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Posted by: Red Blooded Man 15th September 2017, 02:00 AM
https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/international/dido-is-back-in-the-studio-11215079
Can anyone confirm this !? I cannot be more excited !! 
Posted by: Hayzayy 15th September 2017, 09:00 AM
I never "stanned" for her and was never interested in her life or gossip, but she's definitely my favourite recording artist ever. Her albums are gems, all of them, so YES PLEASE. 
"Life for rent" is my favourite album ever, and "Safe trip home" isn't far behind.
Posted by: T Boy 15th September 2017, 05:07 PM
I love me some Dido, hope she's recording 
Posted by: Adelina555 15th September 2017, 05:49 PM
Wait some good music!
Posted by: pippa 15th September 2017, 06:24 PM
I have always enjoyed Dido, but i cant see her having a hit again and i fear her album will struggle to sell 50,000.
Posted by: StillJupiter 15th September 2017, 06:29 PM
Wonder what direction she'll go this time. Hoping for some Ellie Goulding-esque dark dance tunes, even if it's only a few among other genres.
Ideally it won't be another pure acoustic folky album that's nothing like her first two.
Posted by: Bjork 16th September 2017, 06:41 PM
Oh it says new album in 2018 and shes back to the Life for rent sound
Source is the always reliable The Sun though 
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 16th September 2017, 06:53 PM
I absolutely loved 'End Of Night' from her last era. That's about the only thing I've taken notice of from her since Life For Rent though.
Posted by: Regina 16th September 2017, 09:44 PM
You might wanna check out Blackbird and the title track from the Girl Who Got Away era if you liked End of Night. Both similar sounding.
Posted by: Bjork 17th September 2017, 01:32 PM
The Day Before the Day from album 3 is her best song ever imho,
I believe it's about her father's death. Maybe it's just me projecting a similar situation from my life, but I think she is telling how she didn't get to say goodbye or even see her dad on the day he died.
that last verse that goes
"I didn't get to say goodbye the day before the day
Was trying to get to work on time that's why I turned away
And missed the most important thing you ever tried to say
I've lived my life without regret until today"
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 17th September 2017, 04:24 PM
"Let us move on" is far stronger in my opinion and it should've been the lead single.
Posted by: Regina 17th September 2017, 04:32 PM
I believe it's about her father's death. Maybe it's just me projecting a similar situation from my life, but I think she is telling how she didn't get to say goodbye or even see her dad on the day he died.
that last verse that goes
"I didn't get to say goodbye the day before the day
Was trying to get to work on time that's why I turned away
And missed the most important thing you ever tried to say
I've lived my life without regret until today"
I adore this song
I think a lot of Safe Trip Home dealt with his death, Grafton Street is another one that is really emotional.
Posted by: Hayzayy 17th September 2017, 07:47 PM
True !
"Day Before We Went to War" on the last album is also a gem in the same genre.
Posted by: Regina 17th September 2017, 07:52 PM
Most of the last album was a masterpiece tbh.
Posted by: Hayzayy 17th September 2017, 08:06 PM
I'm glad to hear some love for her on here, I thought everyone would hate on her
Posted by: Martyn 17th September 2017, 08:15 PM
My friend once said that "I used to like her, sadly Dido lost it." So I put in the quotes section on Facebook "Dido lost it"- to quote Emma. Sadly she got angry about this and kept coming into my room and hitting me until I deleted it (I lived with her). It was replaced by "There was never a quote here".
Sadly I can't think of Dido and not laugh/cry about the above.
Posted by: Spiceboy 17th September 2017, 11:57 PM
Ah I do like a bit of Dido. Not a huge fan but she has a nice voice and there are some nice tracks on her albums. She really left it far too long between the second and third album, huge mistake really. 
Posted by: Bjork 18th September 2017, 06:22 AM
but I think Dido didn't care, she didn't wanna be a super star so it was a concious decision to go low-key from album 3 on...
Dido always gets a lot of hate in forums but it's totally undeserved
One thing that I like is that most of her best songs are co-writes with Rick Nowels, who ended up being Lana del Rey's cowriter too
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 18th September 2017, 02:03 PM
All of her albums are masterpiece tbh.
Posted by: T Boy 12th May 2018, 05:17 PM
Bumping because this article has arisen
BMG has signed Dido ahead of the release of her fifth studio album in early 2019.
