James Arthur has confirmed details of new his album PISCES, which lands in March 2025. The album marks the follow up to his chart-topping Bitter Sweet Love.
PISCES is the sixth studio album from James Arthur. The album is expected to offer a deeply personal insight in to his musical journey. Amongst the tracks on PISCES is his latest single ADHD which landed in November 2024. The track offered a taste of the vulnerability, self-acceptance and exploration of mental health which PISCES will offer.
The album is based around the theme of the duality and complexity of being a Pisces – dreams, sensitivity and deep introspection. As James Arthur explains, “I’m a Pisces, and I’ve always resonated with the characteristics of a Pisces when you look in to it – being a dreamer and quite sensitive. All the songs on the album are a small part of me and the building blocks of who I am. Pisces felt like the logical title to tie everything together.
Speaking further about the change in sound which PISCES embraces, James Arthur added, “I wanted this album to have a different feel to any other project. People have come to expect big, chesty, emotional, raspy vocals and ballads from me. I like to think I’ve got a few strings to my bow and I don’t really ever aim to do one thing. It was as simple as me wanting to approach the songs and my vocal delivery in a more gentle way and make more dreamy sounds.”
“I wrote 95% of this record with Steve Solomon, who I’ve worked with on previous projects. We have a lot of songs in us as a writing/production combo, and we surrounded ourselves with top musicians to inspire us and create something really special. It was fun to put the parameter and concept of Pisces in to the songwriting process. I wanted to give a personal insight and let fans into how I feel generally, which made it really open and gave me room to experiment. It really got the creative juices flowing. I feel like this project is the most personal to me, the reins are off. I really feel all of these songs are part of me, they make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.”
James Arthur releases PISCES on 21 March 2025. The album is available now for pre-order.
