James Arthur tries to woo pop princess Ariana Grande by performing her song asking her to ‘slide into his DMs’ during concert
The crooner brought his fans in to his scheme to win the US beauty over
JAMES Arthur tried to recruit his fans into a plan to win over the heart of songstress Ariana Grande during a concert on Friday night.
- who has been celebrating a whirlwind comeback year - made his confession of admiration during his concert at the Metro Arena in Newcastle.
Seizing his opportunity, he asked his fans for their help to get Ariana to ‘slide into his DM’s’ (privately message him on Twitter).
Within minutes of taking to the stage, he said: "Right my first song is going to be an Ariana Grande song ‘Into You’ because I'm hoping you all will video it, she sees it and then she can gladly slide into my DM's.”
However, unfortunately for the single star, who has been previously connected to a string of beautiful women, it appears his request didn’t quite get to the beautiful songstress – and he wrote on Twitter that he was still open to availability.
Responding to a fan’s comment that she “wanted to marry his voice”, James responded: “Always the voice! Does nobody wanna marry the man!?”
James has cemented his return to the UK music scene after successfully reviving his career thanks to his new album, Back from the Edge.
The former X Factor winner has clawed his way back to the top spot after being dropped from SyCo records two years ago after failing to launch his music career off the back of the show.
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Now, after patching things up with the record label and re-signing to SyCo, his latest album Back from the Edge has been officially announced as the new top record in the UK.
On top of this, James’s originally fourteen day tour had to be extended due to the speed it sold out and he also topped the streaming charts.
But instead of kicking back and basking in all his comeback glory, the Say You Won’t Let Go hit-maker has revealed that he wants to put out another within a year.
In an exclusive Sun Gig for readers, James said all he wants to do is make music and that he might use all the spare material used in recording the October LP to release a follow-up.
He said: “It’s really tough to think that far ahead at the moment.
“I would just love to put out another album because I’ve got so much shit left over from the last album, so much stuff like I could put out another two albums.
“More music. I’d love to win more awards for validation.”
He’s also looking to take on Hollywood in 2017 – with plans to get his tattoos removed to open up opportunities for him in the acting world.
The determined star said: “I want to become a Hollywood film star. I genuinely would love to be in some movies. I am a massive film geek and I love movies.
Maybe Ariana, who tried her acting in the first season of Scream Queens, could give him a hand…
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