Since winning The X Factor at the end of last year, and promptly hogging the No.1 spot for three weeks over Christmas, Alexandra Burke has been holed up in the recording studio with a team of top knob-twiddlers: RedOne ('Poker Face', 'Remedy'), Ryan Tedder ('Bleeding Love', 'Battlefield'), Ne-Yo ('Irreplaceable', 'Take A Bow') to name but three. If her new brilliant new single 'Bad Boys' is anything to go by, the resulting album's going to be a cracker. Keen to find out more, we hooked up with the lady herself for a catch up.



Additional reporting by Chris Allen

Alexandra Burke releases 'Bad Boys' on October 12. The album Overcome follows on October 19.