Humo Magazine Interview

Humo has published a new interview of Anastacia and Natalia. There are also 4 lovely pics that come with it! The Magazine will be out tomorrow.

Update: Thanks to NataliaDivaFan for the translation of the whole article. Scans are available on the Official Fanclub.

The steamy double interview , Natalia and Anastacia

When she was in university, Natalia went wild when I’m Outta Love got played on campus party’s. Little did she know that she would one day be filling the Sportpaleis with that same Anastacia. In early 2011 then that time will come, afther earlier succesfull editions with The Pointer Sisters , En Vogue and Shaggy, she will now join forces with a worldstar for a no doubt amazing show with their own hits and a bunch of surprises. Recently they released a single, Burning Star, it sounds like a marketing stunt, but it’s a golden one, because both ladies have a voice, and a story.

Anastacia started out on MTV, had worldwide hits, sold over 20 million records, and afther she beat breast cancer she posed in t-shirts with “Survival Chick” printed on it.

We spoke with both ladies in a limosine driving between Antwerp and Brussels, where we had a very chaotic and cheerfull conversation (to make it clear, this was before it was known Natalia’s father was diagnosed with cancer). One more thing, if it says (big greasy laugh) then that’s the understatement of the week.

HUMO : I would have expected a bigger limosine with champange. How are you both when you are drunk? More silent type, or dancing on the table type?

Anastacia : Then I am even more fun then usuall. Then I talk nonstop to people who don’t wanna listen to things I know nothing about (laughs)

Natalia : Me to, I become very happy and start laughing and very loud if i’m drunk. Dancing on the table not really, although I am the one that gets the party started then.

Humo : Music is a soundtrack for alot of people’s lives, did it ever happen that people complimented their lives to your music?

Natalia : I know from at least one lady that she (raises her legs open in the air) during childbirth put on I’ve Only Just Begun To Fight (One of Natalia’s biggest early hits) really loud, in the hopes it would ease the pain.

Humo : And? Triplings? Minimum?

Natalia : No , one, but is that not amazing? I can see that lady laying there, shaking and pressing.

Anastacia : Yeah , go girl!

Humo : Did you ever go up to a fan before the fan made the first move?

Anastacia : No, oh no yes, I was walking tru Amsterdam when I heared I’m Outta Love blasting out of an open window. In that moment I rang their doorbell and when those people opend the door I said ‘Roomservice!’ Never I saw people dropping their jaws that much (laughs) I saw their eyes goin from me to their tv that had mtv on, back to me and back to the tv again, you saw they where thinking, how can this woman be in both places in the same time? But once they got over that shock they did not wanna let me go anymore, ‘come in, there is plenty to drink, there is plenty of everything (winks), what do you wanna eat, are u staying over…?’ Sweet people, real cute, only later I realized, oh my god, what if they where just making love to my music, they would have opend the door naked!

Humo : You just finished a tour with Chaka Khan, For years I am trying to convince Natalia and her manager that she sould bring ‘Aint Nobody” from Chaka Khan live, a undestructable song, perfect for her voice.

Anastacia : We did that song on the tour with Chaka, Lulu was also there.

Humo : Lulu? Singer from the 60’s?

Anastacia : Yes but her voice is still exellent. She can easily blow you out of your seat 100 meter away.

Humo : Which mistake can you not make when you will great your enthusiastic Antwerp fans? I’m thinking about Béziers…

Anastacia : Oh god, that story will follow me untill the end of my days…(faces Natalia) I had to perform in Béziers, In France, in a huge arena where they normally hold bullfights. There where a bunch of important people there, I was not that famous yet, so alot was riding on this perforamce, but the vibe was amazing. So a few songs into the set I yelled very enthusiasticlly ‘J’adore Bézires” Unfortunatly my French speech is not perfect so it sounded as ‘J’adore baiser!’ The public did not respond, so I thought, with the wind they probably did not understand it clearly, so alot louder I yelled ‘J’ADORE BAISER!!!! And then a deadly silence. Aftherwords someone asked me, ‘doe joe know vot you ave just told all of France?’ Sure, I told’em I love’em….euh not really….man I was dying! But the boss from the French record label said, don’t worry about it, they thought u where amazing, we will sell alot of records here.

