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Una Foden reveals plans to release solo album in 2016 - 'It's very personal to me and I wrote it from the heart'
13:02, 1 JAN 2016
BY MAEVE QUIGLEY
The Tipperary beauty has been in The Saturdays for eight years and will branch out on her own this year


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GettyThe stunning mum has a new project for the next year
The Saturdays singer Una Foden has revealed she will release her first solo record this year.

The stunning star, 34, from Co Tipperary, has been working behind the scenes on her own material and is ready to take
the plunge.

She revealed: “I have been writing it for the last two years and putting it all together.

“I have been working very hard at the album and in 2016 I hope to release it.

“It’s a scary prospect but at the same time it’s really exciting – I have written everything from scratch.”

Mum-of-two Una said she has poured her heart into the songs which mean a lot to her.

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She added: “Every song in the album is very personal to me and I wrote from the heart so I can’t wait to share it with everyone. I really enjoyed it and I loved making it so if people enjoy listening to it as much, then I’ll be very happy.

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“It’s a singer/songwriter album – it’s me and my guitar. I’ve been in The Saturdays for eight years so there are elements of pop in it too and a little bit of country as well.”

Una collaborated with other writers to bring her songs to fruition and got help on some tracks from Amy Wadge who wrote Thinking Out Loud with Ed Sheeran.

And The Voice Of Ireland coach said she might sing one of the tracks on the live shows.

She added: “I would love to do that and there is a possibility if the timing is right.”

But Una’s new record doesn’t mean it’s the end for The Saturdays.

PAUna Foden, Vanessa White, Mollie King, Frankie Bridge and Rochelle Humes, of the Saturdays, attend the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards at One Mayfair in LondonThe Saturdays, Una Foden, Vanessa White, Mollie King, Frankie Bridge and Rochelle Humes
She revealed: “We are doing our own thing and allowing ourselves that time to explore different things.

“We have been together for quite a while so we can afford to take the time out now. We’ll come back together when we feel the time is right.”

Una will be back on The Voice Of Ireland this Sunday at 6.30pm on RTE One when she hopes to find another winner to follow in the footsteps of Patrick Donoghue who has launched his pop career under the name Patrick James.

Una said: “I was very lucky to have talent like Patrick on my team and I worked so well with him – we get on so well.

“I want to make that connection again, I want to look after my team and make them the best they can be.

“I have a really strong team this year again and I have high hopes for them.”

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Una is still working with Patrick and hopes 2016 will be the year his career takes off.

She added: “He’s in London in the studio recording a track we wrote and he is putting the vocals down.

“We met up in the studio for two days and wrote it together – it’s a great track.”

But Una warned those lucky enough to be on The Voice Of Ireland this year the show doesn’t mean automatic success.

She said: “The music industry in general isn’t an easy one to break no matter how talented you are.”

Una also uploaded a video of Aoife dancing (to a song that has been prepped, just no sound unfortunately), so we know there is definitely some Una music on the way! I find it amusing shes been writing for the last two years though, probably when the band were still a thing!