Rebecca Ferguson has announced details of her new single.
'I Hope' - released November 24 - serves as the lead single from her second studio album Freedom.
The singer has also announced a one-off gig at London's Under The Bridge on November 12, where she will perform songs from the collection.
Ferguson co-wrote the LP with Jarrad Rogers (Icona Pop, Demi Lovato), Mr Hudson, Matt Hales, Toby Gad (Fergie, Beyoncé), TMS (Jessie J, Olly Murs) and regular collaborator Eg White.
Freedom, which is out on December 2 via RCA Records, follows her critically acclaimed debut album Heaven, which went double platinum and found success in the US.
1. 'I Hope'
It's essentially a big 'n' breezy midtempo number built around the hook: "I hope, I hope, I hope life treats you good". As you can probably decipher from that line, it's about sending a man on his way after a break-up and saying there's no hard feelings. Nobody would confirm it, but we suspect this will be the first single given it sounds like it could have been on Heaven, making it the perfect bridge song between the two.
The good sister Ferguson is back with quality music. Her first album is still on rotation in my house. I hope the second one is as good as the first one.
for my 5000th post, this goes to finding out the name of her lead single
I loved Rebecca since the X factor and was not happy when she didn't win. Now I'm not sure what kind of sound she's going to have since she vamped up her image. Excited none the less