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Naughty Boy is back in the studio with Emeli Sandé making changes to her next album.
The producer has been busy this week working with the 'Next To Me' hitmaker on tracks for her second studio LP - the follow-up to 2012's smash hit 'Our Version of Events' - and has hinted the pair will be spending the next few months perfecting the record.
In a Twitter post, he revealed: "Back in the lab.. cookin that... w/ @emelisande #summersgone #meetmywinter 🙂 (sic)"
Naughty Boy masterminded nearly all of the tracks on Emeli's debut and began collaborating with her from the outset of her music career and has been the main producer on her next offering of tracks.
Emeli's LP was due out at the end of 2015 but a decision was made to delay its release so it wouldn't clash with Adele's long-awaited third album, which is out on November 20.
The postponement has given the pair the chance to make some changes to the album to ensure it is perfect.
Previously revealing why the decision was made to delay the LP, Naughty Boy said: "They (Adele and Emeli) can't go against each other. Nobody wants to. Adele's album is coming and labels have cleared their schedules because they know it's going to wipe the floor with everything. Emeli's album is coming out next year now."

The Manic Street Preachers are playing a massive open air show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album 'Everything Must Go'.
The rock trio will perform at Swansea City soccer team's Liberty Stadium on Saturday, May 28, 2016, in their native Wales to mark the release of their acclaimed 1996 LP - which was the band's first ever major commercial success and featured the hit singles 'A Design For Life' and 'Kevin Carter' among others.
The band will perform two sets; fourth studio LP 'Everything Must Go' in full and a second set which will feature rarities, a handful of new songs and greatest hits.
Frontman James Dean Bradfield has revealed the idea for the concert came from bassist Nicky Wire following the success of their anniversary shows marking the release of 'The Holy Bible' in December 2014.
Speaking to Wales Online, he said: "It was Nicky's idea. There was no indecision in doing something like this because we know that musically, stepping out on stage and playing the songs, it's a much easier task for us.
"We enjoyed the experience of playing 'The Holy Bible' anniversary shows but purely in terms of just playing the songs that was much harder and much more problematic 20 years on because it's such a vitriolic experience to play that music physically.
"But the difference with 'Everything Must Go' is that it breathes so easily. It has a flow to it and more warmth and humanity to it."
The Manic Street Preachers will be joined on the bill by guests Super Furry Animals and Public Service Broadcasting.
The band - which also includes drummer Sean Moore - are currently working with BAFTA Award-winning director Kieran Evans, who they worked with on videos for their last two albums, to create a new visual backdrop for the concert based around the artwork from 'Everything Must Go'.
Recalling his memories of the album's release at the height of Britpop, Bradfield admits it was a fantastic time but also "bittersweet" because guitarist Richey Edwards had gone missing in February 1995 never to be found.
He said: "We were a much more inclusive band around the time of 'Everything Must Go', which was such a gigantic achievement because, let's face it, 'The Holy Bible' wasn't such an inclusive experience.
"The memories of the album are of this strange sensation of being a popular cult band, to suddenly going overground and having 20,000 people singing songs back to me for the very first time. It was a shock. A completely new experience. It was a bittersweet experience, of course because there was the three of us, instead of four but it was affirmation that we could still rely on each other to be a different version of the Manics."
Tickets for The Liberty Stadium show go on sale this Friday, visit www.manicstreetpreachers.com for more information.

Idris Elba will open Madonna's concert in Berlin tonight (10.11.15).
The hunky British actor - who is also a DJ, rapper and producer - has been announced as the opening act for the Queen of Pop during her 'Rebel Heart' gig at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Germany.
Idris, 43, will warm up the crowd with his DJ skills and is the latest famous face to join Madonna's tour, with Jessica Chastain making a surprise appearance on stage in Prague over the weekend.
The 38-year-old actress joined the 'Frozen' singer during a performance of 'Unapologetic Bitch'.
The two women walked down the stage holding hands before the 'Zero Dark Thirty' actress showed off her impressive dance moves and spanking the singer as she crawled on the floor underneath her.
After the song was over, Madonna, 57, told her special guest: "You were a very good bitch."
Jessica was thrilled to make a brief appearance on stage alongside the "queen".
She wrote on Facebook: "I gave Madonna a spanking & Ive a video to prove it (sic)"
And alongside a picture of her on stage, she added: "The moment right before @madonna handed me a banana. The fkn QUEEN.(sic)"
Comic Amy Schumer and singer Katy Perry have also joined Madonna on the tour.
Madonna's tour launched its European leg last week and will take in 11 countries before returning to North America and going to Asia, Australia and New Zealand in 2016.

