Jamie Grey excels at intimate songs infused with heartfelt feeling, his voice sparkling with unrestrained power and soul as he delivers lyrics which confront the toughest of emotions head-on. His authenticity and next door neighbour charm is attracting an ever growing audience, so far exceeding 75 million streams, and his talents have led to him co-writing one of James Arthurs’ biggest hits, ‘Falling Like The Stars’, as well as several tracks from his 2024 #1 album ‘Bitter Sweet Love’.
But now a supercharged new Jamie Grey is emerging, with recent tracks ‘Chains’ and ‘Hold Me I’m In Heaven’ showing the world-conquering star potential that he has dreamed of achieving since childhood. Now he pushes to take that evolution to a whole new audience as he shares the new single ‘Like What I See’ following a sold-out performance at St Pancras Old Church last night. Listen HERE.
While his recent singles have seen Jamie embrace a bold, pulsating new pop sound, ‘Like What I See’ sees him step into the affecting balladeering mode that’s such a natural fit for his natural vocal talent. Yet his strident new confidence sees him layer up the song into a richly textured wall-of-sound taking in cinematic strings, plaintive piano and soaring high vocal notes – a mix which brings a previously unheard grandeur and drama to the more introspective side of his artistry.
As the song confesses, Jamie’s outward confidence has always masked a little insecurity. But with the help of Ben and Charlie, he feels as if he has finally unlocked his full potential and that he can take his place amongst top tier, like-minded pop and soul singer-songwriters such as Ed Sheeran, Teddy Swims and Sam Smith. You can see just how much he is relishing the future from his charismatic performance in the video for ‘Hold Me I’m In Heaven’.
He has certainly battled to rise to the level that he is now at. He was raised in Redcar in the north-east of England, where he shared his mother’s love for Motown – artists with huge voices, lived-in stories delivered with conviction and a flamboyant streak – as well as influences such as Arctic Monkeys, Paolo Nutini, Kings of Leon and James Morrison.
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