From Rolling Stone

 

Nelly Furtado Brings the Punk-Hop

Canadian singer conjures more pop hybrid sounds on "Loose" After a year and a half spent writing new songs, traveling the world to collaborate with Pharrell Williams, Coldplay's Chris Martin and producer Nellee Hooper (No Doubt, Madonna), Nelly Furtado is finally ready to release her third album, Loose, on May 23rd.

"It was a very indulgent experience," says the eclectic Canadian pop singer. "It was actually the most idyllic sort of album-making ever. It's sort of every artist's dream, where you're flown around the world, just kind of having a good time and making music."

 

In August, when it came time to lay down the tracks, Furtado turned to hip-hop talent Timbaland, who featured her on Missy Elliott's "Get UR Freak On" remix in 2001. When Interscope President Jimmy Iovine played Furtado some of the producer's latest tracks, her reaction was "Wow! It sound[ed] like he's listening to all the same stuff as me -- everything from System of a Down to Bloc Party and Death From Above 1979, and a lot of Coldplay, too." Within no time, says Furtado, "I was in Miami and having the time of my life."

 

Working in the evenings, the pair laid down ten of Loose's thirteen tracks, forging a new genre from their shared influences. "We call it 'punk-hop,'" she says of most of the album's sound. "We were thinking, 'Let's do modern Eurythmics -- You're Dave and I'm Annie. Let's make this modern, poppy, spooky music.' And we achieved that on some of the tracks."

 

The track "Maneaters," Furtado says, is "a 'couture pop' song, where it's in your face and very fashionable, stylistic and of-the-moment," while "No Hay Igual" takes its cues from reggaeton. "I didn't know what reggaeton was until I went to Miami and Pharrell's like, 'You're crazy!'" she confesses. "He played me a reggaeton song, and then I was like, 'Holy shit, it's great!'" She was inspired to write "No Hay Igual," in Spanish, nearly on the spot.

 

The album closer "All Good Things," which features Chris Martin, was actually a last-minute addition, after Furtado bumped into her old friend during August's MTV Movie Awards. "I was telling him what I was up to, and he's like, 'I love Timbaland. Can I come by?'" she recalls. "But [Tim's] like a big dude, and Chris was scared to sit down at the keyboard. I'm like, 'Chris, sit down. Let's make some music.' I'm always the instigator."

 

It was, in part, these spontaneous creative decisions that led Furtado to name the album Loose. "I left in all the sour notes; I left in all the giggling," she says. "It's good times."

i wanna hear that

Kanye, Nelly.. lotsa collabs! Can't wait :D

"I was telling him what I was up to' date=' and he's like, 'I love Timbaland. Can I come by?'" she recalls. "But [Tim's'] like a big dude, and Chris was scared to sit down at the keyboard. I'm like, 'Chris, sit down. Let's make some music.'

 

LMAO! :lol:

 

Bless him!!!! :blush: :heart:

I wanna hear too.

wanna hear, wanna hear :wideeyed:

Nelly Furtado is a beyatch. She woudn't last two seconds in da hood either.

Kanye' date=' Nelly.. lotsa collabs! Can't wait :D[/quote']

 

i heard about Snoop Dogg as well...lol

hahaha snoop dogg!!????

 

LOL

 

wanna hear :wideeyed:

 

:lol:

and btw i think we will hear some new duets with Michael Stipe :D

 

*waiting for Stipe's reply*

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

yeah and i forgot to mention, Michael Stipe and Thom Yorke are good friends as well, so it would be good to hear some Radiohead feat. REM songs :mellow: lol

I love trees

I think the Nelly Furtado song will be spiffing.

be careful Stipey...

 

your chances to be banned are very high

:lol:

I ain't gonna get banned. This site needs me. I'm the fucking core of this site. This site needs the Fuck more than it needs Cock Martin.

 

The Fuck

and btw i think we will hear some new duets with Michael Stipe :D

 

*waiting for Stipe's reply*

 

LMAO :lol: :lol: :lol:

Steph, that quote is so cute. I just pictured him :lol: :heart:

Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you guys about it. I knew about this last week. They said that it was gonna be on her next album 'Loose' or something like that :idea2: which comes out in March or May :thinking: either of those two :wink:

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/22246 Here's a similar (shorter) article from NME. I like the headline "... Solo Collaboration." Isn't that kind of an oxymoron??

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/22246 Here's a similar (shorter) article from NME. I like the headline "... Solo Collaboration." Isn't that kind of an oxymoron??

Yeah.. I think they're trying to bank on the "Coldplay Split!" rumors by calling it a solo collaboration. It's pretty stupid, Chris has collaborated alone with plenty of other artists in the past, there's no reason to put that as a headline.

Yeah, they're definitely trying to emphasise this splitting bullshit :angry: I don't think Chris would ever go solo. No way.

Nelly's new material is FANTASTIC. This should be great!

i love your sig victaniac

Yeah' date=' they're definitely trying to emphasise this splitting bullshit :angry: I don't think Chris would ever go solo. No way.[/quote']

 

Chris has said it. So you don't need to worry. ;)