1 00:00:00,990 --> 00:00:05,002 Olly Murs: Boom. God, I haven't been here in years. (inaudible) 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:10,350 Olly Murs: the story of my life. The story of my life. So many crazy things 3 00:00:10,350 --> 00:00:13,950 Olly Murs: happened. Stuff you can't talk about in the papers. Do you know what I mean? I just 4 00:00:13,950 --> 00:00:18,120 Olly Murs: lost a sense of reality. Oh, my Lord, no. Alex, 5 00:00:18,329 --> 00:00:18,930 Olly Murs: I'm scared. 6 00:00:23,460 --> 00:00:25,590 Alex Legouix: Sat in the passenger seat next to me in a 7 00:00:25,590 --> 00:00:28,620 Alex Legouix: moment will be one of the biggest pop stars on 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,909 Alex Legouix: the planet. His music's been streamed over 2 billion times 9 00:00:32,940 --> 00:00:37,020 Alex Legouix: on Spotify alone. He's had five UK number one albums 10 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:40,860 Alex Legouix: and four massive number one singles. And to top it 11 00:00:40,890 --> 00:00:45,300 Alex Legouix: off, he's also a huge TV star. Yet despite all 12 00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:49,110 Alex Legouix: of that, Olly Murs is a completely normal bloke, a 13 00:00:49,110 --> 00:00:52,170 Alex Legouix: humble man with a wicked sense of humor from Witham 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,290 Alex Legouix: in Essex. In this episode of Show On The Road, 15 00:00:55,530 --> 00:00:58,620 Alex Legouix: Olly takes us on a tour of his hometown showing 16 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:01,200 Alex Legouix: us the places where he cut his teeth in life. 17 00:01:01,260 --> 00:01:05,459 Alex Legouix: Brought to you by AutoTrader, the UK's largest automotive platform, 18 00:01:05,550 --> 00:01:08,970 Alex Legouix: this is Show On The Road. I'm Alex Legouix driving 19 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:12,930 Alex Legouix: a Bentley Continental GT into the car park of Witham 20 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:16,770 Alex Legouix: Town Football Club. And there is one of their former 21 00:01:16,770 --> 00:01:19,380 Alex Legouix: players, Mr. Olly Murs. 22 00:01:20,250 --> 00:01:26,311 Olly Murs: Wow. Yes, Alex. Very nice car. I'm not sure about the color. 23 00:01:26,310 --> 00:01:26,580 Alex Legouix: What? 24 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:29,700 Olly Murs: I'm a Manchester United fan. 25 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:31,260 Alex Legouix: Oh, sorry. 26 00:01:31,410 --> 00:01:33,930 Olly Murs: Sky blue's not my color, but the car is. You 27 00:01:33,930 --> 00:01:35,580 Olly Murs: need to be in LA for this sort of car, 28 00:01:36,090 --> 00:01:37,050 Olly Murs: definitely not Witham. 29 00:01:37,350 --> 00:01:38,280 Alex Legouix: Sexy, huh? 30 00:01:38,340 --> 00:01:39,630 Olly Murs: Brings back memories. This one. 31 00:01:42,750 --> 00:01:43,080 Alex Legouix: How are you doing? 32 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:44,399 Olly Murs: I'm great, thanks. Yeah. 33 00:01:44,610 --> 00:01:44,760 Alex Legouix: Good. 34 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:45,540 Olly Murs: Welcome to Witham. 35 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:47,670 Alex Legouix: Oh, thank you. It's nice to be here. 36 00:01:48,510 --> 00:01:51,300 Olly Murs: Welcome to my hometown. It's always nice to be back 37 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:53,460 Olly Murs: here. And even just looking around now, the old football 38 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:55,920 Olly Murs: club, played many, many years here. Just feels good. 39 00:01:56,190 --> 00:01:58,890 Alex Legouix: So what sort of age were you playing for Witham Town? 40 00:01:59,610 --> 00:02:02,370 Olly Murs: 19, 20 till about 23. 41 00:02:02,430 --> 00:02:03,090 Alex Legouix: What position? 42 00:02:03,810 --> 00:02:06,660 Olly Murs: Wherever I could play. No, I used to play upfront. 43 00:02:06,690 --> 00:02:09,179 Olly Murs: I used to play as a center- forward, then I played wing 44 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:12,120 Olly Murs: and here was where I suffered my ACL break on my 45 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,040 Olly Murs: knee, which was sort of the beginning of the end 46 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,310 Olly Murs: of my football career. And then that led me to music. 47 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:17,880 Alex Legouix: Who's that up there? 48 00:02:18,510 --> 00:02:22,260 Olly Murs: Oh, so that is Mark Nicholls. Mark. So Mark was 49 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:25,440 Olly Murs: my first boss. He owns the football club, so when I was 50 00:02:25,830 --> 00:02:29,010 Olly Murs: 13 he got me my first paper- round job. 51 00:02:29,370 --> 00:02:29,760 Alex Legouix: What? 52 00:02:30,209 --> 00:02:30,419 Olly Murs: Yeah. 53 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,010 Alex Legouix: I love that. 54 00:02:32,070 --> 00:02:33,750 Olly Murs: Sometimes two paper- rounds a morning. 55 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:34,650 Crew: Rolling. 56 00:02:34,710 --> 00:02:36,690 Olly Murs: Now Mark's changed a lot since I first met him 57 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:37,501 Olly Murs: all them years ago. This is Alex. 58 00:02:37,501 --> 00:02:37,502 Alex Legouix: Hi. 59 00:02:37,502 --> 00:02:38,011 Mark Nicholls: Mark, hi. How are you? All right? 60 00:02:38,011 --> 00:02:38,012 Alex Legouix: How are you doing? 61 00:02:38,012 --> 00:02:38,668 Mark Nicholls: Lovely car. You all right? 62 00:02:40,739 --> 00:02:41,130 Alex Legouix: Yeah, I know. 63 00:02:41,130 --> 00:02:41,820 Olly Murs: It's a nice car, isn't it? 64 00:02:42,210 --> 00:02:43,260 Mark Nicholls: Very, very nice car. 65 00:02:43,260 --> 00:02:43,679 Alex Legouix: It's mine. 66 00:02:43,679 --> 00:02:46,139 Olly Murs: I was just saying to Alex that you was my first boss. 67 00:02:46,139 --> 00:02:48,360 Mark Nicholls: I know. In the sweet shop. He's changed. I taught 68 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,002 Mark Nicholls: him everything he knew. (inaudible) . 69 00:02:49,020 --> 00:02:53,700 Alex Legouix: I was going to say, what was he like at 13? 70 00:02:54,059 --> 00:02:55,002 Mark Nicholls: Stays a secret. (inaudible) . 71 00:02:55,019 --> 00:03:00,660 Olly Murs: Yeah. I was going to say be careful. No, Mark was brilliant for me. He actually got 72 00:03:00,660 --> 00:03:02,850 Olly Murs: me into football properly again. I lost a bit of 73 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:05,491 Olly Murs: passion for football and yeah. Good to see you. 74 00:03:05,491 --> 00:03:05,701 Mark Nicholls: You all right? 75 00:03:05,790 --> 00:03:05,970 Olly Murs: Yeah, I'm really good. Yeah. 76 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:07,002 Mark Nicholls: (inaudible) . 77 00:03:06,870 --> 00:03:07,830 Olly Murs: I'll come back and see you later, Mark. 78 00:03:07,830 --> 00:03:08,850 Mark Nicholls: Yeah. No worries. You take care. Nice in your lovely car. 79 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:09,331 Alex Legouix: Nice to meet you. 80 00:03:09,331 --> 00:03:10,080 Mark Nicholls: Just leave it here for me later. 81 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:11,491 Alex Legouix: Yeah, yeah. All right. 82 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:11,970 Mark Nicholls: Cheers. 83 00:03:13,530 --> 00:03:14,010 Olly Murs: Love you, mate. 84 00:03:14,430 --> 00:03:15,990 Alex Legouix: Hey, should we get going? 85 00:03:16,050 --> 00:03:19,230 Olly Murs: Let's go. No, that you can change. 86 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:29,399 Alex Legouix: So we can thank your knee injury for you becoming 87 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,950 Alex Legouix: a singer then. Tell us more about what happened with 88 00:03:31,950 --> 00:03:32,609 Alex Legouix: your ACL. 89 00:03:32,610 --> 00:03:36,900 Olly Murs: I was playing football and I planted my left leg 90 00:03:37,470 --> 00:03:38,790 Olly Murs: and there was no one around me. And as I 91 00:03:38,790 --> 00:03:40,741 Olly Murs: planted my left leg, it snapped behind me. 92 00:03:40,741 --> 00:03:42,150 Alex Legouix: Did you hear it snap? 93 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,880 Olly Murs: I felt it crack, yeah. I didn't really understand what 94 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,910 Olly Murs: it was, but I didn't realize at the time, because 95 00:03:47,910 --> 00:03:50,940 Olly Murs: at the time I was obviously very annoyed and angry. 96 00:03:51,780 --> 00:03:54,000 Olly Murs: That was one of the most pivotal moments in my life. 97 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:55,231 Alex Legouix: That was the sliding doors moment. 98 00:03:55,231 --> 00:03:57,120 Olly Murs: That was the kind of sliding doors- 99 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:57,631 Alex Legouix: Sliding ACL. 100 00:03:57,631 --> 00:04:01,710 Olly Murs: ... moment for me. Yep. You clear this side. So 101 00:04:01,710 --> 00:04:04,020 Olly Murs: yeah, that was a pivotal moment for me in my life. It 102 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:06,570 Olly Murs: changed everything. What happened is it led me to the 103 00:04:06,570 --> 00:04:10,590 Olly Murs: pub, because of that recovery of ACL, I had no choice to see 104 00:04:10,590 --> 00:04:12,120 Olly Murs: my mates. That was the only way I could do it. So 105 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,220 Olly Murs: after games of football I would go down there and 106 00:04:14,220 --> 00:04:17,520 Olly Murs: I saw a karaoke machine one night in the George 107 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:18,120 Olly Murs: in Witham. 108 00:04:18,870 --> 00:04:20,070 Alex Legouix: What was your karaoke song? 109 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,670 Olly Murs: Well, I used to do impressions, so it'd be like Frank 110 00:04:23,670 --> 00:04:24,870 Olly Murs: Sinatra, My Way. 111 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:25,380 Alex Legouix: Go on then. 112 00:04:26,430 --> 00:04:31,890 Olly Murs: And now, the end is near. And so I face 113 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,020 Olly Murs: the final curtain. 114 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:37,621 Alex Legouix: Oh, yes. 115 00:04:37,621 --> 00:04:42,960 Olly Murs: And then I would do a bit of Elvis Presley. So I'd be like, (inaudible) . I used to do all 116 00:04:43,290 --> 00:04:45,600 Olly Murs: that and then I would sing a couple of songs 117 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,190 Olly Murs: normally and all my mates were like, " Wow, you actually a 118 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:53,039 Olly Murs: good singer." And I was like, " Really?" And that all come 119 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:57,419 Olly Murs: from my youth and that all come from growing up. Sorry. There 120 00:04:57,420 --> 00:04:58,799 Olly Murs: was a girl that used to live down there. She 121 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,589 Olly Murs: used to be my first proper love. I fancied her. 122 00:05:01,740 --> 00:05:05,971 Olly Murs: She was like my proper first girlfriend. 