Nelly Furtado-The Spirit Indestructible Era-Sept18

[Linnethia Monique]

Me no curr. I listened to the deluxe album in full and I'm in love all over again.

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Ups and downs, twists and turns. Nelly Furtado — the Victoria-raised pop star and Grammy-winning singer — has suffered all those and more during the course of her career.

Tribulations notwithstanding, Furtado’s creative spirit remains intact more than a decade after she got her start, a remarkable feat given her often tumultuous profession of choice.

Furtado, who rode I’m Like a Bird to the top of the charts as a 22-year-old unknown, has weathered all sorts of stylistic storms during her career.

Some would argue she has made it this far on instinct. Furtado cares little about what matters to the pop-music audience, only what is important to her. That’s something she attributes to her infallible positivity.

“This idea that artists are always going to make the right choices and do the right thing is kind of a falsehood,” Furtado said recently from her home in Toronto. “That’s what my songs are about. Falling down and getting back up again.”

Being a quixotic performer hasn’t always made life easy for the singer, who turned 32 on Dec. 2. Following the Grammy-winning success of her smash debut, Whoa, Nelly!, she recorded its 2003 follow-up, Folklore, while pregnant with her daughter, Nevis. The introspective album was the first in a series of career twists from Furtado, who continues to flip styles and sonic palettes.

Her fifth and most recent recording, The Spirit Indestructible, is her first English-language album since 2006, and first album since her Spanish-language debut, 2009’s Mi Plan, which she was able to release on her own imprint, Nelstar Records, due to a clause she wrote into her contract.

“Even as a 20-year-old young girl, I knew I’d be making Latin records,” she said.

While the sales statistics haven’t been spectacular, and the reviews even less positive, The Spirit Indestructible represents an important signpost in the singer’s career. Not only did she feel rejuvenated making the recording with producer Rodney Jerkins, one of her longtime idols, Furtado threw every idea she had at its creation, from reggae rhythms to dance beats.

She said she didn’t pay much attention to what is currently on the charts. It’s too late to abandon her play-anything ideals at this point in her career, Furtado admitted. “The choices I’ve made have helped me for the long term. Now, after this album, I can finally do whatever the heck I want to do. I can do a Portuguese album, or a Brazilian pop album, or another English album. Now I feel like I can truly do what I want to do. A bit of an exhale, I guess you could say.”

Despite wanting to be free from constraints as a performer, Furtado is nonetheless at a career crossroads. She is eager to start anew, perhaps as an independent artist.

She has one English-language album left on her contract with Interscope Records, which will be cleared off the books in due time.

Work on it has already begun, Furtado said. By the time it wraps, she will reassess her priorities.

If anything, she expects further changes.

“My long-term goal is to be independent, quite frankly,” she said. “I got quite spoiled doing Mi Plan, and in the context of my English projects, I’ve had a lot of creative freedom. It’s quite addictive, that creative independence. You start to crave it more and more as you move forward.”

Furtado and her band have been in rehearsals for weeks as preparation for her upcoming tour, which begins Tuesday in Victoria.

The outing marks the first time Furtado has toured in Canada since 2007, when she was on the road to promote Loose, which became the best-selling album of that year.

Pop music has undergone a sea change in the years since, and it would appear that Furtado is struggling to fit in amid the Taylor Swifts and Katy Perrys of today.

Her music is much deeper and thoughtful, but it’s also spread across the musical map. I’m Like a Bird was huge hit based largely on its singularity, although it had help from a major label marketing push.

In some ways, the same song wouldn’t fly in 2013, in part because of the fractured nature of the music industry and the dissolution of the mainstream music press.

Furtado knew she could have fallen in line with the status quo on The Spirit Indestructible. Instead, she stuck to making an album that is uniquely hers, regardless of the commercial potential. The Spirit Indestructible debuted in September to a lukewarm response, both in the U.S. (where it debuted at No. 79 on the sales charts) and Canada (where it landed at No. 18).

Her upcoming tour has also suffered from a lag in sales. Dates in Winnipeg (Jan. 18), Ottawa (Jan. 21) and Hamilton (Jan. 28) have all been cancelled, while her Jan. 9 appearance in Vancouver has been moved from the Orpheum Theatre to the much-smaller Commodore Ballroom.

