WEBVTT 00:00:00.799 --> 00:00:03.220 Nick and Sue. This edition is brought to you 00:00:03.220 --> 00:00:06.299 in association with the Steel Union for men's 00:00:06.299 --> 00:00:09.259 gifts, presents and problem solving men's accessories. 00:00:09.740 --> 00:00:17.579 More from them in a bit. Chatterbox. When the 00:00:17.579 --> 00:01:12.269 stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue. This is 00:01:12.269 --> 00:01:15.590 Nick and Sue with Chatterbox giving you all you 00:01:15.590 --> 00:01:21.609 need to know about musical entertainment. Oh, 00:01:23.090 --> 00:01:40.609 yeah! Chatterbox! And now in Chatterbox, we're 00:01:40.609 --> 00:01:43.150 just lucky enough to welcome back Kelly LaRocque. 00:01:43.189 --> 00:01:45.189 Kelly, welcome back. How are you? Hello, Kelly. 00:01:45.230 --> 00:01:47.769 I'm great. Thanks for having me again. I appreciate 00:01:47.769 --> 00:01:50.109 it. You're welcome. Great. Last time we spoke, 00:01:50.290 --> 00:01:53.109 you just brought out Creep and the most amazing 00:01:53.109 --> 00:01:56.030 cover of all time. And like I said at the time 00:01:56.030 --> 00:01:59.549 and the comments in the chat room on the hit 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:02.790 and miss show and things. Nobody would ever have 00:02:02.790 --> 00:02:04.370 imagined that someone could pull off a cover 00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:06.890 of Creep. You not only pulled it, it was just 00:02:06.890 --> 00:02:10.490 so amazing. And I hope the guys at Radiohead, 00:02:10.750 --> 00:02:14.129 I hope that they're just so... pleased with how 00:02:14.129 --> 00:02:17.430 it's come out it was amazing so there we go I 00:02:17.430 --> 00:02:19.569 mean apparently they don't perform it anymore 00:02:19.569 --> 00:02:23.250 so hopefully their fans like it and like enjoy 00:02:23.250 --> 00:02:27.610 the the new birth I've given to it totally but 00:02:27.610 --> 00:02:31.930 amazing uh yeah you just got a classic song and 00:02:31.930 --> 00:02:33.449 just turned it on its head and of course that 00:02:33.449 --> 00:02:36.990 is what of course uh doing a cover is all about 00:02:36.990 --> 00:02:40.389 because there's no But I don't know how a top 00:02:40.389 --> 00:02:42.409 female artist could do the same as Radiohead 00:02:42.409 --> 00:02:45.090 anyway, but you definitely made it your own, 00:02:45.129 --> 00:02:47.069 as we said at the time, and that most amazing 00:02:47.069 --> 00:02:54.009 video, the film noir short with it. That brings 00:02:54.009 --> 00:03:00.229 us to the summer of 2026 and we got another new 00:03:00.229 --> 00:03:03.189 release, another great cover, co -written by 00:03:03.189 --> 00:03:05.909 Prince, this one. But what we do first, what 00:03:05.909 --> 00:03:07.810 about the song? Now, it's taken from an album. 00:03:08.610 --> 00:03:12.110 Singers, Inc. Volume 3, I've got Trinity here, 00:03:12.389 --> 00:03:15.539 12 songs. reimagined and recorded by a powerful 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:19.219 roster of UK vocalists. So who's behind that? 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:21.719 Is it a record company? Or do you guys work together 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.139 and come up with the album? Well, how does this 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:28.319 work? So Singers, Inc. is a division of my agent, 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:29.840 one of the agencies I work with, which is called 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.139 International Collective. So they have Dancers, 00:03:32.139 --> 00:03:35.259 Inc, Singers, Inc. You know, they represent choreographers, 00:03:35.620 --> 00:03:39.340 actors, models, that sort of thing. But every, 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:41.539 you know, so often we do a big project together 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:43.370 where we all come together. together as creatives 00:03:43.370 --> 00:03:45.750 and create this work. So that will be like stuff 00:03:45.750 --> 00:03:47.469 that we do with the videos and stuff. So all 00:03:47.469 --> 00:03:49.770 the different singers, the dancers, the actors 00:03:49.770 --> 00:03:52.189 will work together on all these different compilations 00:03:52.189 --> 00:03:57.289 and we create this artwork if you like. So this 00:03:57.289 --> 00:03:59.870 is the third album that we've done. Chris is 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:01.849 like one of my best friends. He runs the agency 00:04:01.849 --> 00:04:04.870 and he is like the creative mastermind behind 00:04:04.870 --> 00:04:09.349 it all. And we are both huge Prince fans. So 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:13.469 this song, he suggested it and obviously Martika 00:04:13.469 --> 00:04:16.769 did her own version, but you know, as Prince 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:18.790 fans and as you know, Prince always, even if 00:04:18.790 --> 00:04:20.329 he writes a song for somebody, he always has 00:04:20.329 --> 00:04:23.449 to do his own version, doesn't he? So Prince's 00:04:23.449 --> 00:04:25.790 version of this is sublime as well. And I was 00:04:25.790 --> 00:04:30.449 like, yes, let's do this one. That's cool. I'd 00:04:30.449 --> 00:04:32.889 love to have them cover, of course, with the 00:04:32.889 --> 00:04:35.990 12 empty chairs as well. One for each track. 