James Arthur has revealed how a tumultuous year of health scares that impacted his physical and mental health inspired his new album and its lead single Medicine.
James says the track, released today (March 5), and its parent album “encapsulates a moment in time” during which he was recovering from severe anxiety and a life-threatening gallbladder infection, both of which occurred in early 2020 when he was in the middle of a European tour – and the world was about to go into lockdown.
The resulting Medicine has the hallmarks of classic James Arthur – a towering ballad with an instant, singalong chorus – plus a cinematic soundscape twist that accidentally serves as a fitting soundtrack as the world eases out of lockdown.
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