123 00:05:05,971 --> 00:05:05,972 Alex Legouix: How old were you when you had your first love? 124 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:09,539 Olly Murs: I don't know, first girlfriend, she was like 11, 12. But I always remember that road 125 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:11,219 Olly Murs: there because she lived down it. She had a lovely 126 00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:14,910 Olly Murs: house, but she was the one, all the boys fancied 127 00:05:14,910 --> 00:05:17,370 Olly Murs: her, you know what I mean? But she actually dumped 128 00:05:17,370 --> 00:05:22,560 Olly Murs: me, because I was too small. She said, " When I'm 129 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,660 Olly Murs: holding your hand and we're walking down the street, I 130 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:26,279 Olly Murs: feel like I'm with my younger brother. I feel like 131 00:05:27,870 --> 00:05:33,990 Olly Murs: with my brother." Oh my god. That's the shop where Mark used 132 00:05:33,990 --> 00:05:34,440 Olly Murs: to own. 133 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:35,820 Alex Legouix: Where you first worked? 134 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:40,980 Olly Murs: That's where I used to work, yeah. I always remember 135 00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:43,080 Olly Murs: that tree. That's where we used to get all our conkers from on the 136 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:43,349 Olly Murs: way home. 137 00:05:43,349 --> 00:05:45,000 Alex Legouix: It feels quite leafy around here. 138 00:05:45,060 --> 00:05:45,359 Olly Murs: Very leafy. 139 00:05:45,359 --> 00:05:45,510 Alex Legouix: Little bungalows. 140 00:05:46,410 --> 00:05:49,409 Olly Murs: Literally we are pulling into my old, my first house. 141 00:05:49,409 --> 00:05:49,859 Alex Legouix: Nice pretty cottages. 142 00:05:49,859 --> 00:05:55,799 Olly Murs: That's where I grew up. God, it's weird driving up here. 143 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,390 Alex Legouix: Right. What age were when you were here then? 144 00:05:59,850 --> 00:06:01,380 Olly Murs: I would say my mum and dad had us here 145 00:06:01,380 --> 00:06:02,910 Olly Murs: when we were pretty much babies. 146 00:06:03,690 --> 00:06:06,990 Alex Legouix: For those of who are listening rather than watching, how 147 00:06:06,990 --> 00:06:08,160 Alex Legouix: would you describe this? 148 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,790 Olly Murs: Okay, so it's very tight. It's a very narrow road. 149 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:15,420 Olly Murs: It's an estate. This is a council state. They're all connected. 150 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:17,580 Alex Legouix: Quite a lot of them are painted a different color. 151 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:19,409 Olly Murs: Yeah. So my mum and dad did that as well. 152 00:06:19,410 --> 00:06:22,650 Olly Murs: We all painted our houses different colors. My sister's room's 153 00:06:22,650 --> 00:06:24,870 Olly Murs: that one there. Me and Ben moved into the main 154 00:06:24,870 --> 00:06:27,720 Olly Murs: bedroom when we were young. We used to have a Manchester United 155 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,671 Olly Murs: room. So I had all the main wallpaper and that. 156 00:06:29,671 --> 00:06:29,851 Alex Legouix: Oh, wow. 157 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:33,330 Olly Murs: So many amazing memories here. And there's a pit green 158 00:06:33,330 --> 00:06:36,120 Olly Murs: just over here where now there's a sign saying no 159 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,010 Olly Murs: balls allowed. But we used to just play football there all 160 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,140 Olly Murs: the time. And we had loads of friends around here. 161 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,789 Olly Murs: We used to do the Olympics. 162 00:06:41,820 --> 00:06:42,089 Alex Legouix: Brilliant. 163 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:44,520 Olly Murs: We used to do who can sprint the quickest round around- 164 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:44,521 Alex Legouix: Around the block. 165 00:06:44,521 --> 00:06:47,910 Olly Murs: ... with time. Yeah, you'd go right, jump on your bike, 166 00:06:47,910 --> 00:06:50,070 Olly Murs: do a lap on the bike and groups of people 167 00:06:50,070 --> 00:06:52,680 Olly Murs: here, little groups of people there. We'd be bikes everywhere. 168 00:06:53,190 --> 00:06:56,220 Olly Murs: It was a real fun place to be and it's a 169 00:06:56,220 --> 00:06:58,110 Olly Murs: lot greener than it used to be. A lot more 170 00:06:58,110 --> 00:07:02,130 Olly Murs: trees have been planted. Now you're entering Pelly Avenue. 171 00:07:02,670 --> 00:07:02,851 Alex Legouix: So now we're at the end of Pitt Avenue. 172 00:07:02,851 --> 00:07:05,520 Olly Murs: My Nan used to live down there. My Nan lived down 173 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:06,180 Olly Murs: there on the left. 174 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:08,279 Alex Legouix: Oh really? 175 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:08,280 Olly Murs: Yeah, she lived down there. 176 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:08,339 Alex Legouix: Were you close to her? 177 00:07:08,339 --> 00:07:11,100 Olly Murs: I was, yeah. Unfortunately no longer with us. My other 178 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,250 Olly Murs: grandparents lived here. It's got a gray front balcony, 51. 179 00:07:14,250 --> 00:07:17,520 Olly Murs: Yeah, there it is. So everyone was so close, but great 180 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,670 Olly Murs: times. My life growing up was brilliant. When I look 181 00:07:20,670 --> 00:07:23,610 Olly Murs: back we were rascals. 182 00:07:23,850 --> 00:07:25,111 Alex Legouix: Why does that not surprise me? 183 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:29,730 Olly Murs: We were full of sugar, drinking fizzy drinks, chocolate bars. We were 184 00:07:29,730 --> 00:07:33,720 Olly Murs: like Tasmanian devils. Now being a parent myself, how my 185 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,201 Olly Murs: mum and dad actually- 186 00:07:34,201 --> 00:07:34,201 Alex Legouix: Coped. 187 00:07:34,201 --> 00:07:37,890 Olly Murs: ... coped with two twin boys and a sister 18 188 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:39,840 Olly Murs: months apart, it blows my mind. 189 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:43,440 Alex Legouix: Yes. I was going to say your sister, Faye, what's your relationship like with her? 190 00:07:43,950 --> 00:07:48,090 Olly Murs: Amazing. She's great. She's a live wire. Not a day 191 00:07:48,090 --> 00:07:50,640 Olly Murs: goes by she doesn't make me laugh. And then not 192 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,950 Olly Murs: a day goes by where she's just got some story 193 00:07:52,950 --> 00:07:56,730 Olly Murs: to tell about something. She's just, yeah, she's brilliant. She's 194 00:07:56,730 --> 00:08:00,930 Olly Murs: an amazing mum, amazing sister. And just, yeah, I think 195 00:08:01,170 --> 00:08:04,470 Olly Murs: there's been times in our lives where my sister's been 196 00:08:05,010 --> 00:08:07,470 Olly Murs: my big sister. And then there's been times in my 197 00:08:07,470 --> 00:08:09,270 Olly Murs: life where I've kind of been the big brother in 198 00:08:09,270 --> 00:08:11,489 Olly Murs: a way. We've been there for each other through the 199 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:13,830 Olly Murs: highs and lows of life. We love each other and 200 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:17,070 Olly Murs: we've had our arguments and had our disagreements and we've... 201 00:08:17,790 --> 00:08:18,810 Olly Murs: But we've- 202 00:08:18,810 --> 00:08:19,650 Alex Legouix: Got each other's back. 203 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,110 Olly Murs: Yeah, we've always been there for each other. And I've 204 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:25,410 Olly Murs: got two incredible nephews that she brought into the world 205 00:08:25,950 --> 00:08:29,250 Olly Murs: that are just amazing. Two brilliant kids and I love them 206 00:08:29,250 --> 00:08:31,800 Olly Murs: to bits. So yeah, got a great family. 207 00:08:31,980 --> 00:08:32,160 Alex Legouix: Your dad, Pete, is that right? 208 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,959 Olly Murs: Yes, my dad, Pete. Yeah. 209 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,300 Alex Legouix: He was a tool maker. 210 00:08:36,780 --> 00:08:40,140 Olly Murs: He's an engineer so he would make specific tools for 211 00:08:40,140 --> 00:08:42,750 Olly Murs: specific people that are quite bespoke. 212 00:08:43,380 --> 00:08:43,381 Alex Legouix: Oh, wow. 213 00:08:43,381 --> 00:08:45,929 Olly Murs: So it wouldn't be like he makes screwdrivers and things like 214 00:08:45,929 --> 00:08:49,679 Olly Murs: that. These would be very specific details like a car 215 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,890 Olly Murs: might need a specific part that needs to get the 216 00:08:52,890 --> 00:08:55,350 Olly Murs: engine to a certain point. I hope I'm explaining that 217 00:08:55,350 --> 00:08:57,929 Olly Murs: well for my dad that's listening, but that is kind 218 00:08:57,929 --> 00:08:59,280 Olly Murs: of what my dad does. Yeah, he works for a 219 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,250 Olly Murs: company in Chelmsford. He's been working there all his life. 220 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:05,220 Olly Murs: He absolutely loves his job. He's got real steady hands. 221 00:09:05,730 --> 00:09:06,660 Alex Legouix: Yeah, I bet he does. 222 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,839 Olly Murs: He's really, really good at little doing anything. We used to play games as a family. 223 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,820 Olly Murs: He's really good at anything you've got to hold still. 224 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,179 Alex Legouix: What parts of his personality do you feel like you've taken? 225 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:18,720 Olly Murs: My dad has got a great sense of humor, but 226 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,569 Olly Murs: he can also be really quite grumpy and he can 227 00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:24,540 Olly Murs: be quite stern and quite stubborn I think. But I'd 228 00:09:24,540 --> 00:09:26,640 Olly Murs: say the biggest thing I've taken from my dad is 229 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:32,280 Olly Murs: music. His love for music. My dad would play David 230 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,900 Olly Murs: Bowie every week, to Queen, to Elton John, to Morrissey, 231 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:40,110 Olly Murs: to the Smiths. And now when I look back I 232 00:09:40,110 --> 00:09:44,189 Olly Murs: think, wow, I was just educated with just amazing music 233 00:09:44,190 --> 00:09:47,280 Olly Murs: throughout my whole life. He would have the biggest sound 234 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,650 Olly Murs: system you've ever heard in your life. The whole street 235 00:09:49,650 --> 00:09:51,929 Olly Murs: could have heard it. He would whack it up on 236 00:09:51,929 --> 00:09:54,240 Olly Murs: a Saturday afternoon. I mean how we didn't get more 237 00:09:54,270 --> 00:09:58,800 Olly Murs: complaints from neighbors, I don't know. Right, mate? Some guy 238 00:09:58,800 --> 00:09:59,429 Olly Murs: just noticed us. 239 00:10:00,030 --> 00:10:02,520 Alex Legouix: Didn't your mum used to work at a Little Chef? 240 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:05,309 Olly Murs: She did. We just drove past where it was actually. 241 00:10:05,670 --> 00:10:07,140 Alex Legouix: What memories do you have of going there? 