So Blackheart was scheduled to come out in October, but when the Danity Kane announcement came about, many fans were left speculating about what that meant for Blackheart. Can you clarify for the Hearts what the plan of action is going to be?
Dawn: Blackheart will come after DK project. I owe it to the hearts to give a proper release. I don’t want to confuse the DK fans and hearts. It was a hard decision to make but I think it’s a smart one. Blackheart is too great to rush and not tour on. I’d have to put it out and wait to tour and the hearts know how much I love touring. But 3 projects in a year is alot to hold them over and there is still a DK single coming this year so plenty to look forward to still. Just getting started.
The wait will be worth it! "Judith" and "Valkyrie" are great! I'm excited for "Tide"!!!
And like she said there's plenty to look forward to! A new DK album and then a new Dawn album, it's amazing!
As much as I loved Danity Kane in the past, I doubt it'll be the same for me in 2013. Dawn is much more interesting as a solo act. The risks she takes and her entire sound and aesthetic is on a completely different level than the group. I feel like she's gonna have to be basic in DK. It's like Beyoncé reuniting with Destiny's Child. Yes they are amazing as a group and really shined back when they were together, but after disbanding that's when a real star was born. Dawn is the Beyoncé in this situation.
I had a huge feeling that she would push back Blackheart, and I'm not necessarily disappointed by that.
This really will give her time to have a proper and even bigger release for Blackheart.
As much as I want the album, I'll wait. I love DK just as much as Dawn, so it's a win win.
This is off-topic but I think it's very curious that she had GoldenHeart ready before Armor On and Whiteout! (she said this in an interview, I can't find the article) BlackHeart ("Judith", "Meteors" and "Valkyrie") sonically is similar to Whiteout, I think it's incredible... I believe she refined (and re-recorded, "Northern Lights" sounds a bit different from the first version) GoldenHeart last year and added "Riot" (it wasn't part of the original tracklist). It's really amazing the way Dawn has evolved and is constantly evolving! She's an artist in every sense of the word.
And I'm sure DK evolved, Dawn and Aubrey have good songwriting skills so I'm sure the material will be great! Like Dawn said "it's another level". I think it's great we're having new material from Dawn really soon (in DK), and next year also (BlackHeart). She's always giving us great music, it's worth the wait.
This is off-topic but I think it's very curious that she had GoldenHeart ready before Armor On and Whiteout! (she said this in an interview, I can't find the article).
Yes, I read it in an interview! And there's a demo of Northern Lights that's from 2011.
And the final version sounds just a little different. So I really believe they've had the album ready by that time. Armor On and Whiteout were released in 2012.
"These songs were written through a course of six years, and some were in a shorter period. GoldenHeart was actually written before Armor On was created. (...)"