We had a call from the record company in America saying, ‘We need to make a choice, either it goes ahead or it doesn’t.’ It was so hard because we’d worked so hard to get this whole project together, make it sound perfect. It will be released on November 27, 2020, but the single of the same name will be available on September 9. H says the new album is "unashamedly pop", adding: "We know what we are and we never pretend to be anything we’re not. It keeps us all grounded a bit more. – into an explosive, urgent, all-hands-on-deck wall of sound.

At the moment, we definitely know what the staging is going to be and we have the little models so that’s really exciting. The band, who are made up of Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian “H” Watkins, are set to release “What the Future Holds” on their new record. The group trade off their pleas across the verses before taking off to new heights – one foot in the past, one foot in the future! Lisa: (laughs) I honestly do think it’s part of our success story because even from the very beginning with 5,6,7,8 we always had a dance routine that went with our singles and our videos.

Pre-order yours: https://t.co/1ZSJPBu6zO pic.twitter.com/tmDnwFOfdQ, Faye says BMG have opened more doors for Steps to strut through: “We’re in a fabulous position. It’s definitely a bit of a juggling act thinking, ‘right, which ones did we not perform on the last tour that the fans would like to see now?’. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it’. They will also tour in November and December 2021.

What The Future Holds will be Steps' sixth album.. ", Steps are big on bangers and even bigger on visuals, all of which stemmed from hearing Sia's demo of the song. Steps' new single What The Future Holds is out now, with the album of the same name arriving on November 27th. Hopefully, there’ll be another live performance that we can somehow record and get through to everyone. But it’s a really difficult one for us to remember where we came from but point to the future as well. It’s not like it was in the bottom of a drawer somewhere.

Everything always happens for a reason and now it feels like the right time.

It’s really cool and really slick. SCOOB! What the Future Holds is the upcoming sixth studio album by the British group Steps. We’ve literally had this in the bank for such a long time.

I saw you performing on ‘The One Show’ recently and social media was blowing up after the performance. As a Steps fan myself, I’ve been to many a Steps show over the years and they get bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Steps management are brilliant; they are almost partners rather than managers. It was inevitable that nearer Christmas time they were going to come against some stiff competition. H adds: "When Westlife came back, they had the stamp of approval of Ed Sheeran and this is that stamp of approval and full circle moment for us". Quiz: Which charted higher – the cover or the original? Entertainment Focus uses affiliate links. What the future holds? I really don’t want to record that’ mentioning no names but follow my eyes (Lisa looks at H). Lisa: Do you know what? That lyric alone was the selling point. Boom! Faye: I think it’s a sing-a-long album more than the last one. ", “You just have to own what you’re doing and be confident with it, Claire continues. She said: "We’d had such a massive success with our last album Tears On The Dancefloor that this second stage of our reunion, we’ve just taken each day as it comes really. It’s got different emotions within it and there’s definitely ballads in there. And BMG officially released the track a couple of days later, on 9 September. It was just a runaway train when we were younger. Heading out for Record Store Day on October 24? [8] Steps had originally planned to announce the release of the album and its accompanying What the Future Holds Tour earlier in the Spring of 2020, however the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions resulted in a temporary pause to the promotional campaign to Autumn, when the group announced that they could no longer keep the project a secret. Something you’ve managed to do, which so few bands with your longevity manage, is to release new music your fans actually want to hear. Faye: I don’t feel like it’s pressure. Your fans are dying to see you on tour next year. I see it in a positive way because it would be disappointing if the fans weren’t excited.". It was inevitable that nearer Christmas time they were going to come against some stiff competition.
Would that sound right on Steps of today?’ Sometimes some of us will go, ‘Oh, we love that’ and then one person will go ‘no, I really don’t like that. I don’t think we really knew what was going on in the real world.
“Last time around, we didn’t have a record deal," said H. "We looked for one and couldn’t get one.

Lisa: Absolutely. We’ve had all the hits and the nostalgia, then we had ‘Tears On The Dancefloor’ and now we’ve got ‘What The Future Holds’. “She wrote the track for herself but realized it wasn’t really for her and gave it to us.

That album was a huge hit for Steps, peaking at number 2 in the UK Album Chart and achieving Gold certification. From my mind I'm drowning in my history, prisoner of past defeats Tell me what the future holds, ... More Steps Music Videos. Now I think ‘What The Future Holds’ sounds like classic Steps. We’re just kind of having to wait and see what happens around the world a little bit. These amazing writers – from all over the world as well – have been happy to give us their music. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. It was always the ones that took the mickey, that didn’t understand us. Just before lockdown we had everything ready to go and then we got the call saying we had to keep it to ourselves. You were originally meant to start promoting the album in March but due to the pandemic, everything was postponed. "It comes from a good place. ", Claire explained that the positive response to comeback album Tears On The Dancefloor put them on the radar of more writers. Claire: “That’s just the album cover. Steps tour the UK in November and December 2021. "That sells it to everybody else. Annie's come a long way since those 'Anniemal' days.

