Rihanna and Drake's collaboration on the remix of "What's My Name" wasn't one of those studies in industry politics where labels wrangle two stars for the sake of an on-trend hit. Instead, Rihanna personally invited Drake to jump on the track, which is slated to appear as a bonus cut on her upcoming release, Loud.
"She played the record to Drake backstage somewhere to try to get him on a verse," Stargate producer Tor Erik Hermansen, who has worked with the singer on her forthcoming fifth LP, told Billboard magazine. "She's calling me up saying, 'Where are the files?' That's one thing you don't hear often from artists on her level."
The "Only Girl (In the World)" singer explained that she and Drizzy had been attempting to team up for a while and that she wanted Drake's signature swagger for the track.
"Drake is the hottest rapper out right now and we've always been trying to work together," she said. "He's the only person I thought could really understand the melody of the song, and the minute he heard it he said, 'I know exactly what I'm going to do. I love it.' And he did it like three days later."
Both stars have been fairly stingy with details but Rihanna has described the track as "young" and "playful." The now flame-haired songstress has also hinted that she and Drake may take their collaboration to the screen and shoot a video.
As far as the sonic vibe for the rest of Loud, Rihanna has dished that the album will "exude the energy and space I'm in right now. That's what I always try and do with my music. Right now in my life I feel very loud and in charge of my life and I can't wait for everyone to hear the new album. It has such a variety of sounds, but it all makes sense for this album."
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Usher attends a photocall to promote his OMG Tour 2011
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Usher has apparently confirmed plans to collaborate with Lady GaGa.
Last month, the RnB singer expressed his desire to work with GaGa and Britney Spears in the future.
This afternoon, Usher appeared to confirm plans to team up with GaGa via his Twitter page.
He wrote: "Yo!..I'm gonna do a record with Lady GaGa that's gonna shock the world!! I just thought of it...Major URIV (sic)."
The musician then added: "You gotta think outside of the box, you know. She killin em over here!!"
Usher recently said that working with GaGa "would be like making art".
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If you follow me on Twitter then you’d already know this stuff from yesterday, but now that I have proof that the news is real I thought I’d go ahead and post it anyway.
Britney Spears’ managers spoke to the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, most likely to discuss the success of her recent record-breaking Glee episode, but they also revealed some details about her forthcoming album (due “early next year”) and addressed on her noticeable absence from the spotlight.
“It’s not a comeback”, insists Larry Rudolph, the manager who discovered Speares as a teen and who still guides her career. “She’s an iconic artist, She’s like Madonna, she’s here to stay”.
To be fair Spears hasn’t exactly been hiding out, her Circus tour was the 5th highest grossing of 09′. But compared with the days when she shocked the world by canoodling with pythons and Madonna on MTV, she’s been keeping a low profile. In fact her appearance on Glee could be her biggest national exposure since the breakdown in 08′. Rudolph explains her relative absence from the pop culture conversation: “She just wanted to spend a year getting back to basics, being a mom. But now she’s moving into a new album cycle”.
Adam Leber then goes on to discuss Britney’s next album, promising an all new sound from the Holy Spearit.
That new album arriving as soon as early next year, will introduce a fresh, “progressive” sound from Spears, according to the stars manager Adam Leber. “It’ll be a departure from what you’ve heard,” he promises.
For the most part, Britney has kept a similar sound throughout her career, only ever drastically diverting from her successful formula for 2007′s Blackout. Going by Adam’s comments, and taking into account the A-list array of producers like William Orbit that Britney has been working with, and it seems that we could be getting an all new sound for 2011.
Meanwhile TMZ delivered a short-and-sweet exclusive on Britney this week, revealing that she’s wrapped up three new songs for her album and “she loves ‘em”.
The anticipation is killing me.
Florence will be slipping on her dancing shoes next week after being lined up to sing live on US reality show Dancing With The Stars.
Flo will perform as part of 'Acoustic Week' on the hit ABC show on Tuesday October 12th at 8pm (EST).
For more information head over to the Dancing With The Stars website right here.
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