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The Return of Nikki Webster<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a hectic few months for Nikki Webster. After finishing up the Sydney season of her musical The Wizard of Oz<\/em>, she headed straight to the studio to record her second album, before jetting overseas to promote her first single \u201cStrawberry Kisses\u201d. Now she\u2019s back home and not only is she starring in Oz<\/em> in Melbourne, but she\u2019s also releasing her brand new single \u201cSomething More Beautiful\u201d . . .<\/p>\n

How far off is the new album?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve finished recording it, it\u2019s in the stages of mixing now. They\u2019re getting it all together and putting in all the drums and stuff. It\u2019s an exciting time, but I haven\u2019t heard much of it yet!<\/p>\n

How have you managed to record it while juggling everything else? <\/strong>
\nI did it at the end of The Wizard of Oz<\/em> season in Sydney. I went into the recording studio about two weeks after. We\u2019d blocked out three weeks, but it only took a week to do the whole album. We did about three songs a day which is pretty good, and then I went off to Europe, and now I\u2019m doing The Wizard of Oz<\/em> in Melbourne!<\/p>\n

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What can you tell us about the new single \u201cSomething More Beautiful\u201d? <\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s written by a Swedish writer and I guess the title explains itself. \u201cSomething More Beautiful\u201d is about a boy, really. I guess everybody thinks, \u201cIt\u2019s not good enough, I want something more\u201d. She wants to get something more out of the boy. The clip is set underwater, but I\u2019m not actually swimming, it was done with green screen. So there are 3D objects and lots of colourful fish and I change my girl dancers into boy dancers because I want something more beautiful! It\u2019s definitely a lot older, I mean I\u2019m a year older than when I did \u201cStrawberry Kisses\u201d so I think I\u2019ve grown up a little bit. It\u2019s not really boppy but it\u2019s kinda half-way between being boppy and a ballad. It has a great tempo, great word and a great tune.<\/p>\n

Do you ever get to school anymore? <\/strong>
\nI\u2019m doing tutoring all the time, but I try and pop in every now and then, even if it\u2019s just to say, \u201cHi\u201d.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve just launched your music overseas. What was that like? <\/strong>
\nI was away for about seven weeks. I went around Europe; to London, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland and places like that. A lot of Scandanavian countries. When I was here I was thinking what it would be like in Holland, you know windmills, clogs, but to get over there it\u2019s like, \u201cOh, it is a real country and there are people here!\u201d Places like that were great to see and travelling really opened up my eyes and I got to see the world and come back with a different perspective. It was great to perform for kids that didn\u2019t really speak your language that well, but they all still bopped along to \u201cStrawberry Kisses\u201d.<\/p>\n

Was it odd doing European TV shows? <\/strong>
\nIt was weird, they\u2019d go, \u201cDiddle-iddle-iddle\u201d in their own language and then, \u201cNikki Webster\u201d, and I was like, \u201cIs that me?\u201d And when I did interviews the questions were in their language and then in English as well, so it was different, but it was fun. I got to meet so many beautiful people and could all speak such good English \u2026 I wish we could all speak Swedish or something like that! I spoke a few words, \u201cHello\u201d and \u201cThank you\u201d. They\u2019d ask me what Australia was like and I was like, \u201cOh, we don\u2019t speak many other languages, but our weather is good and our beaches are nice!\u201d<\/p>\n

You were compared to Holly Valance and Kylie Minogue in the press over there. One paper said \u201cForget Holly and Kylie \u2013 it\u2019s Nikki!\u201d <\/strong>
\n(laughs loudly<\/em>) No! But to have Holly go to No. 1 [in the UK] when I was there was just amazing. I like the song, and I wish her all the best. She is doing really well and she was on everything. I hope I can do the same at some point, to be an Australian and just to make my country proud as well. To have so many Australians doing so well over there is good, but it\u2019s definitely a different market. They have so many pop groups for young people over there, we just don\u2019t have as many.<\/p>\n

Did you catch up with Kylie at all? <\/strong>
\nYeah, I was lucky enough to catch up with her when I was in London and I watched a bit of her concert that she was going to do in Europe just before she shot off. So that was great.<\/p>\n

Did you buy her a birthday present? <\/strong>
\nNo \u2026 but I will!<\/p>\n

You forgot! <\/strong>
\nI did know sort of \u2026 it\u2019s the 28th. Wasn\u2019t it? Yeah. It\u2019s my grandmother\u2019s the day before.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about moving to Melbourne for The Wizard of Oz<\/em>? <\/strong>
\nI am looking forawrd to it. It\u2019s a bit sad because some of the cast aren\u2019t travelling, but we\u2019ll meet a lot of new people. Bert\u2019s [Newton, who plays the Wizard] wife Patti is going to be in it and that\u2019ll be great to have them together. She came to see the show quite a few times in Sydney and she was great. I\u2019m going to Melbourne with my grandparents who have just come from England with me, and my family will visit as well.<\/p>\n

What happened to your film Vanilla Gorilla<\/em>? Is it still gonna be made? <\/strong>
\nNot at the moment. Well, after September 11 and all the terrible things that went on in America, it kind of put a hold on a lot of things. I mean, we\u2019re still in contact but if that film doesn\u2019t go off hopefully another will. I want to be an all-round performer, I want to give everything a bit of a go.<\/p>\n

Source: Big Hit magazine
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