lifestyle MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015 GOSSIP Charli XCX plots world domination harli XCX wants to take over the world. The ‘Boom Clap’ hitmaker - who has how this world works now, and I’m not going to let people walk all over me.”I feel Cworked with the likes of Iggy Azalea, Rita Ora and Gwen Stefani - is keen to blessed to be in this position and I’ve made so many great relationships.” The keep pushing boundaries in her own career, as well as penning pop hits for ‘Fancy’ star credits Swedish pop star Robyn with giving her the best piece of career other artists. Asked what the future holds, she said: “I just want to be continuously advice she has heard. She told Grazia magazine: “We’d just had this epic dance-off making killer songs and mind-blowing videos, as well as writing for other artists.”I in Australia, she is an insane dancer, and I was feeling a bit down and insecure.”She want to change the musical landscape. I think the overall plan is to take over the said, ‘you’ve just gotta be yourself and be nice to everybody because that’s why world. That’s basically it.” The 22-year-old singer has been performing since she people think you’re cool.’ “ was 14 years old and thinks she “deserves” her global success because she has worked so hard she said: “Now that it’s here, I feel like I really deserve it. I know Carey begins recording new album ariah Carey is back in the studio. The 44-year-old Msinger has started recording new music for her 15th studio album - 25 years after she released her eponymous debut - just a day after it was revealed she has signed a new deal with Sony label, Epic Records. Confirming she has already begun working on new tracks, her long-term collaborator Jermaine Dupri posted a photo on Instagram with the caption, “been in the studio all night with @MariahCarey. (sic)” The 42-year old record producer has worked with Mariah numerous times before, and previ- ously masterminded her hit singles ‘Always Be My Baby’ and ‘We Belong Together’. Her recent deal with Epic Record will also see the star reunite with producer LA Reid, who worked on her 2005 record ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’. The Milian album will follow 2014’s ‘Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive given food Chanteuse’ released through Def Jam Recordings, which featured the singles ‘#Beautiful’ and ‘The Art of Letting Go’. The record will also be her first since her highly-publicized tips from daughter split from husband Nick Cannon which came to light in August, six years after they married, and three years after hristina Milian’s five-year-old daughter tells her what to eat. The the chart-topper gave birth to twins Monroe and C33-year-old singer admits the reasons why she wants to stay in Moroccan. shape have changed since she and ex-husband The-Dream became parents to little Violet, and the youngster tries to advise her mother on healthy foods. She said: “My daughter Violet inspires me to stay in shape. Before, I wanted to get in shape to be the prettiest girl but now I do it for her. “She’s really smart. She tells me not to eat French fries - she’ll say, ‘Mom, it’s junk food.’ “Christina gained 45lbs Doherty when she was pregnant with Violet and though she felt pressured to regrets Big Sean’s slim down quickly, she is delighted with her figure these days. Asked if she felt pressure to lose weight, she told Now magazine: “Yeah, but ig Sean was “addicted” to Eminem. showbiz or not, when you’re pregnant all you can think about is, ‘OK I The 26-year-old rapper found the not recording with B don’t want to gain too much weight.’ “I loved being pregnant but you Stan’ hitmaker’s music “exciting” and can’t wait to get back to your old shape and being healthy. “I have a Eminem different when he was a youngster growing different body now as a mother, but I’m finally back to my pre-preg- up in Detroit, and was thrilled to get the Winehouse nancy weight - I’m only 3lb more than my ‘Dip It Low’ days.” chance to collaborate with him on ‘Detroit addiction Vs. Everybody’ years later. He said: “I bought his first CD at Costco with my mom when I ete Doherty is “haunted” by never finishing a song with was 11. He was a new breed of rap - he had PAmy Winehouse. The Libertines frontman used to try to fresh storytelling lyrics, full of drugs and write with his late friend, but she was “very, very critical” murder. It was exciting. It was addictive. His of him, and their addictions frequently got in the way of their music itself was like a drug. “So you can just creativity. He said: “Invariable, whenever we got together to imagine what it’s like to go from there to write, I was probably in no fit state either. But the way I being in the studio with him, eating pizza remember it was she... I never really caught her at the right and talking about which is better, ‘South time. “She was more interested in other things, not in actually Park’ or ‘Family Guy’.” Sean - who is dating getting any music done, which is strange because that’s Ariana Grande - has always been confident something people have accused me of as well. “Whenever we in his own abilities and was confident he’d used to get together to do music, she was always very, very be a successful rapper from the age of just critical of the new ideas I had. So we never ended up getting 12. He told Rolling Stone magazine: “I’ve anything finished. I’m haunted by that.” Pete - whose is donat- always been a dreamer. Since I was 10 years ing the profits from his latest single, ‘Flags of the Old Regime’, old, I was always rapping in front of the TV to the Amy Winehouse Foundation - believes Amy felt in the living room, visualizing it all. “ [Did I “trapped” by her success. He explained to NME magazine: “She think I’d make it?] I actually did. I never even bought a brand new house in Camden Square, it was incredi- questioned it. From 12 on, I used to always ble, she had loads of great guitars in the basement and a huge be like, ‘And when I’m a rapper...’ I was living music system. On her doorstep, she had all these horrible in that world where I was already a rapper. paparazzi. So she couldn’t go anywhere. “Blake [her husband] People would make fun of me a little bit, was in prison. She was just... She’s got a lot time, she’s been in but they would just be playing, though. a state of absolute despair. Fame had completely hemmed her They bought my CDs at school.” in.”I think her natural spirit was to be flying on melody and feeling. And yet she was caged. She was trapped... “To make the money and get the wealth and power that comes with it, you have to sacrifice a lot of your personal liberties.” Blur announce exclusive ‘The Magic Whip’ performance lur have announced a one-off live performance of added: “It was casual and just something we did off our Btheir new album ‘The Magic Whip’. The ‘Parklife’ own backs and I thought it would be great to let it fer- Britney Spears: hitmakers - made up of vocalist Damon Albarn, ment and go back and have a look.” The news followed guitarist and vocalist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James the release of the album’s cover online. The sleeve shows and drummer Dave Rowntree - will take to the stage for a neon ice cream cone between Chinese lettering which Album isn’t the first time to perform the tracks from their new reads ‘Blur’ and ‘The Magic Whip’. Damon said of the art- record ahead of its release on Parlophone on 27th April. work: “It’s in simplified Chinese characters. On the left it The show will be free and take place at a small venue in says Blur and on the right it says ‘The Magic Whip’.” He a priority West London on Friday 20th March. The rock band first added that the rockers are looking forward to playing started working on the album - their first offering in 16 tracks from the new album, which will be out April, ritney Spears insists recording an album is years - while they toured in Asia last year, but the group when they headline Hyde Park’s British Summertime in Bnot a “full priority”. The ‘Toxic’ singer - who didn’t decide for some time that it would become their London later this year. The London-born singer said: “On has sons Sean, nine, and Jayden, eight, eighth studio album. Damon, 46, said: “We had some this occasion we will have a whole new set of things to from her marriage to Kevin Federline - has been downtime, we had a cancellation when we were in Hong get excited about so we’ll have even more music.”I love working on the follow-up to 2013’s ‘Britney Jean’ Kong, so we thought we’d put five or six days to good it [playing in Hyde Park] because I can cycle to work!” since September but admits it is a slow process use.”We just went in there and knocked about loads of because her children’s needs come first.