Leona Lewis feels she has a purpose in the music industry again since becoming a mom.
The 40-year-old singer – who has not released an LP since 2015’s I Am, and focused on making Christmas songs – felt “disconnected” in her job for many years.
And since she and her husband, Dennis Jauch, welcomed their only child, a daughter named Carmel Allegra, three, into the world in July 2022, the Bleeding Love hitmaker has allowed Leona to sing “from that place of being open again”.
The X Factor 2006 winner is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column as saying: “I started getting into the studio last year. I have been working on music and figuring out what I want to say. What do I want to sing about? How do I want to be intentional and not add to the noise, but, hopefully, just bring something authentic and very me?”
Leona’s bundle of joy gave her a source of inspiration.
She added: “I had a little girl a few years ago. So that has opened my world up in a lot of ways. I’m singing from that place of being open again.”
The three-time Grammy Award nominee is currently performing her A Starry Night shows at Voltaire at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada, which runs until January 2026.
And the residency feels like the start of a “new chapter” in her life.
Leona added: “I’ve turned 40. I’ve got my baby girl. I’m writing from a different perspective now.”
The Here I Am singer is taking inspiration from Adele’s Las Vegas residency, where she will perform her hits, tell stories, and chat with the audience.
In September, Leona – who feels “very proud” to have been offered her own Las Vegas residency – told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “I love that about [Adele’s] show.
“She has the most incredible voice, but I just loved her chatting and sharing life with everyone.
“It’s about pulling back the curtain and knowing who the artist really is and why we sing the songs we sing.
“The fact that it is so intimate is one of the reasons why I wanted to do the residency here…
“It has been 20 years since I stepped on the scene with X Factor, and a lot has happened in my life.
“This is not just a show. This is me sharing what I’ve been through, how I started, why I wrote certain songs, and why I performed certain songs. It’s the culmination of my life’s work in music.”