Welcome to Your Life: Tears for Fears’ Roland Orzabal Gets Candid on “Shout,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” & More | Up+Adam

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Tears for Fears founding member Roland Orzabal joins Adam Montiel on Up+Adam for a conversation that goes far beyond the hits. His new memoir, Welcome to Your Life: Love, Death, and Tears for Fears, looks back on a life shaped by fame, friendship, grief, ambition, creativity, astrology, and the long road toward understanding yourself. In this interview, Roland talks about seeing himself as both the character and the author of his own life, the private pain that can sit beneath a sunny public disposition, and what reconciliation with longtime bandmate Curt Smith has taught him about perspective. Adam also takes Roland deep into two of Tears for Fears’ most enduring songs. Roland explains why “Shout” was the song that finally made him feel comfortable stepping out front, and how its roots in Arthur Janov’s primal scream philosophy connected with something deeply personal in him. On “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Roland reflects on ambition, admits that he himself belongs inside the word “everybody,” and talks about the fascinating contrast between the song’s bright, liberating sound and the darker ideas underneath it. The conversation comes full circle with the phrase “Welcome to your life,” which Roland first wrote in his twenties and now sees as something much larger: an invitation for readers to better understand their own lives, not simply his. Welcome to Your Life is out now and explores Roland’s journey through the rise of Tears for Fears, his relationship with Curt Smith, personal loss, recovery, and his lifelong fascination with astrology. • Tears for Fears Official Website • Welcome to Your Life on Google Play Books • Tears for Fears Official YouTube • Instagram: @tearsforfearsmusic ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel: Official Website: adammontiel.com Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music ******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.