Kelly Rowland covers the Summer 2012 issue of
Vegas Magazine. More below.
On her new album: “I am more excited going into it this time than last time, because I have a concept. I’m making this album for my ladies, oh, yes, and it is strong. All of the producers I’ve been working with get the concept so much that they brought in a little more aggressive—and sometimes masculine—approach, but there is a really incredible top line: I want to tell women how incredible we are, how our intuition is so spot-on. Sometimes we don’t listen to it, but it is the thing that can actually make us happier.”
With the upcoming album, Kelly Rowland is going back to music styles close to her heart: classic rhythm and blues. She re-listened to her favorite R&B records by artists including Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder: “What triggered it all was when I was on tour last year with Chris Brown. I stopped by Hitsville U.S.A. [the nickname for Motown’s first headquarters in Detroit], and saw all of this history; it filled my soul up to the point where I wanted to tell my story. To me, it’s really about having something to say, and people love that. That’s what’s so great about Adele: She is a storyteller.”
On her amazing history with Destiny's Child: “Destiny’s Child was a huge part of my career, and I think it’s only natural for people to refer to Destiny’s Child when referring to any of us. For people to call us one of the greatest female groups of all time—are you kidding me? Beyoncé and Michelle are two incredible women and deeper than what the public sees. Destiny’s Child, to me, was a sisterhood and a kinship that the three of us shared. You want people to respect that you have your own identity as an artist, but they also remember how they met you.”
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