Taking a break from recording her third studio album, songbird Leona Lewis stopped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. As well as announcing that the broadcaster’s annual Big Weekender extravaganza will take place next year from her home town of Hackney, she also performed a brief live set.
Putting a unique reggae spin on her hit ‘Better In Time’, the talented star dashed Rihanna‘s latest single ‘Man Down’ into the fray, with fantastic results.
Listen for yourself after the jump…
Credit where it’s due, Ms. Fenty isn’t half the terror she usually is on ‘Man Down’, hence Leona made an already solid song even better. Beyond the obvious comparisons between their renditions, it was uber refreshing just to see Leona dabble in something different. Here’s hoping the new album she speaks of boasts more in the way of such experimentation. Roll on August…