Interview: Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child) – Singer and Actress - Page 2

Other producers don't care about the check. They want to get paid and they know they're going to get paid but they are about making their artist feel good and sound good because at the end of the day, it's fan-based.

Well, the dance turn on your third album was definitely "unexpected." What life events served as inspiration for this change?

Just music, period. I love all types of music; I can't stress that enough. So, this is just a decision I wanted to do. I'm going to keep on doing what I feel in my heart. Who knows what the next album is going to be! [laughing]

Of the songs Rico Love produced, "Lucky Girl," "Till the End of the World," "Private Party," "Too Young for Love," and "Hello Heartbreak," which did you enjoy recording the most?

"Hello Heartbreak" was one of the last tracks that we completed. I liked it because I didn't ever think I would do a track like that. In the past, I kind of limited myself to the type of music that I would do and the style of singing that I would do. I wasn't into Pro Tools and all of the sound effects stuff, but when we got to compiling everything and blending all the vocals, I was like, "Wow, this is kind of cool."

If you're going to do some good old R&B, it probably ain't exciting, you know what I'm saying? But for house-dance-pop music, it's definitely appropriate. Sometimes those effects can give it the darkness that it needs, that mystery that it needs.

Speaking of "mystery," I noticed that the front cover of Unexpected gives a glimpse of a tattoo on your right shoulder. What is your tattoo an image of?

It is an image of a dove. I got it in the summer of '07. A friend of mine was having a party and he had actually flown in one of the guys from Miami Ink. I couldn't just sit there and not have somebody from Miami Ink give me one... [laughing] It was peer pressure!

I completely understand [laughing]. I have three myself. Do you have any others?

Yes. I got my first two tattoos in 2003: a butterfly and a music staff wrapped around a treble clef. I know tattoos are crazy! [laughing] But I figure, when I'm 70 years old, at least I will still love music. Besides, butterflies are beautiful and doves are symbolic of peace. It would be different if I had something that's way out there, like two donkeys kissing or something. How do you reconcile that when you're 70? [laughing]

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