Katy B is looking for love this Valentine's

Fans have told Katy B they enjoy making love to her tunes – so they’ll have a treat in store when she unveils new album Little Red in time for Valentine’s Day.

But while others are getting frisky, the 5am hit-maker has admitted she’s unlikely to see any action on the night of February 14.

‘It would be my dream to have someone whisk me off to Paris. But that has never happened, unfortunately,’ the singer wistfully confided to me.

Katy, 24, admitted she is a romantic who ‘loves things like roses and someone telling me they love me’.

But with nobody begging her to be their Valentine, she has vowed not to let her single status stand in her way.

‘I’ll treat myself,’ she said. ‘I’ll take myself to a spa day or something and then have dinner with another single friend. I don’t need to rely on anyone and then be disappointed.’

While Katy may have to take her followers’ word for it for now, she said being told her tunes act as an aphrodisiac is ‘one of the biggest compliments’ she’s had. And it’s not only in the bedroom that listening to her music gets people’s blood pumping.

‘I like it when people tell me they listen to my music at the gym. My music has got that energy,’ she said.

The Brit School graduate, who performed at the MTV Brand New and Emporio Armani Diamonds club in Islington, north London, last night, is limbering up for a string of dates. But she’s still found time to watch Celebrity Big Brother – and was intrigued to hear Dappy admit he had leaked a naked photo of himself to boost record sales.

The south London native confessed her admiration… but said she wouldn’t pull such a stunt herself.

‘I think it’s amazing that he did that and he’s a clever dude. But, um, I don’t think it would help me somehow,’ she laughed, before speculating that the rapper’s manhood might not be all it seemed. ‘Did he say that he Photoshopped it at one point? I heard a rumour about that,’ she said.

[Originally published Metro, Guilty Pleasures, Thursday 30 January 2014]