20 years after the song’s release, “Unwritten” singer Natasha Bedingfield continues to “feel the rain on her face,” and loves hearing that fans are too.
In an interview with PEOPLE at the Cirque Du Soleil’s Luzia NYC Premiere, Bedingfield, 43, opened up about the impact of her music and the way it has persisted over time.
Most known for the uplifting 2004 hit, Bedingfield says that watching the song continuing to live its life “keeps coming in waves, and I’m like a surfer. I’m just a part of it.”
“The song is bigger than me, and I love it,” she continued. “So when I sing it, I just feel like I’m part of something that’s happening, and it’s an amazing feeling.”
The British singer — who resides in New York with her husband, businessman Matt Robinson, and their 7-year-old son Solomon Dylan — says fans have revealed to her that the song has had a lasting impact on their own lives.
“Recently at shows,” she said, “People are often coming away saying they feel like their inner child has been healed, and I love that.”
Performing “Unwritten” still feels “incredible” to Bedingfield after two decades.
“I feel like a Beatle right now because everyone is just singing the song with so much abandon. And it’s exactly as the song says, release your inhibitions. Everyone is, and it’s becoming that song that you scream at the top of your lungs. And it’s exactly what we were imagining when we were writing it,” Bedingfield told PEOPLE.
The “Pocket Full of Sunshine” singer will have a busy summer performing around the country.
“I have so many festivals. It’s so exciting. My band is amazing, and I’ve been singing for so many years, so my show is just great. And everyone sings along and it’s a great time.”
“I love so many different songs, I love performing new songs. I love singing other people’s songs, too. ‘Purple Rain’ feels like it opens up some kind of magic. It’s like Ali Baba’s cave just opens up when you sing it.”
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Bedingfield’s other hit songs include “These Words,” “I Wanna Have Your Babies,” and “Soulmate.”
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