242 00:10:08,250 --> 00:10:12,000 Olly Murs: I just remember the lollies. My mum used to always 243 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,740 Olly Murs: bring back these Little Chef lollies. We'd have stacks full of them in the house, 244 00:10:17,490 --> 00:10:19,589 Olly Murs: but I just remember my mum not always being there in the 245 00:10:19,590 --> 00:10:23,250 Olly Murs: evenings sometimes or some days at weekend she'd be away. 246 00:10:23,730 --> 00:10:27,059 Olly Murs: But it was all because they needed to pay the bills. 247 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,260 Alex Legouix: We had quite a random request from you because we do 248 00:10:31,290 --> 00:10:36,929 Alex Legouix: a car snack section and down in the door are 249 00:10:37,050 --> 00:10:41,130 Alex Legouix: some snacks and I wanted you to explain what you've 250 00:10:41,130 --> 00:10:42,630 Alex Legouix: got in your hand and why. 251 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,710 Olly Murs: Okay, so we've got shrimps and bananas, we've got milk 252 00:10:46,710 --> 00:10:50,700 Olly Murs: bottles, we've got mini mushrooms, we've got cola bottles. 253 00:10:50,910 --> 00:10:52,891 Alex Legouix: They are like the most iconic pick-a-mix sweets, aren't they? 254 00:10:52,891 --> 00:10:56,429 Olly Murs: You know what I mean. Proper pick- a- mix sweets. Yeah. Now the reason I picked 255 00:10:56,429 --> 00:11:01,319 Olly Murs: them is because for anyone that knows me, properly knows 256 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,350 Olly Murs: me. I mean like mates is when I was driving 257 00:11:04,350 --> 00:11:07,110 Olly Murs: my Fiat, I used to love sweets. Now we used 258 00:11:07,110 --> 00:11:10,590 Olly Murs: to do a car school at football. Every football match would 259 00:11:10,590 --> 00:11:14,100 Olly Murs: go away or even home games. I'd pick the lads 260 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:17,640 Olly Murs: up and I used to always have a box of 261 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,150 Olly Murs: sweets, because footballers, we'd always want to get sugar in 262 00:11:21,150 --> 00:11:23,490 Olly Murs: us before a game and get the energy up. So I used to 263 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,890 Olly Murs: have a bag of sweets and I top it up 264 00:11:25,890 --> 00:11:29,130 Olly Murs: every week, because obviously we met Mark earlier, he owned 265 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:31,829 Olly Murs: Sam Stores, but he used to do the best pick- a- 266 00:11:31,830 --> 00:11:34,949 Olly Murs: mix. So I used to have just sweets in my car 267 00:11:35,010 --> 00:11:38,370 Olly Murs: all the time. So literally in the glove compartment, all 268 00:11:38,370 --> 00:11:42,001 Olly Murs: the lads would jump in, they'd go, " Murs, where's the sweets?" " (inaudible) 269 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,559 Olly Murs: . You know where they are, boys?" They'd open them 270 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,390 Olly Murs: up and we would just eat all my sweets and I used to 271 00:11:45,390 --> 00:11:46,439 Olly Murs: just top it up all the time. 272 00:11:46,620 --> 00:11:48,480 Alex Legouix: What would've been your go- to pick- a- mix? 273 00:11:49,020 --> 00:11:52,559 Olly Murs: Everything. I love Dip Dabs. I used to love them. 274 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:54,179 Olly Murs: But when you're driving they're a little bit hard to eat. 275 00:11:54,179 --> 00:11:54,599 Alex Legouix: That's true. 276 00:11:54,630 --> 00:11:57,211 Olly Murs: So I would have the chocolate mouses. I'd have- 277 00:11:57,211 --> 00:11:57,510 Alex Legouix: Chocolate mouses. 278 00:11:57,510 --> 00:12:02,820 Olly Murs: Do you remember them? Brilliant. Little fizzy peaches. Now they 279 00:12:02,820 --> 00:12:05,250 Olly Murs: do the watermelons and I used to have them as well. I love them now. 280 00:12:05,309 --> 00:12:06,750 Alex Legouix: So you still have a sweet tooth now? 281 00:12:06,870 --> 00:12:10,199 Olly Murs: Oh my god, so bad. I'm fasting. Hence, why I 282 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:17,370 Olly Murs: can't even open them sweets. I'm desperate to. Oh my 283 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:19,199 Olly Murs: God, you're going to come... I hate these things. 284 00:12:19,470 --> 00:12:20,340 Alex Legouix: Flipping Nora. 285 00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:24,809 Olly Murs: Oh my lord. 286 00:12:24,809 --> 00:12:25,620 Alex Legouix: So we're about to go through one of those width restrictions, with the killers. 287 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:28,200 Olly Murs: Every time I come this way I've always curbed my wheels. 288 00:12:28,350 --> 00:12:31,319 Alex Legouix: And I'm driving an almighty Continental. 289 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,570 Olly Murs: What are they? 20 inch wheels and we are now 290 00:12:33,570 --> 00:12:36,328 Olly Murs: about to go through. Oh, my Lord. No. Oh, god, Alex. 291 00:12:36,328 --> 00:12:36,391 Alex Legouix: The pressure. 292 00:12:36,391 --> 00:12:46,439 Olly Murs: Alex, I'm scared. Oh, please. That noise. Are you nervous? 293 00:12:46,439 --> 00:12:48,059 Alex Legouix: I'm getting quite hot. 294 00:12:48,690 --> 00:12:49,050 Olly Murs: Oh no. 295 00:12:49,050 --> 00:12:50,280 Alex Legouix: I got this. 296 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:56,400 Olly Murs: Left, left, left. Go left, go left, go left. Oh my God, Alex. 297 00:12:58,710 --> 00:13:01,770 Olly Murs: Yes. Smashed that. Oh my god, you nailed that. 298 00:13:01,770 --> 00:13:10,590 Alex Legouix: So we're on our way to Braintree next. What's important 299 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:11,849 Alex Legouix: about Braintree? 300 00:13:12,870 --> 00:13:15,870 Olly Murs: Braintree was a massive part of my life because the 301 00:13:15,870 --> 00:13:18,030 Olly Murs: best parts of my youth was spent here. So from 302 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:21,480 Olly Murs: the age of about 12 to about 19. Learned to have girlfriends 303 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,960 Olly Murs: and tried alcohol for the first time and all them 304 00:13:25,470 --> 00:13:27,360 Olly Murs: mad things you do as a kid growing up. 305 00:13:27,510 --> 00:13:30,450 Alex Legouix: Didn't you love drama at school? 306 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:30,809 Olly Murs: Loved it. 307 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:31,349 Alex Legouix: What stopped you going down that route? 308 00:13:32,850 --> 00:13:35,309 Olly Murs: So Witham is where I grew up. Witham Is where 309 00:13:35,309 --> 00:13:38,190 Olly Murs: I went to primary school and then we went to 310 00:13:38,190 --> 00:13:40,950 Olly Murs: high school, Notley High. Now we went there because my 311 00:13:40,950 --> 00:13:42,870 Olly Murs: mum and dad decided to send me and my brother there. 312 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:46,199 Olly Murs: One of the reasons was that they want us to 313 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,020 Olly Murs: have friends in different places, different towns, which was quite 314 00:13:49,020 --> 00:13:53,280 Olly Murs: cool. So we did, and the subjects that I excelled 315 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:58,980 Olly Murs: in during school was English language, which was talking, obviously, 316 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:05,160 Olly Murs: sport, and I also absolutely loved performing arts. I absolutely 317 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:10,110 Olly Murs: loved it. I loved drama, I loved acting. And my drama 318 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:13,620 Olly Murs: teacher, David Lee Allen, absolutely loved me and was like, " 319 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:15,330 Olly Murs: Olly, we're going to do this. You should do this, 320 00:14:15,330 --> 00:14:19,140 Olly Murs: you should do this when you do this play..." Now 321 00:14:19,230 --> 00:14:21,900 Olly Murs: for my GCSEs, I had to pick the subjects I wanted 322 00:14:22,770 --> 00:14:24,690 Olly Murs: and I think they did that now, but it's more 323 00:14:24,690 --> 00:14:28,170 Olly Murs: of a broader choice. Back then it was like, " Unfortunately 324 00:14:28,170 --> 00:14:30,120 Olly Murs: Olly, you can't do performing arts because it's on the 325 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,000 Olly Murs: same side as sport. You're going to have to pick between that 326 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,670 Olly Murs: and that." And I was like, " What? Pick between sport? 327 00:14:35,670 --> 00:14:39,660 Olly Murs: They're my two favorite subjects." So I ended up picking sport 328 00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:42,240 Olly Murs: and I never forget, David Lee Allen collaring me in the 329 00:14:42,270 --> 00:14:45,510 Olly Murs: corridor just going, " Olly, what have you done? You're built to 330 00:14:45,510 --> 00:14:46,830 Olly Murs: do it, you should do it." And I was like, " 331 00:14:46,830 --> 00:14:50,100 Olly Murs: No, sorry, mate. Football's my thing. I want to do 332 00:14:50,100 --> 00:14:54,870 Olly Murs: sport." I don't think he ever spoke to me after that. I think he was 333 00:14:54,870 --> 00:14:58,830 Olly Murs: genuinely gutted. And also remember back then it was like 334 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:01,711 Olly Murs: frowned upon in my mates. 335 00:15:01,711 --> 00:15:02,071 Alex Legouix: 100%. 336 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:04,950 Olly Murs: My mates, if I had said to my mates at the time, " 337 00:15:05,310 --> 00:15:07,350 Olly Murs: Lads, I'm doing performing arts over sport," they'd be like, " 338 00:15:07,350 --> 00:15:11,100 Olly Murs: Are you what?" And that was just the way it was 339 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:11,640 Olly Murs: back then. 340 00:15:12,630 --> 00:15:12,780 Alex Legouix: Yeah, so tragic. 341 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,050 Olly Murs: I was just very afraid of making that decision. I 342 00:15:16,050 --> 00:15:18,150 Olly Murs: was like, " Oh my god, my mates might not like me 343 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:20,670 Olly Murs: and they might think this and might think that and I don't want to 344 00:15:20,670 --> 00:15:22,920 Olly Murs: do that." And that's just the way it was back 345 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,250 Olly Murs: then. But I genuinely believed I was going to have 346 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:28,830 Olly Murs: a career in sport, whether it was professional sport or whether 347 00:15:28,830 --> 00:15:31,200 Olly Murs: I was going to be a personal trainer, which is 348 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,090 Olly Murs: what I ended up studying in the end at college. 349 00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:35,040 Olly Murs: But that was my thought process. Yeah. 350 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:37,740 Alex Legouix: So you didn't end up doing drama but you ended 351 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:42,240 Alex Legouix: up becoming an enormous pop star, which then also led 352 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,479 Alex Legouix: you for a little bit at least to end up co- 353 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,430 Alex Legouix: owning Coggeshall. 354 00:15:47,430 --> 00:15:49,081 Olly Murs: I love when people try to announce it. 355 00:15:49,081 --> 00:15:49,082 Alex Legouix: Coggeshall. 