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Solo
Star
Given
Kelly's seeming inability to actually get a solo single
released, she returned to the N-Trance fold and scored a
multitude of hits over the next 5 years. However, Kelly
was still desperate to establish her solo career. So, she
released a cover of Taylor Dayne's "Tell It To My
Heart" in order to re-launch herself as solo star and
scored a deserved #9 hit on the UK charts in 2002. The
follow up, a re-worked version of her earlier flop,
"Heart Of Gold", made the top 20 and remains a
fan favourite. In true diva style, Kelly's debut album was
also a greatest hits compilation. "All Clubbed
Up" rocketed to #62, announcing Kelly as a pop
princess to be reckoned with!
Nobody
Like Kelly
Kelly
returned to charts in a blaze of glory with the release of
her craptastic cover of Donna Summer's "This Time I
Know It's For Real" in 2004. Kelly's cover is a true
guilty pleasure and the staple of many an aerobics class.
The tragic video is a trash classic, with Kelly camping it
up with some of the worst dancers Great Britain has to
offer. "This Time I Know It's For Real" was
intended to be followed by the release of "Nobody
Like You" last year. "Nobody Like You" is
one of the most poptastic dance singles of recent years.
It's instantly catchy and more importantly, is slightly
more pop orientated than Kelly's usual club sound. The
song spent over a year in limbo before being scrapped. If
it had been released, Kelly's career might not be in its
current shambles.
Downfall
Of A Diva
Instead
of twiddling her thumbs while AATW debated whether to
release "Nobody Like You" or not, Kelly
re-applied her fake tan and recorded a couple of tragic
songs for Klone Records, including a fabulously awful
cover of Rita Coolidge's Bond anthem "All Time
High". Early this year, AATW decided to proceed with
a new Kelly Llorenna single and they settled on a dance
version of Lara Fabian's hit ballad "I Will Love
Again". The song is far from terrible. In fact, the
Twilight Mix is a thing of beauty. The problem lies with
the fact that the song plays right into all the negative
stereotypes surrounding K. Lo - that she specialises in
cheap dance covers and never releases anything original.
Given the limited promotion and difficulty fans
experienced finding a copy of the single; it came as
little surprise when "I Will Love Again" stalled
at #105. Hopefully, this is not the last we hear of K. Lo.
She may be a tragic bitch with the fashion sense of a
blind prostitute but Kelly is one of the few interesting
personalities to emerge from the English pop scene over
the past decade or so. If this is the end, let us remember
Kelly in all her orange glory.
Just
when it seemed that Kelly was down for the count, she has
bounced back better than ever as the new voice for dance
outfit Love To Infinity. The orange goddess will no doubt
return to the lower reaches of the chart when Love To
Infinity's fabulous version of "Keep Love
Together" hits stores
-
Mike
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