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Music put Willa Ford into a battle
with depression. Music also took her
out.
While in the middle of writing her
upcoming album, she went through a
bout of depression. Instead of taking
time off to build up her strength,
she continued writing, using her depression
as a way to make her album more eclectic.
"I think part of being able
to become depressed is being a true
artist," she tells andPOP. "It's
just like being a method actor and
being able to put yourself in that
place so you can write something fresh.
I know that sounds weird and it's
demented to do that for your job but
I think that it's part of my job."
She admits that while depressed,
it was hard to continue working.
"There came a point where I
was like, 'what am I doing? I've really
got myself down in the middle of this
record.' But I picked myself back
up. You have to put yourself on this
roller coaster in order to really
pull the material out that you need
for a complete record."
Artists have writers at their disposal,
but Ford wanted to write the entire
record herself. Every time a song
would require a different emotion,
she would find that emotion in herself.
"When I get on stage still,
I go into that mode. It's just like
a part. It's like an actor, I can
literally remember something and put
myself back in that position. I can
be depressed in five minutes if that's
what I need to be."
But for the album, tentatively titled
"Sexysexobsessive," don't
expect one sad ballad after another.
If the first single, 'A Toast to Men,"
is any indication, her "I Wanna
Be Bad Days" are not entirely
behind her.
"Willa Ford is still this bad
chick, putting it the way it needs
to be put. I'm just growing with who
I am. I'm still at the point where
I can keep people on their toes because
I change myself so often that I don?t
have to worry about what I'm going
to do next."
Taking a look at a few lines in the
song, which she describes as "a
playful way of going at the guys,"
it seems like career suicide: "Here's
to the men we love/Here's to the men
who love us/F*** the men, let's drink
to us."
It sounds like she scorns every male.
And judging by her scantily-clad music
videos, a lot of her fans are probably
male. Is this career suicide?
"Even though it's like 'f***
'em,' then why am I wearing this tight
mini skirt?" Good point.
Losing her male fans over the song
is something Ford is not worried about.
Had she written a song cussing out
females, finding a new profession
would be next on her agenda.
"Chicks would be like, 'I'm
never buying her record again.' Guys
are like, 'that's kind of funny.'
Guys take it as humour. It's a win-win
situation because the girls love this
song because it's something they can
thrash guys with and guys love this
song because I'll put hot chicks on
stage and in the video."
Other songs on the album include:
the title track, "Sexysexobsessive"
(about people obsessed with sex)
"Who I Am, Who Am I" ("It's
about being gay. Now everyone's like
'are you gay?' No, at least not yet.")
"I See You" (about previous
relationships)
Compared with her 2001 debut, "Willa
Was Here," she says this album
is more acoustic and melodic, with
more guitars and pianos instead of
studio-produced tracks. The overall
sound she says is "rock with
an electronic-vibe to it; Madonna
meets Linkin Park with a Willa Ford
vibe."
Although she wrote the album over
a year ago, there still is no official
release date set.
"God waited for a reason so
I figure I'll just go with it."
Source: andPop.com
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