356 00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:49,083 Olly Murs: Coggeshall. 357 00:15:49,083 --> 00:15:51,451 Alex Legouix: Coggeshall Town. 358 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:57,690 Olly Murs: So Coggeshall for me or Coggeshall was a passion project. 359 00:15:58,050 --> 00:16:00,540 Olly Murs: I was going through a bit of a crazy period in my life for a 360 00:16:00,540 --> 00:16:03,210 Olly Murs: bit of a while where I'd just lost a sense of 361 00:16:03,210 --> 00:16:06,989 Olly Murs: reality of not where I come from, because I've always 362 00:16:06,990 --> 00:16:10,350 Olly Murs: been quite grounded, but I just needed something away from 363 00:16:10,650 --> 00:16:14,460 Olly Murs: music, something away from TV, something away from the industry 364 00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:19,170 Olly Murs: that I could just be myself and be Olly. So 365 00:16:19,170 --> 00:16:22,350 Olly Murs: Coggeshall came along, my uncle was the manager there and 366 00:16:22,350 --> 00:16:26,040 Olly Murs: he's friend was the chairman, co- owner, and he just said, " 367 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:27,600 Olly Murs: Do you want to come over and sponsor the team?" 368 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,920 Olly Murs: And I said, "Yeah, yeah." And he said, " Look, if you 369 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,900 Olly Murs: ever want to come and play some games, get yourself 370 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:33,810 Olly Murs: fit for Soccer Aid or something, come and play." So I did. I 371 00:16:34,290 --> 00:16:37,800 Olly Murs: started doing that. Then one thing led to another and 372 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,170 Olly Murs: then I ended up becoming the director of the club. 373 00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:43,979 Olly Murs: And it was honestly seven years of honestly some of the 374 00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:46,229 Olly Murs: most amazing memories of my life. I had such a 375 00:16:46,230 --> 00:16:49,290 Olly Murs: good time and the lads that were there treated me 376 00:16:49,470 --> 00:16:52,200 Olly Murs: like one of their own. I walk in the dressing 377 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,300 Olly Murs: room and I was just one of the boys and we 378 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:57,870 Olly Murs: had such a laugh. So many crazy things happened. Stuff that 379 00:16:57,870 --> 00:16:59,369 Olly Murs: you can't talk about in the papers, do you know 380 00:16:59,370 --> 00:17:02,910 Olly Murs: what I mean? And in the end, obviously we parted 381 00:17:02,910 --> 00:17:05,429 Olly Murs: ways and it was great and it worked out at 382 00:17:05,430 --> 00:17:08,520 Olly Murs: the right time really because I ended up meeting Amelia 383 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,490 Olly Murs: anyway and we've now obviously got married and had a baby 384 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:15,000 Olly Murs: and Coggeshall filled the gap for a period of my 385 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,230 Olly Murs: life where I really needed it. 386 00:17:16,230 --> 00:17:19,770 Alex Legouix: Yeah, that's really interesting. Can I also say that Coggeshall, 387 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,260 Alex Legouix: Coggeshall is really pretty. 388 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:23,041 Olly Murs: It's beautiful. It's absolutely- 389 00:17:23,041 --> 00:17:26,002 Alex Legouix: What a gorgeous village and (inaudible) - 390 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:28,350 Olly Murs: Really old school, very Anglo- Saxon vibes. 391 00:17:28,350 --> 00:17:30,330 Alex Legouix: Anglo-Saxon. So pretty, isn't it? 392 00:17:30,330 --> 00:17:32,879 Olly Murs: Yeah, beautiful area. And we had a great football team 393 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,429 Olly Murs: for many, many years. It's actually just here on the left. This is 394 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:39,780 Olly Murs: actually it now. This is Coggeshall Town here. We were 395 00:17:39,780 --> 00:17:40,830 Olly Murs: called the Seed Growers. 396 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:42,990 Alex Legouix: All still looks quite old school. 397 00:17:43,230 --> 00:17:46,530 Olly Murs: Yeah, it's an old place, but there's a massive clubhouse 398 00:17:46,530 --> 00:17:49,109 Olly Murs: that I was heavily involved in to build something of 399 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:51,240 Olly Murs: a social club there. You can't see it. It's right 400 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,090 Olly Murs: in the back there. But just a really great place 401 00:17:54,180 --> 00:17:56,820 Olly Murs: and good memories for a short time in my life. Yeah. 402 00:17:56,939 --> 00:17:57,689 Alex Legouix: Yeah. Nice. 403 00:17:57,750 --> 00:17:59,850 Olly Murs: I believe everything happens for a reason. Everything I've done 404 00:17:59,850 --> 00:18:03,000 Olly Murs: in my life, there's a link to it. My first 405 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,369 Olly Murs: car was a Fiat Cinquecento. 406 00:18:05,550 --> 00:18:07,560 Alex Legouix: Cinquecento. Oh, I love them. 407 00:18:08,430 --> 00:18:11,040 Olly Murs: Where did I buy that from? AutoTrader. 408 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:11,100 Alex Legouix: No. 409 00:18:12,450 --> 00:18:15,000 Olly Murs: Yes, I saw it advertised in the AutoTrader, then I went 410 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:15,570 Olly Murs: and saw it. 411 00:18:15,869 --> 00:18:15,869 Alex Legouix: Amazing. 412 00:18:15,869 --> 00:18:18,630 Olly Murs: So I know he sounds ridiculous, but there's so many 413 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:19,619 Olly Murs: things that linked in. 414 00:18:19,619 --> 00:18:19,680 Alex Legouix: Yeah, the serendipity. 415 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,790 Olly Murs: So many things that linked in. I went and signed for Coggeshall Town that end 416 00:18:23,790 --> 00:18:25,800 Olly Murs: up being the Seed Growers and I worked for the 417 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,410 Olly Murs: seed company that are in Coggeshall called King Seeds. 418 00:18:33,690 --> 00:18:38,070 Alex Legouix: Today we're driving a brand new Bentley Continental GT. And 419 00:18:38,070 --> 00:18:39,990 Alex Legouix: very nice too, isn't it? What do you think? 420 00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:41,879 Olly Murs: Incredible. Love everything about it. 421 00:18:42,180 --> 00:18:45,810 Alex Legouix: Did you know that a very special edition Bentley was made 422 00:18:45,810 --> 00:18:50,010 Alex Legouix: to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee and used to transport the 423 00:18:50,010 --> 00:18:53,730 Alex Legouix: late Queen Elizabeth to her first cabinet meeting with David 424 00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:57,510 Alex Legouix: Cameron and that was listed on AutoTrader for 200 grand. 425 00:18:57,750 --> 00:18:58,409 Olly Murs: Joking Me. 426 00:18:58,410 --> 00:18:59,430 Alex Legouix: I know, right? 427 00:18:59,460 --> 00:19:01,680 Olly Murs: Wow. That is a very special Bentley. 428 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,760 Alex Legouix: And you have a star- studded story about your first 429 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:06,090 Alex Legouix: Bentley, don't you? 430 00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:09,510 Olly Murs: I do. I actually remember I pre- ordered it and my 431 00:19:09,510 --> 00:19:11,939 Olly Murs: first ever Bentley and obviously my first ever nice car. I was 432 00:19:12,570 --> 00:19:15,209 Olly Murs: on tour with One Direction touring across America and I 433 00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:17,790 Olly Murs: just remember counting down the weeks and days to get 434 00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:20,879 Olly Murs: home to drive my first ever Bentley. A bit of a bougie thing 435 00:19:20,879 --> 00:19:23,639 Olly Murs: to talk about, like pop starry thing. It was just one of my first 436 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,440 Olly Murs: things I ever purchased when I come off the show. I thought 437 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:28,109 Olly Murs: I've got to get a nice car and I got a Bentley. 438 00:19:28,380 --> 00:19:32,250 Alex Legouix: Very nice. Well, you can find thousands of new cars like 439 00:19:32,250 --> 00:19:35,160 Alex Legouix: this one on AutoTrader where they are ready and available 440 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,380 Alex Legouix: to drive away today. Should we get on with the show? 441 00:19:37,380 --> 00:19:38,070 Olly Murs: Let's do it. 442 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:49,109 Alex Legouix: What age did you start driving? 443 00:19:49,590 --> 00:19:51,810 Olly Murs: I was actually a late burner. I was 21. 444 00:19:51,810 --> 00:19:52,830 Alex Legouix: What? Why? 445 00:19:52,830 --> 00:19:55,950 Olly Murs: Because I had everything on my doorstep. I was quite lazy 446 00:19:55,950 --> 00:19:58,859 Olly Murs: really? And I'd really good friends. They used to all drive 447 00:19:58,859 --> 00:20:00,990 Olly Murs: me around everywhere and I used to like getting public transport 448 00:20:00,990 --> 00:20:03,720 Olly Murs: so I used to jump on the bus to college and then 449 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:06,629 Olly Murs: I broke up with my ex, my first girlfriend and 450 00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:08,970 Olly Murs: I just was like, you know what, it's time for 451 00:20:08,970 --> 00:20:11,220 Olly Murs: me to pass my driving test, and I did at the age of 21. 452 00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:13,771 Alex Legouix: And then your first car was the Cinquecento, was it? 453 00:20:13,771 --> 00:20:16,379 Olly Murs: Fiat, yeah. And I used to always say to any 454 00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:17,790 Olly Murs: girl that I was dating, they'd be like, " What car do 455 00:20:17,790 --> 00:20:19,830 Olly Murs: you drive?" And I'd just to go, " Well all I'm going 456 00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:24,000 Olly Murs: to say is it's Ferrari red." Anyone that's listening, if 457 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Olly Murs: you don't know what a Fiat Cinquecento is, cast your minds back to 458 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,959 Olly Murs: Inbetweeners, the yellow car that Simon used to drive, that 459 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,570 Olly Murs: is my car. And you know what? I had it 460 00:20:33,570 --> 00:20:36,209 Olly Murs: before them and everyone used to cane me for it and 461 00:20:36,210 --> 00:20:38,820 Olly Murs: I used to love it. I had infinity speakers in 462 00:20:38,820 --> 00:20:41,310 Olly Murs: the back, I had a bow system in the front, 463 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:45,119 Olly Murs: it was popping off. I had music blaring. I used 464 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,800 Olly Murs: to pick all my mates up on nights out. I 465 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,950 Olly Murs: never used to drink. So it was perfect. I was 466 00:20:49,950 --> 00:20:50,701 Olly Murs: like Murs' taxi. 467 00:20:50,701 --> 00:20:50,702 Alex Legouix: Murs' taxi. 468 00:20:50,702 --> 00:20:54,990 Olly Murs: So was literally taking all my drunken friends around Essex. 469 00:20:54,990 --> 00:20:55,770 Olly Murs: It was brilliant. 