As I thought when I heard the snippet- A Thousand Lights is one of the best Leona's tracks! :wub:

 

I will chart it for sure if the official first single will be boring. No ballads? I don't believe, it would be too risky. She don't wanna lose her old target :D

Tricky Stewart (Umbrella, Single Ladies) also working on the album:

 

At the same time that Stewart's producing the Idol singers, he's also working on new albums for Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige and Leona Lewis, as well as writing songs for a new Justin Bieber project.

 

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/id...naima-adedapo/1

 

So many big producers on board!

Edited March 16, 201114 yr by Rain

Sia working on a song for Leona:

 

working on a leona track with @gregkurstin

 

http://twitter.com/#!/siamusic

oh my god!!!!!! the stuff she made with Christina Aguilera was amazing!!!!! Really excited to hear what they come up with :D

'A Thousand Lights' was rightfully left off 'Echo'. It sounds far too similar to 'Love Letter' (I think it's that anyway, it could be 'Naked' - I can't remember, it's been that long), and it's nowhere near as good as either.

Sia and Leona <3

Currently working with Autumn Rowe who co-wrote Alexis Jordan's Happiness and Good Girl.

 

day 4 Leona Lewis and Jonas Quant!! Whoop!!!

 

http://twitter.com/#!/AutumnBand

 

She's going to have so much material to choose from! Hopefully they put the right songs on the album and we don't have any Scene Of The Crime situations this time.

 

She also said in a recent red carpet interview to expect to hear new music "late summer." So still a few months to wait. :(

Edited April 7, 201114 yr by Rain

I really don't see the fuss with 'Scene of the Crime', personally. Honestly, I think it's quite a weak track and can definitely see why they chose to leave it off the album. Even if it was different for Leona. That's the only reason why it's getting so much recognition though. Had it been an Alexandra Burke/Rihanna left over, I doubt people would be making such a fuss. I dunno, I just think it's pretty weak and generic.

I really don't see the fuss with 'Scene of the Crime', personally. Honestly, I think it's quite a weak track and can definitely see why they chose to leave it off the album. Even if it was different for Leona. That's the only reason why it's getting so much recognition though. Had it been an Alexandra Burke/Rihanna left over, I doubt people would be making such a fuss. I dunno, I just think it's pretty weak and generic.

 

I don't think that's the only reason. Outta My Head was much more "different for Leona" but I've seen Scene Of The Crime get more praise from the fans. It just has a great melody and the production is amazing. It's an uptempo song that works for her perfectly IMO.

Two new song titles: Trouble and Mountains.

 

Leona Lewis vents anger over split with boyfriend in new album

 

Leona Lewis is going all out for ­revenge by making her third album a venomous ode to ex-boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa.

 

I’m told the 2006 X Factor winner has been venting her anger over their split last August in some strong lyrics.

 

My source says: “Leona was with Lou for over ten years and things ended very badly.

 

“But what you live through makes you stronger, and Leona’s throwing all her emotion into the music she’s working on. She means business. This album needs to be daring and innovative.”

 

The star – who became an overnight household name after the release of her debut album Spirit – has co-penned a track called Trouble with ­songwriter Emeli Sande, and it seems all too ­evident that the song is about moving on from Lou.

 

The lyrics say: “You drink more than you used to, fell in love how could you?

 

“Trust your heart like only fools do, hold on let it bleed.

 

“You smoked 10 now it’s 20, bet you wish you’d never met me.

 

“To stick around you must be crazy, hold on let it bleed.

 

“I told you never to get used to me, I stay awake while you fall asleep.

 

“I’m a whole lot of trouble, we’re in a whole lot of trouble.

 

“You shout louder than you used to, and you hold on tighter in the ­bedroom.”

 

Music manager Lou has strong of words of his own. He tweeted last week: “Tired of being walked over... Same s**t has been going on now for over seven months. Silence is no longer golden.”

 

Ooooh, cryptic! But let’s face it, anger equals ­success in the charts nowadays. Most recently, Adele’s ­album – which was written after she was ditched by her boyfriend ­– has been a huge hit around the globe, reaching sales of two million in the UK alone.

 

It’s clear Leona’s latest album will be very different. As well as a collaboration with Ibiza dance king David Guetta and ­Beyonce’s former maestro Rico Love, she’s been working on a track called Mountains with former Blazin’ Squad members Flava (James Murray) and Mus (Mustafa Omer). How funny is that?

 

One person taking no chances on making the album a runaway success is label boss Simon Cowell. He’s already planning to give Miss Lewis a huge push, booking her to perform on the US version of X Factor ahead of Christmas.

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/0.../#ixzz1L3OwL9st

Edited April 30, 201114 yr by Rain

Nicola tweeted saying there's special news coming soon.

whos nicola :wacko:

whos nicola :wacko:

 

Leona's manager.

 

http://www.twitter.com/colacarson

Edited May 9, 201114 yr by Rain

thanks ^

ooooh id love if it was an announcement for a summer single :D Then she could release another single before the album is released (supposedly in September according to the release schedule) :)

I am not sure about this project so far. It just seems to me, a bit too try-hard, getting David Guetta, the raunchy image ect. and is taking it too much the other way. I will wait though and judge properly when I hear the new material.

Edited May 14, 201114 yr by Davidson

Leona has just tweeted "tune into radio 1 for something special very soon"

does that mean the new single isnt far away?

or its today and shes featured on someone elses track?

or is she just doing an interview??

 

*EDIT*

She did a Live Lounge - a cover of 'Let The Sun Shine'

AND a mash up of 'Better In Time' and Rihanna's 'Man Down'

Edited May 23, 201114 yr by Mikeyjosh

Looks like the date still isn't set in stone but new music around August and then the album before Christmas.

Looks like the date still isn't set in stone but new music around August and then the album before Christmas.

 

2 singles b4 album release then? EXCELLENT idea!!!! :wub:

She says of her new work : “It is definitely more progressive, it’s more eclectic. After being on my tour, my cousin, who is a producer, re-mixed a lot of my songs to be a bit more uptempo, a bit darker. I really wanted to take that into the next album.”

http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2011/05/23/leo...ewis-interview/

 

Not really surprising but she'll be performing on US X-Factor:

 

Talking to Metro exclusively after a live acoustic performance, she said: ‘They’ve invited me to perform on US X Factor, so that will be exciting.’

 

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/864158-leona-...for-us-x-factor