“I don’t even know who’s going to be in the crowd,” Furtado said of her ever-evolving fan base.

“It’s kind of funny when you’ve been doing it for a while. You end up getting fans who are the same age as you, but by this time, they have families, so they might bring their kids. Plus, the diversity of the music over the years, you don’t know who your audience is after awhile.”

Given the difficulty of marketing music in the current environment, Furtado could have made her life easier by playing nice with every outlet that came calling, accepting every photo opportunity or putting herself in places paparazzi are known to frequent.

For Furtado, nothing could be more loathsome.

“It can be quite destructive, now more than ever,” Furtado said. “Look around us, with the information and the photos. It’s quite powerful. You have to be very vigilant.”

Furtado and her family have been nothing if not militant in their quest for privacy. She often travels with security, and is cryptic about when and where she travels during her down time.

“It has become habit, to be honest,” Furtado said of the precautions she takes to keep her daughter and husband, producer Demacio Castellon, out of the spotlight.

“I think it’s important. It’s a personal thing. Whatever works for you, but for me, I really like to keep my personal life quite private. Even with my wedding, I didn’t tell anybody I got married until about six months later. It keep things easier, much more simple.”

Simplicity is something Furtado strives to have in her life at all times. Her Vancouver Island upbringing has enabled her to navigate the world of pop music better than most, and frequent trips home to visit her family in Victoria help keep her grounded, she said.

“As I get older, I love Victoria more and more.”

The “idyllic” nature of her youth played a central role in many of the songs on The Spirit Indestructible, similar to the way her Gordon Head roots were woven into the songs on Folklore.

Despite the similarities, there’s a noticeable difference between the two recordings, according to Furtado.

“Folklore was a little more dark, in the stuff I talked about. But on this album, it’s a lot more light. I think it’s a part of growing up. I’ve come to my rose-coloured nostalgia moment, where I’m celebrating home. It’s taken many years to get to the point where I feel lucky.”

Furtado couldn’t believe her good fortune during the recording of The Spirit Indestructible, the majority of which was co-written and co-produced by Jerkins, who has worked with everyone from Britney Spears and Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga and Destiny’s Child.

Furtado clearly remembers listening to a host of Jerkins-related music during her youth, which made the experience all the more important.

“When you meet people like that, you’ve got to really deliver. I like feeling like that, like I’ve gotta hit it out of the park. I love that feeling.

“Every time I pulled up to his studio, I felt like a little kid riding her bike over to a friend’s house, saying, ‘;What are we going to play today?’ I took the time to celebrate it. I knew that you can never re-create those moments. They happen once and they are gone.”

www.timescolonist.com/enterta...uesday-1.38660

[Keelzit]

Idk how I feel about this. It's like she's happy TSI bombed and that she'll eventually get dropped which I'm sure it's not exactly what every artist dreams of for their career. I became a fan during the Loose era as many of her fans and I could care less about her doing a Brazilian album but if that's what she wants then I can't do anything about it right? :/

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Yesssss!!!! We have the video!!!!!

[Keelzit]

Wtf have I just watched? Still love the song though.

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

This is ART! The video is simple and beautiful! Love the song!

[bat1990]

>:( Stupid work internet blocking videos...

[Kanenrá:ke]

Love the video, I loved all the videos this era I'm hoping we'll get another one possibly cause she's on a roll with them imo.

[SHOOTER]

Interscope should seriously try pushing Bucket List as a single. Very radio-friendly.

[circadian]

Jan 9, 2013 0:19:00 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Interscope should seriously try pushing Bucket List as a single. Very radio-friendly.

I opened the thread to post the same thing. Love that song.

[bigbluenote]

Jan 9, 2013 1:07:10 GMT -5 circadian said:

Jan 9, 2013 0:19:00 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Interscope should seriously try pushing Bucket List as a single. Very radio-friendly.

I opened the thread to post the same thing. Love that song.

Same here. Very catchy too, perfect for pop radio.

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

This is why people should LOVE Nelly!!!!!

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Eek. Love her, but ouch.

Whoa, what happened Nelly?

...

