30, 2021. On November 19, 2021, he released his third compilation album known as "The Essential Collection" consisting of 32 songs all from his previous albums: Daniel Powter, B-Sides, Under the Radar and Best of Me. Powter then collaborated with Patricia Kelly with "Brave" in a duet. This version was released as part of her album Unbreakable on December 30, 2021. The music video of the song was later released and added to her YouTube channel on February 19, 2022. On August 1, 2022, he released a lyrics video version of "Bad Day" on his official YouTube channel. Personal life Powter lived in Los Angeles, California for 20 years until 2021, while he currently lives in Oregon. He has three children: two daughters and one son. He is divorced. Powter disclosed in July 2013 that he was sexually abused by a female babysitter for three years starting from age 7 and turned to drugs and alcohol to get over his guilt and shame. He said in an interviewI thought that (addiction) was my problem. But it wasn’t. That was my solution. It wasn't until I started digging in, taking a look at myself, saying I gotta work on some stuff (that) I don’t want to look at (that I figured it out). My parents didn't know and I was too scared to tell them. When Powter is not making music he enjoys spending time with his children and his hobbies include fly fishing, yoga, surfing and reading Raymond Carver short stories. Powter is a fan of the NHL. As a kid he was a fan of the Edmonton Oilers and is now a Los Angeles Kings fan, with season tickets. Musical influences Powter spoken of his musical influences growing up:My favourite is Nick Drake. I absolutely adore his music. You know it's still old band music inspired by Elton John's old stuff, you know The Beatles and Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie and the things that my parents gave me when I was a kid. I still listen to those records, because I think for me, what it is that I relate to, is how the structure of the songs are for them, you know, like verses, and choruses, and bridges. And so sometimes the modern music that I hear these days doesn't really have that and I don't relate to it. So I still listen to the old stuff.