Nely Furtado Wears SHOES, Talks New Music On Fault Magazine Cover

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It's GIVENCHY

 

 

With new music on the horizon, we sat down with Nelly Furtado to discuss about her musical legacy, her upcoming music, and, of course, her FAULTs.

You’ve been in the industry for two decades. Do you often contemplate your musical legacy?

When it comes to my legacy, it has only started to connect in the last few years because of TikTok. One day, my daughter said, “Mom, your music is trending on TikTok.” I didn’t even have TikTok on my phone, and I didn’t know how to use it. We started making fun little videos on there. At the same time, I started going out and often hearing my music being played. I found out why the DJs were playing these old songs and discovered that people want to celebrate and have fun to my music. When I started in this business, people would say, “Oh, maybe I’m a one-hit wonder,” but 20 years have gone by and people still like my music.

 

You have an upcoming collaboration with the DJ Dom Dolla. Could you speak about the background behind that collaboration?

I was in Portugal on vacation with my family when my manager reached out and said, “I know you’re busy recording an album, but would you want to do this New Year’s gig in Australia?” I went on iTunes and played some Dom Dolla stuff, and I immediately liked it. My A&R reached out to his team and asked if he had any beats for me.

When I got in the studio, producers usually send beats through Dropbox, but he sent a video, which nobody does. When I opened the folder, a video of Dom Dolla popped up, and he was like, “Hello legend” in his Australian accent (laughs). He said, “I hope you like these beats.” He had me at “legend”! I listened to the beats and I liked them, so we started communicating and trading song ideas.

After the show, we just started making music, and it’s been a process of reclaiming and re-understanding the roots of what I do. I started connecting the dots, asking myself why all these DJs were remixing “Give It to Me” and “Say It Right.” I realized and recognized that my voice just sounds so good over beats, and I shouldn’t run away from it.

Dom really taught me to go back to that truth of just feeling good and finding the soul in the music. In the EDM world, they’re not really concerned about creating a pop smash or anything like that. They’re just trying to capture a moment.

 

Will we hear further collaborations with other artists on the project?

One track is with Bomba Estéreo. I met Liliana from Bomba Estéreo on a trip to Colombia. We were sent to the jungle, meditated, went into the studio, and formed a friendship with another one of my artist friends. We’re all really good friends, all mothers, and I’ve relied quite heavily on those female friendships these last couple of years.

Our roles as mothers are important, but our roles as artists are important too. The chorus is like, “We lose control. That’s how we are. But it’s from the heart.”

I have so much music. I’ve recorded a hundred songs in the last 18 months, and I’m so excited to bring people new music.

 

 

 

https://fault-magazine.com/2023/05/nelly-furtado-fault-magazine-covershoot-and-interview/

 

 

[River 113,193]

Big Hoops is such an underrated song

[Head Empty 24,869]

You capitalized SHOES as if we're supposed to be sure that's what they are.

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3 minutes ago, Why am I on GGD said:

You capitalized SHOES as if we're supposed to be sure that's what they are.

Exactly. That's why it need to be EMPHASIZED 

[Kimmo 80,274]

Not her using shoes just to block me from using the “Feet Tag list”…

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I love that TikTok has not only revitalized her old songs but seems to have been the catalyst for her getting interested in recording new music too. 

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Just read the article. She sounds so down to earth. I like that she brought up her indie record “The Ride” and isn’t disowning it or hiding it. I like that she acknowledges “Big Hoops” and says that it wasn’t big but she always liked it. I like that sue isn’t distancing herself from any failures and just owning it all, and stays true to still supporting and liking her past work. This quote from the article is so cute: 

I had a song come out a couple of years ago called “Big Hoops” by Rain Radio. It wasn’t big, but I always liked that song. It didn’t make a big splash when it came out, but then years later, amazing DJs remixed it, and it became a number one dance record in the UK and entered the top 40. That stuff is so rewarding when you make a song, and maybe not a lot of people notice it, but a decade later, it’s like, “Oh, we care about this.” It makes you realize that the sky’s the limit, you know?

[crazygato 499]

I love her!!! Even her "bad" songs are good! 

"Bring your car to the parking lot we'll ride round 'til we find a spot!" 

Spirit Indestructible was underrated!!! 

[Cavadour 2,256]

A Bomba Estéreo collab ? Wow. That's great news !🤩

[COOOK 76,406]

those pokemon shoes are questionable

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4 hours ago, River said:

Big Hoops is such an underrated song

I fell asleep to it on repeat the day it was released and to this day it’s my most played song on iTunes and I don’t think anything will ever come close 😂