Nicola Roberts Biography So this is the bit where the pop singer says how great it is to be free of the band that made them famous. They explain how liberating it is to leave pop behind. Songwriting, the pop singer announces, has been like therapy. They have found out who they really are. Well, Nicola Roberts has not left Girls Aloud. Nor has she turned her back on pop. And, she adds, the process of writing and recording her debut album -- 'Cinderella's Eyes' - has led her to find out very little about herself. "It's not like I haven't been through all these emotions before," she says. "I've been living with them for years." Nicola might know who she is, but the question is whether anybody else does. They might know that she is one fifth of a girlband who seemed to keep pop afloat during this century's rather lean opening decade, and they might know that she was The Ginger One (or sometimes, because she doesn't spend her time grinning like a lunatic, The Moody One). But wher! ever the spotlight fell it also felt like Nicola Roberts personified the spirit of Girls Aloud. It was Nicola whose rare but cherished solo moments would be guaranteed to send fans into meltdown; in band interviews she was the one who sprang to life with unpredictable outbursts and flashes of passion and mischievous wit. Nicola's penchant for the unexpected is writ large on a debut solo album 18 months in the making. Thanks to some surprising collaborations with producers like Diplo, Metronomy, Dimitri
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