In early 2020, after a half-decade hiatus, Alexander returned to acting, portraying 18-year-old Ritchie Tozer in Channel 4’s streaming record-breaking It’s a Sin, a miniseries about five gay men whose lives are impacted by the rising HIV/AIDS epidemic after moving to London in 1981. “I didn’t feel connected to it, and it just didn’t hit right,” he says. Before landing the album’s angle, he wrote, recorded, and scrapped nearly 20 songs created with a wide range of collaborators. He might have to wait until the release.”ĭespite holding complete autonomy over Years & Years’s musicianship, crafting Night Call was no easy feat for Alexander. Thanks, Mikey,” Alexander says with a giggle. There’s no bad blood between the ex-trio, though based on who’s been granted an advance listen of Night Call, their bonds have clearly shifted. Goldsworthy will continue playing alongside Alexander for future Years & Years live performances, while Türkmen, who just welcomed his first child, will independently work as a songwriter and producer while focusing on family. “It’s a relationship coming to an end, so it was tricky at times, but it definitely happened as amicably as it could’ve.” “We’d had a decade together, and it was really clear people wanted to do different things,” he says, noting that “multiple honest conversations” led to the decision to separate. Alexander then quickly began working on what would become Night Call, but following the pandemic’s onset, he wasn’t sure how the band would function together logistically, let alone creatively. After an “intense” discussion about Years & Years’s future as a band, they decided to remain intact for Palo Santo’s release and subsequent tour, which ran through late 2019. It was a bit of a struggle,” explains Alexander, who created many of its tracks based on his own vision, separately from Türkmen and Goldsworthy. The band’s split was a long time coming, as initial chats about parting ways occurred during the making of 2018’s Palo Santo. I love making music and being Years & Years.” “It’s been a real journey, but I’m so grateful. If anything goes wrong, it’s really on my shoulders,” Alexander tells MTV News. “I have a big fear of failure, I realized. But having full creative control has come with unforeseen, mainly self-inflicted pressures for the 31-year-old musician, whose new album, Night Call, drops today (January 21). Following years of creative disagreements, Alexander became free to fully explore his lifelong aspirations of major pop stardom, no longer seeking his bandmates’ approval. Early last year, Olly Alexander told fans he’d be pursuing Years & Years as a solo venture after fronting the synthpop band, alongside instrumentalists Emre Türkmen and Michael Goldsworthy, for over a decade. Adding in a press statement: "As a straight white man who works in scaffolding I’m not quite sure why I’ve been asked to host this?”.Recovering from a breakup isn’t easy, even if the relationship wasn’t romantic. Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party will come live from Birmingham and will celebrate all things LGBTQ+". Taking to Instagram to announce the news, host Joe posted: "Very pleased to announce that next month I'll be hosting a huge party on Channel 4 to celebrate 50 years of pride. The party will include the Top 10 LGBTQ+ TV moments and the show's audience will be made up of LGBTQ+ icons, allies of the LGBTQ+ community, and local heroes - who will be sharing their own personal stories of Pride. Channel 4 have also teased that further announcements will be made on the lead up to the live programme. There will also be a special appearance EastEnders star Danny Dyer who will make a "cameo from the closet" and comedian Rosie Jones will be out on the road including a feature from comic Jen Ives. There will be performances from the likes of Boy George and Culture Club, Steps and Self Esteem. Guests in attendance will also include Hollywood superstar Rupert Everett, comedian Mawaan Rizwan and RuPaul's Drag Race UK queens Tia Kofi and Tayce. Joe Locke, who plays Charlie Spring, and co-star Yasmin Finney, who last month was revealed to be joining Doctor Who in scenes airing next year, will be joining the party. The Forest of Dean Years and Years singer and It's A Sin star Olly, who performed at the WeHo Pride 2022 in Los Angeles over the weekend, will be joining 33-year-old TV host Joe Lycett for what the channel says will be a "big queer party" in Joe's hometown of Birmingham.Īlso appearing in the extravaganza will be cast members from Netflix's hit LGBTQ+ coming of age series Heartstopper - which was recently renewed for a further two seasons. The two-hour special is set to see a host of famous faces join the celebration to mark 50 years of Pride in the UK. Olly Alexander will be amongst the star line-up set to join comedian Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party which will air on Channel 4 this summer.
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