![]() I'd say I can hear beyond just the actual writing and melody of the lyrics and I've been expressing that even more now. However, I do want to get into taking guitar lessons and would also like to do piano but I don't play any of it. I know you write your own songs but I'm curious, do you play any instruments? I guess you could say, I wanted to be more intimate so I kind of kept it light on the features. On this record, I wanted my fans to feel me and even hear me more. ![]() Another thing that makes this record different is the (special) features. I don't think I'm going to have any more but you never know, anything can happen up until the door closes for the album. Do you have any other exciting collaborations you can tell us about?Īll the collaborations I have right now (are between) me and Dream. Your single that's out right now, "Ride," features Ludacris. This go around was really fun because it was exactly the way I always wanted it to be. I've always wanted to work with them over the years, and I did some songs with them on my last record. But I guess you can say the difference for me was that it was my first time ever working with Tricky and Dream. ![]() And adding some extra little spices to it and adding my growth and maturity and all that. It made me feel like I was just getting started which is what this project is about anyways, about me going back and taking some of my ingredients that I used from the beginning. I worked with one set team and even if we got records from different places, it was always the core team, the core meeting place. ![]() You know what it was? It actually reminded me of the beginning when I first started. How does that relate to the recording process of this album compared to your first three albums? So, the title has nothing to do with the movie of the same name? I want to take it back to the basics so, right away we all got into the studio and that was pretty much where it all came from. I felt like I could have kept on touring and promoting the other record but creatively I had to do something that was a bit more extreme than my normal album. Let's tour a little bit and do some shows on that" but now I want to turn around and I want to present something different and that's where it came from. You know, you start out with one idea and then you go, "Ok cool, I had a fun run with that. I also wanted to give a kind of different energy and vibe creatively and musically so, that was kind of the reason I returned to the studio and it was really a blessing to be able to do that. Does it have a name yet?Ĭiara: My album is called Basic Instinct and I guess it was, you know, I had a fun run on Fantasy Ride (2009) but we wanted to turn it around fast because there was so much more material that I wanted to get out. You are on the verge of doing something rare in the music industry: releasing an album only a year after your last one. We spoke over the phone while she was in Los Angeles working on her album and she was articulate, levelheaded and in a mental space where she is finally able to appreciate the last six years of her action-packed career. Not to mention she's part of an exclusive shoe club with Snoop Dogg and David Beckham.Ĭiara is set to drop her fourth studio album this summer and well on her way to becoming the next princess of the music business. Just watch the video for her song " Ride" and you'll see a girl who puts all the boys to shame on the dance floor. She has a certain poise and focus that you wouldn't expect from someone her age and has earned fame because of her infectious choruses, epic collaborations and of course, her dancing. She's a Texas-born army brat who, at 24 years old, has quickly become a veteran of the music industry. With her upcoming album set to reign the charts, this hip-hop princess tells us how she uses her basic instinctsĬiara may not know how to play any instruments, but that didn't stop her from getting a record deal in the 11th grade.
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