U.K. pop vocalist Natasha Bedingfield will return in August with her second Epic album, "N.B." The set, which is due next week internationally, is led by first single "I Wanna Have Your Babies." That cut debuted yesterday (April 8th) at No. 25 on the U.K. singles chart.

 

Among the contributors to the new album are producer Mike Elizondo, Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine (on "Say It Again"), rapper Eve (on "No More What Ifs") songwriter Danielle Brisebois ("When You Know, You Know") and producers such as Nate "Danja" Hills ("Not Giving Up").

 

"A lot of what I wrote about on this album is relationships," Bedingfield tells Billboard.com. "Having gone away from home for a year-and-a-half and been independent and on the road, I really just value relationships. That gave me a lot of ammo to write with."

 

The artist describes "Soulmate," which was written and demoed in a single afternoon, as "probably the most universal song on the album. I tried later to re-record it and sing it again, but nothing was as good as that first day."

 

Another cut, "Smell the Roses," dates back to sessions for Bedingfield's 2004 smash debut, "Unwritten." She says, "We quit writing it halfway through, because we wanted to write something more upbeat. Two or three years later, we were listening to some stuff, and we realized, this is a gem that we just forgot about."

 

Bedingfield will hit the road for an extensive tour beginning in September. "I've done so much gigging in the past couple of years," she says. "That has really added a live feel to my music. I've got a lot more live instruments and my voice has changed a bit."

 

Source: Billboard.com

 

Glad to see she has been working with producers like Danja! :dance:

 

But i hope they don't release 'I Wanna Have Your (Babies)' over there as the lead single because I dont think it would be a success in the US.

Hope she won't say there for another 2 years though lol

Oooh Excellent, hope it does well :D

Great news :cheer: Hope it does well, but I also don't know if she should release Babies first <_<

Well the article makes it seems as though Babies is gonna be the first single!! Although if she releases What Ifs as our 2nd single it would be around that time so maybe they would get it too..

Yeah, I don't know if 'Babies' is a prime single choice for the U.S. I can only see it being a moderate success at the most.

Babies wouldnt do to well in the US :(

 

maybe the duet with Eve, would be best for US, although i still havent heard it

Yeah, since Eve is known in the U.S. it probably has some more potential here.