Quite possibly our favourite girl band member ever, Nicola Roberts is finally going it alone after nearly a decade in the shared Girls Aloud tinged spotlight. In anticipation of her debut solo album, she tells Jamie Milton a few of her first and lasts.
Album purchased?
First: A Take That record. I think I was about 10 or 11 – around the time of ‘Pray’ and ‘Babe’.
Last: ‘Watch The Throne’ by Jay Z and Kanye West. They’re just both geniuses. I just love them both, so the fact that you get two for one is a bonus!
Song you knew all the words to?
First: I think it was Alanis Morissette, ‘Ironic’. I used to love her growing up and my Mum would always have her playing in the car and we’d all be singing along.
Last: I’ve got Beyoncé’s record [‘4’] on literally non-stop in the car at the moment. I almost know the entire album off by heart. It pisses me off when I miss a word out, because I’m so into it.
Film seen in cinema?
First: ‘Apollo 13’ – I remember all the family going; my Mum, Dad, Aunties and Uncles. I remember it being a big day out, the first time I’d been to a cinema and I remember it being a massive deal.
Last: I went and saw ‘The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’. The trailer makes it to be a lot more dramatic than it is, CGI-wise you’d expect there to be flying gorillas and there are a couple of scenes like that but it’s more about the story.
Show you went to?
First: Again, this was a first experience with Take That.
Last: Probably M.I.A last November while ‘XXXO’ and all that was going on – it was good.
Fan encounter?
First: With the Popstars The Rivals show, we all came into the same studio every weekend and I used to go and stand outside and literally, from the moment we went and did the first live show, there’d be fans there, so it started very early for me.
Last: We have a little club – I call all the fans ‘Team Ginge’, like we’re all on the same team. There’s a few that are absolutely everywhere. Although where I am at the moment in my solo career, where I’m only at the second single, I haven’t seen them for a few weeks now and I miss them. When
they’re there all the time, you really get to know them – they’re like little friends.
Time abroad?
First: I think I was 10, and the whole family – and I’m talking about the whole family – we went out to Mallorca for a week. It was amazing.
Last: I haven’t been on a proper holiday since 2009. Recently I’ve been over to shoot the video [for ‘Lucky Day’] in L.A and New York. I think if you’re in work mode and you’re motivated, you don’t wanna stop to take a holiday. But it’s nice when your work responsibilities take you away and you have a lovely team around you and it’s a mix between ‘trip’ and ‘work’.
Book?
First: Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’.
Last:I’m reading Alan Sugar’s book at the moment. I’m only at the very beginning but I like business, so I’m partly using this as something to learn from.
Nicola Roberts’ new album ‘Cinderella’s Eyes’ is out now via Polydor.
Taken from the Autumn 2011 issue of DIY, available now.
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