Speaking to Gig City about the reception of 'The Spirit Indestructible', the hitmaker explained that she doesn't "always make the best quote unquote career choices" and because of her laid back approach to being a recording artist she feels her sales figures have suffered:

"That's the price you pay for being passionate about music and refusing to believe it's your job all these years. It's just still seeing it as a hobby. My poor manager. He's suffered many grey hairs because of it. I'm just really hard-headed and I just do what I want to do. Some people come along, some people don't."

'The Spirit Indestructible' shifted less than 2,650 copies in its first week of being on sale and she was recently forced to scale back her tour due to low ticket sales, and she added:

"I've made my hobby into a career, but sometimes I still look at it as a hobby so I don't always make the best quote unquote career choices. But I enjoy it every step of the way, which I think is the most important thing."

Watch her new music video for 'Waiting For The Night' below:

The video was released earlier today (January 8) and it's shot entirely in black and white, and features a troupe of backing dancers with half of their faces painted in matching Mexican sugar skull designs.

Furtado is heavily included in the cut and can be seen dancing and singing along to the track in a dark underground club.

'Waiting For The Night' marks the hitmaker's fourth single to be taken from her latest full-length album, 'The Spirit Indestructible'.

On January 6, Furtado took to her official Twitter page and wrote about the Idle No More campaign, which according to the mission statement on its website "calls on all people to join in a revolution which honors and fulfills Indigenous sovereignty which protects the land and water", and posted:

"Very moving to see all the #IdleNoMore posters and first nations flags at Niagara Falls on New Year's Eve. 2013 will be a year to remember."

Speaking to the Huffington Post, the star explained that while 'The Spirit Indestructible' only shifted 6,000 copies in the U.S. during its first week of sales she doesn't see it as a problem because she's not after instant success:

"I have very few albums that debut high. I've had kind of everything happen to me commercially and at different levels. I've had different scenes and I've dabbled in a lot of markets so I see the music world as very global."

"I'm always looking for new avenues and opportunities, so one chart or anything doesn't necessarily [mean everything]."

She added that she isn't disheartened by the album's reception and can't wait to perform songs from it live to her fans: "We'll see what happens and just keep on chugging along with these songs because musically I can't wait to perform them live. That's my main goal."

Watch her music video for 'Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)' here:

]]> London Newsdesk http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/nellyfurtado/view/58327/ Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:44:25 +0100 http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/nellyfurtado/view/58327/ Nelly Furtado has opened up on the worst piece of advice she has ever received.

Speaking to the Metro newspaper, the 'Try' star said that a music producer once recommended that she get breast implants.

He reckoned that Furtado would be a "knockout" with an enlarged bosom, and whilst she was taken aback by the comment, she couldn't leave the session because he "made good music". She revealed:

"I worked with a producer once who said, 'You should get a boob job - you'd be a knockout'."

Furtado continued: "Unfortunately he made good music so I couldn't quit. It was completely out of context, this passing thought that just came out of his mouth."

In the same interview, Furtado also revealed that after watching the Twilight movies she began to think vampires were real.

Speaking to London's Metro newspaper, the beauty explained that while she's never had a supernatural experience she hopes to one day encounter something other-worldly, adding that the recent occurrence of vampires and werewolves in movies made her think they may be real:

"No but I hope to have one. I saw all the Twilight movies and became obsessed with the idea vampires were real. I really liked the Jacob story but lost interest when his relationship with Bella was over."

She also opened up about her career aspirations outside of music and revealed that she wants to direct a movie: "I was seriously thinking about going to film school. I tried to make a documentary about a band on my label but I never finished it."

"I’ve directed some of my videos, which has been fun. Documentaries interest me – they’re shorter than feature films which would be a bit presumptuous for me to attempt at this stage."

Speaking about her edgy past, the star explained that although she stayed with the group for a while she was eventually kicked out for her questionable ability to throw stones with enough strength to do any real damage:

"I was in a high-school gang called the Portuguese Mafia. But I was the most hopeless rebel of all time. We drove around in a van with the windows covered in black paper."

"We specialised in crashing parties and throwing stones at buses."

"I was pretty good at crashing parties but the other gang members questioned whether I could throw the stones hard enough to break the windows - so they threw me out of the gang."

Watch her video for 'Spirit Indestructible' below:

Speaking to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, the beauty explained that she no longer wants to be associated with overtly provocative lyrics, such as those in her 'Promiscuous' hit, and is aiming for a different style:

"From (Nevis' birth) forward I've been looking at my career in a more professional way. Before, I was just floating down the river and not really sure what I was doing. Writing-wise I keep her in mind - the tone of things, how I present myself."

Referring to the fact that she now replaces the word 'promiscuous' with 'mysterious' in her 2006 track when she performs it live, Furtado added: "I guess I wanted to show that the song's still a good song without that word in it. It's still melodic."

She also admitted that the promotional side of her music career is "draining creatively" and there are times when she considers bowing out of being a singer:

"I go through a phase like that every once in a while. I love music and I love making it, but I don't love the promotional side because it's draining creatively. It's like being a hamster on a wheel with no time to get off. But I usually work through those emotions, and what pulls me back is the music."

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Furtado explained that 'The Spirit Indestructible' can be likened to her debut release 'Whoa, Nelly!' because of its "eclectic" appeal:

"I feel like there's more fusion nowadays. This new album is a little bit like my first album and that true eclecticism shines through."

"Now I feel like I fit in a little bit better. When I started out my music was quite eclectic and quite worldly and it had a lot of Brazilian influences and East Indian influences and at the time music wasn't so open-minded as it is now."

