Another break up, another album full of sadness. Anouk is also not happy. (2009) was inspired by a divorce that only seemed to make the singer stronger. The next break and the media hype surrounding it left her a lot less untouched. Her ex-boyfriend, rapper , was coincidentally followed by a documentary maker, so that his side of the story was widely covered on television. Anouk is now showing her
… side of the story with To Get Her Together, her seventh album. It should have been a cheerful CD, but that was of course out of the question. Lyrically anyway, because the songs drenched in funk, soul and R&B are indeed remarkably 'uplifting'. The lyrics, on the other hand, are drenched in pain and frustration. A headstrong and cheeky person like Anouk makes as many friends as enemies, but no one can deny the sincerity of these songs. And that is typical of the singer. Nobody can express themselves as well and so successfully - the album was already platinum on the release day - as Anouk. (JE)more