In 1991, there were few teen stars bigger than Chesney Hawkes. But since breaking through with the No.1-charting, Nik Kershawpenned The One And Only,the singer has released just five albums, with his sixth long-player, Living Arrows, about to hit the shelves. “It’s taken a long time to feel confident enough to really throw myself back into a project,” the one-time pin-up tells us about his long-awaited comeback.
It’s been 12 years since your last studio album,
Real Life Love.
Why now?
For those 12 years, I was in L.A. and busy bringing up kids. I had this album in my mind since before Covid, but I felt like it’s such a personal record and so English that I didn’t want to be over there when I put it out. I knew we were coming back to the UK to live at some point, and just wanted to be on home soil, back in the motherland, before releasing anything.