That’s not who I am.”Īrthur’s honesty is surely his most compelling trait as an artist. Maybe at one time it used to bother me when people would spin things or sensationalise things. “If being real and authentic and speaking my mind makes me a bad boy, I don’t mind. “The bad boy thing doesn’t bother me,” he says. ‘I’d cross the ends of the earth to see Björk again’.The Music Quiz: Who covered Kirsty MacColl’s hit single They Don’t Know?.The Crayon Set: Downer Disco review – sweet sound, rough around the edges.He freely admits to having had a few blots on his copybook since his X Factor single, a cover of Shontelle’s Impossible, became the biggest-selling winner’s song in the show’s history. Life in the spotlight has been a tricky business for Arthur. And to try to put that anxiety into songwriting.” In the end it forced me to do what I loved doing, which is make music. “With the pandemic, and being isolated, I suffered. “I’ve always struggled a bit with anxiety,” he says. Spilled outĪll of these feelings spilled out during lockdown, he explains. He even pens an ode to a future daughter (Emily) – an epic weepy sure to sets lips wobbling everywhere. There are songs about hope and fear (Running Away), enduring love (Always – written before his split from long-term girlfriend Jessica Grist) and about numbing your spiritual pain with alcohol (Last of the Whiskey). The record is a showcase for Arthur’s rasping falsetto and brooding pop. And it’s front and centre of It’ll All Make Sense in the End. You can hear it as he speaks over Zoom, his voice sometimes catching with emotion. Yet, as his response to the Soccer Aid boo-boys demonstrates, he’s also got a streak of raw honesty. He’s made mistakes, picked fights with the wrong people and on several occasions seemed to have actively attempted to sabotage his career. But a few minutes in his presence confirms he’s no cookie-cutter pop star.
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If you’ve got the balls to get online and hide behind some pseudonym or a bunch of numbers or an egg and that might make someone go and kill themselves, I’m going to shed light on you and let people see that and stand up to it.”Īrthur may have been catapulted to fame via a TV talent contest. We’ve seen with all the racism and stuff – let’s shed light on these people. “It’s almost as if everyone is catching up to that way of thinking now.
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Just look at how the England soccer team stood up for themselves amid a torrent of racist abuse at the European Championships. But perhaps others are now following suit. We’ve seen with all the racism and stuff – let’s shed light on these peopleĪs he gears up to release a heartfelt and uplifting fourth album, It’ll All Make Sense in the End, Arthur reflects that he’s always been ahead of the curve in his willingness to call out unacceptable behaviour. It’s almost as if everyone is catching up to that way of thinking now. I see it as speaking up for myself and not letting people say whatever they like.” “I’ve never really listened to people who say, ‘oh you shouldn’t stoop to their level,’” says the pop troubadour, perhaps best known for his 2016 number one Say You Won’t Let Go.
There was no shame, he said, in putting on some lockdown weight. Deciding enough was enough, he went on to Twitter and took to task the detractors. The triggering event was the Soccer Aid charity tournament in which Arthur played and for which he was then body-shamed on social media. “I’ve forever got people telling me, ‘don’t rise to people online,’” shrugs the 33-year-old singer and former X Factor winner. James Arthur recently lost his temper with some idiots on the internet.
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