Fleur East says she felt out of her "depth" when she first arrived in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old beauty - who came second place on "The X Factor" last year - has recently completed her debut album after signing a record deal with Simon Cowell but she's admitted travelling to Hollywood was daunting, reported Grazia magazine.
"I felt a bit out of my depth, because I'd just got off the plane and my first session was with Babyface. Then I thought, 'I've been bursting to do this for years', and decided just to love every minute of it," she said.
"Making my album has been even better than I imagined it would be. I've written my own stuff for years and, once the label heard some of my songs, they were happy for me to just go full steam ahead.