JENNY FROST has had the perfect week. Looking tanned and radiant, the singer welcomes me in enthusiastically, before saying in a scratchy voice: "You'll have to excuse my voice.
" My throat is a bit hoarse from the weekend. I've had one of those hectic weekends. I went to see Babyshambles on Friday night, then U2 on Sunday night.
"And I just came back from Turkey. It was fab, just me and Dom and a couple of other friends. We got a villa and chilled out for five days," she adds, referring to her fiance DJ Dominic Thrupp.
"I've been on holiday, and am now ready to get back to work."
There's certainly plenty of work to come back to - promoting her debut solo single, Crash Landing, and recording songs for her forthcoming album.
The single is Jenny's first foray back into music after Atomic Kitten decided to take a break last year, and it's clear that the 27-year-old's own style is different to the music she made with the band.
But moving away from their young fan base isn't something she's worried about, insisting they like her new musical direction just as much as the trio's sugar-sweet candy pop.
"I've had a lot of good feedback from the Kitten fans, who have been pleasantly surprised at my new music. Hopefully it will appeal to a wider audience too, and a lot of my friends who didn't like the Kittens' music like what I've done now."
She adds: "Crash Landing is about surviving, and coming out stronger on the other side. Like a relationship. It's the type of song that sings about what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and is very uptempo, a dance song.
"It's still very pop, and it's got quite a strong guitar going through it as well."
