Kelly Rowland is in the giving mood.
After baring all on her brand new single ‘Dirty Laundry’, the R&B beauty caught up with Billboard to share even more details on the moving number-explaining the process behind ‘The Dream’ led release.
Quotes below…
Excerpts pulled from Billboard:
“The second and third verses take a darker turn, with Rowland singing about an ex who was “hitting the window like it was me / And still it shattered.He pulled me out and said ‘Don’t nobody love you but me / Not your mama / Not your daddy / and especially not Bey.'” Recording the song was so emotional for Rowland, it took her nearly a dozen takes to lay down her vocals without crying. And even at a recent listening for her label, Republic, she had to leave the room before the song was played.”
“It was very emotional. It took me days to record,” Rowland tells Billboard. “I had to get past being so upset and actually sing the song, not sob through it. I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me. Dream said, ‘I want to write you a record so that people will know exactly who you are, underneath it all.”
“The-Dream adds that he had to “push” Rowland to go outside her comfort zone, compiling highlights from different personal stories she shared as he put together the lyrics for the song. “What unfolds on TV or on the Internet, it’s never really that. You think it is but it’s just not,” he says. “When you have a stage like Kelly has, you should talk about that part of your life. I think Kelly’s way deeper than that.”
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