The British artist’s previous long-standing record deal was with Sony Music.
Over the course of a 20-year career, Dido has sold more than 30 million albums, the first of which were two of the biggest-sellers of all time.
The new album will be released worldwide by BMG. Dido co-wrote and co-produced it with her brother and fellow BMG artist Rollo Armstrong of Faithless.
BMG UK President Repertoire & Marketing Alistair Norbury said: “We are thrilled to partner with Dido for her new album.
“She is the quintessential BMG artist; an international icon who is returning after five years with an outstanding record.
“Dido has the rare ability to combine an art sensibility and a distinctive viewpoint on contemporary issues with infectious melodies which touch millions.
“Her new album will be one of the music highlights of 2019.”
Dido said: “I couldn’t be happier to sign to BMG, their enthusiasm and passion for the record was evident from day one.”
Dido recorded her first demos in 1995, before making tracks with Rollo and Faithless.
Her debut album Life For Rent (1999) has sold more than 22m copies worldwide, reaching No.1 in eight countries, including the UK and France, and No.2 on the US Billboard 200.
It featured the single, ‘Thank You’, which was sampled in the worldwide No.1 hit ‘Stan’ by Eminem.
Dido’s second album, Life For Rent, was released in 2003 sold over 12m copies globally. It spawned the worldwide hit and Ivor Novello award-winning single ‘White Flag’.
Her following albums Safe Trip Home (2008) and Girl Who Got Away (2014) featured collaborations with Brian Eno, A.R. Rahman and Kendrick Lamar.
2019 tho 
Posted by: Spiceboy 13th May 2018, 09:30 AM
Sloppy article again. So both her first and second albums were called Life For Rent?
Posted by: pippa 14th May 2018, 02:33 PM
I cant see Dido having any huge success when she does release as her singles most likely will be ignored by radio and will achieve minimum streaming.
Dido is likely looking at a 100k selling album.
Posted by: Jüpiter 14th May 2018, 02:59 PM
She could quite well be a big album seller again if she goes in a good direction. The trip hop/lounge influence on her first two made them really versatile, when she went full acoustic that was lessened a bit I've always felt.
Posted by: Atonement 15th May 2018, 05:13 PM
I believe it's about her father's death. Maybe it's just me projecting a similar situation from my life, but I think she is telling how she didn't get to say goodbye or even see her dad on the day he died.
that last verse that goes
"I didn't get to say goodbye the day before the day
Was trying to get to work on time that's why I turned away
And missed the most important thing you ever tried to say
I've lived my life without regret until today"
I always thought the song was about suicide. The second verse alludes to that in my opinion.
''Wakes me every single night, thinking through the day
Did you stop at any time, have doubts at any stage?
Were you calm or were you numb, or happy just to get it done?
Well I've lived my life without regret, until today''
Beautiful song.
Posted by: Hayzayy 16th May 2018, 09:56 AM
This is making my day ! Any news about a new album are more than welcome, and this seems like a confirmation so HAPPY NEWS !
Can't wait for 2019
Posted by: Bjork 16th May 2018, 10:32 AM
great, wish it was in 2018 though
Posted by: Jordan Lee 24th September 2018, 12:41 AM
I NEEED new Dido music so much. An absolute favorite of mine. Probably my all time British female.
Posted by: Bjork 10th November 2018, 03:35 PM
album is called Still On My Mind
Posted by: T Boy 10th November 2018, 04:54 PM
Early 2019 is too far away! I want it now!
Posted by: Atonement 10th November 2018, 05:59 PM
She always has long breaks between albums but I think this is the biggest yet.
Posted by: T Boy 10th November 2018, 06:15 PM
That title is so me. I can’t wait for this ageless Queen to return. It’ll have been 6 years since her last album.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 11th November 2018, 10:53 PM
Amazing news we now have a name.
I can’t wait for new Dido music 
Posted by: liamk97 12th November 2018, 01:54 PM
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/dido-announces-new-album-still-on-my-mind-and-first-uk-and-ireland-tour-in-15-years__24704/:
12 November 2018 | By Rob Copsey
The singer returns with her first album in six years in 2019.
Dido has announced details of her new album and details of her first tour in 15 years.
