Having created a few of the most evocative British pop of the Nineteen Nineties, Gabrielle is again in a giant manner, with a brand new album and an upcoming tour of UK arenas – and, to mark all of it, she’ll be answering your questions.
Born and raised in London, her profession burst out of the blocks in 1993, with debut single Goals – a poignant pop-R&B monitor that launched her distinct, resolute singing type – going straight to No 2 within the UK and likewise changing into a success within the US. It was the primary of 10 UK High 10 hits, joined by the likes of Give Me a Little Extra Time, a retro soul tune that matched the easiest of basic Motown; If You Ever, a none-so-90s breakup duet with East 17 given a spike of actual ache by Gabrielle’s heartfelt supply; and her ballad Out of Attain, which sat on the coronary heart of the Bridget Jones’s Diary soundtrack. She additionally reached No 1 in 2000 with Rise, with Bob Dylan lending his blessing for her to make use of a chord sequence from Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.
After fifth album All the time in 2007, she spent greater than a decade away from the trade, however has seen her recognition steadily return following her comeback in 2018. After a stint on The Masked Singer, her most up-to-date album Do It Once more took her again to the UK High 5, she was namechecked in a monologue delivered by Michaela Coel for Stormzy’s monitor Mel Made Me Do It – “Gabrielle as soon as instructed us, goals can come true, and that sentence emancipated the minds of our pioneers” – and was picked by Adele to assist at her Hyde Park live shows in 2022.
Gabrielle now has large venues booked in for 2025 together with London’s O2 Enviornment, and new album A Place in Your Coronary heart is coming earlier than that on 10 Might. Forward of its launch she’ll be taking in your questions on something in her life and profession – put up them within the feedback under earlier than 10am GMT on Tuesday 19 March, and we’ll publish her solutions later that week.