470 00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:57,301 Alex Legouix: Tell me more about college life. 471 00:20:57,301 --> 00:21:01,859 Olly Murs: ยง College life was crazy but good. I left school 472 00:21:01,859 --> 00:21:06,060 Olly Murs: with not very good grades and I ended up trying 473 00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:09,210 Olly Murs: to get into science and sport. Luckily the college did 474 00:21:09,210 --> 00:21:12,540 Olly Murs: this really basic course which was like to run a 475 00:21:12,540 --> 00:21:15,450 Olly Murs: sports center. We had a reception desk, we had the 476 00:21:15,450 --> 00:21:18,570 Olly Murs: sports hall, we had the locker rooms, we had a 477 00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:21,420 Olly Murs: diary, we had to book everyone in for their classes. 478 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,030 Olly Murs: We had disabled children come in, so we would take 479 00:21:24,030 --> 00:21:27,300 Olly Murs: the classes for them. It weren't really going to school 480 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,790 Olly Murs: or college, it was actually going to work. We just 481 00:21:29,790 --> 00:21:32,639 Olly Murs: didn't get paid for it. And then what was a 482 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,990 Olly Murs: bonus was that all the beauticians would come in. So that 483 00:21:36,990 --> 00:21:40,080 Olly Murs: was the perk. You know what I mean? But for me, I learned 484 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:42,840 Olly Murs: so much. I ended up working in fitness first for 485 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,929 Olly Murs: a while on a Friday. But it was, yeah, I had a good 486 00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:48,449 Olly Murs: time at college. Good fun. Yeah, so you see the 487 00:21:48,450 --> 00:21:51,300 Olly Murs: roundabout coming up. Braintree College is on your right- hand 488 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:56,010 Olly Murs: side there. Boom. God, I haven't been here in years. I haven't been in the 489 00:21:56,910 --> 00:22:00,391 Olly Murs: college. It's actually bringing back memories now. There's my college. Yeah. 490 00:22:00,391 --> 00:22:02,159 Alex Legouix: Look, Braintree. 491 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:07,139 Olly Murs: It's called Braintree Campus now. Oh, they were good times, 492 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:11,280 Olly Murs: Braintree College. But what I used to love was the com 493 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:15,480 Olly Murs: room area where everyone would hang out. We'd have a 494 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,389 Olly Murs: jukebox and music and used to just be able to play whatever 495 00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:21,030 Olly Murs: you wanted. And I always loved going in because there'd always 496 00:22:21,030 --> 00:22:24,149 Olly Murs: be these lads that were like skater boy kind of vibes 497 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,130 Olly Murs: and they'd all play Limp Bizkit and Korn and System 498 00:22:29,130 --> 00:22:31,290 Olly Murs: of a Down and there'd be these guys there with their 499 00:22:31,530 --> 00:22:36,720 Olly Murs: long hair and their grubby trainers and they're smoking. Then 500 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,659 Olly Murs: I would just go straight in there, stick two or 501 00:22:39,660 --> 00:22:42,030 Olly Murs: three quid in this machine and it would just be 502 00:22:42,030 --> 00:22:45,419 Olly Murs: boy band after boy band after boy band. Like Westlife, 503 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:48,510 Olly Murs: Blue, Take That. I was like, I'm just going to 504 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:50,910 Olly Murs: annoy you guys. So that was kind of thing I would do 505 00:22:50,910 --> 00:22:51,930 Olly Murs: like to prank people. 506 00:22:52,020 --> 00:22:55,470 Alex Legouix: Imagine now you'd be in there putting on Olly Murs. 507 00:22:55,470 --> 00:23:00,300 Olly Murs: It is something that you wonder if people at Braintree 508 00:23:00,300 --> 00:23:02,429 Olly Murs: College know that I went there, because when I was- 509 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:03,002 Alex Legouix: Probably. (inaudible) . 510 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,000 Olly Murs: When I was growing up, if someone I knew had made it 511 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,131 Olly Murs: or become a pop star or singer, I did three years- 512 00:23:08,131 --> 00:23:11,040 Alex Legouix: There's probably pictures of you all in every hallway. 513 00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:13,590 Olly Murs: I mean, don't get me excited, Alex. I really hope 514 00:23:13,590 --> 00:23:14,070 Olly Murs: they do. 515 00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:16,678 Alex Legouix: They probably get down on their knees every day and 516 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:17,251 Alex Legouix: pray to you. 517 00:23:17,251 --> 00:23:20,730 Olly Murs: There's a shrine room. If you want to go and see Olly 518 00:23:20,730 --> 00:23:25,170 Olly Murs: Murs, here's a shrine. This is a room for you to just admire. 519 00:23:28,410 --> 00:23:30,300 Olly Murs: Right. Where are we off to now, Alex? 520 00:23:30,540 --> 00:23:31,260 Alex Legouix: Well, I want to know how you- 521 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:32,669 Olly Murs: (inaudible) is the story of my life. The story of my life. 522 00:23:35,130 --> 00:23:36,420 Alex Legouix: Your old secondary school. 523 00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:43,080 Olly Murs: Yeah, left here. This left here. Yeah. God, I haven't 524 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,980 Olly Murs: been down these road in years. Oh, it gets me 525 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:49,800 Olly Murs: excited. This is where we would all walk. 526 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,669 Alex Legouix: Doesn't sound like you have any negative gripes from school or- 527 00:23:53,790 --> 00:23:56,340 Olly Murs: Don't get me wrong, it weren't perfect. There was some 528 00:23:56,580 --> 00:23:58,980 Olly Murs: difficult moments. Any kid going through school, there's loads of 529 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:02,669 Olly Murs: difficult moments. Had some difficult days like I mean, you're 530 00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:06,300 Olly Murs: going through that whole puberty stage. It was a crazy time, but 531 00:24:06,869 --> 00:24:09,660 Olly Murs: I loved it. But yeah, this is my old school 532 00:24:09,660 --> 00:24:10,620 Olly Murs: right there. 533 00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:10,740 Alex Legouix: Oh, here. 534 00:24:10,830 --> 00:24:15,060 Olly Murs: I'm getting more nervous us pulling into this school more 535 00:24:15,060 --> 00:24:17,640 Olly Murs: than I would be at the O2 in front of 25, 000 people. 536 00:24:19,140 --> 00:24:19,320 Alex Legouix: What? 537 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:20,551 Olly Murs: This is weird. This is mad. 538 00:24:20,551 --> 00:24:23,002 Alex Legouix: Okay, so there's a big blue (inaudible) - 539 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,050 Olly Murs: Yeah. On the left-hand side as you walk into Notley High School. 540 00:24:25,050 --> 00:24:29,220 Olly Murs: This is completely new. I haven't seen that before. The 541 00:24:29,220 --> 00:24:31,020 Olly Murs: sports center is still the same. That's still the same. 542 00:24:31,710 --> 00:24:35,790 Alex Legouix: So straight ahead of us is a light blue and dark blue building. 543 00:24:35,820 --> 00:24:37,230 Olly Murs: Yep, this is all the same. It used to be red and black. That's the 544 00:24:37,230 --> 00:24:40,109 Olly Murs: student entrance. But now all these fences were never here. 545 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,290 Olly Murs: This whole Braintree six form was a massive playground. That's 546 00:24:43,290 --> 00:24:46,470 Olly Murs: all been taken over now by Braintree Theater and six form. 547 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,699 Alex Legouix: Interesting that they've obviously really pushed the theater side, isn't it? 548 00:24:51,330 --> 00:24:53,760 Olly Murs: Well obviously they create superstars here in Notley High School. 549 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,340 Alex Legouix: That's a thing. And again, if I look through there, I can 550 00:24:56,340 --> 00:24:57,840 Alex Legouix: see an Olly shrine. 551 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:03,720 Olly Murs: Yeah, no you can't. But no, I mean this is my school. Yeah. Notley High. 552 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:08,160 Olly Murs: I've got nothing but love for the people and the 553 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,090 Olly Murs: staff, the teachers. Now at the end of the year, 554 00:25:12,090 --> 00:25:13,500 Olly Murs: I don't know if they still do it now, kids, 555 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:16,109 Olly Murs: they probably do it on social media or something different, 556 00:25:16,109 --> 00:25:19,590 Olly Murs: but all my teachers had to write something about me in 557 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,719 Olly Murs: my book and they'd sign it. So I bought this 558 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,320 Olly Murs: book from Woolworth's and I just got everyone to write like 559 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,050 Olly Murs: my friends and my school teachers. Now get this. I was 16 when I 560 00:25:28,050 --> 00:25:31,920 Olly Murs: left school and I honestly, no joke, I wish I had it with 561 00:25:32,460 --> 00:25:37,530 Olly Murs: here with me now, every single teacher or friend all said, " 562 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,770 Olly Murs: We're going to miss hearing you singing down the corridors. 563 00:25:40,890 --> 00:25:43,770 Olly Murs: We can't wait to see you on TV. We wish you all 564 00:25:43,859 --> 00:25:44,790 Olly Murs: the best in the future." 565 00:25:44,790 --> 00:25:45,359 Alex Legouix: You had that star appeal. 566 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,919 Olly Murs: I was like, "What?" The teacher would be like, "All you used to do was 567 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,369 Olly Murs: sing in the classroom, going to miss that and dancing 568 00:25:53,369 --> 00:25:55,380 Olly Murs: away." And I'm like, these are things that I was so 569 00:25:55,380 --> 00:25:56,070 Olly Murs: oblivious to. 570 00:25:56,790 --> 00:25:57,330 Alex Legouix: But you had the X Factor, so it was- 571 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,929 Olly Murs: Actually there must have been something there because obviously I 572 00:26:00,930 --> 00:26:03,600 Olly Murs: ended up going into it, but at that precise moment in 573 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,000 Olly Murs: my life at 16, 17, I was not thinking about being 574 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,570 Olly Murs: a pop star. 575 00:26:11,340 --> 00:26:12,840 Alex Legouix: So we're heading now back to Witham. 576 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:18,570 Olly Murs: Back to Witham. Okay, so now we're going through the Notley's. So Notley 577 00:26:18,570 --> 00:26:21,750 Olly Murs: High on the way to Notley, you go through Black 578 00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:24,359 Olly Murs: Notley and then you go through White Notley. 