Samantha Jade gets candid with ''Perth Now'' as she arrives back in western Australia.
If you think you’ve spotted Samantha Jade around town, that’s no look alike, it’s really her!
The western Australia treasure is back in our beautiful state and she sat down with ''Perth Now'' ahead of her return.
Jade recently made headlines when she appeared on the 2022 season of ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia'', but it’s her latest single ''Dance Again'' that has everyone moving and grooving:
“I hadn’t had a song in a while and that’s always a nerve-racking, slash exciting moment because you can kind of do whatever you want because it’s been a while. But also coming back in has always been a bit of a challenge too”; she explained to ''Perth Now'', ''I wanted to put something out that felt real for me at the time...i suffer from anxiety so that (Covid-19) really heightened my anxiety for a little while, but also gave me a lot of time to reflect. So i wanted to write this song about positivity and kind of seeing the light in the dark and kind of turning the mindset to being happy instead of sad.”
The singer said that the ever-changing music industry means fans won’t get an album anytime soon:
“It’s exciting to be in charge of my own destiny right now and go: "Well, i don’t have to do the album thing", also it’s a huge piece of work and it’s so different these days, things are received differently, things are played differently and the days of just putting albums out has changed.”
The 35-year-old is expected to wed her long-term partner Pat Handlin sometime this year. The couple’s nuptials were heavily delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic which separated her from her western Australia family:
“Perth borders did not open for a long time and so we started planning and then they just kept closing, so i was like: "There’s no point planning", because it’s just first of all, it’s really expensive, and second of all, it’s just heartbreaking to (cancel)”, she explained, “So we’re just gonna wait till they’re completely open and have been open for at least a few months so that there’s no threat of closing again.”
"The X Factor Australia" winner has conquered the music world and she’s ready to take on the competitive beauty world.
Jade is set to launch her own make-up, and although she remained mostly tight-lipped she did give a few hints:
“I had a make-up line in "Priceline" a few years ago and it was one of the most fun things...i am working on something right now that’s not out yet but will be out very soon...it’s a bit of a specific thing, but i can’t say anything yet, i’m sworn to secrecy, but it’s a bit of a specific thing in the make-up world”, she said.
The "ARIA"-winning star said one of her first stops, besides seeing her family, is going to Beaufort Street:
“Even just walking down that street and i feel my mum is there wheniI’m there and there’s some really good coffee shops along there too.”
