
Hollywood. Friday, 5:30 pm. A traffic jam during rush hour. A limo breaks the line and pulls into the Studios: on board is 31 year-old Kelis, the phenomenon of the US dance-electro-pop movement, thanks to the spectacular success of her single Acapella, the first track on her new album Flesh tone.
She is even more beautiful close up, especially since her figure has been softened by maternity (Knight, her son, is just over one year old and was born of her marriage to Nas, now her ex-husband). "I was born in Harlem, where music is part of the soundtrack of the street."
Her new album, her fifth, was recorded in solitude, in the seventh month of pregnancy and after her scandal-ridden and painful separation from the rapper Nas. It was written and produced in collaboration with Euroclub connoisseurs such as David Guetta, Benny Benassi, DJ Ammo, Diplo, Boys Noize and Jean Baptiste.
For Kelis it proved to be a lifeline at a difficult moment. "Despite the divorce, I was extremely happy, I was full of life thanks to the pregnancy: that is how I felt while I was writing these pieces, it was the theme that ran through the whole album. I would like people to simply get lost in this music, just to let go. In Europe I discovered the importance of enjoying the moment: here we do everything too fast, we don't even have the time to sit down for a cup of coffee."
Roberto Croci, L'Uomo Vogue, October 2010 (n. 414), p. 168-171
Published:
10/14/2010