Meatloaf writer signs up for Rhydian album
X-FACTOR star Rhydian Roberts’ career is taking off like Bat Out Of Hell – thanks to Meatloaf’s songwriter Jim Steinman.
The man who penned some of the super-sized singer’s most popular songs is now helping Rhydian write songs for his debut album, due out in October.
“I’m thrilled about that,” said Rhyd.
“It seems Jim had seen a clip of me singing Meatloaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) on one of the X Factor shows, a song he himself had written.
“I’m a big Meatloaf fan too, we’ve both got that kind of quasi-opera thing going on – although he’s a tenor and I’m a baritone.”
It’s another coup for Rhydian, following on the heels of signing a £1m album deal with Simon Cowell’s label Sony BMG last month.
But it’s not been all plain sailing for Rhydian, who was pipped to the top prize by popular 19-year-old Scottish shop assistant Leon Jackson last December.
Speaking on his return from a holiday in Mexico, he told Wales on Sunday that he spent the first seven days of his relaxing break laid up with a bout of pneumonia.
“Well, I say ‘pneumonia’, but my uncle Nigel reckons it was more like a really bad case of man flu,” said the 24-year-old star from Sennybridge, who was taking a fortnight break abroad with his parents and a small army of relatives.
“Uncle Nige had it too, not as bad as me, of course.We both started feeling ill after getting off the plane.
“But whatever it was, it was a shocker and I was out of action for the first seven days, that’s why I look so pale in the pics you’ve seen of me,” Rhydian added.
“I had constant headaches, water on the chest and couldn’t walk about hardly at all.”
The two weeks away, though, have helped him to recover from the initial disappointment of finishing in second place – not to mention the cries of “‘Fix!” that surrounded the X Factor live final as 2,500 furious fans claimed they couldn’t vote for their favourite because phone lines were jammed.
“I’m leaving all that behind me, there’s no sense in dwelling on ‘what ifs’,” said the singer, en route to perform two sold-out shows in Southampton.
“Besides, how could I? I’ve got so much going on. I feel blessed.
“Yes, I was disappointed not to have won but I take my hat off to Leon. He has done well.
“But Simon (Cowell) and Sony have faith in me and are confident I won’t disappear now the show is over. I am trusting them.”
And to make sure he stays in the spotlight, Rhydian said a change of image could be on the cards.
“I may dye my hair fire-engine red next,” he said. “Variety is the spice of life and I like to surprise people.”
source: http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/01/20/meatloaf-writer-signs-up-for-rhydian-album-91466-20370726/
The man who penned some of the super-sized singer’s most popular songs is now helping Rhydian write songs for his debut album, due out in October.
“I’m thrilled about that,” said Rhyd.
“It seems Jim had seen a clip of me singing Meatloaf’s I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) on one of the X Factor shows, a song he himself had written.
“I’m a big Meatloaf fan too, we’ve both got that kind of quasi-opera thing going on – although he’s a tenor and I’m a baritone.”
It’s another coup for Rhydian, following on the heels of signing a £1m album deal with Simon Cowell’s label Sony BMG last month.
But it’s not been all plain sailing for Rhydian, who was pipped to the top prize by popular 19-year-old Scottish shop assistant Leon Jackson last December.
Speaking on his return from a holiday in Mexico, he told Wales on Sunday that he spent the first seven days of his relaxing break laid up with a bout of pneumonia.
“Well, I say ‘pneumonia’, but my uncle Nigel reckons it was more like a really bad case of man flu,” said the 24-year-old star from Sennybridge, who was taking a fortnight break abroad with his parents and a small army of relatives.
“Uncle Nige had it too, not as bad as me, of course.We both started feeling ill after getting off the plane.
“But whatever it was, it was a shocker and I was out of action for the first seven days, that’s why I look so pale in the pics you’ve seen of me,” Rhydian added.
“I had constant headaches, water on the chest and couldn’t walk about hardly at all.”
The two weeks away, though, have helped him to recover from the initial disappointment of finishing in second place – not to mention the cries of “‘Fix!” that surrounded the X Factor live final as 2,500 furious fans claimed they couldn’t vote for their favourite because phone lines were jammed.
“I’m leaving all that behind me, there’s no sense in dwelling on ‘what ifs’,” said the singer, en route to perform two sold-out shows in Southampton.
“Besides, how could I? I’ve got so much going on. I feel blessed.
“Yes, I was disappointed not to have won but I take my hat off to Leon. He has done well.
“But Simon (Cowell) and Sony have faith in me and are confident I won’t disappear now the show is over. I am trusting them.”
And to make sure he stays in the spotlight, Rhydian said a change of image could be on the cards.
“I may dye my hair fire-engine red next,” he said. “Variety is the spice of life and I like to surprise people.”
source: http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2008/01/20/meatloaf-writer-signs-up-for-rhydian-album-91466-20370726/
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