AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Jack Garratt

Artist:Jack Garratt

Song:Worry

Album:Phase

Singer songwriter Jack Garratt has had success in his native England. Worry is his only chart single to date. He's a one man band in the recording studio. So his future might be as a producer of others. He's done some of that already. He was born Oct. 11, 1991 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England and he grew up in the village of Little Chalfont. His mother was a primary school music teacher. So when Garratt showed that he liked making noises, his mom enrolled him in music lessons. He started writing songs when he was twelve and learned to play several instruments. He attended London's University of Roehampton for one year. In 2005, Garratt entered a song in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Then he started working on an acoustic blues album. His music was played on BBC Three Counties Radio as part of BBC Introducing. He decided to abandon the album because he didn't like the songs. He was just writing them to get a reaction. After self releasing the 2014 EP Remnants, the song Worry was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 and Garratt headlined the BBC Introducing stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals. He also opened for Mumford & Sons on their UK tour. Garratt signed with Island Records and Interscope in the US. And that's when the 2016 album Phase was released. The single Worry charted in England but it was not a hit. The album reached #3 on the British Album chart. The album is available as a budget CD. As I said, Garratt writes and produces everything and plays all the instruments. He won the Critics Choice Award at the BRIT Awards. Garratt recorded a second album. But he hated it and decided to scrap it. He wrote and produced the 2017 Katy Perry song Power. Garratt decided to get together with producers Jacknife Lee and James Flannigan and they produced the 2020 album Love, Death & Dancing. The album charted in England but none of the singles charted. Since then Garratt has released an EP and played festivals. He seems to have anxiety issues when making his own music. He might be better off just producing others so he doesn't worry so much. Here's the video for Worry by Jack Garratt.