Once dubbed ‘Britain’s coolest boy’, the Nottingham singer-songwriter is now 30 and about to release his sixth album. Has he enjoyed his 13 years in the limelight? Not exactly …

For the first, rocket-fuelled years of his career, Jake Bugg used to be the youngest person in any room, be it the Mercury prize ceremony or The Graham Norton Show. This summer, it hit home: that was no longer the case.

Bugg was backstage at a festival, chatting with another band on the bill, when they informed him, with the casual brutality of youth, that they had listened to his music when they were at primary school. That was when Bugg realised he was now one of the grownups.