Sam Ryder: I felt I was worthless
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Jack Robinson Sam Ryder wrote most of his new album in Nashville after relocating from Essex
A couple of months ago, I found myself in a field backstage at Glastonbury standing next to Sam Ryder. It was seven in the morning. Sam was just about to talk to Radio 2's Scott Mills, I was on a desperate hunt for caffeine. "Alright, mate!" he exclaimed and stretched out his arms for a hug. (Sam Ryder gives great hugs). The singer is always like this – bright eyed, bushy tailed, full of beans before breakfast - but at Glastonbury, he had an extra spring in his step. "I literally handed in my new album on my birthday, two days ago," he beamed. "I was full of hay fever but I was in my home studio, printing files, sending things off." You can even hear Ryder's allergies on his new single, Better Man, after a last minute decision to scrap the original vocal. "I didn't hear truth in it.
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