Cheryl Cole gets a clubby new sound

Cheryl Cole's debut solo single is "an absolute club banger".

The Girls Aloud beauty is currently working on her solo album and has collaborated with British R'n'B star Taio Cruz for one of the songs.

Taio said: "The track is an absolute club banger. Cheryl will definitely come out of the gates sounding very cool. Her label loves the track with my voice singing it, but Cheryl's got a good voice herself. They want me to do a rap in the middle, so it feels very exciting to collaborate with her."

Cheryl, who featured on will.i.am's single 'Heartbreaker' last year, has teamed up with the Black Eyed Peas frontman again in Los Angeles for other tracks on the highly-anticipated album.

Meanwhile, Taio has revealed he is working with 'X Factor' winner Alexandra Burke, who Cheryl mentored on the UK TV talent show last year.

He added to Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "I have a lot of people asking me to write and produce records for them and I'm always up for it. With Alexandra they want to keep her diva-esque soul voice intact.

"So I've written something she could really sing out. It's still in keeping with what's happening now with the electronic dance music scene too."