James Blunt admits he’s done ‘stupid thing’ with name change deal

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James Blunt has admitted it was “silly” promising to let followers choose a brand new identify for him if his album tops the charts.

The singer is re-releasing his 2004 debut studio album Again To Bedlam to mark its twentieth anniversary, and has advised followers that if it will get to primary he’ll legally change his identify to the preferred one chosen by the general public. He shared a number of of the solutions on The One Present, with Blunty McBluntface — a nod to Boaty McBoatface, the identify picked for a polar analysis vessel after a ballot — a contender.

However he confessed that he hopes he will get to maintain his personal moniker.

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Host Alex Jones introduced it up, suggesting Blunt had completed “a mad factor”. “A silly factor,” he replied.

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“The British public are a form individuals, and so the solutions have been one thing to sit up for,” he went on. “My favorite up to now I suppose is Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Pop Star Forecourt Tune Machiney. Jimmy Smith I’d go together with however the British public and the one that’s main is Blunty McBluntface.”

“I needed to clarify to my youngsters that James Blunt is likely to be no extra,” mentioned the star, who has two sons.

“I’m hopeful, I’m hopeful that I will maintain my identify,” he mentioned. He joked: “My youngsters shed a tear final night time and I advised them, ‘Don’t fret, you will nonetheless must name me Sir’.”

What else did James Blunt say on The One Present?

Blunt additionally talked concerning the first time the album topped the charts, confessing that he was “actually frightened” because it meant he would change from being a musician to being a star.

Again To Bedlam — which incorporates hits similar to You’re Lovely and Goodbye My Lover — reached the highest of the charts in 2004, propelling Blunt to stardom. Nevertheless, he mentioned that on the time he had been anticipating quantity two.

“Yeah it was superb,” he mentioned. “I bought the cellphone name from my radio rep at Atlantic Information to say the album and the track have gone to primary and it made me actually frightened as a result of I believed, I anticipated to be only a musician and quantity two, that was what I used to be anticipating.

“However primary and also you type of change from being a musician to movie star and that was actually horrifying. And sure, you simply get a bit extra seen than you want.”

The One Present airs at 7pm on BBC One each week night time.