{"id":21608,"date":"2022-01-22T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T09:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/how-years-years-of-hookups-led-olly-alexander-to-make-night-call\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T09:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T09:49:05","slug":"how-years-years-of-hookups-led-olly-alexander-to-make-night-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/entertainment\/how-years-years-of-hookups-led-olly-alexander-to-make-night-call\/","title":{"rendered":"How Years &#038; Years Of Hookups Led Olly Alexander To Make Night Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hugo Yang\u00fcela By Jack Irvin Recovering from a breakup isn\u2019t easy, even if the relationship wasn\u2019t romantic. Early last year, Olly Alexander told fans he\u2019d be pursuing Years &#038; Years as a solo venture after fronting the synthpop band, alongside instrumentalists Emre T\u00fcrkmen and Michael Goldsworthy, for over a decade. Following years of creative disagreements, Alexander became free to fully explore his lifelong aspirations of major pop stardom, no longer seeking his bandmates\u2019 approval. But having full creative control has come with unforeseen, mainly self-inflicted pressures for the 31-year-old musician, whose new album, Night Call, drops today (January 21). \u201cI have a big fear of failure, I realized. If anything goes wrong, it\u2019s really on my shoulders,\u201d Alexander tells MTV News. \u201cIt\u2019s been a real journey, but I\u2019m so grateful. I love making music and being Years &#038; Years.\u201d The band\u2019s split was a long time coming, as initial chats about parting ways occurred during the making of 2018\u2019s Palo Santo. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t agree on a direction. It was a bit of a&#8230; Click below to read the full story from MTV News<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/3183707\/years-and-years-olly-alexander-interview-night-call\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hugo Yang\u00fcela By Jack Irvin Recovering from a breakup isn\u2019t easy, even if the relationship wasn\u2019t romantic. Early last year, Olly Alexander told fans he\u2019d be pursuing Years &amp; Years as a solo venture after fronting the synthpop band, alongside instrumentalists Emre T\u00fcrkmen and Michael Goldsworthy, for over a decade. 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