00:04:36.129 --> 00:04:39.790 I think that's pretty good. It was the first 00:04:39.790 --> 00:04:43.449 thing I noticed. Obviously it was blatantly obvious, 00:04:43.470 --> 00:04:47.829 but I'll just count them quickly. Just to be 00:04:47.829 --> 00:04:52.490 sure. In case it wasn't as blatant as I said. 00:04:53.189 --> 00:04:56.670 Okay, so we've got this track. So you're both, 00:04:56.730 --> 00:04:58.410 both you and Chris, are both keen, you know, 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.819 Prince fans but whose idea was it to cover this 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:07.980 particular song? I think actually Chris mentioned 00:05:07.980 --> 00:05:10.620 it and then I was like yes I love the idea of 00:05:10.620 --> 00:05:12.399 it because it's not an obvious one you know what 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:15.060 I mean? I think like the obvious Prince things 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:18.279 would be like Diamonds and Pearls, Kiss, Purple 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.740 Rain, this is more of an obscure one but it's 00:05:20.740 --> 00:05:23.319 a really beautiful song. I tell you something 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.920 you mentioned Purple Rain I would love to hear 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.540 you do a cover of Purple Rain. Oh yes. Jazz style. 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.040 Jazz style? Jazz style, like you're in your club 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:36.279 on a Wednesday night or whatever. You know what, 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:39.300 me and my band would do a big rehearsal scene 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:42.199 because what we do is we submit loads of new 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:44.350 songs and then we... and then we iron them out 00:05:44.350 --> 00:05:45.930 and then we go and then we do a big rehearsal 00:05:45.930 --> 00:05:48.089 so we've got like new repertoire for the new 00:05:48.089 --> 00:05:50.949 year so I will definitely but that would take 00:05:50.949 --> 00:05:52.990 some hashing so if we're going to do it jazz 00:05:52.990 --> 00:05:54.629 style but I've got I've got the horn section 00:05:54.629 --> 00:05:57.050 so we could make that work for sure that could 00:05:57.050 --> 00:05:59.689 definitely happen. You're the girl for the job 00:05:59.689 --> 00:06:02.470 just when you mentioned it I thought Kelly you'd 00:06:02.470 --> 00:06:04.910 be you'd just be amazing. That would be purple 00:06:04.910 --> 00:06:08.410 rain but with a twist so then it was yeah I mean 00:06:08.410 --> 00:06:10.730 it's doing an obvious print song which I get. 00:06:11.449 --> 00:06:15.870 Yeah. No, I could just... Well, you put such 00:06:15.870 --> 00:06:18.009 a twist on it, it would sound different to... 00:06:18.009 --> 00:06:19.689 Well, I'm even imagining how you would do it 00:06:19.689 --> 00:06:22.370 jazz style, but it would be amazing, it would. 00:06:22.629 --> 00:06:24.790 So, what's this space? You'd probably come back 00:06:24.790 --> 00:06:27.310 with other Prince songs, but that one in particular 00:06:27.310 --> 00:06:30.269 you mentioned, and I thought, yeah, now that's 00:06:30.269 --> 00:06:36.189 the one. So, there we go. Okay, so... Have you 00:06:36.189 --> 00:06:38.310 been involved with any of these projects before? 00:06:38.449 --> 00:06:41.569 I see this is volume three. Oh, I was there right 00:06:41.569 --> 00:06:44.449 from the beginning. I was one of the first people 00:06:44.449 --> 00:06:46.329 ever signed to his agency because obviously we've 00:06:46.329 --> 00:06:48.209 been friends since we were like 17 years old. 00:06:49.149 --> 00:06:51.790 So yeah, this has been an ongoing labour of love. 00:06:52.189 --> 00:06:54.810 No, labour's wrong. project of love because it's 00:06:54.810 --> 00:06:56.709 not it's not hard work when you enjoy it you 00:06:56.709 --> 00:06:59.430 do so yeah it's just been a ongoing project of 00:06:59.430 --> 00:07:01.410 love the only thing i would say is that i feel 00:07:01.410 --> 00:07:03.589 i said to him like we our next album has to be 00:07:03.589 --> 00:07:06.050 original work like we've done we've done these 00:07:06.050 --> 00:07:09.129 amazing extraordinary covers now our next one 00:07:09.129 --> 00:07:11.189 has to be just all original work that's something 00:07:11.189 --> 00:07:15.189 to look forward to yeah and is this one one volume 00:07:15.189 --> 00:07:17.949 a year or is there no set period of time on how 00:07:17.949 --> 00:07:20.970 that gets released set period of time because 00:07:20.970 --> 00:07:23.939 i think volume one was Probably about 10 years 00:07:23.939 --> 00:07:26.639 ago, if I'm completely honest, yes. When I look 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.800 back at the videos we've done back then, I look 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:33.459 so young, so yeah. You still do. We all look 00:07:33.459 --> 00:07:37.019 a bit younger 10 years ago. You still look good, 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:40.560 Kelly, you do. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Yeah, 00:07:40.740 --> 00:07:42.660 my new album is still pending. I've just been 00:07:42.660 --> 00:07:44.560 shooting videos. I've just shot the third video 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:49.300 from my own personal album project. And yeah, 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:52.740 I'm just trying to just prepare myself and line 00:07:52.740 --> 00:07:56.000 all my ducks up in a row and then I'll be ready 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:59.000 to put it out into the world. But you'll know 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:00.379 about it. You'll hear about it. Don't worry. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:02.660 I'm sure. I have no doubt. Well, I'm impatient. 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:07.000 Well, I did say we'd be talking. We are talking 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.319 about it now, but we'll be talking about it next 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:12.199 time as well. So in two months or six months, 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.459 we'll be talking about that then. So you're actually 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:16.259 busy doing videos. You're doing a video for each 00:08:16.259 --> 00:08:20.560 track, are you? Not for each track, but I'm doing, 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:24.060 I think, six videos. So I'm on the third video 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:26.279 now. This is a two -day shoot, so we're doing 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.839 another day on Monday. Then we've got another 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:32.960 day shooting, and then I've got one more live 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.019 video, then I'm going to do two AI videos. So, 00:08:36.059 --> 00:08:40.350 yeah. Six videos. Some of these younger artists 00:08:40.350 --> 00:08:42.149 now, and I mean the real young ones like in their 00:08:42.149 --> 00:08:46.309 20s and early 20s, their promoters are sending 00:08:46.309 --> 00:08:48.210 stuff for us to listen to, and they call them 00:08:48.210 --> 00:08:50.649 albums. They've got six tracks on, so you're 00:08:50.649 --> 00:08:52.649 doing six videos for your, for your, towards 00:08:52.649 --> 00:08:58.029 your album. That's an EP, no? It's an EP. Four 00:08:58.029 --> 00:09:02.629 to six tracks to me was an EP. Yeah. An album? 00:09:02.990 --> 00:09:05.009 We'll at least make it seven and put a remix 00:09:05.009 --> 00:09:10.230 or something on it. I know. Seriously. I think 00:09:10.230 --> 00:09:13.889 with these newcomers and the new way music is 00:09:13.889 --> 00:09:17.929 absorbed by young people, they're instantaneous. 00:09:18.169 --> 00:09:21.090 I think they probably feel like if they sent 00:09:21.090 --> 00:09:24.049 a young person an album with 10 songs in it, 00:09:24.110 --> 00:09:25.389 they'd be like, oh, that's too many songs to 00:09:25.389 --> 00:09:27.889 listen to. Do you know a lot of 10? Jesus, it's 00:09:27.889 --> 00:09:30.950 so too many. They're like, six is a good number 00:09:30.950 --> 00:09:32.789 for them. They're like, yeah, it's not too much. 00:09:33.009 --> 00:09:36.210 I could listen to six songs. It's still an EP 00:09:36.210 --> 00:09:38.450 though, whichever way we look at it. Yeah, it's 00:09:38.450 --> 00:09:41.029 an EP. It's not an LP by any stretch. But you 00:09:41.029 --> 00:09:44.190 know, the joy of like, I remember like getting 00:09:44.190 --> 00:09:47.529 albums and like opening up the album and looking 00:09:47.529 --> 00:09:49.990 at all the pictures and reading all the lyrics 00:09:49.990 --> 00:09:52.610 and just really absorbing all that, even before 00:09:52.610 --> 00:09:54.649 you even put the record on the player, like just 00:09:54.649 --> 00:09:57.610 really... enjoying the wholeness of the music 00:09:57.610 --> 00:10:01.809 before you even listen to it. And I do miss that 00:10:01.809 --> 00:10:04.149 experience because obviously music now is digital 00:10:04.149 --> 00:10:07.370 and there's not a lot of tangible music out there 00:10:07.370 --> 00:10:09.549 anymore, which is something that I want to address 00:10:09.549 --> 00:10:12.350 with my album release. I'm doing like a big lookbook 00:10:12.350 --> 00:10:15.210 with like all the lyrics in it and stuff and 00:10:15.210 --> 00:10:17.590 like little behind the scenes pictures of shooting 00:10:17.590 --> 00:10:20.710 the videos. So you feel more like encompassed 00:10:20.710 --> 00:10:23.289 in the world as I was creating it, you know? 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:28.480 Good idea. Is there a way of saying this? I'll 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.519 just say it, I never mean to be rude, but we 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:36.019 are of a very similar age, Kelly, and that's 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:37.759 if Wikipedia says, I'm sure they're wrong by 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.799 about 10 years at least, but that's what Wikipedia 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:42.860 says, so we are pretty close, and of course we're 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:45.879 of the age where we would open an album open 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.600 it up, have your little cards and your pictures 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.139 inside and all your lyrics written inside and 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:54.639 the smell of the vinyl. It was a massive experience, 00:10:54.820 --> 00:10:58.059 wasn't it? It was. It was. And I loved that whole 00:10:58.059 --> 00:11:00.379 aspect of it so much. I mean, the only thing 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:02.820 I would say about vinyl was just you were just 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:05.179 petrified that you would scratch it. And then 00:11:05.179 --> 00:11:08.080 that was it. You scratched it now. There's nothing 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.779 you can do about it. But like, like all my like. 00:11:12.420 --> 00:11:14.639 Best albums, like my favourite albums, like I've 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:17.120 got my whole Prince collection in vinyl and they're 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.379 just like literally, they're all in plastic sleeves, 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:22.120 like they're just like my collectors, you know, 00:11:22.220 --> 00:11:24.659 items, like just my collectibles, yeah, because 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:27.919 you can't beat it, you can't beat it. Absolutely 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:31.539 sick. Kelly, if you could sing a song with Prince, 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:34.419 which song of Prince's song would you sing with 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:37.740 him? Oh god, he's got so many amazing songs. 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:46.419 Oh wow. Oh gosh. Maybe nothing compares to you 00:11:46.419 --> 00:11:49.179 because he obviously originally wrote it and 00:11:49.179 --> 00:11:51.919 then he wrote it for Sinead O 'Connor and then 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.299 he did a version with Rosie Gaines. So I would 00:11:54.299 --> 00:11:56.879 be Rosie Gaines in this one and I would do it 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:59.100 with him. And also because it would be paying 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:01.220 homage to him because as far as I'm concerned 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:05.210 no other artist compares to him. Sure. So brilliant. 00:12:05.769 --> 00:12:08.389 And do you still have your residency? I assume 00:12:08.389 --> 00:12:10.570 you do. Is it every Wednesday? Is it your place 00:12:10.570 --> 00:12:12.889 there? Every Wednesday, sheesh, Mayfair. I think 00:12:12.889 --> 00:12:17.129 it's 61 to 65 to 67 on Piccadilly. It's just 00:12:17.129 --> 00:12:20.070 opposite the Ritz, opposite the Wosley. Come 00:12:20.070 --> 00:12:22.429 out of Green Park station, take a left, second 00:12:22.429 --> 00:12:24.929 place on the corner. I'm there every Wednesday 00:12:24.929 --> 00:12:27.809 with my band. Yes. It's amazing. It's amazing. 00:12:28.529 --> 00:12:32.669 Brilliant. Other projects you have done over 00:12:32.669 --> 00:12:35.809 the years is, of course, Basement Jacks. You 00:12:35.809 --> 00:12:37.909 did say that you'd been far too busy when we 00:12:37.909 --> 00:12:39.590 spoke last time to be able to do anything with 00:12:39.590 --> 00:12:41.490 them. Last time they went out, I know you're 00:12:41.490 --> 00:12:44.690 still very, very busy. I know, yeah. I think 00:12:44.690 --> 00:12:45.809 they're doing a little talk, because they just 00:12:45.809 --> 00:12:47.950 did the Soho House Festival. They headlined that. 00:12:48.330 --> 00:12:50.129 And they have been, like, LA and a few places 00:12:50.129 --> 00:12:51.429 like that, because obviously I follow them and 00:12:51.429 --> 00:12:53.330 watch them and see what's happening. But yeah, 00:12:53.429 --> 00:12:55.929 but they're lovely guys. They're lovely guys. 00:12:56.009 --> 00:12:57.789 And I'm glad that they're out on the road again, 00:12:57.809 --> 00:12:59.620 because I remember what... When we did the last 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:01.039 tour, they were like, that's it, we're done with 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.019 touring now. But yeah, they're back on the road, 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.419 so that's nice. It's great that they did tour 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:08.889 because they are. Not predominantly, I don't 00:13:08.889 --> 00:13:10.490 know what the right wording is, because there's 00:13:10.490 --> 00:13:13.070 a lot of studio work goes into the mixing on 00:13:13.070 --> 00:13:17.289 their tracks and that. So to go out on tour, 00:13:17.889 --> 00:13:19.750 I dare say they've got the PowerPoint behind 00:13:19.750 --> 00:13:21.210 them and everything else with the video. I mean, 