
INTERVIEW: Joe Jonas Talks ‘Fast Life’; Reached Out to Demi Lovato on ‘Skyscraper’
July 21, 2011When Demi Lovato said on “The Ralphie Radio Show” that “just about everybody in my phone book” reached out to her after the release of “Skyscraper,” she may have not been exaggerating. In an interview that aired Wednesday night on “The Ralphie Radio Show,” Joe Jonas revealed he was one of those supporters.
“I think (‘Skyscraper’) is great,” remarked Jonas on the phone. “I’m really happy for her and it’s a great song and I’m glad to see that she’s able to pull out those emotions in a song.”
After a reference was made to Lovato’s comment that everybody in her phone called or texted to offer congratulations, Jonas acknowledged that he was also one of those people.
It certainly speaks volumes that Jonas took the time to listen to the song and reach out to Lovato. No, not just because the two once dated, but because the middle “Jonai” is a very busy guy these days. Jonas is knee deep in a multimedia press tour to promote his new single, “See No More.” The track represents a departure from what you may have come to expect from the Jonas Brothers, and that’s no coincidence. Joe hit the studio with none other than Chris Brown to create the song. Brown co-wrote and provided backup vocals.
“We were not originally going to write together, we were just playing each other music,” said Jonas of his initial studio encounter with Breezy. “The next day we got in the studio and wrote the song in like, two hours or so.”
Jonas also talked about how Brown “lives in the studio” and that the R&B star played “about a thousand songs” that were in the works. Joe found inspiration in Brown’s sound, and the Jonas brother feels that will be apparent when his album, Fast Life, hits stores September 6.
Wed, 20 July 2011 at 4:54 pm
Joe Jonas stops by the Griddle Cafe in West Hollywood, Calif., to grab a bite to eat on Tuesday afternoon (July 19).
The 21-year-old musician is also pictured below heading out to the KIISFM Studios for an on-air interview on
Wednesday morning (July 20)Tuesday (July 19).Joe is actually off again, going to promote his upcoming solo album, Fast Life. He tweeted, “LA good to see you for like 16 hours.. See u later!”

Joe Jonas had taped his interview and in studio performance with Jojo Wright from 102.7 KIIS on July 19, 2011 as part of his radio tour. It had aired on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. He also teaches an exercise class and eats dog treats? Say what?!

Joe Jonas’s 2nd single “Just In Love (With You)” is set out to release on his 22nd birthday, August 15th. It has been said that he is filming his music video for the single in Paris, France on July 25-27, 2011 according to a radio DJ personality from Sacramento, CA. Who knows if Joe Jonas will change the single (originally, “Just In Love (With You)” was suppose to be the 1st single I’ve heard yet decided to changed it to “See No More”). We will for sure let you know if any changes are made!

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By Leah Collins, Dose.ca; Postmedia News
July 20, 2011There are some things you don’t expect Joe Jonas to say – things like the lyrics to Love Slayer, for instance.
Maybe you’ve already heard that track; YouTube clips of the electropop jam have been circulating since the middle Jonas brother debuted it live at a showcase in Chicago this summer. (The song’s expected to turn up on his solo debut, Fast Life, a club-geared work in progress that’s due to arrive in September.) And the tune is all about “that one girl who, I guess, is the bad girl. You know, that everyone at one point might wants to be with, or is attracted to,” the 21-year-old cheerily explains during a July trip through Toronto.
So how does a 21-year-old man – one known to plug purity rings – react to such a brazen hussy?
“Most likely, I’ll be on my worst behaviour,” he sneers in the chorus. “She’ll keep you up all night, but I’m ready to stay up.”
Innuendo, anyone? A new wardrobe of distressed designer denim and leather jackets? Solo Joe Jonas seems to be out to play the good-boygone-bad.
“That’s kind of my idea for the record,” says the singer, a member of his staff keeping close watch over the polite conversation. “I kind of like to shock people sometimes, because I feel like – I feel they have expectations of what I’m supposed to sound like.”
