Leona Lewis - Glassheart

by **StefanK** » Tue May 29, 2012 4:57 am

I want this album so bad!

God damn Leona, hurry up!

by **Thriller** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:06 pm

So now they're trying to turn her into Emeli Sandé. I wish they'd stop trying to throw her on to every possible bandwagon and just release something with a bit of uniqueness about it. They're terrified of failure with her because she's still the poster girl for The X Factor and it's kinda like if Leona finally flops, the whole franchise has. With a voice like her's though she should be putting it to better use than she has been... give us the next "Bleeding Love"!

by **theArmy** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:56 pm

Thriller wrote:They're terrified of failure with her because she's still the poster girl for The X Factor and it's kinda like if Leona finally flops, the whole franchise has.

I agree

I hope her single will come out in August/September, but Goooshhh without a that late release... it's just stupid, that UK artists still release singles 2 months after the vid, just because they're watin on ''radio support''... 3-4 weeks are ok, but releasing the single, while they're already announcing the 2nd?

by **jpguy** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:20 pm

IMO, "Collide" was an excelent song and it was a move in the right direction, it suited Leona gracefully! It's not like she was pulling a "Party Rock Anthem" meets "On The Floor" though... it was just a sweet melody... maybe all the Avicii controversy made it go down in the charts and flop, I don't know... but clearly, people didnt want Ballads either... look at "Echo" + "Happy" and how abysmal they did on the charts!

by **preyan** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:03 pm

She needs a new album cover and change in album title.
We need a fresh start :cry:

by **Jesper** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:08 pm

preyan wrote:She needs a new album cover and change in album title.
We need a fresh start

I agree, by the looks of it, it will be basically a whole new album anyways.

by **Posion** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:35 pm

While on home turf in Hackney today omg! witnessed the singer share her experiences in the music industry and also opened up about why we've not heard (or seen) much of her of late.

She said: "It's hard writing an album, it takes a while, you can't rush it out — so you're away for a bit. My album will be out at the end of the summer.

"I've had to be strong and courageous in what you want. Simon Cowell knew I was an artist not just a singer who'd sing any song.

"And now I have full creative control from the promotion, photo shoots and the video — it's taken a while to get but I've got it now."

This was part of the interview at R1.

She also said that she has something planned for Hackney Weekend. I am guessing that it is a new single.

by **Posion** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:39 pm

New Song titles.

DARK LOVE CITY STREETS
Writer(s): MATTHEW HALES, FRAISER SMITH, LEONA LEWIS

WAKE UP
Writer(s): LEONA LEWIS, MATTHEW HALES, ALI TAMPOSI

ORIGINAL
Writer(s): TROY VERGES, BRETT JAMES, LEONA LOUISE LEWIS, HILLARY LEE LINDSEY

by **theArmy** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:28 am

Posion wrote:New Song titles.

DARK LOVE CITY STREETS
Writer(s): MATTHEW HALES, FRAISER SMITH, LEONA LEWIS

WAKE UP
Writer(s): LEONA LEWIS, MATTHEW HALES, ALI TAMPOSI

ORIGINAL
Writer(s): TROY VERGES, BRETT JAMES, LEONA LOUISE LEWIS, HILLARY LEE LINDSEY

I love the title ''Dark Love City Streets'', I think that's the song ''Gangster Killer'', that her record label forbid to release... but looks like she has everythin in her hands now....ahaa :oops:

glad that she is co-writing all of her songs

by **StefanK** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:01 am

I really hope "LoveBirds" will reach the final (new) version of the album, 'cause that song is fantastic! Wanna hear it full!

by **theArmy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:10 am

StefanK wrote:I really hope "LoveBirds" will reach the final (new) version of the album, 'cause that song is fantastic! Wanna hear it full!

I love it too! the snippet was really good

by **preyan** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:44 am

Posion wrote:
While on home turf in Hackney today omg! witnessed the singer share her experiences in the music industry and also opened up about why we've not heard (or seen) much of her of late.

She said: "It's hard writing an album, it takes a while, you can't rush it out — so you're away for a bit. My album will be out at the end of the summer.

