This week Sigala releases his debut album, fittingly titled Brighter Days. A mammoth ten singles have proceeded it, with guest features ranging from the impressive (Sean Paul, Meghan Trainor), brand new (HRVY, Imani Williams) and iconic (Nile Rodgers, Kylie Minogue). It feels more like a greatest hits, but Sigala remains adamant that getting an album out was important for him.
“That was always the plan," he says of the prolonged pre-album singles run, "because, to be honest, two years ago I didn’t think I would do an album – the singles were just working so well and it was nice to focus on making one great song at a time. It’s got to a point now where I have so many songs I’m happy with that they’ll get lost if I don’t release them now. Each single has taken twice as long as the last one to finish because I’m becoming more of a perfectionist. I only finished [current single] Just Got Paid a couple of weeks ago because everyone on the track was in different time zones – it was very up to the line.”