Humo : If nipplegate would have happend to you and Janet Jackson then it would never have been the scandal it become. Because you are very spontaneous, you would have landed back on your feet and made a joke about it.

Anastacia : You know what I think? That nipplegate was no accident at all, I think it was planned that Justin Timberlake would rip of Janet’s top piece and they probably did not expect such a negative reaction. I am not sure how it all went down but I do know it bothers people if u start to pretend and fake it.

I would have said, oops, ti*ty, ah, well, that’s life!

Humo : It was also not the first time that something like this happend to an artist, I’ve seen Grace Jones perform before with uncoverd nipples, Lily Allen , and recently Lady Gaga had an “accident” with part of her dress getting ripped off in Ibiza.

Natalia : Something like that will not happen to me. Once I was on stage and I did not know a hairpiece dropped to low with all the moving and shakeing, it went so low so it looked like I had a hairy a*s (laughs) But that’s the only defect I had so far on stage.

Anastacia : Did your never rip your pants? (greasy laugh)

Natalia : Yes, but that story they already know. It was a leather pants, which ripped when I kneeled on stage, I had on a string underit with little diamants….

Humo : Brown?

Natalia : Pink. Behind my back I gave a signal to my backingvocals that I ripped my pants and needed help, but nobody did something, so I had to go off stage into the dressing room where it took 5 mins to get the leather pants off (laughs)

Humo : Do you know that story about Jermain Jackson, brother of Micheal? He breads his own horses, but once a Dutch reporter who did not speak alot of English asked him ‘so, Jermaine, I hear your f*ck your own horses?” Where in response the bodyguards of Jermaine almost beat him into pulp.

Anastacia (bursts out laughing) Then my ‘J’adore Béziers’ aint that bad after all, there is still hope, ha! I am not ashamed for anything, just another day in my life, honey. Every day something goes wrong, part of life. One time I woke up on the day of a concert with a stiff neck, and not just a regular stiff neck, I was standing croocked, like the hunchback of Notre Dame. I got some shots then, which did not work. They could have easily put the stage croocked that day so it at least would have looked like I was walking normally. I did perform that night, but I remember nothing from it, was so high from the shots. Later I heared from my manager that I was doin never ending talks between songs. The guy’s at the mix table where trying via the monitor to get me to start singing the next song, but I just kept talking ‘wait wait wait, just one more fun thing I want to say…” I was the stand up comic from hell.

Humo : In the USA it’s not unsuall for a stand up comic, instead of other singer or group, to be the opening act for a headliner. I once saw Aretha Franklin in New York, with 3 stand up comics as opening act, so weird.

Anastacia : They do that because a comic is no direct competition for the headliner, and also because a comic warms up the audience in another way, they become more loose then for example a rockgroup would do. A better way in my opinion.

Humo : I once saw you in rehearsals for a show in Vegas, when you looked back and saw your cute dancers where gone you said “The guy’s are gone, story of my life”

Anastacia : O, that was for the Divas show, and that IS the story of my life, believe me.

Humo magazine : When was the last time you said no? Profesionally that is.

Anastacia : I just said no to Playboy, not that they asked me , but still (big laugh from both ladies). I would never pose naked.

Natalia : Me neither , not that I am ashamed but there has to be something left to the imagination. It’s a fine line between sexy and vulgar.

Humo : Anastacia , do you know the story of Natalia and the truck?

Anastacia : No, tell me! Dish the dirt girl!

Natalia : I once had a accident on the highway. I was driving on the highway and wanted to make an exit last minute and turned right to abruptly. A truck had to dodge , which made it tilt over and it stated to slide on it’s side over the highaway for about 50 meters. My boyfriend at the time tried to get the driver out of his cabine because we thought what if that truck has 1000’s of liters of fuel as it’s cargo, luckily it was 1000’s of liters of milk. Everybody in Belgium know this story, but only (looks at reporter with a smile grin on her face) guy’s with small you know what bring this story still up.

