East Anglian Boy says reaction to parody song tops X Factor
"Ninety-nine per cent [of the reaction] is amazing," he explained."Compared to when I was on The X Factor seven years ago, it was more like 50/50 then."There were a lot of things being said online, good and bad, but now it's completely the other way; it's so positive. "Sometimes it's a lot to get your head around... but in terms of how much I appreciate it and how amazing it is, it's really special."He continued: "I'm not Ed Sheeran, but it is at the point now where everywhere I go, people stop me and talk to me about my songs."It's blown my mind that that even happens."Mallet appeared on ITV's The X Factor in 2017 and got as far as the live shows.He said since then his career had gone from "strength to strength".
The singer said across all his platforms, he was now sitting at slightly over 50 million views."There are people, when I look at my analytics online, it's more than just even England, there are people worldwide listening to some things now," he continued."I'm proud of the area I'm from, and people are quite fast to put it down when you're from here, but when you go around the rest of the country, you do realise how special this place is."The singer was approached by Beccles Carnival and paid to create a new parody song related to the event and town.Mallett will perform the song during the event on Saturday and will be filming a music video over the weekend around the town. He said he would potentially look at doing one other Suffolk-based song and maybe look at writing some for Essex in the future.
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