Tommy Lee has learnt drinking beer doesn't make him a "kick ass" drummer.
The Mötley Crüe rocker has finally realised going on stage "blasted" has hindered his performances in the past and so he only has the odd beer before going on stage now.
He told Drummer Magazine: "Now, I do like a beer, maybe two before I go on stage so that I am nice and loose and relaxed. I have done the opposite of that plenty of times in the past and had far too much, and this is not cool at all. The thing is, you go out there totally blasted, and you are thinking to yourself, 'Man, I am kicking ass tonight!' And then you watch a piece of video the next day and you think, 'Dude, you were absolutely not kicking ass, or anywhere near it!' "
Tommy - who is currently on the road on the 'Girls Girl Girls' hitmakers' final ever tour - also admitted he feels "underrated" as a musician and being a part of the "mothership" that is Mötley Crüe doesn't change that.
The musician - who is joined in the group by Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars and Vince Neil - added: "Do I feel underrated as a musician? Yeah, I do. Years ago I used to get really frustrated over that, but when you start to get a little older, you realise that it's not really that important. I mean, Mick, our guitar player, is a really great guitar player, but he is never going to be thought of in that way first and foremost because he is Mötley Crüe's guitar player.
"A lot of the time the antics that go on kinda take on a life of their own, and the mothership that is this band has its own engine and its own atmosphere because it is just this huge thing to be a part of."

Paul Stanley "doesn't care" if people think he's gay.
The KISS frontman has addressed rumours that he is homosexual and said it's "totally irrelevant" and even if he were gay he'd be "proud" of it.
He told New Zealand radio station The Breeze: "If I were (gay), I'd be proud to be whatever I am.
"As long as you're a good person, sexual orientation and stuff like that is totally irrelevant."
The 'Crazy Nights' rocker - who has a son with former wife Pamela Bowen and three children with current spouse Erin Sutton - also said he finds it "interesting" people misread his "comfort" regarding sexual orientation as something it's "not".
He added: "That being said, besides having four children, honestly, I never saw a guy where I said, 'Gee, that's a close second to a woman.' Honestly, I never looked and said, 'You know, if I can't have that girl over there, I'm taking the bloke,' you know what I mean? So that's always been really interesting - that some people can't find a way to take my comfort with sexuality to misreading it as something it's not.
"I more scratch my head at that. So that's always been something that was, and is, persistent. And I just kind of go, 'Well, the boys may not understand, but the women always did'. They got it in more ways than one!"

Sir Tom Jones and Sir Van Morrison duetted together at the Prudential BluesFest at The O2 in London on Sunday night (08.11.15).
The Welsh music legend and Irish crooner - who hails from Belfast - gave fans a rare treat by closing the three day festival side by side.
The two icons performed several songs together across each other's sets, with the highlight being a cover of Howlin' Wolf's 'I've Been Abused'.
Van, now 70, also took the 10,000-strong crowd on a trip down memory lane, revealing that he and Tom became good friends as young singers performing at the Starlight Rooms in Boston, Lincolnshire, because their English counterparts were "stuck up" and wouldn't talk to them when they played on the same bill.
Addressing Tom, he began: "I don't why they called it the Starlight Rooms, it was a dingy basement.
"They (English musicians) were too stuck up. It was a tough apprenticeship but we loved it. We didn't make any money, we played for drinks and we were good drinkers in those days."
Tom, 75, replied: "We still drink now, but we spill most of it, because we're old."
To which Van added: "I don't drink any more, just soft drinks."
For their solo sets, Van had his moment alone in the spotlight first and offered the crowd a beautiful rendition of 'Born In The Game' and a cover of Ray Charles hit 'I Can't Stop Loving You'.
He was joined by Tom for a handful of tracks, including 'I'm Not Feeling It Anymore', which was written by Van but recorded separately by both men in 1991.
Tom's set was blues-heavy, comprised mainly of tracks from his recent albums, but he did perform re-workings of his classic hits 'Sex Bomb' and 'It's Not Unusual' to keep the fans happy.

