KE$HA On Meeting ALICE COOPER - "I Hunted Him Down At The Grammys, And Then A Year Later I'm On Welcome 2 My Nightmare"
October 7, 2011, 12 years ago
Britain's The Guardian has issued an interview with pop star KE$HA and rock hero ALICE COOPER. In following excerpt, the pair discuss how they met:
Q: So how did you two meet?
Ke$ha: "I hunted him down at the Grammys. And then a year later I'm on Welcome 2 My Nightmare! This is my fantasy. Working with a legend makes me excited to bring that rock'n'roll energy to whatever evil dark metal album I decide to make in the future.
Cooper: "The thing I liked about her is she looked like a rock singer. I think she's going to wind up with a band behind her as a sort of female ROBERT PLANT. You've got that stature and attitude. And that's why I wanted you to play the devil on my album.
Ke$ha: "I'm not a submissive, perfect pop princess, that's for damned sure. I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me. This song is the world's first look at the evolution of that. I've always loved rock'n'roll. It's about subversion. I'm talking to millions of people around the world about having sex freely, getting hammered, and partying. It's fun for me to be riding that line of appropriateness."
Read the full interview at this location.
Welcome 2 My Nightmare sold 18,000 copies in the US in its first week out, landing at #22 on The Billboard 200 chart. In Canada, Welcome 2 My Nightmare landed at #25.
A video of the shock rock legend talking about each track on the album can be seen below:
