03-07-2012, 08:55 PM,
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Interview - THR
Awesome interview! (At least a couple beans worth) 
Quote:'American Idol's' Haley Reinhart Talks New Album, Guest Stars (Exclusive)
THR got an early listen of the season 10 finalist's debut which is due out in May.
...The Hollywood Reporter got an early listen at the yet-untitled full-length (due out in May) and all its retro goodness -- songs like “Oh My,” a mid-tempo number featuring big horns, tambourines and echoing drums, “Keep Coming Back,” with its sexy vocals distorted ever so slightly, and “Undone,” a teary ballad worthy of “diva” designation, what with its piano-led melody, soaring vocals and strings. But perhaps the song that best serves Reinhart’s soulful sound and vibe is “Wasted Tears,” which, with its groovy bassline and girl group-esque “woos” sounds like it came straight from another era....
The Hollywood Reporter: When we first started talking, you seemed surprise at the support you received from Interscope Records and 19 Entertainment, were you expecting a struggle?
Haley Reinhart: Well, you never know how it's gonna work out. And they kind of act surprised when they're dealing with me. They're, like, “Things don't usually go this smooth” or “people don't usually come in knowing exactly who they are and what they want.” With the songwriting process as well -- I've always been a songwriter, I’ve just never really had the chance to get in a studio and execute it. So the more I go in and say, “I want this vibe this and this to be the topic,” then the more it comes out sound like me....
...THR: B.o.B. provides a guest rap on “Oh My,” how did that come about?
Reinhart: The label hooked it up. We went through some fill-ins and then they asked me, “Who's your dream rapper?” So I thought, I love Andre 3000, he would be the coolest ever. And then there's people like Lupe Fiasco or Common who have this very sultry vibe. B.o.B. was new to me, but the more I hear him and from everybody I talk to, I think he's so cool. Right when I heard it, I was like, “Geez, this is perfect.”...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-wo...ams-297502
157 million views.
Quote:THR: Do you feel like you were born in the wrong decade?
Reinhart:Totally. But there has to be a reason for me to be here now – to bring it back, slip through the cracks and get people to listen.
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