Yahoo

How ‘Too Sweet’ Helped Hozier Become A Stadium Star In The Making

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Hozier? Eh, it was a nice bonus. Which isn’t to say that he’s not thankful for the song’s streaming virality or for its ...
Yahoo

A Decade After Hozier’s Breakthrough, How Did ‘Too Sweet’ Become His First Hot 100 No. 1?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a year where the big stars of the past decade have been coming out early to lay claim to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 ...
AOL

Hozier on Finally Making It to No. 1 With ‘Too Sweet’: ‘It’s a Very Sweet Landmark After 10 Years’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The smell of success is… well, you know what it is: too sweet. Hozier has never been about chasing the hit, but he’s got one regardless, as the Irish singer-songwriter’s “Unheard” EP quickly generated ...
The New York Times

Hozier Was Never a One-Hit Wonder. But Now He Has a Second Smash.

He broke out in 2014 with “Take Me to Church.” Then listeners on TikTok found his passionate, dramatic songs and a new single made its way to No. 1. By Mark Yarm A decade ago, the Irish ...
Forbes

Hozier Dominates The Hot 100 For The First Time With His Viral Smash ‘Too Sweet’

Hozier has been enjoying a rather surprising career boom lately thanks to one immediate hit single. Now, that tune, “Too Sweet,” has climbed again on the Hot 100, giving the Irish rocker his first ...
Forbes

Hozier’s First No. 1 Mounts A Big Comeback As A Sudden Bestseller

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Hozier’s “Too Sweet” returns to multiple Billboard charts, ...
Variety

With His No. 1 Smash ‘Too Sweet,’ Hozier Went From Literary-Minded Album Artist to Pop Idol

His single, which topped four different airplay charts, is one of the 10 most-consumed songs of 2024. “To have these 10 years bookended by ‘Take Me to Church’ and ‘Too Sweet’ is remarkable. To have ...
AOL

The Professor Will Now Unpack — Hozier’s ‘Too Sweet’

Such is the dismal backbone of Hozier’s new smash, “Too Sweet,” in which the hard-living narrator rejects a woman for the crime of niceness. He suggests that she needs to ferment in badness before ...
Rolling Stone

Hozier Is a Whiskey-Sipping Night Owl on New Song ‘Too Sweet’

Hozier is feeling particularly nocturnal on “Too Sweet,” one of four new releases that appear on his new EP Unheard. The musician first teased the song on TikTok with a quick sketch of a ...
Vulture

All Hozier Needed Was Time

Ten years ago, Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” was everywhere — except the top of the Hot 100. The down-tempo folk-rock track by an unknown Irishman had turned into an improbable hit thanks to radio play ...
Rolling Stone

Kelly Clarkson Takes Hozier’s ‘Too Sweet’ Down a Rockier Road for Kellyoke

Kelly Clarkson is starting 2025 by covering one of the biggest songs of 2024. On Tuesday, the talk show host performed a cover of Hozier‘s Unheard single, “Too Sweet,” during the Kellyoke segment of ...