MUSIC
From Issue #18
Brandy
by Tinna Poshida
“There are people around you who want to
see you succeed and are encouraging about
it. Parents see things before you even do
them and I wish I’d have listened to my
mother a lot more,” says Brandy about
exploring different managers in her career.
It was to her mother she turned to for
advice. “She realized I was good where I was
and told me what not to do. In the end,
I always tell her she was right and she just
loves to hear that one,” Brandy says with a
smile in her voice.
With her latest album, Aphrodisiac, Brandy
is determined to express her inner spirit,
“I have gone through things in life that I am
able to confront and talk about now without
any shame. I wanted this album to reflect
honesty and passion. A different side of me —
as a person that has some experience under
her belt now.”
There were several influences that went into
the making of this album but Brandy was
highly inspired by Coldplay’s second album,
A Rush of Blood to the Head, which was
introduced to her by producer Timbaland.
Brandy says she listened to Coldplay to relax
and while she was on photo shoots.
Kanye West also features on two songs in the
album, “He’s very animated and knows what
he wants, which is very cool. For the most
part, I recorded my stuff from Kanye and did
a video with him, which worked out great.”
Photo courtesy of Warner Music Canada
