- Hey I'm Dan Fowlks, born and raised in southern Utah.
Currently reside here, I'm married with three kids.
Singing has always been a fear of mine.
I have never liked my voice. (laughs)
So to kind of be thrust on a world stage like
that has definitely been a little bit crazy.
It's very vulnerable for me.
Well, me and my wife actually met in high school.
- When we met and actually started
liking each other was in math class.
And he would copy my assignments.
(laughs)
- So I come from a family of four sisters.
I'm the only boy, and my wife comes from
a larger family, so when we had our first child,
it was obviously a couple years later that we
were like, okay, we need to continue this.
So we had Haven, and then we had our son.
And then our third child, Novi.
Do you wanna say hi?
So this is my daughter, she was ten months
old when we did the singing video.
Maybe she was just really tired,
and she just wanted to go to bed,
so she was loopy, I dunno, but she was really diggin' it.
(lively guitar music)
I, myself, try to be as optimistic
and positive as I possibly can be.
I've struggled with depression.
I'm gonna tear up a little bit. (laughs)
Singing with your kids when you feel
hopeless, feeling that strength and that hope,
the light, coming back, it's...
That's what, I feel, my children have done for me.
Is to stop feeling so hopeless, stop feeling so dark.
- The name that the song was, that me
and my dad came up with, was "I Feel So Happy With You."
♪ I feel so happy, I feel so happy with you ♪
♪ I feel so happy with you ♪
- He had this side to him that nobody ever
really saw, because he would take me home,
and he would turn on Frank Sinatra in his car.
And he would sing to me.
I always loved his voice, but he never liked it.
♪ I feel so happy, I feel so happy with you ♪
- It was my birthday that it just kinda
(tongue knocks) took off, kind of overnight.
So I woke up, and my phone was just exploding
with all these friend requests. (laughs)
And then just being in an audition,
and Orlando Bloom tags me.
And I was, oh, that's the Orlando Bloom?
I think, definitely, seeing this on a world stage,
and seeing so many comments in all the different languages,
it's definitely been really overwhelming.
- His video took off, and it...
I think it really boosted his confidence.
Because, since the video, he's probably written
two or three more songs and it's been really cool.
- [Dan] There's a saying here, that once the red
dirt gets in your shoes, you never wanna leave.
Memories that I had with my grandfather, and my dad,
being able to go out on hikes...
Just something I'm able to pass on to my children.
There's just something about being
able to make your own trails.
Whether it's hiking, or figuratively in life,
that's something for me to pass on to them.
You can go, you can climb those mountains,
you can climb those hills, you can go for it.
But just know that there's always
a support there too for ya.
- [Haven] I feel so happy with you.