, ▁Le igh ▁real ised ▁that ▁the ▁genre ▁" ne ver , ▁ever ▁worked " ▁for ▁her . ▁Le igh , ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁The ▁Te legraph , ▁attributed ▁her ▁mother ▁for ▁first ▁getting ▁her ▁into ▁reg ga e : ▁" How ▁I ▁got ▁into ▁reg ga e ▁... ▁was ▁from ▁my ▁mother ▁listening ▁to ▁it . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁big ▁fan ▁of ▁[ the ▁British ▁reg ga e ▁sub gen re ] ▁L over ' s ▁Rock . ▁When ▁I ▁was ▁about ▁nine ▁or ▁ 1 0 , ▁I ▁remember ▁hearing ▁" S illy ▁Games " ▁by ▁Jan et ▁Kay , ▁with ▁all ▁those ▁high ▁notes , ▁and ▁thinking , ▁" H mm , ▁I ▁wonder ▁if ▁I ▁can ▁do ▁that ?" ▁ ▁</ blockquote > ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Le igh ▁stated ▁that ▁she ▁hoped ▁to ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁musical ▁movement ▁bringing ▁sing ers ▁( as ▁opposed ▁to ▁dance hall ▁de ej ays ) ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁fore front ▁in ▁reg ga e . ▁As ▁she ▁told ▁noted ▁writer ▁P ete ▁Lewis ▁of ▁Blues ▁& ▁Soul : ▁I ▁think ▁the ▁reason ▁we ' re ▁now ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁de cade ▁of ▁dance hall ▁de ej ays ▁is ▁because ▁everyone ▁these ▁days ▁is ▁so ▁into ▁hip ▁hop ▁and ▁rap , ▁and ▁dance hall ▁is ▁basically ▁the ▁reg ga e ▁version ▁of ▁that . ▁But ▁hopefully ▁me ▁doing ▁this ▁can ▁help ▁signal ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁many ▁more ▁successful ▁new ▁reg ga e ▁vocal ists ▁to ▁come ."