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- The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger Said 1 Beyoncé Song Sounded Like Her Music - Showbiz Cheat Sheet
- Afro-Brazilian Star Iza Is Using Her Platform to Fight Racism - TIME
- Little Mix want to make visual album with Beyonce's budget - HuskerExtra.com
- ‘I almost gave up until Beyoncé featured me’ — Dancegod Lloyd - Modern Ghana
| Posted: 22 May 2021 12:00 AM PDT The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger is a massive Beyoncé fan. However, her fandom hasn't stopped her from saying a Beyoncé song sounded like one of her own songs. Here's a look at what she said — and how Beyoncé's group Destiny's Child inspired a hit by The Pussycat Dolls.  The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger thought this song 'humanized' BeyoncéIn 2013, Beyoncé released the track "Bow Down," which she would later rework into the anthem "Flawless." During an interview with Capital FM, Scherzinger reacted to "Bow Down." "I'm probably Beyoncé's biggest fan," she revealed. "I love Bey, I think she's Queen Bey for sure, nobody can touch her, but I don't know. I think there's going to be really great music hopefully to follow – but I'm not used to the song yet." Scherzinger felt the track made Beyoncé seem like a real person. "You feel kind of an angst with it, she's saying a couple of lyrics, like 'I'm not just his girl', so obviously she's going through her own internal stuff and it really humanizes her," she added. "She doesn't have to be perfect all of the time and like 'I'm singing everything always perfect.' It's cool, a real fan, you got to roll through this." RELATED: Beyoncé: How 'If I Were a Boy' Was Taken From Another Singer In addition, Scherzinger said "Bow Down" sounded like her own song "Lean Like Me" from her album "Actually my choreographer who worked with us both said we should have released your song 'Lean Like Me' because Bey's releasing this song and it sounds like the same club track," she said. Scherzinger never released "Lean Like Me," either as a solo song or as a Pussycat Dolls track, so fans can only speculate how much it sounded like "Bow Down."  Beyoncé inspired Nicole Scherzinger to write this song for The Pussycat DollsScherzinger's connection to Beyoncé extends beyond her views on "Bow Down." During an interview with The Guardian, Scherzinger said the Pussycat Dolls were inspired by a lineage of empowering girl groups like En Vogue, TLC, the Spice Girls, and Destiny's Child. She specifically said Destiny's Child's classic hit "Independent Women Part 1" inspired her to write The Pussycat Dolls' "I Don't Need a Man." "I Don't Need a Man" reached No. 93 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining there for one week. RELATED: Why Kelly Clarkson Worried One of Her Songs Sounded Like a Beyoncé Rip-Off In addition, Scherzinger performed a song called "Just Stand Up" alongside other superstars like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Mary J. Blige, and Mariah Carey during a telethon called Stand Up to Cancer. While Scherzinger heard some similarities between "Bow Down" and one of her songs, she wasn't shy about the fact that Destiny's Child inspired The Pussycat Dolls — and she even worked with Queen B. RELATED: Where Beyoncé Got the Inspiration for Her Iconic 'Single Ladies' Dance  |
| Afro-Brazilian Star Iza Is Using Her Platform to Fight Racism - TIME Posted: 27 May 2021 10:51 PM PDT Iza uses her platform to bring awareness to the ways in which racism pervades daily life in Brazil+ READ ARTICLEIza is sitting at her home in Rio de Janeiro, drenched in sunlight, talking about Beyoncé. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, born Isabela Cristina Correia de Lima Lima, is recalling the experience of dubbing over Beyoncé's Nala in 2019's The Lion King in Portuguese. "To be a part of something Beyoncé is a part of is a dream," she says. It's a fitting conversation to be having with the 30-year-old superstar who some have dubbed the Brazilian Beyoncé. Though she released her first album, Dona de Mim, in 2018, Iza's rise to stardom began a few years earlier. After leaving a career in advertising at 25, she began to upload song covers to her YouTube channel—where her videos have since garnered nearly a billion views for her original rhythmic hits like "Brisa" and "Pesadao." She has gone on to collaborate with A-listers like Timbaland, Major Lazor and Ciara. But reaching this level in Brazil was no easy feat. Growing up, Iza didn't see Black women like herself reflected in mainstream media. Historically, Afro-Brazilians have been subject to racism, colorism, featurism and eurocentrism, creating barriers in the entertainment industry. In 2013, years before Iza would embark on her own career, Nayara Justino, a dark-skinned Afro-Brazilian woman, was dethroned just days after being crowned carnival queen by the Brazilian television network Globo. Following a racist public backlash, Justino was replaced by a light-skinned contestant; the network denied that skin color was the reason but did not offer any explanation for the change.  