Hard to believe that Furtado would be playing to a handful of fans (were there even 500 in attendance?) compared to the crowds she sang for in 2007, the year she swept the Juno Awards ceremony she was hosting in Saskatoon in the spring thanks to her Timbaland-produced album Loose, on the cusp of performing at Wembley stadium for the Concert for Diana that July.

What should have been a triumphant comeback at the Orpheum Theatre, where Wednesday’s concert was originally scheduled, turned into bit of a bummer.

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And although The Spirit Indestructible shows Furtado digging back to her roots and collaborating with a host of top-notch producers including Timbaland, Tiesto and The Neptunes, the result is a hit-and-miss mish-mash of an album that never really takes off.

The same could be said of Furtado’s performance at the Commodore: It was an uphill battle.

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Her stage banter remains, even after all these years, almost superfluous, Furtado handing out snoozers like, “Thank you for coming to the show tonight” with as little energy as possible.

One would have thought that, on home turf at least, Furtado would have tried to give fans a little more than flat niceties.

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However, looking around a room filled with aging fans and a half-empty dance floor, you couldn’t help but wonder if Furtado’s better years as a headlining performer and a multi-platinum seller were already behind her.

“Why do all things come to an end?” she sang on All Good Things. Is it too early to ask?

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The rest of the concert was laborious, Furtado missing her cue on High Life and forcing a re-start. The song also featured a “La la la la” sing-along that definitely did not need cardboard cue cards. Tacky.

Capping things off: A sub-par disco version of hit single Promiscuous, a contrived cover of Madonna’s Like A Prayer, and redemption in the form of a floor-stomping Maneater.

It may be a good thing that Furtado is already looking beyond her own singing career, as her openers reflected.

[Keelzit]

I'm sorry but who would be enthusiastic if they performed in an empty place in their home country? :/ It's natural.

[bat1990]

^Ouch...

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Review: Nelly Furtado’s voice still enchants, despite small homecoming crowd
MIKE DEVLIN , TIMES COLONIST JANUARY 8, 2013

There are precious few certainties in the music world. But one that never fails is the belief that you can’t coach talent.

“You either got it, or you don’t,” Nelly Furtado sang Tuesday night during a verse from Say it Right, her No. 1 hit from 2007.

On this occasion, her long-awaited hometown return, Furtado proved she’s still got a voice, indeed. A dozen years after she turned pro, her singing still has the ability to enchant and entertain, song in and song out. If she has one true weapon, it’s her eternally youthful pipes. And when she puts them to proper use, the results are impressive.

Too bad only a small number was there to see it.

Furtado, 34, kicked off her cross-country tour at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, a concert which drew 2,353 followers. For the biggest-selling artist of 2007, a two-time Grammy winner with multiple No. 1 singles on her docket, that’s an almost unthinkable tally. But it’s a radically different world in 2013, that’s for sure, and Furtado is clearly feeling the effects of time away from the spotlight.

She hasn’t been through these parts for a headlining concert in five years, and in the intervening stretch a new generation of singers and performers — not to mention fans — have made their way to the fore. She isn’t exactly the odd woman out these days, but Furtado is no longer the pop princess of the past, a post which I believe she’s happy to have abandoned.

Too scattered to be pigeon-holed, too dramatic to be pinned down, Furtado doesn’t fall under just one category. And as much as that can be a good thing, when it comes to succeeding in a world of quick-hit videos and here-today radio singles it’s a very bad thing.

Furtado opened her show with a pair of singles from her new album, followed by two of her time-worn hits. She would repeat this yin-yang approach for the duration of her 90-minute performance, occasionally with so-so results. Her success or failure almost always came back to her voice, and her specific use of it.

On the spry Be OK, which featured an assist from the original writer (and opening act) Dylan Murray, the first artists signed to Furtado’s Nelstar Records imprint, she brought her voice down to a dull roar; thrilling it wasn’t. But for her astonishing rendition of Turn Off the Light, she soared on the back of bluesy groove-rock.

Despite her catalogue of past hits, Furtado chose to sing a number of covers. The jazz staple Quando, Quando, Quando; a scatty cover of Missy Elliott’s Get Ur Freak On (which she dedicated to the Landsdowne Middle School jazz program and her former instructor, Fred Hagen); the Steve Miller Band’s Fly Like an Eagle; and an out-of-place rendition of Madonna’s Like a Prayer.

