From Popjustice, someone asked if any insiders on there had heard Thunder, this is the only response so far.


Not the reply I was hoping for. I was imagining something big, with huge roaring production, you know a 'thunderous' sound. haha.

I was thinking about Leona's sound and how much I preferred the r'n'b sound. It's her music so it's not for me to say but I'd love to hear more r'n'b tracks. Her voice sounds best on that stuff.

On the other hand James loved it and said it had a classic Leona sound - so I assume it'll be more of an earthy/powerful production and vocals.

I'll reserve judgement until I've heard it. Which'll hopefully be in the next couple weeks.

Gggreaaat!
Sounds like the perfect choice!

So Thunder is a ballad? Balladona is back?
To be honest I find this endorsement theme a little bit bland and that lyric line in the Popjustice tweet doesn't sound promising but Leona always tends to surprise me so I will wait and see!

It was in Soe's forwarded messages. We will hear the early ballady version soon

Anyone who uses expressions like 'tired self-empowement' should not be taken seriously. And was it Deedee who said that US is more in sympathy with such themes? I do think that's true. The jaded cynicism of British culture is probably a barrier right now for Leona 'getting through'.

Will Trouble 1.0 be any different from the accoustic version of Trouble that we all know and love?
So exciting!
Also, I am super glad that they dont consider I got you or ALS as the 2nd single! Balladona is coming back!

It's very beautiful apparently. Simon fell in love with it. It's the very very very first version. I told them I heard a version of Trouble in a more operatic style but it's not that apparently.

Also regarding Thunder. I said they're "considering" Thunder, so maybe if they shoot I Am and Thunder next week, they can still go for I Am? Either way, I'm gonna wait until I hear it.

BBC Radio Ulster ‏@bbcradioulster
.@LeonaLewis joins @GerryKellyShow this Friday to talk leaving @SimonCowell behind and how @stevienicks inspired her

When I see this radio tour and compare it to radio tour Leona used to have I have to say I'm impressed.

I'm really excited about this whole campaign. Some of you said you don't listen to FUMF yet. Well I think I've never played a song so frequently since Happy was released. I'm totally in love with it. I HAVE TO dance and sing when I'm listening to the song and it doesn't matter where I am - college, work, travel, street....I just HAVE TO it's so infectious.

And I don't care for chart success that much yes I'd love to see Leona to be #1 with every single song and for 100 weeks in a row but when the song is good for me it's good no matter where it charts. I still think they should push FUMF in US.


Anyway exciting times ahead I hope Leona's healthy and her voice will sound like she's miming miss those comments hahaha

I don't know what they're doing here. I hope it's true that they can release in the US and they'll take notice even if she's performing badly here but it's not often the case that the US will be interested when you've had not even moderate success in the UK. They responded well-ish to One More Sleep. She's lucky Bleeding Love was so massive. I haven't heard Thunder but I'm not looking forward to it (just because I hate ballads). I'm a bit worried that they're doing a Trouble here and panicking because of FUMF so releasing a ballad.

I always thought Leona only got really ill around the end of the year but it seems more to do with whenever she is promoting and has a packed schedule? Her immune system must be non existent.

She can have her Thunder, as long as the vocals are as good as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-eLiqZ3wk. None of this earthy stuff. Big smashing beats, trills and runs.

I mean Run, by the way. Better in Time on this one sounds off. I'm pretty sure she's got vocal nodules but she doesn't want the surgery. Her voice sounds like she's singing against some kind of blockage. Particularly when the phrasing is faster.

Her voice wouldn't sound like that if it were nodules but I agree it sounds like her tonsils are swollen or something.

Out of curiosity, what is it that you like about Leona or what interests you because Leona is known as a ballad queen where it's all about the vocals

@LewisCorner (Twitter) also has the sampler album! We can ask him about Thunder/I Am!

Btw, he liked FUMF and ALS! (He didn't tell nothing about the other songs)

Fingers crossed FUMF gets another week on BBCR2 playlist!

I love the big vocals and I'm here for them 100% and I love them on ballads. It's weird because I like the vocals but not always the song. For me I thought Hurt wasn't a great choice but the vocals were great. I tend not to listen to the songs. I tend to just watch the live performances. Whereas with Glassheart, Come Alive and to some extent Shake You Up I actually was quite keen on them. Of course Run was out of this world. I also really liked Homeless and the beat on Fireflies is pretty good. I guess I could actually do with some ballads now that I think about it... It's more the FITS/AMLT ones that I'm really not into. I'm not liking the earthy thing but I'm not sure what everyone else thinks.


Yeah, I get you. Whatever it is, she sounds like she's singing pretty well through it. I think when we mention changes in her voice some people think we're insulting her. It's not her fault. Her technique sounded great after X Factor (it was still slightly sharp on the mix during it) especially 2011 (except for some mad vibrato on Hurt). But something happened after that that I think was related to illness.


See, empowerment stuff doesn't speak to me at all and I do find it somewhat tiresome because I never feel empowered or the need to be empowered. I kind of just do what I do and enjoy it. If things get tough, you keep quiet and sort it out. I always think songs about overcoming adversity can come across a bit whiny and self-congratulatory.

I hope Thunder is not next UK single just because I think it would be silly to have a song pretty much with the same theme as single #2. Then again, if I Am is choice, not sure how ballad will work with radio stations. I am pretty excited about the US plans, though, can't wait!

So no IGY mentioned anywhere as summer single Glassheart of this album it is

Woo @ mess

Btw, i redo everything in Leona Base in ATRL

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=171973
Feel free to check it out and tell me your opinion on it here

FUMF (Trouble)
Thunder (Lovebird)

Okay, girls, let's calm down, we don't know anything 100% and we haven't even heard the songs.