Okay, I do this every time, but I have to do it again.
Labrinth, come in.
I love that.
I think I know your song better than you do.
Better than I do. I was like... I know that part, oh yeah. I forgot that was there.
That was the instrumental version.
That was the vocal, instrumental version.
Of your own tune.
Of my own tune.
Labrinth, how are you?
I am great. How are you, man?
You're back.
I am back, I am back.
-Yes, with a bang. -You've got your nail varnish.
Rolling. No, that's cool nail varnish you've wearing.
Thank you. I can let you borrow some if you want.
Oh thank you very much.
-Mix it up. -I'll put it here.
Now, I have to say Let It Be is amazing.
Oh thank you.
And the video, you're rolling.
We got the Rolls Royce.
It's something that I remember asking my label because I really love Rolls Royce. I love
their brand, so I was just like do you think we could get a Rolls Royce in the video, and
how would we do it without it looking like really Jay-Z-ish? And we found a way to make
it part of the story. It was very cool.
And my favourite bit of the whole video is... There's about 80 of you.
Yeah, I was a bit overwhelmed. It's true though. They actually exist.
Really?
Yeah, I've got them in my basement. I just bring them out when necessary.
Yeah, so have you got a moody one? A bit like the dwarves. Moody one, grumpy one, happy one
-That's the one. -Oh, I loved it.
Now what I want to know is have you had a knock on the door from Mr Paul? Mr Sir Paul.
Alright love.
How's it feel nicking my song name? Have you heard that?
You know what? I love that. Um, that was alright. Not a bad Liverpudlian accent. No, I haven't
had a call from Mr Paul. I want Paul to hear it. I want him to be like that's sick, Lab.
Go on.
Do you think Sir Paul McCartney is going to do say sick?
Yeah, I think hopefully this record could make Paul McCartney say that's sick, bro.
Can he do...?
Is that what he's going to do? Snap his fingers together? That was sick. I don't know. I don't
know how to do that. I don't even know how to do that.
-No, I love it though. -Oh thank you.
How's the response been to it?
I think people are used to not knowing what to expect. They're kind of just like, so what's
he going to come up with now? But it's been lovely. I never expected people to really
enjoy the record as much as they did, so I'm happy, man.
And it's a taster of things to come.
100 per cent.
I like this as well. Can we get that in the next video?
Is that what you're going to do in the next video?
I think that would be good.
We'll get you in the next video, and you can do it.
Oh brilliant. With my nail varnish. Maybe the Liverpudlian accent somewhere.
I'm down with that. I'm down with that.
So you are the musical maestro. You're playing everything on this album, the next album.
You're singing loads. You're being all maestro. You've got to help me out. Right here, right
now. Three top tips for how to be an amazing rapper.
How to be an amazing rapper?
Because you can rap too.
Yeah, I can rap, but I think Tinie's like that dude. He knows the rap stuff. Tinie's
a good... He's the rap maestro. For rapping...
Because I'm thinking you can sing, but you can't teach me how to sing now. But you can
teach me how to rap.
Well okay. First thing with rap is you have to have good rhythm. So have you got good rhythm?
Right there. Right there.
That was very entertaining. And then the next thing is maybe you have to have a good voice
tone. That was your voice tone has to be like...
Well, I'm channelling Frank Butcher. Aren't I, really?
That would be a good one, so you mix those two together. Good rhythm and Frank Butcher
tone and then you've got to have good lyrics.
Okay. Um, can we lay something down?
We should postpone this for the studio.
Okay.
And we shouldn't put this out to the public.
Okay.
I'm not sure it's going to promote you very well.
Last time I met you, I said to you, come on collabs. Give me some info. Are you going
to team up with Harry Styles?
Wow.
You laughed in my face, but I reckon I might have planted a seed.
You might have planted a seed? Why? Why?
I think Harry... Who's the singer? Zayn's got a sick voice.
Yeah.
I always remember Zayn singing because I remember when One Direction were first starting, I
went through the dressing rooms because they were all on the show, and I heard One Direction
singing together, and then Zayn was just doing some ad-libs, and I was like wow. This guy's
sounding like he's from Boys II Men or something. He was really killing it, but I think people
have yet to hear him sing that way.
Zayn?
Yeah, he's going in.
So you want to collab with Zayn then?
Yeah, I would do something with Zayn. 100 per cent.
Put it out there.
Let's do it. You can set up the session. Simon Cowell's office isn't too far from here.
Paul McCartney on my list. Zayn Malik. It's getting longer.
I know. It's really getting long. It's a massive list.
You're putting me under pressure here, man.
I'm off Labrinth. I'm off.
Thank you very much. Can't wait for the album and for your single to come out.
Thank you very much darling.
Pleasure you cannot measure.