All people wants a buddy like will.i.am. The rapper is gearing as much as drop a track titled “Thoughts Your Enterprise” with Britney Spears, the making of which the Black Eyed Peas founder opened up about in a brand new interview.
“I’ve been a fan, a buddy and a supporter of Britney all through the years,” he gushed Thursday (July 20) on CBS Mornings. “A supporter so far as an individual who goes out and listens to her music, a supporter so far as anyone that’s there to assist champion her by her occasions when she was combating for her liberation. She is an incredible individual.”
“Thoughts Your Enterprise” was first introduced Monday (July 17), when will.i.am posted a seconds-long snippet of the monitor to social media that includes Spears’ iconic tagline “It’s Britney, b—-.” Although the only was initially anticipated on Tuesday (July 18), will.i.am later shared on Instagram that it was now slated for Friday (July 21), writing that Spears is “one of the fearless, strongest, kindest, purest individuals I’ve met in my life…I all the time cherished working with you and I all the time will.”
The collaboration marks his second track with the “Poisonous” singer, with the pair first coming collectively in 2012 for “Scream & Shout.” And although lots has modified between then and now — most notably the termination of Spears’ 13-year conservatorship — the “Let’s Get It Began” musician says the pop star’s love for music continues to be the identical.
“Music is remedy for plenty of individuals,” he informed CBS Mornings. “Dancing is remedy for plenty of individuals. It helps you with something that you simply’re going by. I see that each time I see her dance on her Instagram. I gentle up, as a result of I see how a lot she loves music.”
“To collaborate together with her every now and then, if you’re within the studio, if you’re making music, that’s the one factor that issues,” will.i.am added. “I see the identical gentle, the identical pleasure, the identical love and keenness.”
It’s not arduous to guess on the message behind “Thoughts Your Enterprise,” given how vocal Spears has been in regards to the crushing penalties fame has had on her psychological well being — one thing she’s anticipated to speak about in her extremely anticipated upcoming memoir, The Lady In Me. Will.i.am touched on how her experiences impressed the brand new monitor, empathizing with the shortage of privateness that comes hand in hand with stardom.
“While you’re within the highlight, quite a lot of occasions you simply need to stay your life,” he mentioned, earlier than revealing one of many track’s lyrics: “Arms up within the cookie jar/ They watching me, they watching y’all.”
“That has to do with privateness and everybody else, each particular person on the market who feels that they don’t seem to be residing a personal life in social media,” the musician added. “There’s a skinny line, and everybody deserves their very own model of privateness.”
Watch will.i.am discuss “Thoughts Your Enterprise” with CBS Mornings above.
