Ester Dean must be loving her life right now, she has written a catalogue of number one songs (Rudeboy, What’s My Name, Firework to name a few) and she is now working on her own material for debut LP. Ester, who also penned Beyonce’s Countdown, will be exploring a sound that suits her “raspy” voice.
On her album direction:
We’re working on picking songs right now. Picture Mary [J. Blige] singing over Jay-Z tracks. Singing over Jay-Z beats, Kanye West beats. I want it to be grimy. It’s something about having a grimy sound where it’s truth be told… It’s talking about something but it doesn’t have to be sad. It’s hard, like in your face
Whether she will still write for other artists:
If Beyoncé wants a song, I can do one, if Rihanna wants a song, I can do one, if Sean Paul wants a song, I can do one, if Britney[Spears] wants a song, if Celine Dion wants a song, I can do it because I’m never chasing them. I thank God to be able to be in the vicinity of ’em.
On Rihanna’s number one song, S&M:
That girl, she knows what to do with ‘S&M.’ I just knew how to write i… that’s not an Ester song.
On Missy Elliot
I think Missy is girl empowerment. She’s like ‘every girl should be able to be around each other. And then making music non-sexist because she’s like, ‘I can come over here and ride with ya’ll boys,’ and that’s what I’m making sure I put out. A uni-sex sound.
Lets hope she collaborates with the artist she has written for like, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Beyonce, Katy Perry and Kelly Rowland.
