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The British-born musician, who found fame with
his twin brother Luke Goss in the late 1980s, has spent the last
decade performing in Las Vegas.
Until the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, he was doing around
120 shows a year in Vegas, and says he knew he "was becoming
fatigued ... vocally as a musician and mentally."
So the unexpected time off was not wholly unwelcome.
"I think that it was in a weird way exactly what my body needed
and what my mind needed," he told Reuters at The Dorchester
hotel in London during a visit this month.
While he was holed up at home in the United States, Goss said he
had time to grieve the loss of his mum in 2014 and write a new
album, 'The Beautiful Unknown'.
"It's a phrase I use a lot in my poetry ... because I think
inherently we have been programmed to actually fear tomorrow and
... the years ahead ... I just want to live in a place where the
unknown is a beautiful thing."
Known for hits such as 'When Will I Be Famous', Goss and his
twin brother's band Bros split in 1992, reforming briefly 25
years later.
"My brother loves it (the new album), he thinks it's the best
thing I've ever done," Goss said.
"I think it's the best thing I've ever done ... it genuinely
competes with the big hits that I had before.
"I want to see the world. And I think this album is ... starting
to open up territories I've dreamt of going back to," he said,
explaining he had to write the pop record of his life to see
cities such as Tokyo, Paris and London.
Goss says he's inspired by the likes of Mick Jagger, Tony
Bennett and David Bowie and that "music is part of (his) DNA"
and something he'll never stop doing.
‘The Beautiful Unknown’ is set for release in February 2022,
while the new single ‘Somewhere To Fall’ is out now.
(Reporting by Sarah Mills; Editing by Susan Fenton)
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