 HE'S risen to superstar status in just two years, but still Will Young keeps his feet firmly on the ground. Alun Prichard talks to him about singing, stardom and, er, wearing Speedos AT breakfast his face looks back from the telly as he chats amiably with Lorraine Kelly, then his voice fills the car on the way to work, and in the canteen his glossy smile seems so broad it almost breaks out of the magazine. There is no escaping Will Young at the moment. With the release of his new single Friday's Child this week, Will's on the promotional trail, which could explain why he is nine hours late for the interview. Instead of the planned chat straight after GMTV, we do not speak until his single has been played on morning, lunchtime, afternoon and drive-time radio. But Will is not playing the big star, there are simply too many demands on his time. The moment he finally snatches just eight free minutes in his day to speak from a Soho cafe, he is accosted by a fan eager for a word and a picture. Rather than cut short the interview or deny the fan, Will tries to placate both by posing for a photo and conducting the interview at the same time. After a sincere apology for the wait he is immediately chatty as he denies that he has become starry. "I have kind of pop star moments which I quite enjoy, but if they happened all the time I wouldn't enjoy them," he says in a voice distinctly Will yet higher pitched than expected. "I mean, I've got to fly in a helicopter to one of the shows, and I call that my pop star moment." Then he jokes about the size of his entourage which, as Top Of The Pops producers attest, usually denotes the size of the star or their ego. "I don't think mine is challenging Jennifer Lopez's yet - maybe one day. I think we can probably stretch to assistant stylist at some stage. But no, I don't have a massive entourage." He may enjoy some of the trappings of pop success but Will is a rare thing in the industry - his own man. "Maybe just recently I've been going through a bit of a time when I have found that hard to hang on to - a bit of individuality and what it's like to be me - but I think that happens to everybody. Aged 25 it's a bit like going through teenage years again, but it's all part of the test isn't it? You've just got to keep going." It does become apparent that Will sees much of the business as a test, which explains how he has come across as relaxed and in control from his first appearance on our TV screens. | 
