Whatever Happened To Dido?
November 22, 2008 by Dave Parrack
Now I know most of you reading this are probably now screaming at the monitor that I know nothing, and that Dido is back with a new single. But I already know all this, so my question was more about what has happened to her since she’s been away because her new song is rubbish.
I’ve had the video for Don’t Believe In Love saved in my favorites for about a month now, and have been meaning to review it. But I couldn’t bring myself to do it because it’s just not very good. So instead I find myself going on a bit of a rant about how a once great artist who released catchy song after catchy song chose this as her comeback single.
I can’t say I was ever Dido’s biggest fan on the face of the planet but I do own copies of No Angel and Life For Rent. And when they first came out, I used to listen to them quite often. They were chilled out albums to relax to but the songs had enough about them to stop them from being instantly forgettable.
And then Dido seemed to disappear for a few years. Life For Rent was released in September, 2003, five long years ago. Dido set out on a world tour and then played the London and Paris legs of the Live 8 concerts in 2005. And then that was it, nothing for years.
Dido has apparently been away working on the new album, Safe Trip Home, ever since then. The release date was put back several times before Safe Trip Home was finally released on Monday Nov. 17, 2008. And it was preceded by the first single, Don’t Believe In Love, which is embedded after the cut.
Dido Releasing New Album | ‘Safe Trip Home’ Signals Return After Five Years Absence
August 22, 2008 by Dave Parrack
Whatever happened to Dido? She was massive for a time after her first two albums, No Angel and Life For Rent were released, achieving worldwide success, even breaking America. But we haven’t seen anything of her since Life For Rent dropped in 2003.
Well now she’s back, with the announcement that her new album, her third studio release called Safe Trip Home, will be released on November 3rd.
The first single off the album, Don’t Believe In Love, will precede the album release and a track called Look No Further is available as a free download from the singer’s official website from today until September 7th.
The album was recorded in London and Los Angeles, and co-produced by Jon Brion, Dido, and her brother Rollo. One of the songs was co-written by famous record producer Brian Eno.