19th April, 2024
14th November, 2018Multi-award winning, multi-platinum selling and much loved global superstar, Cheryl is back and at her best asshe announces the release of her highly anticipated new single ‘ Love Made Me Do It ’ - her first release sincesigning to 3Beat/Universal , marking a triumphant return after a four year break from the spotlight.
Love Made Me Do It is irreverently insistent, perfect pop that is classic Cheryl with a defiant twist. “ It’ssomething that anyone who’s been in love will be able to relate to in some way or another,” says Cheryl.“It’s catchy and it’s fun. It’s not about one specific person or relationship, it’s more about me being the loverof love that I am. I just love love!”
The new single reunites Cheryl with former Girls Aloud bandmate and friend Nicola Roberts , who co-wrote thetrack with Cheryl alongside her ‘Only Human’ collaborators The Invisible Men. The track is Cheryl at her mostplayful: ”Oh my god, I’m such a sucker, I fall in love with every fucker,” and showcases where Cheryl is at inher life right now - “Love made me do it... and I’d do it again”.
Cheryl is at the start of a new chapter: a new mum, a new label, a new single, a new direction, which has beena year in the making. She has grown significantly as an artist and writer between each release, taking morecontrol over her sound than ever before – something that shines through on ‘ Love Made Me Do It’ . The single signifies a new era in Cheryl's creative zenith, representing the artist she is, right here and right now.
This time around, Cheryl has been able to make music free from the pressures and constraints of a recordlabel. There’s been “no A&R, no legal, no head of label, no one” she explains. “ I just made the music from areally pure place, music simply for the love of it. I thought, if I don’t know what I’m doing by now, then I don’t know what I’m doing in this industry.”
Pop star, philanthropist and TV personality - Cheryl’s 16 years in music, television and fashion has seen herachieve huge commercial success and she is far from slowing down - ‘ Love Made Me Do It’ almost makes youforget how long she left us wanting more.
Having started out in The BRIT Award winning Girls Aloud, selling over 4 million albums and becoming one ofthe most successful British girl groups of all time, achieving a string of twenty consecutive top ten singles in theUK, including four number ones. Cheryl’s solo singing career began with her 2009 debut album 3 Words thatdebuted at number one, selling 125k copies in its first week. The album was certified three times platinum,selling 1 million copies in the UK alone - with the lead single Fight For This Love becoming the fastest-sellingsingle of 2009 in the UK and peaking at #1. Between then and now, Cheryl has released a further four studio albums with 3 Words, Messy Little Raindrops, A Million Lights and Only Human, which collectively producedfive UK #1 singles Fight For This Love, Promise This, I Don’t Care, Crazy Stupid Love and Call My Name. Havingspent six weeks at #1, Cheryl has the second most #1s for a solo British female artist. Outside of music, Cherylhas been one of the most popular judges The X Factor has ever seen, is a brand ambassador of L’Oreal, and the
founder of Cheryl’s Trust, a foundation that works with the Prince’s Trust to help disadvantaged kids in theNorth East of England. Earlier this year, together they raised over £2m to open Cheryl’s Youth Trust, a youth centre in the heart of Newcastle.
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