DELTA Goodrem is preparing for her pop comeback feeling happier - and sexier - than ever.

 

Goodrem filmed the video for her new single, In This Life, in LA on Friday.

 

"I've been away for so long I'm really excited by it all," Goodrem said yesterday.

 

"I'm more than ready to start this whole world again. It took me a second to get back into gear because I haven't made a video for so long, but it felt better than ever."

 

Insiders say the video is the sexiest Goodrem has made to date, with the singer sporting a Brigitte Bardot look in several scenes.

 

"I guess that's what happens when you grow up and develop your own sense of style," Goodrem said.

 

The single is the first taste of Goodrem's third album, due out later this year - her first new album since 2004.

 

In This Life will be premiered on Australian radio on August 28, and will be in record stores 17 days later.

 

The singer, 22, said her time away from the pop charts - and Australia - was vital.

 

"It's the best thing I could have possibly done," Goodrem said.

 

"Not just because I was worried that people were sick of me, but there's a ball that starts rolling that just runs out of control.

 

"It became too much. I needed to find a really happy place again. I got tired. I got stale with things."

 

Goodrem released her second album, 2004's Mistaken Identity a year after her million-selling debut Innocent Eyes and while still recovering from her battle with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

 

Towards the end of promoting the second album she started to operate on autopilot.

 

"I was going through the motions a little bit," she said.

 

"I felt I came back rather quickly from being ill and didn't give myself the time to reflect.

 

"I wasn't letting me be me in interviews. I wasn't relaxing.

 

"The second album was emotionally exhausting and my life felt like it had become very serious at a very young age. Now I'm having fun. I'm the same girl but I've learnt a lot. I've grown. I'm a little older."

 

During her time off the pop radar Goodrem grew closer to boyfriend Brian McFadden.

 

Their relationship started in controversy - McFadden having just split with the mother of his two children - but they remained a couple for almost three years, even buying a house together in London.

 

The pair have written the bulk of Goodrem's third album together.

 

McFadden also helped Goodrem through some tough times, including the end of her parents' marriage and her mother Lea standing down as her manager.

 

"I became an adult. I knew who I was as a girl but I had to find who I was as a woman. I'm very settled in my life.

 

"I have a great team around me, a great personal life.

 

"It's a really happy album. For a while I was writing songs for this album I didn't want to talk about things, so I didn't want to write about them either.

 

"I had to get over a couple of things. My parents divorced, there was a lot going on. But now I truly am inspired again. I feel regenerated. I feel I've got my energy back."

 

In This Life has a more guitar-driven vibe and updates Goodrem's sound with the help of hit US producer John Shanks (Take That, Bon Jovi, Ashlee Simpson).

 

"I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me," Goodrem said.

 

"I've always been who I am. But hopefully with a new sound, it's very fresh, people will be able to accept I've grown and I've moved on.

 

"It's been a wonderful journey but it's completely new now. I'm a little bit older, I'm free and happy, doing music I really love again.

 

"I'm waking up like it's Christmas to go to a video shoot. Last time around there'd been so much craziness I had kind of lost that. The last record was really dark.

 

"On this album there's songs like God Laughs and Believe Again - I was in a really happy place writing them and I think people will feel that."

 

Goodrem returns to Australia today to start promoting her album and is planning a tour for 2008.

 

 

Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...5006024,00.html

 

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Edited August 12, 200717 yr by NatalieMT

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! THIS means we will hear the song in like 2 weeks? i'll be on holiday NOOOOOO :cry: omg it sounds fantastic, this song better just be GREAT

Don't like the image too much but I can't wait for this song!

I had no idea she was recording :o I look forward to this ^_^

I had no idea she was recording :o I look forward to this ^_^

*slaps* Of course she has been :lol: Her last album was number one in aus andre -_- 2 num one albums/ 7 num one singles, of course she is ^_^

OMGOMG roll on two weeks. Video should be surfacing soon as well then

 

Really looking forward to single and album. Hope it gets released here and she doesn here aswell. WOuld be amazing.

 

Glad she's going for a more upbeat pop tunes.