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:24.490 I imagine it's quite an experience. It is a huge 00:13:24.490 --> 00:13:27.649 experience. And one big part of their show would 00:13:27.649 --> 00:13:30.169 be also that they love costumes. So we'd all 00:13:30.169 --> 00:13:32.950 be in costumes and we'd go and they'd design 00:13:32.950 --> 00:13:35.340 it. They'd get someone to design it also. The 00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:38.360 last tour that I did, we were the weather. So 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:40.500 then I had a cat suit, which was like, it was 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:43.480 like the universe. So the fabric was specially 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:45.679 created and it had the universe all over it. 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:49.799 And then I had a skirt and it was like a cloud. 00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:52.240 And then it had a sash, which was a rainbow. 00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:54.700 And then I had a hat, which was the sun. And 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:57.779 then in the second half, I took off the sash 00:13:57.779 --> 00:14:00.240 and the skirt, and then it went from the sun 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.909 to the moon. And I'm like, I'm just... privacy 00:14:03.909 --> 00:14:06.190 around on stage dressed in wonderful weather, 00:14:06.549 --> 00:14:10.649 like it's the best job ever. Absolutely. It was, 00:14:10.889 --> 00:14:14.490 of course, Romeo that got me to notice Basement 00:14:14.490 --> 00:14:16.570 Jacks. And of course, you are doing the vocal 00:14:16.570 --> 00:14:20.570 on Romeo. I am. Then once I was aware of Basement 00:14:20.570 --> 00:14:23.330 Jacks, I mean, enough for me to still be buying 00:14:23.330 --> 00:14:26.169 CD singles, put it that way. So then material 00:14:26.169 --> 00:14:28.029 afterwards. And then it was enough to get me 00:14:28.029 --> 00:14:29.590 aware because there was that wonderful video 00:14:29.590 --> 00:14:32.750 went with it as well with your voice on it. It 00:14:32.750 --> 00:14:34.830 was very well done. The Bollywood video as well. 00:14:34.950 --> 00:14:36.909 The whole thing. I was like, why did you use 00:14:36.909 --> 00:14:39.320 me? I would have eaten up a Bollywood video I 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:45.500 would have loved that so much. It was a great 00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:47.340 video. It was a great video. Didn't they do well? 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.399 I remember it so well to this day. You know, 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:51.179 it really was a classic. 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But it's so mad as a creative, like you do, 00:17:41.569 --> 00:17:44.690 you go through these phases of like, oh my God, 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:47.430 this is going to be amazing. Oh my God, everyone's 00:17:47.430 --> 00:17:53.170 going to hate it. But I am really proud of what 00:17:53.170 --> 00:17:56.690 I've created. I think because I'm from an old 00:17:56.690 --> 00:17:59.609 school era when it comes to music, like consuming 00:17:59.609 --> 00:18:04.089 it, creating it, listening to it, I've tried 00:18:04.089 --> 00:18:07.650 to do that with what I'm doing within this project. 00:18:08.329 --> 00:18:10.410 And also I've tried to cater to people more of 00:18:10.410 --> 00:18:13.069 my own age because, yes, whilst you might go 00:18:13.069 --> 00:18:14.390 to a label and they're like, oh no, that's too 00:18:14.390 --> 00:18:15.750 long, people don't listen to sounds, I'm going 00:18:15.750 --> 00:18:19.069 to do three minutes. You got to cut it down, 00:18:19.150 --> 00:18:21.089 make it three minutes. And it's like, no, because 00:18:21.089 --> 00:18:23.789 I'm from the era when we listen to a seven minute 00:18:23.789 --> 00:18:25.789 song and we and we enjoyed it and we were sad 00:18:25.789 --> 00:18:30.980 it ended. I really tried to be mindful and also 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:34.119 with this album, I wanted to create a collection 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:37.160 of songs that had like a feeling of like, oh, 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.859 I know this song. So they've got this kind of 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:41.859 like nostalgia within them. And also, you know, 00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:44.700 I wanted to like give the idea of that they could 00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:47.660 be using movies and adverts. So that's how they 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:49.900 were kind of produced around that aspect, obviously, 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.279 with my live band as well. It's a live band album 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:54.940 as well. It's like my other albums are studio 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:57.099 recording, but this is with my band. So it is. 