Video: Music session: Katie Melua performs song 'Forgetting All My Troubles' from new album 'Secret Symphony' Melua was 19 when she became the nation's sweetheart, thanks to songs such as Nine Million Bicycles and The Closest Thing to Crazy, as well as her first album Call off the Search, which reached the top of the UK charts. But after her early success Melua took time off after reaching "breaking point." "There is loneliness at the centre of it all, a sense of isolation," says Melua. You can't cope, but you can't say so because the life is what you always wanted. The album Secret Symphony is out now. The single Better Than a Dream is released on March 11.