James Blunt
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James Blunt, wiseman or jester?

Like James said, opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one. And everyone definitely has an opinion on Mr. Blunt, not that he gives a fuck. But who is he really?

Let’s be blunt with Blunt (this joke proves my originality already…). His music has never been world-class; apart from the mastery of Wiseman – 0% sense in that song, but 100% tune. He’s lived successfully really off the back of ‘You’re Beautiful’ and hit album Back to Bedlam alone.

Now, a fresh, revitalised Blunt has released a new track called ‘Cold’, which maintains his trademark vocal style and a catchy chorus feat. an average set of guitar chords. It’s very James Blunt-y if that makes sense. Like ye olde regular James.

But this old, regular James Blunt is actually anything but boring. I mean, he’s resided in Ibiza for a few years with his own club – huge. He’s a man who has served with the Army in Kosovo. And, he’s, well, the most recognisable-but-undiscovered comedian on Twitter.

His Twitter is comedy gold, filled with back-to-back gems. For example, when asked once how he gets girls with his music, he replied simply “wet”. When someone called him out in this tweet; ” James Blunt just has an annoying face and a highly irritating voice” his comeback was excellent, “And no mortgage”. Excellent stuff.

But, aside from his funny and crude remarks, Blunt is actually an all-round great bloke. He has regularly helped out with charity work. Done his fair amount of appearances on Top Gear, and taken a fair few chances to publicly admit his distate for his own hit, ‘You’re Beautiful’. The guy literally admitted we ruined his song by playing it a trillion times. He literally became one of us letting a little sigh out every time it comes on the radio.

Now, Blunt is largely overlooked in terms of his musical ability and usually, eyes are focused on his personal exploits anyway. But, there’s a lot to Blunt that we don’t get to see. He will continue to have shit chucked at him, but if it means I can see more of his Tweets, and he can still be a quality chap, then I’m not going to say anything bad about him. He’s got his head screwed on.

Listen to James Blunt on Spotify and Apple Music.

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