.JPG)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Nelly Furtado has spoken about the ways magazines used to edit her images during her career in the early 2000s, saying they would “lighten” her “olive skin”.
In an interview with People, the singer shared that she was subject to “a lot of airbrushing” in editorial images during her early career. She also revealed that some publications would go as far as to change her skin tone, saying: “I have olive skin, and they’d kind of lighten my skin a lot in photos.”
Furtado also shared how they would edit the size of her hips. “They would always kind of cut off in editorials,” she said, resulting in her becoming “kind of angry about” the beauty standards set by the media.
However, the ‘Maneater’ singer shared that she “felt so lucky and blessed” to have had the support of her family during that time. “I always had such a good team around me, that was family,” she said. “My team around me felt so solid and really looking out for my best interests. And I think I was just raised right. My mom was really strong, and so is her mom, and her mom, and her mom – a very matriarchal family, in general, on both sides, all my grandmothers, and great-grandmothers.
“So I was given a really solid kind of sense of assertiveness, I’m going to call it. So that was a good tool for me to navigate the music industry. And I was given really solid advice from a young age, luckily, from very paternal sort of people around me. So I was lucky, I was one of the lucky ones.”
Furtado’s latest album ‘7’ was released on September 20, marking her first studio LP in seven years. Speaking to NME before its release, she said “I hadn’t set foot in a studio in about three years, but something told me I needed to get back in.”
Earlier this year, Furtado said that she thinks a potential Las Vegas residency with longtime collaborator Timbaland would be “really fun”. The two first worked together for her seminal third album from 2006, ‘Loose’. They later teamed up with Justin Timberlake on the 2007 hit ‘Give It To Me’ and most recently, last year’s ‘Keep Going Up’.
‘Loose’ spawned numerous hits for Furtado and Timbaland, including songs like ‘Maneater’, ‘Promiscuous’, ‘Say It Right’, ‘In God’s Hands’ and ‘All Good Things (Come To An End)’.
Speaking to NME, she said: “I think it would be really fun for Timbaland and I to do a Vegas residency of ‘Loose’. We could play the album from beginning to end, because I do think it captures the world we were in at the time.”
-
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix on the Linkin Park reunion: “It’s awesome that their music can be celebrated”
"I know people are very polarised about this"
-
Watch Flavor Flav Ring the New York Stock Exchange’s Closing Bell & Send the Gavel Flying Into Crowd
The Public Enemy rapper joined the U.S. Women's Water Polo Team he sponsored at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
-
Remy Ma Goes Topless In Racy 'Outta Control' Video With Fat Joe
Remy Ma has debuted a risqué new look in her new “Outta Control” video with Fat Joe and Cool & Dre.
-
Bakar announces London 2024 Alexandra Palace show
The musician said the gig will be his "best one yet"
-
Macklemore accidentally invites a woman wanted by police on stage in Slovakia
The woman's social media post boasting about the experience led to her arrest
-
Don McLean worried for “monster star” Taylor Swift: “I hope she stays happy”
He described her as “such a smart lady” and “so talented”
-
Nelly Furtado says magazines used to “lighten” her “olive skin”
The singer said she became "kind of angry about" the beauty standards set by the media
-
Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short N’ Sweet’ has gone platinum
The pop singer's first Number One album has reached new heights
-
Geoff Barrow to leave Beak>: “New music and activity will come along when the time is right”
"In terms of future Beak> activity there's life in the old dog yet, but we need time to mourn our Geoff"
-
Frankie 5Ø3 puzzles a relationship out of delightful pop/hip-hop track “R0MP3 CAB3ZA”
From pieces of hip-hop, pop, Spanish and his life, Frankie 5Ø3 has created a lovely puzzle of a song called “R0MP3 CAB3ZA.”
-
GloRilla Threatens To 'Tweak Out' After Rod Wave Invades Her Album Release Date
GloRilla has made it clear to Rod Wave that she isn’t happy about him invading her album release date.
-
50 Cent Teases Documentary On NYC Mayor Eric Adams After Bribery & Fraud Charges
50 Cent has teased following up his docuseries on Diddy with another one on embattled New York City mayor Eric Adams.
-
Royal Deb displays her Jamaican roots new reggae single “Somebody For Everybody”
Since Royal Deb was just a child in St. Ann, Jamaica, she has been immersed in the reggae music scene.
-
FP Relly releases one-two punch of hip-hop songs in “Enjoy the Life/Fast Money” off his newest album Perseverance Vol. 1.
Atlanta based rapper FP Relly has just dropped a brand new one-two punch of songs, complete with a music video, that will show how he enjoys life and strives to get that bag.
-
Indie Singer-songwriter Lizz Pens a Song for Healing in Latest Single ‘There’s A Place’
Singaporean singer-songwriter Lizz shares her recent single, “There’s A Place,” an ode to healing in the face of suffering and war.
-
Petty Human Emotions releases crowd pleasing rocker “Sadness,” off their new album Outside
Petty Human Emotions has released a fan favorite new single, “Sadness,” that singer and guitar-ist James Nardiello said is always a banger at their shows, and translates well onto record.
-
ASTAR Shines Brightly with Pop-Afro Single ‘TTL TTR’
Singer and philanthropist Astou Sandra Smith—better known as ASTAR—is set to release her latest single, “TTL TTR.”
-
T'Myh B Makes Falling in Love Fun Again with Latest Single ‘Honey’
Singer and songwriter Tamiyah Alexis Brown—known as T'Myh B—is doubling down on love with an upbeat single about taking the first step.
COMMENTS
Leave a comment