The London born singer-songwriter will release her fifth album Still On My Mind on March 8 2019. A song from the collection, called Hurricanes, is out to download and stream now.
The record is Dido's first studio album in six years, since 2013's Number 5-peaking Girl Who Got Away. Look back at Dido's complete Official UK Chart history here.
It's been even longer since Dido went out on the road; but she's fixing that with the announcement of her first tour in 15 years. The shows kick off in Prague on May 4 and reaches the UK and Ireland on May 26, taking in Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester and London. Tickets go on sale on November 16.
Dido's first two albums, 1999's No Angel and 2003's Life For Rent, are among the UK's biggest studio albums of all time. No Angel's combined sales stand at 3.09 million, while Life For Rent is on 2.9 million. Check out the UK's biggest studio albums of all time.
Dido's UK and Ireland tour dates
May 26 - Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
May 27 - Dublin, Olympia Theatre
May 29 - Manchester, Albert Hall
May 30 - London, Roundhouse
Posted by: Bjork 12th November 2018, 03:01 PM
listening now
so Dido
love her, this is pure Dido and she doesn't need collabs with Guetta, Rudimental and CG or songs written by Ed Sheehan like 99% of the female pop singers out there
Posted by: T Boy 12th November 2018, 06:17 PM
Having a date is going to make the wait much easier.
An interesting song, I think I’m going to love it, certainly need a few more listens though!
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 13th November 2018, 04:48 PM
so Dido
love her, this is pure Dido and she doesn't need collabs with Guetta, Rudimental and CG or songs written by Ed Sheehan like 99% of the female pop singers out there
Well she did a collab with Armin Van Buuren a few years ago though it wasn't for the purpose of ruling the chart.
I like the new single, it's just so Dido as you said. Wish the tour could come somewhere close to Hong Kong.
Posted by: SweetButJonjo👻 13th November 2018, 05:09 PM
Now we have a title, I've made the thread name more appealing to the forum 
Posted by: Rosemary 🔪 13th November 2018, 05:21 PM
An interesting song, I think I’m going to love it, certainly need a few more listens though!
I’m in the same boat. Now feeling the need to revisit her earlier material to gear up for this album!
Incidentally yesterday I left work with "White Flag" randomly in my head and then found she had a brand new single later that evening by coincidence.
Another random thought... I wonder how "Walk On Water" by Eminem would’ve sounded with Dido featuring instead. I wonder if they could reunite for a "Stan" quality collab again one day.
Posted by: ___∆___ 17th November 2018, 12:23 AM
Lots of formats (CD, Vinyl, Cassette etc.,) and signed bundles now available from her official store
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 18th November 2018, 04:31 PM
She would need heaps of promotion to be re-introduced to the public.
Posted by: Bjork 19th November 2018, 10:55 AM
don't think her aim is to have a hit single/album
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 19th November 2018, 04:14 PM
No point in putting out the album that the public isn't aware of it... I don't think she's got a name recognition but people need to know that she is releasing an album.
Besides, BMG is good at doing heritage artists, just look at Rick Astley and Kylie.
Posted by: Bjork 19th November 2018, 04:44 PM
Im sure Dido is not interested in playing the big game, its was apparent from album 3 on
Posted by: T Boy 19th November 2018, 05:55 PM
I imagine Dido is so rich that she makes albums for herself and her fans only. All her fans will know she’s releasing.
Posted by: Conderella 29th November 2018, 08:43 AM
Wow, Hurricanes is absolutely amazing. *.*
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 29th November 2018, 02:07 PM
A beautiful but a slightly haunting video...
Posted by: Spiceboy 29th November 2018, 10:29 PM
So I love the bit where the music really goes up in hurricanes, but the parts with her singing are dreadfully dull. It's not White Flag or Life for Rent
Posted by: Rosemary 🔪 29th November 2018, 11:18 PM
I'm finding it to be a slow burner, not sure how long I'll be giving it a chance for though. It's pretty atmospheric and it builds -- it just takes a while -- definitely needs repeat listens.
Posted by: slowdown73 4th December 2018, 12:27 AM
Loving ‘hurricane’!
Posted by: Bjork 11th December 2018, 12:49 PM
Dido confirmed that Hurricanes is just a buzz track
and that the lead single is called Give You Up
From the press release:
Give You Up is a delicate ballad about recovering from a lost love affair.
