Kris Allen: Billboard Cover Interview
Kris Allen and Adam Lambert are on the cover of the next issue of Billboard Magazine. A Q&A and video is posted on the Billboard.com site for both Idols.
Check out an excerpt from Kris’s interview below. Read the entire interview HERE.
On the album, you worked with everyone from Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman to producer Mike Elizondo. Is there anyone out there you’d like to collaborate with?
It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with. I’m still new in the music business-it was funny, they would be like, “You’re going to write and produce with this guy,” and I’d be like, “OK!” I didn’t know who it was, so I would look them up on Wikipedia. When I went to work with Mike Elizondo, I had no idea who he was. I went on the Internet and it was like-Dr. Dre, Eminem, Switchfoot, Maroon 5, Fiona Apple and a bunch of people, and I was like, “What’s he doing with me?” [laughs] I ended up going to his house many, many times and working on a lot of songs with him.
How did fans respond when you previewed a few of the songs off the album at a tailgate party for a Miami Dolphins game in October?
“Can’t Stay Away” is a really, really fun song to perform, really funky, really groovy. I think people can really get into it. It was kind of crazy, because the first time anybody heard that song it was in that crowd-and people started singing along. That’s a good thing. I had a huge smile on my face the whole time.
Watch an interview Kris gave right after the Idol season wrapped up HERE.
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That is really cute… like sugar on my oatmeal.
I love that they have Katy in the pic. They make a great looking couple.
Are you referring to college students? While you are most likely correct, these are also the sub group of people illegally downloading music. So while it is great that he is amassing a loyal group of followers, he may not see $$ from them for a while. Just recently we had students protesting the state gov. about the increase in tuition. If they can’t pay for tuition, then they sure as heck are not buying music.
The People Christmas photos are very good and have that ultimate feel good Christmas feeling about them. These should warm the hearts of the Kris fans and propel forward the nice sugary image of Kris the young small town husband making it in the big bad world of music (and I’m not being cynical…that is the image he is really working on creating).
I just laughed, though, that even though People promoted Kris’ album in the text….the buy for Christmas blurb told peeps to start their own Christmas traditions by rushing out and buying the Sugarland album. Funny that!
Starr, thank you for those pics!! Soooo. cute. K&K are just too cute for words.
Interesting article about Bon Jovi…he talks about the music biz and American Idol:
http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/music/2009/11/19/jon-bon-jovi-hes-no-kris-allen/
oooooh i like the pics with katy and kris especially this one: http://twitpic.com/qb1fp
kris’s hair looks all rumpled and natural…and they are playing MONOPOLY!!! my second favourite game ever (after pictionary)…probably an early christmas gift from mom i suppose
Thanks for that link to the Bon Jovi article, Diane. Very good points that he makes. Why these kids coming off Idol are expected to outsell major artists out of the box is beyond ridiculous.
Thanks also for the pics and article from the Christmas People mag. Very cool.
For Kris, the college tour circuit, music festivals, and a mix of a few arena shows is what I would want. I’d LOVE for him to do Bonnarroo and Austin City Limits.
read the interview and nothing new really! i know i’m probably one of the few kradam fans here but i loved what he said below:
Q: On “American Idol,” the spotlight was always on you and Adam Lambert. Simon Cowell kept trying to set up a rivalry, and now you have albums coming out within a week of each other.
A: That’s the thing-we’re going to go through at least the first part of our careers doing everything back to back. We were on the show throughout the whole time, then we were on the tour, and now we’re coming out with albums. I feel like we’re always going to have this time of our lives, we’re going to share it, and we’re going to be able to go through it together. We know exactly what the other is going through.
yeah i remember seeing that video and i think that was one of the very first interviews he did and the first one which i saw! and was stuck by how candid he can be. those were the golden days of discovering kris post idol. sigh