Natasha Hamilton checked in with fans on her blog at MySpace on Saturday (November 1) with an update on her debut solo album. The former Atomic Kitten star tells readers:

So, as you might know, I have spent the last few months writing my new album, I even got to got to New York and write with a brilliant guy called Toby Gad, he’s wrote the new Beyonce track, “If I Were A Boy”. He’s an amazing writer and within half an hour of meeting him and writing, I was crying! He’s really good at tapping into your emotions and how to turn them into lyrics. We wrote ‘Ms Emotional’ which you might of heard already on myspace, it’s one of the songs I’m most proud of and I hope u like it. I have about 10 songs done for the album, and real good mix of pop, funk, r&b and I even do a bit of spoken rap on some of the tracks!!! OK, I know that sounds a bit dodgy, but it all works well in the songs, so watch this space for a bit of scouse rap! ha ha ha.

Check out the full post here.

Former Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton has just launched a campaign with casual games website PopCap.com to encourage mothers to take more breaks in their day and use their time productively. The campaign is in response to research revealing that 95% of UK mothers are highly stressed and manage to snatch on average of only 23 minutes of down time throughout the day.

Former Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton posted an update for fans on her blog at Myspace on Friday (October 20). “Hi all, I’ve just come back from Ireland where I did 2 shows for the West Coast Cooler fashion show at the Radisson Hotels, saw some great talent there and got myself a couple of bits and pieces,” she writes. “Straight from there I went to London to do a show for my old mate Steve at the launch of a new marketing company called SLAM, I did the gig with my band ‘the Jonses’ was great to be in front of a live band again, it’s such a buzz, can’t wait for the next time, and the guys in the band are great too. Keep an eye out for dates, there should be a few more coming up soon! Love n hugs. Tash xx”

Former Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton spoke with The Sun at her music showcase at Too 2 Much in London, where she previewed her new solo sound. “My music now is more vocally based than it was in Atomic Kitten,” she said. “I really love performing live and to see everyone’s reaction tonight gave me such a buzz. The whole experience of playing with a live band is great. When we got together in rehearsals we just gelled and when I get up there I wanna just give 100 percent, so I’ll definitely be singing live whenever I can. When I get up on stage now people are shocked. They don’t expect it because all they remember me doing is being in Atomic Kitten and singing pop songs.”

The story at thesun.co.uk has since been removed.