Jack Peñate 'unhappy' with debut album

Jack Peñate has admitted that he was unhappy with his debut album Matinee.

The 'Be The One' singer claimed that he recorded the 2007 LP to appeal to a wide audience, despite not enjoying it himself.

"With the last record I got so low. I saw myself as an artist I wouldn't find exciting. That was something I found really hard to deal with. I didn't want to be generic or mainstream but I came through with a lot of similar artists that I was lumped in with," Music-News quotes him as saying.

"I'm not disappointed with the first record, I just feel it's not who I am. I made the album so people could understand it, maybe people who don't listen to music. I now realise you should never do that, you should only do it for yourself."

Peñate, 24, adopted a different approach for his new album Everything Is New and admitted that he was happier with the results.

"I just thought, 'Let's forget anything's happened. Let's make a record I'm immensely proud of, full stop'. From now on, I'm going to always do that."

Everything Is New is out now.