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Music Interviews Liberty X 
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| Liberty X |
| By Afsheen Shaikh | |
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Monday, 03 November 2003 Case of the X Having spun the pop world on its axis, Liberty X hope to do it again with their new album Being Somebody. Shooting for the stars yet down-to-earth, Jessica tells uk-fusion why they've got the 'x' appeal  Your second album Being Somebody is distinctively more R&B and mature sounding. Was it a concern to make it more appealing to an older audience? No, we never consciously thought let us make it appeal to this section of the population by doing X, Y, Z. The only plan we had was to make music that we were proud of and to pick the best songs, be they ballads or up tempo or poppy tracks. We have quite a good range on there for everyone but we’ve picked tracks that are our favourites too. Why did you decide to pick ‘Jumpin’ as a single? It’s one of our favourite tracks on the new album. We previewed it on tour and it went down so well (considering it was a new track people hadn’t heard before) that we thought we have to put this one out. How did Tony hit the falsetto notes? (laughs) Was he wearing your PVC cat suit? Haha! Do you know what? It’s actually easy for him – he has a naturally really good falsetto and he doesn’t have to strain at all to do it. Who can hit the higher notes – Tony or Justin Hawkins? (laughs) I think Tony has a softer falsetto than the guy from The Darkness – he belts it out a bit more. Maybe the cat suits help him!  Do you feel like reality TV veterans now more pop stars are being churned out from shows like Pop Idol and what advantages do you have over them?I don’t think I’ve ever really thought about what advantages we have over them. I suppose we’re a little bit different in that we weren’t actually the chosen ones. We were able to go off and do our own thing and really be involved in all the decisions made relating to Liberty X. We’ve been able to write a hell of a lot too but I know that other Pop Idols, Popstars - The Rivals, etc, etc – get the chance to write as well. If you hadn’t got to where you are now, would you have tried again by auditioning for those shows? No, no, I wouldn’t do it that way - that’s not to say I wouldn’t recommend someone to do it but I think once I had been on TV by going for a TV talent show, I wouldn’t do it again. People who do try again are extremely brave Has the money started rolling in yet? (laughs) We’re comfortable, I’ll say that! What’s been your most extravagant purchase? I bought a flat this year. Are you surprised by what an active interest Richard Branson (V2 label boss) takes in Liberty X? No, I’m not surprised. I mean, it’s wicked. We’re just really happy he does have such an active interest but that’s what he’s like. With every company he’s started up, he does have a really personal involvement and we’re lucky that he wanted to sign us and that he’s had such an active role. To have someone like that behind you is brilliant. You’ve won a few awards, which one are you most proud of? I think the BRIT Award probably – that’s the big one and something I guess every British artist dreams of getting and it’s very rare to get one. We got it for Best Single [for 'Just A Little' at the BRIT Awards 2003), which is a brilliant thing ‘cos we’re really proud of that song and it was a great, great night. Justin Hawkins or Justin Timberlake? (immediately) Justin Timberlake! By a long chalk! He’s my type of music definitely – I have his album and I think it’s brilliant.  You recently released a live DVD of your first tour. Is that a taster of what to expect on the forthcoming arena tour next year?In a way, yes because as you’ll see from the DVD, the whole tour was totally live with a live band and that’s gonna be the same but then that was on a much smaller scale. When you do a theatre tour, it’s a totally different kettle of fish to when you do an arena tour - the crowd is so much bigger and the space you’ve got to fill is too so everything is going to be on a grander scale, much more spectacular. Ultimately we’re a live band, doing it live.
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