"People think I'm cool - and I don't understand it," Jack Garratt humbly tells Gigwise. Well, get used to it. The hype just stepped up a gear in not only winning the BRIT's Critics Choice Award, but he's just been named the BBC Sound Of 2016 - a double honour previously won by the likes of Adele, Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding.
Watch our interview with Jack Garratt below
"Sam Smith isn't Adele and Adele isn't Sam Smith, and neither of them are Ellie Goulding," Garratt tells Gigwise from his London studio. "All these people are different. Just because they won they won the same award, it doesn't mean that they're doing to turn out the be the same thing - there's an equal amount of people who have won that award and gone on to not achieve that level of superstardom...it's showing me that I'm going the right way, but it's reminding me about where I've been and giving me a clue about where I'm about to go."
And where he's about to go is stratospheric - after beating Alessia Cara, NAO, Blossoms, WSTRN and Mura Masa to the top spot, he also joins the ranks of Years & Years, Haim and many more. Watch below as we talk to him about his fans, growing up, his debut album and 'not being pretentious'.
Watch our interview with Jack Garratt below
“Jack Garratt is an incredibly exciting artist," said Radio One DJ Huw Stephens. "He's influenced by and understands a lot of different genres, from blues to electronica, and through his song-writing and live performances has become something of a phenomenon both live and on record. He has a huge year ahead of him, his music is being heard around the world and he'll release his debut album. He’s a very worthy winner of the Sound of 2016!”
His debut album Phase is out on 19 February.
Jack Garratt's upcoming UK tour dates are below. For tickets and more information, visit here.
Jack Garratt will play:
Wed March 30 2016 - DUBLIN Academy
Fri April 01 2016 - GLASGOW O2 ABC
Sat April 02 2016 - EDINBURGH Liquid Room
Mon April 04 2016 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle University
Tue April 05 2016 - LEEDS Leeds University
Thu April 07 2016 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Fri April 08 2016 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute
Sat April 09 2016 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Mon April 11 2016 - OXFORD O2 Academy Oxford
Tue April 12 2016 - NORWICH UEA
Fri April 15 2016 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