And those expectations would be?
“I figure, just pop music. Just very standard pop music,” he says. “I’m going from Disney to a more mature record, and having that experience, I think a lot of people might think, OK, this record might be a little bit – bubble-gum pop.”
Certainly, you could call his past output with the Jonas Brothers as much. After forming the group with younger brother Nick (now busy with his own blues-rock solo project, Nick Jonas and the Administration) and older brother Kevin, the trio released four albums, were nominated for a Grammy, inspired their own Disney TV series (JONAS L.A.’s final season wrapped last year), starred in two Disney Channel Camp Rock movies – to say nothing of the merchandising.
The Jonas Brothers have been on temporary hiatus since last year, however, although Jonas suggests he and his brothers will return. And when he was initially faced with all that new-found me-time, Jonas says he opted to go into the studio.
“At the beginning of last year, I was working on a project with a totally different sound to it,” he says. “It was a very Michael Buble-esque record, and as the time progressed, I just started writing on my own and realized I could go on a route that was the kind of music I’d been listening to, which was a lot of stuff that DJs are doing these days, or some of my favourite artists – kind of that urban dance music.”
Jonas lists off his faves, some of the more boldfaced names of the indiepop sphere: Temper Trap, Foster the People, Chromeo.
Justin Timberlake, however, would seem to be the more obvious influence – at least going off the few Fast Life songs previewed to music and media types the day before this interview. And that’s not just because of the career (and wardrobe) similarities. The title track is a slice of dance-pop that would seem to owe much to Timberlake’s FutureSex/ LoveSounds (2006).
Fast Life’s production team – frequent Timbaland collaborator Danja and Rob Knox – have both worked with Timberlake (Danja on that aforementioned JT disc; Knox is a member of production group, The Y’s, with Timberlake). But whatever the sum of Fast Life’s parts proves to be, Jonas is clear that this album is all about him – and the experience of growing up pop.
“I feel like it’s a little bit of an older record, a coming-of-age record, and it talks about real stuff that I’ve been going through, and (I hope) an older audience will be into it,” he says.
“I wrote songs about girls, a relationship with a girl who doesn’t speak the same language as you,” he says of an “Latin feel” album track called Body Language. The title song, he says, “was inspired by L.A., just the busy city, running around, having fun. New York: I think that was where more of the romantic songs (were written), just the kind of slower songs. It all started out there. New York can be a romantic city.
“On my own, I could really just speak about everything: from good to bad relationships, to the fans, to travelling, my perspective of what life was about,” says Jonas of the experience of making the album, his first without his brothers/bandmates’ input.
Jonas describes the songs as “honest” and “therapeutic” a few times, though he draws a distinction between being honest and over-sharing.
The songs on Fast Life won’t name names, as confessional as they are, he says. “Some songs, some people name names, and it’s the best song in the world. In my mind, I try to be the kind of artist who doesn’t name names, because it gives the audience a way to really relate to the song,” Jonas says. “I wanted people to say, ‘I’ve been in that situation and I gotcha.’
“It’s just fun,” says Jonas of the album, “just a lot of fun.”
There are some things you don’t expect Joe Jonas to say — things like the lyrics to “Love Slayer,” for instance.
Maybe you’ve already heard that track; YouTube clips of the electro-pop jam have been circulating since the middle Jonas Brother debuted it live at a showcase in Chicago this summer. (The song’s expected to turn up on his solo debut, Fast Life — a club-geared work-in-progress that’s due to arrive in September.) And the tune is all about “that one girl who, I guess, is the bad girl. You know, that everyone at one point might want to be with or is attracted to,” the 21-year-old cheerily explains during a July promotional trip through Toronto.
So how does a young man — one recently known as one of the world’s foremost purity-ring aficionados — react to such a brazen hussy?
