QuoteYou haven?t dropped a project of your own since 2005?s Cookbook. Was thepressure greater because it had been so long?
Oh the pressure was definitely more! When me and Tim put out those records [9th Inning and Triple Threat], you know, we just put them out, that?s why we never put a video out. But this time the pressure was really on because I knew I had shot a video so now it wasn?t just about, ?Are they gonna like the record?. I knew that people know me for my videos and so the expectation from those who grew up on my music was high. My goodness. I swear to God, I felt like I sweated out my tracks the night before the video dropped! My weave was messed up waiting for this video to come out!
So why now? And how much did the Katy Perry Superbowl performance affect your decision to return as a solo artist?
I can?t remember where I was, but my manager called me and said ?Would you like to do the Superbowl?? I was sat there looking at the phone like ?Did she just say the Superbowl?? I felt like, who turns down the Superbowl but then, why would I be doing the Superbowl at this point? I don?t have anything out, but I?ll do it. She said ?Katy Perry wants to speak to you, she wants you to perform with you?. I immediately thought that she would want me to perform Last Friday the record that we did together. So when me and Katy got on the phone, she said she was a fan of my work and that she wanted me to perform, but to perform three of my records. First of all, I can?t thank her enough. A thousand thank you?s wouldn?t be enough. She allowed me to perform my records, on her set and she said ?If you have a new record, you should perform it, this is the time to perform it?. At the time I had some records but I didn?t feel as strong about them. I said I?d rather go out there and give them the classics. She was like ?Are you sure, this will have a huge amount of viewers?. She really gave it over to me, but I decided to do the old classics. I?ve performed for some of the biggest crowds but the Superbowl has to be the scariest moment ? besides waiting for this video to drop (laughs). That was a nervous moment for me.
But why now? Is the record part of a bigger Missy project to come?
Well, Pharrell hit me. He had hit me before the Superbowl, we had performed at the BET awards [in 2014], and after the Superbowl, he hit me up like ?Yo, what are you doing?? I was basically in the house cleaning! I had gone back to my normal life. I was in the house vacumming, walking my dogs ? after the Superbowl, I?m just acting normal. He said ?I?m not trying to push you, but people miss you. Do you see what happened out there? Have you seen the charts?? I think I was still in shock. It still hadn?t registered. He was like ?I want to get in the studio with you.? Who turns down Pharrell? He flew me to LA and he put me up and we got in the studio and he said ?Yo! I got this crazy beat?. You know, Pharrell, he?s very zen, very yoga, he?s such a sweetheart. But this time, he was straight from the hood, like ?Yo, I got this crazy record for you, I already wrote my rap, I gotta get your bars now?. So he played it and once he played it, it was like ?Oh my goodness? He said ?I know you gon? kill it?. I said, ?Well, let me take it home and live with it?. When something is so hot, I don?t want to just jump on it right away, I want to take it home and make sure I give it my best shot. He said ?Listen, just remember who you are. You?ve always been fun and animated and you have always made people want to dance. Look in the mirror so you can know who you are. It?s time. It?s your time.? That?s how it happened (laughs). Once we did the record, I knew it was time to shoot a video. The puppet idea I had seen somebody do on the street. I held onto that idea for five years because I didn?t have a record that matched that idea. So I showed Pharrell the clip I had, and he said ?You know you got to do a video for this?. Believe it or not, we have been making this video since March. The puppets themselves took two and a half, to three months to make. It was very detailed, we had people from StarTrak working on this video, so it was a lot.
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She is so humble
t4p i'm glad she's back...the record is classic Missy yet still modern to draw the younger crowd
the song is growing on me...the first time i heard it i thought it was soo late
Quote from: FOHWTBS on November 18, 2015, 04:04:22 PM?If you have a new record, you should perform it, this is the time to perform it?. At the time I had some records but I didn?t feel as strong about them. I said I?d rather go out there and give them the classics. She was like ?Are you sure, this will have a huge amount of viewers?. She really gave it over to me, but I decided to do the old classics.
Really nice of Katy actually. Most newer artists who bring in an older or established artist would probably want them to stick to the classics. Katy wanted Missy to give us some new knock :cheerup: I'm kinda glad she stuck to her classics though.
Can't wait for the album.
:stressed:
I'm gonna buy everything she puts out.
im fuming that she skipped around the question of an album nnnn
Missy
So she's not doing an alber?
I love how Katy said bitch do you know how many people are gon be watching me u betta come with the heat lmfaoooo
Quote from: KingDavid on November 18, 2015, 04:55:11 PM
I love how Katy said bitch do you know how many people are gon be watching me u betta come with the heat lmfaoooo
:uhh:
Quote from: KingDavid on November 18, 2015, 04:55:11 PM
I love how Katy said bitch do you know how many people are gon be watching me u betta come with the heat lmfaoooo
and she came on stage and completely upstaged her corny ass n
Missy is so cute and humble
She deserves success
She came back slaying like she never left.