|
stations
popping
up
there
now.
Yes,
Dallas
is
the
new
one
for
me,
that
was
the
new
one
where
everybody
said
to
me,
oh
my
God,
they're
so
friendly
down
there,
they
will
treat
you
so
nice,
and
it's
exactly
everything
you
think
it's
going
to
be.
Q:
Which
do
you
prefer,
do
you
like
the
studio
more
or
the
touring
aspect
of
being
an
artist?
Dannii:
I
think
my
two
favorite
things
are
the
writing
and
the
performing.
The
stuff
in
between
is
what
I
call
the
daily
grind
of
the
job,
the
traveling,
the
time
it
takes
to
sort
get
from
A
to
B.
But
I
think
the
creative
parts,
the
writing
and
being
on
stage
are
the
highlights
You
saw
me
once
before,
I
do
things
off-the-cuff
and
I'm
chatting
and
every
time
it's
going
to
be
different
because
I'm
just
going
to
see
where
the
mood
takes
me
or
what
the
crowd's
like.
Q:
Cool.
Let's
talk
a
little
about
your
album,
Neon
Nights.
The
first
single
"Who
Do
You
Love
Now"
was
based
on
Riva's
track
"Stringer"
which
was
a
massive
underground
club
hit.
How
were
you
approached
to
work
on
the
vocal
version?
Dannii:
Was
"Stringer"
known
in
America?
Q:
In
the
DJ
circles
and
trance
clubs
it
definitely
was.
Dannii:
Riva
hooked
up
with
the
label
FFRR
in
London,
which
is
part
of
London
Records
which
I'm
now
signed
to.
There
was
this
song
written
to
it
and
they
were
throwing
around
who
would
be
great
to
record
it
and
I
know
Riva
wanted
to
approach
me
and
the
people
who
worked
at
FFRR
really
wanted
me
to
do
it.
At
the
time
I'd
just
finished
six
months
on
stage
in
the
West
End
and
I
didn't
want
to
do
anything,
I
just
wanted
to
have
a
month's
holiday
or
something.
I'd
said
to
my
management
and
agent
please
don't
call
me
if
something
comes
up
because
I
needed
a
rest.
Thankfully
Riva
and
FFRR
were
really
persistent
and
got
hold
of
me.
Q:
It
sort
of
breathed
new
life
into
everything.
So,
did
you
write
those
new
lyrics
or
were
those
given
to
you?
Dannii:
No,
the
song
was
written
for
Riva
already
and
they
played
it
to
me
and
asked
if
I
would
be
interested
in
singing
it?
I
recorded
the
new
vocals
and
we
released
it,
which
achieved,
at
that
point,
my
highest
chart
position
of
number
3.
So
then
London
Records
wanted
to
keep
me
on
and
to
do
an
album
with
me
which
translated
into
Neon
Nights.
Q:
The
next
single,
"Put
The
Needle
On
It"
is
an
incredible
record,
should
DJs
take
that
as
a
love
song
of
your
thanks?
Dannii:
Absolutely.
The
Riva
record
opened
the
door
to
a
lot
of
respect
and
a
lot
of
love
from
the
DJs
for
me.
In
the
UK
it's
a
very
specific
scene
and
they're
not
really
interested
in
the
pop
artists
calling
themselves
dance
artists
because
they've
done
one
remix
of
their
song.
The
DJs
really
embraced
me
and
when
I
was
in
the
studio
in
Sweden
I'd
said
straight
out
to
the
other
writers
that
I
wanted
to
write
about
that,
of
my
appreciation
of
the
DJs
and
the
dance
music
lovers.
We
put
it
into
a
funny,
sexy
kind
of
context.
Q:
Definitely.
I
remember
your
last
album
when
they
sent
out
"All
I
Wanna
Do",
the
promos
just
said
DM,
probably
for
that
same
reason.
Dannii:
Yes,
exactly!
I
didn't
want
people
to
be
prejudiced
against
it,
but
to
simply
listen
to
it
and
that's
how
it
goes
for
every
pop
artist.
I've
showed
because
I've
stuck
around,
that
I'm
in
for
the
long
haul
and
I'm
not
just
doing
dance
remixes
because
it's
cool
and
trendy
and
hot.
From
my
first
releases,
I
had
a
hell
of
a
lot
of
remixes
on
there
because
I
really
admire
what
they
do.
I've
been
there
adoring
DJs
and
remixers
for
a
long
time,
so
it
was
really
such
a
nice
surprise
when
"Who
Do
You
Love
Now"
really
cracked
through
with
them.
Q:
So
you
liked
the
remix
process,
what
do
you
think
the
different
remixers
bring
to
your
music?
Dannii:
Oh
my
God,
it's
just
incredible!
I
find
that
it's
so
artistic,
like
looking
at
a
painting.
Q:
OK,
so
what
is
a
Trouser
Enthusiast?
Dannii:
What
is
a
trouser
enthusiast?
<laughingI
don't
know,
you
have
to
ask
my
friends.
Q:
"I
Begin
To
Wonder"
was
originally
a
hit
for
Jean
Claude
Ames
under
the
name
JCA,
which
were
session
singers.
Did
you
hear
the
song
and
envision
it
as
your
own,
or
how
did
you
approach
making
this
song
your
own?
Dannii:
Well,
I
got
played
this
song
at
the
record
company
and
they
had
tracked
it
down
from
the
German
dance
market.
I
said
this
could
definitely
be
a
pop
hit,
but
not
in
the
state
it
was
in.
It
was
only
going
to
be
a
club
thing
because
it
was
only
one
verse
and
one
chorus
and
that
was
it,
just
round
and
round
and
round.
So
I
said
well,
let's
approach
JCA
and
see
if
he's
willing
to
make
it
into
a
pop
song.
He
was
incredible
because
a
lot
of
dance
producers,
they're
very
cool
and,
again,
may
not
want
to
mix
in
with
the
pop
scene.
He
was
totally
cool
and
he
let
me
write
some
more
lyrics
and
pad
it
out
to
make
it
a
pop
song.
We
though,
if
people
missed
out
on
this
song,
it
would
be
bad.
We
were
right,
because
"IBTW"
has
really
opened
up
doors
all
around
the
world
and
people
say
to
to
me
"God,
I
love
that
song",
and
without
the
changes
they
wouldn't
have
had
the
chance
to
hear
it.
Q:
Your
two
most
recent
singles
the
"I
Begin
To
Wonder"
and
"Don't
Want
To
Lose
This
Feeling"
were
both
reworked
with
classic
80s
songs.
How
did
these
come
about,
was
it
from
the
DJs
mixing
the
track
or
did
producers
take
the
vocals
and
have
fun
with
it?
Dannii:
There's
a
lot
of
bootlegs
being
made
in
the
UK,
getting
played
on
the
radio
and
even
bootleg
mash-ups
being
played
on
the
video
channel.
Most
of
them
are
made
for
fun,
they're
not
made
for
releasing
or
selling
the
music,
but
we
were
lucky
enough
to
get
hold
of
the
Dead
Or
Alive
mix
and
then
negotiate
with
them
to
release
it
as
a
single.
Then
also
with
Madonna
which
was
for
me
the
biggest,
most
amazing,
AMAZING
thing
is
to
get
her
to
approve
to
sign-off
her
In
To
The
Groove.
Q:
She
rarely
approves
her
work
to
be
reworked,
why
do
you
think
she
gave
you
the
nod?
Dannii:
She
liked
it,
she
simply
said
she
heard
it
and
she
loved
it.
A
friend
of
mine
was
listening
to
the
radio
in
England
when
I
was
in
Japan
doing
promotions,
and
he
texted
me
to
say
that
he'd
been
listening
to
the
radio.
This
guy
was
interviewing
Madonna,
and
he
plays
her
a
bit
of
"Don't
Wanna
Lose
this
Groove"
and
said
hey,
have
you
heard
this?
He
obviously
didn't
realize
it
was
a
legal
signed-off
project,
he
thought
it
was
just
a
bootleg
someone
had
made.
She
said
"I
love
this,
what,
are
you
crazy,
this
is
so
brilliant,
of
course
I've
heard
it
before
and
I
love
it."
She
knows
what
she
likes
and
she'll
let
you
know
if
she
likes
something.
We
took
a
chance
and
thought
we'd
send
it
to
her
and
see
what
happens,
and
that
chance
paid
off.
Q:
Another
track
on
the
album
"Push"
contains
a
sample
of
the
80s
hit
White
Horse,
where
did
that
idea
come
from?
Dannii:
Actually
from
my
A&R
guy,
he
said
I've
got
this
sample
and
it
sounds
really
great
and
I
think
it
would
suit
your
voice.
So,
we
just
took
it
and
went
in
the
studio
and
started
playing
around
with
it.
It's
a
very
sexy
sample
and
we
thought
there's
only
one
way
we
could
go
with
this
track,
is
to
write
something
really
sexy.