There was a truly odd bit when the Grim Reaper came out, fully dressed, with a bucket full of “bucket lists,” as written by fans in attendance. Furtado read some of them, with middling results. The song that followed? Bucket List, of course.

That wasn’t the only moment in need of editing. When her bandmates held up signs that read “La la la la la,” urging the audiences to sing, well, “La la la la,” it felt like a parody.

Furtado has never been one for performer-audience banter, and she isn’t any more savvy with her stage speak then she was a decade ago. The bulk of her concert chatter ranged from “How ya doin’?” to “Having a good time?,” but her voice — always her voice — more than made up for it.

A mid-set run that included a faithful but lovely I’m Like a Bird and an empowered Força, during which she played ukulele, reminded fans why she became so famous in the first place. But few songs on this night could match the splendour of her most moving ballad, Try, during which her voice was nothing short of spectacular. “All I know,” she sang during the song, “is everything is not as it’s sold.”

That much is true — about life, and about Furtado, too.

Think she’s simply a pop star? Think again.

[Legenderry]

I hope Interscope at least gives WFTN and Bucket List an adds date on US pop radio. It's basic but Nelly's not even getting that from them.

[Ivy Leegue™]

Biggest mistake of the era: not releasing Something to Urban radio at least. That song is bumpin' enough on its own but it also features one of Nas's best raps in years so...

[p0isonparadise.]

My local chr station is playing WFTN like crazy, it's nice hearing Nelly on the radio again. :)

[Hierophant]

i still think this is her best album (and probably the best album of 2012 for me) and im happy cause she still confident in her creativity. Im upset and surprised that this album is a total flop. She is a true artist and there are just a few out there, believe me.

Nice video for WFTN.

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to speak with Canadian singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado while she was on tour across the country.

Don’t miss your chance to see her when she makes her stop in Montreal on January 30th at Theatre St Denis! You can win a pair of exclusive backstage passes AND tickets to her show here

Find out what she had to say about her current tour, her incredible fan base and what she’d still love to cross off her bucket list.

CONFRONT: How are you!

NELLY: I’m great! I’m just in Thunder Bay right now.

CONFRONT: Oh you’re in Thunder Bay? Did you have a busy day?

NELLY: Well I just had sound check, meet and greet and then I have my concert.

CONFRONT: Is that a routine day for you?

NELLY: When you’re on tour that’s usually how it goes. It’s sound check, meet and greets and then the show and sometimes there’s an after show meet and greet.

CONFRONT: How has this tour been for you so far?

NELLY: Really fun! Really Canadian. We’ve stepped out and done some winter things like ice skating and playing in the snow. It’s actually been really fun. It’s been really awesome and diverse crowds coming out to see the shows as well. It really puts things into perspective. After 12 years of making music it’s nice to have people who still want to hear your songs.

CONFRONT: And you’ll be in Montreal next week!

NELLY: Yes! At the St Denis Theater.

CONFRONT: Do you have a favorite thing about playing in this city?

NELLY: I really love the Biodome and exploring Old Montreal. I like all the variety of the restaurants and the small businesses.

CONFRONT: You mentioned how going on tour and seeing all your fans kind of puts everything into perspective for you. Do you have a moment that stands out in your mind the most from your career so far?

NELLY: I would say probably releasing an album in Spanish. It was an independent project and it was a great learning process. It created this whole new aspect for my career.

CONFRONT: It must have opened new doors for you.

NELLY: It did! It introduced me to a whole new set of musicians and a new musical team who really welcomed me. I would say that had a big impact for me.

CONFRONT: Is there any news for a new album in the near future?

NELLY: I’ve already started on a Spanish follow up as well as an English album. I’m also just creating some beats and working to record a full length in Portuguese.

CONFRONT: Oh wow! There are more doors to open that way!

NELLY: Exactly. I’m very excited about finally recording a full length in Portuguese. The timing is perfect now. I don’t like to do things until the time is right and usually I just kind of know when that is and I just do it.

CONFRONT: Fans have a lot to look forward to.

NELLY: Yes!

CONFRONT: What musical direction do you feel like you’re moving towards?

