
And it’s fun! It’s sort of freeing to not have to sort of stress over all the minute details.” But lately, I’ve been standing in front of a microphone with my acoustic guitar, like I used to do on an open-mic night. I totally respect it, it really worked for me in the past. He continued in an interview with : “ piece by piece by piece? I’ve done that a lot. Emote and move on to the next thing.’ I’m trying to do that at the moment." It had that sort of carefree, ‘Let’s just do it. He explained: “With all my heroes, a lot of my favourite work of theirs was recorded in the first or second take. The 'Wild Love' hitmaker is going back to his roots after enjoying a rawer approach to playing his acoustic guitar as he did on open-mic nights when he was starting out. It's the 32-year-old singer-songwriter's first new music since his 2022 LP 'Leap'.Įarlier this year, James revealed he's in the early stages of his next album and is planning to showcase more of his "guitar playing".

I wrote it with my mate, the brilliant Phil Plested. I’m really excited to share the recording with the world. You can’t ask an audience to like something, but every time my fans put their hands in the air, clapped along and by the last chorus they were singing the words. I just wanted to share new music for the thrill of it. “This summer I started playing the song live, way before I even knew it would be released. It’s an amazing job but everything in life has its upsides and downsides. I say goodbye to the people I love constantly it comes with the territory of my work. There’s rarely ever anything good about it.

In a statement, James said: “Goodbye Never Felt So Bad is a song about how crazy it can feel to say goodbye. The 'Hold Back The River' hitmaker – who became a father for the first time to daughter Ada, whom he has with his wife Lucy, in October 2021 - has been testing the waters by playing the tune for his fans at his live shows, and it went down so well, he decided to drop it. James Bay has returned with the new song 'Goodbye Never Felt So Bad'. James Bay is back with a new guitar ballad