Humo : Imagine you are asked for the next James Bond movie. What should the roll you play absolutly have to do?

Anastacia : Can I just be irresistibly sexy a la pu*sy Galore? I can see the credits now ‘Also starring, Anastacia as pu*sy Galore’s long lost sister” I swear with the old Bond. And then I don’t only mean Sean Conery, but also the movies from back then. The sex was just alot more subtile then, although ‘pu*sy galore’ (again a greasy big laugh)

Natalia : I want to be like Halle Berry, sexy but strong, not a bimbo, not just a toy for the guy’s, and then making love on the beach….

Anastacia : ….with a bunch of sailors (big greasy laugh from both)

Humo : Name one chickmovie where you had the feeling it really touched you? Sex and the city does not count.

Natalia : I really like ‘Indecent Proposal’ , with Robert Redford as a millionaire who offers one million dollars for one night with a lady. You would expect that this would drive the girl and her boyfriend apart, but that does not happen. In the end she asks her boyfriend, do you still love me, and she says yes and she asks, even afther all that has happend and he says, yes for ever. I tought that was a very nice message of love overcomming all.

Anastacia : (touched) oh girl!

Humo magazine : Did you ever go to a fortune teller?

Anastacia : No , I have about all excentric deviation’s that are known, but I am not surpersticious. I don’t even make a whish when I blow out candles on a birthdaycake.

Natalia : I did, in Amsterdam I went to one who told me some spot on things. He had no idea who I was, but he know my godmother had just died, told me more success will come my way , will have 2 children, live untill my 80’s and that I would work one day in Las Vegas in a show, I would meet a facinating guy who talks with a accent and he will be a little older then me. I want to believe him (laughs)

Humo : What is the strangest place you ever had to put an autograph?

Anastacia : Me on the heel of someone’s foot, nothing special at first sight, but later turns out the girl made that into a tattoo. I thought oh my god, stress! Because that’s a huge responsibility, I am not even sure she was over 18. Next time I will askk before I write, does your mother know this?

Natalia : I was did that, but on the side of a girl, later she came back to show off the tattoo with pride. I thought that was nice.

Humo : Both of you perform alot, when was the last time you went to a concert of another artist and thought, this is so good I want to be on stage up there rightnow?

Natalia : Tina Turner at the Sportpaleis! I was on front row, amazing, I think I spend those 2 hours with a nonstop smile on my face. And Bruce Springsteen, my manager dragged me to that one, something I ended up not being sorry for.

Anastacia : I saw Rod Stewart a while ago. He was very charming, his voice was good, and the hits kept coming. Seriously dude, I was really impressed. I also thought, is it not amazing I know all his songs by heart and don’t own one single album of his? An artist who can say that can die happily.

Humo : A duet with Prince, is that something for u?

Anastacia : A duet with Steven Tyler or Sting would be something for me. I once also recorded one with Michael Jackson but that was never released.

But Prince…..I recently met him, he’s a Jehovah’s witness, right? The first thing i said to him was ‘omigaaawdifuckinloveyourmusic”. He looked at me with that look of his and said very softly ‘uh, you have to pray that you can ban swearing out of your live,otherwise you can never please the lord” Me : I’ll fuckin’ try! , followed with ‘did i fuckin’ curse?’ in which he responded “yeah, you fuckin’ did”.(laughs) Okay that last part I made up, but he was very serious about it. So i thought , my god, this is the guy from “Head” and from “Darling Nikki” who is mastrubating in the lobby from a hotel. In his studio he even has a curseing jar, everybody that swear has to put a $50 into it. I was speechless, and let me tell you, that does not happen to me alot.

But , he is and stays a genius. The last concert I saw of his in London was amazing. Even if he just jams for 15 mins. Btw one of his songs is called ‘Anna Stesia”, but I think afther all that swearing I don’t have to expect a duet with him.

source: NataliaDivaFan/Humo