New Jessica interview with Xtra in Toronto

Here's a fresh new Jessica interview with Xtra in Toronto, enjoy! Thanks Suttaultimate.com

When the Pussycat Dolls emerged on the scene in 2003, some detractors looked down on the group of sexy women proudly shaking their moneymakers. Yet fans loved their sexy strut, eye-popping burlesque outfits and pulsating high-decibel music. 

Jessica Sutta, the group’s red-hot redhead, has gone solo — and her single “Show Me” reached the top of the Billboard dance charts last year. The Florida native is also a staunch supporter of marriage equality and puts her best foot forward to advocate for the cause. Xtra chatted with Sutta ahead of her performance at this year’s Aqua Pride party.

Xtra: Congrats on the hit song from your first release from your upcoming debut, Sutta Pop, topping the charts. Where were you when you heard the news and how did you react?

Jessica Sutta: I got a phone call from my radio rep at Hollywood Records while I was driving, and he said, “I just want to be the first one to tell you that you have a number-one record.” It was really exciting, and I think it was a huge achievement.

You have described your musical tastes as a hybrid of pop, dance and R&B. Is your CD going to be a mix of those sounds?

Sutta is looking forward to performing during Pride because, she says, "Canadians are the nicest people on this Earth."

Absolutely. In music today there really are no rules, and I love that. You can be as rebellious as you want with sounds and lyrics. 

You were in the Pussycat Dolls from 2003 until 2010. According to reports, in 2009 while performing in Australia, you broke a rib and were sent home. But since you had no home to go to, you were homeless and had to sleep on a friend’s couch.  

We were on tour for years and I just went through a really bad breakup, and I moved out of the house I shared with him. And I was living with my girlfriends and I put my stuff in storage and I was going to get a place when I got back from tour. When I got back I was injured and I couldn’t look for a place. So that’s where the whole couch thing came from.

There have been so many rumours about friction within the group because of the attention given to lead singer  Nicole Scherzinger. What was your relationship like with her  during your time in the group?

It was really good. I really respected Nicole. She was the lead singer and she had all creative control. When I look back on it now, I am grateful for it because I wouldn’t be where I’m at today as an artist; I would not have worked as hard as I did as a vocalist.  We’re not personally friends, but I am always going to be grateful for Nicole.

You are a strong supporter of marriage equality. Why is that so important to you?

It is extremely important to me because I feel like it’s a civil rights movement as well. There should be equal rights for every human being. I appreciate what Obama did when he said equality for all — that’s one of the things he said that made so much sense to me. I’ve actually seen a lot of my gay friends and they’re in monogamous relationships and they’re building these relationships and I’m thinking . . . Duh. I mean, that’s what we’ve been trying to tell everyone. And it’s about changing it and giving awareness and giving rights to everyone.

How did you get involved in the NOH8 campaign?

It happened organically. I was doing a lot of work in the gay community in West Hollywood and I happened to meet the person who started NOH8. I was drawn to it because I was bullied as a child, and it was something that triggered in me that I had to be a part of this. Luckily I did and it just fell into place, and I will always support that. There shouldn’t be any hate; there should be more repercussions towards people bullying in school. 

How have gays and lesbians embraced you?

With open arms. I love them and I found that they really appreciate and love music and they love what I stand for. I really connect to my gay audience and I want to be the voice for the gays that can’t be heard. That’s why I’m standing so strong on this issue, because it needs to change.

You’ve been to Toronto before with the Pussycat Dolls. What are your impressions of the city?

I love Toronto. I love Canadians. I think Canadians are the nicest people on this Earth.

Jessica's interview with Mornings 7

Here is Jessica's interview with Australia's Mornings 7 that includes discussing her album and who she's working with! Enjoy! She's looking so gorgeous in this :)

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-morning-show/video/-/watch/29697846/

Jessica at LA Pride afterparty

Here are some pics of Jess at an after party for LA Pride!

