James Arthur: Foals are right, I'm a pesky X Factor type

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class="media-landscape no-caption full-width lead"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <img class="js-image-replace" alt="James Arthur" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/15225/production/_109356568_jamesarthur1getty.jpg" width="976" height="549"> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> </figure><p class="story-body__introduction"> When Foals <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252/https://www.reddit.com/r/foals/" class="story-body__link-external">told their fans</a> there was a "pesky X Factor type on their heels", the dig didn't go unnoticed by the man in question. </p><p>"I was preparing for a civilised chart battle with the Oxford rockers," says James Arthur, with a smile.</p><p>His third album, You, went head-to-head with Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 2 to play for this week's number one spot. </p><p>In the end, he lost out but says he'll wear the term "pesky" as a badge of honour. </p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Foals" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/13124/production/_109361187_foals2getty.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="700"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Foals went head-to-head with James Arthur for the number one album </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>Since winning the X Factor in 2012, the singer from Middlesbrough has gone up, down and sideways through the music industry.</p><div id="bbccom_mpu_1_2_3" class="bbccom_slot mpu-ad" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="bbccom_advert"> <script 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I didn't have any inheritance to make albums.</p><p>"People think doing the X Factor is easier, but it's hard. How many people stick around from that show."</p><p>It's clear from our conversation that he thinks people are snobby about him because of his appearance on the ITV talent show. </p><p>"Clearly there is (snobbishness)," he says. "I've paid my dues, I've played shows to one man and his dog and travelled around England trying to make it. I was in bands for years before X Factor.</p><p>"The show was a platform for me and I've used it well."</p><div class="social-embed"><div class="social-embed-post social-embed-youtube"> <div class="embed embed-iframe" data-iframe="<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hfDGlB96hE0?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>"> <div class="embed-region embed-core-hidden" role="region" aria-label="Youtube post by JamesAVEVO"> <a class="off-screen jump-link" href="#jump-linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDGlB96hE0">Skip Youtube post by JamesAVEVO</a> <div class="embed embed-iframe-inner youtube-video"></div> <div class="media-with-caption__caption embed-youtube-warning">Warning: Third party content may contain adverts</div> <div class="embed-report"><a class="embed-report-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/contact-us/editorial" aria-label="Report Youtube post by JamesAVEVO">Report</a></div> <p class="off-screen" id="jump-linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDGlB96hE0" tabindex="-1">End of Youtube post by JamesAVEVO</p> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="embed-image-wrap" style="max-width: 500px"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDGlB96hE0"> <figure class="media-landscape full-width embed-screenshot-nonejs"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <img class="js-image-replace" alt="Youtube post by JamesAVEVO: James Arthur - You ft. Travis Barker" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/socialembed/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfDGlB96hE0~/news/newsbeat-50171217" width="500" height="269"> <span class="off-screen">Image Copyright JamesAVEVO</span> <span class="story-image-copyright" aria-hidden="true">JamesAVEVO</span> </span> <div class="embed-report"><a class="embed-report-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/contact-us/editorial" aria-label="Report Youtube post by JamesAVEVO">Report</a></div> </figure> </a> </div> </noscript> </div> </div><p>In a recent TV interview, James said he was disappointed he'd never been booked for festivals such as Glastonbury or Reading & Leeds, saying it was his "dream" to play there.</p><p>"I feel a bit embarrassed I've whinged about it. I've seen people saying that I should get my head out of my backside but I'm just telling it like it is.</p><p>"I've had a number one record, I am representing the UK around the world. I have the streams. The only reason I can see that I wouldn't be getting the accolades or offered to play Glastonbury is because it's not cool.</p><p>"Maybe it's an unpopular thing to do, to put someone who comes from that X Factor machine on the bill.</p><p>"It's what I wanted from being a kid. I picked up a guitar because I love Nirvana. It wasn't my path because I didn't have the resources to do so."</p><p>"It is what it is," he says. </p><p>Former X Factor star Lucy Spraggan, who appeared on the series in 2012 which Arthur won - told the Press Association she thinks she is the only act from the show to have ever played at Glastonbury. She first performed in 2017 and again in 2019.</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="James Arthur playing guitar" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/6BAD/production/_109356572_jamesarthur2getty.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> James Arthur played Radio 1's Big Weekend in his home town of Middlesbrough </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>James' new album, You, has taken him far longer to complete than he would have liked.</p><p>For a start, he says the success of Say You Won't Let Go actually proved a hurdle to what came after.</p><p>"It was such a big song from that last album that it was hard to showcase anything else. I had this big, amazing ballad - an anomaly - in the way of everything else I wanted to show people."</p><p>The first single from this new album, Naked, was released in 2017.</p><p>"I went through a lot of stress making it," he says. "It's been sitting inside me. There's been a lot of toxic energy that I've just wanted to get out."</p><figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width"> <span class="image-and-copyright-container"> <div class="js-delayed-image-load" data-alt="Picture of James Arthur, Rylan and Jahmene Douglas" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252oe_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/4AAC/production/_109361191_jamesarthurthrowback.jpg" data-width="976" data-height="549"></div> <span class="off-screen">Image copyright</span> <span class="story-image-copyright">Getty Images</span> </span> <figcaption class="media-caption"> <span class="off-screen">Image caption</span> <span class="media-caption__text"> Throwback to when James Arthur was on X Factor with Rylan and Jahmene </span> </figcaption> </figure><p>His aim was to make something that resembled the "rawness" of his early career, something that fans saw in his very first X Factor audition, which has had more than <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFoFtIqvkGE" class="story-body__link-external">88 million views on YouTube.</a></p><p>"It seems people resonate with that more... I was determined that my new material came one-hundred per cent from the heart.</p><p>"I would just throw lyrics at the wall all day like a stream of consciousness."</p><p>His own mental health struggles have been discussed before, having previously told us that he had <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191027115252/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37523767/james-arthur-i-have-to-manage-my-anxiety-every-day" class="story-body__link">to manage his anxiety every day.</a></p><p>He says it's still an "ongoing thing" but says he's buzzing at the moment. </p><p>"I just love being out on the road. I love touring. 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