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Boston Music Spotlight (BMS): How is post-Idol life treating you?

Siobhan Magnus (SM) : It’s pretty good, I can’t complain. It’s been very strange adjusting back to real life. Honestly, that was the hardest part. When you’re done with everything Idol you’re kinda like “Woah, okay, what now?” And there are, of course, crazy huge expectations of what you should be doing. Everybody has their opinion and two cents about what you should be doing now because they feel that they’re a part of getting you as far as you did because it’s something like Idol where the audience has so much of a say in it. So they all own a little bit of your success and they say, “Well now you need to do Broadway,” “Now you need to do this,” and you’re like “I don’t know! I don’t know!” The transition was very difficult and intense but now I definitely feel I’ve reached a much better place where I have my footing again and I know what I’m doing and I feel a million times better.

BMS: Your album is set for an October release. What can fans expect in terms of the direction you took your sound in?

SM : I think that it’s safe to say the album will cover different grounds; not every song will be in the same exact direction. As far as style, there are different influences that pull in different directions but it still has a common thread I feel… My favorite comparison was probably someone said “Oh this reminds me of Aimee Mann”, which was a huge compliment. I love Aimee Mann and I definitely had that in mind, that kind of very thoughtful, intelligent female adult contemporary, bordering alternative rock but like adult pop where it’s thoughtful and a little provocative but in a tasteful way.