Once Upon A Mind

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On 2 August 2023, Blunt announced the release date for Who We Used to Be, his first studio album since 2019's Once Upon a Mind. [3] Hodgkinson, Will (27 October 2023). "James Blunt: Who We Used to Be review – the most basic pop clichés". The Times . Retrieved 1 November 2023.

James Blunt drops latest single The Girl That Never Was". Retro Pop Magazine. 5 October 2023 . Retrieved 31 October 2023. Ultratop.be – James Blunt – Who We Used to Be" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 November 2023. Power, Ed (27 October 2023). "James Blunt, Who We Used to Be review: Give the posh troubadour the benefit of the doubt!". I . Retrieved 31 October 2023. Houghton, Cillea (22 September 2023). "James Blunt Drops Nostalgic 'All the Love That I Ever Needed' ". American Songwriter . Retrieved 31 October 2023.My favourite moment comes at the midpoint of the album on 5 Miles. The song explodes into a big dance anthem with tropical beats and a sing-a-long chorus. I can imagine if he had teamed up with a big dance star, this song would likely be a big hit on the charts. There’s definitely the possibility for some killer dance remixes.

Zemler, Emily (2 August 2022). "James Blunt Welcomes the Highs and the Lows on Breezy Single 'Beside You' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 26 October 2023. Dutchcharts.nl – James Blunt – Once Upon a Mind" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

Songs on Albums

Stenzel, Wesley (23 October 2023). "James Blunt remembers his 'best friend' Carrie Fisher". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 26 October 2023.

Zemler, Emily (2 August 2023). "James Blunt Welcomes the Highs and the Lows on Breezy Single 'Beside You' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 4 November 2023. The Girl That Never Was (Official video)". 12 October 2023 . Retrieved 31 October 2023– via YouTube. Still, everything wasn’t entirely rosé with The Afterlove. He mentions another of those big discussions, “not quite a row but pretty close”, about a song called “OK”, written with Steve Mac (co-writer of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”), who also produced it. “I really didn’t enjoy where it got to, but the label said: ‘This has to go on, this is the direction, this is your first single.’ I said, ‘absolutely not’. James Blunt will release his sixth album, Once Upon a Mind, on October 25 via Custard/Atlantic Records. The album is a collaboration with several producers, including Steve Robson, Jimmy Hogarth and TMS, and the singer has teased the new music with an emotional first single titled “Cold.”But after we put the album out – and it wasn’t on it – that song still became a big hit, still with me singing on it, everywhere but the UK. Because the UK has good taste in music,” he adds with a twinkle. Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (27 October 2023). "James Blunt – Who We Used To Be review". Entertainment Focus . Retrieved 1 November 2023.

a b c Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (25 October 2023). "James Blunt's heartfelt clichés are easy on the ear in Who We Used to Be – album review". Financial Times . Retrieved 26 October 2023. We’ve had a big discussion about it,” he continues, “weeks of me saying, ‘I need that’. Because it’s not just me singing a song, it’s me feeling a song, and that break [in my voice] is everything.” Austriancharts.at – James Blunt – Once Upon a Mind" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2019.The album's second single, "All the Love That I Ever Needed" was released on 22 September 2023. [7] Top Albums (Week 44, 2023)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 6 November 2023. Offiziellecharts.de – James Blunt – Once Upon a Mind" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 31 October 2019.