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Aston Merrygold on solo career: 'I was worried people might have forgotten me'

'Get Stupid' heartthrob Aston Merrygold has revealed that while launching his solo career, he was plagued by worries that people might not be interested or, even worse, that they might have forgotten who he was. 

During a new interview with HMV recently, the former JLS sensation admitted that it was daunting to branch out on his own after finding such success as part of the popular quartet and he was definitely concerned at how the public would react to his own material. The question posted to him was "were you worried people might forget about you? Two years is a long time in pop music," and he replied:

"Absolutely. It was a real worry. It was performing too, being locked in the studio for that length of time, I was missing it and feeling like I was getting rusty, but I knew I was building something worthwhile."

When asked if he misses his bandmates, Merrygold added that it is much more fun to tour with a band than it is to be travelling around performing and promoting things alone: "I miss that more than anything. I have to be on all the time and there’s less messing about. Before in the cars, in the buses, everywhere, it was just banter 24/7, always respectful, but always banter.”

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Watch Merrygold performing his debut solo single below: