Scotland Today interview > 11.03.2005

Billy began by asking her since the release of her last album four years ago. She replied: "Oh, that's a very good question. I've asked myself that question a lot. I have been working solidly every day on this record for three years. I was writing a lot heavier music so I'd written pretty much a whole album of much more heavier songs and I don't think that's what people want to hear from me but I'd come off the back of the Rumba Tour in Australia and live performing tends to affect the way I songwriter so I think I had to just get that out of my system. So, I had to scrap a lot of songs and keep writing and this album was really important to me so I didn't stop till I had what I thought was the perfect record."

The first musical calling card from the album is the new single Shiver . What was her inspiration for the song?

She replied: "It came along at the last minute. Eggwhites, who I'd written Slow down on the record with, got together with Shep Solomon. Huge Goldsmith got them to write a song specifically for me and that's always a weird thing when the record company does that and they played it to me towards the end and me being me was like a bit defensive about it and I heard the song and I was like "I actually really like this song". Really it's their baby and I'm very happy for it to be the first song on the record."

The video looks more like a spy movie than a pop promo. "It was shot in Kiev", she explained: "The inspiration for it was The Bourne Supremacy" Four days in Kiev, it was freezing cold and lots of car actions so, it doesn't get better than that."

The video sees her doing some impressive driving. She said: "You know the funny thing, I was going so slow. My acting skills came into play there. If you knew how slow I was actually going when I was doing those turning around bits, so I can't believe how real it looked when they edited it."

Natalie first shot to fame at 17 in the Australian TV soap Neighbours . Does she still watch the programme?

She answered: "No, when I do happen to glance at the telly and it's on I recognise the sets and that's about it. I mean everyone's changed and it's quite bizarre really. I mean it's such a long time ago and I have a lot of good memories from that period of my life. But I recognise the sets more than anything else."