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Ally Brooke Talks Possible Fifth Harmony Reunion, 'Under The Tree' EP & More | Billboard News
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11/29/2023
Singer Ally Brooke stopped by Billboard News and opened up about a potential Fifth Harmony reunion, her return to pop music, creating her new holiday EP 'Under The Tree' and more!
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I've just learned to really own who I am
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and be unapologetic and just be free.
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That's what it is, just to be free.
00:07
(upbeat music)
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- Hey, it's Tetris with Billboard News
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and look who I got hanging out with me today.
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Ally Brooke, what's up girl?
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♪ I know you got some things that you could show me ♪
00:25
♪ Low key, low key, you should really get to know me ♪
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♪ I can tell your lips don't lie ♪
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♪ When you kiss the right part, oh my ♪
00:33
(singing in foreign language)
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- Your return to pop, you said you need a banger.
00:41
Well, I'm gonna give it to you.
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- Yes. - Gone to bed.
00:44
Tell me about the single.
00:45
- I love it so much.
00:46
So it's basically about two lovers.
00:48
You want to see your lover, but you don't.
00:51
And you end up seeing that person and you're like,
00:53
man, I really should have just gone for it.
00:55
♪ Should have left you in my head ♪
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♪ Yeah, I really should have gone to bed ♪
01:02
- It's like pop, it's very in your face pop,
01:04
but you've dabbled in a lot of things from Latin to EDM.
01:07
So what made you decide on this sound for this project?
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- Well, I was going the Latin route and I loved it,
01:12
but I felt like I really wanted to go back
01:14
to who I truly was, you know, the pop artist that I am.
01:19
I recently reconnected with my former A&R
01:23
from "50 Harmony Days" named Joey Arboge.
01:26
He's amazing, he's responsible for all the hits.
01:28
We recently reconnected.
01:30
He played "Gone to Bed" and I completely fell in love.
01:32
I was like, that's my record.
01:34
- And the fact that you've worked with him for so long.
01:36
So how has that been to be at a new label,
01:38
but also have somebody that knows you really well?
01:40
- We made, you know, history together.
01:43
So to have that and to have like a fresh perspective now
01:46
and being in 2023, it's really amazing.
01:49
I'm kind of bringing that old energy,
01:50
but bringing the new energy too.
01:52
- I know your fans are going to miss that pop sound.
01:54
So they're excited to have it back.
01:56
And what can you tell us about like
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what else you're recording?
01:58
Is an album coming?
01:59
Like what's happening with the pop music?
02:01
- There is 100% album, but that'll be for next year.
02:04
Fingers crossed, I know I keep saying that,
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but it's really true.
02:08
I'm just beginning to work on it
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and we have a lot that's in store.
02:13
♪ I tried to block you, tried meditation ♪
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♪ I looked around, there's no imitation ♪
02:19
- Well, something that people can be pumped for
02:21
is this Christmas music.
02:23
So what made you decide to do a Christmas EP?
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- Oh my God, I love the holiday season so much.
02:29
It's been an aspiration and a goal
02:31
to have a holiday album and I finally have one.
02:34
- And what can you tell us about the original song
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that touches you?
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- Oh, it's so fun.
02:39
It's called "Under the Tree"
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and it's about me or whoever you want to be
02:42
being under the tree and you're like,
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"I'm not me."
02:44
It's really cute.
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♪ You can find me under the tree ♪
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♪ I'll be waiting on Christmas Eve ♪
02:53
- I'm gonna ask you a question
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that nobody's ever asked me before, okay?
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- Oh my God!
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- So I want you to be prepared
02:58
for the first time you've ever been asked this question.
03:01
When's the Fifth Harmony reunion happening?
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- Oh my God!
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(laughing)
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♪ You don't gotta be the one, one, one, one, one, one ♪
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- You did reunite with your old A&R,
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so just tell me about some memories for those days
03:13
and we even saw Dinah the other day.
03:14
Everybody was so excited to see that online.
03:17
So how's it been to have this resurgence again
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with your love?
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- Yes, it was a resurgence and oh my God,
03:22
it's been something that was truly amazing.
03:25
I recently reunited with not only Joey, but Dinah
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and it was just perfection.
03:30
It really was and it was very like healing too.
03:34
I hadn't seen her in five years, which is crazy.
03:36
- Wow.
03:37
- I know.
03:38
Just to have that and have so many years pass,
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so much time pass and being able to reflect
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and look back and see that in each other
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and know that we have that like sisterhood
03:48
and that bond that we'll share forever.
03:51
That was just so, it was fantastic.
03:53
- And it must feel different as well,
03:55
just to be like women, the women you are now
03:57
and the growth you've had personally,
03:59
it has to be like a whole different vibe.
04:01
- 100%, that's what it is.
04:02
Like we're women now and we have grown so much
04:07
and we have like done our own thing,
04:08
gone our own ways, gone our own path
04:11
and we're now together in a different light
04:14
and I'm trying to reunite with them.
04:18
So I think some sort of reunion may happen.
04:21
- We're feeling the energy, I can tell you.
04:23
We are, the fans are, everybody wants it.
04:25
♪ Uh-huh, show me what you got now ♪
04:27
♪ Come on, make the world my world ♪
04:29
♪ Give it to me, I'm worth it ♪
04:31
- When you think about those days as well,
04:33
you were just saying like we're women now,
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but then obviously you guys go viral a lot of times
04:36
for just like so many things that happened
04:38
through your career when you were much younger.
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So what's your favorite like thing
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that goes viral for you guys?
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- One of my favorite ones is the work
04:44
from home hammering the tire for sure
04:47
and then the one where I'm like.
04:49
- Oh yes, and you did.
04:51
What performance was that even?
04:52
- That was down for like a Japanese TV show.
04:57
- And what was going through your head at that time?
04:58
- I was just doing the choreography, okay?
05:01
I was just doing my thing.
05:02
- I was just doing my job.
05:04
- Yeah, I was doing my job for sure.
05:05
- And now that you've had such a long career
05:07
in this industry, what do you feel like
05:09
you have learned as an artist today
05:12
as you're releasing music still?
05:13
What have you learned?
05:14
What's been a big lesson?
05:15
- I've learned to own my voice and own my power
05:18
and I feel like I'm finally doing that
05:19
and I have amazing people around me too.
05:21
I've just learned to really own who I am
05:24
and be unapologetic and just be free.
05:27
That's what it is, just to be free.
05:29
- And what would you wanna tell your fans
05:30
that are excited for new Ally Brooke music,
05:32
excited for a possible Fifth Harmony reunion?
05:34
What would you wanna say to your fans?
05:35
- I wanna say thanks for everything.
05:37
You guys are truly just the dopest.
05:40
Get pumped for a possible reunion.
05:43
Possible.
05:44
And (laughs)
05:46
and get pumped for more music from me
05:48
and more projects along the way.
05:51
- Well, I'm so happy you came to hang out with us today.
05:53
It's always so fun.
05:53
Thanks, Ally.
05:54
- Thanks.
05:55
(upbeat music)
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