EIGHT years since the release of her last album, Nikki Webster says she is finally ready to return to music.

Famous for her involvement in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics, Webster, 25, says she’s struggled to find her way.

She’s tried country, dance and even rock music, and her new single Long Hot Summer is pop.

Her biggest hit was bubblegum pop song Strawberry Kisses in 2001.

“It’s taken people a while to realise that I don’t live in a time capsule, I’m not going to be 13 forever. I had to work out the right way to move forward and find out who I am and I’ve tried everything,” she says.

At 18, she controversially posed for men’s mag FHM to try to change her image.

Most recently, she’s kept a low profile by opening up Dance@NikkiWebster schools in Sydney’s west and on the Central Coast. “I didn’t know if people would accept me again,” she says. Webster is engaged to flight attendant Matthew McMah.

Source: Daily Telegraph