I wanted the song to have that feeling of freedom and fun and total escape.” “There was a sense that we could go anywhere we wanted to go-and fast. “‘Roller Skate’ is about rolling through the streets of London with my older brother when I was a kid,” she explains, referring to BRIT Award-winning singer/songwriterĭaniel Bedingfield. On the lead track “Roller Skate,” Bedingfield conjures up a carefree energy all her own, building unstoppable momentum with the track’s lush harmonies, luminous guitar work, and throwback beats with a modern twist. “I was looking toward people who project this amazing energy into their music, whose songs just immediately lift you up,” she notes. In bringing Roll With Me to life, Bedingfield fully inhabited the feel-good vibe she’s best known for, often turning to artists like The Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and countless Motown legends for inspiration. “Through so much of my life, music has been the thing that helps me to have faith and keep believing in the positive.” Arriving on the heels of a much-anticipated remix of “Unwritten” (created expressly for MTV’s The Hills: New Beginnings), the album finds Bedingfield embracing one of her most undeniable strengths as a songwriter: a rare ability to instill each of her songs with infectious positivity, without ever sacrificing emotional honesty or lyrical depth. “I’ve always loved writing pop songs, but for this record I wanted to write them in a way that truly matches the live experience.”įor help in channeling that raw emotion into Roll With Me, Bedingfield reached out to Linda Perry-the multi-platinum producer known for her work with artists like Christina Aguilera, P!nk, and Alicia Keys. “When I sing live, I really belt the songs out-there is a raw vulnerability there that can sometimes get compressed or cleaned up once it ends up on the radio,” says the West Sussex, England- born artist. On her fourth studio album Roll With Me, Bedingfield showcases the power of her unparalleled musicality and her ability to stay true to herself-all while maintaining the same level of palpable authenticity heard in her breakout hits. With her smash single “Unwritten,” Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield offered up an era-defining anthem, a double-platinum hit that emerged as the most- played song on US Top 40 radio the year of its release. It was important to both of us to capture the true spirit of who Natasha Bedingfield is, and we nailed it.” – Linda Perry “I wanted to work with Natasha because she is one of the best live performers I have ever seen and has one of the most versatile voices I have ever heard.
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