Popjustice.com spoke with Ne-Yo in a Q&A, where the R&B singer talked about how his third album ‘Year of the Gentleman’ was inspired by UK music. Asked which UK acts were the inspiration, the 28-year-old responded, “I like Leona Lewis, she’s got an incredible voice. I’ve been working with her on her new album. I’m a huge fan of Coldplay, and of course Amy Winehouse.”
In the meantime, the smooth soulster is keeping busy with his well-mannered third album. He said, "The idea of gentlemanly behaviour has been lost over the years. In the US, male artists tend to be sloppy when it comes to image. It’s all about the baggy jeans and T-shirts. In the UK, Coldplay stand out. They’re one of a dying breed of gentlemen."
We reported here at Coldplaying.com earlier this month how Ne-Yo has revealed how his love of Coldplay has helped introduce him to music by a host of different guitar bands. He said he discovered Coldplay when he first heard their hit single 'Yellow' and then “was in love from there”. “I went out and got 'Parachutes', I got 'Rush of Blood to the Head', I got all of them,” he said. “Then, through Coldplay, I was introduced to Radiohead, and from them into Muse, and from Muse into Kings of Leon - it just kept rollin'.”
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