He exited the army in 2002, swapping his gun for a guitar. The son of a colonel, Blunt (whose real surname is Blount) served as an officer in the British army - a stint that included a role in NATO’s peacekeeping force in Kosovo. Once upon a time - back before he embarked on a career in the music industry - Blunt had different issues to confront. “That album was a moment and I’m happy for that, but I’m certainly not going to try to emulate it in any sort of way.” “There’s no way I’m going to sell 11 million copies” of the new album, he said, citing his debut’s global sales figure. He was also able to free himself of competing with the success of his debut album. So, it was a real moment to stop and have a look around, to realize what had gone on in my life and find a sense of calm.” “I’d been sleeping on a tour bus with 12 people. “I hadn’t been alone for three years,” he said. But during the winter, when the tourists and partiers were nowhere to be found on the island, Blunt describes his daily routine as “alone and secluded - living like a monk.” OFF-SEASON SOLITUDEīlunt stayed in Ibiza beyond the summer season. “I’m a healthy clubgoer.”įollowing a day - or night - of clubbing, Blunt would “head back to mine”: to his secluded home “away up in the hills.” It was there, with a piano and guitar at his side, that he wrote many of the songs that appear on his second Custard/Atlantic album, “All the Lost Souls,” due September 18.Īccording to Blunt, the album’s lead single, the propulsive, anthemic “1973,” which makes its worldwide radio debut July 23 (the digital download and accompanying video will be available at iTunes August 7), was inspired by all that dancing and hanging out in Ibiza. “You go to Space at 9 in the morning, and you carry on till 9 in the evening,” Blunt said with a smile. But there was Blunt, last summer, making the scene like a veteran of the club community. In fact, its smash hit, “You’re Beautiful,” could have passed for a 1970s AM radio staple. Known for its nonstop summer dance parties, Ibiza is not the first destination that comes to mind when thinking of the mellow British singer-songwriter.īlunt’s breakthrough debut, “Back to Bedlam” - released in 2004 in the United Kingdom and one year later in the United States, where it has sold 2.6 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan - was anything but dance music. Blunt spent the better part of 2006 living and working in Ibiza, Spain, one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. James Blunt performs at at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London July 7, 2007.
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