unofficial leader), and nobody really expected Michelle to be a mainstream star (she simply didn't get to talk much in DC did she?), shouldn't Kelly's level of stardom be a little greater?
Her sophomore album Ms Kelly is presently to be re-released (a signal that it didn't sell so good the start time around), and the new single, Work- which was due for release last year- was delayed, then remixed and is finally getting released next week. Surely a previous member of such a super-group shouldn't struggle to sell units?
"As solo artists, we are 3 different people," Kelly insists. "People can't expect us all to have the same path as solo artists or love the like sort of success. Victoria [Beckham] has a different road to Mel B, Mel B has a different path to Geri, and so on. We all feature different paths, coz we're all different people. I'm more of an intimate person anyway; I like playing smaller and more intimate venues. People can't look me to be Beyonc or Beyonc to be me or me to be Michelle or whatever! Just let us to be ourselves!"
And of Beyonc- who reports have claimed is fraught with her first child for long-term partner Jay Z- what does Kelly make of those who question the pair's friendship? Just last year, a story popped up claiming that Beyonc `stole` the June front cover of Vibe magazine, which Kelly was scheduled to look on. And in a parody video of DC's song Emotions that appeared on You Tube last year, the actresses playing Michelle and Kelly were made to look insignificant, while the Beyonc actress sang, "who'd look at the former two, when you've got Beyonc?" Can we think that Kelly and B are actually true friends?
"People see how confident we are as women and as friends, and rather of them learning from that, they wanna hate on it. I make no clock for that form of negative thinking. People should be happy to see women getting on and working together, without being insecure about each other. It doesn't take to be drama, but people always wanna create drama! I don't even let that trouble me. Coz people will proceed to speak and we'll just keep selling records."
Is Kelly interested in achieving Beyonc's level of mega-stardom?
"I wouldn't shun it, but I'm not gonna force it or allow masses to drive me in that direction. If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen."
Having hoped that her sophomore album would allow fans to get to know "Kelly Rowland and not Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child", she admits that she was disappointed about the way in which the album was received.
"The sales weren't as well as I wanted them to be and to be honest, I did feel sad about that for a short while. I felt that the manufacture was erratic and for a minute, I felt like I didn't want to be a portion of that any more. I find that the tag should have promoted it more the start time around. But they're excited now, so that's all that counts."
Even with the better promotion, all album sales are touched by the book industry curse that is, bootlegging. Kelly is no exception.
"Bootlegging definitely plays a character in artist's frustration. I mean it's mostly kids that do it. It seems that they don't really appreciate the prize of music. There are young artists who are coming out with music, which is ok for them, but it's no Marvin Gaye quality! That's not to kill anybody, but I find that some new people want to take a greater discernment of classic music and a better understanding of true musicians. Young people are cutting their own niche and you can't be mad at that. But you even want to love about true, old school artists."
Sounding like an inspirational speaker, she continues to educate the youths_
"There are all these talent contests out there, and don~t get me wrong, they~re cool. But because of them, there~s the risk of creating a company where every new person wants to be a superstar. But not everybody is gonna be a superstar. There~s room for journalists, for doctors, for teachers. If I wasn~t doing this, I would be a teacher. I remember being in the position to inspire and prepare young minds is a grand thing."
Recalling her own youth, Kelly reveals that she and her father "had our differences" when Kelly was growing up. With Destiny's Child being on the route so often- and Kelly's mother not being there with her daughter- that "put a song" on the pair's relationship.
"We did make our problems, but the old I got, the more I realised how important my mum is. This industry will do and go, but you want to make a foundation. You want to make somebody who, unlike all the `yes people', will say you straight: `You've got a bad attitude today.` That's my mum!"
However, she speaks less positively of her father, who isn't a portion of her life today.
"He was in and out of the see from when I was born until I was nearly seven-years-old. And when he did get around, it simply wasn't positive. He brought a negative energy, so I knew what discomfort was from an early age. Now, if ever I see a guy and I find that same sensation of discomfort, I pass away from that situation, fast!" About the Author
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February16,2011
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