Will.i.am Talks to Newsweek about BEP's upcoming Super Bowl performance, The concept of celebrity,and new Michael Jackson songs.
Do you consider yourself a celebrity?
will.i.am: Please don’t call me that [laughs]. Most of these people who are celebrities now don’t do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don’t want to be one. I’m just a guy who is passionate about music, and people have gravitated to what I put out there.
You’ve played the World Cup and the presidential inauguration. How does the Super Bowl measure up? The Super Bowl is different. I mean, it’s practically an American holiday! Plus my family are huge football fans. I had an uncle who played with the L.A. Rams. He never made it to the Super Bowl, so at least we’ll now be able to say someone in the family did.
You’ve also produced for a lot of icons. How do you tell someone like Bono he’s out of tune? I panic before I go in the studio, like “Oh, God, I’m about to be chillin’ with M.J. for a week in Ireland.” So you geek out on your way there, but as soon as you get there you have to be responsible. You also have to humble yourself and not get all extra cocky, like “Yeah, you want my expertise ’n’ s--t?” Well, that s--t’s wack. You can’t ego out.
The songs you worked on with Michael aren’t on the CD that just came out. Given the chance, would you have released them now? The only thing that came out after three years of working together was the “Thriller 25” remixes. All the other songs we recorded haven’t come out, and I don’t think they should. It isn’t right to put that music out without his final say or blessing. He was all about getting it right.
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