Following the incredible success that Bleeding Love � the smash single from British pop singer Leona Lewis � achieved on international charts, Jesse McCartney is in demand.
McCartney, who collaborated with OneRepublic�s Ryan Tedder to write Bleeding Love, says he now has many new writing opportunities to choose from. In addition, he has a long list of artists he would love to write material for, including Sean Kingston and Mariah Carey.
�I�ve always wanted to do a record for Mariah, so I�m in the middle of writing some stuff with her in mind, but she doesn�t know it I don�t think,� McCartney tells Metro. �And I know Simon (Cowell) definitely wants Ryan and I to get back in and start writing for the next Idols that are coming up.�
McCartney had known about Tedder�s writing abilities for a while, and so the pair decided to meet up prior to the release of OneRepublic�s radio and ringtone hit Apologize.
McCartney says he was in the studio working with Tedder on material for Departure � McCartney�s latest studio album � when they came up with the tune Bleeding Love.
The track didn�t make the cut on Departure, so it was temporarily put aside while the album was recorded.
�We decided collectively that (Bleeding Love) was more of a feminine song. And when it got pushed to the side somehow Simon Cowell got his sticky fingers on it and so did Clive Davis,� he says.
�Leona had just won X-Factor and they were looking for like a pop ballad, and we passed it her way and she tore it apart. It was really kind of a perfect storm situation and took us all by surprise.�
Unlike his previous albums, Departure is just that � an effort to move on to something new and different.
�The last couple of years have been interesting, I feel like I�ve opened a new chapter � got my own place now, been single for a year and a half,� says McCartney about the basis for his songs. �It�s honest, and I feel like the fans appreciate stuff like that � makes for great songwriting.�
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