<3
Posted by: Jordan Lee 11th December 2018, 02:12 PM
I’m so ready for new Dido music!!
There’s something about her songwriting and the production what just makes me imagine I’ve went through all these things what have never even happened to me 
That lead single by the description sounds amazing.
I also appreciate her so much because she takes so long to release so I’m definitely appreciating this as she’ll disappear for 5 years after next year. 
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 11th December 2018, 03:00 PM
While I know it does not matter chart-wise, I hope "Give you up" would somewhat resemble White Flag.
Posted by: Bjork 15th December 2018, 01:17 PM
press release:
Still On My Mind wafts in like a beautiful breeze, a chilled out tumble of sadness and joy, melancholy and bliss. That familiar voice is fully present, soft, intimate and delightfully conversational, caressing melodies over a subtle flow of beats, with an aching catch that tugs at the heart strings.
She was the girl who got away. But after five years of silence, Dido is back.
Dido Armstrong made two of the best-selling albums in British chart history. No Angel still remains the top-selling debut by a British female artist worldwide. The chilled out singer-songwriter notched up over forty million album sales across her career. “There wasn’t really an intention to walk away from music,” she insists. “I’m not a very intentional person. I've never been good at the big picture. I'm not good at next week, I'm not good at next year. But I'm brilliant at today! I know what I'm enjoying in the moment.”
Dido’s titanic success swept her away. It started when she was a backing singer with her brother Rollo’s band Faithless. She toured in support of their 1996 debut album all the way through to the release of her own debut in 1998. No Angel’s success was slow burning, growing and growing to eventually become the bestselling album of 2001. All that time Dido was on the road, through the phenomenal Life For Rent in 2003, all the way to performing to a TV audience of billions at Live8 in 2005. “I toured for nine years straight. And then I just stopped.” It was time for Dido to catch up with her own life.
Safe Trip Home was released in 2008, with a more acoustic and orchestral ambience. “I love that record. It has stood the test of time for me,” she says. But Dido chose not to go back on tour to promote it. “I was sort of coming down the mountain back home, and it was a real moment of liberation when I realised I could just make music, and the people who want to hear it will find it for themselves.”
She got married in 2008 and a son, Stanley, was born in 2011. Dido went on to release one more album, Girl Who Got Away, in 2013, but once again opted not to take it on the road. “The last album was a bit of a blur. I’d sung all the songs while I was pregnant. It was lovely, and I wanted people to hear it, so eventually I put it out. And then I thought I just wanna hang out with my kid, you know. And that was the only real thought for a long time.”
Dido’s return has been as much of a surprise to her as it will be to her fans. “To be honest, this album was almost accidental. I woke up one morning and thought I just want to work with my brother, Rollo. It’s why I got into this in the first place. We’re great together, I enjoy the company and we are so in sync. And in between having a lovely time hanging out with his family and walking the dogs, talking about music and the world, this album just sort of happened.”
Opening track Hurricanes is a mesmerising evocation of the enduring power of everyday domestic love, artfully blending Dido’s intimate songwriting with a mellifluous torrent of beats. “Because I come from a club background, I find it very inspiring to create an atmosphere and sort of tease a song from it. I spend a huge amount of time messing about, creating backing tracks that conjure up images. It’s like watching a movie in your mind and that becomes a song.” You Don’t Need A God is a gentle anthem to the power of music.
Give You Up is a delicate ballad about recovering from a lost love affair.
A key song, for Dido, was Have To Stay, in which she was able to articulate a mother’s love for her child without over-sentimentalising. “I'm writing in a new way I think. I guess when you have a child you slightly go into another dimension ... from which you might never return.”
For a long time, Dido felt she had nothing more to add to her oeuvre. “What I write about are little moments of conflict, I think. There is always light and dark to it. But when you have a kid there is no conflict, you just love them and want to protect them and hang out with them. And I think that got in the way of writing for a while” Have To Say, though, almost spontaneously emerged from conflicted feelings, thinking about a time when her love for her child would mean one day in the future having to let them go.
The song had a powerful impact on people she played it too. “It’s very funny, everyone who has a kid cries a little. There's been grown men sitting in the room sobbing.” After she wrote it, Dido couldn’t stop writing. “The floodgates opened and it was like everything came back. It stirred up a lot of emotions. I had a lot of things I felt strongly about. I'm really proud of the songs.”
