Performance brims with banter, but the gags never eclipse the hits
. Once music’s favourite punch-bag, the moment he was set loose on Twitter , Blunt was a pop star reborn. Funny, self-deprecating and a genius at sticking it to the cat-callers, he became more celebrated for his one-liners than his torch songs.
To get the obvious out of the way – yes, his tunes are frequently cheesy, and, more often than not, there’s a big “woah-oh-oh” bit leading up to the chorus. But isn’t it also the Coldplay formula? And look how much everyone loves them nowadays. Blunt’s career started with a thunderclap when his debut LP Back to Bedlam became a global number one in 2005. That early phase of his career remain a touchstone for his audience, and the first big singalong of the night breaks out during Wisemen, where a chatty verse gives way to a huge hook .
That much will have been obvious to anyone who read his 2023 autobiography, Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir. It included, which the Dublin songwriter dismissed as a “completely fabricated Alan Partridge version of what happened”. Here was pop’s least likely difference of views since Azealia Banks feuded with the entirety of Ireland a few years ago.
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