Rebecca Ferguson has said that her collaboration with Nile Rodgers is exactly what she needed to get back into music. Nile Rodgers is producing the former X Factor star’s next album and has also appeared on her latest single Nothing Left But Family.
After finishing in second place on the X Factor in 2010, Rebecca was excited to begin her new music career. However, she made the decision to take a step back from her career two years ago, following attempts to speak out on racial prejudice and abuse of power from higher ups in the music industry, that fell on deaf ears. She spoke to the Metro about that time, saying; “I felt like doors just got closed for me. I had loads of interviews lined up and I was supposed to talk about these matters and every door got closed.”
It was her work with Nile Rodgers that re-affirmed her love for music. Speaking to the Metro, Rebecca spoke about how her work with Nile came at a perfect time in her life, and how his positive outlook helped her make the comeback to her career. She explained; “To then meet Nile, who is so positive about everything – because he’s had such a hard life, he’s fought cancer twice and his outlook on life is you only live once – he changed the way I think about life.”
The pair were introduced by a mutual friend, but finally got together at Abbey Road Studios in London, while Rebecca was attending a meeting there. Nile called her into the studio and asked her opinion on a track. She suggested some things that could add to it and just like that he asked her to go into the studio and sing it. She has said how he then said he wanted to produce her work, in the interview with the Metro she said; “I think it was a bit of luck, me being in the right place at the right time.”
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Rebecca’s new single Nothing Left But Family, with Nile Rodgers is on all streaming platforms now. The release date for the new album has not been confirmed yet.
