Bet this pic got your hopes up đ I just got back from a parallel universe where this is number 1 in the album charts. Sadly, in this universe it doesnât even exist except in my mind (which is deeply muddled due to all that universe-hopping). Who fancies a Kickstarter campaign to make this a thing? (Okay, I admit it, I have nothing better to do than dream up imaginary album covers. Smack me.) #katiemelua #notarealalbumsadly 
This is one of the reasons why roses are my favourite flower. Thereâs a frost here this morning; itâs almost December and all the other flowers have given up and gone away. But these girls are still bringing it⌠#lovemyrosesđš 
Album No. 8: âA Snapshot of Chris and Ninoâ. This is a little mini-story for you inspired by our favourite new album. How many songs can you spot?? #katiemelua #albumno8 #sixtysecondstory 
On this day last year, tickets went on sale for Katieâs 2020 Tour-That-Would-End-Up-Not-Being-A-Tour-Because-Of-Covid Tour. We were all hovering over the ticket sites hitting ârefreshâ like lunatics every 5 seconds so we could get our hands on them before they sold out. Soon after, we were able to slump back in our seats, exhausted with the stress of the process but with a childish grin of glee on our faces as we looked at the confirmation emails sitting in our inboxes. It was such a happy day. Exactly one year later, today, I should be walking on air, basking in the afterglow of having seen Katie perform in Leicester last night. Instead, Iâm looking back through my journal entries, reflecting ruefully on how the future pays no heed to our hopes and wishes; the future will do her own thing and we have no choice but to go along for the ride. Sometimes she will take us to amazing places. Other times, such as this year, we will be huddled on the back seat feeling nauseous and saying âare we nearly there yetâ with every bump in the road. But think on this: if good can turn bad in a year then equally it holds that bad can turn good. So on this day next year we may be on cloud nine again. Enjoy the ride, bumps and all. #katiemelua #onthisday 
There have been, I donât know, something like one million and seven recordings of Holstâs The Planets. The reason for this is simply that it is ruddy amazing. If you are not familiar with it then, hello, are you even alive? There has even been a version conducted by some bloke called Mike Batt. Rings a bell. Anyway, I just wanted to single out this particular version with Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker. âWhyâ I hear you ask. (Actually, I donât, but I like to imagine you are.) Well, many recordings are padded out with random pieces by other composers (I have one with Greensleeves on it, go figure). This one is no exception; but the extras are a bit more appropriate: they include a piece called âPluto, The Renewerâ (which was added because Pluto hadnât yet been discovered when Holst wrote the Suite, though now of course Pluto has been downgraded, though not in my mindâIâd still live there). It also includes a few other pieces referred to as âThe Asteroidsâ, which I imagine is probably an homage to the 1980s arcade game ;-) If you want to treat your ears, tis on Spotifyâjust search for ârattle the planetsâ (which deserves to be an album in its own right) 
Never too early for Santaâs glittery phone box! đ đ 
Where I am and where I wish I was. Okay, the figures show there is actually very little difference at the moment but there is an innate sense of place within us that can govern our happiness from deep within. And those tree-covered mountains around Batumi seem to whisper things to my soul that I canât quite hear but I know are having a profound effect. Or maybe Iâm just mad. 
If you want to feel like this all you have to do is show up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS8MiVMM770 at 5.00pm GMT. Katie will supply the Joy đ #Joy #katiemelua #albumno8 
Ah, a lovely pic of Katie relaxing in a garden⌠#katiemelua #wearenotaloneđ˝