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Nathan Sykes on writing songs: 'If it makes me emotional, I know it will be great'

Singer Nathan Sykes has opened up about the songwriting process for his upcoming debut solo album and confessed that it got a little emotional. 

Speaking to Britain's The Mirror newspaper recently, the sensation admitted that penning one track in particular really tipped him over the edge, but he likes to feel genuine emotion while writing as it means the song will be authentic and moving:

"It was quite an emotional day. I found that especially when you go over the lyrics again. It's like, 'Wow! Those are really deep lyrics.' I got really emotional writing it. I think three or four songs were really emotional to write."

"There's one song called 'Famous,' which is about what do I have to do to make someone I care about, care about me as much as I do them? It's basically saying, 'Do I have to be famous, will you only call me when I'm famous?' Whenever I go through something that's not ideal, I don't feel sorry for myself. I go, 'My God, this is going to be such a great song.'"

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Watch an entertaining interview segment with Sykes here: