Billboard caught up with the 24-year-old Dutch singer Natalie La Rose to talk about her hit "Somebody," which recently cracked the top 40 on the Hot 100.
Somebody" is partly based on Whitney *Houston's "I Wanna Dance With *Somebody." What attracted you to that song?
I'm a huge fan of '80s music and grew up listening to that. I heard this beat and told Flo Rida we should write to it. He came up with "I wanna dance with somebody," and we switched up the lyrics a little to make it more nowadays. But eventually we found out the beat wasn't available, so we had to create a new one. It took nine different versions -- we were so married to the other beat, so it was hard to get used to. Flo Rida has a great ear. I wouldn't say I take my sound from him, but definitely the work ethic.
