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Electric Factory have found a new guest singer to perform on their upcoming album - Jen H. Ka.

This is exciting news for me, as I saw Jen in concert a few years ago at what I believe was one of the first gigs I attended here in Paris, and I'm a real fan of her voice.

At the moment, it's looking like Jen will be performing on at least Outer Space Boy, and potentially some other tracks as well.

I can't wait to hear the result.

• Outer Space Boy
  

Electric Factory: "polished pop, sweet soul, eclectic electro, love and lovers, good food, fine wine, smoky bars..."

Electric Factory was the first group to put my words to music, and the first to invite me into a recording studio to make sure the singer did justice to what I'd written (and didn't make any of the typical pronunciation mistakes French singers can fall victim to when singing in English).

In keeping with the fun nature of the project, most of the lyrics I write for Electric Factory are quite light-hearted. Outer Space Boy, for instance, tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a boy from another planet.

• Outer Space Boy

A boy from outer space,
from a planet far away,
kissed me today.
But that doesn't mean
that his skin was green.
It doesn't mean anything.

Kiss me,
outer space boy.
Fly me
to the moon
tonight.

A boy from outer space,
from a planet far away,
kissed me today.
Help me count the stars.
Show me which one is yours,
which one will be ours.

Kiss me,
outer space boy.
Fly me
to the moon
tonight.

Kiss me,
outer space boy.
Fly me
to the moon
tonight.

Remember,
this is just a song.
I don't kiss Martians every night
(or every day)
but sometimes I kiss frogs!

Oh, outer space,
the moon and stars.
Des années lumière nous séparent.
Oh, outer space,
the moon and stars.
Des années lumière nous séparent.

Kiss me,
outer space boy.
Fly me
to the moon
tonight.

Space boy,
you're my space boy.
Space boy,
fly me to the moon
and stars.

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This song is performed by Electric Factory.