‘It’s a very positive song. It’s been used to motivate sports teams and now it’s a TikTok phenomenon’
Natasha Bedingfield, singer, songwriter
I was whisked off to Los Angeles to work with songwriting mentors, which upped my game but meant I missed my younger brother Joshua’s 14th birthday. I hadn’t had a moment to send him a gift, so I decided to write him a song. Unwritten was written with a 14-year-old in mind. We recorded it in Venice Beach. For the verse, I had the Beatles’ Indian period in my mind. The gospel choir section is rooted in my childhood: my family were lucky enough to be invited into an amazing African-Caribbean church in London run by the Wade brothers, who encouraged children to do music. I wanted a real choir for Unwritten but my sister Nikola was in LA visiting at that time, so with my friend Jessi Collins we just layered up the vocals.
I’d been writing for a good while when I met Natasha. She lived on my couch for a few months. Then one day, Wayne Rodrigues, the songwriter who co-produced Unwritten, came over and came up with the drum groove – and it just hit me. For ages, I’d wanted to write a song about how you never know what to expect from life. I’d had three different careers. I’d gone from having a ton of money to being broke and living in a garage when I was 20.
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