Celebrities’My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard’. They are the first words of an iconic song that is probably playing in your head right now. Singer Kelis, now 44 years old, released the song in 2003, now 20 years ago. She looks back on the success in an interview with magazine ‘People’.
‘Milkshake’ was not the hit it is now in 2003. “When I decided to release the single, it was not played on the radio because there was nothing comparable at the time,” says Kelis. “It’s nice that I can talk about it now because it’s one of those successful things that people assume have always been successful. But it was anything but easy.”
The number has changed a lot. “The music of the year before ‘Milkshake’ and the music of the year after the single really is a world apart.” Especially for female artists and hip-hop, Kelis’ song was groundbreaking. “It changed the rhythm and cadence of how we did things,” explains Kelis.
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Kelis in ‘Milkshake’ music video © WireImage
“I had no idea it would be so big for my career. You only really understand something like that in hindsight,” she continues. “I was also not thinking about how things would go 20 years later. I just wanted to mean something. I wanted people to look at female artists in a certain way, and I wanted to be a part of that.”
The success of ‘Milkshake’ really took off when the song was used in films such as ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘Identity Theft’. “You have no idea how good the movie will be if you approve of the use of your song. You really have no idea what part you’re going to play in it, how it’s going to be presented and how it’s going to be received,” says Kelis. “Thanks to ‘Mean Girls’ the song has become really popular.”
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2023-08-25 10:52:41
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