| Mariah Carey Loved Going Incognito As 'Obsessed' Stalker Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:50 AM PDT Singer had fun being unrecognized when she dressed in drag for her video.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash 
Mariah Carey on the set of her "Obsessed" video in June
Photo: Tamarra/Getty Images Mariah Carey has played a lot of parts in her music videos, usually opting for a vixen of some sort. But for the video for "Obsessed," Carey took on a whole new role as a male stalker (at the brilliant suggestion of hubby Nick Cannon). She wound up so well-disguised for the part, she experienced a rare moment of anonymity. Dressed as herself, Carey said there was a lot of hoopla on the set. "Well, we had a lot of people outside. I'm walking up to the Plaza [Hotel], and when I was dressed as Mariah Carey, there were a lot of people just standing there taking pictures," she told MTV News. "And the street was closed down, and it was a whole rigmarole. It is what it is." The pop star relished the idea of going incognito and spending some time as a regular person on the streets of New York. "So, basically, I went into costume as the stalker, and I told my bodyguard, 'I don't want you to walk with me.' So, a friend of mine was there, and I was like, 'Let's walk together.' " In addition to the costume — which video director Brett Ratner insists was not meant to look like Eminem — Carey made sure to change her mannerisms and walk like a guy, and to her surprise, no one realized who she was. "I was outside and no one noticed me," she said. "And honestly ... the thing is that it was fun for me to able to just be free." Carey has just one unpleasant memory of her non-diva moment: "The beard — not a favorite." Related Videos Related Photos |
| Search Of Michael Jackson Doctor's Office Focused On Documents, Not Propofol Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:30 AM PDT DEA and police officials raided Dr. Conrad Murray's Las Vegas home and office early Tuesday.
By Eric Ditzian 
Michael Jackson
Photo: Eamonn McCormack/ WireImage Following the searches of the Las Vegas home and medical office of Michael Jackson's personal physician on Tuesday (July 28), a Drug Enforcement Agency investigator said in a press conference that agents were searching for documents as part of their inquiry into the pop singer's June 25 death. According to DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Flanagan, search warrants on Dr. Conrad Murray's residence and office were executed around 9 a.m. PT, at which point Murray was at home. The doctor was said to be fully aware of the searches. While the search warrants have been sealed by a judge, Flanagan did speak about the logistics of executing such searches and what materials investigators might target, according to video posted on TMZ.com. "In a document search warrant, you end up with documents, pieces of paper, hard drives or mirrors of those hard drives, or the computer themselves," Flanagan said. "When you're going through documents, you're going through page by page by page. It's very, very tedious. And everybody in there has the expertise to do that — what they're looking for. That's very, very time-consuming." The searches were conducted by members of the Las Vegas and Los Angeles DEA and both cities' police departments. "There's quite a few people up there," Flanagan said. Murray has not been detained by authorities and was said to still be at his home following the searches. When asked if investigators were looking for specific drugs, such as Propofol, a powerful sedative Murray reportedly administered to Jackson and which might have caused his death, Flanagan said, "No, not that I know of." Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Young Jeezy Wishes Michael Vick Could Play In Atlanta Again Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:50 AM PDT 'He paid his debt to society. Give him a football and some Gatorade, and let's get it,' rapper tells Mixtape Daily.
