Hozier Recalls 'Bleeding' on a Flight After Drunken Night Out — Then Having to Chat with Famous Seatmate

Mar. 15, 2025

Hozier in October 2023.Photo:Rebecca Sapp/Getty

Rebecca Sapp/Getty

Hozieris opening up about a not-so-sweet travel experience.

“I probably would go to my grave without saying it, but it’s kind of a good story and I’d rather it come from me," he explained on stage at Minnesota’s Xcel Energy Center earlier in August.

Hozier performing on stage in Chicago in August 2024.Natasha Moustache/Getty

Natasha Moustache/Getty

“So I stand up quickly, and I am quite tall. It’s been said to me, if I fall down I would be halfway home,” he joked. “I was walking at full pace and I just went, ‘Boom!’ My head hit the window at such force.”

Despite smashing “straight into a wall” the second time he tried to get up, the “Take Me to Church” singer said he finally managed to pack and make it to the airport, though he was “in rough shape.”

“I’m like rattled. You know, that type of hangover where you’re shaking," he explains. “And then I look over to the left of me on this plane and I see a famous Irish actor. I’m also subject to celebrity shock where you see somebody you’ve seen on screen a thousand times and you’re like, ‘Oh my God that’s a famous person.’ And when I see Cillian Murphy is to my left…”

Hozier (left) and Cillian Murphy (right).Jamie McCarthy/Getty, Frazer Harrison/Getty

Jamie McCarthy/Getty, Frazer Harrison/Getty

As he told himself to “stop staring” at theOppenheimerstar, of whom he’s a “huge fan,” he began “scratching” at his head where he fell and starts to get concerned.

Hozier added that the whirlwind travel experience — especially the part where he fell multiple times — is what inspired some of the lyrics in “Too Sweet.”

“It’s the line, ‘I aim low, I aim true and the ground’s where I go.’ I’ve never told Cillian Murphy that. I didn’t have the guts to tell him at the time the shape that I was in,” he concluded with a smile.

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During an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in March 2023, the “Cherry Wine” singer opened up abouthis opinion on fameand how he likes being able to fly under the radar.

“I really enjoy being able to bring the music to an audience who appreciates it,” he told PEOPLE at the time. “It’s still remarkable that people would spend their money buying a ticket to come and see you sing your songs, so that is still an honor that I don’t take lightly.”

He continued, “Being known for the sake of being known or being famous for its own sake, I think, is very dangerous and quite unhealthy, potentially, and I don’t recommend it. I will say I don’t have too much of an interest in it outside of people enjoying my work. I’m very happy with being able to walk through the street or into a restaurant and no one knowing, really, who I am.”

source: people.com