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Prior to Clive Davis' arrival, they played
remixes of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", "How Will I
Know" and shockingly enough, "Greatest Love Of All" & "I Will
Always Love You". Also shown were interviews with each of the producers & writers
for the album, as well as with Whitney & Clive. Each track was played in it's entirety
for the audience (most of each track was muted out for the Webcast-they didn't want people
making complete copies); Davis set up each song by talking about the producers/writers
involved, and read the lyrics to several of them. Whitney came out & asked her mom to
come up & join her onstage-they, with Clive, posed for photos; then there was a
half-hour break. The following are the highlights of the press conference: *when asked if this were her most personal album, Whitney replied "No, not the most personal. They're all personal to me"; *asked what she planned to do next, Whitney said she'd be taking a vacation, trying for another baby, and possibly touring next year; *when asked what got her through making an entire album in 8 to 9 weeks, Whitney replied "Faith in God; I'm led by faith, not by sight. Otherwise I couldn't have done it"; *Whitney said she didn't choose to do an "urban" album, just great songs; *she's still deciding whether or not to play Dorothy Dandridge. She said she's "not actress enough" to do her justice & would look at "better players" than herself; *next album is Greatest Hits, but Clive doesn't know when; *for her Atlantic City show, she's only going to do 2 or 3 of the new songs, and "a lot of the old ones"; *Disney wants her to do another "Cinderella"-type project; *one night, 3 weeks ago, every studio at New York's "The Hit Factory" was booked with people working on the tracks for Whitney's album; *when asked how she deals with a level of fame "few people have ever acheived", Whitney said she prays for patience and prays not to react; *when she mentioned gently that sometimes the press goes overboard on her private life, there were cheers & applause from the audience; *she & Luciano Pavarotti(with whom she sang at the 1994 Rainforest Benefit in New York City) share similar techniques to rest & prepare their voices, and have discussed doing something together; *the final question was about if she were glad that she would never have to explain to her daughter some day that she wore cone-shaped breasts (a la Madonna), Whitney said "It's just an image. I know Madonna, and she doesn't wear cone-shaped bras everyday." NEWSFILE: 5 NOVEMBER 1998 |