Will Young: 'I Don't Feel Like I Need To Prove Anything'

Will Young is back with a new album – and, apparently, a new outlook

Will Young is excited to be doing things a bit differently for his new era.

After his warmth, charisma and, of course, talent made him an overnight household name on Pop Idol back in 2001, Will spent the following two decades running in the opposite direction to whatever was expected of him as the winner of a TV talent show.

“I hate being told what to do,” Will tells HuffPost UK of those early years. “I wasn’t an obvious person to win a talent show...