'Elephant' songstress Alexandra Burke has revealed that her fans are so important to her that she likes to personally take them out for dinner dates when she has the time.

In a blog post on The Huffington Post, entitled 'The Importance of Fandom', Burke admitted that the support of her followers means the world to her and she's grateful at the fact that most of them have been there since she was an X Factor contestant so likes to give something back:

"I am probably a bit naughty but I do sometimes take them (the fans) out for dinner without telling my management and we have something fun planned for the summer where we can all get together and I love doing things like these with them."

"Taking a couple of hours out to chat to my fans over dinner like this means I will probably find out more about what is working/what isn't than my team will find out through hours of probably quite expensive and detailed research."

Referring to a recent fan outing, the singer added: "Last week I took two of my fans out for dinner. It's instances like these that really make me stop and think no matter how good the music is you put out, how many albums you have done, or all of that - that no artist would be where they were without their fans."

Watch her video for 'Elephant' here: