Last stop: Singapore

Stood on my balcony last night with my manager John, a cold beer, an incredible view of the Singapore skyline and celebrated my first #1! What a moment.

The Youth Olympic Games theme song – Everyone – was last night crowned #1 top of the charts in Singapore. All the artists involved in the song were representing the continents they came from:

Myself – Europe

Sean Kingston – North America

Jessica Mauboy – Oceania

Jody Williams – Africa

Tabitha Nauser – Asia

Working with the other artists has been really enjoyable, for me a very different but wonderful experience. It’s a shame Sean couldn’t make it for the opening ceremony but sharing the stage with the other 3 beauties was still incredible, and not to mention the fact that there was 1.5 billion people watching it from around the globe! The ceremony was an absolute spectacle. Thousands of people were involved, thousands of man-hours had been invested and not to mention the amount of coin that no-doubt got pumped in to truly making it a big deal.

This whole experience with the YOG song has also given me a charming little introduction to the Singapore music world and it’s nice seeing things develop for me over here as it’s a country that I very much look forward to coming back to. The streets are spotless and the people are ever so courteous, to think that 200 years ago this place was just a mere fishing harbour is quite something.

So, I think this blog concludes my trip to The East as a massive success. There literally hasn’t been one single day that’s gone passed in the last few weeks that hasn’t been full of excitement, adventure and splendour. From shows on the beach, festivals in the sun, wild nights and time travelling flights this Asian expedition will go down in my books as one of the best yet. For those who have read the blog posts and followed me along the way I hope I have enlightened you as I have enlightened myself on how great these places are if you didn’t already know.

So I will do my best to continue to blog throughout the rest of my journey through music, it’s quite nice putting thoughts into words, memories into paragraphs, for me it’s kind of like re-living it all over again. But right now I start the real last leg of the trip, 10 hours in the sky from Singapore to London, back to my new house in which my new lounge doubles up as my new studio! The second album is starting to fall in to place like never before… can’t wait for you guys to hear it hopefully on CD and on stage!

Until next time you beauts x