Jamie T tells us about his current headspace ahead of new album: “I’m really happy to be where I am”
Jamie T has said that revisiting old voice memos while making his sixth album, ‘Ghosts (100 Days Of Mourning)’, helped him process difficult periods in his career and feel more positive about his future. Speaking backstage at Reading 2026 after a surprise set, he said he had emerged from burnout and uncertainty feeling happier, safer and proud of the new record.
The album, due on 9 October, draws on unfinished sketches and ideas accumulated across his career, allowing him to revisit and complete material that had repeatedly resurfaced. Treays said he felt something had changed after his 2023 Finsbury Park show and recognised that music had been taking too great a toll on his mental health, but he now hopes to continue performing; he returned to Reading with fan favourites and recent single ‘3310’.
- Jamie T says his new album helped him process past difficulties.
- ‘Ghosts (100 Days Of Mourning)’ arrives on 9 October.
- He says he feels happier and more able to continue making music.
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Jamie Treays, who records as Jamie T, is a British singer-songwriter known for mixing guitar-led songs with spoken-word vocals and influences from punk, hip-hop and ska. His sixth album, Ghosts (100 Days Of Mourning), draws on old voice memos and unfinished musical ideas gathered over several years.
Treays has spoken about the strain that making and performing music placed on his mental health, and about feeling more settled after a period of burnout and uncertainty. His experience gives context to the album’s return to older material and to what continuing a career in music may mean for him.