Ellie Goulding is a massive supporter of Adele and other British artists who make it in the US.
Like the returning Adele, the 28-year-old singer has managed to break America and she will always be proud to fly the flag for the UK along with her pop peers.
In an interview with 'Lorraine', she said: "I'm a supporter (of singers), especially of British artists like Adele that make it over in the States because it's like representing and that doesn't always happen when you cross over to America. You can do a lot yourself now, so I think just generally music is really flourishing and there's so much new stuff ... There's a lot of British artists that are in the spotlight and there's a lot that are a bit more underground coming through."
Ellie is hoping to conquer the charts Stateside again now he she has just released her third studio album 'Delirium'.
The 'On My Mind' hitmaker believes it is her "most adventurous" record to date and she's thrilled it's now out and her fans can hear her fresh songs.
She said: "It's probably my most adventurous album in pop. I've worked with some amazing people. I've been back and forth to LA for two years. It seems like my last album wasn't out that long ago because of all the collaborations and 'Love Me Like You Do' but it's been three years. I'm excited for it."
And Ellie - who is dating Dougie Poynter - has revealed there's a "sister song" on the LP to 'Love Me Like You Do', the track she recorded for the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film.
She explained: "It sounds really cheesy but there's definitely a sister song to 'Love Me Like You Do'. It has a really similar sentiment and I can't get bored of it."

Sam Smith cancelled his performance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's fifth annual Art + Film Gala on Saturday (07.11.15) to go on vocal rest.
The 'Writing's On The Wall' hitmaker was forced to pull out of the charity event, attended by the likes of Kim Kardashian West and Leonardo Di Caprio, just six months after undergoing a throat operation on his vocal chords.
A statement was released by organisers of the charity gala - that brings together the film and art worlds to raise money for the museum and its film-related programming and exhibitions - about Sam's no-show, which read: "Sam Smith has fallen ill and regretfully was unable to perform tonight at the LACMA Art + Film Gala. He was required to go on vocal rest."
Eagles singer Joe Walsh, 67, was forced to step in at the last minute at the Gucci-sponsored event.
Addressing the audience, the 'Hotel California' singer said: "Well, here I am. I'm glad to be here, I think. I'm just going to play a couple songs, and we'll see what happens."
A host of big name stars who attended the charity gala missed out on hearing the Sam sing, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, Jason Statham, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his wife Sam Taylor-Johnson and Usher.
The news comes after Sam, 23, revealed last week he was suffering from a throat infection and the pain was so bad it felt as though he had a "tennis ball" stuck in his throat.
In an Instagram post, he shared: "Feeling very sorry for myself. Throat Glands are so fucking big. Feel like I have a tennis ball down my throat (sic)"

Take That are the first headline act confirmed for next year's Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park.
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen will command the Great Oak stage on Saturday July 9 in the London Royal Park for the first time and confessed they would never have "believed" they'd be headlining such a massive event in 2016 - 25 years after they were first formed.
Speaking about the appointment, the trio said: "If someone would have told us in 1991 'hey guys in 24 years you're going to be playing at one of the most famous parks in the world', I probably wouldn't have believed whoever said it.
"We are thrilled to have been invited to headline Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park. The atmosphere will be amazing, I know that between us and the audience, there's going to be an incredible energy."
Previous years have seen The Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, The Libertines, The Who, Kylie Minogue, Neil Young and Blur all headline the festival.
The booking shows there's no sign of the 'Hey Boy' hitmakers - who formed in 1990 with original members Robbie Williams and Jason Orange - of slowing down.
They're currently working hard in the studio on new tracks for their upcoming album - that is set to include hits from their 25-year-run - and have sold out arenas around the world this year with their recent 'Take That Live 2015' Tour, which included 10 nights at London's O2 Arena, in support of their most recent album 'III'.