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Nelly’s Spanish Calling
  
  - Digital Spy
Nelly wants to collaborate with Madonna
Nelly Furtardo is one of pop’s most inventive musicians. And unpredictable, too. Right after her blockbuster album Loose which included ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’, she’s released an album sung entirely in Spanish.

Mi Plan has been well-received by critics and, for foreign language album, has been selling well too. In this interview with Digital Spy, she talks about writing in Spanish, her relationship with Timbaland, and also reveals whom she’d like to work with next.

Nelly decided to do this album in Spanish because she felt she was neglecting her Latin American side. She says, “I kinda ran out of things to say in English, so I decided to explore the unexplored and that's the Spanish and Portuguese side of me. I've had three albums prior to this one and there's about 20 per cent Latin content on each, so this time I flipped the ratio and made it 100 per cent Latin and one chorus that goes 'ya ya ya'. That 'ya ya ya' is about the only English on this album!”

She says that it’s a lot easier to make the transition from one theme to another in Spanish. She says, “I think so, yeah. For instance, my first single's called 'Manos Al Aire', which means hands in the air or I surrender. In the verse I'm having a heated argument with my love interest, but in the chorus I'm actually quite gracious and saying, ‘I've put up the white flag and I just want to love you’. There's a complexity going on there that would be a bit of a train-wreck in English. I think what you can accomplish emotionally within one Latin song is quite vast; female Latin singers have quite a lot of emotional license without being pigeonholed.”

With the digitalisation of music, Nelly says her album does stand a chance of being heard by people all over the world. She says, “I think people are more sophisticated and open-minded now. Because of the internet and iTunes, world music in general is more popularised than it has been in the past. Ten years ago I'd have to go to vinyl stores to find my favourite world music, but now I can get it online. I feel like the world's a little more global now, but of course there's an initial hesitation because international crossover pop music is generally in English.”

However, would she want to record these songs in English to give them the attention they deserve? She isn’t against it. She says, “Well, people have asked me if I'd do the songs in English. They weren't intended to be in English, but if there was a crossover hit or something I'd be open-minded about it. It's all about spreading the word and eventually I'll find the listeners who are open to this project.”
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