"We didn’t struggle to get songs for that album but it was harder. "We were on tour when we first heard this song about two-and-a-half years ago," H explained. [8] Written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, the songs lyrics are "a reflection how they feel now as a group and how far they've come" since their formation 23 years prior. "[9] He continued to reveal that the group had first heard the title track during their Party on the Dancefloor Tour nearly three years prior, while they were deciding whether or not to "carry on" with potentially recording new music after the tour; the music video was filmed almost a year earlier in preparation for the original Spring release.

This time around, we haven’t struggled at all. Are we going to get any of those?

Did that sway you when it came to choosing it as the first single? ", Lisa: "It’s just artwork, it’s just imagery. Steps…

Three years after they staged one of the most successful comebacks of the decade, enduring British pop legends Steps – aka H, Claire, Faye, Lee and Lisa – return once again with their sixth album, What the Future Holds. As always, Claire provides the most soul-piercing diva wails, supported by the signature flares of Faye and Lisa, while H and Lee provide their own punches to the production. This is a really exciting time. "What The Future Holds" is the first taste of Steps' eponymous studio album.

Three years later, the world is now in much darker territory – with very good reason to be scared, no less. We were always in on the joke. [5][6] It was followed by a message posted on their official Twitter account saying "We couldn't keep it a secret any longer!! We never look at each other (laughs) and our little tagline for TikTok (laughs) it’s kind of it’s falling into place for us in a very strange way. View our online Press Pack. A shame, but What The Future Holds will still do well. I do think it is a bit poignant for the time, it wasn’t meant to be, and hopefully fans are loving it and embracing it because we all need a little bit of fun, a little bit of light hearted entertainment atthe moment. [5][6][9], Speaking about the eventual announcement, Lee Latchford-Evans commented in an interview with Sky News that the general response was people saying "Steps have saved 2020" and that it was a positive feeling that despite the uncertainty around the pandemic, it was "nice to have people be very positive towards us again. The xx's Romy makes her club-ready, dance-pop debut. Three years after their formidable, wildly successful, unlikely return-to-form (and then some!) We just had our own world. Steps - What The Future Holds Fri May 22, 2020, 16:07.

"There wasn’t a ten-year plan. H: We’re going to be drip feeding some new tracks from the new album as well.

"We were umming and aahing about if we should do this again and then we got the song from Sia and said, ‘yes, we’re doing this again!’. Obviously, we loved the song, and then with Sia writing it, that was the icing on the cake. One of the things that I’ve loved since this song came out is just seeing all the people on social media filming themselves doing the dance. H: We’ve just filmed the video for our second single and that’s really exciting. Lisa Scott-Lee said about it, "We've got an amazing dance routine, a really good one," of which Ian "H" Watkins joked, "Lisa looks great in it because they've really airbrushed her." The great thing is that when we’re performing on stage, we always wanted to break down that fourth wall. For this tour they'll be supported by Sophie Ellis Bextor. The criteria is drama, lyrics that are quite dark, a banging tune and a key change, and that literally fits everything that we wanted. Struggling families to have credit card & loan debt charges cancelled, Holly Willoughby reveals football rivalry at home with rare pic of son Chester, EastEnders star Jessica Plummer lands first role since Chantelle was killed off, McDonald's is adding five new menu options including a spicy quarter pounder, Corrie shock as Grace is exposed as Tiana's NANNY leaving Michael devastated, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. After disbanding abruptly in 2001, the band reunited in 2011 for a documentary and the release of ‘The Ultimate Collection’. Steps’ single ‘What The Future Holds’ is out now and their album of the same name will be released on 27th November 2020. We’re not going ‘oh well, we’re not doing this or we know this isn’t the coolest thing’.

It’s one of my favourites. Three years after their formidable, wildly successful, unlikely return-to-form (and then some!) Jessie Ware and Kylie Minogue, dream dinner guests, discuss 'Disco,' food and Paul Newman. It’s quite humbling and it’s nice to know that people have that kind of confidence in us.". To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Clouds4. Heartbreak In This City9. When you are performing as part of Steps and you look out at 20,000 people and you’ve got a sea of people doing your dance routines back to you and they’re singing all your words…. You can also subscribe to MuuTunes on Apple Music. We’ve just had the first edit through and the girls look incredible, and Lee of course. We made it accessible so that all the fans could join in and we always say everybody’s welcome.