Referring specifically to her new record's tracklisting, she added: "It's a friendly punch in the face because a lot of the messages are super positive. There's songs about love and hope and inspiration. There's a song called 'Miracles' about just getting swept away in positivity."

'The Spirit Indestructible' is set to be released in the UK on September 17 and a day later in America. Listen to an album sampler below:

Speaking to Capital FM, Furtado explained that the 'This Is Love' sensation has a creative drive that influences his contemporaries in a way that is unmatched:

"Will.i.am is so creative. He's kept music going. He's a large reason why music sounds the way it does today - a very innovative producer. A great guy. Great dancer."

"I've heard about his work on The Voice and how he's won over the entire nation and beyond, which I think his lovely. He's a superstar."

Will.i.Am recently sat down for an interview with Graham Norton and revealed that he donated a life-changing sum of £500,000 the Prince's Trust charity to help underprivileged young people in London.

In an interview with British magazine S, the songstress explained that while she never did anything terrible she did steal candy and liked to think she was a bit of a rebel:

"My song Parking Lot really reminds me of being 14 years old and hanging out around the 7 Eleven (general store) with my friends until 4am, stealing sweets. I thought I was a bad-a** back then."

She also recently admitted that her youth was spent using a coat-hanger to pick up the edgier radio stations, which in turn gave birth to her love of hip hop and inspired her new album's lead single:

"I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night. It was very liberating, finding that confidence through the music."

The Portuguese-Canadian, who is set to release her fifth studio album, ‘The Spirit Indestructible,’ later this year, told the Mail On Sunday that her struggle to cope with the pressures of fame suddenly hit her during one of her shows:

“Six years ago I had a nervous breakdown on stage. I was on the Loose tour and my daughter was with me – I was being a mum and a singer on the road. I was exhausted.

"Then one night I went on stage and I suddenly realised how stressed-out I was. I actually cried my way through the first two songs. 

“I took a break from music and went home. And I realised that being at home and having the whole family experience was what I was seeking.”

The 33-year-old, who recently confessed that she would love to work with Jessie J, also admitted that she wasn't too concerned about taking such a lengthy absence from the music scene:  

“I had to learn to say no. People were trying to get me to record another album. I wasn’t worried about burning any bridges, though. My career has had its ups and downs – it’s not like it has all been super smooth.”

However, Jessie J isn't the only British female singer she would love to collaborate with in the future.

Speaking to Capital FM, Furtado said that she is highly impressed with the British female talent doing the rounds just now, namechecking the likes of Marina And The Diamonds and Ellie Goulding. She said:

"Women have come a long way I think. There's so many artists I can't keep up - I love listening to all of them. I'm really into Marina And The Diamonds right now, I like her sound a lot. I love a lot of British acts. Jessie J – I was just watching one of her videos this morning. There's some mega talent coming out of the UK especially."

When asked if she would like to work with Jessie J, Furtado replied: "I'd love to personally. Actually somebody who I'd love to collaborate with is Robyn from Sweden. I think she's fabulous and I also really really am a big fan of Ellie Goulding. So, the list goes on and on."

The 'Like A Bird' songstress explained that videographers were sent in to capture her creating songs for 'The Spirit Indestructible', but she felt uncomfortable trying to work with an audience:

"It's become a content-hungry universe. The most important person on your team nowadays is your videographer because they're constantly filming you. But I'm quite private, so I get a little bit nervous about that stuff. At first, I wasn't able to write a song with the cameraman in the room."

"I've always admired people who can write like that. I've been there at hip-hop sessions where Kanye West will walk in and write in front of all 20 guys in his team. I'd be like, 'Oh my God!'"

Furtado admitted that it's great to let her fans have a real insight into the life of a musician so she fought past the block and eventually became able to pen tracks in front of a crew:

"The videographer would stay in the room and I eventually forgot he was there. It takes practice. It's another creative relationship."

She explained that growing up in Victoria, Canada made it difficult to gain access to different genres of music, but her undeniable love of hip-hop drove her to seek it out:

"Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada. Because we were near the south, we could get some of the radio stations from Seattle."

"I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night. It was very liberating, finding that confidence through the music."

Referring to her new cut, Furtado added that she wanted to represent that attitude so incorporated hip hop elements into the track (the lyrics quote Salt-N-Pepa, A Tribe Called Quest and Blackstreet) to ensure it came through strongly:

"That's what Big Hoops is about... I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown."

Check out the song below:

Speaking to Pop Justice, Furtado explained that life outside of stardom is alluring and she loses interest every time she finishes a new album, but somehow manages to become creative again so never goes through with her plan:

"It's scary at times. I literally want to quit after every album. After every single album that I've made, I go through this six-month period where I think I want to go back to university and write a book."

"It happens every time, but then I just get on with it and make another album and go through this rebirth process, I guess."

She is set to release a new album next month, 'The Spirit Indestructible', and added that she felt it was important to wait for fresh inspiration to hit her before returning to the studio:

"After I put out 'Loose' and the tour, there were two ways to look at it. I could either just kinda wait and do it like I usually do in an organic way until that wave of inspiration hits me, which is probably a little bit old school but that's the way I like to work."

"I don't like that assembly line approach to making music. But then the other thing was, maybe I should just be putting something out right away. But I talked about it with my tour manager and we thought, 'Nah, why wreck the flow?'."

Furtado's new single, 'Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)', will be released on June 4 and you can check it out here: