Matt Goss on new album The Beautiful Unknown: "I want to compete with Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd"
23.03.2022 - 11:23
/ officialcharts.com
Matt Goss is feeling ambitious.
With his new solo record The Beautiful Unknown, he wants to let people know that he understands pop music - perhaps better than he did when he and brother Luke formed Bros in the '80s.
The new album (out Friday March 25) is a shamelessly-commercial record aiming for radio and chart success, not a nostalgia trip. In singles like Better With You and Make It Rain, Goss shows that he can play by the modern pop star rule book.
Bros may have asked on their UK Number 1 single 'When Will I Be Famous?', but the fact is Goss has spent a large chunk of his life very famous. But that doesn't seemed to have dulled his passion for music, or his sense about what makes things popular. In a wide-ranging chat, we discuss his new album, the surprising cover included on the album and what it takes to compete with the Ed Sheerans of today.
I think anyone who knows me, knows that I'm a contemporary man. Everyone in my company trusts me, like I trust them - and that's solely dependent that you know what's going on [commercially in the pop world]. I've cut away all the fat on this album. You could throw a dart at this record, and any song could be a single.
I talk to people like yourself and then travel the world - to see Tokyo, Germany, France, Italy, Spain...and the conduit [for these shows] absolutely has to be new music. I want to compete with Ed Sheeran, I want to compete with The Weeknd, I want to be compete with Robbie Williams...everyone. I made this record knowing 100% that we can do that.
The fact is that everyone on this record has won multiple Grammy's - they've won BRITs. People like that don't get involved in your music unless they really feel strongly about it. I feel excited and I hope the