18 Established 1961 Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Lifestyle Gossip Dua Lipa’s songs inspired by exes ua Lipa’s songs have been inspired by thought I was hotter than hell, and I just didn’t D her terrible former boyfriends. The want him?” Meanwhile, Dua has been working 22-year-old singer admitted she has a with famed producer Max Martin on her number of exes she can turn to when upcoming second album. She said: “I want it to she needs inspiration for her music, ranging still be pop, but lean more toward. My voice from “emotionally manipulative” to “terrible”. kind of lends itself to that genre. “I spent a week She told Rolling Stone: “[Some were] emotion- with Max, and it was the first time where I felt ally manipulative. ‘And then] I dated this guy like there was a lot more method to the things I who literally would never eat a single vegetable. was writing about. First with him you lay down I was like, ‘This is terrible. You eat like a five- the melodies, listen to them over and over again, year-old. I’m out.’?” However, her breakout hit and say, ‘Maybe we should change this ‘Hotter Than Hill’ drew some inspiration from note.’?[For the lyrics], you couldn’t use the same Tumblr as although it was inspired by an ex, it words too often, next to each other. And not was only when she saw the words ‘Hotter Than everything can start on the one, because it Hell’ on the blogging site that the song came doesn’t keep it as interesting. I played him some together. She explained: “I was going through a of the stuff I recorded in Jamaica, and he’d say, tough breakup. Someone who made me feel like ‘You could totally simplify this. Just repeat that I wasn’t good enough. But when I wrote this twice. Make it easier for the listener.’ He song, I wanted it to seem like he couldn’t get has, like, a lot of rules and theories.” enough of me. The song was good, but the cho- rus wasn’t quite there. We were like, ‘Let’s scrap it.’ And I was scrolling through Tumblr, and I see the words ‘Hotter than Hell’ in red on a black background. And I go, ‘That’s cool!’ What if he Chas and Dave announce Dave Stewart wants first album in over 30 years Eurythmics reunion ave Stewart wants to perform of singing competitions but there are only M.I.A bemoans D on stage with Eurythmics again. a few singers who have a voice that has a The 65-year-old musician tambour to it, and you go, ‘That’s Annie would love to reunite with Lennox singing.’ It’s not just the voice, chart-topping singer Annie Lennox to there’s a soul to it.” Eurythmics - who ‘corporate’ form the new wave band once again, but were most popular during the 80s and 90s he says that he’d much rather head out on - haven’t released an album since 1999, a tour to perform “big live shows”, rather when they put out their ninth studio album than get into a studio to record a new ‘Peace’, but it looks like they won’t be in a album. He said: “If I have anything to do rush to put out their 10th any time soon. music industry has & Dave have announced deserved last word, and that’s that.” with it we should be definitely playing live. The duo also haven’t been out on a tour C their first album in over 30 Chas and his musical partner Dave I’ve never officially broken up Eurythmics together since 1999’s ‘Peace’ tour, which .I.A thinks the music industry has become years. The ‘Rabbit’ rock ‘n’ Peacock, 72, will also be reunited with ... What people don’t realize is that we was their fifth tour as a band. In February M “narrow and corporate”. The 42-year rapper roll legends will release ‘A an old friend for the LP. Chas were a live band, we toured and did big 2014, Annie and Dave reunited for a spe- has hit out at the current landscape of the Little Bit of Us’ on April 20 and it will explained: “The bloke who owns the live shows.” The ‘Sweet Dreams (Are cial performance at the ‘The Night That music business, suggesting that there is a lack feature a song addressing Chas studio where we recorded much of Made of This)’ hitmaker then went on to Changed America: A Grammy Salute to of room for creativity and individuality. She explained: Hodges’ battle with cancer. The 74- this album is Brian Juniper. He intro- praise 63-year-old Annie’s unique voice, The Beatles’ show, which marked the 50th “Music has become so narrow and corporate. To be a year-old singer - who was diagnosed duced me to Dave back in 1963 - which he claimed is distinctive and “soul- anniversary of The Beatles’ first perform- famous singer, you can go to Brit School, you can go on with oesophagus cancer last year - Dave was at Junior School with him. I ful”. Speaking on UK radio station BBC ance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’. During the ‘X-Factor’, or maybe you are born into it. “It’s not like overcame the disease, and wrote the was at Senior School with him when, Radio 2, Dave said: “The thing with Annie’s performance, they played a rendition of bands often meet at school now and have a community track ‘Sling Your Hook’ as a response as 13 year olds, we started a Skiffle voice is that there is a tambour to it, there Beatles track ‘The Fool on the Hill’. spirit. I think music has become catalogue fodder, a cor- to his battle. Speaking about the group over 60 years ago.” Last sum- are loads of singers out there and millions porate thing that when we bring Artificial Intelligence upcoming record, he said: “This is our mer, the duo made a triumphant live into it, for example, using holograms for tours, the human first Chas & Dave-produced album return after Chas had an operation to aspect is going to disappear even further.” The musician for over thirty years. Tell you what, remove his tumour and completed his - who is of Sri Lankan Tamil origin - revealed that she though, we ain’t waiting another 30 chemotherapy and radiotherapy ses- simply followed the advice of other people as she pur- years before we do the next one. The sions. And the ‘Ain’t No Pleasing You’ sued her career within the entertainment industry. older you get, it seems time goes singer revealed that he was deter- Speaking to the BBC, M.I.A - who previously dated quicker. Yet as soon as we got in the mined to get a new LP out and he had American DJ Diplo - recalled: “When I came as a refugee studio it seemed like yesterday that lots of songs to pick from. Speaking to England everyone said ‘become a pop star, that’s the we were producing our last album. to BANG Showbiz last year, Chas best thing you can do, that’s ‘it’, so I did that. Then they My mum used to say the same thing said: “I’ve got plenty of stuff that I’ve said, ‘move to Beverly Hills and marry a prince and be in 1960: ‘30 years ago I was 17 and it been writing over the years, so we’ve Cinderella’ and I did that too. “I have been constantly seems like yesterday.’ ‘How can 30 got lots of material to record. We trying to find what ‘it’ is in my life and I think now it’s just years ago seem like yesterday?’ says have never rushed into an album, and making work. I just like working. That’s always what I’ve I, slightly mockingly. ‘Well it bloody we won’t do it this time.” done. “All the consequences of that - all the flak I’ve tak- well does’, says mum, getting the en over the years - they’ve taught me about society and that feeds into the work I make.” Dappy lost his voice Anne-Marie will release Kylie Minogue announces Golden during London gig her debut LP Speak UK and Ireland tour appy was overcome with emo- box and he walked off stage. However, D tion on Thursday night when his although many thought the show was fans helped him finish his over, fans were in for a treat as just Your Mind this April ylie Minogue has Australian pop megastar will per- London gig after he lost his moments later the lights came up in the nne-Marie’s new album embark on a sold out UK headline K announced a UK and form at London’s 700-capacity voice. The ‘No Regrets’ hitmaker was told centre of the room and he was seen A ‘Speak Your Mind’ will tour next month, which will include Ireland arena tour. The Cafe De Paris on March 13, before to axe his Levels Tour gig at Camden’s standing on a speaker. He said: “I’ve got a be released on April 27. a date at London’s Roundhouse on ‘Dancing’ hitmaker will hitting Manchester, Barcelona, Electric Ballroom last night after he was surprise for you,” as N Dubz’s ‘Playing The 26-year-old pop March 22. And she will be joining bring her ‘Golden’ tour to Paris and Berlin.