Natalie Imbruglias first album in six years contains no original songs.
Instead,Male, is comprised entirely of covers of songs originally sung by men.
I realized it was much more fun to do songs by male artists, she told EW.
I just found them to be more fun.
Its like when you flip the sex on it.
It doesnt feel like a direct comparison to an experience because obviously youre coming from a different place.
All the tracks also have a thematic tie-in.
Below, Imbruglia shares why she chose to cover seven of the tracks onMale, due out July 31.
Instant Crush, Daft Punk
I wanted to cover something very different than what I sound like.
I didnt actually know what this song was about, so I went online and read the lyrics.
I had no idea it was this beautiful love story!
I wanted to strip it back so you could hear that.
But you may as well do something radical.
Its now the most fun song for me to perform.
Its intimidating taking on a lot of these songs, especially when they do stripped-back versions of things anyway.
Im very much about lyrics and using music as a way to get things off my chest.
Its the ultimate goal, isnt it?
That you’re able to find this relationship and partner and be with them until the end.
So when I moved to Melbourne as a teenager, people introduced me to other music.
Neil Young was one of those moments.
Its incredibly hard to sing in time to this.
But I wanted that old-school songwriting.
The Wind, Cat Stevens
This is the more spiritual song out of the bunch.
Thats another element out of my personality that I wanted to include.
I love the way hes put the experiences of his spirituality into his music.
It was so different than what they were doing: quite brave, simple, and beautiful.
Without sounding corny, this one connects to my heart.
A version of this story appeared inEntertainment Weeklyissue #1374.
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