Aug 2, 2004 • 1 min read

McFadden pens song about Westlife frustrations

Former Westlife member Brian McFadden's debut solo single, Real To Me, written with Guy Chambers, criticises the showbiz life of his old band, due in September.

Former Westlife boy Bryan McFadden will dis his former boyband lifestyle in his debut solo single, which is released in Sep. According to the Daily Mirror, McFadden's first track, which he has written with songwriter Guy Chambers, is called 'Real To Me' and contains the lines: "Bullshit dinners and the free champagne/ men in suits who think they know it all/No one knows me but they know my name/None of it's real to me. Hotel lobby to the airplane/another country but they all look the same..."

McFadden told the paper's 3AM Girls: "It's [about] everything I hated about being in Westlife, from the hectic schedule, showbiz parties and non-stop travelling all over the place, to boring record company meetings. It's about feeling trapped everywhere I went, from the cars to the hotel rooms. It's only now I have kids that I realise what the important things in life are."

Elsewhere in McFadden news, Bryan has announced he will be releasing his solo work with the spelling Brian McFadden. Apparently he opted for 'Bryan' while in Westlife because it is easier to write when giving autographs!

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