Over a Zoom natter with Stephen “Steps” Lowe on RTL Today Radio, Savoretti reflected on longevity, grief, and the inspiration behind his forthcoming album, We Will Always Be the Way We Were.
The conversation (across two parts) sees Jack move easily between humour and vulnerability, touching on everything from television appearances to personal loss, and what it means to keep moving forward as an artist.
Savoretti is preparing to release his ninth studio album, and with it comes the familiar rhythm of promotion and touring. While the schedule is beginning to fill, he says the pressure hasn’t quite arrived yet.
After more than 20 years in music, Savoretti has witnessed dramatic changes in how artists reach audiences.
Television performances once defined exposure; now, a short social-media clip can reach more listeners than a full band appearance on a major broadcast.
Still, certain platforms remain meaningful milestones.
Appearing again on The Graham Norton Show, for example, was both exciting and humbling, a reminder of how unpredictable audience reactions can be, even for established artists.
Savoretti credits longevity not to chart success, but to resilience. Without a single defining hit, he says he’s been free to experiment musically and evolve naturally over time.
That philosophy has shaped a career built on persistence rather than expectation. Audiences, he believes, don’t necessarily follow him for a particular sound, they follow the journey itself.
He compares it to watching a boxer step back into the ring after being knocked down: the story lies in continuing, not winning.
The new album’s title, We Will Always Be the Way We Were, captures a dual meaning, the listener can find it at once comforting and unsettling. Savoretti describes it as a reflection on identity: how people grow while still carrying earlier versions of themselves.
“There will always be comfort and pride in who we were, and sometimes shame too.” To explain the idea, he turns to a simple image: a tree. It grows and changes shape, but its roots remain the same.
Savoretti admits he nearly titled the record Midlife Crisis, before deciding the word “crisis” didn’t quite fit. Instead, he describes this period of life as a process, what psychologist Carl Jung once called “the afternoon of life.”
The emotional core of the album is tied to personal loss. After the death of his father two years ago, Savoretti found himself reconnecting with family, culture, and memory through music. That experience reshaped how he thinks about absence.
Rather than feeling like something disappears entirely, he describes grief as transformation, a shift in form rather than a disappearance. “I’ve never felt my father so close as I do now,” he says.
That realization feeds directly into the album’s central message: the past is never truly separate from the present. The people we were - and the people we’ve loved - remain part of who we are becoming.
As Savoretti prepares for his biggest tour yet (with dates in the UK and the EU), he remains grounded in the same work ethic that defined his early years. Expectations may grow, but his approach stays simple: keep writing, keep performing, keep showing up.
It’s a philosophy rooted in acceptance, of change, memory, and continuity all at once.
And in that sense, the album’s title feels “less like nostalgia and more like reassurance,” a reminder that growth “doesn’t mean leaving yourself behind”.
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European Dates
25/09/26 – Lycabettus Theatre, Athens, Greece
27/09/26 – NDK Hall 1, Sofia, Bulgaria
29/09/26 – Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
01/10/26 – RaM-ArT, Budapest, Hungary
02/10/26 – Studio, Krakow, Poland
04/10/26 – Palladium, Warsaw, Poland
05/10/26 – Kablys Kultura, Vilnius, Lithuania
07/10/26 – Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
08/10/26 – Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
10/10/26 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
11/10/26 – TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
12/10/26 – Le Trianon, Paris, France
14/10/26 – Kaufleuten, Zurich, Switzerland
15/10/26 – Le Fabrique, Milan, Italy