By Shaheem Reid 
Young Jeezy
Photo: Johnny Nunez/ Getty Images Celebrity Favorites Michael Vick's journey back to the NFL is well on its way. He's done with his incarceration for heading an illegal dogfighting operation, and on Monday, the league's commissioner, Roger Goodell, said he would be eligible to play in official games after week six of the season, as long as Vick stays out of trouble. Young Jeezy told MTV News he's spoken to Vick and is happy to see the former Atlanta Falcon playing again. "That's my dude," ATL native Jeezy told us on his tour bus during the Young Money Presents: America's Most Wanted Music Festival launch in Scranton, Pennsylvania. "I just talked to Michael Vick. Welcome back. I'mma just be real. I'm not saying this to be funny. I know 'em all, from Pacman Jones to Michael Vick. Sometimes keeping it real becomes keeping it dumb. It's hard enough in that position that they in. You can't keep a good dude down. He bounced back. We gonna wish him the best and tell him to stay out the strip club unless you're rolling with me." Jeezy thinks that keeping Vick out until week six, almost halfway through the NFL regular season, is too harsh of a penalty. "But you know what, I got dogs, so I feel the pet owners," he added about Vick, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges almost two years ago and admitted that he was part of the enterprise responsible for killing dogs that underperformed or were not fit to participate in fights. "But sometimes we as a people, we come up harsh and rugged and we get excitement out of things like that, and it might not be the right thing. I don't think it was worth him losing everything he had and not being able to take care of his people around him. He was punished. He went to jail. A lot of cats don't even go to jail. But he went to jail, did his time, he's home. He paid his debt to society. Give him a football and some Gatorade, and let's get it." Young said during his phone conversation with Vick, it was clear the football star knew what he had to do. "He's ready, that's what we was talking about," the Snowman said. "We was talking about the 'Welcome Back' song. And he was saying he was focused. Me, personally, I just hate that he can't go back to Atlanta. I don't remember going to football games unless he was playing. I never been to a football game, by the way, that he didn't play in. My city needs him." For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines. Related Videos |
| 'American Idol' Champ Jordin Sparks Says, 'Keep Paula Abdul!' Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:50 AM PDT Without Abdul, competing on the show would be 'a lot more stressful,' Sparks says.
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Jim Cantiello 
Jordin Sparks
Photo: MTV News With Paula Abdul's fate on "American Idol" still uncertain, sixth-season winner Jordin Sparks is hoping that someone at the show comes to their senses and decides to keep the judge around. "I don't know the inside scoop or anything, but I heard [Abdul's contract might not be renewed] and I was like, 'Keep Paula!' " Sparks told MTV News while promoting her new album, Battlefield. "I don't even care what's going on, but she's one of the original judges." She noted that Paula helped her and the other contestants during their time on the show, giving advice based on her own experience in the spotlight and acting as sort of the "mom judge." "Knowing all the stress and what you deal with mentally, Paula was always the one to soften the blow," she explained. "If she's not there, I think, for the contestants, it will be a lot more stressful than usual." Sparks was quick to point out that, in addition to being very supportive of the contestants, Abdul is a big draw for "Idol" fans, some of whom wouldn't watch the show if she weren't on it. "She's so sweet, and a lot of people tune in to watch to see what she's going to say and how's she's going to act and what she's wearing," she said. "I actually think the public should vote for Paula to stay. She's just so great! Fingers crossed!" Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. Related Videos |
| Cobra Starship's <i>Hot Mess</i> Preview: Goofy Greatness, Unapologetically So Posted: 29 Jul 2009 03:50 AM PDT Gabe Saporta and company deliver with pitch-perfect future pop, in Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery 
Cobra Starship's Alex Suarez and Gabe Saporta
