Kelly Rowland has had a pretty busy year. She got married, had a kid, and then landed a gig on the Fox groundbreaking show ‘Empire’.
Within it all, she has had to balance all these with motherhood, and making new music, as well as other projects. No wonder she felt she was superwoman!
Sitting for an interview session with CBS News, she tackled several issues such as motherhood, her stint on Empire, finding the time to record new music- and why she thinks women are smarter than men.
Read excerpts below…
On her new song ‘Dumb’
“It’s all about how women make men go dumb. I just think that we are just so smart — it doesn’t matter if you are young or old, I just feel like women are five steps ahead of men. It’s very empowering. It’s a fun song.”
On how she landed a role in ‘Empire’:
“I actually got a chance to see [series creator] Lee [Daniels] at Soul Cycle. We’re sitting across from each other and the next thing I knew he was like, ‘I know who you are! I know who are you!’ I looked at him and said, ‘What are you talking about?’ And literally the next day the ‘Empire’ team called and the next week I was on a plane to Chicago to do the role of Leah, which has been amazing.”
On her son Titan:
“I don’t want to go too far away from him. I’m kind of addicted to my son. But I have to work. I need to be able to pay for him! So, I have to get to work.
“…my son came at the most beautiful time in my life and I just have to learn like every other mom how to balance because I’m still grasping that concept. It’s a very hard concept. Nobody told me that!”
Will she be in Empire Season 3?:
“It hasn’t been approached yet. I love the project that he’s working on and we did say we wanted to work together again. So we will see what happens!”
On her advice for aspiring artists: “I would say to know your passion and purpose very clearly. I think a lot of people look at Instagram and they’re like, ‘I got this many followers, and I’m popping.’ But that’s not the case, you got to put work ethic behind it. You have to put professionalism behind it, technique behind it”