Ashlee Simpson teams up with The Cure's Robert Smith

Pop star Ashlee Simpson

Pop star Ashlee Simpson has found an unlikely music legend to help her record her new album - The Cure rocker Robert Smith.

The pair are working together to create a new sound for the follow up to Simpson's first album I Am Me.

Fall Out Boy frontman Pete Wentz - a friend of Simpson and Smith - claims the pair met when the 22-year-old singer was in London last year performing in West End music Chicago.

He says "I doubt I had anything to do with it, 'cause they were friends since she was performing in Chicago. But I definitely only have good things to say about Ash - I think the collaboration could be great."