Dido "struggled to cope" with stardom.

Dido "struggled to cope" with stardom.

The 36-year-old singer admits her sudden acceleration into the spotlight was
surreal and she has not released anything since 2003 record 'Life for Rent'
because she was adjusting to fame.
She said: "When I got back from touring, it took a while to take in what had
happened. I was so unprepared.
"As far as I was concerned, I was making this little underground record for
me to listen to, then suddenly, eight years later, I was getting off this
incredible speeding train.
"I'd had an amazing time but I guess I needed to take a step back, reconnect
with normal life and bring the focus 100 per cent back to music."
Dido released her debut album 'No Angel' in 1999 but only enjoyed worldwide
success when her song 'Thank You' - taken from the record - was sampled by
Eminem on his 2001 hit 'Stan'.
The singer is preparing to release new album 'Safe Trip Home' and admits she
struggled to write some of the songs, in particular 'Grafton Street', which
she penned in tribute to her late father William.
Dido added to Britain's Daily Record newspaper: "It wasn't easy for me to
write this song. If emotions are too fresh and too new, it's not good to put
them in a song.
"But then I was glad I had the possibility to express it, that I could write
this song. My dad was a huge and important part of my life. "There wasn't
any question his death, which was one of my most far-reaching events of my
life, would flow into my music."