“Most likely I’ll be on my worst behavior,” he sneers on the chorus. “She’ll keep you up all night, but I’m ready to stay up.”
Sexxxy innuendo? A new wardrobe of distressed designer denim and leather jackets? Solo Joe Jonas seems to be out to play the good boy gone bad.
Sure, those “Love Slayer” come-ons don’t approach the same levels of coming-of-age scandal as 99.9 per cent of what other former Mouse Housers have had hacked off their iPhones. But “shock” can be a relative term — and shock is what Jonas says he’s out to do with a track like that one.
“That’s kind of my idea for the record,” says the singer, bright-eyed — a member of his staff keeping close watch over the polite conversation. “I kind of like to shock people sometimes because I feel like — I feel they have expectations of what I’m supposed to sound like.”
And those expectations would be?
“I figure just pop music. Just very standard pop music,” he says. “I’m going from Disney to a more mature record, and having that experience, I think a lot of people might think, OK, this record might be a little bit — bubblegum pop.”
Certainly, you could call his past output with the Jonas Brothers as much. After forming the group with younger brother Nick (now busy with his own blues-rock solo project, Nick Jonas and the Administration) and older brother Kevin, the trio released four albums, was nominated for a Grammy, inspired their own Disney TV series (JONAS L.A.’s final season wrapped last year), starred in two Disney Channel Camp Rock movies — to say nothing for the merchandising, Tiger Beat pin-ups and smutty teen slash fiction that have unabatedly followed in their wake.
The Jonas Brothers have been on temporary hiatus since last year, however — though Jonas suggests he and his brothers will return again. And when he was initially faced with all that newfound me-time, Jonas says he opted to go into the studio.
“At the beginning of last year, I was working on a project with a totally different sound to it,” he says. “It was a very Michael Buble-esque record, and as the time progressed I just started writing on my own and realized I could go on a route that was the kind of music I’d been listening to, which was a lot of stuff that DJs are doing these days, or some of my favourite artists — kind of that urban dance music.”
Jonas lists off his faves, some of the the more bold-faced names of the indie-pop sphere: Temper Trap, Foster the People, Chromeo.
Justin Timberlake, however, would seem to be the more obvious influence — at least going off the few Fast Life songs previewed to music and media types the day before this interview. And that’s not just because of the career (and wardrobe) similarities. The title track — albeit as heard over the din of partygoers restraining themselves from busting a Moonwalk — is a slice of dance-pop that would seem to owe much to Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006).
Fast Life’s production team — frequent Timbaland collaborator Danja and Rob Knox — have both worked with Timberlake (Danja on that aforementioned JT disc; Knox is a member of production group The Y’s with Timberlake). But whatever the sum of Fast Life’s parts proves to be, Jonas is clear that this album is all about him – and the experience of growing up pop.
“I feel like it’s a little bit of an older record, a coming of age record, and it talks about real stuff that I’ve been going through and hopefully an older audience will be into it,” he says.
“I wrote songs about girls — a relationship with a girl who doesn’t speak the same language as you,” he says of a “Latin feel” album track called “Body Language.” The title song, he says, “was inspired by L.A., just the busy city, running around, having fun. New York: I think that was where more of the romantic songs [were written], just the kind of slower songs. It all started out there, New York can be a romantic city.
“On my own, I could really just speak about everything: from good to bad relationships, to the fans, to travelling — my perspective of what life was about,” says Jonas of the experience making the album, his first without his brothers/bandmates’ input.
Jonas describes the music on Fast Life as “honest” and “therapeutic” a few times — though he draws a distinction between being honest and over-sharing. “Obviously, people are going to say ‘Who’s that song about, or what’s he trying to say in this song?’” (“Obviously,” one could presume, because Jonas’ love life makes headlines…and has also inspired, should you care to believe it, songs by one of his similarly young and famous exes.)
