Did Kelis anticipate 'Milkshake' will be a huge success? Singer reveals her hit song had 'no takers' initially
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Kelis, who was recently in the news for her rumored romance with Bill Murray, opened up on her successful song ‘Milkshake.’
The artist, in an interview, said, “It's really cool to be able to talk about it now because it's one of those things that when people see something successful, they just assume that it's always been successful or that it's always been easy."
The 44-year-old added, "'Milkshake' was a record that when I decided to make it my single and put it out, we couldn't get radio to play it. There was nothing else like it at the time."
Was ‘Milkshake’ song an instant hit?
Kelis further reflected on the initial days of when she partnered with Lactaid on the It’s Dairy’ campaign.
"If you look at music the year prior to that versus music to the year after that, it's completely different.”
“It changed the course of music for women and for hip-hop, R&B, it was a real merging in a way that we hadn't seen before. It changed the rhythm and the cadence of how we did things, especially as female artists," she said.
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The ‘Good Stuff’ crooner explained, "We didn't look this way. We didn't sound this way. And so it's iconic now, but at the time, it was rebellious and it was important. It made a difference."
The song will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Friday, August 25. "I had no idea that it would be big for my career. You can only really understand something like that in retrospect." the performer reflects.
"At the time you're just like, 'This is who I am right now and this is what I'm doing, and this matters because I feel like this is right.' And my sentiment was not so much about what it would look like 20 years from now, but it was more like, 'This is important,” she told People.
Kelis concluded, “This is who I am, and I want people to look at female artists a certain way, and I want to be a part of that.'"
What did Kelis say on rumored Bill Murray affair?
On her alleged affair with actor Bill Murray, the singer playfully settled the debate when one fan asked, "Ma'am would you care to address these Bill Murray allegations?!? Cuz damn! What is he doing with all that?!?"
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The 'Bossy' singer gave a witty response, stating, "Lol no babe, I wouldn't bother at all."
