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 Natasha Bedingfield's sophomore album N.B. is very much reflective of this 'different place' that she is in now, proving that affairs of the heart, although difficult, make for excellent song-writing material. Each track on the album explores a varying stage of the 'relationship' story, and the issues, experiences, and processes that come with these stages: from the lonely place of never feeling like you will fit with anyone ("Soulmate"), through the flirting, dancing stage where you feel you might ("How Do You Do?"), to the moment at which the game playing ends and open honesty prevails ("Say It Again").
Never one to mouth empty platitudes or re-hash well-worn clichés, Natasha's gift for creating pop music that does not sacrifice intelligence on the altar of universal appeal prevails throughout. Recorded in Los Angeles, Natasha Bedingfield has co-written and co-produced N.B., working with a stellar team of talent including Mike Elizondo of Eminem/Dre/50 Cent fame, Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Greg Kurstin (Beck, Lily Allen), previous collaborators Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Wayne Wilkins, Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues and long time Madonna collaborator Pat Leonard.The first cut to be taken from N.B. is forthcoming single "I Wanna Have Your Babies," due to be accompanied by a colourful and entertaining video from Dave Meyers (Pink, Missy Elliot, Outkast). Lyrically "I Wanna have Your Babies" touches on a female's fight to reign in their natural disposition to 'rush into things' in an effort to find that elusive 'one', that potential father to their children. Musically it is distinctly 'Natasha Bedingfield' - the voice to melt radios, the beats that drop either side of the Atlantic, the arrangements that are undeniably quirky, but still, somehow, work.
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