579 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:27,540 Alex Legouix: Is that where you had your panic attack? 580 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,170 Olly Murs: Yeah. Now give you a bit of context to it. I 581 00:26:31,410 --> 00:26:35,250 Olly Murs: did X Factor. Presented the show from 2015 for one 582 00:26:35,250 --> 00:26:40,379 Olly Murs: season with Caroline, God rest her soul. And it was 583 00:26:40,530 --> 00:26:45,300 Olly Murs: probably one of the most craziest, incredible things I've done. 584 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:49,679 Olly Murs: But wow, the scrutiny, the pressure on my shoulders to 585 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,040 Olly Murs: present the biggest TV show in the country was crazy, 586 00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:56,879 Olly Murs: right? Now, when I finished that, I needed a break. 587 00:26:57,210 --> 00:27:01,290 Olly Murs: I was exhausted mentally and physically. I had all sorts 588 00:27:01,290 --> 00:27:03,570 Olly Murs: going on health- wise. I think I ended up getting 589 00:27:03,930 --> 00:27:07,080 Olly Murs: glandular fever or something. I was gone and I broke 590 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,609 Olly Murs: up with my ex at the time. So it was 591 00:27:08,609 --> 00:27:10,619 Olly Murs: quite a lot going on for me personally. 592 00:27:10,770 --> 00:27:10,771 Alex Legouix: Lot going on, yeah. 593 00:27:10,771 --> 00:27:13,410 Olly Murs: So I just needed a break. Wrote a new album, 594 00:27:13,619 --> 00:27:17,670 Olly Murs: everything was good. And then I'm driving down the road 595 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:19,980 Olly Murs: and there'd been a few conversations about me doing The 596 00:27:19,980 --> 00:27:22,740 Olly Murs: Voice. Had a few interviews about it. And then I 597 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:25,680 Olly Murs: remember driving back from Braintree to Witham. My mate, Mace, 598 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,560 Olly Murs: was in the car and got a phone call from 599 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,300 Olly Murs: my manager saying that, " Olly, you've got the job. They 600 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:32,100 Olly Murs: want you. You're starting on The Voice with Will. I. 601 00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:36,389 Olly Murs: Am, Jennifer Hudson, Sir Tom Jones, this is so exciting. 602 00:27:36,390 --> 00:27:39,300 Olly Murs: This is incredible." And I looked around to my mate, Mace, and 603 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:47,970 Olly Murs: he's going, " Oh my God, yes." And I was just like, " Yeah." Inside of me, my heart 604 00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:54,629 Olly Murs: was going... I was like, "What have I just done? What have I just done? What have I just done? I can't 605 00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:56,700 Olly Murs: do it. I can't do it. I can't do it." I was like, this 606 00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:58,199 Olly Murs: is the worst news that could have ever happened to 607 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,740 Olly Murs: me. And I had a massive panic attack over it. Now 608 00:28:01,859 --> 00:28:04,290 Olly Murs: don't get me wrong, what I went through was nothing compared to what other 609 00:28:04,290 --> 00:28:08,399 Olly Murs: people go through, but mentally at the time it freaked 610 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,220 Olly Murs: me out going back on TV again. Was I going to 611 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:13,470 Olly Murs: make a mistake? Were the papers going to slag me 612 00:28:13,470 --> 00:28:15,990 Olly Murs: off? People were going to say I was useless, because that's all I 613 00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:17,879 Olly Murs: got when I did X Factor was you're useless, you're 614 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:19,770 Olly Murs: not good, you're not a great presenter, you're not this, 615 00:28:19,770 --> 00:28:22,800 Olly Murs: you're not that. And I just thought like, oh my God, I'm just going back 616 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,520 Olly Murs: into the world that I was in previously where I just got 617 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,070 Olly Murs: so much hate. And don't be wrong, there was loads 618 00:28:29,070 --> 00:28:31,260 Olly Murs: of positives too, but I just got loads of hate 619 00:28:32,340 --> 00:28:33,720 Olly Murs: and I was just like, " I'm not sure I can 620 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,470 Olly Murs: do it." So then that's when, and I've openly spoke 621 00:28:37,470 --> 00:28:40,050 Olly Murs: about this before, but I openly went and saw a 622 00:28:40,050 --> 00:28:43,140 Olly Murs: therapist and had some meetings with this lovely lady. Now I haven't 623 00:28:43,740 --> 00:28:45,480 Olly Murs: been back since, but I did about two or three 624 00:28:46,110 --> 00:28:49,200 Olly Murs: sit downs. Oh my God, it helped me so much. 625 00:28:49,470 --> 00:28:52,860 Olly Murs: And also what helped me so much was getting back 626 00:28:52,860 --> 00:28:54,930 Olly Murs: in the firing line again. One of the things I 627 00:28:54,930 --> 00:28:58,230 Olly Murs: learned was how to (inaudible) , sort of mentalize that and understand 628 00:28:58,230 --> 00:29:00,660 Olly Murs: how I was feeling. And she gave me these techniques 629 00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:02,850 Olly Murs: on how to deal with that other voice in your 630 00:29:02,850 --> 00:29:06,210 Olly Murs: head that's like telling you you can't do this, run 631 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,750 Olly Murs: away. There's the exit, don't go there. You're happy in 632 00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:13,110 Olly Murs: life. Everything's great. Why do it? And when that extra 633 00:29:13,110 --> 00:29:15,780 Olly Murs: voice overpowers the other voice in my head that's like 634 00:29:15,780 --> 00:29:18,959 Olly Murs: fearless and don't care, let's do this, that's when it 635 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:20,730 Olly Murs: got scary for me. But then when I figured it 636 00:29:20,730 --> 00:29:24,480 Olly Murs: out, that's what changed everything. And I ended up doing 637 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,020 Olly Murs: the voice and I sat in the red chair and 638 00:29:28,020 --> 00:29:30,390 Olly Murs: I was petrified the first day and I was like, do you know what? 639 00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:33,600 Olly Murs: You have to do this. You need to jump back 640 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,430 Olly Murs: in the saddle. You need to just get on with 641 00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:37,200 Olly Murs: it and what will be will be. You're great at 642 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,350 Olly Murs: what you do. You're really good on TV, you've got 643 00:29:40,350 --> 00:29:42,690 Olly Murs: it, you've got this, Olly, you've got this. Do what 644 00:29:42,690 --> 00:29:45,900 Olly Murs: you do best. Entertain people, have some fun, be cheeky 645 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:47,760 Olly Murs: and just have a good time. And I did. And 646 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,700 Olly Murs: it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I 647 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:55,320 Olly Murs: loved it. I did it for seven years. Yeah, it was what I needed. Brilliant. 648 00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:55,950 Alex Legouix: Wow. 649 00:29:56,010 --> 00:29:59,700 Olly Murs: So listen, so many other people go through much more 650 00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:03,630 Olly Murs: serious mental health issues and I've had panic attacks and 651 00:30:03,630 --> 00:30:05,400 Olly Murs: it's all relative to each person, isn't it? And there's 652 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,430 Olly Murs: been loads of other things that have happened in my life, but that was 653 00:30:08,430 --> 00:30:11,220 Olly Murs: the first time in my life I ever was like, why am I 654 00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:13,800 Olly Murs: not happy in this moment? Why am I scared? Why 655 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,620 Olly Murs: am I worried? Why am I fearing? But I think 656 00:30:16,620 --> 00:30:20,550 Olly Murs: when you go and see someone and you talk to 657 00:30:20,550 --> 00:30:24,360 Olly Murs: someone you don't know, but basically you decompress them thoughts 658 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,100 Olly Murs: and you put them out there to universe, you talk 659 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,220 Olly Murs: about it and then that person analyzes it, understands it, 660 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,830 Olly Murs: talks to you on a level and you're like, " Wow, 661 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,540 Olly Murs: I never looked at it like that before. I'm only 662 00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:36,420 Olly Murs: looking at it in one instinct of petrified. I hated 663 00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:38,550 Olly Murs: it. I don't want to do that, I don't want to do this." Then when you get 664 00:30:38,550 --> 00:30:40,320 Olly Murs: the other side of it, the other perspective, you're like, 665 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:41,940 Olly Murs: oh maybe it wasn't as bad as I thought. Or 666 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:44,370 Olly Murs: maybe there is ways of dealing with this and it was. 667 00:30:44,550 --> 00:30:46,650 Alex Legouix: Good for you for breaking the silence. 668 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,950 Olly Murs: Yeah, I recommend it to anyone. I don't like to drum 669 00:30:49,950 --> 00:30:52,020 Olly Murs: it down people's throats about mental health and go, I've 670 00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:54,270 Olly Murs: struggled too, like join the trend. Do you know what I mean? 671 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,390 Olly Murs: I wanted to talk about it, because I felt that 672 00:30:57,570 --> 00:31:00,390 Olly Murs: there's men out there that wouldn't talk about it. And 673 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,840 Olly Murs: if I could show people that I'm this cheeky fun 674 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,959 Olly Murs: guy you see on TV that almost has a carefree 675 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,450 Olly Murs: lifestyle, doesn't really care about things, I do. I do 676 00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:12,540 Olly Murs: care about things and I do struggle sometimes. I've had some really tough 677 00:31:12,540 --> 00:31:15,510 Olly Murs: times in my life, but if I can help one person 678 00:31:15,510 --> 00:31:17,970 Olly Murs: in this interview or in any interview I do when 679 00:31:17,970 --> 00:31:20,190 Olly Murs: I do talk about it that they go, "Do you know what? 680 00:31:20,610 --> 00:31:23,820 Olly Murs: Something at work's really triggered me recently, something that I'm 681 00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:26,040 Olly Murs: really struggling with or I've got offered a new job 682 00:31:26,070 --> 00:31:27,750 Olly Murs: and I didn't want to do it." That's what it 683 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:29,850 Olly Murs: comes down to. Forget it was The Voice, forget who 684 00:31:29,850 --> 00:31:30,210 Olly Murs: I am. 685 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,080 Alex Legouix: Yeah, exactly. 