The previous record for a non-consecutive stay at the top of the charts belonged to Frankie Laine back in 1953. But on Friday 31st July, the two Brits toppled him off the podium. Just what is it that makes ‘Rein Me In’ by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean so popular?

In this extended offering, Sam Fender isn’t ‘people watching’, he’s addressing the effects of people watching him; and the personal weight of being under the heavy spotlight. Read the full review of the deluxe album release here.

Journey through the ‘People Watching’ tracklist as we pair each song with its ‘man oh man’ counterpart, to uncover what these accidentally twinned albums from Sam Fender & Martin Luke Brown suggest, and ask, about modern masculinity.