Last month, when Allentown native Amanda Seyfried was beating the drum on behalf of her new flick ‘ ‘Letters to Juliet,” she agreed to flash back to her earlier romance ‘ ‘Dear John,” the box office hit that arrives this week on DVD.

”I’m really proud of that movie,” she says. ”It’s about a love that’s real, the kind of love that comes back to you. Even if you’re married for 20 years and have children with someone else, [your first love] can still get under your skin … That’s what ‘Dear John’ is about.”

Directed by Lasse Hallstrom (”Chocolat”) and based on a best-seller by Nicholas Sparks, the old-fashioned weepie revolves around an about-to-be-deployed soldier ( Channing Tatum) who falls in love with an idealistic college student (Seyfried) while on leave in South Carolina. Over seven years, the long-distance lovers discover that illness, family obligations and career obstacles have a way of thwarting romance.

Is it corny? You betcha. But it’s also a surprisingly delicate, mature and sensual study of the ties that bind.

During one sequence in the movie, Seyfried sings a lovely acoustic ballad called ”Little House” to Tatum. The song is just one of a handful she’s penned lately. ”I’m headed into the studio this month to record some things that I’ve written,” says the actress. ”But it’s just for fun.”

After the success of ” Mamma Mia!” Seyfried received record company offers but turned them down. ”I don’t plan to record an album. But who knows? I change my mind about a lot of things all the time. I’m ever evolving.”

Last month, Seyfried ran into singer/songwriter Joshua Radin at a Manhattan hotel and played music with him until 5 in the morning.

”We just met that night and he asked me to sing harmony on [a song called 'Eternity' for his new album],” she says. ”I’m very much into that world so if someone invites me onto their album, I’ll surely take that opportunity because it means so much to me.”

When she was growing up in Allentown, Elton John and Billy Joel were Seyfried’s musical obsessions. Then, while attending Allen High School, she moved on to N’Sync and the Backstreet Boys. Now she’s into a little bit of everything.

”My taste got way better after high school when I started listening to indie music, folk and alt rock,” she says.

”Now, I appreciate most music, even rap music. I don’t listen to it but I respect it. At the moment, I’m listening to Ray LaMontagne. I started listening to Joshua Radin after I met him. And I adore Damien Rice. Singer-songwriters are my favorites.”

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Thanks, Brian!