Nathan Sykes recalls the moment The Wanted decided to part ways

Singer Nathan Sykes has revealed that the decision to disband The Wanted left him feeling confused about the future.

In a new interview with The Line of Best Fit, the 'Give It Up' heartthrob confessed that when they made the decision to go their separate ways he called his mother to talk about what might come next in his career:

"I remember standing in the kitchen with my mum, at the age of 20. I was on speaker phone, it was a conference call of about seven or eight of us - all the boys in the band, and two or three other people. And we came to the conclusion that we were going to take a break and go our separate ways."

Sykes continued: "I remember putting the phone down and just looking at my mum saying: 'What am I gonna do?' It was a real moment of, 'Oh shit, I’m 20 and I’m in a situation in which I might be retiring.' All I could think was that I couldn’t just stop doing what I loved, what I’d worked so hard at since I was six. To stop at 20 - that was mind-blowing for me."

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