Things have changed for female musicians since Dido first broke through. “It used to be like ‘oh, you're not going to get played on the radio ‘cos there's already two females being played today. I mean I literally heard those words come out of someone's mouth. Now, I think the only thing that matters is if you’ve got a voice that resonates and stirs up emotion. That’s the key. There’s a lot of great singers around now, male and female.” She looks at streaming as a positive development too. “Fans are able to choose what they love and sort of take control in a way, and not just be force fed. I think that's really liberating , it puts the onus on an artist to make every song count, to make it something that people would actually want to listen to.”
With just a hint of trepidation, Dido is even looking forward to touring again. “I love this album. It’s been an absolutely magical experience making it. And I want people to hear it. So I think it’s time to go out there again.” She admits that her “natural environment” is “in the studio writing songs” and “I am a little bit nervous about going on stage again. It’s been 15 years since I played a big show. But I think it will be fun. There’s a lot of songs that people will know and enjoy. I have nothing but great memories of singing Thank You for instance. When you are singing, and everyone is singing along, that is the ultimate feeling in a live show, there is no better thing”.
Still On My Mind is only Dido’s fifth album in 20 years. And it is right up there with her best work. “I wanted to capture the feeling I still get from listening to music,” she explains. “Just that rush, like you just don't need anything more than this. I've lived a life which is just music. I hear melodies in my head. Music is comfort, it is excitement, it's everything, and it is always there for me.”
Posted by: Bjork 15th December 2018, 01:20 PM
and nice interview here
https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/dido-interview-2018-still-on-my-mind-a3996876.html
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 16th December 2018, 03:22 AM
Nice interview, thank you for posting! Really can't wait for her new album...
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 19th December 2018, 01:14 PM
According to her Facebook page, the video for "Give you up" is being filmed and she uploaded a very small snippet of a song (acoustic version) which sounds brilliant...
Posted by: Bjork 20th December 2018, 08:13 AM
hope she releases the video before the album
in the last 2 album campaign, the videos were always way too late
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 21st December 2018, 05:37 AM
She's just dropped another single and sounds absolutely fantastic
Posted by: Bjork 21st December 2018, 07:05 AM
it's a Grat, but sounds amazing!
Posted by: Christmasteve201 21st December 2018, 08:20 AM
has she gotten any playlist support for any of these releases yet?
Posted by: Bjork 21st December 2018, 08:23 AM
no support yet
but we've got a buzz track and a Grat so far
the proper lead single is coming soon
she's on the same label as Kylie, so can we expect real promo 
and cassettes probably too
Posted by: Christmasteve201 21st December 2018, 08:33 AM
Probably will be unveiled in January sometime!
Imagine she got a legendary spot on the brits or something lok
Posted by: Bjork 21st December 2018, 09:27 AM
not sure cannot see Dido promoting ala Kylie
Posted by: Conderella 21st December 2018, 01:19 PM
Okay this one also gorgeous but I still cannot get over how fabulous Hurricanes is.
Queen is back.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 21st December 2018, 02:13 PM
I don't see her in a hectic promotion schedule like Kylie, maybe that's why they want to focus on the tour?
Posted by: Atonement 24th December 2018, 12:00 PM
When I first heard 'Friends' I thought ''well this is pleasant but that's it''. But it's actually really addictive. I always love it when she flirts with dance beats. I wish the instrumental break before the last chorus would be a bit longer.
Posted by: Siôn Corn 24th December 2018, 12:18 PM
Friends is amazing! Cannot wait for this album!
Posted by: Jordan Lee 26th December 2018, 01:06 AM
I see her promoting slightly more than she did for the last two albums but not at Kylie level.
I’m just grateful for the new music. I’d literally explode if she went to #1 albums with this
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 17th January 2019, 05:36 AM
Some recent Dido interviews:
Looks like BMG is going all out to promote the album, would be an 18-month campaign (just like Kylie's Golden)!
http://www.musicweek.com/interviews/read/i-m-excited-for-people-to-hear-it-dido-on-her-big-comeback-and-bmg-deal/074963
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2019/01/15/dido-on-her-15-year-absence-from-touring-and-2019-return-im-a-very-unintentional-person/
Posted by: liamk97 17th January 2019, 02:21 PM
^Great to hear! Potential commercial success aside, to have a length album campaign with various singles, music videos, performances and interviews etc. is a real treat for fans and makes the era really special and memorable.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 18th January 2019, 06:41 AM
I hope there will be at least four singles, unlike the last era everything stopped after End of Night was released.
