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Gone is the solemn, country-indebted crooner with the velvet voice – in his place comes a playful, shapeshifting creature.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing the release of his second album, 2018’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMake Way For Love\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilliams\u003c\/strong\u003e’ toured the world, playing major festivals and collaborating with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLorde\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYo-Yo Ma\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFlorence Welch\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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