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  • ♪ >> JAMES: WELCOME BACK.

  • OUR NEXT GUEST IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER AND

  • MUSICIAN.

  • HE'S JOINING US FROM RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES, THE SUPERB

  • THE DELIGHTFUL, JAMES BLAKE!

  • HE'S HERE ON THE SHOW!

  • HOW ARE YOU, JAMES?

  • >> REALLY WELL.

  • THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

  • >> James: IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

  • SO NICE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.

  • NOW, YOU HAVE BEEN -- I'M GOING TO SAY YOU HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY

  • DURING THIS WHOLE SHELTER IN PLACE.

  • YOU RELEASED A SONG WITH KILANI.

  • >> YES.

  • >> James: YOU RELEASED YOUR OWN SONG CALLED "YOU'RE TOO

  • PRECIOUS" WHICH, LIKE ALL YOUR SONGS, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • >> James: ARE THESE GOING TO BE ON A NEW ALBUM, THESE SONGS,

  • OR ARE THEY JUST THINGS YOU'RE PUTTING OUT FOR THIS MOMENT IN

  • TIME?

  • >> YEAH, THE "YOU'RE TOO PRECIOUS," I CAN'T REALLY

  • PREDICT, HONESTLY, AT THIS POINT, BUT I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE

  • ON THE NEXT RECORD.

  • IT FEELS LIKE A NICE PICK UP FROM THE LAST RECORD INTO THE

  • NEXT.

  • >> James: YEAH.

  • SO, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE STUFF IS QUITE DIFFERENT.

  • SO WE'LL SEE.

  • >> James: ARE YOU FINDING IT EASY TO STAY VERY MOTIVATED

  • DURING THIS LOCKDOWN.

  • >> NO.

  • >> James: ARE YOU TAKING TIME TO RELAX OR ARE YOU WRITING

  • EVERY DAY?

  • >> I AM BARELY HOLDING IT TOGETHER.

  • >> James: YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE HOLDING IT TOGETHER.

  • >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A GOOD WHILE THAT I'VE PUT ON CLOTHES.

  • I APPRECIATE, ACTUALLY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEAR, TO FEEL

  • LIKE I'M WEARING REAL CLOTHES.

  • >> James: I'M FINDING SOMETHING IS HAPPENING TO MY

  • CLOTHES AND THEY'RE GETTING SMALLER.

  • HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THIS?

  • SOMETHING NO ONE'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT.

  • >> WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT I'M

  • DOING.

  • >> James: BUT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, I THINK, LOTS OF ARTISTS

  • HAVE BEEN PUTTING STUFF UP ON INSTAGRAM AND DURING ISOLATION.

  • BUT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING BRILLIANT Q&As WHERE YOU ASKED

  • PEOPLE TO SUGGEST COVER VERSIONS, AND I THINK YOURS ARE

  • BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF JOY.

  • HOW DO YOU WORK OUT WHICH SONG YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN PEOPLE

  • MAKE A REQUEST?

  • >> JUST WHOEVER SUGGESTS ONE I ALREADY KNOW.

  • >> James: RIGHT.

  • I HAVE BEEN -- I'M TRYING TO BALANCE IT IN TERMS OF GENRE AS

  • WELL.

  • I DON'T WANT TO JUST SELECT ALL ONE TYPE OF THING AND THEN, YOU

  • KNOW, I JUST HAD A STEVIE COVER.

  • I NEVER COVERED STEVIE WONDER BEFORE.

  • THAT IS THE ONE PERSON YOU DO NOT MESS WITH, SO I WAS NERVOUS.

  • THAT WOULD FEEL TERRIBLE.

  • >> James: I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THE ARTIST WHO HAS A PARSONAGE.

  • I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

  • THE SONG YOU WILL PERFORM FOR US WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOUR COVER

  • OF JONI MITCHELL'S "A CASE OF YOU" IS THE GREATEST COVER

  • VERSION OF ALL TIME, AND I DON'T SEE SAI THAT LIGHTLY.

  • I INCLUDE IN IT AMY WINEHOUSE'S "VALERIE."

  • >> THAT'S THE ULTIMATE PRAISE WHICH I CANNOT ACCEPT.

  • >> James: BUT IT'S TRUE, AND I THINK YOU'RE AN ARTIST WHO TAKES

  • A SONG AND MAKES IT THEIR OWN.

  • IS THERE EVER A WORLD WHERE WE GET JAMES BLAKE'S DUETS COVERS

  • ALBUM?

  • >> I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABIT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE -- ABOUT IT

  • BECAUSE I'M RECORDING IT.

  • AS A DISCLAIMER, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE PLAYED "YOU'RE TOO

  • PRECIOUS" ON THIS SHOW FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS IS THE SONG I JUST

  • PUT OUT, BUT WITHOUT THE DRUMS IT SOUNDS HEINOUS.

  • >> James: WEIRD YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE OUR BAND WITHOUT THE

  • DRUMS VASTLY IMPROVE.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) EVERYBODY SAYS IT.

  • WE JUST LOVE GUILLERMO.

  • ( LAUGHTER ) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING --

  • YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO ME AS A SONG AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE

  • GOING TO DO IT.

  • WHEN WE COME BACK, SCWAIMS BLAKE HAS A PERFORMANCE YOU DO NOT

  • WANT TO MISS.

  • COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.

♪ >> JAMES: WELCOME BACK.

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