Newly signed Interscope artist, Pia Toscano, spoke with Brian Manfield of USA Today after finishing her dress rehearsal performance for tonight’s first American Idols Live! concert, in Salt Lake City.
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“It’s a great song, ” she says of her first single, “This Time”, set to drop on July 12, ” It’s about growing into being a woman, being independent. It can apply to so much, whether it’s me on American Idol or being in a relationship.”
Pia will debut the mid-tempo tune tonight at the Maverik Center, and will be performing it nightly on the Idol’s summer tour, which runs through September 10.
“I’m eight to nine songs into my album, ” Pia says of her upcoming CD, due out later this year. Pia recorded 3 songs with Rodney Jerkins. She also collaborated with Harvey Mason Jr., who worked on This Time and Rock Mafia and singer-songwriter Heather Bright.
Looking back on what many felt was a premature elimination from Idol at 9th place, Pia says, “When I was on stage, I was terrified my career was over. (I thought, ) ‘I’m finishing ninth, no one’s going to want to work with me!’ Then, the next day, I had a few meetings. And the next week, when I came back from doing press in New York, we did a whole demo thing. We recorded a bunch of songs, and they all worked out really well. That led to my deal.”
“No one has heard my single, so it’s a little scary introducing it to everybody without them having heard the song, ” she says. “But I love this song. I have so much fun singing it — it’s so catchy.”
