Welcome to Metro.co.uk‘s The Large Questions, the place we ask, nicely, the large questions (and the smaller ones too) and this week, we’re diving deep with Mollie King.
Mollie is a complete all-rounder, having discovered success in every part from music to presenting and podcasting.
First rising to fame as a member of The Saturdays, Mollie has gone on to host her personal BBC Radio 1 present, Future Pop, and is the co-presenter of the newly-rebooted Beaty and the Geek with Matt Edmonson.
She has over a dozen prime 10 UK hits underneath her belt from her time with the lady group, the place she carried out alongside Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes and Vanessa White.
The band have been on hiatus since 2014, and whereas Mollie not too long ago revealed she would ‘by no means say by no means’ to a reunion, the star at present has a chock-a-block work schedule.
On prime of every part, the star can also be making ready to welcome her first baby with fiancé Stuart Broad.
You’ve been within the highlight for some time – do you ever get used to being well-known?
‘Not likely, no! I imply, I wouldn’t actually classify myself as any person that’s well-known. I believe that I’m lucky that when individuals do come as much as me, they are typically actually beautiful. They usually may touch upon the radio present that I do, or point out The Saturdays or one thing. Nevertheless it’s arduous to form of consider your self as well-known.
‘I believe that, you already know, I’m very regular. I nonetheless do issues precisely the identical as everyone else. It’s arduous to form of put your self into that class, I’d say.
How did you are feeling about making your being pregnant announcement?
‘It was form of a mixture of feelings. I used to be so excited as a result of… I’ve needed a household ever since I can keep in mind. So to have the ability to truly say, “we’re pregnant and that we’re having a child” was so extremely thrilling.
‘However I’m additionally any person who may be very anxious. I simply didn’t wish to do something too quickly, as a result of I didn’t wish to jinx something. It’s a kind of issues that you just don’t know the way quickly to announce it or share it with everyone. However we’ve been so nicely, we felt extraordinarily grateful that we’re on this place and are very fortunate.
‘Actually each evening I get into mattress, and I’m like, “I can’t imagine there’s just a little child rising in me,” and Stuart is simply precisely the identical. We’ve been grinning ear to ear, the truth that we’re lucky sufficient to be on this place. It’s one thing that we’re simply taking week by week, and we’re having numerous scans and the NHS have been superb. They’ve actually sorted us.
‘We’re actually excited. Nevertheless it did really feel fairly nerve-wracking, placing the put up up and sharing it with everybody, that’s for positive.’
What are you most trying ahead to about being a mum?
‘Oh, simply a lot! The form of on a regular basis actions. I’ve acquired two older sisters who each have kids, and I simply liked watching them flip into mums. It’s simply been superb, they’ve been so supportive with answering all of my questions, as a result of I’ve had so many.
‘However I simply wish to maintain my toddler in my arms. In the mean time I’m feeling kicks and I’m feeling actions in there. However I’m past excited and can’t wait to truly maintain them in my arms, simply to have the ability to have a look at them. I’m actually enthusiastic about that.
‘And perhaps taking them right down to the park with my canine, Alfie. Simply little bits like that, nothing overly fancy. Simply having just a little one. It’s going to be superb.’
You grew to become engaged to Stuart final 12 months, how is the marriage planning going with a lot occurring?
‘It’s been such a busy time since we acquired engaged, we’re additionally attempting to maneuver home and clearly we’ve had the nice child information. So you possibly can think about there’s been a variety of form of juggling occurring.
‘We’re nonetheless very a lot planning it. It’s nonetheless undoubtedly on the forefront of our minds however over the previous few months, we undoubtedly turned our focus to the child and getting every part prepared.
‘However it’s one thing we are able to’t wait to do. I can’t wait to stroll down the aisle and marry Stuart. However in the intervening time, our focus is simply having a contented and wholesome child after which hopefully the child will have the ability to be with us on our huge day.’
You do all of it – music, podcasting, TV and radio – what have you ever acquired arising that you just’re trying ahead to?
‘I’m feeling very pleased and fortunate and contented. I’ve simply acquired Magnificence and the Geek launching this weekend, which actually, has been such a aim of mine for years and years.
‘As a result of I do the present at Radio One with Matt Edmondson, we get on so nicely, we’re actually like brother and sister. And we’ve thought for fairly a while now that it’d be enjoyable to do what we do on the radio, however on TV. So for years, we’ve been eager about what the precise tasks could be. And once we had been requested to do Magnificence and the Geek it simply felt like the proper alternative.
‘I’ve had a lot enjoyable filming that present! I’ve by no means laughed a lot. The contestants had been simply so heat and bubbly and open and sincere.
‘Folks love nostalgia, lots of people keep in mind it from years and years in the past. I used to look at it with my sisters once we had been youngsters. So the truth that it’s coming again I believe is actually thrilling.
Was there any hesitation about rebooting a present with this premise in 2022?
‘I believe that this sequence does have fairly a distinct really feel to it than the unique one.
‘It’s extremely celebratory of each the geek and the sweetness, and it feels very heat. It’s one of many funniest issues I’ve ever been part of it’s, it’s so joyful, and you’ll simply see how a lot the contestants be taught from one another and what a journey everybody goes on.
‘Folks hate the phrase ‘journey’, however you actually really feel just like the contestants liked their time on the present… the truth that they’re all nonetheless on WhatsApp teams collectively, all nonetheless following one another on Instagram, it simply reveals like what a heat surroundings it was.
