Chesney Hawkes was shocked by the response to his new music
Chesney Hawkes has been shocked by the response to his new music
The 53-year-old star – who famously topped the UK charts together with his monitor ‘The One and Solely’ in 1991 – is about to launch his new album ‘Residing Arrows’ subsequent month and is delighted with the response to his new materials to date.
He advised the Metro newspaper’s 60 Seconds column: “I really feel in cloud cuckoo land- it is loopy to really have hits once more. I did not anticipate the type of response I’ve needed to my new materials. All kinds of issues have happened- like touring with James Blunt and releasing one other couple of singles.
“I put it along with my buddy Jake Gosling. We received my brother on the drums and Nik Kershaw on board and have been simply having enjoyable, which I believe is mirrored within the music.”
Final September, Chesney launched his first new single in 12 years, ‘Get A Maintain Of Your self’, together with a daring music video of himself within the buff that was impressed by Barry Keoghan’s nudity within the movie ‘Saltburn’.
Talking concerning the response to the video, he mentioned: “I assumed I might get some damaging pushback as a result of it’s kind of controversial- a 53-year-old bloke with a dad bod dancing round bare. However I’ve had nothing however love and folks saying, ‘Good for you’.”
Chesney’s newest single ‘LOUD!’ – which was launched final month – focuses on loss and the star says it’s notably poignant as he lately misplaced his finest buddy, brewery proprietor Vic Irvine.
Talking about his new single, he mentioned: “I wrote it years in the past with a younger artist who’d misplaced his brother. It is about the way you keep linked with these you’ve got lost- if I sing this loud, will you hear me? It got here out the day after Vic’s funeral. Vic fell in love with the tune earlier than he died.
“The primary time I sang it stay was for Radio 2’s Piano Rooms with an orchestra, so it was emotional. It is a new impetus for me to make this document work.”
Earlier this 12 months, Chesney revealed that he’s already serious about his subsequent album.
He advised Basic Pop journal: “I’ve already began serious about the following album. This specific hole was just a little bit completely different due to the place I used to be in life with the youngsters and transferring to LA and concentrating on writing and producing for different individuals, and stuff like that. However now I positively have the bug once more.”