Posted by: Bjork 18th January 2019, 02:00 PM
Give you up leaked, it's everywhere, apparently the label uploaded it to deezer by mistake
it's a slow ballad but doesn't have much of a chorus, bit disappointed
it's out there if you search it on YT for instance
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 18th January 2019, 04:07 PM
Totally love it, though I find it a bit odd that the sad background music mashed with African choral sound.
Uploading it by mistake sounds like what BMG did to Dancing last year when it was "leaked".
Posted by: Jordan Lee 18th January 2019, 04:29 PM
Omg Give You Up is fantastic absolutely sublime.
I could easily see it on No Angel or Life For Rent it’s like everything a classic Dido song is yet also sounds contemporary.
Really enjoying this album from what we’ve heard so far
Posted by: T Boy 18th January 2019, 05:56 PM
I like it and think it’ll grow even more. It’s not going to turn her into a streaming sensation though.
Posted by: Bjork 18th January 2019, 07:43 PM
hopefully it's a grower but was a bit disappointed on 1st listen, much prefer Friends or even Hurricanes
Posted by: Atonement 19th January 2019, 01:55 PM
I don't think I'll grow to like 'Give You Up'.
Posted by: Kippiis 19th January 2019, 02:52 PM
The best album atm.
Posted by: Juan Carlos ⚡️ 20th January 2019, 08:22 PM
"Give You Up" is going to be officially premiered this Tuesday after 8am. GMT on Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 show.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 21st January 2019, 04:19 PM
Smart move since the single has already leaked though I am not sure it's the right single to help hype up the album.
Posted by: mdh 25th January 2019, 08:45 AM
"Give You Up" is SO underwhelming. Zzzzz
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 26th January 2019, 11:01 AM
Hopefully the next one will be better.
Posted by: ThePensmith 26th January 2019, 05:55 PM
She was interviewed on Graham Norton's Radio 2 show this morning. 'Give You Up' isn't really clicking with me like 'Hurricanes' did but it's nice to hear her tour's sold out and that she's excited about that. She should hopefully be confident of another top 10 album.
Posted by: Bjork 27th January 2019, 08:10 AM
give you up acoustic is much better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=126&v=ZtejrJ7T764
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 29th January 2019, 07:39 AM
With Dido, I pretty much expect a Top 3 album but Give You Up isn't off to a flying start... I mean, I get that Dido is a simple person but after such a long absence, I was hoping something more dancey...
I am still hoping that her tour will stretch beyond Europe and US and come to Australia and Asia but I am not holding my breath on this...
Posted by: Bjork 29th January 2019, 10:05 AM
loving the acoustic version of Give you Up
Posted by: T Boy 29th January 2019, 07:03 PM
The acoustic version is brilliant!
The track is growing, that’s for sure.
Can we just take a minute to bask in the fact that this woman is supposed to be 47 years old?
Posted by: liamk97 29th January 2019, 07:48 PM
Don't think I've commented on the music yet but I love all three tracks. Hurricanes is really captivating despite very little production, although that makes the eventual climax of the song even more impactful. I love the little flourishes in Friends too, kinda of reminds me of Orbit's work.
Posted by: Bjork 30th January 2019, 10:01 AM
hope they release the video for Give you up soon
Posted by: ThePensmith 30th January 2019, 06:12 PM
OK, I take back what I said about 'Give You Up', the acoustic version has made it click for me. Such a beautiful vocal, quite understated production but it works.
Posted by: lewistgreen 19th February 2019, 06:43 PM
Posted by: Bjork 19th February 2019, 07:01 PM
oh didn't know it was out, thanks for the heads up
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 20th February 2019, 01:04 PM
Love the video, it's beautiful.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 21st February 2019, 04:01 PM
I can safely say that the video revives my lackluster interest in the song.
Posted by: lewistgreen 21st February 2019, 06:51 PM
Next track ‘Chances’ is out tomorrow
Posted by: Bjork 21st February 2019, 07:00 PM
actually just figured out she didn't write Give You Up, despite the song being 100% Dido-esque. That's what she answered when asked about the song in an interview for a German magazine.