‘You’ll fall in love with the characters as a result of they’re all simply so genuine and so they’re so actual. I simply hope that individuals adore it as a lot as I do.’
Would you rely your self as a geek?
‘100% sure, I’m a geek via and thru!
‘I believe that all of us have some geek in us. It’s simply how a lot we’re keen to form of share with everyone. However I’m an entire dork! I like taking part in chess, I’ve signed as much as play chess on-line with individuals.
‘And I like simply doing actually geeky issues. I like making a PowerPoint presentation and being fairly organised with charts and tables. Even after I was youthful and I used to dream of being in a pop band, I used to attract up charts of pop stars and who their managers had been, who their document labels had been, who had been the songwriters and the producers of a few of their largest hits – like I’m a correct nerd.’
Currently, a variety of artists have cancelled reveals and excursions for psychological well being causes. How did you cope with that while you had been in The Saturdays?
‘I actually really feel for artists in the intervening time as a result of it’s demanding by way of the schedules. I believe being in a band and with the ability to do every part with 4 different women simply eased that load.
‘I used to be doing it with my finest associates, and while you’ve acquired these shoulders which you can lean on it’s extremely useful. For solo artists, I can think about it should be very lonely. There’s a variety of time on the highway, you’re away from household and associates.
‘I believe that we as society have come such a great distance in all of that, as a result of [mental health] wasn’t spoken about a lot. However I believe that the truth that individuals are courageous sufficient, and open and sincere sufficient now, to speak about it, I believe it’s such a strong factor, as a result of I personally have undoubtedly suffered with a variety of anxiousness.
‘It feels actually nerve-racking and intimidating to confess that you just endure from this stuff. I keep in mind throughout Covid, I put one thing up on my Instagram, and I hadn’t actually spoken quite a bit about having anxiousness. And it felt fairly daunting since you don’t know the way individuals are going to reply. I’m very conscious that I’m very fortunate by way of that I’m residing my dream job and stuff, however it was one thing that I actually did wish to share with individuals.
‘And folks had been so variety and actually useful. And lots of people mentioned, “You already know, what, Molly, I’m feeling the identical.” I believe that simply figuring out that different individuals are going via that does provide you with that consolation.
Radio has historically a male-dominated business. Do you are feeling such as you needed to combat to make your voice heard, or are issues altering for the higher?
‘Truthfully, [BBC Radio] have been so supportive right here. From the day that I joined they felt my ardour for pop music and my ardour for supporting up-and-coming artists as a result of I’ve lived and breathed it.That second of figuring out your track’s getting performed on the radio, I understand how a lot which means to artists.
‘They’ve form of recognised my ardour and my love for it, and the truth that they’ve gone, “we’re going to provide you your personal present right here, all about pop music,” which has by no means existed earlier than, is so encouraging.
‘I do know I’ve by no means felt like there are obstacles right here. If something, I believe that they’re so good at searching for you and searching for what your goals are and what your objectives are, it’s a really open surroundings. And for some time, I’ve been saying about eager to do a present of my very own and now it’s occurred, it’s form of a pinch me second.
‘It’s simply so good that I can form of share my ardour for brand spanking new artists with individuals and simply maintain individuals firm within the evenings.’
Mollie King’s weekend:
What does your typical weekend appear like?
‘Weekends are fairly a busy time for me as a result of my radio present runs throughout the weekend. I all the time begin each day by nipping my canine out for a stroll, then I head straight into the station. Even after I was in The Saturdays, we all the time used to joke that we had been referred to as that as a result of we’d all the time be engaged on Saturday nights.
‘I’ve by no means actually had that way of life the place the weekends have been time to place my toes up. However that’s simply how it’s while you’re on this line of labor, and I really feel so lucky to be residing out my form of dream job, so I can’t complain.
‘I are inclined to have my days off on a Monday, so you possibly can think about me attempting to rally associates up on a Monday – it’s a little bit of an uncommon calendar, that’s for positive.
What’s your go-to brunch order?
‘I might go for avocado on toast and a few scrambled eggs. Perhaps like some good scorching sauce or one thing I fairly like a little bit of spice. However even simply one thing actually easy – to me nothing beats beans on toast. And a pleasant huge espresso, though I’ve minimize out the caffeine in the intervening time so I’m on the decaf.
Are you at present bingeing any TV reveals?
‘I’m at present watching the Morning Present with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. I’m such an enormous fan of Reese, I really feel like she’s a girl who can simply do all of it, I’m so impressed by her. But additionally watching Jennifer in a distinct character to Rachel from Buddies has simply been mind-blowing for me as a result of I’m the largest Buddies fan, I go to sleep to it each single evening. So seeing her in a distinct function is simply unimaginable.
‘I additionally fairly like this sports activities documentary in the intervening time referred to as All Or Nothing that follows groups round. It’s undoubtedly my fiance that’s acquired me into it – I might by no means have by no means had had an curiosity in these earlier than! However there’s one thing that I like about them. I believe it’s simply seeing athletes performing underneath the strain and simply seeing how they cope. They’re simply superb.’
Magnificence And The Geek returns tonight on Discovery Plus. Mollie presents model new present ‘Future Pop’ on Radio 1 each Thursday at 8pm.
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