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Fan Base: Alexandra Burke
Member Since: 12/7/2011
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YASSS!! Slay my body Alex 
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Member Since: 11/18/2008
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I'm really confused by all this elephant situation
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Member Since: 3/4/2011
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I'm really confused by all this elephant situation
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Whats so confusing for you here? You asked about single version in some other thread?
Single version is played on the radio..you have it on youtube....
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Member Since: 5/10/2011
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When are we going to have the final version of 'If This Ain't Love'? 
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Member Since: 7/16/2010
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Alexandra Burke's last single was 2010's appropriately named The Silence. At last, she's back! Her single Elephant sees the former X Factor winner hit the clubs, and a new album is on the horizon. To tell us more about the new material, Alexandra kicked off her Louboutins and sat down to give us the juicy details...
Elephant is very different to, say, Start Without You. How did that clubbier sound emerge?
I’ve been writing this album for a very long time. I’ve been working on it for about a year and a few months. I had three weeks of a writing camp when I came back from the States and that’s when Elephant came to life. My A&R said it was such a great track that we should try and get Erick Morillo on. It took less than 24 hours for him to say Yes. He produced it. It didn’t take much encouragement from me to think it would be my first single from July last year, but Erick put the icing on the cake. He made it happen.
It is really different to the music that I’ve done but I don’t have a fear of doing something different and being a little bit dangerous. My sophomore album is a risk but I love it because I’m doing things that are slightly out of my comfort zone and out of the box. I’m growing up. If I want to talk about it, I'm gonna talk about it, whether that be sex, love, rock’n’roll, anything. I’m a woman now!
Is Elephant representative of the sound of the album as a whole?
It’s very, very different to what else is on there. What I really wanted to achieve with this album was great music and allow people to have fun. Although I’m talking about serious situations, it will still hopefully make the listener get up, boogie and have a good night out. It’s very colourful, it’s loud, it’s bold. It’s really in your face!
I’ve taken inspiration from 90s club anthems. That’s had a major influence on my album. It’s big songs.
How many singles before the album drops?
Maximum of three. Who knows? I could throw the album out there for free next week. Who knows what my crazy self will do?
I wanted to give a double-disc album, but I was shut down so hard. I would say a maximum of 14 songs but I wanted it to be a lot more. From single two, my fans will definitely be getting some B-sides. With Elephant there is a Breathless version of Elephant, which is completely stripped back and slowed down, just a piano and me. The reaction is always that it’s never going to work but it’s amazing.
Bad Boys really set the tone of what you’re about as a singer. Is there an equivalent of Bad Boys on the album? A Bad Boys Part II?
Is there a Bad Boys Part II? Great question! That would have to be left to the listener to figure that out! I believe that’s there a continuation of what I started but to another level, because this album is just crazy. I’m doing all kinds of sounds!
The single and album was delayed. Was that frustrating?
A fan tweeted me saying they had major respect for me for not rushing an album out. And that’s what I can’t do. I can’t just do an album in six months and put it out. I have to be able to live with it. Hopefully I will be promoting this for fifty years to come.
Is it true you’ve worked with Benny Benassi and David Guetta?
I can’t confirm anything at this time…! I hate lying!
Have you worked with RedOne again?
I haven’t worked with RedOne on this album, but there is a plan to… There is a plan to!
You’re the executive producer of the album – what does that actually mean?
It basically means nothing gets past my ears. If I want to change something and the producer says ‘no,’ if I say ‘yes,’ it’s happening. I won’t let anything get on this album if I haven’t been a part of it and put my stamp on it. The whole creative side in the sense of telling a story in the album has come from me.
Will you be touring this year?
I’m not sure. There was a plan too. There are a few things in the pipelines and if I choose to do a certain thing I can’t tour this year.
Is America on the cards at all for this album?
Absolutely! Without a shadow of a doubt.
Lastly, have you chosen the second single yet?
It's a duet with someone else… A male. The only male on the album. I was about to give you the name but I’m not allowed! It will be the second single. Not much longer to wait. We’re going back-to-back this year, babe!
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http://www.4music.com/news/news/3157...lexandra-Burke
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Member Since: 7/30/2010
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It's a duet with someone else… A male. The only male on the album. I was about to give you the name but I’m not allowed! It will be the second single. Not much longer to wait. We’re going back-to-back this year, babe!
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Very interesting. Any guesses?
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Member Since: 10/8/2009
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Exciting. I would love her to do a song with Professor Green.
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Member Since: 1/1/2011
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Rumor has it the second album will be called 'Domination'
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Member Since: 1/22/2010
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So that extended version of Elephant (with sick Intro + Outro) was actually fanmade o_o ?
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Member Since: 7/30/2010
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Rumor has it the second album will be called 'Domination' |
That works.
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Member Since: 8/24/2010
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So that extended version of Elephant (with sick Intro + Outro) was actually fanmade o_o ?
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Member Since: 9/13/2011
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I'm hoping the album is a whole lot different to the first single. Even though she says she's the executive producer, I feel as though the song was forced upon her by the label, simply to score a massive hit. It doesn't really represent her as an artist very well. She's basically just jumping on the dance-pop trend like everyone else. I guess she needs something like this for a strong comeback though.
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Member Since: 10/8/2009
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Originally posted by Chunk
Rumor has it the second album will be called 'Domination' |
Not wikipedia & that youtube 'leak' 
Anyways, according to a member at popjustice, Alex has already made almost 4 thousand dollars with Elephant for the label. 
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
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I wonder if the iTunes version will sound different from the leaks?
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Member Since: 2/16/2012
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Originally posted by B2R4D
I'm hoping the album is a whole lot different to the first single. Even though she says she's the executive producer, I feel as though the song was forced upon her by the label, simply to score a massive hit. It doesn't really represent her as an artist very well. She's basically just jumping on the dance-pop trend like everyone else. I guess she needs something like this for a strong comeback though.
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i don't think its her. It's good but the chorus is meh. And for me, that and the abrupt ending is irritating, but after many listens I like it. Thing is, hers is different IMO. Not just plain big banger, that's what a remix is for. I prefer it acoustic, and so does everyone else. I was annoyed at the push backs and radio not playing it. And IMO she should've performed it around XF last year. It's good but....radios hate her.
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Member Since: 10/8/2009
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I think it was probably her decision to not perform on XF, I think she knows she needs to distance herself from it. She can't be like JLS and rely on it to sell her albums for her.
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I wonder if the iTunes version will sound different from the leaks?
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I think at least the album version will have a different ending, because radio occasionally play it with a different one, less abrupt.
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Member Since: 2/16/2012
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And also, she performs it with that big ending too (which I like). As long as she brings that Tickled Pink/Acoustic live vocal to every performance of the song, I'm slayed. She can easily distance herself from the show, she's not an embarrassment. I also like how she's planning her finances, she said on a radio interview last week that she's invested in property. Girl has a brain. I just pray she goes international. Pixie lott is going, too, and IMO I think Alex has more potential. Her music isn't perfect, but it's her performances that make them special. And you can't say that for many acts (that they're better live and enhance their music). If 1D and the wanted can have success (and even Adele with a not so commercial debut) then Alex can slay. I wish they'd give her a chance, the US would take to her easily.
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Member Since: 7/30/2010
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@alexandramusic
Big day 2day! Shooting everything for the album!! Oh.. And I've finally got the album title! Can't wait2share this with you all...xx
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Member Since: 3/26/2011
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I can't wait for the album.
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Member Since: 12/26/2011
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I hope we get the album title soon!
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