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Nikki Webster Q & A
The Herald Sun | June 18, 2009
What has been the reaction to your comeback single Devilicious?
I've been working on this track for so long, writing it, contacting the producers, building it up. When you finish it you can't wait to get it out, but just before that you think, "Oh no, what's going to happen?" It's had a mixed reaction, but the people I want to like it are liking it. Everyone else can have their own opinion.
Do you find a lot of people review you before they've even heard the new single?
Absolutely. There's a stigma attached. As soon as some people hear "Nikki Webster" it's like "Don't worry about bringing her in" or "We don't want to play that". Radio play hasn't been supportive, but radio interviews have been great.
It must be frustrating, hitting that wall.
Totally, but what am I going to do? All I can do is keep trying other ways and prove - not just to them, but to myself - that I'm an entertainer. I'm not just singing other people's songs, I'm creating music now. I'm a singer and a songwriter and everything in between.
Is there an easier option?
To break it overseas first. I had that option with the producers I wrote this track with. They were like, "Why do you want to go back?" I said, "I don't care if they don't like me, it's my home. It's where I represented my country". I feel Australia is ready for new music from me.
Have you ever wondered why there was such animosity towards you in Australia?
I've thought about it long and hard and I have no answers. Maybe I'm too straightforward and simple and they have to create drama. I've cried about it, laughed about it, joked about it. I'm at the point now where I don't really care. I just want to make music and entertain.
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