I’m not going to limit what I say so I’ll please more people. My life is my life and things are going to happen and I’m going to document it and say how I feel. I don’t play a character, I’m just myself.’ He drops his head and looks at his feet in the pool. ‘I want to be a different type of pop star. I want to be a pop star who’s not Photoshopped, who’s straight-on human... Honesty is timeless, I’m just trying to make music that stands the test of time. So that, in 400 years, when a little kid who’s gay listens to In the Lonely Hour, or my next record, he will be inspired.’