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NeYo chats to I Like Music

NeYo is Def Jam's latest RnB sensation. Already kicking up a storm in the US, his first single in the UK is So Sick, a beautiful (and Radio 1 playlisted) track, where he laments hearing love songs on the radio, after splitting with his first love.

NeYo's skills as a songwriter have already been proven, he is the man behind the massive hit 'Let Me Love You' by Mario and he has also written songs for Mary J Blige and Faith Evans amongst many others. Now he steps out of the songwriting shadows and into the limelight as a huge talent for Def Jam (who are getting their new signings spot on at the moment, with the recent signing of Lady Sovereign), releasing his debut artist album, In My Own Words and So Sick single on Monday 20th March 2006.

I Like Music had the pleasure of chatting to this rising star about his music and Def Jam signing, writing songs for Mary J Blige and Faith Evans, and, how he escaped the boredom of Arkansas for creativity in Las Vegas.

"I like music because… music is who I am. Not what I do, but who I am." NE*YO

ILM: Your fantastic new single, 'So Sick' is out March 20th, the first single from your debut album 'In My Own Words'. Can you give us your own personal description of it and its whole vibe?

NE*YO: So Sick is a true story (which is true of a lot of the songs on the record), but So Sick is one of the most personal ones, because it's the story of the first girl I ever fell in love with. and the way I messed it up for myself, it was a really bad thing. I met her when I was 16 and we were together all the way up until I was 18. It was one of those situations where I let my friends convince me to do something that I otherwise would not have done. And the lesson learned from it was, your peers can be wrong, y'know, don't listen to your friends all the time, because they will mess you up.

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Related links:

1. Ne*Yo - So Sick
2. Buy Ne*Yo In My Own Words CD Album
3. neyoworld.com