"There's a story behind it, but it's not mine because I did not write it. This is actually the very first song I did not write myself. I've always been sent songs and I've always wondered why I should sing that song from someone else, because I'm a songwriter. Actually, I should never actually become a singer because I have always been a songwriter. However, it just turned out that in the end I stayed on the record. Anyway, a friend sent me this song and I just thought, "Wow, that's crazy. I wish I had written it. He's so good that I want to take him in. "So I chose him. What I love about the song is that it was written much like my other titles, because the meaning is ambivalent. The message is, that I am over this separation, but also something of not over this separation. I love that ambiguity in the song. At the same time, the song could be a story of each one of us. Who has not ever broken up with someone and felt miserable afterwards? I do not know anybody who has not had to go through this before."
Posted by: Bjork 21st February 2019, 07:05 PM
I also read that she worked again with Rick Nowels on a couple tracks on the new album, that's great news, he's great and always works well with Dido (White Flag, Sand in my Shoes, No Freedom)
Posted by: liamk97 22nd February 2019, 12:18 AM
Another great track! Love those little bleeps that bookend the song.
Posted by: Bjork 22nd February 2019, 07:48 AM
this is 100% album filler
but still not half bad
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 23rd February 2019, 06:22 AM
That's literally the Dido's magic.
Posted by: Bjork 23rd February 2019, 08:12 AM
the last one is definitely the weakest one for me,
even the first lines, seem like a Dido parody song
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 23rd February 2019, 04:06 PM
She posted the album's tracklist a few days ago on Instagram:
1. Hurricanes
2. Give You Up
3. Hell After This
4. You Don't Need a God
5. Take You Home
6. Some Kind of Love
7. Still On My Mind
8. Mad Love
9. Walking By
10. Friends
11. Chances
12. Have to Stay
Posted by: liamk97 26th February 2019, 05:29 PM
From Music Week:
By James Hanley | February 26th 2019
Thank You featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 flick Sliding Doors prior to being sampled on Eminem’s megahit Stan, finally becoming a smash in its own right in 2001. Here, Dido recalls how it all came to pass...
It was around the time I was having panic attacks and my friend Paulie – Paul Herman – who’s fantastic and is still a mate now, came round to cheer me up. We were singing and playing, and we started doing that song [Thank You].
Later on that evening I was in the bath and I was writing down lyrics on this little bit of paper, which I’ve still got. All of my songs have light and dark, that’s sort of the point – they’re never out and out happy or out and out sad – so I made the verses about a not so great day.
I wrote it so quickly, in about five minutes. I had so much to say musically and there is nothing better than when a song isn’t there in the morning and then is there in the afternoon. It’s hard to explain, but it was really fun to sing so we recorded it and put it down as a demo.
Whenever I sing my songs it always takes me back to the room that I wrote them in. Thank You was written in my basement flat along with Slide, Here With Me and all those songs [from debut album No Angel] and I remember the room had green stripy wallpaper. It’s funny, it’s etched into my brain because I basically would just stare at this wallpaper and write.
Thank You was on a cassette that went around a few people and I think that’s how [then Arista Records president] Clive Davis heard it. Back in those days people just passed stuff to each other, you had a cassette and people would go, ‘Listen to this’, so you never knew who was listening to your music.
I remember being in Tesco in Hammersmith – this is well before No Angel came out – and I got a call saying Thank You was going to be used in a film called Sliding Doors. They were like, ‘Is that OK?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah cool, that’s fine. I’ve never had a song be used in a film. How did they even hear it?’ So somebody had obviously passed it on. Anyway, it gets used in Sliding Doors, I go to the cinema with my mates and we were like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe my song is in here!’
But then the story of how Stan came about is that Mark [James, producer] The 45 King, who did songs like Jay-Z’s Hard Knock Life and a load of other great hip-hop tracks, happened to be watching TV while he was doing his accounts one day and the Sliding Doors advert kept playing. He sampled it off the advert for the movie and sent it to Eminem for the backing track, who then listened to it in his car.
What I love about that song is that it literally goes on a little journey. The beauty of putting music out is that once you’ve done your thing, you don’t know what’s going to happen after that and then it comes back to you with a different story.
