“The synth helped us in that it meant you didn't have to be a traditional four-piece band and basically, you didn't have to work too hard.”

English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer

Curt Smith is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as a co-founder of the pop rock band Tears for Fears, where he serves as co-lead vocalist and bassist alongside childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Smith has co-written several of the band’s songs and has taken lead vocals on some of its best-known tracks, including “Mad World,” “Pale Shelter,” “Change,” “The Way You Are,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” and “Advice for the Young at Heart.”