EXCLUSIVE: Take That - "We Never Dreamt Of This"

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Take That are celebrating their ninth UK number one album and reflected on all their success they've had to date at Capital's Jingle Bell Ball. The lads say they never dreamt they would achieve so much and reveal their kids always get together on their tours. Cute! Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 And we're number nine! Another number one!
00:03 Do you still wake up and go, "People still love us"?
00:06 It's amazing.
00:08 We feel very loved, we really do.
00:10 We can't thank our beautiful audience enough.
00:13 It's been amazing.
00:14 Every time we release one of these records, there's always the thought,
00:18 and we talk about it, "Is this the one where it starts to go downhill?"
00:22 But honestly, we've been absolutely blown away with the support
00:26 that everyone's shown.
00:27 We can't wait to get on tour next year.
00:29 Do you like the stuff that you're writing?
00:31 It's changed a little bit, hasn't it?
00:33 It's become a bit more grown-up, maybe?
00:35 It's all right.
00:36 LAUGHTER
00:37 No, of course.
00:38 You know, you have to...
00:40 I think any artist that write music and are about to release an album,
00:44 you could never release an album if you didn't like the music you were making.
00:48 So, of course we love it.
00:49 And like Gary said, you always have that wonder
00:52 whether people will like the music,
00:55 and it's always great to get that response back
00:57 and send it to number one, which is amazing.
00:59 Do you get nervous?
01:00 Yes.
01:01 Well, I don't know if nerves are the right way,
01:03 but I remember the days of release where we were like, "This is it.
01:07 "This is when it happens."
01:09 So it's like an excitement-nervous thing.
01:12 And you really...
01:13 Because you put so much time in,
01:15 18, two years into putting this together,
01:18 and then it comes out.
01:19 And you've been sat with it, but when people hear it,
01:23 you want them to respond to it
01:25 and to enjoy what you've been doing.
01:27 So there's that moment.
01:29 It's like waiting for your exam results, you know?
01:32 What do the kids think about your music now?
01:34 Our kids?
01:35 Yeah.
01:36 Actually, do you know what my kids always say?
01:38 "Is that only just coming out?"
01:39 Because they obviously heard a lot of the album last year
01:43 when it was being written.
01:45 These kids can read leaks and stuff.
01:47 Oh, they could.
01:48 Yeah.
01:49 And don't put ideas in their heads.
01:51 Yeah.
01:52 You know, my kid, Bowie especially, he says,
01:55 "Can you play that one by Mark?"
01:58 I say, "What about the one by me?"
02:00 "Oh, no, can you hear that one by Mark?"
02:02 [LAUGHTER]
02:03 So to say, you're pretty cool dads, though.
02:05 Do you think there's moments where they see you in outfits
02:07 maybe like this, they might go, "Dad, the fucking trousers!"
02:10 I haven't told them yet.
02:12 Do you know what?
02:13 When we tour, it's actually gorgeous.
02:15 We call them all the Take That Kids.
02:17 And we usually do a picture where they're in a line.
02:20 Remember that picture we did? Grace is the oldest.
02:23 And who's the youngest? Dougie, right?
02:25 He's the youngest, yeah.
02:26 If it's a line, you'll stand at the other end
02:28 because he's about eight foot.
02:29 I know, I know.
02:30 But it is, it's lovely.
02:31 And when we go on tour, they often come,
02:34 and they do enjoy it.
02:35 They love the craziness, you know,
02:38 their arms in the air and all.
02:40 It's brilliant.
02:41 Let's just go back quickly to when you first started,
02:43 when you were little lads.
02:44 Did you dream of having nine albums?
02:46 Did you dream of all the success?
02:47 No, I mean, we've probably got individual answers,
02:49 but no, I never dreamt of being a pop star or even a singer.
02:53 I've always been a dancer, so I've always performed dancing.
02:57 What about you guys?
02:58 I hope this was my dream from day one.
03:01 It really was, but I never, I mean,
03:03 I don't think any of us could have imagined this
03:06 that's happened, and just how much fun it's been,
03:09 especially the second time round.
03:11 I felt like the first time was a bit of a whirlwind in the '90s,
03:14 but this time round, it's just been, like,
03:17 nights like this, tonight, it's just like a big celebration,
03:21 and we're meeting lots of artists backstage,
03:24 and they're all saying, "Oh, we grew up with your music,"
03:27 and it's just brilliant.
03:28 Does it make you feel a bit awkward?
03:30 [laughter]
03:31 I'm saying, "I loved it, and I was at school."
03:33 No, no, they're bringing their mums in.
03:36 We just met Joel Corey's mum.
03:38 Yeah, his mum came in.
03:40 She said, "I've been to all your shows."
03:43 Of course it's cool.
03:44 Take that 10th album, what are we thinking?
03:47 10th album?
03:48 Oh, God, imagine if we released the 10th album,
03:51 and it went to number one.
03:53 That's a celebration there, right there.
03:55 What are you going to do? What's the celebration?
03:57 Everyone on holiday together?
03:58 No, it's a bit too much, hasn't it?
04:00 [laughter]
04:02 You've got to think, we've spent so much time making the album,
04:04 we don't want to be with each other.
04:06 We have holidayed before, together a few times.
04:08 We have, we have.
04:09 This is one big holiday.
04:12 You guys are the best, we love you so much.
04:14 Our best ever export, I think.
04:16 Aw, thank you.
04:17 Thank you.
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