It’s important to remember what it is that made you fall in love with it in the first place.” The challenge becomes, ‘How do I keep saying something that is relevant, keep speaking from the heart and not become caught up in the machine?’ Once you have a hit, you could easily start chasing your own success. You’ve got people listening to what you’re saying. “You’ve got a microphone in front of you. Bedingfield had to figure out what would come next. The Grammy-nominated artist has performed for the Pope and for President Obama. So my own song has encouraged me to be more adventurous and brave.” Music has been that thing that pushes me. “I’m naturally shy, afraid of new things. The line from “Unwritten” - “live with your arms wide open” - reflects Bedingfield’s philosophy. When people are like, ‘You just totally put into words how I feel,’ that is very validating for them.”

A lot of times people go through hard stuff and they don’t share it, because they think it’s just them who feels that way. “When you talk about something that’s very true to you, that often that can resonate with people. Her song “Unwritten” struck a chord with listeners in the U.K. But I still had to be good,” she says, laughing. He taught me everything I know, as my older brother. “When you see someone close to you do something, you realize it’s possible. Bedingfield spent a year at university, studying psychology, prior to leaving to sign a recording contract.ĭaniel hit the charts, paving the way for Bedingfield. In their teens, she, her brother Daniel and sister Nikola formed a vocal group. Natasha Bedingfield works at keeping it real – The Mercury News Close Menu

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