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Ronan Parke details debut LP
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 9 September 2011
Remember Ronan Parke, the diminutive ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ contestant who became the subject of those unfounded fixing allegations? The one with the floppy Justin Bieber fringe? Well, to the fevered delight of young fangirls everywhere, he’s now in readiness to release his eponymous debut album on 24 Oct.
The LP will see the 13 year-old Norwich singer, who penned a deal with Simon Cowell’s Syco label shortly after finishing second to Scottish belter Jai McDowall in this year’s ‘BGT’ competition, taking on a real mixed bag of covers. Ronan’s (presumably censored) version of Cee Lo’s ‘Forget You’ is set to feature alongside renditions of Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’ and Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’. Head ‘X-Factor’ judge Gary Barlow has also contributed ‘Stronger Than I Am’, one of his own original compositions, to the cache of tracks.
Addressing those who would hail him as a British Bieber, Ronan has this to say: “It’s an amazing compliment, but I think I’d rather be known as me than anyone else”. Quite right.
