Catch up with the X-Factor
A: Hi Richard, how’ve you been, what you been up to?
R: I’ve been well, I’ve been busy, I’ve been not so busy, I’ve been all things to all people. Ever since the albums come out, everything has changed a bit...which is good.
A: How have things changed?
R: Well, when you get an album out you do a lot of promotion trying to let people know about it’s existence and then it all kinda quietens down, and you can get back into the studio and start making some music again, which has been very welcome.
A: So is there some new material in the pipeline?
R: Yeah, I’m just starting to get some new ideas together about what happens next. There’s another single coming out off this album, then maybe another, then it’s the new stuff, so I’m trying to gather my thoughts for that.
A: New year maybe?
R: No, it’ll be later next year I would have thought. Things happen in slow motion!
A: Tell us about the new single?
R: The new single features a mystery guest vocalist and it’s taken off the album, so if you’ve bought the album you’ll probably know who it is! It’s going out as a Richard X single, and you can find out who the mystery guest is when you buy the single. It’s a great song though, again it’s kinda my R&B meets electronica fascination. I think it’s a bit away from the modern R&B thing, I mean a lot of it was written by the guys who worked with the likes of Alexander O’Niell and Janet Jackson, so there’s very much a mid-eighties vibe to it. It’s just one of those things, where you take them out of context and they sound quite fresh and interesting compared to what’s going on today.
A: How involved was the ‘mystery singer’ in the development of the song?
R: Well, with my album and, kinda, the things I’ve done, I’ve been a bit more controlling than maybe other producers might be, so it’s been very much finding the people who are right for the vibe, you know, those people who are a bit different and haven’t just been given pop success on a plate. So, she was one of those people...(laughs) how bizarre I can’t mention who it is! There you go anyway, it’s a good song at the end of the day.
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