Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Singer and songwriter who is the UK's best-selling female album artist of the 21st century, with 15 Grammys, a Golden Globe, and an Oscar.
On the island
Eight records
The keepsakes
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:46What does the gearing up process involve when you prepare to be famous again?
Ready to step out into not really having very much control over, you know, the sort of attention on my life. And I'm so private, which isn't only because of my career. I've always been like that, even just as a person. It has to be like a good four-month build up to it, so I'm not shocked.
Presenter asks
9:31How do you look back on your relationship with your father now?
Um I remember always being very excited to see him whenever I did, but it was always a bit of a letdown. I definitely had a yearning for him because he didn't really deliver for me, like, you know.
Presenter asks
13:56Do you put in songs what you're feeling, even if you can't say it?
Oh 100%. I definitely realised that more on this album, 30. … I am very articulate, but I don't my communication skills aren't always great. … I get so many answers out of out of my songs for myself.
Every little poem is its own massive story that blows your mind and takes your brain to other places. So I feel like I could get endless stories out of that book. And it makes me feel strong as a woman. I love her books.
The luxury
I'm going to take a self-inflatable bed mattress because I love my sleep. Just the other day, Rich was like, You take sleeping so seriously. He was like, You're like the Mike Tyson of sleeping. I'm like, I have to fall asleep and when I'm in my sleep, I love it. I never used to get any sleep, so I feel like I'm catching up on all the sleep and all the insomnia that I used to have. I could sleep for 12 hours straight.
Presenter asks
25:40What's it like to deal with scrutiny about your weight loss while explaining changes you've chosen to make in your own life?
I understand why the press are fascinated by it, and they want to know because I didn't share my journey like everyone else does. … I did it on on the quiet for myself, but I I felt terrible for some people that felt like other people's comments. Meant that they weren't looking good or that they weren't beautiful. … And some of the ones I saw were young. They were like 15, like, you know. And there were some other people that felt very betrayed by me, being like, oh, she's given in to the pressure of it. And which didn't really bother me because like, you, you ain't holding my hand at night at 4 a.m. when I'm crying my heart out with anxiety and like needing a distraction and stuff like that.
Presenter asks
27:12How did you balance fans' disappointment with your creative decision to postpone the Las Vegas concerts? Do you think you got it right?
I don't know. I definitely felt everyone's disappointment. And I was devastated. And I was frightened about letting them down. And I thought I could pull it together and make it work, and I couldn't. And I stand by that decision. I don't think any other artist would have done what I did. … I'm not going to just do a show because I have to, or because people are going to be let down, or because you know, we're going to lose loads of money. Like, I'm like, the show's not good enough. … And it was horrible. And it was, the, the reaction was brutal. … I was a shell of a person for a couple of months.
Presenter asks
30:06Did becoming a mother change you in ways you weren't expecting?
Every single way. Every single way, yeah. Good, bad, strange. I love being a mum. Like, Angelo is just. … Fallen in love with music, you know, because he's been into video games for the last few years, which is very much his dad's area, not mine. … And we sit down and have the most intense conversations about music. … And it's just heaven.
“I ain't got time for drama. I ain't got time for arguing. I haven't got time for like not resolving anything.”
“Thick as thieves. We're both thick as thieves. And friends.”
“I definitely had a yearning for him because he didn't really deliver for me.”
“I get so many answers out of out of my songs for myself.”
“I don't think any other artist would have done what I did. … I'm not going to just do a show because I have to.”
“Every single way. Every single way, yeah. Good, bad, strange. I love being a mum.”