Culture | Music British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield made a surprise appearance at Capital’s Summertime Ball. The annual one-day music event, which takes place at Wembley Stadium , London , also saw performances from rapper Aitch , singer Caity Baser and all-female group Sugababes on Sunday. Bedingfield, 42, who was not one of the pre-announced acts, entered the stage wearing an ombre dress before belting out her hits, Unwritten, and, These Words.
In a statement, she said: “I’m overjoyed with the fact that my songs are reaching a new generation of fans. Unwritten and These Words are such personal songs for me and to think, 20 years later, I’d be singing them at Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard is mind-blowing. “The crowd was incredible, I feel so incredibly honoured to be asked to surprise the fans.
” Unwritten was recently used in the 2023 romantic comedy Anyone But You, and has garnered a new following. Later in the evening, Meghan Trainor sang Whoops from her new album Limitless and Been Like This, her hit with American rapper T-Pain. Introducing the song, she said: “Does anyone here love T-Pain as much as I do? He’s not here, don’t expect the best.
I wish he was here. I’m sorry. That’d be so cool.
I’m not that powerful. “Okay, let’s sing this really loud for T-Pain.” The American singer-songwriter, 30, also called it “the best day of my whole entire life” and the “best Father’s Day” that her husband, the Spy Kids.