New interview
First of all, how are you girls! It's been WAY too long and the fans are THIRSTY for some new Danity Kane!
Aubrey: (Laughs) Well, they can have a glass of lemonade, if they're that thirsty!
Oh, they are definitely drinking that lemonade dry because your new single has over 160,000 plays over night on Sound Cloud.
Shannon: Nice! We love it!
What can you tell us about the new album? Everyone's dying to know what direction you're going in.
Shannon: We definitely don't have just one direction about us. As our fans know, every album has had something special about it from urban to pop sounds. We're exploring that even more this time. We just want to dive deeper into what Danity Kane has always been to us. And that's just exploring every kind of genre. We have "Lemonade," which is urban. We have a song called "Rhythm Of Love" that's extremely pop international. Another song that's a Green Day, Fun. record. We never want to be put in a box. We always want people to be guessing what we're going to be coming up with next!
Your fans went crazy for "Lemonade." How did it come together? It's such a fun track!
Aubrey: You know, we've recorded almost our entire album at this point and we've had so many songs that we knew were going to be the single.
We actually just got "Lemonade" about a week ago and recorded it. It's just so current. It sounds like the radio. It has got such a great summer feel. It's the right amount of sass. The right amount of swagger. It's a great representation of all of us combined and it's something that we felt strongly about with that direction for us coming off of the way that we first launched with "Showstopper." This song really is the 2.0 new version of that same type of approach.
Will we get some of those legendary DK interludes on the new album?
Shannon: Yes, of course! We're working on that. That's something that's a trademark that we do and that's just something that we do and we miss those on albums nowadays.
You guys definitely brought interludes back.
Shannon: I think we were! It died out for a long time, but you're right. We brought it back! Claim that! (Laughs)
We're excited to hear your new music, but we also really to see more of you on TV. Would you do reality show again?
Aubrey: You know, we're always playing with different ideas about how to reintroduce new fan bases to Danity Kane as well as keep our old fan base interested and excited in this new era of Danity Kane. So, there's always a possibility. We definitely stay recording our journey. You guys will have to stay tuned. (Laughs)
Will there be any collaborations on the new album?
Dawn: We've had a lot of ideas, but I think that people forget that we are four girls. Collaborations are never the highest on our list because we are already a group in itself and to put more and more people on an album, it becomes a lot. Our main concern is also that is our first time back. We want you guys to hear nothing, but all of us. Seeing as how we've been away for so long, this is a good look for us to tie our relationship and keep it organic. I think for the album we'll be very careful on who we collaborate with. What's most important is that the music that comes from us is incredible. The collaborations are very secondary to our sound.
What can fans expect on the tour which kicks off tomorrow night in San Francisco?
Aubrey: You know, for us the opportunity for us to escape the normal form that everyone's relying on right now with the big costumes and the lighting. We really want to get back to a vulnerable place where we can connect with our fans through talent and raw emotion. We'll be performing our first album, our second album and we'll be performing cuts from the third album.
There's going to be some big announcements and some big surprises that everyone's going to want to stay tuned for. But, mostly we just want to go back to being real triple threats that can rely on their talent and don't need to rely on all the smoke and mirrors.
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