She did want to sign me but she never offered to do a duet although that would be fun. Newsround: What about the Madonna rumours?ĭaniel: Madonna was a rumour, a nice rumour. Newsround: What was it like when Gotta Get Thru This became huge, what was it like?ĭaniel: It was crazy I was no-one one minute and the next minute I'm in everyone's offices being offered lots of money! You've got to get into the scene, get to know musicians and get your music listened to. Newsround: Have you got any tips for people sitting in their bedrooms trying to make music?ĭaniel: If you want to make it making music you've got to have dedication and put everything towards it. Newsround: When you were a kid was your room a place where you were creative?ĭaniel: I love my bedroom, I always sit in there and read and stuff and my name is Bedingfield! Newsround: How much of James Dean was produced in the bedroom?ĭaniel: James Dean sounds almost exactly how I did it in my bedroom. Basically I made sure that I got to do everything and make sure everything sounds how I want it to sound. Newsround: You've co-produced and written all the stuff on the album is your independence important to you?ĭaniel: It's very important to me that I produce everything. I walk around my house in my boxers all day cos I live with my sister. It gives me a lot of freedom the more clothes I take off the better I sing. Newsround: We've heard that you like to produce your music naked is this true?ĭaniel: I like to produce my music completely naked if there are other people around then I put on boxer shorts. Newsround: Will people be surprised by your new single?ĭaniel: I think people have been surprised by James Dean it grows on them after a while. Newsround: It was a surprise hit for you, what did it have?ĭaniel: I think people liked the words, they thought the tune was catchy and they could dance to it. I wish I could tell you because then I could sell it and make lots of money. Newsround: What do you think you've got that others haven't?ĭaniel: I've no idea why Gotta Get Thru This is taking off in America. At about nine-years-old I knew that I definitely wanted to be a musician and sing to millions of people. Newsround: When did you know that you wanted to sing?ĭaniel: I've always wanted to do music. Newsround: You've done something a lot of people haven't managed to do you've broken America.ĭaniel: I haven't broken America yet Gotta Get Thru This is heading up it's at number eight this week but it's shooting up and if I have a hit with that song and then a few more then that counts as breaking America. He produces all his tracks in his bedroom, but we got him out of there to chat about his new single, naked music composing and what it's like being famous. Daniel Bedingfield burst onto the music scene from nowhere with his massive hit Gotta Get Thru This.