Interview With Channel 4 Music

stinky · Trimis: 04/11/2008 15:18 Titlul subiectului: Interview With Channel 4 Music

Hello Leona. We didn't get much warning we were going to be speaking to you today. Did you just wake up and think, "I'd like to talk to a website"?

Yeah, I get that urge every now and then.

Well we're glad you did. How are you anyway, are you coping with the cold weather?

Not very well. I like it cold, when there's a blue sky but when it's grey and rainy it's not nice.

It's definitely hat weather. Are you a hat person?

I love hats. I've got one on today that's inspired by my granddad; it's a flatcap kind of thing. They've got those massive tea-cosy hats in H&M now, they're quite cool.

They make our head look weird. We're gearing up for a miserable winter, what with the cold and the recession and all. What would be Leona's top tips for happiness?

I'd say, top tip number one would be family. For me, getting your friends or family around for a nice meal and just having a laugh with them makes me happy.
Going to the cinema always makes me happy, to see a comedy. The last good film I saw was Eagle Eye, it's not a comedy it's a thriller. Shia LaBeouf was really good in it.
And I'd say, just doing things you really enjoy doing. Like, I enjoy horseriding. When I've got downtime I just go to the stables and ride.

You opened a shopping centre in Shepherds Bush, the other day. Did that make you feel like the Queen?

Ha ha! A little bit yeah. It is a bit weird. Boris Johnson was there and I felt a bit out of place. But I am a bit of a shopaholic so for me it was the perfect venue because I was surrounded by loads of lovely shops. It was good to sing there.
It's definitely worth a visit, it's such a spectacle. There's everything you could ever need, you don't have to leave. You could live there.

Shepherds Bush is mostly full of shouting tramps. Aren't they just going to congregate outside Prada now?

That would be quite a sight, I think I'd like to see that.

What's the best way to deal with a shouting tramp?

I really don't know. I don't go to Shepherds Bush much, though I do live in Hackney. No, I'm joking!

It's ok, we've been there. We should probably talk about your new single. We'd like our review to be quoted on the sticker they put on the front. What do we have to say to make this happen?

Um... "the best thing since sliced bread." Hah, hah, hah! I'd like you to say that it's really good and that people will really enjoy it! The single is uplifting and about someone who has moved on from a relationship and isn't getting down on it but having fun with it. It's different from stuff that I've done because it's very up tempo. It's produced by Akon, who's put a lot of good energy into it. I like him, he's cool.

He owns a diamond mine, you know?

Does he? He's from Africa and had a properly hard time growing up. I didn't know that until I started to work with him. Someone coming from such poverty to do what he's done is incredible.

Are the world's best songwriters now competing to be on your next album?

I have got quite a few songwriters submitting songs but the main thing for me is actually to work with people rather than be given songs. I'm getting in the studio with a few writers from my last album like Ryan Tedder and Claude Kelly, as well as new people. I'm going for more of a live sound on the next album, which is very exciting.

Is there anyone you want to work with who we might be able to help put you in touch with? We know someone who knows Jarvis Cocker. He'd be good.

Ah... Stevie Wonder and David Bowie. So if you could hook that up I'd be really happy. I know Bowie worked a bit with Scarlett Johanssen.

That's probably just because he fancied her. Not that he wouldn't fancy you, of course...

Maybe. Hah, hah, hah. To work with him would be amazing.

We interviewed Enrique Iglesias the other day. He has a very dirty sense of humour.

Really? I would not expect that.

He was like a heterosexual Graham Norton. But can you answer the question he failed to, which was: what's your favourite chair?

Oh wow. A chair next to Nelson Mandela. It was in a hotel near Hyde Park. I got my picture taken with him. There was also Will Smith and the Sugababes but I got to sit right next to him, so I was really chuffed with that.

We have to go and get some soup out of the microwave now but if we interview you again in ten years time, what will we chat about?

I hope we'll still be talking about music, not that we did much of that today! And touring and live shows. Not rehab! We'll be talking about my ten albums and my lifetime achievement award!

The way things are going, you'll be getting that next year. Thanks Leona, wrap up warm.
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sugar mama · Trimis: 05/11/2008 09:12 Titlul subiectului: Re: Interview With Channel 4 Music