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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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00:00 I've just learned to really own who I am

00:02 and be unapologetic and just be free.

00:05 That's what it is, just to be free.

00:07 (upbeat music)

00:10 - Hey, it's Tetris with Billboard News

00:17 and look who I got hanging out with me today.

00:19 Ally Brooke, what's up girl?

00:21 ♪ I know you got some things that you could show me ♪

00:25 ♪ Low key, low key, you should really get to know me ♪

00:28 ♪ I can tell your lips don't lie ♪

00:30 ♪ When you kiss the right part, oh my ♪

00:33 (singing in foreign language)

00:37 - Your return to pop, you said you need a banger.

00:41 Well, I'm gonna give it to you.

00:42 - 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 ♪

00:57 ♪ 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?

01:09 - 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

01:57 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,

02:07 but it's really true.

02:08 I'm just beginning to work on it

02:10 and we have a lot that's in store.

02:13 ♪ I tried to block you, tried meditation ♪

02:17 ♪ 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?

02:25 - 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

02:37 that touches you?

02:37 - Oh, it's so fun.

02:39 It's called "Under the Tree"

02:40 and it's about me or whoever you want to be

02:42 being under the tree and you're like,

02:44 "I'm not me."

02:44 It's really cute.

02:45 ♪ You can find me under the tree ♪

02:49 ♪ I'll be waiting on Christmas Eve ♪

02:53 - I'm gonna ask you a question

02:54 that nobody's ever asked me before, okay?

02:56 - Oh my God!

02:57 - 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?

03:03 - Oh my God!

03:04 (laughing)

03:04 ♪ You don't gotta be the one, one, one, one, one, one ♪

03:09 - You did reunite with your old A&R,

03:11 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

03:19 with your love?

03:20 - 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

03:29 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,

03:40 so much time pass and being able to reflect

03:43 and look back and see that in each other

03:46 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,

04:34 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.

04:40 So what's your favorite like thing

04:41 that goes viral for you guys?

04:42 - 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)

Ally Brooke Talks Possible Fifth Harmony Reunion, 'Under The Tree' EP & More | Billboard News

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