Photo: MTV News This is not going to be easy. I have known Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta for a long time, we e-mail frequently, and I genuinely think he is a good guy. When I first started dating my wife, she lived in an apartment below bassist Alex Suarez (and for a minute, I actually considered moving in with him and his roommate). Keytarist Victoria Asher and I have shared several awkward silences in green rooms across the northeast (probably because I wrote stuff like this about her). I am thanked in the liner notes for their Viva la Cobra! album, right in between "Lisa Lauricella" and "Johnny Hockim." It is entirely possible that I am too close to Cobra Starship ... which means that remaining objective about them or their musical output borders on impossible. So, like I said, this is not going to be easy. A few weeks back, Saporta and Suarez brought me their new album, the suddenly much-anticipated Hot Mess, and played it for me. As such, I am obligated by music-journo law to write an obtuse sorta-review of the thing ... the kind of piece where objectivity is (in theory) paramount. And that's where I'm gonna get in trouble. Because Hot Mess is genuinely great. There's really no other way to put it. This is pitch-perfect future pop, the kind that takes the delights of yesterday and turns them into the hits of tomorrow. From the opening laser-blasts and sirens of "Nice Guys Finish Last" (a song that recalls Garry Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part II" and Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes") to the mega-synths and Michael Bay-size choruses of current hit "Good Girls Go Bad" and the title track (which kinda sounds like a supercharged version of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"), it's an album of flashy hooks and retro-leaning flourishes, one that's also incredibly indebted to the stuff of today — to the shiny Swedish pop of Max Martin, the bloggy missives of Pete Wentz and the hip-hop hits of Hot 97. In other words, this is the album Cobra Starship were born to make. There is no other band on the planet that is as much a byproduct of everything that came before them — or as much a direct response to everything immediately after — than Saporta and company, and Hot Mess is what happens when they decide to lose all inhibitions and simply fling it all against the wall. Surprisingly, most of it sticks. Which is how we get tracks like "Fold Your Hands Child," a decidedly low-key (for them, anyway) number that starts off as a pretty mix of melodies and churning synths and builds into an unabashed fist-pumper. Or "Move Like You Gonna Die," which is thrashy guitars and breakneck live drums one minute, pseudo raps and "Smoke This Dancefloor! One Two Three Four!" commands the next. Or "You're Not in on the Joke," a song that features an 8-bit intro lifted from "Pole Position," pure Saporta singing in a falsetto-ed Decaydance delivery, blippy electronics, some piano and backing growls from someone who may or may not be Wentz himself (hint: it is). That it all works is as much a credit to Cobra Starship as it is to the enviable team of collaborators they assembled to make it (Kevin Rudolf, Kara DioGuardi, Benny Blanco, S.A.M. and Sluggo), but I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that, for the first time, CS seem less like Saporta's vehicle and more like an actual band, as evidenced by accomplished, multifaceted tracks like "Living in the Sky With Diamonds," which references Hall & Oates' "Maneater" in the lyrics but also rocks a Strokes-y guitar line, or album-closer "The World Will Never Do," a dubby bouncer that features a cameo from Atlanta oddball B.o.B. Of course, given that this is Cobra Starship, it's not all academic. There's also plenty of focus on getting down and getting wasted, tons of mentions of dance floors and blurry nights, punch-ups and breakdowns, because, really ... it's Cobra Starship. That's what they do. And perhaps that brings up the biggest point in all this: Hot Mess is a really great album. It's definitely a leap forward for the band. It's smart and funny and fun. Yet, because Cobra Starship made it, the album probably won't be embraced by the music-journo community that would probably love it if they gave it a chance. That's a shame, but it's sort of inevitable. Of course, don't think for a second Cobra Starship don't realize this already. Or that they care. It takes a special kind of self-awareness to make an album like Hot Mess, the same kind that makes Saporta dress like a DayGlo grunge god and the same kind that drives the band to name songs "Pete Wentz Is the Only Reason We're Famous." It's sorta brilliant, really. And so is their album. But don't take my word for it — after all, I'm friends with the band. Questions? Concerns? Hit me up at BTTS@MTVStaff.com. |
| Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy Kick Off America's Most Wanted Tour With A Bang Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:36 AM PDT Soulja Boy, Drake, Jeremih, Pleasure P and the Young Money crew bring Scranton to its feet.
