Estelle’s been moaning to Celebs On Sunday about being misquoted by The Guardian – if you remember the story, she apparently dissed both Duffy and Adele for not being soulful enough. Run that through the headline-o-meter and the context seemed to imply that she was saying that them there white folks had no business singing soul songs.

She says in her missive that people

have created feuds between me and other artists. Adele and me, we have no beef, and I’ve never met Duffy.

But I think ‘Mercy‘ and ‘Chasing Pavements‘ are pop songs, not soul songs, and people have translated that as me saying, ‘White girls can’t sing’.

It strikes us as a little bit ironic using the traditional press to contradict how the media twisted her message. And so long after the interview was originally published back in March.

Let’s face it, if the media mangled her message the first time around, why should she trust them to get it right this time? Maybe the mini-controversy that the news generated at the time helped sales of American Boy? No, we mustn’t be too cynical, must we?

Estelle, if you want a direct line to your fans – to tell them about your music and to correct nasty headlines – maybe consider taking a leaf out of Lily’s book and starting herself a wee blog. Heck, even her American Boy collaborator – Kanye West – has a pretty cool blog going where he likes to share his interests and occasionally rant about things that are bugging him.

Get yourself a blog, Estelle.

West London’s Estelle manages to score a home run by getting Kanye West to collaborate and will.i.am to twiddle the knobs on this funky, funky track.

Estelle has been lurking around the lower reaches of the pop chart for a few years now. However, her musical releases have been inconsistent enough that she hasn’t hit the mainstream…until now.

Let’s face it, a collaboration with Kanye is nothing to sneeze at, although hopefully Estelle will get her dues out of this. Unlike OneRepublic when they let Timbaland rework Apologise – most people just assumed it was Timbo’s song.

Now, about that song. American Boy is a delicious and near-perfect pop track. And it’s another one of those songs that reminds us that summer’s just around the corner. Bright, upbeat and funky. And Estelle sounds hella cute in a Lily Allen-sweet way she sings some of her lines.

There’s a bit more info about American Boy on the excellent Arjan Writes blog. The only thing I’ll say is that this tune is going to be massive and gets a big Thumbs Up from me!

What gets a big thumbs down is that the record label don’t allow us UK residents to watch the video. If you come across a good source for the American Boy video, let me know!