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: The Resurrection of Christina!
: 不得不說,臉跟以前比真的腫不少。XDDD
http://goo.gl/mhiFr (文章長,下兩篇我有大概把一些重點抓出來。)
Christina Aguilera: Billboard Cover Story
Christina Aguilera hasn't felt this way in a decade. The singer is reflecting on the eventful
two years leading up to the release of her fifth studio album, "Lotus," from
her home in Los Angeles -- a period that heralded the commercial
disappointment of her album "Bionic"; a divorce from husband Jordan Bratman;
the release of her first movie, "Burlesque," and its accompanying soundtrack;
her highly successful stint as a coach on NBC's "The Voice" and accompanying
appearance on Maroon 5's mega-hit "Moves Like Jagger."
The last time she felt so inspired, the result was 2002's Stripped-a creative
breakthrough that helped distance Aguilera from her teen-pop peers and
produced memorable hits like "Beautiful," "Dirrty" and "Fighter."
Due Nov. 13 on RCA, "Lotus" refers to the "rebirth" Aguilera underwent both
personally and professionally, opting not to work with longtime songwriting
partners like Linda Perry in favor of such newer collaborators as Alex Da
Kid, Sia, Candice Pillay and even pop maestro Max Martin, on first single
"Your Body," which hit radio and iTunes last week and bows at No. 33 on
Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart this week.
Like on Stripped, Aguilera dips into many genres-from dance-pop on "Your
Body" and "Make the World Move" (a duet with fellow "Voice" coach Cee Lo
Green), piano-driven power ballads ("Sing for Me," Sia collaboration "Blank
Page") and rock-tinged empowerment anthems ("Army of Me," "Cease Fire"). The
album even opens with a quick sample of M83's "Midnight City" on the title
track, an experimental table-setter where Aguilera resolves to "leave the
past behind/Say goodbye to the scared child inside."
Alex Da Kid, who first teamed with Aguilera for 2010's "Castle Walls" on
T.I.'s No Mercy, worked with Aguilera on several Lotus cuts with songwriter
Pillay, many of which were recorded at her home studio. "I've worked with big
and smaller people, and the more established people can get stuck in their
ways and say they're not open to critique," Alex Da Kid says. "She definitely
had a strong opinion, but she'll go with the best idea in the room. That's
really rare for someone that's had so much success."
With Aguilera more or less based on the West Coast for the entire period
leading up to Lotus' release to finish taping the current season of "The
Voice," that means an aggressive Los Angeles-based promotional schedule
during the next few months-with expected stops on "The Tonight Show With Jay
Leno," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as well as
prominent use of "The Voice" to premiere the video for "Your Body" and a
performance during album release week. (.......)
"Nobody knows better than Christina that success doesn't come from simply
having the voice, but from believing and trusting in that voice," "Voice"
producer Mark Burnett says. "That knowledge and experience makes her an
incredibly nurturing coach, and one who not only challenges her artists, but
encourages and inspires them to challenge themselves."
"I have no time to even watch my own show.
So there's your answer."
- On whether she'll watch Britney Spears on "The X Factor"
"The Voice" is winning the music-competition show race and beating "The X
Factor" in the ratings. But as the show shifts into full-year production, the
singer confirmed that she would be taking a break for season four, set to air
next spring, with Shakira filling in her chair and Usher taking that of Cee
Lo Green. She's anxious to go back out on the road for the first time since
2007's Back to Basics tour, having canceled 2010's Bionic tour due in part to
poor ticket sales. "It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey,
to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this
business," she says. "But I was starting to get really worried and concerned
that I wouldn't have the time to go and be an artist again.
"Mark made it very clear that these chairs are always our chairs," she
continues. "He said, 'I understand the only reason the show's going to work
is if it doesn't get stale.' And he totally understood that I needed
something to fulfill my creative soul, and said, 'This chair will always be
yours to come back to whenever you do what makes you the best.'"
However long Lotus keeps her away from "The Voice," it likely won't be
permanent. "I'll probably be back. I just need to do my thing for a minute,
then I can come back and be that much better of a coach. I just need a second
to get back to me."
Billboard spoke with Aguilera -- who's keynoting the Billboard/Hollywood
Reporter Film & TV Music Conference, to be held Oct. 24-25 -- on the eve of a
live Twitter Q&A where she officially announced the details around "Lotus."
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