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:59.940 all live. I just yeah I just hope it's just grown 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:02.380 music for grown people. I just feel like it's 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:06.039 timeless and I've made the videos in such a way 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:08.549 that... you envisage what i was trying to say 00:19:08.549 --> 00:19:10.750 when i'm like the storytelling aspect of it like 00:19:10.750 --> 00:19:12.569 being good for an advert or good for a movie 00:19:12.569 --> 00:19:15.390 i've just made like mini movies and so this is 00:19:15.390 --> 00:19:17.509 almost like part of the soundtrack of this mini 00:19:17.509 --> 00:19:19.390 movie i think i wanted to ask you was because 00:19:19.390 --> 00:19:21.430 obviously there's a lot of planning and thought 00:19:21.430 --> 00:19:24.630 goes into your releases and your work these days 00:19:24.630 --> 00:19:27.069 going back to when you were having the hits let's 00:19:27.069 --> 00:19:29.670 go back to the 90s and the and the noughties 00:19:29.670 --> 00:19:33.269 was the Were you able to bring out what you wanted 00:19:33.269 --> 00:19:35.069 to bring out back then or was the pressure from 00:19:35.069 --> 00:19:37.650 record companies more and you felt your hands 00:19:37.650 --> 00:19:40.990 were tied? How did it work originally? Oh, all 00:19:40.990 --> 00:19:45.619 of that. Hands were tied, pressure. I would say 00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:48.240 that they, so I went to LA and I went and wrote 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.619 the album. There was like a couple songs that 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:54.359 were the chosen singles that were written. But 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:56.480 I still had approval like, you know, whether 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:58.599 or not I liked the songs and went in and recorded 00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:02.779 them. But definitely hands tied in regards to 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:05.329 like literally... every song that I recorded 00:20:05.329 --> 00:20:08.309 was remixed and just made to just be a little 00:20:08.309 --> 00:20:11.069 bit more poppy. Whereas I think back then, you 00:20:11.069 --> 00:20:14.549 know, my influences were heavy, like R &B, soul, 00:20:15.029 --> 00:20:18.150 American female artists. And so that that aspect 00:20:18.150 --> 00:20:21.009 was like kind of diminished through these remixes 00:20:21.009 --> 00:20:23.250 and made them a bit more pop, which I don't really 00:20:23.250 --> 00:20:25.549 have a problem with. I don't have a problem with 00:20:25.549 --> 00:20:27.609 pop music, but I think it diminished the tracks 00:20:27.609 --> 00:20:30.769 because the reason why I wrote them and what 00:20:30.769 --> 00:20:33.529 inspired me to write them was because I was inspired 00:20:33.529 --> 00:20:37.130 by the music, you know, the original music. And 00:20:37.130 --> 00:20:39.690 even like with things like I remember once I 00:20:39.690 --> 00:20:42.089 changed my hairstyle, we had an emergency meeting 00:20:42.089 --> 00:20:45.569 about it. It's just like... I, you know, when 00:20:45.569 --> 00:20:48.990 I did my album launch at the Criterion Theatre 00:20:48.990 --> 00:20:51.769 and I designed this, I had this outfit designed, 00:20:51.950 --> 00:20:53.970 and yes it was a bit out there, but you know, 00:20:54.130 --> 00:20:57.890 I am a bit ostentatious and I'm a creative and 00:20:57.890 --> 00:21:00.680 it was like, it was like a... It was leather, 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:03.019 but it looked like crocodile skin and it was 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:05.640 green and I made like, it was like green pants, 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:09.500 a green strappy top and a green jacket. And I 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.839 was like, this is what I'm wearing. And they 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:12.740 were like, no, you're not. And I was like, yes, 00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:17.839 I am. We had a whole emergency meeting about 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:20.099 that too. But in the end we compromised and I 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:22.059 wore it for half. And then I changed into something 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:24.240 else in the other half. But yes, there was a 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.799 lot of that going on. And I obviously was very 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:28.759 young as well. And You know, that was always 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:30.759 kind of used as a weapon against me. Like, you're 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.720 very young, you know, you don't know this industry 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:35.619 the way we do. But the one thing I would I would 00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:37.480 like to say to like young people getting into 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.680 the industry as artists, you know, people that 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:43.740 write, create their own music, create their own 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:47.259 vibe, create their own look. Like, don't ever 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:49.460 let anyone diminish that in you because that's 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:51.319 what makes you you. That's what makes you unique. 