NELLY: I’m not sure. I have this jazz section in my show where I play “Quando Quando Quando”, a song I recorded with Michael Buble, and I also do a jazz version of my 2001 collaboration with Missy Elliott “Get Ur Freak On”.

CONFRONT: A jazz version?

NELLY: *laughs* Yeah. I just did a duet with Andrea Bocelli that’s a jazz song called “Corcovado” that’s in Portuguese. I don’t know, I might want to dapple in some sort of jazz and standards album at some point. It’s just an idea. You never know with me.

CONFRONT: It’s true; you’ve touched on quite a bit in the past 10-12 years. It’s very impressive.

NELLY: Yeah I would say so for sure.

CONFRONT: Is there a genre you would say you have a connection to more than others.

NELLY: I don’t think so. I’m just a songwriter and I’ve never really seen music as categories. I just see music as one big genre. I think I’m most connected to the genre of music *laughs*.

CONFRONT: That’s a very interesting way of putting it. I think a lot of people feel that way now as well. They listen to a lot more music then they used to, they don’t feel like they have to listen to one type only anymore.

NELLY: Yeah! I could never understand that. I guess I kind of get it because when I was 13 I only listened to R&B and Hip Hop so I get the exclusivity factor. I think it’s more cultural to be honest. Music is a very social thing. People tend to stick to whatever fits their lifestyle. For me R&B and Hip Hop really suited my lifestyle at that time. The purity of music is all the same.

CONFRONT: I completely agree. Now you’re incredibly involved with WeDay. How did you become involved with this particular cause?

NELLY: I don’t think anyone can go to WeDay and leave unchanged. My first Free the Children moment came in Kenya when I saw firsthand the work that they do and all the communities that they work with. It’s really changed my whole life because I started to feel hopeful again for the future. I think what WeDay does is give children hope. It gets children involved in a positive manner and a belief that they can make the world a better place and that can start in their own backyard. I just think it’s incredible. It’s a very modern, cutting edge thing.

CONFRONT: For this interview we asked several fan questions and we got an overwhelming response on Twitter. How does it feel to have such incredible loyalty from all around the world?

NELLY: It just makes me want to keep making music. When I travel to different countries and see different types of people singing my songs. I remember being in Taiwan this summer and seeing fans singing “I’m Like a Bird” and then meeting them after the show. They were so excited to meet me and I was just like “Wow this is surreal.” The fact that my music has touched so many countries across the world is really humbling.

CONFRONT: Angela Crosbie from Montreal asked “If you had to choose one album that you feel the most personal connection to, which one would it be and why?”

NELLY: That’s a really good question! It’s really hard to answer because every album is personal. I would have to choose this last one though because I’m more in tuned with my emotions then I have ever been in my entire life. So I would therefore say that this newest album is the most personal because I’m more in touch with myself now.

CONFRONT: Mel Rich from Montreal says that your music has helped a lot of people get through tough times; herself included. One song that was particularly important to her is the song “Try” and she wanted to know what your inspiration behind writing it was.

NELLY: Try is about when your best is not enough and circumstances in life just make your best not enough and you kind of have to accept that. It’s one of the hardest things in life to accept. When you give something your all and it’s just not meant to be and it doesn’t work out. That’s what inspired that song.

CONFRONT: How does it feel, overall, to have your music touch peoples’ lives the way that it does?

NELLY: I take what I do very seriously and when I make my albums I try to be really real in my songs because I feel like people use it as soul food. It’s all about people feeling connected to music. I think that music still has the power to change the world and change lives. It’s so magical so I feel blessed to be able to write songs that connect to people in that way. The other night I was singing “Bucket List” and there was a woman in the front row singing each and every word and that is exactly why I write songs. I want to connect and reach out and hold their hands through music.

CONFRONT: Speaking of bucket lists, Selly from Germany wants to know “What’s one thing on your bucket list that you’d still love to accomplish”?

NELLY: One thing on my bucket list is probably completing my Portuguese full length album.

CONFRONT: Well that seems to be coming along soon enough!

NELLY *laughs* Yes!

CONFRONT: Sisa from the Czech Republic wants to know “When you tour, do you get the chance to sight see and explore new places? If so what’s one place that stands out in your mind?”

