Luciana and Super Mal chat to I Like Music

ILM: Your new single, Bigger Than Big is out on July 9th. Can you describe how the track came about and describe its whole vibe?

LUCIANA: Well, Super Mal sent us the backing track, and I'd had these lyrics going around in my head for a few weeks and I kept singing them. Then the track came in and they seemed to fit perfectly over it. That's like a little piece of magic when it happens.

ILM: This year you were up an Ivor Novello award, in the Best Contemporary Song category for your and Bodyrox's UK No.2 hit single 'Yeah Yeah', alongside Amy Winehouse and Hot Chip. How did you feel about that?

LUCIANA: That was fantastic. I felt like I was gatecrashing someone's party. I was absolutely gobsmacked even to be there. We had champagne… it was a really nice day, really lovely.

ILM: Describe the Luciana process of songwriting? Is it usually lyrics first or melody?

LUCIANA: Well, basically what I do is… I write loads of sayings or things that come into my mind or sentences or odd words, and I put them all into a book. I've got so many books and, when I hear a backing track, I surround myself with all my stuff, and then things just come to me that way. Or, sometimes, I come up with a melody first, like a more ad hoc approach to lyric writing rather than sitting down with pen and paper and expecting things to come together straight off; it doesn't work that way. That's why it's sometimes a bit quirky, because it doesn't make sense, although it does eventually.
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