Why Nina doesn't consider new and younger singers a threat

NATHALIE M. TOMADA

- ing gracefully means being content and happy with what you have now, not worrying about the future or dwelling on the past. For me, if I stress about how I'll look or where I'll be, it'll drive me crazy. But if I enjoy the moment, appreciate where I am and how I look now, I think that shows.” If her songs have been a band-aid for the broken-hearted, The STAR asked if she ever also found healing through her own music. She gave a resounding yes, sharing, When I recorded all the songs in the album, I tried to think about the stories and experiences in my life and incorporate them into my songs. That’s why people say, When you sing your songs, we can feel it,’ ence for her Love Nina concert presented by _ because it’s real I’ve been through those Ticket1 at The Theatre at Solaire this Oct. 30, things, and I put them into the music. So, : when I sing, I feel the emotions from my experiences and even those of my friends.” But there was one love song where she poured all her heartache into I'll Always Stay In Love This Way. How can you sing that if you’re heartbroken? I was recording it, but I had just gone through a breakup. I couldn’t sing; I was crying nonstop, so I called the A&R director and said I couldn’t do it because my tears

Nina looked back on her first encounter with Julia Fordham, the original singer of Love Moves in Mysterious Ways, and shared Fordham’s thoughts on her version.

To recall, Nina’s cover became the biggest hit off her third album Nina Live!, which was certified Diamond after it sold over 300,000 units almost 20 years ago now.

“I even sang at her show, I think it was at Shangri-La, and after her show, I brought my Diamond Award for her to sign. She said, ‘I love your version of Love Moves in Mysterious Ways. Thank you so much for doing it again in your own style,’” the Soul Siren shared at the intimate press conference for her Love Nina concert presented by Ticket1 at The Theatre at Solaire this Oct. 30, 8 p.m. “She loved it, she told me.” Nina said she never ever contemplated

quitting the music scene. She has survived the changing trends and is now on her 22nd year in the business after making her recording debut in 2002.

“Even if you feel like leaving, but if that’s where you were placed, and that’s your task — to be an artist and share music — you won’t disappear. If it’s your destiny to be an artist and singer, no one can take that from you, not even yourself,” she said.

“Even when I think of going down a different path or profession, I always come back to it. It’s like I’m constantly being pushed in this direction,” she added.