worldpop Dane & Victoria Interview - 7/27/00


Black Text = worldpop (Jordan Paramor)
Red Text = Dane Bowers
Blue Text = Victoria Beckham

They're two of pop's hottest talents and they've got together with True Steppers to create the fantastic single, Out Of Your Mind. We caught up with Vic 'n' Dane to find out what they really think of each other ...

Spice up your life ... Dane meets Vic
What did you think of each other the first time you met?

The first time we met was to say hello at the MOBO awards. But working together, we pretty much knuckled down and got on really well. We had a lot of fun doing it and because we loved the single I think it was a lot easier for us.

Have you discovered any annoying habits about each other along the way?

I'll admit mine right now - I pick my nose!

She does, and she had to admit it because I was going to say that.

What do you do that's really annoying? He just gets a superstar tantrum every now and again.

Um, I don't have any bad habits. I don't know what my bad habits are!

What did you get up to on your video shoot for Out Of Your Mind?

It was great fun. Everything around us was really great, and the director was fantastic. And I think that as much as we had a lot to prove, so did everybody around us so everybody was putting in 110%. The dancers were great and it was a good atmosphere.

It was a good team, we all had a great time. It was 17 hours a day for two days, but it was good fun.

How did you keep yourselves going when you got tired?

Loads of Red Bull!

I did actually, I had loads of it.

We just wanted it to be good so we put in as much as we could, so that's what got us through. Adrenalin, ambition, and lots of coffee!

And we had our families and everyone around us.

Who do you think you are? ... tabloid rumors
What's the weirdest rumor you've heard about yourselves recently?

That I'm talentless!

Apparently in the paper it said that my girlfriend actually demoed this song first, which wasn't true at all. I don't know where they got that from.

Oh yeah, my mum told me about that yesterday. The weirdest thing I've heard recently ... oh, I've read before now that I'm really a man, which was interesting. Someone said that all the Spice Girls were really men.

She's really called Victor!

You always have your families around you. Do you make sure that they travel around with you so that you have time to see them?

It's pretty difficult when you're really busy to see your family or your girlfriend or whatever, so it's nice to take them with you. I think they come because they want to see it anyway. It's a nice thing for them to come down and watch shows and support us.

We're both really close to our families so it's nice that they can come down and be with us.

Viva forever ... old friends
Victoria, do you still see the rest of the Spice Girls a lot?

Yes, I saw Melanie C today, and I saw the rest of them yesterday because we were shooting the cover for the new album. So yeah, I see them quite a lot and I speak to them on the phone all the time.

Dane, do you still see the other Another Level boys?

I haven't seen them in a while. Mark's just got engaged so he's getting married soon but I saw him not too long ago. The other two I haven't seen for a while. I think one of them's been in America and one's doing some stuff over here but I don't know what they're up to.

Two become one ... solo albums
How are both your solo albums going?

Really well. We're both writing with a lot of people and doing our own writing projects, but hopefully we're going to get into the studio again and write together. It's going really well.

I've heard his first single and it's fantastic. Really, really good.

She's working with Rodney Jerkins.

I think both us have been doing a lot with working on the single and our own albums. We've been working hard.

So you are planning to work together again?

I think we'll definitely get in the studio and do some writing. And I'm sure we'll come up with some good stuff!

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