There are two types of pop star. The first is the manufactured variety employed to sing, dance and look pretty.

The second is blessed with a singular vision, courage in his convictions and the power to grab your soul and then hold it with an electric zeal.

This type understands pop is not simply a product but the gateway to a better place.

Daniel Bedingfield, at just 22, is the personification of the latter. He always has been.

"What made me want to write songs? I can't even remember," he explains.

"It's like breathing. My world has always been music. It's all about having a creative expression."

It may have taken the world a bit of time to catch up with this pop pioneer but the buzz accompanying Bedingfield's debut single Gotta Get Thru This proved the wait was more than worth it.

Straightforward yet irresistible, it became the undisputed anthem of Ayia Napa in 2001 and launched a record company bidding war.

The single then shot to number one and the rest is history.

Born in New Zealand, Bedingfield grew up in south-east London and was educated at home by his social worker parents.

At nine, he started rapping with a boom box at school and formed a group with his younger sisters, who played at the counselling seminars their mother gave.

The group went on to perform at festivals throughout the country.

He got his first synthesiser at 16 and since then, Bedingfield has not looked back.

Something of an exceptional rise considering his cottage industry ethics.

"It's all done in my bedroom," reveals Bedingfield.

"I made Gotta Get Thru This with one computer and a mike, that's all I had."

A prolific writer, he had no problems penning his first album, which darts between smooth r 'n' b, classic pop and heartrending soul, all buffed with a shameless disco sheen.

"I wasn't even trying to make it so diverse," says Bedingfield, "but the music I love is so broad.

"I appreciate everything from old musicals to house music I couldn't make it any other way."

Also recorded in Bedingfield's bedroom, he admits birthing it was a painstaking process.

"It's very exhausting to do it all. I've just got to do everything, from songwriting to the recording to playing most of the instruments and designing the videos.

"But it just seems to make the most sense for me to do it."

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