NELLY: That’s a great question! Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to stop and see the sights. One of the ones that stands out the most is from this summer. I was in Vienna, Austria and I went to see an opera in this beautiful old opera house. It was absolutely gorgeous. I just had a great time.

CONFRONT: Do you actually have time to see a lot? Do you make the time?

NELLY: Early in my career, I worked so hard that I spent all my spare time sleeping *laughs*. In the last two years I’ve really smartened up to the fact that I’m in all these amazing places and you have to get out and see things and touch them and experience them. I’ve been enjoying that a lot over the past two years.

CONFRONT: It’s a great experience and you’re there already so you might as well go out and explore!

NELLY: Another really fun time I had this summer was in Latvia. We got to go out by the seashore and the Baltic Sea. That was very memorable for me.

CONFRONT: My last question for you is one that we ask every artist we interview. What are three songs that are on repeat on your iPod right now?

NELLY: Three songs on repeat on my iPod! I actually switched from iPod to record player for this tour. It’s a vinyl record player that I keep in my dressing room. I’m listening to Ry Cooder’s “Why Don’t You Try Me”, The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” and Joan Baezs’ version of “If I Were a Carpenter.” Also some Johnny Cash.

CONFRONT: That’s great! We’ll post that up on the website as well. Is there anything else you’d like to add for your fans who are reading this?

NELLY: Check out my opening act Dylan Murray. We signed him to my label three years ago and he just came out with his latest album “Inspiration”. He’s a singer-songerwriter in the vein of Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson. They’re beautiful and heartfelt songs. I think the audience will love him a lot.

CONFRONT: Have a wonderful tour and thank you for taking the time to speak with us.

NELLY: Thank you!

www.confrontmagazine.com/2013/01/nelly-furtado/

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Furtado remains unfazed about criticism, noting that in treading the line between art and ambition, she’s always been her own worst critic.

“The pressure never leaves you,” she confides openly. “Even six years ago, when Loose was the bestselling album in the world, you still think you suck.”

Deep breath: “It never ends for artists. The pressure never leaves. You could have a huge hit — five hits — and it’s never enough!”

It’s an “infinite” business where the bar is set high, she says, “and you have to separate yourself from all that, and I always have.

“Real success is about how you live your life . . . and if you don’t love yourself, it’s kind of pointless.”

www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/1318603--nelly-furtado-at-the-sony-centre

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Bucket List is the next single in Germany, to be released the 8th of March! :)


I respect her so much, after the flop album T.S.I. , she's released 4 videos, she's toured parts of Asia and now emarking on her Canadian tour ... doing charity, and promoting as much as she can in several countries... I love how she's a fighter, others should learn!!!

[Kanenrá:ke]

I'm going to be seeing her for the first time tomorrow!

Does anybody know if she's got a set list that she's been following or does she change things up a bit for each stop? I'm really hoping she sings "Try" or "Explode" cause those are two of my favorites.

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Can't wait to see her on March 13th!!!!

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Exclusive: Nelly ft. Nelly Furtado

Rap artist Nelly is gearing up to release his 7th studio album entitled MO, which he confirmed last night on the Grammy red carpet will feature the first ever Nelly ft. Nelly collaboration. Nelly and Nelly Furtado have worked together, musically, for the first time in their 13+ year careers in the music industry.

[bigbluenote]

^I've always thought that would be cool, for the fact that they have the same name, lol.

[musiclover98]

It's about time! Too bad they didn't do this when they were commercially on top! And too bad SI isn't getting the success it deserves. The album is awesome! Classic Nelly to me. I do think it lacks a real true stand out track though. (I'm Like a Bird, Promiscuous) So that for me, makes it very similar to Folklore. Neither album has a commerical track to really punch pop listeners in the face.

[YoYoCanUSeeMe?!]

Nelly Furtado talks about "Bucket List" Music Video

"Bucket List features some actor/models having a great, important day in New York City."
"I am the narrator... I'm only in it for about 1 minute..singing.."
"but it is beautiful , the scenery, and glimpses of what song is saying throughout. Directed by Aaron A."

Nelly Furtado's new single "Bucket List" releases on March 8th.

Source: Twitter

[bigbluenote]

"Bucket List" would have been a good choice...... as soon as the album was released months ago.

I hope it isn't too late. Maybe it'll at least chart on pop radio?