Nicola Roberts: Cinderella's Eyes – review

(Polydor)The infectiously bratty cheerleading of Roberts's triumphal single "Beat of My Drum", confirmed her as the pale and interesting member of Girls Aloud and this effervescent solo debut - on which she's marshalled the talents of Diplo and Metronomy - feels like a victory for dissenting teenage girls the country over. From the weirdness of "I", which she's called her "funeral song" - a narcotised litany of hates and hopes, set over eerie, plodding synths - to her Florence-bothering bellow o...

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