686 00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:33,900 Olly Murs: Forget me and who I am. If this was just 687 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:36,030 Olly Murs: me talking to a friend down the pub, " Oh my 688 00:31:36,030 --> 00:31:38,700 Olly Murs: god, I've just been off this new job, it's paying 689 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:40,920 Olly Murs: this much, it's going to be incredible, but I actually 690 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,730 Olly Murs: don't want to do it now." " But why?" " I'm scared." " Why are 691 00:31:44,730 --> 00:31:47,940 Olly Murs: you scared?" Because I don't know, I'm not going to be good 692 00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:49,800 Olly Murs: enough." What do you mean you not going to be good enough? You're 693 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,660 Olly Murs: brilliant at it. That's what you've been doing all your 694 00:31:51,660 --> 00:31:54,810 Olly Murs: life." If your friend or your family member or someone 695 00:31:54,810 --> 00:31:57,330 Olly Murs: around you can't help you understand that, go and see 696 00:31:57,330 --> 00:32:00,960 Olly Murs: someone, because I tell you what, it massively helped me. Fear of the unknown 697 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,630 Olly Murs: scares so many people. Sometimes you've got to leap yourself 698 00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,720 Olly Murs: into it feet first and just embrace it. When you 699 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,791 Olly Murs: do, oh my god, the reward's incredible. 700 00:32:08,791 --> 00:32:10,590 Alex Legouix: That's where you do the most growing. 701 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:20,100 Olly Murs: Exactly, exactly. Yeah. And that is exactly what happened to me. Love how 702 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:23,160 Olly Murs: we're driving around in Essex, my local town. 703 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:24,481 Alex Legouix: In a Bentley. 704 00:32:24,481 --> 00:32:28,890 Olly Murs: In a Bentley and they're all like, " That's definitely Olly Murs." They 705 00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:31,830 Olly Murs: wouldn't be thinking this was anyone else. They'd be like, "Oh my god, 706 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,800 Olly Murs: state of this guy thinks he's big time Charlie." This 707 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,150 Olly Murs: is what I try not to do when I drive 708 00:32:36,150 --> 00:32:36,330 Olly Murs: around here. 709 00:32:39,180 --> 00:32:41,340 Alex Legouix: Did you work in Witham? 710 00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:44,880 Olly Murs: Yep. Worked in various places. My best job I had 711 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,210 Olly Murs: was as a recruitment consultant. I worked for Prime Appointments. 712 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,170 Alex Legouix: What do they do? 713 00:32:49,290 --> 00:32:51,720 Olly Murs: So they specialize in getting people jobs. So whether that 714 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,970 Olly Murs: be in office or industrial jobs. 715 00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:58,980 Alex Legouix: But through all this time then were you still pub singing? 716 00:32:59,010 --> 00:33:02,040 Olly Murs: Yeah, so I actually sung at one of their Christmas parties. 717 00:33:02,820 --> 00:33:02,821 Alex Legouix: Oh, right? 718 00:33:02,821 --> 00:33:04,650 Olly Murs: I was in a band at the time called the Small Town 719 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,780 Olly Murs: Blaggers, which was a name that I come up with 720 00:33:06,780 --> 00:33:08,640 Olly Murs: just because I loved the Livitines. 721 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:09,360 Alex Legouix: Yes. 722 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:11,160 Olly Murs: And there was a song called the Small Town Blaggers 723 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,290 Olly Murs: and I really liked the title name. So I nicked it and I 724 00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:16,800 Olly Murs: got paid the night of our Christmas party, which was 725 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,390 Olly Murs: sick, but then it got all the chance for the 726 00:33:18,690 --> 00:33:20,370 Olly Murs: office to see me perform and they thought I was 727 00:33:20,370 --> 00:33:21,209 Olly Murs: brilliant. They loved it. 728 00:33:21,210 --> 00:33:22,470 Alex Legouix: Wow. 729 00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:25,650 Olly Murs: But I worked in Kitchens Direct as well, which was 730 00:33:25,650 --> 00:33:28,050 Olly Murs: great. That was my first proper job really at the 731 00:33:28,050 --> 00:33:31,590 Olly Murs: age of 16, selling kitchens for three years. So anyway, 732 00:33:31,590 --> 00:33:33,960 Olly Murs: now we're coming up Witham High Street. I love it. 733 00:33:34,260 --> 00:33:38,010 Olly Murs: In the film, Wizard of Oz, Dorothy said it perfectly, " 734 00:33:38,070 --> 00:33:40,410 Olly Murs: There is no place like home." And I promise you 735 00:33:40,410 --> 00:33:45,660 Olly Murs: now I've traveled the world, I've been to some incredible places, but 736 00:33:45,810 --> 00:33:48,810 Olly Murs: just something about being in Witham and it wouldn't be 737 00:33:48,810 --> 00:33:51,660 Olly Murs: for everyone. Maybe I went and lived in your town, 738 00:33:51,660 --> 00:33:54,330 Olly Murs: it wouldn't be for me. There's something about Witham that 739 00:33:54,330 --> 00:33:57,180 Olly Murs: draws me back every time. I love it. I absolutely love it. 740 00:33:57,450 --> 00:33:59,370 Alex Legouix: This is a nice looking high street. 741 00:33:59,460 --> 00:34:00,780 Olly Murs: That's where Prime Appointments used to be. 742 00:34:02,010 --> 00:34:02,011 Alex Legouix: They have got such lovely buildings. 743 00:34:02,011 --> 00:34:03,600 Olly Murs: Prime Appointments used to be there and we were right next door to Wetherspoon, so it was 744 00:34:04,260 --> 00:34:08,879 Olly Murs: great. And that's where Kitchens Direct was upstairs. See where 745 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,560 Olly Murs: all their windows are open? That's where it used to 746 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,380 Olly Murs: be, Kitchens Direct. Yeah. I wasn't driving, but everyone would 747 00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:15,120 Olly Murs: put their cars in here and we'd all just congregate 748 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,430 Olly Murs: outside waiting for our shift to start. Used to do 10: 00 749 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:22,290 Olly Murs: till 1:00, 2: 00 till 5:00, and then 6:00 till 9: 00. We used to pick 750 00:34:22,290 --> 00:34:22,860 Olly Murs: our rota. 751 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,340 Alex Legouix: But a far cry from your career in TV. 752 00:34:26,430 --> 00:34:28,320 Olly Murs: Crazy. Well, just lucky. 753 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,260 Alex Legouix: What age were you then when you made that choice? 754 00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:35,219 Olly Murs: Well, I was working in Prime Appointments, decided to go 755 00:34:35,219 --> 00:34:39,989 Olly Murs: traveling. So I went to Australia for three months, 2008. 756 00:34:40,050 --> 00:34:43,410 Olly Murs: And it was the most amazing experience. It changed my 757 00:34:43,410 --> 00:34:47,520 Olly Murs: life. It gave me a chance to be independent and 758 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,250 Olly Murs: be away from my parents and to get some real 759 00:34:50,670 --> 00:34:52,980 Olly Murs: life skills and I just decided to come back and 760 00:34:52,980 --> 00:34:56,010 Olly Murs: do X Factor and I took a whim. I did 761 00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:58,080 Olly Murs: it a couple of times before that and failed. And I thought, 762 00:34:58,290 --> 00:34:59,880 Olly Murs: right, you know what, I'll do it this time and 763 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:03,480 Olly Murs: see what happens. So I did it and it changed 764 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,969 Olly Murs: my life. Yeah, I got to the final and then the rest 765 00:35:05,969 --> 00:35:06,750 Olly Murs: was history really. 766 00:35:07,020 --> 00:35:07,860 Alex Legouix: Was it amazing? 767 00:35:08,550 --> 00:35:11,310 Olly Murs: X Factor? People always say, " I'd love to go back 768 00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:13,830 Olly Murs: to school again and live them school years." Mine would 769 00:35:13,830 --> 00:35:16,170 Olly Murs: be X Factor again. I would do that again. If 770 00:35:16,170 --> 00:35:20,311 Olly Murs: Marty McFly was here now, and Doc, and they said- 771 00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:20,002 Alex Legouix: What do you think that you like the most (inaudible) - 772 00:35:20,002 --> 00:35:23,460 Olly Murs: In their DeLorean and then said to me, " Murs, we 773 00:35:23,460 --> 00:35:26,010 Olly Murs: can go back in time." I'd be like, " Right. Take 774 00:35:26,010 --> 00:35:27,840 Olly Murs: me back to X Factor 2009." 775 00:35:28,110 --> 00:35:29,460 Alex Legouix: What did you like most about it? 776 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:31,980 Olly Murs: I just loved the thrill of it. I was on the 777 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:35,070 Olly Murs: cusp of changing my life and on the cusp of 778 00:35:35,070 --> 00:35:38,250 Olly Murs: something really special and something unique that no one in 779 00:35:38,250 --> 00:35:41,550 Olly Murs: Witham or anyone in my life, my family or my friends 780 00:35:41,550 --> 00:35:46,649 Olly Murs: had ever experienced before. It was something extraordinary. A guy 781 00:35:46,650 --> 00:35:49,109 Olly Murs: from Essex that lived on a council estate that you've 782 00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:51,569 Olly Murs: just seen today that ends up being on the biggest 783 00:35:51,570 --> 00:35:55,350 Olly Murs: TV show in the country. It was just that thrill 784 00:35:55,350 --> 00:35:57,480 Olly Murs: and that excitement that I was getting of like, oh my 785 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,700 Olly Murs: God, my life is changing in front of my eyes 786 00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:00,089 Olly Murs: and I don't really know- 787 00:36:00,089 --> 00:36:00,601 Alex Legouix: That's so good that you were aware of it at the time. 788 00:36:00,601 --> 00:36:04,650 Olly Murs: I just couldn't believe it. I just was like, wow. And 789 00:36:04,650 --> 00:36:08,219 Olly Murs: then every week it just got more and more enjoyable, 790 00:36:08,219 --> 00:36:11,040 Olly Murs: more and more exciting, more and more like, oh my 791 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,750 Olly Murs: God, I might even get a record deal. I might 792 00:36:12,750 --> 00:36:15,239 Olly Murs: even have an album. And then the reality of the 793 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,300 Olly Murs: show finishing and then all of a sudden everywhere I went 794 00:36:18,330 --> 00:36:21,299 Olly Murs: people knew who I was. It was crazy. And then there's 795 00:36:21,450 --> 00:36:25,500 Olly Murs: days and months where sometimes I look back on that 796 