12/25/2023 0 Comments Danity kane debut![]() ![]() The ladies have a lot of work to do, and their sounds have evolved individually: Dawn’s gone down her moody, forward-thinking alt-R&B path with GoldenHeart, Shannon’s dabbled in country-pop, Aubrey’s begun a brand new O’Day with flaming hot club bangas and Pia Toscano-penned power ballads and Aundrea, well…I actually no idea. Rick Ross)” alone could make a strong contender for our next national anthem.Īpart from The Pussycat Dolls, they were the Last Great Hope of American Girl Groups.īut let’s not work ourselves into the tizzy just yet. Plus, those album tracks were vastly underrated-”Sleep On It”? “Lights Out”? “2 Of You”? I mean, “Ecstasy (feat. That Danity Kane Reign was more of a brief blip on the weather map, but when it reigned, it poured: There was “Showstopper,” One Shot,” “Touching My Body” and of course, “Damaged,” one of the greatest pop records of the 00’s. When TMZ asked the foursome about Diddy’s involvement, Queen O’Day unleashed her inner Internet troll and replied simply: “Who’s that?” Masterfully executed. Yesterday, the four met up in LA to discuss The Great Danity Komeback, which reportedly includes a new album and tour-and all without the man who pioneered their creation. Woods was a no show-still no word on whether she’ll be involved.) It’s a Danity dream that none of us ever actually saw coming: Five years after the release of their second (and, at the time, final) studio album Welcome To The Dollhouse, the members of Danity Kane just reunited. ![]() They were created by an evil genius with a fetish for flopping named Diddy, who took them all away from us-but not for long. These girls had a dream to make music and entertain. Once upon a time, there were five little girls: Shannon, Aundrea, D. We wanted to start from scratch with each session.BREAK OUT THE FIRST AID KITS AND JINGLE THEM KEYS: THIS IS NOT A DRILL. We didn't want to have an idea of what it was going to be, going in. We were making sounds with our vocals that we never even imagined, and pushing ourselves to limits that we'd never thought of before. "We really had the freedom of creating however we wanted to create, and we wanted it to be our own thing," she says. It's the kind of stuff that can set off a dancefloor, but it doesn't sound much like anything else at all.īex says she and O'Day worked on Dumblonde without giving any thought to scoring a radio hit. It's totally weird in spots, but also relentlessly catchy. At its core, it's futuristic dance-pop, slinky and synth-y and glitchy and globally inspired. It helps, perhaps, that Dumblonde's debut album is terrific. ![]() "I think fans really connect with it when you give that kind of time and effort to a project. It sounds like us and that matters, and I think that really transcends in music," she says. Here are your words.' You don't get excited over it."Ĭonversely, Bex and O'Day poured themselves into Dumblonde, not only writing and recording, but, as Bex says, "staying up 'til three in the morning" Photoshopping artwork or perfecting a video edit. "I hated how we would go in and they'd say, literally, 'Here's your song. It was just a massive body of work without it being a journey," Bex says. The music didn't have a theme or a nice streamline to it. "With DK, we had so many amazing producers-Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins, crazy great people-but it was such a hodgepodge. The intimate work environment was refreshing compared to the way Danity Kane made music. They kept their production team tight, working with Troy "Radio" Johnson, Candice Pillay, and Dem Jointz. She also danced for the Trail Blazers for five seasons in the early 2000s.īex and O'Day spurned label offers, however, and decided to go independent, forming their own company, Double Platinum, to release Dumblonde's self-titled debut album in September. "It just kept evolving as people kept wanting more," says Bex, who grew up in Portland before moving to Bend for her freshman year of high school. ![]()
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