You may remember Natasha Bedingfield, the British singer who first appeared in 2004 and delivered the international pop hit songs like "These Words (I Love You, I Love You, I Love You)", "Love like This", "Pocket Full of Sunshine" and "Unwritten" which earned her a Grammy nomination. She was quite active until around 2012 when Bedingfield seemed to put her recording career pretty much on hold.
It turned out that she had gotten married to Matt Robinson, an American businessman in 2009 and they had their first child later that year. While Bedingfield went out on small tours in Europe, did a little acting, wrote songs for movie projects and was a guest judge on the New Zealand version of "The X Factor" over these past years, there was no new music from the singer.
That has officially ended in 2019 as Bedingfield just released her first album in eight years with "Roll With Me". The now thirty-seven year old vocalist has teamed up with producer, Linda Perry, the former member of the rock band, 4 Non Blondes and who helped guide Pink and Christina Aguilera when they were ready to change directions in their music careers. This collection certainly doesn't abandon the pop-r&b sound that first brought her fame yet it adds interesting touches like reggae and offers a slightly more mature perspective to these songs. It is a very welcome return from a great artist. Have a listen to a few of my favorite tracks from Ms Bedingfield's fourth album:
