Singer-songwriter Calum Scott has scrapped plans to release his new single. 

The You Are The Reason hitmaker intended to drop his festive track this month, but says he’s called off the release because the song is too miserable.  

“I’ve written one, though I think it might be too sad for a Christmas [song]. Maybe December 2024,” he told The Sun’s Bizarre column

Reflecting on his holiday plans after a “mega year”, he adds: “I might be playing in Dubai with Lost Frequencies for New Year’s Eve.

“Otherwise it’s family and friends in Yorkshire to celebrate a mega year.”

Speaking to RETROPOP around the release of his most-recent album, ‘Bridges’ (2022), the hitmaker looked back on his rise through the pop ranks and admitted his attitude towards commercial success has changed over time.

“At one point in my career, after Dancing On My Own and into You Are The Reason, I started to think, ‘I’m just not cool enough.’ 

“My ego got a little bit in the way and I started thinking, ‘I’m just not cool. I don’t have that kind of edge about me’. And then Lewis Capaldi comes on the scene and he’s got this really gravelly voice, singing a love ballad, and everybody loves him. And I got massive impostor syndrome. 

“Like, ‘He’s cool, he’s singing ballads – how come I’m not cool?’ But I was thinking of it in the wrong way.”

He added: “I was trying to define what cool is, but cool is of a moment. Popper trackies were cool at one point. Nobody’s wearing those anymore.”

Now, he’s comfortable with the sound that’s opened his career up to fans worldwide and taken his music internationally to audiences across the globe. 

“I’ve made peace with the fact that you’re probably not going to put a Calum Scott album on before you go on a night out,” he quipped. “What I did come to realise is that these songs – especially from the first album – have had a really significant impact on people where they’ve gone, ‘I want this as my wedding song,’ or, ‘I want this to be played while I walk down the aisle.’ 

“I get messages from people saying, ‘Oh, we played this at my cousin’s funeral,’ or birthdays, or whatever it is. And I think that, to me, is cool. 

“The fact that my music soundtracks people’s lives is very cool.”

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