The songs on Fast Life won’t name names, as confessional as they are, he says. “Some songs, some people name names and it’s the best song in the world. In my mind, I try to be the kind of artist who doesn’t name names because it gives the audience a way to really relate to the song,” Jonas says. “I wanted people to say, ‘I’ve been in that situation and I gotcha.’
“It’s just fun,” says Jonas of the album, “just a lot of fun.”
I think Connie from Alice 96.5 would of loved Joe Jonas if she got to meet him. I listen to this station when I’m in Reno. But Honestly, that boy had SO MUCH going that day, got to give him some credit. He tried so hard to be on time to everything from Sacramento to Reno back to Sacramento. He tried to his best to even squeeze in time to meet fans who waited hours outside the studios. At least, Bill got to meet Joe and said he was nice. Cause he is. Trust me!
Joe Jonas came by the studio yesterday. Late. Both Trey and I waited. Waited until Bill told us to not worry about it as he wasn’t sure when Joe was going to show up. As I raced to grab my purse and head home I started thinking about when I was a kid. Had that been Michael Jackson, I would have waited for eternity!! I was so in love with Michael Jackson!
It’s not something I’m proud to speak of, today. But it’s the truth! I though Michael Jackson was the sexiest, most incredible, most talented person EVER! I wanted to marry him, have nine children with him (because he came from a family of 9 siblings, of course) I wanted to be Brooke Shields. She was the luckiest girl on the planet!! Oh, what I would have done to meet Michael! ANYTHING!
I would have waited for hours in a snowstorm. I would have walked across the blistering hot desert. I would have hid in a suitcase on a plane if I thought I could get to him.
What would I have done if I had met him? Nothing. I wouldn’t have to do anything. It would just be this magical connection. Instantly! He would tell his manager, “You got to bring me that Connie Wray. She was beautiful. I just can’t stop thinking about her. I want to make her my wife!” We would then run off to tour the world together. I would wait each night off the stage with a towel and a glass of whatever his favorite drink was. We would spend our time off from touring at the Neverland Ranch with our 9 children. Riding elephants and roller coasters into the wee hours. Oh, yes!! All of this, from that one chance meeting we had!!
But now that I’m an adult. Those chance meetings aren’t chance meetings. There called scheduled radio promotional interviews. These amazing, spectacular artists who need to purge their souls of the beautiful music that is inside of them are on a schedule. They don’t even have time to look at you, much less have some magical connection!!
Usually they are late, Joe Jonas, case in point. By the time they get to you they’ve already talked to 45 other DJ’s, shook the hands of 5,000 fans on their way to your station. And are often busy texting on their new Iphones to even notice you. They have met about 400 of you in past 4 days! You’re just another crazed fan! It’s sad. But it’s the truth.
Don’t get me wrong. According to Bill, Joe was very nice. He was late but did apologize. He had no problem being interviewed and even took some photos. Even took a few photos with our admin staff. But no magical connections were made. No, Joe’s manager did not come rushing back in asking for phone numbers and no one jetted off to spend the rest of their life with Joe Jonas. It turned out to be just another day at the radio station.
Sometimes I miss being 10. The dreams were better. The butterflies in the stomach were always there and meeting someone famous didn’t feel like a job, it felt like a dream!! I miss those dream….but not with Michael Jackson. Now I just dream of lying on a beach with my hot hubby! And that dream…IS EVEN BETTER!!

Joe Jonas talked to Ron & Falen from Wild 102.9 in Reno, NV before meeting up with all the fans for the “Eat & Greet”. You can now listen to the interview down below and download the podcast at the source if you want it for your ipod.
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Joe Jonas headed to Reno, NV for the “Eat & Greet” winners from Wild 102.9 FM. I have added some photos to the gallery, the rest you can view over at the source.
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To download Joe’s first single “See No More” visit http://www.smarturl.it/seenomore Watch as Joe travels through the UK to support his forthcoming debut.
