He’s almost as famous for his Twitter shut downs as his music.
And James Blunt didn’t disappoint with his latest offering, as he told a troll who accused him of writing a ‘shallow as f***’ song about a girl he ‘barely knew’.
The singer, 47, mocked the critic and told him that his hit track You’re Beautiful, was actually written about an ex-girlfriend.
Ha! James Blunt didn’t disappoint with his latest offering, as he corrected a troll who accused him of writing ‘shallow as f***’ song about a girl he ‘barely knew’
Twitter king: The singer, 47, mocked the critic and told him that his hit track You’re Beautiful, was written about an ex-girlfriend
Despite claiming the song was written about a past flame, James has previously said the song is a comment on people who instantly fall in love in public spaces like the tube.
James’ Twitter response appeared to poke fun at the fact that he had already confirmed the meaning behind the track.
The social media user, penned: ‘I was reminded of that song “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt. It’s a f***ed up song if you listen to it.
‘It’s about a guy who sees a girl and “falls in love” purely based on her physical appearance. He knows nothing else about her. It’s shallow as f*** and kind of s****y.’
James cuttingly responded: ‘Er, she was my ex-girlfriend.’
What’s the message? Despite claiming the song was written about a past flame, James has previously said the song is a comment on people who instantly fall in love in public spaces like the tube
The crooner opened up about the meaning of the song to the Huffington Post, and said anyone that picks it as their wedding song is ‘f***ed up’.
He said: ‘Everyone goes, ‘Ah, he’s so romantic. I want ‘You’re Beautiful’ as my wedding song.’ These people are f*cked up.
‘You get labelled with these things like, “Oh, James Blunt. Isn’t he just a soft romantic?” Well, f*** that. No, I’m not. ‘You’re Beautiful’ is not this soft romantic f***ing song.
‘It’s about a guy who’s high as a f***ing kite on drugs in the subway stalking someone else’s girlfriend when that guy is there in front of him, and he should be locked up or put in prison for being some kind of perv.’
Revelations: James detailed how a super-fan once accused him of stalking HER and demanded royalties from his hit You’re Beautiful after she became convinced he was singing about her (pictured in January 2020)
Last November, James revealed how a super-fan once demanded he paid her royalties from hit song You’re Beautiful after claiming she was being stalked by the singer.
The musician explained how the American woman had alleged that she was the woman who he sings about seeing on the subway in his popular 2005 tune.
Speaking with The Sun, James said: ‘It was quite scary. She’s pretty fervent that she’s the woman for me from the subway.
‘She sent me a detailed 50-page document about how I’ve been stalking her, and that’s a little frightening.
No way: James explained how the woman ‘sent me a detailed 50-page document about how I’ve been stalking her, and that’s a little frightening’ (pictured in 2005)
‘I had to point out I wasn’t on the subway in 1984, which is when she claimed she saw me… I would have been ten years old, and the first time I visited the States was in 2002. So that was all a bit strange.’
In his hit single, which sold more than 4m copies after being released in 2005, James sings about spotting an ‘angel’ who ‘smiled at him on the subway’ in the first verse.
James told the publication that because he could prove the woman, whose name is not known, was not the person in his hit no further legal action was needed.
However James also revealed that he’s had a few stalkers of his own during his successful music career.
Huge hit: You’re Beautiful sold more than 4m copies after being released in 2005 (pictured on his tour in February 2020)
He explained that he doesn’t often talk about them because at times they’ve given him some ‘wonderful gifts’.
Giving an example, the father-of-two detailed a box which looks like an ‘airline pilot’s flight case’ that one fan gave him.
He said that the inside was covered with items which linked to his life, such as past books he’s had to read of albums he’s listened too over the years.