Nadine Coyle talks Girls Aloud, Little Mix, Fifth Harmony, and solo career!
Two new Nadine Coyle interviews have surfaced, one with The Guardian and another one with Muumuse; here are some highlights:
On finding out about the Girls Aloud split on the last night of their reunion tour via a manager: “I was in hair and makeup, going through my nightly ritual.”(...) “It was shocking. We’d signed a new deal and recorded what was basically another new album.” (...) “I said (to Sarah Harding), ‘Do you want to break up the band as well?’ and she was like, ‘Oh fuck it, I can’t be arsed with it, I fucking hate everybody.’ That last show, all emotion was switched off as far as I was concerned, with any of them.”
On the split announcement being via Twitter: “A tweet?! I saw the draft and just said, ‘Remove my name from that.’ We’d been saying since the start we were properly back.” (...)
On Cheryl's accusations that she was the cause of the hiatus: (...) “Cheryl had already got her deal, she was ready to go with her solo stuff. I had nothing set up for myself.”
On the other members picking Beautiful Cause You Love Me as their reunion comeback single: (...) “I was in Disneyland and I was told that was the song they were going with and so I said I couldn’t do the reunion,” she says. “‘Beautiful ’cause you love me’? We’re beautiful anyway! But then I got a call back saying it was now Something New and I was like, ‘OK, let’s do it.’”
On her Tesco deal: “I tend to go with the flow and that flow can end up in great places or not so great places,” she laughs. (...) “It was a really stressful time,” (...)“They had to do online maps for fans trying to find (the album)! I was like, ‘What do you want me to do, drive a truck around and hand them out to people?’"
On her "Sweetest High" single: “Did that song really come out?” she asks. “It did, didn’t it? I may have been drunk a lot around that time."
On reuniting with Xenomania: “Late 2015, I got into a taxi to meet a friend in Primrose Hill and the radio was playing song after amazing song. I thought, ‘Who do I know that does songs like this?’ So I texted Brian.” (...) “For five years of [Xenomania’s] 21 years we’ve been in the wilderness, just trying to work out in what way we could be amazing again,” (Xenomania's) Higgins says, “Nadine’s going to have her go and that means a lot to me - that there are no regrets”.
On a possible Girls Aloud reunion: “It hasn’t been discussed, no,” (...) “To be truthful, I didn’t want to break up in the first place. So I would have been sitting here with the other four. I was happy to continue.”
On new single "Go To Work": "It is one of those songs that’s just really fun. It’s kind of like a laid-back vocal on a really big track. It just makes you feel good. And really, that’s all I want to do - I don’t want to change the world. There’s no major statements. It’s not a ‘This Is Me’ moment laying everything out about who I am and what I want to say. What I want to say is that I want people to have fun. I want people to hear the song, let loose and I hope that, really - for the 3 minutes and 30 seconds - it makes your day or night a lot better. That’s really what I wanted, and I think that song really achieves that. I hope everybody else loves it as well!"
On the possibility of an album: "At the moment, we’re working with a four-song package. We have a second single that’s ready to go. A third single’s ready to go. Fourth single’s ready to go."
On who's she's working on her music with now: "It’s just a Xenomania project. Just Xenomania and me."
On her favorite Girls Aloud solo release: "Oh! That’s a good question. I bought Cheryl’s first one because I was supporting the cause. I liked - she had a song, and Selena Gomez sang it as well - “Parachute”? That was my favorite one off of the solo."
On Sarah winning Celebrity Big Brother: "I’m so happy she won. I’m so, so, so happy she won."
On touring: "Yes, well, there has been chat. We had a meeting the other day and I was talking about me doing a tour relatively soon. That’s new to my ears! I’m like ‘What?!” There’s a whole back catalog with Girls Aloud that Brian and I have. So it’s like, what do you do? Do you include that? How would that read to you? (asked about doing a GA megamix) Mmm. That’s a discussion for the afternoon. I would love to do it. It’s just, you know… I hope it all goes really well and everyone loves the song. I hope we just continue on to do this."
On Girls Aloud songs that should have been singles: "I love “Rolling Back the Rivers.” Love that one. “Graffiti My Soul.” (...) “Blackjacks” is another one that I really like."
On the state of girl group pop today, and advising current acts: "I think Little Mix are doing amazing. They certainly don’t need any advice from me. They’re doing amazingly, and I’m a huge fan. I went to see them at the O2. I think they’re amazing. Fifth Harmony, I have to say I’m not too familiar with, to be honest. As you say, it’s really, really scarce. [Pauses] There’s not many, when you put it like that! I think somebody needs to put together a new girl band. And then I’ll advise that band!"
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