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Old 13-06-2015, 15:25
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Leona was on Graham Norton's radio show today and she premiered this new album track called Essence Of Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOBwpV3aU9E

Thought? I love it.
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Old 13-06-2015, 15:28
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It was amazing and her voice omg <3
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Old 13-06-2015, 15:39
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Absolutely stunning.
Love that she wrote it too! Just brilliant!
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Old 13-06-2015, 15:41
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The lyrics are really good and Leona's voice sounds great! Cannot wait to see what other songs the album has. *_
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Old 13-06-2015, 15:44
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Love it, SO much better than Fire.
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Old 13-06-2015, 16:16
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Here are the lyrics if you are interested,

Ohhh ohhh ohhhh

Let me take these clothes off
Throw them in the fire
Blowing hair in the wind
Let spirit guide me
No limitations
It a brand new dawn
onto new horizon

This is who I am
This is what I want

Oh I’m breaking free
I’m taking the leap
these water are deep
I’m feeling, i'm feeling
the essence of me

these mountain are steep
but there's not stopping me
i'm feeling, i'm feeling
the essence of me

the eh eh eh eh the essence of me
the eh eh eh eh the essence of me

I’ve been everything you
Wanted me to be
Let you chip away at
My self esteem
You spoke so loud I
Couldn’t hear myself
But now your ugly judgments
No longer pin me down

You can’t pin me down!
They can pin me down!


I’m standing at the fences
I still gotta overcome
everyday a little victory
take them one by one
im waking up stronger
putting on my gloves
round 1
now its on
bring it on bring it on
got nothing to fear, but my own fears
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Old 13-06-2015, 20:53
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Sounds great, already like it more than Fire
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Old 14-06-2015, 00:45
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only got halfway through and switched it off because i was bored.
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Old 14-06-2015, 01:04
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Are all the songs going to be 'I am', 'me, me, me', this is 'my essence' etc, and is anyone bothered?

OK we get the idea, you were treated badly by the nasty record company, that BTW made you a star and got you the most amazing showcase opportunties, but you have battled through and grown blar, blar....blar, yawn.
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Old 14-06-2015, 01:05
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Really like it! Such a big improvement of Fire, hope this gets heaps of air play.

Hopefully this is a new era for Leona now she's left Syco.
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Old 14-06-2015, 01:48
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Are all the songs going to be 'I am', 'me, me, me', this is 'my essence' etc
To be honest that's how I feel as well. I love Leona and I understand she wants to make the point that she's got more freedom away from Syco but this album will be bore me to tears if this is all she sings about.

Not sure I'm feeling this track, especially how it ends so abruptly. I'm surprised everyone is liking it.
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Old 14-06-2015, 02:12
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To be honest that's how I feel as well. I love Leona and I understand she wants to make the point that she's got more freedom away from Syco but this album will be bore me to tears if this is all she sings about.

Not sure I'm feeling this track, especially how it ends so abruptly. I'm surprised everyone is liking it.
It ends like that because Graham started talking over it, it probably fades out.

And we have heard two songs so far, we will hear one or two new songs by tomorrow. She is currently at G-A-Y performing, and she has said she is doing new songs and one classic.
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Old 14-06-2015, 08:55
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I'm surprised everyone is liking it.
Me too. And to be honest with this and Fire I'm not surprised she hasn't previously been allowed more input-dreadful tracks. I actually think her voice has really deteriorated. I think it's become really shrill and thin. Listen to her new stuff and then songs like bleeding love, yesterday etc and the power just isn't there.
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Old 14-06-2015, 09:19
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Me too. And to be honest with this and Fire I'm not surprised she hasn't previously been allowed more input-dreadful tracks. I actually think her voice has really deteriorated. I think it's become really shrill and thin. Listen to her new stuff and then songs like bleeding love, yesterday etc and the power just isn't there.
I've said this a million times but always get shouted down. I like the song but her voice really is not what it used to be. Hasn't been since Echo
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Old 14-06-2015, 10:14
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As strange as it sounds, if Leona wants to restore his career back to its former glory days she needs to release a song that could become a karaoke classic.

The type of song that people remember after hearing it just a couple of songs.

Essence Of Me sounds alright but for me personally this is album track filler material. I dare say Fire Under My Feet is more catchy and if that is going to struggle to make todays top 40, then Essence Of Me would struggle to go top 75.

Whoever is handling Leona's career right now needs to go back to drawing board, get some catchy radio friendly songs and propel Leona back to the top.

On the flip side, maybe this is the type of music Leona wants to release. Clearly it's not the music the majority of fans want to hear.
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Old 14-06-2015, 10:32
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Well, that's three minutes of my life i won't get back. Everything she's released since 'Trouble' has bored me.
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Old 14-06-2015, 13:17
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I really really like it. It's a strong modern type ballad. Not everything can be single worthy, but it's in no way a filler in my opinion.

As for Leona singing about me me me, I think it's refreshing for a change considering her last 3 studio albums (Christmas one not included) were all songs about being heartbroken over love.
Another Love Song and I Got You are both kind of empowering love songs, so different to Fire Under My Feet and Essence Of Me which are about overcoming adversity.

And nobody knows what Leona has been through behind the scenes, so it's a bit ignorant to say "she got treat a bit badly by a label that made her a star". Nobody knows what went on behind the scenes, but I imagine it must have been very hard and scary to see your career declining with each year, losing more and more control over your own life and music and having no idea how to salvage your career when she was stuck with a label that kind of ignored her and pushed her aside for their bigger names.
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Old 14-06-2015, 16:29
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Really like it, it sounds a bit like something that Florence would release but at the same time, still very Leona.
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Old 14-06-2015, 17:41
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Absolutely stunning.
Love that she wrote it too! Just brilliant!
Have we seen the writing credits for these tracks? How do we know who wrote what? even Adele and Emelie Sande have songwriting teams of 4. The days of Lennon and McCartney or Richards and Jagger are long gone.
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Old 14-06-2015, 20:58
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As strange as it sounds, if Leona wants to restore his career back to its former glory days she needs to release a song that could become a karaoke classic.

The type of song that people remember after hearing it just a couple of songs.

Essence Of Me sounds alright but for me personally this is album track filler material. I dare say Fire Under My Feet is more catchy and if that is going to struggle to make todays top 40, then Essence Of Me would struggle to go top 75.

Whoever is handling Leona's career right now needs to go back to drawing board, get some catchy radio friendly songs and propel Leona back to the top.

On the flip side, maybe this is the type of music Leona wants to release. Clearly it's not the music the majority of fans want to hear.
Brilliant post. I am so far very disappointed in the direction she is going with Island. I do like Fire much more than most on here but overall so far her new output is more bland and forgettable than anything she released with Syco. I fear she might be a rather poor songwriter. Her self penned songs thus far sound a little childish to my ears especially Essence of Me. Not everyone can be a jack of all trades so maybe she should have just stuck to the singing which is where she really shines.
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