It was October 2019, a long-ago place where we took gigs for granted and Covid-19 meant nothing. The annual Hard Working Class Heroes festival showcasing the best of emerging Irish talent had been renamed Ireland Music Week and among those hoping to get noticed was Dublin singer-songwriter Aaron Smyth.
One of the shows he played was at the Workman’s Club, and Andrea Madden was among the industry attendees. Smyth wasn’t to know it at the time, but she was music supervisor for
Made in Chelsea and on the lookout for new songs to use in the hit TV show