The Hit List Podcast with Jack Burke
Oct 1, 2026 · 11 min · 7 segments
James Arthur joins Jack on the hit podcast this week for a conversation about his musical journey. He opens up about returning to his most authentic, raw sound, a powerful pivot inspired by deeply…
James ArthurGuestJack BurkeHost
Well, I mean, o- over the last couple of years I've been, um, writing quite a lot on and off and, um, looking for...
I mean, obviously there's enough data there to, um, to kind of, uh, to, to, sorry, to make, like, music sound like a, a business type thing.
But there, there's obviously a lot of data to support that, like, people like the, the kind of, um, honest and vulnerable, uh, kind of tunes.
But, uh, I'm, I've been looking for a, an, a different way to dress that up, if you like, or to, to present, to present that kind of, that kind of, um, yeah, that honest, raw lyric that, that, um, that seems to connect with my fan base anyway.
Um, and, um, I, I worked with a, with, um, a couple of amazing people in Geth and Blair Davey who, um, kind of had this production star- uh, idea with that, like, vocal sample thing and, um-
Um, and yeah, as I say, I've b- I've been looking for, look for a new sound and, um, and that song of all the things I've done, uh, behind the scenes over the last couple of years ha- had, um, had the most identity, if you like.
Did you at any point, like, before this, were you trying to move away from that? 'Cause I, I, I heard a shift, like, back in, was it 2016, was it? When Back From The Edge come out-
Everything ha- was descriptive and there was detail in there which you probably could reference back to into your own life.
Well, I mean, o- over the last couple of years I've been, um, writing quite a lot on and off and, um, looking for...
I mean, obviously there's enough data there to, um, to kind of, uh, to, to, sorry, to make, like, music sound like a, a business type thing.
But there, there's obviously a lot of data to support that, like, people like the, the kind of, um, honest and vulnerable, uh, kind of tunes.
But, uh, I'm, I've been looking for a, an, a different way to dress that up, if you like, or to, to present, to present that kind of, that kind of, um, yeah, that honest, raw lyric that, that, um, that seems to connect with my fan base anyway.
Um, and, um, I, I worked with a, with, um, a couple of amazing people in Geth and Blair Davey who, um, kind of had this production star- uh, idea with that, like, vocal sample thing and, um-
Um, and yeah, as I say, I've b- I've been looking for, look for a new sound and, um, and that song of all the things I've done, uh, behind the scenes over the last couple of years ha- had, um, had the most identity, if you like.
Did you at any point, like, before this, were you trying to move away from that? 'Cause I, I, I heard a shift, like, back in, was it 2016, was it? When Back From The Edge come out-
Everything ha- was descriptive and there was detail in there which you probably could reference back to into your own life.
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