I’ve always attributed this to her but ChatGPT can’t find a quote for it but I’m sure it was to do with downloads or something impacting Beat of My Drum become a huge international success and she was awfully confused by it all
I know this reply is very late, but perhaps you were thinking of the following The Guardian article which is about her and states "It's all a bit confusing (not least because no one really buys CD singles any more)".
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