Transsexual sex symbol, movie star, and singer – well that could really only describe one person, the fabulous Amanda Lepore. You've definitely seen her – as the cover girl for MAC cosmetics, on Swatch watches, in countless fashion ads, hosting events around the world, and the infamous "Sunglasses at Night" video for Tiga. Working with producers Fatal Art Syndicate, Cazwell, and Larry Tee, she has compiled a remix EP as a teaser for her upcoming artist album. Warning: the electro is as sexy and spicy as she is.
DJ Ron Slomowicz: Well, first I want to tell you that you're absolutely
beautiful, as is your voice.
Amanda Lepore: Oh thanks.
RS: How did you decide to become a singer?
Amanda Lepore: I was asked to go out a lot and make appearances and I
always that I could do more. I've always had an interest in it and
now I can really entertain a crowd.
RS: When you host an event, what you do on stage as a host?
Amanda Lepore: I'm just asked to do different things. I'll help out
if people are having birthdays or whatever, if I am in New York, I
just hang out. I get drinks and invite my friends and dance.
RS: That sounds really cool.
Amanda Lepore: I have responsibilities. With the Sunday Party, I do a
lot of contact with Cazwell, but usually I don't have any
responsibilities in New York.
RS: How did you meet up with Cazwell?
Amanda Lepore: He was just in the same scene as me. I would hire him
for my birthday parties. It was a Larry Tee kind of thing. I used to
always hire him for my birthday parties, to perform and that's how we
became friends.
RS: Larry Tee wrote "My Pussy" for you. What was it like, the
first time you heard the song?
Amanda Lepore: I thought it was kind of easy and funny and
everything. It came out good with really good beats. People really
liked it.
RS: What about Larry Tee's music attracts you to him?
Amanda Lepore: I like everything that he does. He is really good,
really professional and good at what he does. He's been doing it for
years.
RS: Is electro you favorite kind of dance music?
Amanda Lepore: I like it – it's definitely robotic and dancey, and kind of fun.
RS: I hear Perez Hilton had some fun with the song also. Are you
friends with Perez?
Amanda Lepore: Yes and that was really flattering. Larry played it
for me. Plus, I did "Another Gay Sequel" and he wrote a really funny
song for that, too. It was really funny, really campy.
RS: Awesome. You also did a cover of the Waitresses song "I Know
What Boys Like." How did that come about?
Amanda Lepore: The people that I worked with producing "My Hair Looks
Fierce" and "Champagne," knew the girl that was in the Waitresses, so
they got the rights to do it. I always liked the song, so I said that
would be great. They had this thing on a Friday night, a bling party,
that I did. It was a live band, and I did that song and people liked
it so much that they remembered it, so they thought that I should do a
cover of it.
RS: Very cool. Your EP that's out right now, there's lots of
remixes. What's your favorite remix of one of your songs?
Amanda Lepore: I like the originals more than the remixes.
RS: You also have an album coming out soon. What should we look
forward to on the album?
Amanda Lepore: Well, we tried to make each song a different style. We
took at lot of time for each individual song – they were all really
good songs.
RS: You also are coming up in a movie, too. Tell us about that.
Amanda Lepore: Yes, I have a role in Another Gay Sequel as a
transsexual airline stewardess.
