Alexandra Burke heading back to ‘poppy’ roots – Music News

Alexandra Burke is drawing on her debut album, ‘Overcome’, as she functions on new new music.

The ‘Bad Boys’ hitmaker – who shot to fame in 2008 following successful the fifth sequence of ‘The X Factor’ – launched her most new collection, ‘The Truth of the matter Is’, back in 2018, but she has long gone back again to her “poppy and upbeat” roots for her following giving.

Talking to the December 2022 challenge of Retro Pop magazine, out now, Alexandra reveals she’s difficult at do the job in the studio on new content, which “harks back” to her initially album.

She explained: “I started out it during lockdown at my property studio and it’s so joyful.

“If it can flip someone’s down day into a day that is constructive and it would make them want to get up and dance, it suggests I have accomplished my career.”

The ‘Hallelujah’ singer added: “It’s so upbeat and poppy and in your experience. I want to give people positive strength and beneficial vibes.”

Alexandra is at the moment celebrating shifting just one million copies of ‘Overcome’ with a deluxe vinyl reissue, because of November 18 on Cooking Vinyl.

The album functions the No. 1 hits ‘Bad Boys’ and ‘Start Without You’, alongside her chart-topping cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ – a observe she originally experienced reservations about recording.

She stated: “When I received given ‘Hallelujah’, I didn’t consider it was for me.

“I called my mum to tell her and she explained, ‘Call me back again when my daughter’s on the phone,’ and hung up.

“After listening to it once more I rang her again and claimed, ‘I’m heading to Whitney-fy this, flip it all over, gospel, I’m gonna go for it,’ and she went, ‘That’s my child’.”

Pursuing its launch, ‘Hallelujah’ landed Alexandra the Xmas No.1 location and she went on to perform with a myriad of stars on her debut LP.

She claimed: “Here’s the issue: You are barely at any time in the studio at the exact same time.

“I under no circumstances received the probability to meet Pitbull, for illustration, but I in no way thought in my wildest goals that I’d get to do the job with persons like him, as well as all these enormous producers.

“I did get to know Ne-Yo well. When I noticed him last yr at the Satisfaction of Britain Awards, the initially factor I mentioned to him was, ‘Babe, we have to reconnect and collaborate all over again or do something’. He was like, ‘Yes, let’s do it’. Then I fell expecting and it in no way happened, but it will transpire, by the grace of God, if he’s bought time and I have bought time. I would unquestionably make time to work with Ne-Yo yet again for the reason that he’s wonderful’.”

Another star she invested time with adhering to their powerhouse duet on ‘The X Factor’ is Beyoncé, who available her some words of wisdom as she recorded tracks at Jay-Z’s studio.

Alexandra recalled: “She was so lovely and supportive, and she gave me suggestions about specified tracks and about getting an artist. Her biggest issue was, ‘Enjoy the process.'”

The December 2022 difficulty of Retro Pop journal is out now, head to retropopmagazine.com.