Q:
Speaking
about
sexy,
your
imaging
seems
to
have
changed
radically.
With
the
first
single
"Put
The
Needle
On
It",
it
was
very
glossy
like
your
last
album,
but
then
with
"I
Begin
To
Wonder"
and
"Neon
Nights",
your
artwork
is
very
like
Calvin
Klein,
slice
of
life,
like
a
bedroom
photographer.
Was
there
a
real
conscious
decision
to
be
more
basic
with
the
photography
or
the
imaging?
Dannii:
Put
The
Needle
On
It
was
done
from
one
photo
session
and
then
when
we
did
the
second
single
and
we
knew
the
album
was
coming
out.
So
then
we
did
all
of
that
photography
at
once,
the
"I
Begin
To
Wonder"
and
"Neon
Nights"
cover,
and
basically
we
didn't
have
really
a
projected
theme,
we
just
went
in
the
studio
and
shoot.
I'm
really
nervous
of
having
my
picture
taken,
even
though
no
one
believes
me,
because
it's
something
I
have
to
do
all
the
time.
Q:
Awesome.
I've
got
some
questions
from
other
people
that
I
wanted
to
ask
you
to
finish
off
the
interview.
One
is
from
a
die-hard
fan
and
he
talked
about
how
it
was
everyone's
dream
to
see
a
Kylie
-
Dannii
duet.
There
was
a
rumor
that
you
were
in
the
track
with
Kurtis
Mantronix
for
the
Body
Language
album
for
Kylie,
did
that
track
ever
come
to
fruition
or
what
happened
to
it?
Dannii:
There
was
never
a
track.
We
want
to
write
a
song
together,
but
we
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
go
in
the
studio
and
do
that
yet.
I
heard
that
rumor
also,
and
it
was
the
first
I've
heard
about
it.
Q:
I
thought
this
was
a
great
question,
how
do
you
as
a
real
and
talented
singer/artist
compete
with
the
seemingly
endless
array
of
manufactured
pop
that
comes
from
all
the
TV
programs
over
there?
Dannii:
I
like
those
shows
and
I
can
get
addicted
to
watching
them.
I
didn't
watch
the
first
few
Pop
Idols,
but
this
current
series
that's
on,
I'm
watching
in
the
UK
and
I
really
love
the
American
Idol.
At
that
stage
when
it's
in
the
show,
it's
not
manufactured
because
it's
up
to
those
kids
to
just
do
their
best,
take
the
comments
onboard
and
try
and
use
them
to
improve
themselves
because
each
performance
counts.
That's
what
it's
like
when
you're
out
there,
because
you
get
people
around
you
and
it's
very
much
about
you
pulling
it
all
together.
What
songs
you
are
going
to
sing,
what
your
image
is
going
to
be,
how
you
are
going
to
present
yourself,
how
you
are
going
to
sing
it,
and
you
use
singing
teachers
and
stylists
and
all
of
that,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
it's
you.
So
I
think
that
part
of
it's
very
real,
I
think
the
bit
that's
not
is
that
they
sign
contracts
before
they
go
in
to
say
well,
once
you
go
on
this
show
then
you're
committed
to
being
with
this
management
team.
The
management
team
might
say
well,
this
is
what
we
want
to
do
with
you.
Then
it
becomes
manufactured
because
they're
telling
the
artist
what
to
do.
I
like
the
artists
that
have
been
discovered
and
break
away
to
do
their
own
thing.
There's
a
really
cool
girl
that
just
left,
I
think
it
was
on
Fame
Academy,
called
Alex,
and
she's
got
a
song
called
"Maybe
That's
What
It
Takes"
which
is
a
phenomenal
song.
I
think
that
she's
got
the
strength
to
be
a
great
artist.
Q:
I
hear
you
did
a
radio
program
for
a
while,
were
you
announcing
or
were
you
DJing
as
part
of
it?
Dannii:
Yes,
I
was
hosting
the
radio
show
but
I
didn't
press
any
buttons
which
is
great
because
I
have
no
idea
what
I'm
doing
when
it
comes
to
that.
I
was
on
the
air
for
an
hour
every
week,
take
in
my
record
collection
and
play
stuff
that
I
liked
and
I
didn't
have
to
stick
to
any
format
of
station
songs.
We
named
this
show
Neon
Nights,
the
same
as
the
album,
because
I
wanted
it
to
be
a
flavor
of
the
album.