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((INTERVIEW))) JOE JONAS
Joe Jonas is a member of the multi-platinum selling award winning band, The Jonas Brothers. He began his career as a performer at an early age appearing on Broadway in the acclaimed production of La Boheme. Since then, Joe and his brothers have gone on to sell over 8 million albums worldwide and have performed to sold-out stadiums and arenas across three continents. Now EX- Jo Bro, Joe Jonas seems more then ready to release his debut-solo effort Fast Life this September. With an urban-pop single “See No More”, co penned by Chris Brown, Joe is finally ready to let you into his own world.
Joe Jonas: Hows it going man?
Kazemi: Its going good, you?
Joe: Everything is good, over here in England.. Just working away!
Kazemi: The new single “See No More” was co-written by Chris Brown, how did. the collaboration happen?
Joe: It was really cool! Chris and I started hanging out in the studio, chilling and listening to each-others music and at some point we both realized that it would be a really cool idea to work together.
Kazemi: Did the song match up with both of your ideas when writing the concept?
Joe: We wrote the song in two hours, it was a really quick turnaround. The song was inspired by our personal experiences. Its about the end of a relationship for me and I wanted to write something honest about what I was going through. It’s about the period after a relationship where any and everything is reminding you of that person, it all ends up right there in your face. [Laughs]
Kazemi: [Laughs] What rapper would you love to hear on a “See No More” (Remix) ?
Joe: Oh man, I’d love to hear someone like Kanye West or Andre 3000. That would be insane, maybe even both on one track.
Kazemi: Do you think this is a new beginning for your creativity and visions as a musician? A rebirth?
Joe: I really think so, I’ve been writing music that is a bit different from the Jonas Brothers stuff and letting the listeners have something new. Hopefully, Fast Life showcases that.
Kazemi: The record Fast Life has a cohesive sound of mixed minimalist R&B with hi-fi pop, while putting this record together were you inspired by the atmosphere of clubs and the whole concept behind a DJ dropping your song?
Joe: Absolutely… I actually started to go out with friends in LA to go explore the DJ scene to see what they were up to. I went to a few festivals to see what kind. of stuff they were coming up with. I love the sounds of people like Swedish House Mafia, Deadmau5, and Tiesto. I wanted to be able to make an album that you can hear in a club, you can dance too, and have a good time with. Hopefully people will be able to relate with the lyrics.
Kazemi: Would you want the new tracks to have appeal from avid dance/electronica listeners?
Joe: Absolutely, I’d actually love to hear what they think about the music. Hopefully that crowd/scene is into it. I’d love to see DJs/remixers to re mix some songs on the album, put their interperation into it. I think that’d be really cool.
Kazemi: Who do you listen to more Justice or Daft Punk?
Joe: Oh wow! Justice is pretty awesome, I’ve been listening to their new stuff, its great, but Daft Punk is always classic and will always be one of my favorites.
Kazemi: Any favorite classic pop contemporaries?
Joe: Right now, I love Tinie Tempah, I think he is awesome. Kanye’s amazing, I think he’s one of those artists who can re-invent and innovative a new sound every new album. There are a couple artists on my Ipod, that I’m always catching myself listen to. I love Keane, I think they are awesome and I love their first record. I also really like this band called The Temper Trap.
Kazemi: During early sessions of putting this record together, did you ever find yourself experimenting with genres or was the sound always headed for a dance edge? Did it take some time in figuring out itself?
Joe: It took a while for me to figure out what sound I wanted on the album. Definitely took more than a year in figuring it out, it was very Michael Buble esque in the beginning…
Kazemi: [Laughs]
Joe: [Laughs] Well, over the past year everything kinda changed especially the music I listened to. I was finally able to write closer to what I was inspired by and I hope people will enjoy the sound that I finalized and enjoy the record!
Kazemi: How many hours a day would you spend in the studio working on the music?
