POP Magazine (Cover + Interview)

Pop superstar Nelly Furtado was in town recently for a showcase. Elliott Danker caught up with this Portuguese beauty (and September’s cover girl) and asked about motherhood, growing up in different cultures and what she’s learnt along the way.

POPCulture Online: Growing up in a multicultural environment, how has that affected your style of music?

Nelly Furtado: We always had culture around us, it was a very colourful upbringing and music was always around us. My mum spoke to us at home in English because she wanted to practice her English, we went to night school to learn Portuguese and I did Portuguese folklore dancing and even sang Portuguese songs on my ukelele. We even traveled to Portugal too during summer. I had friends who were multicultural as well and that’s where I learnt more about different styles of music like Latin music so that’s where my multicultural taste began thanks to those experiences.

In my life today I’m always searching for new styles, new music and new inspiration so I think it’s kinda started my journey as a musical explorer.

Read more: http://furtadonelly.blogspot.com/#ixzz24mADZnYw

thanks to furtado.pt.vu