00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:27,960 Olly Murs: experience of X Factor and go, what if that didn't 797 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,920 Olly Murs: happen? And sometimes there's part of me that goes when 798 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,110 Olly Murs: I'm out with Amelia and the last thing I want 799 00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:36,330 Olly Murs: to do is be noticed. Or if I'm out with 800 00:36:36,330 --> 00:36:40,170 Olly Murs: Maddie now I'm walking her and people go, " Olly, can I get a photo?" Don't get me 801 00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:43,500 Olly Murs: wrong, I love getting people asking me and there'll be 802 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:44,969 Olly Murs: a day when no one asks me and I'll be 803 00:36:44,969 --> 00:36:47,430 Olly Murs: fuming. Why is people not recognizing me? And someone always 804 00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:49,560 Olly Murs: said to me, " You'll be annoyed when people stop asking, 805 00:36:49,860 --> 00:36:52,230 Olly Murs: because you'll know then your career's over." And I was 806 00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:54,840 Olly Murs: like, "Do you know what? You're not far wrong." So I embrace it. 807 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,530 Olly Murs: But that experience, that thrill, it was a roller coaster 808 00:36:58,530 --> 00:37:01,799 Olly Murs: of emotions. I'll never, ever, ever get close to that 809 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,730 Olly Murs: experience ever again. And I loved it. And you've just 810 00:37:05,730 --> 00:37:09,090 Olly Murs: secretly lured me in to telling you about my life 811 00:37:09,090 --> 00:37:12,930 Olly Murs: and now are actually at my old house. So this 812 00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:15,450 Olly Murs: is where my mum and dad moved us to from 813 00:37:15,450 --> 00:37:18,359 Olly Murs: Pitt Avenue to Carraways. I have not been back here 814 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:19,710 Olly Murs: since my mum and dad moved out. 815 00:37:19,830 --> 00:37:20,549 Alex Legouix: No way. 816 00:37:20,610 --> 00:37:22,379 Olly Murs: I wasn't even here on the day they moved out 817 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,840 Olly Murs: and I just wanted to remember the house as it was 818 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:27,150 Olly Murs: because it was the big, big part of our lives 819 00:37:27,150 --> 00:37:27,719 Olly Murs: that time. 820 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:29,820 Alex Legouix: Well this looks like a much newer- 821 00:37:29,820 --> 00:37:32,940 Olly Murs: Well, this is more modern, it's a bit more modern. These houses got 822 00:37:32,940 --> 00:37:37,110 Olly Murs: built in the late '90s, early 2000s. So this whole 823 00:37:37,110 --> 00:37:39,989 Olly Murs: area was like, " Oh my God, we're living in a 824 00:37:39,989 --> 00:37:44,340 Olly Murs: brand new house." Oh god, someone there. Oh, don't pull in. 825 00:37:44,850 --> 00:37:46,170 Alex Legouix: How does it feel looking at it? 826 00:37:46,170 --> 00:37:48,870 Olly Murs: Oh my god. It feels weird. Yeah, it's amazing. It's a beautiful house. 827 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:49,770 Alex Legouix: Weird good? 828 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,040 Olly Murs: Yeah, great memories before X Factor. I had amazing Christmases 829 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,950 Olly Murs: there. When I come back off X Factor, this whole 830 00:37:55,950 --> 00:37:59,760 Olly Murs: street, all people came to greet me home. And then 831 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,850 Olly Murs: even my first Christmas here was crazy. People knocking on the door on Christmas 832 00:38:02,850 --> 00:38:05,730 Olly Murs: day to get photos with me and stuff. But just 833 00:38:05,730 --> 00:38:08,910 Olly Murs: after that every Christmas was just like, I'm coming home. 834 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:12,569 Olly Murs: I don't think my family and my sister and everyone 835 00:38:12,570 --> 00:38:16,080 Olly Murs: else could appreciate that from my perspective. My mum and 836 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,360 Olly Murs: dad needed to move and they found another house and 837 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,850 Olly Murs: they needed to change their life, which is fine. Everyone 838 00:38:21,090 --> 00:38:24,360 Olly Murs: needs a different change, don't they, something new. But for 839 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:28,080 Olly Murs: me it was my little safe haven, my little pocket 840 00:38:28,170 --> 00:38:30,870 Olly Murs: of the past. And then when that went it was 841 00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:33,840 Olly Murs: like, oh man, that was kind of it then. That 842 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,330 Olly Murs: was the end of my childhood. 843 00:38:36,540 --> 00:38:38,880 Alex Legouix: Yeah, you look quite emotional telling- 844 00:38:38,969 --> 00:38:41,549 Olly Murs: Yeah, I am. Yeah, because it was, it really hurt 845 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:45,239 Olly Murs: me. I was gutted. But life moves on. You've changed, don't 846 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,239 Olly Murs: you? Everyone moves and me and Amelia have just left a home 847 00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,430 Olly Murs: that we've been living in for five years. So you 848 00:38:50,430 --> 00:38:51,840 Olly Murs: just end up changing it, it is what it is. 849 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,080 Alex Legouix: And we're back here where it all began. 850 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:04,620 Olly Murs: Back to Witham. 851 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,529 Alex Legouix: Witham Town Football Club and there's Mark. 852 00:39:08,010 --> 00:39:08,910 Olly Murs: Back where it started. 853 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,570 Alex Legouix: Yeah. So what is the future for Olly Murs? 854 00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:15,989 Olly Murs: Honestly, it's going to sound so cheesy, but I just want 855 00:39:15,989 --> 00:39:18,870 Olly Murs: to be the best husband and the best dad. Whatever 856 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,660 Olly Murs: else comes with that, with work, amazing. I embrace it. 857 00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:24,629 Olly Murs: But I'm now at a point in my life where I'm 858 00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:27,330 Olly Murs: now a dad and I'm a husband and I've got 859 00:39:27,330 --> 00:39:30,000 Olly Murs: beautiful wife and kids. I just want to provide for 860 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,719 Olly Murs: them, give them the best life, be present. And I've 861 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,629 Olly Murs: realized even more than ever, particularly in the last couple 862 00:39:36,630 --> 00:39:39,060 Olly Murs: of months having Maddie that me and Amelia are just 863 00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:42,719 Olly Murs: a great team. We're great together. And having a baby, 864 00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,960 Olly Murs: particularly like you've got to work together. And we're just such 865 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,780 Olly Murs: an incredible team. We're just brilliant and I love her 866 00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:53,040 Olly Murs: so much. Amelia and the baby are literally the priority 867 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:53,520 Olly Murs: of my life. 868 00:39:53,759 --> 00:39:56,130 Alex Legouix: How will your career evolve do you think now? 869 00:39:56,790 --> 00:40:00,210 Olly Murs: Don't know. I've got no fear of the unknown. I've 870 00:40:00,210 --> 00:40:03,750 Olly Murs: got amazing music career. I'll always do that. Is there 871 00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:08,610 Olly Murs: other opportunities? 100%. Life's great, man. And I know it's been difficult 872 00:40:08,610 --> 00:40:11,610 Olly Murs: for everyone. Life's crazy. So much happening in the world, 873 00:40:11,610 --> 00:40:16,560 Olly Murs: politics, wars. If you can, just try and live in 874 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,360 Olly Murs: the present with the people around you that you love, they're the 875 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,270 Olly Murs: most important people and just try and be there for 876 00:40:21,270 --> 00:40:22,260 Olly Murs: them. That's what I'd say. 877 00:40:23,219 --> 00:40:25,259 Alex Legouix: Olly, I've loved this present moment. 878 00:40:25,290 --> 00:40:27,149 Olly Murs: It has been amazing. Thanks, Alex. 879 00:40:27,810 --> 00:40:29,009 Alex Legouix: Thank you for your honesty, your humor. 880 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:29,340 Olly Murs: Sorry about that. 881 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,799 Alex Legouix: Thank you for the snacks that you're going to leave me. 882 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:32,250 Olly Murs: Oh no, you- 883 00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:32,880 Alex Legouix: Because you're on a fast. 884 00:40:33,540 --> 00:40:35,939 Olly Murs: I could take one. Maybe I could take the bananas. 885 00:40:37,410 --> 00:40:38,820 Olly Murs: Thank you for taking me on this journey. 886 00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:40,170 Alex Legouix: Thanks, buddy. 887 00:40:40,860 --> 00:40:41,189 Olly Murs: All right. 888 00:40:41,550 --> 00:40:42,629 Alex Legouix: Right. Bye. 889 00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:47,910 Olly Murs: Bye. If you leave me now. You take away the 890 00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:49,830 Olly Murs: biggest part of me. 891 00:40:53,610 --> 00:40:57,690 Alex Legouix: That was an absolute joy. Olly's so down to earth, 892 00:40:57,780 --> 00:41:02,190 Alex Legouix: isn't he? And absolutely hilarious. I hope you enjoyed that 893 00:41:02,190 --> 00:41:04,650 Alex Legouix: as much as I did. Show On The Road is a 894 00:41:04,650 --> 00:41:07,650 Alex Legouix: Fresh Air Production for AutoTrader. If you think others will 895 00:41:07,650 --> 00:41:11,190 Alex Legouix: enjoy this episode too, please help us spread the word. 896 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,370 Alex Legouix: Leave a quick rating in your podcast app and a 897 00:41:14,370 --> 00:41:18,540 Alex Legouix: nice little comment. It really helps. 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In our next episode, 907 00:41:51,210 --> 00:41:54,600 Alex Legouix: we'll be guided around the neighborhood of a man who's single- 908 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,589 Alex Legouix: handedly making science one of the coolest things you could 909 00:41:58,590 --> 00:41:59,279 Alex Legouix: be into. 910 00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 5: A scientist can look like anyone really and truly. And 911 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,640 Speaker 5: that's one of the reasons why I deliver my content how 912 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:09,270 Speaker 5: I do. Because no matter which industry you work in, 913 00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:11,850 Speaker 5: I'm trying to encourage people to be themselves. 914 00:42:12,090 --> 00:42:14,970 Alex Legouix: Until then, I'm Alex Legouix. Bye for now.