>> James: OUR NECK GUEST IS A MULTIPLATINUM
SELLING THREE-TIME BRIT AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER,
HIS NEW ALBUM LIFE BY MISADVENTURE IS BRILLIANT AND
OUT RIGHT NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE WONDERFUL, THE SING YOU LAR
RAG 'N' BONEMAN IS ON THE SHOW, ROY, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, WE WISH SO MUCH YOU WERE HERE WITH US IN
THE STUD QULO.
BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR OR SO IN
QUARANTINE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TAKEN UP WHAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE
TAKEN UP DURING QUARANTINE.
YOU AND YOUR SON HAVE TAKEN UP BAKING.
AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF RAG 'N' BONEMAN JUST KNOCKING US STUFF,
WHAT SORT OF STUFF ARE WE MAKING.
>> I MEAN CHOCOLATE CAKES, LIKE BROWNIES, CUPCAKES.
WE MADE MUFFINS WITH LIKE JAM IN THE MIDDLE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GETTING GOLD AT IT, MAN.
>> James: I'M SURE YOU ARE, BECAUSE DO YOU THINK THIS
IS-- ARE WE GOING TO GET A RAG INCOMER BONEMAN LINE OF CAKES
COMING OUT?
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BUY THEM.
>> I MEAN IT'S ON BRAND.
>> James: NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST ALBUM IN FOUR YEARS.
AND YOU RECORDED THIS ENTIRE ALBUM IN THE SPAN OF A WEEK.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS, TELL ME ABOUT THE PROCESS.
>> WELL, I WENT OUT TO A LITTLE PLCE IN TENNESSEE TO RECORD
THIS WITH SOME GREAT MUSICIANS AM BUT WE PUT LIKE THREE WEEK AS
SIDE TO RECORD THIS RECORD AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, IT WAS
ANNOUNCED THAT THERES WITH A PANDEMIC AND EVERYBODY HAD TO
QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> SO THE THREE WEEKS TURNED INTO SIX DAYS.
SO WE, IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THE PRESSURE, TO BE HONEST.
TO BE ABLE TO-- WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
WE'VE GOT 14 SONGS TO RECORD AND WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE.
>> James: BUT IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PRESSURE, LIKE THE
FIRST ALBUM, WAS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
DO YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE FOLLOWING UP THAT RECORD?
>> I THINK, I HAD THIS KIND OF NOTION THAT MY RECORD LABEL WAS
GOING TO WANT ME TO MAKE LIKE HUMAN-- YOU KNOW FROM THAT
PERSPECTIVE I GUESS THAT IS A TEMPTATION, LIKE IF IT'S NOT
BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
BUT ACTUALLY THEY WERE REALLY SUPPORTIVE IN ME JUST HAVING THE
FREEDOM TO DO EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
MAKE THE RECORDS THAT I-- MAKE A RECORD THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF
THAT I CAN LOOK BACK ON AND BE LIKE YEAH, THAT'S GOOD WORK, YOU
KNOW.
AND I AM REALLY PROUD OF IT.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
IT WAS THE MOST FUN I HAVE EVER HAD ON ANY PROJECT.
>> James: THAT'S SO GREAT.
NOW BY THE TIME THIS AIRS TONIGHT YOU WILL HAVE PERFORMED
AT THE BRIT AWARDS IN THE U.K.
WITH PINK.
YOUR BRILLIANT SONG TOGETHER.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE, I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE 4 OR 5,000
PEOPLE INSIDE THE ARENA.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT PERFORMING IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE AGAIN?
>> I'M KIND OF GOING THROUGH A LOT OF EMOTIONS AT THE MOMENT.
I'M OBVIOUSLY REALLY EXCITED AND THE WHOLE BAND, THEY CAN'T WAIT
TO GET ON THE STAGE.
BUT I'M SUPERNERVOUS.
AND I JUST KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EMOTIONAL, YOU
KNOW.
WE'VE GOT, OBVIOUSLY FRONT LINE WORKERS IN THE AUDIENCE BUT
WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE NHF CHOIR JOINING US ON STAGE AS WELL.
SO THAT SAY BEAUTIFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
BUT ALSO APPROXIMATE ADDS EXTRA PRESSURE.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I'M WORRIED
ABOUT.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S
BLUEBERRY JAM MUFFINS OR A HUGE PERFORMANCE FOR FRONT LINE
WORKERS YOU, RAG 'N' BONE MAN, YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS DELIVER.