{"id":3207,"date":"2011-08-09T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2011-08-09T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T09:21:00","slug":"natasha-bedingfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/08\/natasha-bedingfield\/","title":{"rendered":"NATASHA BEDINGFIELD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NATASHA<\/h1>\n

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD<\/h1>\n

Building relationships through the power of positive songwriting<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI am quite pessimistic\u2014that\u2019s\u00a0why my music is the opposite,\u201d Natasha Bedingfield says with a laugh. \u201cI need music to help me get through things.\u201d The English singer and songwriter sure makes a convincing optimist. Her latest release, Strip Me<\/em>, is so chock full of uptempo grooves and sunny lyrical nuggets that it comes on as the musical equivalent of a Deepak Chopra seminar. Since making a splash with her breakthrough single \u201cUnwritten\u201d in 2004, Bedingfield has sold millions of albums while landing Grammy and Brit Award nominations. She took time out from rehearsals for an upcoming world tour to chat about how music helps her to look on the bright side of life.<\/p>\n

Describe the new record.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s more an outward-focused album, and less navel-gazing than my last stuff. It\u2019s not so much about my own issues as the human struggle that we all go through, the way life pulls you down. It really is hard to have hope in life. There are many things that make me feel disillusioned. I can\u2019t help it. So the only way I can keep going is to have\u00a0hope and to have faith, because what else do we have?<\/p>\n

Is pessimism a British trait?<\/strong><\/p>\n

British people are really self-deprecating, that\u2019s true. (laughs<\/em>) It\u2019s like Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh<\/em>. \u201cOh, it\u2019s a really nice day but it\u2019ll probably rain tomorrow.\u201d It\u2019s that idea of, don\u2019t get your hopes up, because you\u2019ll be disappointed if you do.<\/p>\n

What sound were you looking for?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I tried to put more space in the songs, to keep it simpler and have less things going on. That\u2019s part of the title Strip Me<\/em>.\u00a0I wanted to strip away the unnecessary\u00a0stuff and the gimmicks that you hear so much in pop, and really accept who I am.\u00a0And accept simplicity, because that sometimes says more than trying\u00a0to show off.<\/p>\n

Why do you tend to work with multiple producers on each album? <\/strong><\/p>\n

When I\u2019m writing a song, I sing it the day I\u2019ve written it and that\u2019s the vocal that we use. The person that I write with, we normally end up producing the song together, because there\u2019s a magic that we capture there. If we had waited to do it with another producer, it\u00a0might not have the same feel. But I\u2019m the executive producer who ties everything together, so I think my albums still have a consistent sound.<\/p>\n

What motivates you to make music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What really gets me off is connecting with people and communicating. I love when someone gets it<\/em>. So when I write a song, I\u2019m tapping into a creative space, but I\u2019m also thinking about the people who are going to listen to it. It\u2019s not like musical wanking, where it\u2019s just me and the music. I want to share it. So I\u2019m thinking about how to best translate it for people. I love that feeling when people sing along with me.<\/p>\n

What are your hopes for this album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to keep building an intimate relationship with the fans. I\u2019ve had a lot of people take my songs, and then they become something personal to them. They\u2019ll say, \u201cThat helped me write a book,\u201d or \u201cThat was my daughter\u2019s favorite song, and she died, and that reminds me of her.\u201d Music is this amazing language and it becomes very personal to people. As a writer, it\u2019s not even yours anymore. You give it away, and you never know where it will end up and what effect it will\u00a0have on people.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u2013Bill DeMain<\/strong><\/p>\n


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