Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Arthur ta biyo baya guda, "Safe Inside", peaked a lamba 31 a kan UK Charts, da kuma na uku guda, "Zan iya zama shi", a lamba 69. A farkon watan Afrilu, an ba da sanarwar cewa zai fara yawon shakatawa na farko a duk faɗin Burtaniya da Ireland tare da ɗan takarar "X Factor" Ella Henderson a matsayin mai tallafawa. A watan da ya biyo baya, Arthur ya yi aiki tare da Machine Gun Kelly a kan waƙar "Go for Broke" daga kundin waƙoƙin Kelly "Bloom", wanda kuma ya zama taken taken WWE na SummerSlam a 2017
Ka yi haƙuri. A wannan watan ne aka sanar da cewa Arthur zai kasance daya daga cikin mawaƙa da aka nuna a kan murfin Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water", wanda aka yi rikodin don tara kuɗi ga waɗanda gobarar Grenfell Tower ta shafa. An saki waƙar a ranar 21 ga Yuni kuma ta ci gaba da shiga jadawalin Burtaniya a lamba 1 bayan kwana biyu. A ranar 20 ga Yuni, 2017, James ya tabbatar a shafin Twitter cewa zai zama baƙon mawaƙi a kan rawar drum n bass na Rudimental "Sun Comes Up", wanda aka saita don fitarwa a ranar 30 ga Yuni. Ya yi waƙar a V Festival tare da rukunin a watan Agusta kuma ya zama wani ɗayan Burtaniya Top 10 guda ɗaya a gare shi. Duk lokacin bazara ya zagaya Amurka da Kanada tare da OneRepublic da Fitz da Tantrums tare da yawon shakatawa wanda ya ƙare a ranar 12 ga Satumba a Texas. Bayan dare biyu sai ya yi aiki tare da Julia Michaels da Kelly Clarkson a Fresh 102.7's Fall Fest a gidan wasan kwaikwayo a Madison Square Garden, New York. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba, an fitar da tarihin rayuwarsa "Komawa ga Yaro", kuma ya yi jerin sa hannu kan littattafai a duk faɗin Burtaniya. Mako guda bayan haka, an sanar da cewa an zabi shi don Kyautar Kiɗa ta Amurka a cikin rukunin 'Sabuwar Mawaki na Shekara'.