Now, Iza, who was named GQ Brazil's 2020 Woman of the Year, is keenly aware that she's the representation she so desperately sought as a child. "My responsibility is [heavy]," she says. She's using her platform to not only share her hit records but bring awareness to the ways in which racism pervades daily life in Brazil—including in the messages of her songs and videos. "People die because of racism everyday [here]," she says. Nearly 56% of Brazilians identify as Black, making the country home to the largest population of African descendants outside of Africa. But Black people are vastly underrepresented in congress and among business executives and are vastly overrepresented among murder victims and victims of police killings. In May 2020, after the police killing of 14-year-old Afro-Brazilian João Pedro Matos Pinto drew comparisons to the murder of George Floyd, protesters took to the streets of Rio, despite the pandemic, to denounce police brutality. Amid the demonstrations, Iza urged her 14 million instagram followers to support an antiracist manifesto and highlighted the work of Afro-Brazilian activists and academics as well as Angela Davis and Maya Angelou. "I don't talk about racism because it's a subject I'm fond of," she explains. "I talk about it because it's necessary." Iza is symbolic of the new era she's fighting for—a global cultural embrace of not only Afro-latino artists, but of people and their humanity. "Through the music I can say so much," she says. "Our microphone is a weapon and it needs to be used."  |
| Little Mix want to make visual album with Beyonce's budget - HuskerExtra.com Posted: 30 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT  Little Mix would love to make a visual album – if they had Beyonce's budget. The 'Sweet Melody' hitmakers would be delighted to follow in the 'Crazy In Love' singer's footsteps by dropping a record blending music and film in the same way she did on both her 2013 self-titled LP and 2016's 'Lemonade'. Perrie Edwards gushed: "Can you imagine Little Mix doing a visual album with Beyonce's budget? Literally, it'd be unreal! So good!" Her bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock revealed the group are constantly trying to innovate and tread new ground with their music, particularly after so long together. She added: "I think we're already kinda doing that. We're doing things we've never really done before. "I think that comes with being together 10 years... How we're gonna keep things more interesting... What else have we got planned?" The girls did tease something big for their 10th anniversary this summer as they hope to celebrate a decade since they formed on 'The X Factor'. Although they didn't give any details, Perrie said: "We have got something exciting planned. Just celebrating together, just looking at each other and thinking... 10 years. "We've been around the world, we've performed in places we couldn't even imagine we'd perform in. We've just achieved so much, it's crazy - 10 years!" The group - completed by Jade Thirlwall, with Jesy Nelson leaving in December last year - reflected on their best memories in the band so far. Perrie recalled the music video to 'Shout Out To My Ex', and admitted the promo for the 2016 pop anthem was "so much fun" to work on. She revealed: "'Shout Out To My Ex', because it was like a girls road trip, in the convertible, driving through the desert in Spain or something, we had the caravan. It was a like a proper girls trip, we had so much fun." This article originally ran on celebretainment.com.  |
| ‘I almost gave up until Beyoncé featured me’ — Dancegod Lloyd - Modern Ghana Posted: 04 Jun 2021 05:14 AM PDT  Popular Ghanaian dancer, Laud Anoo Konadu, known in showbiz as Dancegod Lloyd, has revealed that he decided to give up on his dancing career due to challenges he was facing. According to him, he had a change of mind after he was featured on Beyoncé's song 'Already' with Shatta Wale. In an interview with Andy Dosty on Hitz FM monitored by DGN Online, he said he faced a lot of challenges before making a breakthrough in Ghana's entertainment industry as a professional dancer. He said, "After high school, I took a break for four years to go and play football but it wasn't my thing. So I came back into the game. I was dancing for two years and I almost gave up because it was not paying." He added, "I was always dancing and performing for artistes and was getting chicken change in return. I asked myself if it was going to be like that forever. Until I featured in Beyoncé's song with Shatta Wale, 'Already', where I had my breakthrough." Dancegod Lloyd made his international appearance after he performed in Beyoncé's 'Already' music video which featured dancehall king Shatta Wale off her 'Black is King' Album. He co-founded the dance school Dance With Purpose Academy (DWPA), which is aimed at helping young talented dancers on the street. Dancegod Lloyd currently has six songs which include, 'Sika' featuring rapper Medikal, 'Corner Der', 'Full Magazine', 'Agbelemi', and 'Menti'. ---DGN online  |
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