By Shaheem Reid 
Lil Wayne performs at the "American's Most Wanted" tour kickoff on Monday
Photo: MTV News SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — No lie, no exaggeration. The music at the Young Money Presents: The America's Most Wanted Music Festival launch at the Toyota Pavilion Monday night was so well-received, a fan in a wheelchair jumped up to rock to the music. After love daddies Jeremih and Pleasure P played up the sexiness of their music to start the show, Soulja Boy Tell'em injected door-to-door energy during his set. With a flurry of mixtape jams and album cuts such as "Gucci Bandanna," the teen sensation shook the outdoor venue. "Crank That" came on, and the man in the wheelchair sitting about 10 rows back stood up and sang along. Soulja's DJ switched the very familiar instrumental track to a rock-and-roll beat. "Kiss Me Through the Phone" was next, and the ladies in the crowd were more than adequate substitutes for the absent vocals of Sammie. "Kiss me through the phone!" they sang along. Soulja Boy's coup de grace, however, was one of the biggest rap jams of the last year, "Turn My Swag On." During the song, instead of jumping around and getting crunk, Soulja started throwing $100 bills in the crowd. As the fans sang, "Hopped up out the bed, turned my swag on," the Gucci-clad rapper came to the very front of each side of the stage, started rolling the crisp bills into little balls and acted as if he were shooting NBA free throws as he tossed greenbacks to fans. Young Jeezy admirably kept up the enthusiasm during his set. The crowd embraced banger after banger, standing on their feet and cheering. "Bottom of the Map," "Who Dat," "My Hood," all came in succession, causing most of the kids to jump up and down. The guy in the wheelchair once again stood up, this time waving a towel that read "Thug Motivation 103." (Jeezy's street team was on its A game, passing out towels and stickers promoting Young's upcoming LP.) "Put On" was huge, with Jeezy introducing his band and back-up singer when Kanye West's verse played. West wasn't there in the flesh, although his girlfriend, Amber Rose, was backstage, walking around and holding hands with Young Money clique member Nicki Minaj. Jeezy's set continued with a section of his guest appearances, such as "Love in This Club," "I Luv Your Girl" and the "Dey Know" remix. Young was hoping to rock the house with "My President" toward the end (Scranton is the hometown of Vice President Joe Biden) of his set, but he got carried away and went over his time limit. So, instead of building up to a grand finale, "My President" became travelling music for Young and his band to exit the stage. "I had two more records I was gonna kill them with," Jeezy said on his tour bus later. Expect better time management as the tour progresses. Next up was headliner Lil Wayne. For the past couple of years, Weezy has had that can-do-no-wrong aura, and while Jeezy and Soulja had the spectators on their feet, when Wayne came out, everyone stood on their chairs — and in some cases, on their armrests — to get the best possible view. From their perches, the fans cheered all night for modern classics such "A Milli" and "Got Money." Pictures of T.I., Jay-Z, Kanye West and Wayne himself came on a huge screen that hung above the stage before "Swagga Like Us," while a photo of Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice briefly showed during "Mr. Carter." "Flyer than 'Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice,' " he rapped. The rapper, wearing army-fatigue shorts, later warned the fans he was getting ready to play his favorite song, then "Best Rapper Alive" came on. A montage of pictures of all his album and singles played on the screen. Minutes later, a man brought a guitar out to Wayne, and his band (live instrumentation has been a Weezy show staple the past year or so) began to play "Walk This Way." The opening guitar riffs alone for "Prom Queen" garnered tremendous cheers. Young Money singer Shanell (D. Woods' sister) came out and crooned the hook while Wayne's dancers waved pompoms. Weezy's pa, the Birdman, came out for "We Takin' Over," "Run This City" and the street hit "Always Strapped." Weezy then announced he was going into the Young Money section of the show and started off with his franchise artist. Drake, whose planned 30-minute set had to be drastically cut down because he's still recovering from a torn ACL, entered the stage via a platform that was lowered from high above and began with "Successful." "I go by the name of Drake," he told the euphoric crowd, declaring that Young Money was "the realest team in the game." Drake then told the fans he wanted to do something for the women, "Best I Ever Had" followed. "You the f---in' best," he and Wayne yelled, pointing to various women in the audience. After Drake, Wayne introduced more from his artist roster, including Tyga, Lil Twist, Lil Chuckee, Gutta Gutta, Jae Millz, Mack Maine and Nicky Minaj. Weezy ended the show with his whole family onstage for "Every Girl," as the audience sang along. After the show, Wayne talked about how he's noticed his fanbase growing and evolving. "That hit me last tour," he said, explaining how the fans that come to his concerts now are different from when he was a teenager on Cash Money records. "The last tour, when I was doing a song like 'Bling Bling' ... they would know what I'm talking about, but they don't [now]. Then I would say something like 'Lollipop,' and they'd know exactly what I'm talking about. It's like, 'Wow, I have a new wave of fans.' It's amazing." Related Photos Related Artists |
| Heidi Montag Is Not Nude In <i>Playboy,</i> Sister Holly Says Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:40 AM PDT 'She's not nude,' Heidi's sister and 'Hills' co-star says.
