What's up everyone? It's James Arthur. I'm here at the iconic Troubadour, and I'm going to show you what goes on before one of my shows. Let's go. So the first thing I do when I get to the venue is, I I dump my stuff, obviously, and uh, I'm looking at what they've got on the rider. I'm looking if they've got all the the essential things that I I ask for on the rider. I don't eat meat, so I uh I asked for Tofurky and a lot of places are not able to get Tofurky, but here in LA, obviously, we're very vegan, vegetarian friendly, so they they delivered today. Um, so there's that and uh guacamole. We've got the English Breakfast Tea essential. A little caffeine boost before the show is is is important. And if I have like, if I have espresso or uh, you know, I have a Starbucks or something for the show, I'm going to have a panic attack. I'm going to I'm going to be very uh I'll be too amped up. So, a cup of tea is the the perfect level of caffeine for me before the show. I even have decaffeinated if I'm already If I'm already feeling a bit energetic, if I feel like I might be on the brink of uh, you know, too much energy already, then the decaf serves a purpose. And then we've got some Tabasco. That's essential. Tabasco is essential. I'll probably order some food from somewhere around here, and Tabasco will make any If if it's awful food, Tabasco will fix it. I think the beauty and the charm of playing shows like this is that there's not hiding place. You can see the fans when I'm on stage. I mean, I'm definitely going to be able to see them tonight. I mean, look, you know, they're going to be right on top of us and they're going we're going to be able to feel each other's energy and feed feed each other. There's nothing like playing an intimate small room like this, especially one that's as iconic as the Troubadour. Even though it's small and and a bit rusty and a bit broken down, it's it's uh, it's it's got a lot of charm. I'm buzzing about playing here. So what's special about this little intimate tour we're doing in America is that, um, these are the very first shows, um, that we'll be playing in which we're we're going to showcase the new album, the new album, You, which has been in in the works for two years. I've been working my my off on this new album. We're just sort of treating these these lovely people in America as guinea pigs, and and they, you know, I think they're happy to to be the people that, you know, get to hear the the songs first. And if you're lucky enough to come to one of these shows, um, you're going to hear songs that no one else has has heard before. So, it's going to be a good good times. I think my favorite song to perform is probably, um, a song called Recovery. It's a song that a lot of my fans have said have helped them through like a a tough time in their lives. Uh, it's kind of helped them feel sort of okay not to be okay. These people who have been through sort of addiction or or they're recovering from some sort of adversity, and that song has been sort of there in the background of their lives and helped them kind of feel better about it. Me and my band, we spend a lot of time together. I like to see myself as a band, you know. I'm really nothing without these guys, so come and meet them. This is Jack. Hey, what's up? He's on the keys. He's just jumping on me. He's on the pots and pans. Ricky, are you here? Hey, what's up? Guitar. Drew Campbell. We listen to a lot of JC Chasez from Nsync. JC Chasez is on loop, for sure. He's always He's the best member of Nsync, for sure. He's a Yeah, yeah. Best ad-lib. Best ad-libs. Everybody sings a different ad-lib, and we um we just have a bit of fun. Yeah. It came about because my guitarist, Rick, um is a big lover of of Backstreet Boys, Nsync, Westlife, all all the great boy bands. Singing along to those songs made us feel a bit more at ease before going on and doing a rock show, you know what I mean? So, I think my favorite one's probably um Tearin' Up My Heart by Nsync.

Can you give us like a little jingle of it?

I don't think so. Sorry, but I went through the the whole X Factor ringer, and I had a I had a lovely mentor on the show, Nicole Scherzinger, who's obviously in the Pussycat Dolls. And she would just be like, "You know who you are, and you can't control things going wrong, so just kind of give it give it your all. Just kind of, you know, I think there's no other way to perform than to just give give everything you've got.