January 11, 2012   Cassie, Music iSH   No comments

SCOOP: V Magazine Reveals It’s “Fearless Females” In 2012 Music Issue!!!

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More like failing females O_o
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V Magazine feartures Fearless Females in it’s annual “Music Issue,” each that, in our opinion, have never seem to quite crack successfully into music, not for the lack of trying however. Beyonce’s little sister Solange Knowles, Cassie, V Brown, and Jojo, all very *ahem* talented in their own right; some more so than others, speak to mag about thier upcoming projects and why a #1 always seems to evade them -_-

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“There are a lot of songs about sex.” It’s the kind of record you put on when your man is coming over, when you’re with your girls. There are songs that make you wanna dance because we were kind of partying our way through the record, but it’s very chill.”

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Knowles worked with a few new friends on the album, forgoing the major label route to make a statement that is entirely her own. Along the way, she found a fated collaborator in Blood Orange’s Devonte “Dev” Hynes. “Dev was a complete surprise, his role changed substantially throughout the process,” she says of the rising star, who wound up producing most of the record. “It’s very rare that you work with someone with whom you have this creative chemistry, it’s almost like a relationship. You have a sort of musical love affair.”

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“I’ve been working on it for a long time. Finally, I had to decide my direction. I felt kind of exposed when I stopped working in the studio. My friends would call me to hang out and I would say, ‘nope, going in the studio,’ and they’d say, ‘you’ve been in the studio for four years!’”

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“I never expected it to elicit the reaction that it did,” she says. “My best guy friend told me about the song, and I just had something in my heart that I wanted to get out. I was going through a really stupid situation and I decided to write about it.” Such can be said of much of the content on her new album, Jumping Trains. “It’s about taking risks and feeling exhilarated.” Her daring motif is supplemented with new directions for ’Jo, including a heavy dance track produced by Danja, best known for his work on Britney Spears’s Blackout.

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“My second album has a message: it’s about my generation and things going on in the world,” she says. “But I didn’t want it to come across preachy. I love writing upbeat songs with darker undertones.” This idea is likely what led her to title her February album Lollipops and Politics. While Brown isn’t shy about making sartorial statements, her fans might be caught a bit off guard considering her last album focused on more personal fare.

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