After bursting back into our lives last year with the infectious ‘Go To Work’, the Nadine Coyle solo train is officially gathering steam with the release of her equally anthemic new single ‘Girls On Fire’.
Forget what Cheryl, Nicola and co. have released over the years: Nadine’s blistering brand of pop is closest you’ll get to the iconic off-the-wall sound that Girls Aloud cultivated so expertly during their 10 years together – which is just as well considering that some of the band’s staple classics will be getting a long overdue showing on stage alongside Nadine’s new solo material when the 32-year-old tours the UK and Ireland in May.
As gay men across the country add ‘Girls On Fire’ to their pre-Saturday night playlists, Attitude’s Will Stroude caught up with Nadine to find out more about her upcoming EP, which Girls Aloud tracks definitely won’t be getting another airing this spring, and why she might just end up becoming the “new Kris Jenner”…
Hi Nadine! You must be having a very busy week – how’s it all going?
It’s going really good! I try not to think about it because you can get yourself overexcited.
‘Girls On Fire’ is out today, we’ve got the EP coming and now you’ve announced a tour – how long have you been sitting on all this news?
It’s been a while! The plan was also to do ‘Go To Work’, get everything back up and going again and reintroduce. ‘Girls On Fire’ is bit heavier – when you hear it first you go ‘What on earth is she doing?!’ It comes nicely after ‘Go To Work’ I think. And the tour is something I always really love doing, so it was natural to just go back into that. Get back on stage, strut around – why not?!
As you say, ‘Girls On Fire’ is definitely a bold choice of single. What was the inspiration behind it?
Well ‘Girls On Fire’ is very, very sassy. It’s very much, ‘We can do whatever we want’, speaking from a position of power. I don’t like to write or be involved with songs that make anybody a victim. No victims around here! So we’ve made something that’s really powerful. When you’re listening to it, it can make your heart speed up, like you’ve had too much coffee. It’s one of those songs. It’s a really belter too, you’ve got to really clear your throat and get ready. I just want people to hear it and enjoy it.
