Nelly Furtado Recording With Friends, Writing New LP
By Jon Wiederhorn, with additional reporting by Jeff Cornell
03/05/2002
Nelly Furtado
Photo: DreamWorks
Last week in the Grammy press room, Nelly Furtado revealed that she
originally wanted "Sh-- on the Radio (Remember the Days)" to be the first
single off her debut album, Whoa, Nelly! Judging by a conversation MTV Radio
had with her on Monday, it looks like she'll soon have a lot more sh-- on the
radio.
Not only is she collaborating with other marquee acts, she's already written
much of her next record, which she hopes to finish by the fall.
Furtado recently recorded a song with the Roots, which will likely surface on
their next album, and soon she'll enter the studio with Colombian
folk/alternative artist Juanes to record a song called "Fotografias" for his
next record. In addition, she's planning to work with alternative rap group
Jurassic 5 and may collaborate with Carlos Santana on his next record.
"I've always had an open mentality with music. Music is inanimate and
beautiful. You can make anything happen as long as you're passionate and you
don't close your mind," said Furtado, who last year surprised listeners by
recruiting Timbaland to remix her single "Turn off the Light" and by
appearing on a remix of Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On." "I got into
hip-hop by chance, just because there were no other kids making music in the
city. And that's how I fell into it. And whatever you can find, you gotta
pursue."
Over the next few months, Furtado will continue to pursue her connection with
Timbaland, who is using samples from her "Baby Girl" in the song "Ching,
Ching, Ching" by Miss Jade, a female rapper signed to his and Elliott's Beat
Club label.
As much as she loves collaborations, Furtado's top priority is getting back
in the studio to work on her second album, which she'd like to have in stores
by next spring. For months now, she's been writing for the disc, which she
says will be musically "more advanced" than Whoa, Nelly!
"It's still gonna be alternative pop music, but it's gonna have a world edge
to it," she said. "It's gonna be international-sounding, and I'm gonna try to
be raising the bar. Basically, we're just gonna continue to do what we did
last time, which is to not care about the outside world and just [care about]
what we want to hear."
She said she'll likely position the Grammy she won for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance on her piano to inspire her in the studio. Thrilled though she is
about her victory, she's even more excited about her potential to surprise
her fans and herself.
"Anything could happen at this point," she exclaimed. "I could walk into the
studio with Missy and we could be like, 'All right, this is gonna be the next
single.' Or I could just meet somebody one day and we could make magic. It's
so unpredictable. That's why I love music."
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love is often an excuse, although sometimes these excuses are all
we have to hold onto,
death is the reason and living is the celebration
- Beth Orton
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