When Jesse Fink arrived at an Airbnb in Malibu for a few days of music-making with Myles Smith and co-writer Peter Fenn, he had no idea they were about to craft a global breakout hit. Stargazing has since amassed over 800 million Spotify streams and was crowned the biggest single of 2024 by a British artist. Here, Fink talks working with this year’s BRITs Rising Star winner and their tequila- and pizza-fuelled creativity... 

INTERVIEW: James Hanley
PHOTOS: Ryan Shanahan, Mitchell ...