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:55.819 That's what makes you stand out. and yeah I feel 00:21:55.819 --> 00:22:00.579 sad that I wasn't as adamant and I wasn't as 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:02.980 sure -footed in that but you know again and that 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:06.059 just comes with you know being wiser older growing 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:09.259 learning evolving but back then I was like respectfully 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.900 I should have just said yes but I'm an artist 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:14.539 and this is my art and I and I you know I I please 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:18.140 would love you to respect that yeah of course 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:25.240 all these yeah 25 years to 30 years on. You're 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.680 still here as the artist. They probably may not 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.259 even be here, let alone in the business anymore. 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:33.920 But another big aspect of the whole thing about 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.279 the hair and the outfit and that, the outfits 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.140 and the hair and the wigs and all that is a major 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:43.839 part of Kelly La Rock. Yes, exactly. Exactly. 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:48.470 It's mad because You know, obviously, again, 00:22:48.650 --> 00:22:52.069 hindsight is a wonderful thing. Like, you know, 00:22:52.089 --> 00:22:54.089 if I'd have known then what I know now, I'd have 00:22:54.089 --> 00:22:55.549 been like, these are the things that are gonna 00:22:55.549 --> 00:22:58.369 make me, not break me. So just let me be me, 00:22:58.390 --> 00:23:01.210 you know what I mean? So, but again, like I said, 00:23:01.210 --> 00:23:04.549 I was young, you know, and I was impressionable. 00:23:04.549 --> 00:23:06.970 And obviously I'm somebody who likes to take 00:23:06.970 --> 00:23:09.089 advice from my elders and they were all my elders. 00:23:09.230 --> 00:23:11.150 So at the time I was like, okay, you know better, 00:23:11.349 --> 00:23:14.109 you know best, you know. But when it came to 00:23:14.109 --> 00:23:16.519 that outfit, I was not, I was not, That was like, 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:19.839 no, I'm wearing this outfit. I paid money for 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:23.720 it. I'm wearing it. Brilliant. Brilliant. OK, 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:26.559 Kelly, so definitely been always got an open 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.839 invite. So let's talk about the album when it's 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:33.700 out. And that's a must. I think you said 10 tracks, 00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:37.339 so let's talk about all 10 of the tracks. A real 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:43.279 album, a real proper mixing album, yes. And the 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:45.579 reason why I want to say, let's talk about, oh 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:47.220 it only needs to be a couple of minutes or so, 00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.460 well each song will have as long as you want, 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:52.200 but I like to get, because I know that so much 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:55.420 thought and planning goes into each song, I'd 00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:57.500 like to know what's behind that thought process. 00:23:58.490 --> 00:24:00.930 Absolutely great. Before we let you go Kelly, 00:24:01.089 --> 00:24:03.309 let's do your social media and tell people how 00:24:03.309 --> 00:24:05.789 they can find out a bit more about you and all 00:24:05.789 --> 00:24:08.809 your platforms please. Just at Kelly Little Rock 00:24:08.809 --> 00:24:12.450 everything so that's K -E -L -E -L -E -R -O -C 00:24:12.450 --> 00:24:15.230 that's on my Insta which copies over to my Facebook 00:24:15.230 --> 00:24:17.390 so if you ever message me on Facebook and I'm 00:24:17.390 --> 00:24:19.690 a little bit long getting back to you just find 00:24:19.690 --> 00:24:22.710 me on my Insta because I'm more active on there 00:24:22.710 --> 00:24:24.390 and you will think I'm active on the Facebook 00:24:24.390 --> 00:24:25.930 but it's just because everything's copied over 00:24:25.930 --> 00:24:27.990 onto that, do