For a while, it almost seemed like Cheryl Cole was the Queen of England. This doesn’t mean she was discovered as having blue blood whilst kicking a swan to death. Nor did it mean she wiped her arse on ?50 notes while a butler fanned her with peacock feather. Rather, it meant that everyone was ambivalent toward her, which in celebrity terms, is as good as being loved.
Then, she released her solo album which was weird. On first listen, it was a bit rubbish, and then, after hearing the singles on the radio and television, they transformed into ‘quite good’. And it looks like she’s got a new record coming out, if the leaked tune on YouTube is to be believed (which you can hear over the jump).
And guess what? It’s initially disappointing but promises to be ‘quite good’ after a few listens.
The leaked track is called ‘Promise This’ and will feature on her second solo LP. With Nadine Coyle’s inevitable faux grown-up album on the way (think Ronan Keating’s solo work), feel free to start discussing the imminent demise of Girls Aloud (who, regardless of what you think, are the best thing to happen to British pop music in decades).
The 50-second preview has been leaked on to YouTube, in which Cole can also be heard saying: “I’m scared, I’m excited.”
It looks like someone working on the track sneakily whipped out their phone and shot a video of a wall while the track played in the background.
The single will probably be released in the next month so she can piggyback on the The X Factor live shows.
Anyway, here’s the leaked song.
Handily, this new project comes off the death of an old project… notably, her marriage to Ashley Cole. Yep, they’ve been granted a ‘quickie’ divorce at London’s High Court.
The decree nisi was granted by District Judge Christopher Simmonds, on the grounds of Ashley’s admitted unreasonable behaviour. Or sticking it in someone else as we know it.
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Will says
I wholeheartedly agree with your assertion that Girls Aloud have released some cracking material, and Cole’s debut was definitely what one would term a ‘grower’. But this, sir, is one messy shitpile of a song.