Jessica performs Freedom at LA Pride

Here's a fresh new video of Jessica performing Freedom with @BrettSMusic at LA Pride this past weekend! She worked that stage! Thanks to Traci for the video

Jessica Sutta, The Emphatic Ally

Here's a new Jessica interview where she discusses her album, same-sex marriage, and her appearance in Detroit this weekend, enjoy!

As a former member of the Pussycat Dolls, the most successful female dance music group of all time, Jessica Suttais well aware of her gay following. That hasn’t changed since she went solo.

“Being in front of a gay audience is so much more fun,” says Sutta, a Miami native who relocated to Los Angeles nine years ago where she said everybody goes to be who they want to be. “There are some really beautiful men and women there,” she says, adding that she has a girl crush on Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox, but has a boyfriend who came in from Australia recently to help her celebrate her 30th birthday.

LGBT rights are her platform and Sutta plans to be the voice for millions of LGBT people that need to be heard for equality.

“Everyone should be proud of who they are. Life’s too short. All my friends are gay, pretty much. We joke that I may come back in my next life as a gay man,” says Sutta. To show her love for the Michigan LGBT community, Sutta is coming to Motor City Pride at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on June 2. I always have a great time in Detroit,” she says. “It’s really cool that I have the ability to do what I do. I think these festivals are a lot of fun and it’s always amazing to be a part of.”

While at the festival, Sutta will perform her Hollywood Records debut single “Show Me,” written and produced by busbee and mixed by Grammy-nominated Veronica Ferraro. “I will show my alter ego, the theme for my upcoming album ‘Sutta Pop,’ and plan to get really lost in the fantasy. I love dance music. That’s all I listen to really. Being from Miami, there is a heavy base of dance music there. It’s very sexy.”

Her catchy club-inspired song is in heavy rotation at many clubs and was selected to be a bonus track on “Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 39.” This is Sutta’s first solo No. 1 single and she is the first Pussycat Doll to ever top the Billboard Club chart as a solo artist. The video was shot inside the American Legion in Hollywood, a venue with classic art deco architecture mixed with a historic military motif.

“The war memorabilia was really trippy. It was a cool vision,” says Sutta. “The song is about walking the walk and showing me that you love me.”

That’s important to Sutta considering she wants to get married one day and hopes that same-sex couples will soon be able to do the same.

“We’re in 2012 and I feel like we’re in a time when racism existed. I get really heated when I talk about this topic. Who are we to judge who people marry or how they choose their life to be? Because I have a lot of gay monogamous friends, I saw a different side to it. There are so many heterosexual people that shouldn’t be married. It’s time to wake up.”

The anti-gay attitude, especially bullying, is something Sutta never understood, even as a young girl.

“I was bullied as a kid,” she says. “Girls were horrible to me. They used to call me Jessica ‘Slutta’ because it rhymes with my last name. I was really sensitive to it, but grew a really thick skin. There should be more punishment for bullying in schools.”

Her advice to any kid getting bullied is to “stay strong,” “kill them with kindness” and “don’t take it personal.” Sutta has some friendly advice for adults, too:

“We need to be able to grow through our generation so we can help our kids. We can really hurt a child by not growing and by not teaching.”

Getting beat up gave Sutta the ammunition to do what she loves and to surround herself with good people.

“I had the best time of my life in that group,” she says when asked about moving on from the Pussycat Dolls. “I love having that as a part of my life. I’m very proud.” Now inspired by singer and songwriters like Sia, Sutta continues to develop herself as an artist. “When I’m on stage, I come alive. I’m really falling in love more and more with performing.”

Off stage, Sutta describes herself as a “really normal chick.”

“I’m a hippy who loves to love. I’m goofy. I’ve become more humble throughout the years. I’ve grown up,” she says. The more mature Sutta plans to travel the world with her music to reach her fans everywhere. “When you’re on the floor, you feel the dance music in your feet, in your heart. It does put you in a trance in some ways, and I hope my music will do that.”