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Birdy has had a plan all along. After a very busy two years, the 17-year-old British singer is finally hitting her goal. This spring, she’ll release her second LP, “Fire Within.” Though it’s her sophomore effort, it’s a breakthrough for her because “Fire Within” features all original songs.

    If the moniker sounds familiar, that’s because there’s a good chance you are one of the 50 million viewers who watched Birdy’s 2011 YouTube video, a cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love.” YouTube is littered with videos of aspiring artists crooning covers in front of their webcams. Her version — with elevated production values — managed to find its way through the crowd.

    What followed her online success was a debut self-titled album comprised of cover songs ranging from James Taylor to Phoenix. Birdy rose to fame internationally, including in Australia where the album went platinum twice.

    When it came time for album number two, she was ready to use her own words, partly her own words at least. A quick look down the list of writing credits on “Fire Within” shows that she’s basically been through co-writing boot camp.

    Birdy said in a recent interview in a Los Angeles studio that she found it quite hard to share all her ideas and be really open in the album. “It was really strange, but I loved it by the end,” she said and presented the first single of the new album, “Wings.” The subject matter of the song was simple — Birdy wanted to write about having a good time with friends after attending her first music festival.

    (SD-Agencies)