you know what I mean? I'm also 00:24:27.990 --> 00:24:31.589 on TikTok and I live stream Sheesh every Wednesday 00:24:31.589 --> 00:24:36.170 on my TikTok. I live stream the sound check and 00:24:36.170 --> 00:24:38.690 then I live stream the show. So you can follow 00:24:38.690 --> 00:24:42.650 that, which is really cool, yeah. I have ladies 00:24:42.650 --> 00:24:45.710 like come in and they're like from Texas and 00:24:45.710 --> 00:24:47.789 Florida and then even like, I think they were 00:24:47.789 --> 00:24:50.109 from Grenada and they were, and I was like, oh, 00:24:50.210 --> 00:24:51.470 you know, they were like, we came to see you 00:24:51.470 --> 00:24:52.829 and I was like, how did you hear about it? And 00:24:52.829 --> 00:24:54.369 they're like, we saw your TikTok. And I was like, 00:24:54.569 --> 00:24:57.509 wow. And that is the power of social media and 00:24:57.509 --> 00:24:59.710 the internet. Yeah. Isn't it? I know. Yeah. So 00:24:59.710 --> 00:25:01.049 they were in London and they were like, oh, we 00:25:01.049 --> 00:25:02.789 need to go to that place we've seen on TikTok. 00:25:02.829 --> 00:25:04.750 Cause it looks cool. You know? So they, yeah, 00:25:04.750 --> 00:25:06.670 they came down, which is really great. So yeah, 00:25:06.750 --> 00:25:10.650 I live stream on TikTok. I'm also on, is it Twitter, 00:25:10.690 --> 00:25:13.049 which is now called, is it called X now? Yeah, 00:25:13.049 --> 00:25:15.109 yeah. Yeah. And that's just at Kelly La Rock 00:25:15.109 --> 00:25:17.230 or one word as well. So literally at Kelly La 00:25:17.230 --> 00:25:20.750 Rock on everything. Cool. And of course, there's 00:25:20.750 --> 00:25:24.230 a real good presence on YouTube as well. I mean, 00:25:24.329 --> 00:25:26.250 hopefully we can have people download it pain 00:25:26.250 --> 00:25:29.829 to download the album and that. But you know 00:25:29.829 --> 00:25:33.150 what? I had a YouTube from years ago. And then 00:25:33.150 --> 00:25:36.109 when Google took YouTube over, they associated 00:25:36.109 --> 00:25:39.690 my Gmail account with my YouTube. And so then 00:25:39.690 --> 00:25:41.410 it locked me out of my account and I couldn't 00:25:41.410 --> 00:25:44.569 get in. And I spent months trying to get it back, 00:25:44.630 --> 00:25:47.730 but no one would help me because I wasn't monetized. 00:25:47.789 --> 00:25:50.210 I didn't have enough, you know, viewings. So 00:25:50.210 --> 00:25:52.150 they just kept sending me through a basic process. 00:25:52.650 --> 00:25:55.289 And I mean, maybe now things might have changed. 00:25:55.329 --> 00:25:56.769 I might be able to get it back. But effectively, 00:25:56.829 --> 00:25:59.569 I had to start a new YouTube. So and I haven't 00:25:59.569 --> 00:26:02.869 kicked So I will probably start uploading stuff 00:26:02.869 --> 00:26:04.789 to this new YouTube, but my old YouTube, it's 00:26:04.789 --> 00:26:08.450 still there. It's Kelly La Rock TV, but yeah, 00:26:08.569 --> 00:26:10.869 I can't get into it anymore. So my new one is 00:26:10.869 --> 00:26:13.720 called La Rock Life, yeah. the only way you stand 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.960 a chance of getting in maybe I know there's a 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:18.200 way of getting in once you're locked out if you 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:20.559 still got the device originally probably not 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:23.480 but the device you originally had access to it 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.880 like it was a pc or something you could still 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:28.259 get it that way there's my old macbook but i 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:30.000 don't know if my old macbook would even log on 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.640 the internet anymore you know they just do up 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:34.099 all the upgrades and then they just make it obsolete 00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:36.819 yeah you can't even use it anymore i could try 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:41.869 but yeah they basically they locked me out Well, 00:26:42.210 --> 00:26:43.710 your stuff is so good. They wanted it all to 00:26:43.710 --> 00:26:47.029 themselves, you see. That must be it. They must 00:26:47.029 --> 00:26:50.730 be it. Anyway, Kelly, we'll let you go just in 00:26:50.730 --> 00:26:52.750 case you have got one at half past, but just 00:26:52.750 --> 00:26:54.750 let us say, just for the sake of the interview, 00:26:55.269 --> 00:26:56.670 Kelly LaRocque. Thank you for coming on Chatterbox. 00:26:56.690 --> 00:26:58.390 Thank you so much for coming back. Thank you 00:26:58.390 --> 00:27:00.289 for having me again. I appreciate you. Thank 00:27:00.289 --> 00:27:02.190 you so much. Looking forward to the next time. 00:27:02.230 --> 00:27:03.730 Looking forward to the next time already, Kelly. 00:27:03.849 --> 00:27:06.150 You take care and every success. Have a great 00:27:06.150 --> 00:29:41.369 weekend. Bye bye. Bye. Bye. This is Nick and 00:29:41.369 --> 00:29:44.410 Sue, a chatterbox giving you all you need to 00:29:44.410 --> 00:29:45.589 know about music.