Joss Stone’s latest work inspires self-love and openness. Join the freedom train!
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When Joss Stone giggles, her nose crinkles cutely and her almond-shaped eyes curl up at the corners. Despite her dazzling career as an international superstar, she’s nonetheless an endearingly down-to-earth young woman. The 22-year-old English soul sensation brings her old-school-R&B, honey-on-velvet styling to her newest (and fourth) album, Colour Me Free! The album, which was recorded on a whim, brims with funky hooks that hit hard and lines that pulse with raw emotion. “One day I woke up and decided to make an album with my two mates Jonathan and Conner [who collaborated on Stone’s 2004 Mind Body & Soul],” she explains. “Within a couple of days we got the musicians in, and for about a week we wrote and recorded songs.”
Stone’s relationships with the opposite sex often (but not always) inform her compelling lyrics. “I haven’t had a boyfriend for a very long time, but I have fallen in and out of love since then, as young chicks do,” she admits. “I don’t know if it was always real love...it couldn’t possibly have been!” The inspiration for her first single, “Free Me,” had nothing to do with any man. “It’s about being independent,” she explains. “It’s about putting a smile on your face and not worrying about what anyone thinks.”
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