They may be the biggest girl group in the world but Destiny's Child insist they're just normal girls and that they still get starstruck! In worldpop's video exclusive, they fill us in on their new single, their Christmas album and solo projects.
worldpop: Where did the song Bootylicious come from?
Beyonce: It was inspired by a plane ride to London.
Michelle: The captain was Bootylicious!
Beyonce: It was a long flight, I was bored and had nothing to do. I was listening to a CD and it had this Stevie Nicks sample. It was so funky the word 'bootylicious' just popped into my head. The song is basically about feeling good about yourself and having confidence. It's just celebration of self.
worldpop: Is it a getting ready record?
Kelly: Yes definitely. If you look at the video you can totally see why people are feeling bootylicious. They're all seeing how they look in their dresses and it's like, 'OK, I'm feeling bootylicious today, I'm gonna go shake my thang on the dancefloor!''
worldpop: How did you persuade Stevie Nicks to appear in the video?
Michelle: We met her when we were taping Saturday Night Live and she was doing Rosie O'Donnell. It was so odd because we'd just been talking about her that day. She had things to do but she was willing to cancel them to come to our video shoot. The video turned out hot.
worldpop: Beyonce, after the Carmen movie, have you got any more acting plans?
Beyonce: Yeah, all of us get a lot of scripts. I know Michelle's gotten scripts for a gospel movie. It's something I want to do more of but Destiny's Child is my heart.
worldpop: Have you thought about writing and producing for other artists as well as Destiny's Child?
Beyonce: Yes, but other artists make me scared and if I'm not comfortable, the stuff I write is terrible. Whenever I get my confidence up and feel more secure with my writing then I will do that. I will be writing for my younger sister who has an album coming out. Also, Michelle and Kelly's solo projects whenever they do them, if they want me, I'm here to write for them.
worldpop: What can we expect from your Christmas album?
Kelly: Traditional songs, four original songs and also Solange is going to be on the Christmas album.
Beyonce: We're trying to get either Bono or maybe the Dixie Chicks because we're doing a Christmas special with them so for us to do a duet with them is cool. And we're each going to have a solo song on the album.
worldpop: Michelle, is it true you're going out with Richard Blackwood?
Michelle: No, me and Richard are not dating. I haven't seen him since we were here I believe in April, May for our album release party so sorry guys, I didn't give you what you wanted to hear!
worldpop: Is there much pressure on you to go out with other famous people?
Beyonce: Not really. When you're dating a normal person they want to know about that normal person. People are more fascinated when it's another celebrity but regardless people are just all in your business.
worldpop: Despite being the biggest girl group in the world, you're quite unstarry.
Beyonce: We're people. We come in, 'Hey girl, what's up? Ooh, your shoes are cute. Where you going? Let's go to shopping, alright.' You know what I mean, we're normal people.
Michelle: I'm sure there are some really Hollywood males that probably would be turned off by us.
Beyonce: Yeah, a lot of people would not like us because we're too real for them.
Michelle: We don't care what you do, it does not mean anything, as long as you're a genuine, real person.
Beyonce: That's what impresses us.
worldpop: How does it feel when people like Janet Jackson say they admire you?
Kelly: You see that big grin on all of our faces! We love Janet, she is truly an incredible artist. That's a compliment.
Beyonce: It's very strange. It makes you feel weird. You do get starstruck when you see people like Janet. Sometimes you meet people you like and it's disappointing but you meet people like Janet and they make you feel really excited. Actually we met Michael Jackson doing a show. I looked to my right, he was standing right there on the side of the stage. I had to put the mic down and start screaming and the audience was totally confused! We got so starstruck, we hugged him on stage.
Kelly: And we didn't want to let go!
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