Considering his debut EP was called It’s Got Four Sad Songs On It, BTW, it’s unsurprising that Lewis Watson doesn’t have the cheeriest outlook on life.

“Don’t expect anything and you'll never be disappointed,” he tells Music Week. “It’s such a shit outlook, but it’s worked for me so far.” It certainly has; the singer-songwriter signed to Warner Bros. only a few days after he self-released his first EP, which outsold Adele, Madonna and Ed Sheeran on its first day. ...