EXCLUSIVE: Marvin Humes sat down with Olivia Dean for her first radio interview of 2026

Following on from Olivia Dean's amazing wins at this year's BRIT Awards, where she picked up the highly-coveted British Album of the Year for 'The Art of Loving', along with three other BRIT Awards, she joined Marvin Humes for an EXCLUSIVE chat on Hits Radio.

During the first week of Marvin's new show on Hits Radio, he and Olivia spoke about her influences growing up, her upcoming tour, a third album, and which reality TV show she could see herself taking part in.

They also spoke about her experience at The BRIT Awards 2026, having previously attended in 2016 when she attended BRIT School, which are produced several famous artists including Adele, RAYE and and Jessie J.

Watch the full interview with Olivia Dean below:

What reality TV show would Olivia Dean take part in?

Chatting to Marvin, Olivia revealed that she's taken up a new hobby. The singer has decided to have salsa lessons, explaining: "I've been doing salsa lessons recently.

"Just learning a new skill that's completely separate from my music and still in music, but not that like, I don't know, I'm trying to do anything with it."

However, when Marvin asked if we'll be seeing her doing any salsa moves in her music videos, she immediately said: "No!" Before continuing: "Well, you know what, never say never."

This led Marvin on to ask if she would consider taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, to which she replied: "I actually would… Don't... I actually would," however it was a different story for I'm a Celeb, as it was a definite "No!", despite Marvin's encouragement speaking from his experience in the jungle a few years ago.

Olivia's influences growing up

The 'Man I Need' singer admitted she loves a bit of Usher at the moment but growing up her influences were Lauryn Hill, Carole King and Amy Winehouse, she went on to explain: "I just, I love music. I think I just, as long as it's a good song and the lyrics are good and it comes from somewhere, I probably like it."

These days, she's a fangirl of Beyoncé, Solange, Rihanna and anyone "that just is kind of unapologetically themselves.

"I admire those people, Diana Ross as well," she continued, saying: "I think that she is someone that I've always looked to for style inspiration."

Olivia at The BRIT Awards 2016 vs 2026

Olivia stormed the BRIT Awards in 2026 picking up four awards, but a decade ago she was watching the show from the pit. Remembering the night 10 years ago, she told Marvin: "That night (The BRITs) was just so surreal. Like the year that I went in 2016, it was like when Rihanna and Drake performed.

"And I remember being in the pit, I think Little Mix performed as well, and I was like, this is unreal. And so to think, 10 years later that I would get, a BRIT is just... it's crazy.

"And I think I would just tell that version of myself just to keep going. Just keep going, even in the times where you're just like, have no clue what I'm doing or this feels difficult or it's not working."

Things were very different this year, with the singer performing 'Man I Need' on stage, and picking up her awards. She told how she met fellow performer Robbie Williams backstage and he was "lovely".

"He's so lovely," she told Marvin. "And like he really came over and was just like, are you OK? And I had a lovely chat with him, so I was pretty starstruck."

"I also saw like Rosalía in the corridor and I was like, oh my god, Rosalía. And I was like, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god."

'The Art of Loving Live' tour

Later this month, Olivia will be embarking on her 'The Art of Loving Live' tour, starting in Glasgow on 22nd April 2026, the singer revealed how she wants her fans to feel "warmth and togetherness" after her show, however maybe also a bit emotional.

She explained to Marvin: "I think we're going to go on a bit of an emotional journey, but I think the feeling that I want you to feel is just warmth and togetherness.

"I want people to feel like they can come and sing along, do you know what I mean?

"And dance, but maybe also cry. Just get it all out."

Her third album

Olivia has already released two albums, her debut album 'Messy' was released on 30th June 2023, followed by 'The Art of Loving', out on 26th September 2025, which shot straight to Number 1 in the UK charts.

When Marvin asked if there was another album on the way, she admitted: "To be honest, I'm really in tour (mode). Like I'm really trying to stay in the world of 'The Art of Loving' and thinking about building the show and elaborating on the songs in that way."

Although she explained: "I'm always writing in my mind in some capacity. But yeah, I will make another album. I might as well."

She also revealed earlier in the interview that she had a lot of songs that didn't make it onto her latest album, admitting: "There was definitely loads of songs that didn't make the album, but I might still do something with them. I don't know."

How to listen to the interview in full

You can listen to the full interview of Olivia Dean chatting to Marvin Humes on Rayo.

How to listen to Marvin Humes on Hits Radio

You can listen Marvin every weekday between 1pm and 4pm on Hits Radio. You can listen to him across the UK on FM, DAB, online, downloading the free Rayo app and through your Smart Speaker.

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