FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - FLORENCE WELCH'S NEW ALBUM

FLORENCE WELCH'S NEW ALBUM

'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)' hitmakers Florence And The Machine have revealed they plan to return to the recording studio in the New Year to work on the follow-up to their debut album 'Lungs'.

Florence And The Machine will record a new album in January.

The British band - fronted by flame-haired singer Florence Welch - plan to return to the recording studios in the New Year to work on the follow-up to their highly-regarded debut album 'Lungs'.

Florence said: "We're recording the second album in January. Got the plan, I just want to start recording as soon as possible."

Despite her quick rise to fame, the 23-year-old singer claims she hasn't changed and is still as poor as she was when she was at college.

She told BBC Newsbeat: "I'm basically the same and everyone's like, 'Aren't you supposed to be some loaded pop star?' and I'm like, 'No, trust me I'm not, I get an allowance'.

"Life hasn't changed. I still get the bus. I have no cash cards so I'm pretty much broke and borrowing money still. My phone's broken, I'm still exactly the same.

"Sometimes I get scared by the exposure, scared by negative criticism but it's something you learn to deal with and take it less personally."