Musical Career
At 14, Fletcher began writing music commercially. He originally auditioned for Busted, but lost out on the place to Charlie Simpson after the record label Island decided the band should be a trio rather than a four-piece; Fletcher states that he was in the band "for approximately 24-hours." Though the record label decided against offering Fletcher a place in Busted, they were intrigued by his songwriting talents and invited him to join Busted member (and already accomplished songwriter) James Bourne on the band's songwriting team. Fletcher has since stated that it was Bourne who taught him how to "properly" structure songs, and how to "come up with good, poppy melodies."
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