Video Highlights:
2:56 – Christina recalls making her TV debut on “Star Search”: “Ed McMahon couldn’t say my name right… ‘A-gu-wer-a.’ It was terrible!”
4:05 – Christina reflects on her “Mickey Mouse Club” experience and how starring alongside Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Ryan Gosling helped her feel like less of an “outcast.”
5:38 – Christina remembers when A&R rep Ron Fair gave her a big hit on the “Mulan” soundtrack: “[Ron's] still a dear friend of mine to this day. Our kids go to the same pre-school.”
9:48 – Christina mulls her acting future, and discusses why she felt “confined” by her role in “Burlesque”
12:46 – Christina dishes on working with Cher: “We talked about relationships a lot.”
15:05 – Christina on blocking out tabloid rumors: “I really, truly don’t have time for the static noise. It’s trash.”
PART 2:
1:22 – Christina discusses why the Voice takes it “back to real music” and allows her to support talent rather than bash it.
4:00 – Christina breaks down her new album: “It’s a celebratory time in my life [ and] ‘Lotus’ had allowed me to express that.”
6:22 – Christina talks about the competition:”I haven’t seen a full episode of any other music show.”
6:33 – Christina on Simon Cowell being a “dick” to contestants: “That’s not what music’s about. [It] makes me sad.”
8:23 – Christina reveals which ‘Voice’ judge has become her “big bro.”
10:00 – Christina on picking her collaborators: “I stray away from formulaic, the formatted … ‘who’s the hitmaker of the moment? Let’s go there!’”
12:35 – Christina on crafting her vision for each album: “I think something amazing can be birthed whenever you’re just open to the experience … of creating something new and wonderful.”
14:00 – Christina on working with Sia: “It’s inspiring to be around real creative energy.”
16:35 – Christina reminisces about hearing “Beautiful” for the first time.
18:55 – Christina recalls vocal advice from Linda Perry: “Don’t do all that Mariah shit.”
20:00 – Christina on social media: “When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?”
23:52 – Christina discusses her new album: ‘Lotus’ [embraces] the woman that I’ve become and … helped me appreciate the journey of the last decade.”
PART 3:
1:25 – Christina discusses when it’s right to let others steer the creative wheel and knowing when “some things aren’t going to happen.”
4:10 – Christina talks about working with female writers/ producers and reflects on Linda Perry: “She can be a very intense energy.”
5:35 – Christina on women in the studio: “People don’t always want to have females as leaders … but you have to hold your own.”
Source: Billboard
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