United Kingdom, April 7 -- Sam Fender feels "an element of guilt" about his success.

The 30-year-old singer has achieved impressive success over recent years, but Sam feels awkward that his childhood friends haven't enjoyed the same good fortune.

Sam - who comes from a working-class background in North Shields, north-east England - tole People: "I don't feel a disconnect. I feel like I'm the exact same person.

"I feel I'm still that kid a lot of the time, and I think that being that kid doesn't necessarily lend itself well to the life that I have now . There's an element of guilt that comes with [success]. There's the fact that most of the people that I know back home are still very much struggling to f****** pay their bills and feed t...