JLS have kept special gift from Jay-Z for 15 years
JLS star Aston Merrygold has revealed that his bandmate JB Gill still owns a champagne bottle that Jay-Z gifted the group when they were partying to celebrate a double award win at the 2010 BRITs.
JLS star JB Gill still owns a champagne bottle that was gifted to the group 15 years ago by Jay-Z at the BRIT Awards, his bandmate Aston Merrygold has revealed.
The quartet - comprised of Aston, JB, Oritsé Williams and Marvin Humes - won the Best Breakthrough and Best British Single prizes for Beat Again at the 2010 BRITs and Aston, 37, has spilled that the boys partied hard to celebrate their success and the iconic rapper was sending them drinks all through the night at the after-party.
Speaking to Luke Hamnett on The Red Carpet Treatment - On The Road presented by Mastercard podcast, he said: “I've never, ever partied like that. It was absolutely rammed. Jay-Z was at the opposite end of the room. He was just there sending us drinks, all sorts.”
Asked what he sent them, Aston replied: “Cristal - JB still has the bottle.”
Aston released his solo single Grateful in September and while the track has become his "story", he revealed it was initially written with Rihanna in mind to provide the vocals.
He said: “We were actually on Rihanna camp at the time, which is where you write songs to pitch for Rihanna. And just try and get Bad Girl Riri to come out and release the music. We actually had a later session and we ended up writing Grateful and it just kind of turned into, I suppose, my story.”
Elsewhere on the podcast, Aston revealed that a new solo album could be in the works, and he would like to deliver a record to make his loyal fans happy.
Asked what's next for him, Aston - whose only solo LP to date was 2017's Precious - said: “I'm being pestered at the minute by a lot of my fans and followers that haven't had an album from me yet. I'm just a single machine, apparently. So maybe something like that.
"But yeah, I'm definitely going to be back on the road next year, which I'm very excited about.
"And then I'm diving more into the acting world as well, which is lovely.
"I have just finished a West End Run of 101 Dalmations and last year I did Wizard of Oz, yeah.”
Check out the seventh episode of The Red Carpet Treatment - On The Road Presented by Mastercard with Aston Merrygold HERE
It is available to atch in full on YouT be or across @BRITs social channels.
