Daniel Bedingfield has been working on new music with fellow UK Garage icon Craig David.
The Gotta Get Thru This hitmaker, 46, made the surprise revelation while reflecting candidly on the current state of modern music and his desire to reconnect with sounds that genuinely move people.
As quoted by The Sun’s Biz on Sunday column, he said: “I don’t think music moves many people these days. It’s really boring. At the moment, you have to befriend someone that is incredible at what you do. Whatever you’re good at, they have to be as good and that’s extremely hard to find.”
The New Zealand-born, UK-raised singer went on to criticise much of what he has heard recently, while praising a handful of artists keeping the garage sound alive and evolving it.
He said: “Most music I’ve heard this year is mush, but Oppidan, Flava D and DJ Zinc… they are making garage that sounds really fresh.”
However, he then casually confirmed he is collaborating with one of the most influential figures in British dance music.
He teased: “Craig David – we’re working on some stuff together at the moment.”
Craig, 44, rose to fame at the turn of the millennium as a key architect of the UK garage explosion, scoring global hits with tracks such as Fill Me In and 7 Days. Like Daniel, he became synonymous with a sound that dominated British charts and clubs in the early 2000s.