Yet in the studio, Stansfield takes conscious steps to ease herself into a world of silken fantasy. ”Usually I have two glasses of wine to get me relaxed,” she says.

"I love David Bowie – but he’s never made me cry." Sat in the bar at Manchester’s Cornerhouse cinema, Lisa Stansfield is explaining why her very favourite music has to touch her heart, and not just ...

Lisa was also concerned at how Corrie fans would react, saying: “You get into a role and people see you as that ­character, so they’d be confused because they know me as Lisa Stansfield.