Her early sessions with Linda Perry — the first collaborator to grace Stefani's solo project — sometimes brought her to tears. "I basically cried in my bed," Stefani explained, "because I was so scared." She didn't feel ready when Perry's schedule dictated the only five days she had open to work with her, so with some hesitation, Stefani tried to get her act together in time to work with former 4 Non Blondes singer-turned-hit-producer.

"I could not keep up," Stefani revealed. "There were times I was in with Linda, and I can just remember going in to write lyrics in the other room, and I'd come in, and she'd written a whole song. [I was thinking,] 'Dude, slow down. This is my record; let me be a part of it.' It was really frustrating at times. I don't want somebody writing something better than me on my own record, but at the same time, it's not about that."

Perry and Stefani's first song together, "Fine by You," didn't exactly push Gwen's buttons, since it didn't fit her vision of doing a dance record, but the next day, Perry came in after staying up the whole night working on the beginnings of "What You Waiting For?"

"She presses play, and it's like, 'Gwen, what the f--- you waiting for?'" Stefani said. "It was almost kind of like a dare. I had told her my whole drama, 'I'm tired,' and she had this whole crazy new wave track, and I was just really blown away: 'You did not just write that!' I just started going for it, and we wrote 'What You Waiting For?' "

These stories sound like the normal pains of creative collaborative projects. Things can get really messy before the product is finished. I think Gwen is really happy with "What You Waiting For" and probably chose it herself to be the single.

If you guys ever tried to work on an album or film, you wouldn't bat an eyelash at these stories. The stories sound true and common.

purplegypsy said:

doesnt sound as drama as the article makes it out to be.


and

Gwen To Perform At American Music Awards
Tune in this Sunday, November 14 to see Gwen performing "What You Waiting For?" live to open the 2004 American Music Awards on ABC, 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 PM Central (tape delayed on the West Coast).

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and for those in the UK-europe

Upcoming European TV Appearances
Gwen will be appearing on these upcoming TV shows in Europe:

Nov. 13 - CDUK (UK)

Nov. 13 - Hit Machine (France)

Nov. 26 - Top of the Pops (UK)

Also, broadcast dates to be scheduled for her appearances on Richard & Judy (UK) and TV TOTAL (Germany).


from http://www.gwenstefani.com/

Christopher said: