“Stargazing,” the 2024 hit by British folk-pop artist Myles Smith, is anthemic almost immediately: There are shouts, claps, and an ear worm of a chorus. “You and I stargazin’,” Smith belts, “intertwinin’ souls.” His voice crescendos before falling back to an-almost speaking cadence: “We were never strangers / You were right there all along.”The song arrived within the recent folk-pop renaissance, in the year Noah Kahan ‘s “Stick Season” reigned the UK charts. But the upbeat optimism at the song’s core — that your love is out there, looking up at the same stars — recalls 2010s pop rock hits with repeated choruses like Walk The Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” or Sheppard’s “Geronimo.” That combination — some sonic nostalgia mixed with an affliction for lyrical pop — helped make the track the biggest British single of 2024. Two years later, “Stargazing” is included on Smith’s introspective debut album, “My Mess, My Heart, My Life.” Also included is his 2024 hit “Nice To Meet You,” the fiddle- and acoustic-guitar backed track that similarly mixed country, folk and pop influences into a danceable radio hit. Years later, the warmth of these songs helps avoid them feeling too stale. But what makes “My Mess, My Heart, My Life” interesting is the personal history that Smith fills out around those more universally resonant tracks.