How Jamie Miller Made 'Babydoll' the Viral Hit of the Year! | Capital

Hi, my name's Jamie. I'm from Wales. I'm from Wales. Baby Doll. I feel weird hearing it. Like, honestly, the first time I got sent all the messages, I was bawling in my bedroom. It's 12 years in the making. You did the voice, you've done loads of things. I've got to be cheeky as well. Do you reckon you might get a little cameoing off campus too? Ah, listen. His song Baby Doll is arguably one of the biggest songs in the world right now. Let's give a proper Capital Breakfast welcome to Jamie Bell. What's going on, man? It's so nice to finally meet you. we know you're a big fan of the show this is mental man i've like looked up to like this radio station and like see you guys all the time interviewing my favorite people so this is such a such an honor for me to be honest what is it about this because you're a big pop star now i've been doing music for a long time and i've made a fan base over the past nine years but like it's like everywhere i go now like i was just in new york a few days ago and walking through times square and it was nuts so i i think it's just i'm trying to process in real time because i I still just see myself as like a kid trying to trying to make it you know I hear you so it's the reaction to yourself and when you see your fans and that and they're all around you and I have such bad imposter syndrome okay yeah it's just hard to process it's like everything that I've ever dreamed about since I was a kid happening to me within the span of 8 to 12 weeks I see what you mean so then when you hear the song on this show and you hear it on Capitol, yeah it all becomes real yeah dude absolutely yeah do you know what though it's good especially you know we're on the school run right now it's good for kids to hear this because for people that are just seeing your name now because you are a fairly new artist to most people yeah it seems like an overnight success comes straight off the bat here's a number one bosh you're everywhere yeah but the truth is you said this is it's 12 years in the making it's hustling you did the voice you've done loads of things along the way so now for you i feel like it's great that you're getting this success now with a little bit hindsight a little bit appreciation there total appreciation i also just feel like it's so hard to like cut through so to cut through in a place like 2026 is pretty special yeah this is your year next year is going to be even bigger oh man we're going to be there all the way should we make a deal we'll talk about this once on this show and then we'll talk about it never again yeah okay do you know what i mean otherwise it's always going to be like you were on the voice back in the day yeah whereas actually as shani says it was part of your journey yeah we've got a little clip of you on it do you want to hear it oh no go on you can do it okay so this back in 2017 and you came third on the voice i um it was a it was a beautiful experience yeah it was like an amazing stepping stone and i learned a lot through that it was like my first time really singing on stage in front of people and yeah it was wicked i loved it and jennifer Hudson was your mentor at the time, has she reached out to you since Baby Doll was released? She's like kept in touch with me since The Voice, she's like such a beautiful human, like she's like been a a mentor throughout like my career and telling me what not to do and what to do and she's just incredible. I um, is there one bit of advice that sticks in your brain? She actually told me like all these years ago, uh, if you don't believe in yourself no one's going to believe in you and I feel like I've actually took that throughout every stage of like these past nine years like um, but I've like really applied it this year so good, it's really cool and again it goes back to that thing of you can do something as big as The Voice, do a performance as incredible like that it doesn't always just happen overnight, yeah you've had obviously this last 12 months it's just been wild, but was there a moment in particular where you felt things had changed was it something to do with the Kardashians using your song or something? Did that happen that happened nine years ago, right so that was like my, that was my start, I feel like that this year though opening up for the Jonas Brothers playing my first arena going out to 20,000 people and hearing 20,000 people singing Baby Doll was insane, that's cool um this is happening within the span of eight weeks so I'm just trying to catch up to it all, yeah it's a lot and it's the off campus uh hasn't that helped it as well so tell us about that Antonio yeah he's one of my best friends he's absolutely incredible um yeah he his fan base is absolutely nuts so it's definitely took the song to a whole new level like that show is huge especially in America but yeah he's just like an amazing dude and i got to bring him out on the Jonas Brothers shows and just to see his impact is like absolutely wild like he is so big he's having his moment and as he's having his moment like he's bringing me up with him so i just feel i don't know everyone's so kind and like seeing the baby doll challenge go online as well i've never really seen people rally around an artist like this before you know what i mean it's like it's weird like yeah you've got so much support and as i say like i feel like we're behind you now we need to take you out for a night out a few beers and stuff like that. a few beers, let's go. shall we do that? shall we go and ruin him? Yes, absolutely. wait, and i've got to be cheeky as well. Do you reckon you might get a little cameoing off campus too? yeah listen, the conversation is being had right now. Oh! That's good. he's got a little exclusive baby. I think, genuinely, some of our listeners will be shocked even just to hear your accent because we know that you're Welsh. When I first, yeah, I used to, hi, my name's Jamie, I'm from Wales. I'm from Wales. I've lived in America for for nine years, so it's a little bit all over the shop. Well, but this is what always happens. Same with Harry Styles. You know, we chat to him and there's a bit of New Zealand in there sometimes, a bit of Aussie. It's crazy how, like, everything changes, but yeah. I feel like I'm in a fever dream. I'm not going to lie. I watch you guys all the time. This is crazy. Likewise. And you haven't been back to the UK in a while, have you? Last time I was back was Christmas. Oh, wow. I come back once a year to see my family, so. How do the nights out compare? I've not done too many nights out in LA. What's better? Are we talking LA or Cardiff? Oh man, I'm going to have to say Cardiff. Yeah. No, I'm joking. I feel like, I feel like it's just very different worlds to be honest. When I first moved to Los Angeles, I was, it was like a massive, massive culture shock. But now I've gotten used to it, but I definitely miss home. Like just even landing and coming here. I used to live in Canary Wharf. It just feels so nice to be back to be honest. What's that in Outburg like in LA? Is it as good as, yeah, is it as good as everyone makes it out? I really want to try one. Yeah, it's great. Is it? I love it. No, I feel like I feel like British food is better than America. Sorry America, but there's a fast food chain in America called In-N-Out Burger You're obsessed with it, I know, doesn't shut up about it. And I'm like it is just like have you been oh, yeah It's like a Five Guys or something it is it looks well better well Because it looks like it's well better. Well better. Our accents sound a bit weird now. It looks well better. All right, so does that mean you'll be getting down to Chippy Lane then in Cardiff? Oh, mate, I wish I could go back, but I love Chippy Lane. Cheeky Nando's, I can't wait to go to Greg's. I just said to my team, my manager, I'm like, I'm taking them to Greg's right after this. Yes, yes, get straight on those pasties, my friend. Jamie, thanks so much for coming in this morning. Thanks for having me, man. It's great to meet you. We love playing your song on the show. Give it up, guys. First time he's on Capital Breakfast for Jamie Miller!