"I've had to be strong and courageous in what you want. Simon Cowell knew I was an artist not just a singer who'd sing any song.

"And now I have full creative control from the promotion, photo shoots and the video — it's taken a while to get but I've got it now."
This was part of the interview at R1.

She also said that she has something planned for Hackney Weekend. I am guessing that it is a new single.

What worries me is that she did not mention the most important things.
Full creative control of song selections and final tracklist.

Oh well, I am glad that she's back to the drawing board!!!
She needs to stick to her ballady self! That's why we loved her initially!!! 8-)

by **jennytals** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:11 pm

Leona needs an R&B album. She already did pop on the first two albums and some electronic along the way. An R&B/Urban sound would be SO different from her which is what everyone wants.

by **evaprimananda** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:32 pm

Jesper wrote:Okay for my own feelings it;s safe to say that Glassheart will not be Glassheart anymore, I feel a Bionic situation coming for sure now, they probably pull her in a corner to get a "too commercial" side and a bit of the direction she wanted to go, with most of it pushed to B-sides/deluxe and with a possible failure of the commercial material for it being "too safe" or too dated or whatever reason, I really feel pessimistic about this project now.

Of course not, i think Alexandra Burke's new album is the Bionic situation

by **theArmy** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:51 pm

she'll come back this year.... smash with the singles.... smash with the album.... end of the discussion!

by **aMuse** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:10 am

I'm waiting, think this is going to be her time, fingers crossed

by **Posion** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:27 am

Video link :http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18441650

'I do have new material, so I am just deciding what new songs I am going to put in the set'

by **theArmy** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:34 am

Posion wrote:Video link :http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18441650

'I do have new material, so I am just deciding what new songs I am going to put in the set'

well she said this 2 years ago, so this is like she said nothin....

by **Masson** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:45 am

Fraser T Smith is overseeing production of Leona Lewis’s entire next album, making it the first time a producer has worked across one of her releases.

The co-writer of Adele’s Set Fire To The Rain and Taio Cruz’s Break Your Heart told Music Week that, while other producers were working on what will be in Glassheart her third studio set, he was taking a production role for the whole album as well as co-authoring about half its tracks.

This approach is entirely different to Lewis’s first two albums Spirit and Echo, which were littered with different songwriters and producers across their tracks, among them Max Martin, Dr Luke, Stargate, Ryan Tedder and Steve Mac.

Smith suggested having one producer overseeing everything would result in Lewis “making an artist album rather than it being a collection of songs”.

When having a mixture of producers for one album he reckoned “you end up with maybe two or three radio songs and not necessarily the album sales you want”.

“It’s been amazing,” he said. “It’s been a great challenge to come up with a vision at the beginning of how we wanted it to sound and I hope to be able to do more projects like that in the future.”

“People have preconceptions of what Leona is so you want to keep the essence of that and keep pushing the boundaries,” added Smith who is signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

by **Posion** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:45 am

theArmy wrote:
Posion wrote:Video link :http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18441650

'I do have new material, so I am just deciding what new songs I am going to put in the set'
well she said this 2 years ago, so this is like she said nothin....

She is going to perform her new single at Hackney Weekend. That is what she meant when she said she is going to put a new song in her set.

by **Thriller** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:02 pm

Album is 80% done apparently. I fully expect them to relaunch her on this year's X Factor live shows and forget that "Collide" ever happened.

by **picciottino** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:04 pm

Thriller wrote:forget that "Collide" ever happened.

def not a problem for me

by **Mike_54** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:28 pm

I just hope song "Glassheart" stays on it!! I'm addicted to that live lq version of it, ever since I heard it..

by **glamdoll** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:53 pm

Mike_54 wrote:I just hope song "Glassheart" stays on it!! I'm addicted to that live lq version of it, ever since I heard it..

me too.

as for Colide, i dont think it was bad, i loved it, dont undestand what went wrong,i guess ppl didnt like Leona doing dance music.

by **tada** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:47 am

picciottino wrote:
Thriller wrote:forget that "Collide" ever happened.
def not a problem for me

NEVER! i adore the song to death