Music icon Princess Superstar had a very unusual job while topping the charts.
The American DJ and hip-hop artist was thrown into the global spotlight with her 2005 hip hop track Perfect. However, while her original a cappella track didn’t chart, a version of the track, Perfect (Exceeder) was picked up by Ministry of Sound, which landed at Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and Number 1 on the UK Dance Charts in 2007. But while she was busy working on music and performing across the world, the 54-year-old found herself turning to a more bizarre job.
“I was working doing creative direction for brands and social media”, she exclusively revealed to the Mirror at her home in Los Angeles. But when asked about her most unexpected client, the star revealed: “One time, I had a client who made bullets, I was like ‘ Wow, ‘ and one time I had a doctor and I had to do her social media.
” Regardless, I enjoyed myself doing it, it was weird. “However, the musician joked that in 20 years, she would turn to” OnlyGrans. “With Perfect, Princess, whose real name is Concetta Suzanne Kirschner was left stunned when Ministry of Sound created a video for the track – without her in it, despite her signing a contract to have creative control over the situation. Speaking about this, Princess said:” Back then, we didn’t have social media so there was a lot of disconnect.
“Sonically, I’d had the hit with Bad Babysitter (2002) and then I had Perfect (2005) and it was years in between, so I think people were confused like ‘ Who is Princess Superstar? ‘ and now I get the chance with social media to be like ‘ I am Princess Superstar, ‘ which is really amazing and to put out new music, it’s been incredible”.
But while most people who grew up in the Nineties will know the star for the the lyrics “One, two, three, four, let me scream if you want some more”, – she also enjoyed a resurgence in popularity thanks to the 2023 Emerald Fennell movie, Saltburn, which featured the hit.
“The fact Perfect went viral on TikTok after 17 years, TikTok helped give me my career back after Saltburn”, she said. But the musician had no idea what Saltburn was about when she was approached and only recognised a handful of names from the film. Recalling the moment, she said: “I had no clue, it was just like ‘ Can we use this song?, ‘ it mentioned the actors and I recognised a couple of their names, I thought it was some little Indie film, I pretty much always say yes to anybody wanting to use my song. I was like ‘ That sounds cool, let’s do it, ‘ I had no idea, none”.
Reflecting on the track being used over 42, 000 times on the app, she said: “It’s absolutely incredible, it’s any artists dream who wants to be a musician. It was so magical, like winning the lottery”. The star admitted it was also a chance to reconnect with her fans who were overjoyed that she was finally being recognised.
“Then there’s the new kids”, she said, adding: “There’s the kids, a lot of whom are on TikTok and they thought it was a new song! My comments, they’ll be like ‘ Wait, how old are you?! ‘ I think they think I’m supposed to be a new popstar. The kids are tremendous, I love them, it’s so fun.
” Sometimes when I play, it’s a lot of kids, like teenagers. “This resonates with Princess ‘ daughter, 13, who in recent years thanks to the resurgence has seen the world through her mum’s perspective and seen the track used on TikTok and Instagram”. It’s such a gift, “she said.
But now, she’s back with her new track, Goddess, which was written” a long time ago. “She commented:” I had all these old songs that I wrote that I never did anything with. I had the bones of it, I really wanted to write something that would make people feel incredible, like a Goddess or a God, I really like writing things that empower people, that are also campy.
“That’s my favourite thing, the juxtaposition of self-love but camp too. I hadn’t had that done, I worked with Oscar Scheller, he’s an amazing producer, he’s worked with Mel C, Pink Panthress, when I told him the idea, he was like ‘ I have the perfect track'”. But that’s not the only Spice Girls connection – the track was mastered by Geoff Pesche at the iconic Abbey Road Studios, famed for his work on the girl bands debut hit, Wannabe.
“My manager knew Geoff and he was like” I think I could get you there, ‘ I was shaking, I was so excited, Geoff is such a dream, he’s so talented! “But while Princess was” afraid “of Geoff hearing the track, he told her that the production was” f***ing amazing, “leaving her completely blown away.
Known for her camp hits, Princess admits that the LGBTQ+ community is” everything “to her”. I wouldn’t be who I am, all my art direction and my beauty, is all my gay friends, “she revealed”. That’s who I love, that’s who have always supported me since day one. I feel the most comfortable, my favourite gigs are Pride, “she commented.
Despite the highs of releasing new music and performing across the globe, Princess recently endured utter devastation. Living in Los Angeles, close to the Pacific Palisades, she witnessed the heartbreaking fires first hand”. I was living in New York during 9/11, Downtown, so it really reminded me of that, “she said before adding:” It was so scary. “
Reflecting on the fires, she said:” I knew people who lost their homes, kids who lost their school and were just devastated. The thing is, there’s always beauty in pain and the thing that I saw was everybody coming together. I spoke to a bunch of people who had lost everything and they were saying it’s hard to receive all the love that has poured out and the unity that had come in during the disaster was extraordinary to watch. It reminds you that humanity is fundamentally good. “
This year, she will be dropping new music” frequently “and has a mixtape, The Serve, which she says is about” glamour, serving “but” also serving mankind. “
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