Naughty Boy is In:Demand

The mystery man of modern music was In:Demand on Thursday night to talk about his new single with Emeli Sande and his upcoming album

Published 21st Aug 2013

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The mystery man of modern music was In:Demand on Thursday night

After the success of La La La, Naughty Boy is coming back with his album Hotel Cabana which features a host of big names including Bastille, Ed Sheeran, Tinie Tempah and more. His opening single is Lifted with Emeli Sande.

Alex James asked him about how the song came about, "This was never going to be on my album initially because we wrote it for Emeli. But then as my album was complete it felt right to put it on there. It's got our signature style and strings and it just felt like the right song to go in to the album with", he said.

Naughty Boy appeared on the video for Lifted but he doesn't want that to be a regular thing, "I wanna start doing it more but I still want to be the Banksy of music. I don't want to chase the fame in that sense, I want the music to be more famous than me. You still want there to be an air of mystery about what you're doing", he said.

Press play to hear the whole interview in full where Naughty Boy talks about the numerous big name collaborations on the album as well as working with X Factor winner James Arthur. You can also check out the Lifted video he mentions to the right.