Duffy promises to stay grounded

Duffy has revealed that she is determined to keep her feet on the ground - in spite of the huge success she has enjoyed this year.

The Welsh singer-songwriter has been trying to break into the music industry for years, but has now finally hit the big time with her debut album Rockferry.

"I'm clinging on to reality. I have no idea how anyone else feels, because this is my first time," Duffy told Stella magazine. "Is it normal to do shows every week, every day, all over the world?"

"I try not to feel that I've changed," she continued. "I still want to hang out with my friends and have a drink, but I don't have any time. Sometimes it does my head in. But I wouldn't have it any different. I mean, maybe my mum won't know what to get me for Christmas because she likes to get me shoes and I keep on being given them, but that's about it, really."

The star also admitted that she is reluctant to reveal the inspiration behind her second single 'Warwick Avenue', a song of heartbreak.

"I'm not going into it because I want every person to have their own reaction to it," she explained. "It's theirs now. Not mine. What's important is that people enjoy it for themselves. When I am dead and gone, that's what will remain, that record. That's what makes me happy. Nothing else, really."