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insome singer and former Fatih,ess
member Dido released her debut
solo album in the UK. No Anoel. not
so long ago, despite the fact that;r v/as
released in the US way back in 1999. The
Voice caught up wiih her to finci out how she is
enjoying her new success.
It's unusual for a British artist to release
a
debut CD in the US before ihe UK. but for 29-
year-old Dido this has been the case.
"Basically I first went to America a couple of
years ago. The album came out there in June
1999," she explains. "Because I was on a very
small label in England, it would have helped if
I could go to America, spend a few months
there. create a story and then come back 10
England. Nobody expected me to be there for
almost two years. The label I was on in
England started being sold and that deal took
a year-and-a-half to do and I basically got
exiled in America because that was the only
place I could work while all of this was going
on-" She continues, "l was a bit upset about it
because I didn't want to be so far away from
home for quite such a long time, and lt was
very frustrating that I couldn,t do shows in my
own country but obviously it,s completely
worked to my advantage.,,
It was while she was in the US that rap star
Eminem came across her now highly
acclaimed track'Thankyou,, which wai
originally featured in the hit movie Sliding
Doors. He liked the song so much that h6
sampled it on his record, ,Stan,, and Dido
even appeared in the video. How did she
enjoy working with him? She gushes, ,,The
Eminem thing was just great. iStan, is this
amazing track and it created a lot of press
hype for me which was good. lt,s definitely
been weird that I sort
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started oft as
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sample basically. but I think it,s amazing how
many people have shown an interest liierally
from me singing six lines. Eminem made me
very welcome and very relaxed and to be
quite frank we_ have really good fun on stage.
It was a sort of personal adventure."
But now No Angel has eventually been
released in the UK, was she nervous about its
reception? "Yeah," she agrees. ,,1 mean it,s
always going to be more emotional to go to
number one in your own country and it means
an extraordinary amount. I feel like I have
come home in a really nice way.,, Not that she
is quick to dismiss the lessons she learned
touring in the US. "l feel I went to America and
I learned a lot," she explains. ,,1 was so well
looked after and the audiences were lovely. I
got back [to England] and was ready for it. i,m
getting to tour nearer to home for some of this
year and that's obviously nicer for
me.,,
Having been touring for so long, you would
think that Dido would prefer to lust sit back tor
a litlle while but no, she,s off overseas again
soon. "l'm going back to America in Junelnd
then jet off to Australia and the Far East
hopef ully by September,', she says. The
complete itinerary hasn't been released just
yet, but here's hoping Hong Kong is included.
Now that she has made it, she must have
started thinking about her second album,
commonly agreed to be the hardest album for
an artist to write" Does she feel under
pressure? "Yeah, there's definitely pressure on
the next album," she concedes. ,;l mean when
about having to actually think about it. I have
to be careful to write songs that I want to
listen to and make music that I like. you can,t
start thinking, "Oh my God there are all these
fans and will they like it?,, your head can get
turned by that sort of thingl,
All of this aside, fame and success can be a
difficult thing for an artist to come to terms
with. Has tt been everything Dido hoped for?
"Yeah. This whole success and fame thing? lt
took me about five minutes to work outlhat
our jobs are made easier by success and you
can get things done quicker and people are
more helpful." Wise words from a wise
I wrote this one nobody cared what I was
woman.
out and nobody had any expectations. That
was great for me because I could sit in the
studio and just write. l'm slightly nervous
Fans can keep an eye on Dido,s travel plans by
logging on to her website roru,iw.didomr:si*.ccm
by Melindu Earsdon
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