By Jocelyn Vena 
Heidi Montag
Photo: M. Tran/ FilmMagic In just a few short weeks, Heidi Montag's Playboy issue will be hitting newsstands. And her sister and occasional "Hills" co-star Holly confirmed earlier reports that Heidi isn't baring all for the mag. "She's not nude," Holly told UsMagazine.com. "Her Maxim cover was so gorgeous and tasteful, and I know Playboy is going to be the same. It's really cool that she can be part of the Playboy family. I love it. I go up there all the time and play poker. I love the girls there, and it's very cool to be a part of that legacy." She also has faith that Heidi, whose Playboy pictorial follows that of fellow MTV star Aubrey O'Day, will give a great performance at the 2009 Miss Universe Pageant telecast next month. "She will kill it," Holly said. "I know she will give the best performance ever. She's a phenomenal performer and dancer. That's what she's born to do. I think when she's stepping into her own in singing and concerts, people will see that that's where she really shines." Back in June, Heidi told MTV News that her Playboy photos would have an emphasis on tastefulness. "I'm more of a modern Mother Teresa," she said. "I would take things with moderation. I think God created the body. I think we're born naked. We die naked. I don't think it's something to be ashamed of. I think the body is a beautiful piece of artwork that God created. I have nothing to be ashamed of." Holly also told Us that her often-contentious relationship with brother-in-law Spencer Pratt has been good lately. "We're actually getting along really well right now," she said. "I don't want to jinx it, but he's been awesome as a brother and better than ever." |
| Blink-182 Explain Why You Won't Hear 'Up All Night' On Reunion Tour Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:35 AM PDT Mark Hoppus says they don't want people to hear their new song as 'a YouTube version of us playing it live.'
By James Montgomery 
Blink-182
Photo: MTV News LAS VEGAS — There's a pretty good chance you'll hear just about every Blink-182 song imaginable on their current reunion tour ... and more than a few dirty jokes too. With a back catalog that spans a decade, and a set that stretches nearly two hours (not to mention an average song length of something around four minutes), Blink have been throwing just about everything into their recent shows, with one notable exception: "Up All Night." Since the tour kicked off last week, Blink fans have been clamoring for the band to play "Night," the lone new song they had completed before hitting the road. In early interviews, Blink had promised to unveil the song during the tour, but so far, no dice. And from the sound of things, that's not going to change anytime soon. "We might possibly [play it], but probably not, though," bassist Mark Hoppus said. "We haven't finished recording it yet, and we really don't want the first time that people hear our new song to be a YouTube version of us playing it live. We want it to be the actual song, and we haven't gotten the chance to finish it yet, so we'll probably leave it out of the set until we actually release it." While "Up All Night" — which was originally titled "The Night the Moon Was Gone" (guitarist Tom DeLonge's daughter thought that name up, BTW) — might not be finished yet, Blink are still endlessly proud of it. "It's an awesome song. We [just] haven't done a recording of it yet," DeLonge said. "But I don't even know if we would have room for it, we have so many songs in this set." "Yeah, we're playing a lot of songs," Hoppus added. "We're playing the most we can without being charged for going over [time] each night." And cutting even further into that set time are a couple of jammy takes on older numbers like "Down," "Miss You" and "Stockholm Syndrome," which stretch past their original running times and showcase Blink as you've probably never seen them before: ridiculously tight, professional pop-punk machines. After all, they've been doing all this rehearsing — they might as well show off a bit. "Having Travis in the band, he's the foundation of what we do," DeLonge said. "So Mark and I can huddle around him and follow what he does. We have a couple spots in the set where we really can cruise. It is improv, and it's the kind of thing you don't normally see with a band of our style, and I think it's stuff we'll do more of in the future. ... What's really cool now, aside from the fact we're having so much fun, is the fact that the band is tight. I think we're playing better now than we ever have." For more Blink-182 reunion tour news, check out our report from the tour kickoff in Las Vegas, Blink fans' reactions to the show and what Hoppus, DeLonge and Barker think of their own performance. Related Videos Related Artists |
| 'American Idol' Hopeful Alexis Cohen Remembered In Online Tributes Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:15 AM PDT Paula Abdul and Ryan Seacrest tweet about hit-and-run death, while others post video tributes.
