![]() ![]() On Australian Idol season 4 in 2006, eventual runner-up Jessica Mauboy performed Have You Ever on the Final 7 performance show.In 2006, Dutch singer Esmée Denters covered the song on YouTube, which led to her getting a record deal with Justin Timberlake's Tennman Records.She eventually placed fifth in the competition. In 2003, American Idol finalist Trenyce Cobbins performed this song on the Final 6 Diane Warren show.These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Have You Ever?." CD maxi single She is also seen singing in her bedroom and the pool wearing different clothes. The video starts at an empty street before Brandy drives in. 1 on the charts! I was really nervous but it all worked just fine." Music video "My voice wasn't as developed as it is now and the song required what producers call ‘money notes' - the kind that get you a No. We just need someone to create the great idea and believe in it."That was the first time I had been in the studio with a producer like David Foster", Brandy said about recording in a 2005 interview. I think it’s something we all want to see again. You could just see the differences of humanity reflected in this entire cast and I think if someone really believed in an idea like that in today’s time that it could definitely work. You had a young African American lady with braids in her hair as Cinderella. At that time naysayers would say, ‘We don’t know if it’s going to work … you shouldn’t do it.’īut took a shot at doing something monumental. This year marks the 20th anniversary of your groundbreaking role in “Cinderella.” Do you think we’ll ever see another multicultural re-imagining like that? I want to know what it feels like to just be accountable for myself and my creativity of my music. I’ve done the label thing, I’ve done the slave thing - I’ve done that. It’s time for new ways to experience things for me. I want to experience what that feels like. I want to know what it feels like to just do things on my own. It sounds like you plan on going the indie route. I’m just waiting patiently for the right timing for everything that I have planned for myself and my vision. The one thing that was really holding me back that my dream was in another person’s hands. Moving forward do you plan on pursuing another deal with a major? ![]() Last year you were entangled in litigation with your label. I like this process, I’ve never done it this way before - just writing my music first before I even go lay anything down. I have so many songs that I’ve written and been working on and in the process of finishing. I want to hold myself accountable to face my fears and not have an ego. So I want it to be my approach now that I have a little bit more wisdom under my belt and more experience. Everything that I have accomplished has required me to be brave. Well, I think it’s humility at the end of the day. Considering your career so far, what does that mantra mean to you? You’ve mentioned the new you is about being more brave. I want to try to still modernize it and make it relevant for everyone. For myself, going forward … I’m not going to do anything that’s not true to me in my music or true to myself and my era. The ’90s was a state of mind, and it’s on its way back. That’s magnetic and magical, and I think people are craving that now. A certain song, a certain lyric can take you back to a time and a place. You know it’s a special era when there are circumstances that go with the song that you love. What do you think it was about that time that so many revere? Nineties R&B seems to be having a resurgence, and many younger artists today have cited you as a direct inspiration. ![]()
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