Sparks: 'Writing Battefield was therapeutic'

Jordin Sparks has described the process of penning songs for her album Battlefield as "therapeutic".

The 19-year-old singer worked with writers including OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder and Toby Gad on her sophomore record, which was released earlier this month.

Speaking to MTV News, she said: "I had so much fun doing it. Writing is really therapeutic, I am finding out.

"I've always loved to write. Ever since I was in the fourth grade I've written poetry and I've loved words and language arts.

"Everybody else in my family thinks I'm crazy, but it was my favourite thing to do... It wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realised you put music to [words] and switch things around a little bit and you have a song."

She added: "I didn't have very much time to write on the first album. I wrote three songs on that album and then I just hit the ground running, recording at the beginning of this year. It was so fun!"

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