By Gil Kaufman 
Alexis Cohen
Photo: Fox Shortly after the hit-and-run death of former "American Idol" auditioner Alexis Cohen on Saturday, tributes to the spunky singer began to pop up around the Web. One of the first members of the show's cast to comment was judge Paula Abdul, who's in the midst of a seemingly contentious contract negotiation that might see her leaving the show. She weighed in Sunday night, tweeting, "My heart goes out to the family of Alexis Cohen. She showed great courage at 'Idol' and let's all send our prayers to her family now." On Monday morning, "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest tweeted, "My thoughts are with the Cohen family. It is such a sad story. She auditioned for the producers for this season and then the terrible news." Police charged Daniel Bark, 23, on Monday with aggravated manslaughter, a first-degree offense, as well as death by vehicular homicide and eluding a law-enforcement officer, in addition to the original charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Bark allegedly struck and killed Cohen early Saturday morning in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, and then fled. Bail had originally been set at $35,000 but was raised to $150,000. A date for another hearing has not yet been set. Cohen, 25, was a contestant on the seventh and eighth seasons of "Idol," becoming an unlikely fan favorite for her brash attitude toward judge Simon Cowell. She was struck by the car early Saturday morning and was pronounced dead two hours later. Autopsy results showed that she suffered chest, head and abdominal injuries. One fan was so moved by the news that she uploaded a Cohen tribute to YouTube, with grainy still images of the singer's most famous audition moments over a mournful score. And though it's more than 18 months old, another homage began bubbling up on search engines following Cohen's death. Filmed by North Carolina-based Internet comedy duo Rhett&Link, the clip has the pair waxing rhapsodic about the fiery singer's first appearance on "Idol," which they said ended with "one of the most beautiful exit speeches in 'American Idol' history." The pair put Cohen's defiant vow to music, earnestly crooning the lyrics "Whether it be in acting or singing, or whether it be the fact that I have the chutzpah and the b---s to be able to get up and talk ... I will be victorious, always victorious, all rising!" over a folky track. They updated the video on Monday with a condolence note. The tributes also came in to the popular "Idol" blog Rickey.org, where fans expressed their grief and one said that Cohen was "truly funny" and "quite spirited" the second time she auditioned for the show. The singer's mother said in an interview that Cohen had auditioned in June for the upcoming season of "Idol" with Madonna's "Like a Prayer" and was preparing for a callback audition. |
| Ashley Tisdale Embraces Her Inner Kelly Clarkson On <i>Guilty Pleasure</i> Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:24 AM PDT Clarkson isn't only 'Idol' influence: Tisdale and Kara DioGuardi collaborated on 'What If.'
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Christina Garibaldi 
Ashley Tisdale
Photo: MTV News Ashley Tisdale's new album, Guilty Pleasure, is out Tuesday (July 28) — and from the sounds of things, that guilty pleasure might be "American Idol." Not only has Tisdale talked about her obsession with "Idol," but several of the songs on the album show a strong Kelly Clarkson influence. "I love Kelly Clarkson!" she said. "I think especially the single, 'It's Alright, It's OK,' definitely came from an inspired-by-Kelly [place], because when I was younger 'Since U Been Gone' was one of my favorite songs, whenever I was going through relationship problems, to put on. [It] made me feel so much better and that definitely inspired 'It's Alright, It's OK.' " However, Tisdale is quick to note that her musical influences stretch far beyond pop music. "I definitely feel the Used. I've always been a big fan of Boys Like Girls, My Chemical Romance, Led Zeppelin," she said. "All those that I loved growing up inspired [my] second album." But the Kelly Clarkson sound isn't the only "American Idol" influence on the album: Tisdale once again worked with "Idol" judge/ songwriter Kara DioGuardi on what she says is her favorite track on the album, "What If." "Kara was a lot of fun. I worked with Kara on the first album," she said, adding that the pair finally got around to writing a song together for Guilty Pleasure. "You know, we tried writing on the first [album], but I was so new to it and I was just learning about myself as an artist. I could tell I grew as an artist, not only in my vocal but also in my writing, because on the second [album], when we got together ... and then we wrote a song together. She definitely knows what she's talking about. She's definitely a little headstrong and I am too. I look up to her." Related Photos Related Artists |