Joe: I’ve been in the studio, almost from any break I had from touring.. My recording schedule was from 4pm to 4am. I basically lived in the studio, I’d sleep till 1PM, go work out, then head right back to the studio. A long ordeal but it was fun and worth it.
Kazemi: At different times of the day, did you find yourself writing about different topics? Example: “Love Slayer” was written at night?
Joe: The majority songs were written during the night, including “Love Slayer”. There is even darker songs then “Love Slayer” on the record that I wanted to go with just because it’s healthy to be in a different place sometimes, a time to have a free range and be able to create. Rob Knox, Danja, and Brian Kennedy were all producers that were bringing different sounds to life. Total night owls, they were creative when it came to PM.
Kazemi: Did any producer particularly make the sound you wanted in your head, come to life. Were any sessions preferred, more intense then others?
Joe: Sessions with Chris Brown, Danja, and Rob were really fun. I mean, every session was unique for different reasons. Danja and I took some time hanging out, to get to know each other before we dove into making the music. Then we have me and Rob who connected right away, everything is different. It’s actually kind of interesting when you think about it.
Kazemi: Were you heavily involved or “OCD” in a sense when it came to crafting each song?
Joe: I always like to be able to try new things musically… Everything from top to bottom was approved by me. Production, songwriting.. I wanted it to be perfect in my eyes. Sometimes it will be an hour worth of working, others it will be days being intricate with every chord, every lyric. I’m usually really hard on myself, then everyone else.
Kazemi: Was their any particular song after listening to all the cut tracks on playback, that you decided it was your favorite?
Joe: I’m really proud of a song I did called “I’m Sorry”, I mean its one of the slower songs, but its a very honest song about how I was the one who ended things a little early in a relationship. It is kind of my apology song.
Kazemi: What other subjects do you take on, on this record?
Joe: The good and bad from relationships, going out and having fun with your friends, and exploring and becoming my own point of view a part from my brothers.
Kazemi: Could the lyrics be a documentation of your growth and how you’ve changed as an artist?
Joe: Everything is more mature, especially the personal topics. As the fans grow up, they will hopefully be able to relate to things I’m going through.
Kazemi: How do you aim to challenge the wider audiences perception of a Joe Jonas record?
Joe: I’m going to just try to let the music speak for itself. The audience can determine if they are into it or not. I’ve been realizing that a lot of older-crowds could get into it, making it something they could listen too, that is really cool to see.
Joe Jonas says that he wasn’t worried about working with Chris Brown, despite the R&B star’s controversial reputation.
Speaking to Monkey from Orange, the Jonas Brothers star admits that they “stuck to the music” while working together and that he admires the Yeah 3x singer’s musical talents. He said: “Luckily me and Chris just stuck to the music and he’s a talented musician. He’s incredible when it goes to making music… (so we just) focussed on that.”
He added: “I’m really fortunate to be able to work with him.”
Brown helped Jonas write his debut solo single See No More, a track which Joe says reflects what was going on in his personal life at the time. He explained: “I was going through a break-up and I wanted to be able to find the right things to say in the song. It’s that feeling of seeing everything that reminds you of that person. It could be an article of clothing, something she left at your house or… the way somebody smells… it’s hard to escape that memory. So you just don’t wanna see anything anymore.”
Check out the full interview on the Monkey from Orange website to hear Joe talking about his new look, what it’s like going it alone and the obscene number of shoes that he owns!
Joe Jonas went to 107.9 The End to do an interview with The Wake Up Call as part of his radio tour on July 18, 2011 in Sacramento, CA. He also went down memory lane remembering a few years back in the same station he had jumped on the tables when performing. You can watch the video under the cut.
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Joe Jonas as part of his radio tour stopped by early morning with Sacramento, CA’s Hot 103.5′s Jay Marzz to do an interview and do the “One Night Stand” date with the contest winners with Pattie. He talked about his music career, projects, his single, Demi Lovato’s new single, celebrities and more. Check it out below!
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