August 16, 201212 yr Childish Gambino? :o Interesting choice, I love Heartbeat from what I've heard of him and he's certainly more interesting than a Nicki Mina or Drake feature (much as I love those two) - really excited for Trouble now and so intrigued as to how it will sound given the mix of people working on it!
August 16, 201212 yr Trouble is premiering on TUESDAY! @BenjaminGell @GlassHeartLEONA @LeonaUKArmy @SkeBo first radio play Tues 21st https://twitter.com/clemmiemoodie She works for the Mirror she heared Trouble today and said this Just had first listen of @leonalewismusic new single, Trouble. V Emeli Sande-esque, & v v good. Loving her work @dawbell ! Edited August 16, 201212 yr by BrookeOlivia
August 16, 201212 yr Author YES!!! Finally, the wait is nearly over!! :cheer: The twitter link isn't working for me, but any ideas on what station it'll premiere on? I guess Radio 1 just like 'Collide' did? If it is Radio 1, hopefully they will playlist it - I'm sure they will! Ooh, I'm getting a bit overexcited! :lol:
August 16, 201212 yr http://i49.tinypic.com/6en3is.jpg https://twitter.com/clemmiemoodie See if that link works :P and no she didn't say few fans asked her when it gets first radio play and she replied with that.
August 16, 201212 yr So, so excited! I'm very curious to see what it sounds like, more than anything. I realised the thing that stops me loving Emeli as much as I should is the horrible tone in her voice. It's a kinda gruff, warble. It's horrible. So hopefully with Leona's, more perfect tones I'll love it the way that I should be loving an Emeli song.
August 16, 201212 yr Author http://i49.tinypic.com/6en3is.jpg https://twitter.com/clemmiemoodie See if that link works :P and no she didn't say few fans asked her when it gets first radio play and she replied with that. That's better! Thanks! :D I guess we'll find out where very soon! Or maybe it'll just be on all radio stations from 8am or something like Tulisa did with her new single? So exciting!!!! And I know this time not to judge the song on first listen after what happened to me with 'Collide'! :lol:
August 16, 201212 yr @LeonaUKArmy @leonalewismusic I love Trouble! start of a new era for Le x https://twitter.com/deanpiper
August 16, 201212 yr SO EXCITED. :dance: :dance: Her first ever REAL collab single release, interesting finding that out so late on! Edited August 16, 201212 yr by Karma
August 16, 201212 yr Leona Lewis's new song reveals she's Trouble for her lovers She scrubs up squeaky clean but Leona Lewis has revealed she’s a whole lot of trouble in the bedroom and drives her lovers to booze and fags. The former X Factor champ has turned all hip hop with comeback track Trouble, busting out some rap to air her bedroom woes. On the single she bleats: ‘You smoked 10 now it’s 20… bet you wish you never met me.’ The 27-year-old explains: ‘Trouble tells the story of love going bad and becoming destructive, aspects of which we can all relate to.’ Written by Emeli Sande, the track features a guest turn from rapper Childish Gambino and makes up part of Leona's third studio album, Glassheart, which is due for release on October 15. The single hits the airwaves on Tuesday. http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/908818-leon...s#ixzz23jyr83e3
August 16, 201212 yr Despite what I've read about this song, it's by LEONA and written by EMELI, so I have to like it, right?
August 16, 201212 yr The fact that Emeli Sandé wrote this is the only thing that I'm clinging on to in hopes that it's good. I do like a bit of hip hop and guest rap slots, but I think it sounds like the total opposite of what Leona needs to win back a fanbase. It sounds like it could potentially be more alienating than "Collide"! But the people who have heard it seem to like it, so maybe it will be what she needs.
August 16, 201212 yr Despite what I've read about this song, it's by LEONA and written by EMELI, so I have to like it, right? Right. :kink: That metro article sounds great!
August 16, 201212 yr Has this been posted? From Popjustice: The new Leona Lewis single is moody, amazing and not a ballad We had a listen to the rather epic Leona Lewis (feat Childish Gambino) single ‘Trouble’ earlier. Actually we first heard it a lot earlier, because there was a version of the song knocking around when we heard ‘Collide’ over a year ago, and it instantly seemed like the sort of song that could find itself at the centre of the whole album campaign once the fun but flighty ‘Collide’ was out of the way. Obviously the whole ‘Collide’ thing turned into a bit of a shitshow what with the Avicii business, meaning that the Leona funbus had to pull onto the hard shoulder while she looked at the map for a bit. After an odd EP of covers (if Leona Lewis appears on The X Factor without a product to sell, does the choir really make a sound?) we’re back where we would have been anyway, with all eyes on ‘Trouble’. The final, beefed-up version seems to have retained the gloom-laden but beguiling feel of the track we first heard last year. The lyrics to this Emeli Sandé-penned tune involve Leona telling her partner that she’s bad news and has been all along: ”I told you never to get used to me, I stay awake when you fall asleep, I’m a whole lot of trouble, we’re in a whole lot of trouble.” It’s usually difficult to imagine Leona Lewis being problematic when it comes to anything other than using up too much printer ink when printing out horse photographs off the internet, but this is a convincing, compelling and dramatic vocal performance which works brilliantly against the song’s opulent but bleak mid-tempo production. (It’s not too much of a stretch to imagine that ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ was probably one of various reference points along the way.) Some people will probably be quite excited about Childish Gambino being on the track. It’s a good guest spot (“we were something together I wouldn’t call it team”, “big trouble and little kindness”, “I fell in love with the wrong dream” etc etc) but the fact that there’s a guest spot at all feels like someone, somewhere lacks the confidence in Leona Lewis being able to pull off a single by herself. Perhaps after ‘Collide’ they’re right. It’s probably, like most things in most songs by most people, just an attempt to get the song on the radio. Either way, and despite the feeling that it slightly dilutes Leona’s big comeback, the rap in the middle eight sounds great so at the end of the day music is the real winner here. Ultimately ‘Trouble’ feels like the right song for where Leona is right now. It’s out on October 7 with the album to follow a week later, but you’ll be able to hear ‘Trouble’ next Tuesday because that’s when it gets its radio premiere.
August 16, 201212 yr Daily Star Review! SIMON Cowell has nicknamed Tulisa as Trouble but it’s The X Factor’s vocal queen Leona Lewis who is putting the word to best effect. This dirty-edged, tough track – co-written by Olympics closing ceremony singing sensation Emeli Sandé – is a cracking comeback single for Leona. Yes, we know she can do ballads, but this mid-tempo song, with epic strings, sharp lyrics and a slammin’ rap from Childish Gambino, takes Leona bang up to date. Talking about the tune, out on October 7, Leona explained: “Trouble tells the story of love going bad and becoming destructive, aspects of which we can all relate to. It’s a deeply emotional song that I have a real connection to. “I wanted someone who was creative and poetic and witty and Childish ticks all those boxes and complements the record perfectly.” Get ready to view 27-year-old Leona in a whole new light. Trouble hits radio on August 21. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/2...-Lewis-Trouble/
August 17, 201212 yr That's the thing. It's all sounding a bit TOO good! I really, really hope it's as good as it's made out to be (literally every reviewer seems to be buzzing about it). I have no doubts on Leona's part, it's just the whole moody-ness of the track and whether it'll sound right for her.
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