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Originally posted by Ryan
I'm sorry, but when you're in a music group, you don't release singles that say Nicole Scherzinger feat. The Pussycat Dolls. It's rude AF. The girls spoke in many interviews post-breakup that they wanted to sing more and weren't allowed to. It stopped being about them as a group and more as a vehicle to launch Nicole into solo stardom. Some of it had to do with Nicole, some of it had to do with management. But there's a reason why the group fell apart and it wasn't because they were all besties who had no problem following their "roles".
I liked PCD, I loved many of their singles, but PCD is the prime example of trying to replicate the Destiny's Child "we're gonna put one member in front" and it failing. Even if Nicole was the strongest singer in the group, there was a way to go about incorporating all the girls into it. No one wants to feel like a glorified backup dancer/singer. That's how it came across.
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Nicole was listed as a feature on "Jai Ho!" because it was supposed to be AR Rahman's single with her featured (she co-wrote and co-produced the English version), but Interscope insisted that it be released under the PCD banner so the whole group was included. It probably would have been smarter for Nicole to give in and better for her image, but it's understandable that she'd frustrated when the label and management are taking her own projects and pushing them somewhere else. By that time in early 2009, Nicole and the others didn't want to be in the group, which is why they broke up. Of course they wanted bigger roles, but that was up to management. Ashley even said that they were told when they speak in interviews and how much, but she never blamed it on Nicole. In fact, she's the one who's most friendly with her.
As for the group being a vehicle for Nicole, it was never designed to be, but it's true that Nicole never actually wanted to be in the group. She only auditioned to get attention from Interscope, but ended up winning the spot. She took it in exchange for a chance for a solo deal too, but Interscope, Robin Antin and Ron Fair were never actually interested in her solo career above PCD's.
By the way, the "we're gonna put one member in front" model existed long before Destiny's Child. The Supremes? Practically any band with one vocalist? Again, that was design for The Pussycat Dolls. Before Nicole was hired, they had guest vocalists at their club like Christina Aguilera and Mya.
