It is all about the voice and the song.

Will Young returns in September with his fourth and strongest album to date, �Let It Go�. Perfectly crafted songs, rich contemporary arrangements, that familiar voice to the fore: but sweeter, more intimate and tender than ever before.

"I tried to focus on what I do really well,� explains Will. "Last time around I had a film and an album and a tour and it all became a bit of a monster; SUPERWILL - GO!" This time, I wanted to simplify. I concentrated on lyrics, melodies and voices; where the listener feels like they are in the room with the singer, you can really hear every last breath. I made myself stick to that path and it's just been the most pleasurable experience ever. I haven't had one breakdown!"

Which is not to suggest there wasn't some turbulence. It wouldn't be soul without a little heartbreak. "I have enough material to pull on," Will laughs. "I'm kind of doing a relationship a record. But it's not so bleak, there's a bit of silver lining. I find writing therapeutic. It's one of the best things I have in life. You wake up, you're feeling shit, and you get the opportunity to put it on paper, sing it, and by the end of the day you've got it out of you. It's a way of talking to yourself. Songs are full of the kind of advice I hand out to my friends, but never follow myself."

He will always be the Original Pop Idol but the public has come to learn there is so much more to Will Young. A Politics graduate (with a 2:2 from Exeter University), he has written about gay rights in The Times ("I don't specifically address sexuality in my songwriting, because I feel love and music are universal, but there were things I wanted to say"). He won plaudits (as well as Rear Of The Year award) for his 2005 film debut with Bob Hoskins and Judi Dench in 'Mrs Henderson Presents' and in 2007 starred in a critically acclaimed theatrical revival of Noel Coward's 'The Vortex' at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

"Acting gave me the space to revitalise my love and enjoyment of music." By the end of the touring and promotion campaign for his third album, the triple platinum 'Keep It On', Will admits he felt exhausted with the music business. "It is you on the line all the time and that can make you completely self obsessed. I had five solid years of it and felt like I was doing more meetings than performances, which I probably was. With acting, I can just turn up and do it. It helped re-energise me.�

Although he has been co-composer on some beautiful songs (including 'Your Game', the 2005 Brit Award Winner for Best British Single), Will says, "I really started to feel like a songwriter on this album. I write all the time now, I never really stop. My aim is to make great pop songs that are really personal but with a strong sense of storytelling. I don't want to be self-indulgent and just sit in my study and wallow in my own misery. You have to have a sense of an audience, even one person in a room can make a difference. They are tales that I hope people can understand, or learn from, or relate to, or even make them question things in their life."

After making two albums with legendary producer Steve Lipson, Will made the decision to work with a variety of producers for �Let It Go�. �It was time to move on but it was scary. With different producers so much more responsibility falls on me, because the voice has to really hold the album together.� Will�s relationship with Lipson continues on two tracks, the epic ballad �Tell Me The Worst� and silkily syncopated George Michael-esque funk of �Love�. �We have an old school singer-producer relationship that is very important to me because it really moulded me. I wanted that to continue but I also wanted something a bit more rough and ready.�

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