugg visited Rolling Stone's Rock Room at SXSW, he talked about life after hitting Number One on the U.K. charts with his self-titled debut record. "I was shocked. I didn't think it was gonna do that," he said. "Obviously, my life's changed quite a bit, with the record coming out. You're going to meet new people and go to different places and you're gonna experience new things."

Bugg propelled himself to success on the basis of his songwriting. "It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts," he said.

Interview by Eric Helton; text by Joe Pinsker

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