I
played
one
of
my
tracks
per
show
and
I
made
it
similar
to
Neon
Nights
where
I
played
retro
songs,
current
songs
and
bootlegs
and
then
get
people
involved
in
going
ah,
is
that
where
that
sample
is
from?
It
was
kind
of
educational
because,
Neon
Nights
is
all
about
mashing
it
up
with
old
retro
sounds
and
samples
and
kind
of
mixing
everything.
Q:
I
was
wondering
if
the
DJ
bug
had
bitten
and
you'd
become
a
celebrity
DJ
like
Boy
George
or
something.
Dannii:
I've
got
a
lot
of
DJ
friends
and
they
make
it
look
so
easy.
I've
only
tried
going
on
the
decks
once
but
I'm
quite
uncoordinated.
It
would
take
a
lot
of
practice,
but
its
probably
something
I
could
with
a
lot
of
practice.
I
absolutely
loved
the
radio
DJing
because
it
was
like
being
on
the
phone
and
chatting
to
your
friend.
Even
though
you're
going
out
to
millions
of
people,
it
feels
very
personal.
Q:
Speaking
about
DJing,
the
video
for
"Put
The
Needle
On
It"
was
just
insane
with
you
dancing
on
the
huge
spinning
turntable.
What
was
it
like
having
all
those
anonymous
black
hands
rubbing
you
like
that?
Dannii:
We
were
filmed
at
completely
different
times
and
that
was
the
arms
of
my
two
dancers
that
I
know
very
well,
I've
been
dancing
with
them
like
three
years
now.
So,
they
had
filmed
all
of
that
and
the
director
showed
me
a
picture
of
it
on
a
computer
screen
to
say
this
is
where
the
arms
are,
but
they
couldn't
even
move
them
at
that
point
because
that
had
to
be
in
postproduction.
They
said
you'll
be
standing
there
and
so
you've
just
got
to
imagine
it,
so
it
was
quite
funny
me
kind
of
writhing
around
thinking
OK,
I'm
trusting
you
on
this
one
as
what
this
is
going
to
look
like.
Q:
Is
there
anyone
you'd
like
to
duet
with
or
work
with
that
you
haven't
worked
with
yet?
Dannii:
Loads
of
people.
I'm
really
into
my
remixes
and
there's
a
guy
who
remixes
under
the
name
After
Life
who
does
a
lot
of
stuff
in
the
Café
del
Mar
albums.
I
wrote
a
song
with
him
and
I
think
he's
going
to
release
it
on
his
own
album.
I'd
still
like
him
to
do
some
remixes
for
me,
because
he
does
really
beautiful
chilled
music.
On
the
album
there's
a
hidden
track
called
Come
And
Get
It
and…
Q:
Is
that
that
the
hidden
track
on
the
end
of
cd?
Dannii:
Yes,
and
it's
remixed
by
a
guy
called
Sebastian
Kreig,
who
I
haven't
met
but
he's
a
friend
of
JCA's
and
I
really
love
that
and
like
to
work
with
him.
Q:
Awesome.
I
thought
that
song
was
a
JCA
track.
Dannii:
It
is,
it's
a
track
that
I
wrote
with
JCA
but
he
got
Sebastian
to
remix
it,
and
then
we
put
it
on.
Q:
Cool.
Let's
see,
just
I
think
I
have
two
more
questions
for
you...
My
favorite
song
that
you've
ever
done
is
Disrememberence.
What
inspired
you
to
record
that
song?
Was
it
a
relationship
in
your
life
or
what
was
the
emphasis
of
that
song?
Dannii:
I
got
together
with
Ian
Masterson
who
does
the
Trouser
Enthusiasts
music
and
it
was
a
simple
song,
so
we
didn't
really
think
much
about
it.
But
so
many
people
attach
themselves
to
that
track
because
I
think
it's
moving.
It's
just
being
honest
and
I
think
that's
the
great
thing
about
it.
It's
a
really
fun
song
to
sing
live
and
I've
done
it
at
many,
many,
many
shows.
Q:
One
last
question,
How
are
America
crowds
different
than
European
crowds?
Dannii:
The
European
crowds
have
known
me
as
being
around
for
a
long
time,
so
coming
to
America
is
kind
of
a
reinvention,
it's
a
rebirth.
Everything's
new
and
a
lot
of
artists
don't
like
that
because
they
think
they
are
famous
and
don't
want
to
start
from
the
bottom
again.
You
can
also
embrace
it
to
refresh
yourself
and
have
a
different
perspective
on
what
you're
doing
and
look
at
it
with
a
fresh
eye
and
alter
things
-
that's
what
I'm
doing. |
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