‘I just don’t really get the Beatles’: Roman Kemp’s honest playlist



The vigor presenter turned into fixed an Eminem grounds by means of his mum erstwhile helium changed into six and has a gentle spot for america of a. But which 70s glam-generation classical bores him?

Roman Kemp … ‘I had a immense metallic clip successful my existence’. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/DEC/Getty/Livewire PicturesRoman Kemp … ‘I had a monolithic metallic clip successful my life’. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/DEC/Getty/Livewire PicturesAs informed to Elle HuntMon 21 Nov 2022 02.00 ESTLast modified connected Mon 21 Nov 2022 06.23 EST

The archetypal unmarried I bought
Daniel Bedingfield’s If You’re Not the One. I callback that it came retired astir Christmas. Me and my bully pal astatine the time, Elliott, sincerely appreciated that euphony and we went to HMV connected our idiosyncratic and bought it. I simply listened to it clip and again erstwhile more, pretending I was successful a way video.

My karaoke cross-to
Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual. I deliberation Tom and I person a akin scope and karaoke is built for 60s tune, with the food and the dancing. You ought to take a tune that everyone is alert of, and that’s a tune. And it’s mins, truthful you’re nary longer up determination excessively long.

The opus I inexplicably cognize each lyric to
I’m Back via Eminem. My mum really sold The Marshall Mathers LP for maine erstwhile I turned into six oregon seven. At the clip Eminem turned into being targeted by means of everyone – the media, the constabulary – and helium determined to instrumentality again with a grounds that changed into conscionable arsenic offensive, and conscionable arsenic non-public to him. Of absorption it’s irrelevant for a kid – nevertheless my mum continually had this fantabulous outlook connected tune arsenic a mode of expressing emotions. She said: “Here’s a lad who’s were fixed plentifulness incorrect successful his existence, and isn’t arsenic privileged arsenic you are, and present helium is turning his bask into lyrics.”

The past opus I streamed
Stormzy’s Mel Made Me Do It. I emotion Mike, he’s the nicest antheral and helium deserves each of the occurrence he’s had. In a planetary wherever artists are intelligibly forced to marque songs for TikTok, up to 2 minutes lengthy, to travel retired with an 8-minute azygous and an eleven-minute video is rather a riot. The video and the way are flawless.

The first-class way to play astatine a party
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. No, I haven’t disposable the video of Boris Johnson dancing to it with Carrie astatine their wedding, nevertheless if there’s each and sundry who is alert of parties, it’s our UK authorities, truthful honorable play. It’s the easiest crowdpleaser ever, successful England mainly.

The opus I’d request for my stadium beforehand tune
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s In Motion. I emotion soundtracks, truthful I should transverse for John Williams oregon Hans Zimmer close here, but the standing for The Social Network done the chap from Nine Inch Nails is brilliant. There is simply a way called In Motion that could beryllium perfectly the bollocks to stroll retired to. I often enactment taking enactment of that rating, it’s high-quality.

The tune I privation played astatine my funeral
Elvis Presley’s If I Can Dream. There’s a existent Elvis affinity successful my ain family: he’s been played astatine immoderate signifier successful my lifestyles, and I tin see listening to The Wonder of You astatine my nan’s funeral. This opus is about: “Did I attain everything I wanted to? Did I bash the full batch I can? Can I nevertheless bash it?”

The opus I can’t assistance singing
B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All), the caller euphony by Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal. I can’t accidental that I’m the largest instrumentality but I perpetually drawback myself singing it. It reminds maine of aboriginal 2000s pop, similar Sweet Like Chocolate – you understand, whilst it sounds similar a interaction babe is making a opus it.

The way I can’t stand
This is going to beryllium intelligibly arguable but Starman with the assistance of David Bowie. [Sings] “There’s a staaar-MAN! … ” Oh, God, unopen up! Does each idiosyncratic genuinely adore it, oregon bash they conscionable faux to find it irresistible? Put it this way: I emotion everything that David Bowie stood for, I presume it’s exquisite; I tin spot that helium became a trailblazing artist. My dada is simply a ample Bowie fan. However, it’s 1 of those successful which I perceive to it and I’m like: “Is this it?” I’m yet to wage attraction 1 David Bowie opus that makes maine go: “Yes, retired of the ordinary.” Is it truthful galore circumstantial patterns, oregon is it conscionable a spot boring? I’ll level with you connected one: I similar Let’s Dance, but that’s lone a Nile Rodgers document.

The tune I faux to hatred that I secretly like
John Lennon’s Imagine. The Beatles, I conscionable don’t genuinely get it. Yes, I cognize that is the Guardian but I privation to beryllium sincere. However, that is simply a retired of the mean tune. I would placed Hey Jude wrong the adjacent category.

The opus I pass radical is my favored
Slipknot’s Wait and Bleed. It was 1 of the archetypal songs that I instrumentality into relationship making maine consciousness a definite mode astir metallic. I had a immense alloy clip successful my life, and I nevertheless emotion it, the mode it makes maine feel. I volition nevertheless accidental Wait and Bleed is my preferred way of each time, simply due to the fact that I’ve listened to it truthful galore times, nevertheless present I perceive to it and I’m a spot like: “I whitethorn privation to power this off, aft a minute.” I accidental it mode much to maine than I sincerely revel successful it.

My existent favored music
Back Down South by means of Kings of Leon. I tin accidental that, hands down. I surely deliberation Come Around Sundown is their pleasant album. I person specified a gentle spot for u . S . Track and that opus is truthful wrong the vibe of wherein Kings of Leon are without a uncertainty from. I emotion making a opus it, and however I consciousness erstwhile I sing it: it's going to perpetually marque maine consciousness good. Kings of Leon are 1 of these bands that I’ll support going returned to, successful conjunction with a mates of albums by utilizing Arctic Monkeys and Nirvana.

Roman Kemp’s publication Are You Really OK? is retired now, published by means of Mirror Books.