 

And OMG loving the new look

Edited August 12, 200717 yr by paul_pdc

$h!t!!!!!!! LOVE IT!! thanks so much! nice pictures. this is going to be awesome

Delta gets serious about singing career

Monday August 13, 2007

By ninemsn staff

 

Delta Goodrem has shed the girl-next-door wardrobe and sexed herself up in time for the release of her comeback single In This Life.

 

The former Neighbours star told The Daily Telegraph her inspiration was her lover Brian McFadden, who refuelled her passion for singing and songwriting.

 

"I have had my space away from people to deal with my personal demons and feelings. Now I've moved on and I don't think about it," Goodrem told The Daily Telegraph.

 

 

"When my parents divorced, I never knew we would all end up in the places we have but I have to accept change and I'm ready to start again.

 

"This last couple of years I've grown a lot, I've travelled the world a lot on my own and I am much wiser and more capable to handle the pressures."

 

Goodrem's new single follows her journey from innocent Neighbours newcomer to pop-star songstress to sophisticated lady.

 

She has used her time out to deal with several tumultuous events in her life including her recovery from cancer, her parents' divorce and the media speculation that bubbled when she and McFadden announced they were an item.

 

"I have faltered, I have stumbled, I have found my feet again, I've been angry I've been shaken, Found a new place to begin," she sings.

 

Goodrem said she made it her mission to create a positive album.

 

"Being independent and having stability in my life made me feel I could enjoy this next chapter so much more," she said.

 

"I feel like a completely new artist."

 

Her single hits the airwaves on August 28 and is released in stores on September 15.

 

 

 

looks like the media are realdy for her again! they are in love again :wub:

 

And another thing . . .

 

IT seems like decades ago that Delta Goodrem burst on to the public scene as a wide-eyed, innocent soapie starlet with a golden voice.

 

Still only 22, she has endured more than many will ever have to their entire lives. First it was cancer, then her parents divorce and a vicious British tabloid accusations surrounding her relationship with fellow singer/songwriter Brian McFadden.

 

But judging by her new album and renewed passion for her career, all that is far behind her - welcome back, Delta.

 

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this look is so hot! loving the blonde hair and the sexy outfit. mmm teased hair in one scene, that would hurt. is she in a bath tub?

i knew she would go sexy after japan! they started it all! looks 100% this will make her have more chance of a global smash hit album, great news for america!

 

she doesnt look so bland

i think it is a bit slack that they have not updated the official site with this news....

She looks great! Can't wait to hear this single :-)

OMG I'm soooooooo excited!!! Can't wait to hear 'In this life' :D :D :D :yahoo:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Delta looks fab in the pictures! I hope

she doesn't lose her own identity though while going for the sexy look. Not sure if that makes sense but I know what I mean :lol:!

cant wait! SHE LOOKS HAWTTT!

I'm so excited right now i actually dont know what to say!!??

 

 

God Laughs and Believe AGain and 2 songs on the album...!!

OMG!!!!! Shes back :w00t: :w00t: cant wait to hear the new stuff and see her video :o :o :o

 

 

And she looks HOTT!!! :wub:

*hasn't even read the article but has a heart attack @ the sight of Delta* :w00t: WAAAAAAAHHHH

 

I AM SO HAPPY I READ THIS BEFORE I GO ON HOLIDAY :D

 

:w00t: I'm so excited ... thanks for posting. I'm now gonna attempt to read the article without dying of excitement! :P :w00t:

 

Love,

Kirsty xx

Edited August 13, 200717 yr by Miss Analyst

Great news. Hope you have recovered Kirsty?

*is recovering but still majorly freaking out* :w00t: Thanks Nhoj for checking :P

 

"In This Life" I love that title and omg Aug 28th :w00t: I'm back from my holiday on the 29th so thank the lord I'm not gonna have to wait much longer than that. This is so exciting!! :D

 

And I'm so loving the new look, she looks completely smoking HOT!! :wub: Sexed herself up? There's looking hot and looking like a whore but she just looks hot so you know :P I mean she's hardly scantily clad is she! The hair just makes you go weak though :lol:

 

Love,

Kirsty xx