Here With Me was the first single, that was the one they were working on at radio for a really long time, and then Thank You was the second.
That song is magic. It’s lovely to perform live, it resonates nicely at shows and always turns into a big singalong. There’s just a lightness to it. I sang it at a mate’s wedding and I’ve had so many letters from people who it has meant something to, it’s amazing when you hear those stories.
Writer’s Notes
Publisher Warner/Chappell
Writers Dido, Paul Herman
Release Date 12.12.00
Record label Arista
Total UK sales (OCC) 329,821
Posted by: T Boy 26th February 2019, 06:34 PM
I love Thank You so much. Such a relatable and chilled song and she sounds beautiful on it.
Posted by: Bjork 28th February 2019, 11:13 AM
Hurricanes acoustic <3
I wish this had been properly pushed last year
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 28th February 2019, 01:10 PM
On her Instagram account, she will now post a snippet of all her songs every day, today it's "Hell After This" and it sounds brilliant.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 1st March 2019, 04:04 PM
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 5th March 2019, 01:29 AM
I am officially in love with "Still on my mind", can't wait for the album!!
Posted by: ___∆___ 5th March 2019, 09:30 AM
She’s on Sunday Brunch this weekend - should give the album a boost and whatever she performs will likely go Top 40 on iTunes.
Posted by: T’Seet 5th March 2019, 10:31 PM
I’m so pumped she’s doing lots of promo. Can’t believe I’ll have the album on Friday, and a signed one at that.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 6th March 2019, 04:46 AM
In terms of promo, since I don't live in England, I feel that she hasn't promoted as much for her lead single? And I am talking about the lead single in particular.
The album should go to Top 5.
Posted by: T’Seet 6th March 2019, 06:57 PM
The album should go to Top 5.
She’s throwing the promo into the album. She knows she can’t shift singles.
She’s just much more present than she was in the last two eras.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 8th March 2019, 07:32 AM
The album is OUT! Can't wait to hear it when I have the time.
Posted by: ThePensmith 8th March 2019, 08:47 AM
She's performing on Jonathan Ross tomorrow night. She's on Zoe Ball's breakfast show on Radio 2 this morning and is on The One Show at some point next week. Looking forward to hearing the album now!
Posted by: Mattias 8th March 2019, 10:09 AM
I love it too. I can easily say I much prefer it to 'White Flag' tbh (which I do like, but yeah), it's probably my favourite of the big singles. No Angel is my favourite Dido album.
I'm excited to sit down for 45 minutes to listen to the new one soon.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 8th March 2019, 12:43 PM
Cannot wait to hear this later today
I’ve deliberately not listened to anything aside from Give You Up, Friends and Hurricanes so that I had more to look forward to on the day of release.
She’s #2 on iTunes Album Chart only behind Sigrid who’s another new release.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 8th March 2019, 02:21 PM
Have to Stay as album closer is stunning such a lovely song and a sweet tribute to her son.
Hell After This, You Don’t Need A God and Take You Home are the holy trinity.
Gonna listen again tonight but I love it. There’s no bad tracks and it’s been worth the long wait!
Really hope this at least goes top ten.
She’s now #1 on iTunes UK!
Posted by: pippa 8th March 2019, 03:24 PM
Dido will easily chart Top 5.
I would be shocked to see the album debut any lower.
Posted by: Red Blooded Man 8th March 2019, 03:25 PM
According to her facebook page, her album is No.1 on iTunes in two dozens countries.
Posted by: pippa 8th March 2019, 04:04 PM
iTunes sales don't count for too much but it is a positive indication.
Dido will be heavily a physical seller.
Posted by: Ne Plus Ultra 8th March 2019, 05:18 PM
This is an amazing album. "Take You Home" and "Hell After This" are definitely my favourite songs.
Posted by: T’Seet 8th March 2019, 06:24 PM
Amazon messed my order up so I cancelled it and rushed out to buy a copy in person
Gonna give it a spin later-can’t wait!
Posted by: T’Seet 8th March 2019, 07:22 PM
This album is nothing short of beautiful. Gorgeous. She sounds so engaged with her music right now. Coupled with the fact she’s done so much promo and has been active on Twitter, it really feels like she’s enjoying having a music career, which I can’t say was true of the last couple of albums.
And then there’s this:
