It’s not everyday

I get a phone call at 8.30am and hear someone say:

“Hi Sophia, this is Darren Hayes.”

Okay, it’s not everyday I get a phone call at 8.30am full-stop, but for the former frontman of Savage Garden, I think I’ll make an exception. Remember this?

It’s one of my favourite Savage Garden songs, alongside this:

And this:

Among others.

Anyway, Darren was a real sweetie, even when some truly horrendous traffic forced me to postpone our lil’ chat. (I know, I can’t believe I asked Darren Hayes to “call me back in 10″ either.) It’s a good thing it was a one-on-one interview so I had his undivided attention, I don’t particularly enjoy large group interviews where you have to: a) fight tooth and nail to ask your question; b) wait ages just to put a question through.

Plus, I was the last person he spoke to in a string of interviews so he was happy to chat and I was happy to go a little bit past my allotted 15 minutes. It also turned out that half the office are fans of Savage Garden so we’ve been YouTube-ing them all day.