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Pixie Lott wants to start her own record label.
The 'Nasty' singer, who has launched her own talent night in London, is looking to follow in the footsteps of 'X Factor' boss Simon Cowell as she coaches undiscovered artists and helps to link them up with professionals in the music industry.
She told the Daily Star newspaper: "Mainly it's about new artists getting out there, 'cause it's hard when you don't really know anyone. I get really excited hearing new people, especially if it's amazing."
Pixie went on: "I kind of know a bit about the way this industry works after being in it for a few years. I think in the future it would be amazing to have my own label.
"I look for amazing singers. I wouldn't be bothered to have to market, like, a band that can't sing or something, I get motivated by good singers."
The blonde beauty, who has returned to music after a break, is also back to being a regular on the celebrity party scene but admits it's not always glamorous.
She explained: "I was at a party and Roll Deep were on the table next to me.
"Next thing I knew one of the boys from the band stood up and was sick all over me, it was terrible.
"I had to go to the toilet, take my long socks off and throw them in the bin."
But the 23-year-old star laughed it off and insists she can't wait to attend more parties after the release of her self-titled third album in May, the follow-up to 2011's 'Young Foolish Happy'.
Pixie likes singing about heartbreak and showing passion and emotion through her songs, despite being in a long-term relationship with model Oliver Cheshire, 25.
She said: "Even though I'm really happy, I think that as I've experience being in a relationship I can relate to being passionate and being sad, or how it would feel if it broke off," adding, "So I can relate to that more than I would have done before."

Robbie Williams "doesn't want to upset" Gary Barlow by saying no to a Take That reunion.
The 40-year-old singer - who reunited with his former band in 2010 for their sixth album 'Progress' - is said to be worried about upsetting Gary, who he's had differences with in the past, and isn't sure he's ready to focus completely on Take That rather than his solo material.
A source revealed: "Robbie isn't against the idea, although he doesn't really have time this year to commit to Take That, although they have collaborated on compositions.
"He also doesn't want to upset Gary, given that they patched up their differences and are as close as ever."
The 'Let Me Entertain You' hitmaker has reportedly suggested to Gary, 43, that they take things slow by working on material together - along with fellow bandmates Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald - for now, and then discussing a world tour at a later date.
The source told The Sun newspaper: "He's suggested recording together, seeing how that goes then embarking on a world tour in 2015."
Gary himself is preparing to kick-off his own solo tour with dates in cities including Glasgow, London, Cardiff and Manchester starting later this month, and Take That are already back in the studio working on a new album which is expected to be released later this year.

The Tenors say Miley Cyrus is going down a "dangerous" path.
The Canadian vocal quartet think the former Disney star - who was catapulted to the spotlight as Hannah Montana - has numerous young fans who admire and "copy" her, and the band are worried about the example she sets for a "nation of kids" with her provocative dance moves.
Talking at We Day UK in London on Friday (07.03.14), they told BANG Showbiz: "If you're a Disney star, you have so many young kids looking up to you and that will copy you.
"You have a whole nation of kids who are trying to be provocative or inappropriate and I think it's dangerous, a dangerous path to go down."
The Tenors - made up of Remingo Pereira, Victor Micallef, Fraser Walters and Clifton Murray - hope the 'Wrecking Ball' singer realises the long-term implications of being provocative and that "shock value" isn't the way forward.
Quizzed on the advice they'd give her, they added: "Think about your career for the next 15 years not just for the next six months because people are so willing to do something shocking, but you have to live with that moment for the rest of your life.
"I think there's a lot of pressure with big companies and the corporate world of running the music industry for people to sell themselves and do the shock value treatment to get the next few hits."

Embrace wrote 500 songs for their new album and think it's better than their 1998 debut 'The Good Will Out'.
The band - made up of brothers Danny and Richard McNamara, Steve Firth, Mickey Dale and Mike Heaton - have not released an album since 'This New Day' in 2006 and say it's taken them more than five years to write their sixth album.
Frontman Danny told BANG Showbiz: "It's really hard to do an album better than your first one.
"That's why we've been away for so long, most bands don't want to be away for that long.
"I think we got near it with our fourth album, but finally I think now we've actually managed to do it, not many bands can keep the standard up.
"The festival offers are coming through and America wants us again. It's exciting, I feel like a 15 year old again."
The 'Drawn from Memory' band will release their self-titled record on April 28, which features new single 'Refugees', and set out on tour in May after performing at secret shows in their hometowns of Bradford and Halifax recently.
And Danny admits he didn't think tour tickets would sell when they were approached by a promoter.
He said: "The response has been amazing. The gigs are all selling out, when the promoter came to us and said, 'We want to put a tour on sale', we thought nobody would be bothered. We put the tickets on sale and when I got out of bed [the next day] most of it had already sold out.
"It was like 10,000 tickets in one day, I was like, 'F***ing hell, we haven't even advertised it yet'. It's like the roller-coaster of starting again."
Embrace will also release their new single 'Follow You Home' on April 28.

