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Ben Rogerson

​​“I’m looking at this ‘hot chick’ who's got everything going on – or at least that’s what you think – and she wants the song about being Beautiful? How vain is that?”: How Christina Aguilera ended up recording a Linda Perry song that she's now reclaimed

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 05: Linda Perry (L) and Christina Aguilera attends a celebration for Linda Perry's song "Hands Of Love" from the film "Freeheld" on January 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images).

More than 25 years after the release of her last solo album, former 4 Non Blonde Linda Perry has finally announced her next one. Let It Die Here will be released on 8 May, but before then we have the first single, and it’s a song that you’ll almost certainly be familiar with.

We’re talking about Beautiful, the Perry-penned ballad that became a huge hit for Christina Aguilera back in 2002, but has now been reclaimed by its writer.

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