James Blunt planned a career break helped him with new material

The ‘You’re Beautiful’ hitmaker was grateful the coronavirus pandemic allowed him to spend more time with his spouse Sofia and their two sons because he’d spent so long promising her he’d take a break for a year in order to be around with them.

He admitted: “I’ve been on tour for 17 years and I’d been lying to my wife saying I’d take a year out and spend time at home – then the pandemic forced my hand.

“And it was amazing. I felt very, very fortunate to be able to do that.”

James admitted keeping his personal life private is “a conundrum”.

He said “I’d rather not even mention I have children but then my job is to write deeply person and I find that people connect with because they share the same emotions.

“I do find it incredibly hard to know where I’m comfortable stopping.”

James does not feel he right person to ask for relationship advice, although he and Sofia have been together for nine years.

He joked: “I’m probably not the person to ask about love because lots of my songs are about lost love, missed chances of love, or broken love.

“The secret to long-lasting love? I have no idea.

“My father’s advice was, ‘Be kind to each other’, which seems like simple advice for all relationships.”

James is “emotionally stunted” so is pleased his music gives him the opportunity to express his feelings.

He told press: “I’m known for soppy, overemotional music, so the notion of me not being able to shed a tear seems silly, but then I’m an ex-military, ex-boarding-school English male, with almost no emotion associated with me at all. I’m emotionally stunted.

“But I capture how I feel through my songs.”

James Blunt released his greatest hits album, The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004- 2021), on November 19th 2021.

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