Sir Paul McCartney is working on a soundtrack to an animated movie.
The Beatles legend is having a lot of fun with his new project, although he hasn't given away any details.
He said: "It's like being a kid getting to play with some of the most creative people in the world."
The 'Hey Jude' hitmaker also admitted he still loves hearing people say how much they love his work.
He said: "When people tell you that you wrote the 'soundtrack to their life,' that's pretty meaningful."
Paul was speaking after calling listener-supported public radio station KCSN to thank them for their support by playing tracks from his latest album 'New'.
Programme Director Sky Daniels, who spoke to him for over an hour, told Billboard: "Paul's call was so thoughtful, I found myself fighting back tears. He told us of how his friends all loved the station, and [that] they told him that KCSN was playing a number of songs from 'New' and he simply wanted to say thanks.
"When Paul McCartney's friends sing the praises of KCSN, and he feels compelled to listen and reach out to say thanks, it validates the support of our members and the hard work of our staff. It really is a statement that radio can still touch hearts and minds, even those of the greatest songwriter of our time."

Andre 3000 played guitar for six hours a day to prepare for his role as Jimi Hendrix in a new biopic.
The Outkast singer, who takes on the lead role of the 'Purple Haze' musician in 'Jimi: All Is By My Side', directed by John Ridley, had to learn to play left-handed and was committed to making sure his performance was believable.
Producer Danny Bramson told Billboard: "The idea of anyone playing Hendrix, let alone a right-handed guitarist, was one of the greatest challenges of the project.
"I found a really patient teacher and put together a regime for Andre when he came out to Los Angeles."
Danny revealed Andre was dedicated to the role and sat in a small studio for six hours a day to learn how to play left-handed and make sure his guitarmanship carried the idea of "grace and fluidity".
He said: "John and I declared that we didn't want to have the camera cropped on his face and not the guitar. He kept working in a rehearsal room throughout the production."
The film will not feature any of the songs composed by the late Hendrix, who died aged 27 after collapsing at a party, as his estate refused, and instead, the biopic will see Andre play songs Hendrix covered in the 1960s, including hits by The Beatles and Muddy Waters.
'Jimi: All Is By My Side' tells the story of Hendrix's life from 1966 and 1967, during which time he formed The Experience, moved to London and played his famous set at California's Monterey Pop Festival.
The film will premiere in the US at South By South West on Wednesday (12.03.14).

Pharrell Williams thinks he'll never be as successful as Jay Z.
The 'Happy' hitmaker thought he could compete with the 'Holy Grail' rapper when he started releasing solo material but admits he was wrong and was trying to be someone he wasn't when he recorded his debut 'In My Mind' in 2006.
He told the Guardian Weekend magazine: "It was in my mind, but not in my heart. It was this caricature that I'd built in my mind, that fitted in with what Snoop and Jay were doing.
"Some of the things I said on that record, all the bragging, it's not necessary. It doesn't say anything about you, apart from how shallow you are."
He went on : "[I thought I was] this competitive guy in the music industry, who admired my peers and felt he needed to compete with the races that they designed. But in life you're meant to race against yourself."
Pharrell, whose second solo record 'G I R L' has hit the number one spot on the UK Album Chart, admits "Jay was never going to race with any of us."
He explained: "That was just my delusion. Because his career runs laps around people. And he runs laps around people, lyrically. He's a philosopher and a poet."
The 40-year-old star feels more comfortable with who he is these days and insists he isn't interested in living a party lifestyle.
When asked if he has ever taken drugs, he replied: "Very rarely - I've had my share of pot brownies - but it's not my thing. I spend most of my time working. Yes [I am a workaholic], lucidity is important to me."

Pet Shop Boys have sampled a gay rights speech for their new single.
The dance duo's new track 'The Best Gay Possible' features all ten minutes of a speech made by drag queen, Panti Bliss, a leading Irish gay rights activist, who rose to fame after his speech condemning homophobia at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in February went viral on Youtube.
In the speech, Panti says: "To grow up in a society that is overwhelmingly homophobic and to escape unscathed would be miraculous. So I don't hate you because you are homophobic. I actually admire you. I admire you because most of you are only a bit homophobic. Which all things considered is pretty good going."
He adds: "But I do sometimes hate myself. I hate myself because I f*****g check myself while standing at pedestrian crossings. And sometimes I hate you for doing that to me."
Panti - real name Rory O'Neil - took to Twitter to give his nod of approval on the track, as he wrote: "Pet Shop Boys made an amazing track out of my Noble Call speech. Seriously, they did."
Meanwhile, Pet Shop Boys - featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe - will embark on a US tour on April 8 and will also take the stage at Coachella Festival in California.

Lily Allen is to release her new album 'Sheezus' on May 5.
The 28-year-old singer's hotly anticipated third studio LP will contain the hit 'Hard Out Here' and is available to pre-order from today (10.03.14) with a download of her next single 'Our Time' from iTunes.
Lily is clearly excited that fans are going to be able to get their hands on her album as she posted this message her Twitter account this morning, "ZOMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lily Allen - Sheezus (sic)," along with a pre-order link to the LP on iTunes.
The tracklisting for 'Sheezus' - which is inspired by the title of Kanye West's last album 'Yeezus' - includes a title track of the same name, second single 'Air Balloon' and 'L8CMMR', which is about her husband Sam Cooper's bedroom prowess.
All the tracks on Lily's new album were produced by Greg Kurstin, except for the title track which was produced by DJ Dahi and 'Air Balloon' which was produced by Shellback.
'Our Time' will receive a full release on April 27 and the video for the track has been directed by Christopher Sweeney and documents a fictional drunken night out for Lily.

The track-listing for Sheezus is;
'Sheezus'
'L8CMMR'
'Air Balloon'
'Our Time'
'Insincerely Yours'
'Take My Place'
'As Long As I Got You'
'URL Badman'
'Silver Spoon'
'The Life For Me'
'Hard Out Here'