An Interview with
Jessica Mauboy What is your favourite thing about performing to a live audience? The energy of the crowd. I think that’s what really gets me energised. If the crowd are buzzing and wanting more that gets me hyped. What is your most memorable performance to date? Generally throughout filming of ‘The Sapphires’ was definitely a great performance. There were so many performances involved – particularly ‘Land of a Thousand Dances’, we even had extras that became fans on set, which just went off. Performing the songs and doing all the acting and the choreography threw me in the deep end. But the whole performance and atmosphere was incredible. I’ll never forget the experience! Who has been your biggest musical inspiration? My biggest musical inspiration would be Mariah Carey. She has such a wonderful journey that I have been following since I was about four and singing all of her songs and I guess at that age I didn’t really know what she was singing about and what the stories were, but I generally felt the
beat and melody of her songs and forever connected as I grew older and understood her music. I still love her. Where do you get your ideas or new songs? For my third album, that I am finalising at the moment, it has been such a dream to come back down to music and be a part of something that I am really familiar with and know best. It’s been great to be back in the studio and hear and develop new material. I just love it!
It was nice to have the space and time to spill all. With this album you can expect something not too far from my first two albums, but I had a lot more influence and was firmer and took a bigger part in what I wanted the music to sound like. So I used the word ‘no’ a few times which was nice. It was great to be able to steer the boat and to be the boss of the chair and to really say what I wanted rather than someone telling you who you are and what is best for you.
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