CANOE Network
 



Vitamin C

Friday, January 26, 2001

Vitamin C's live chat transcript
By STEPHANIE MCGRATH
AllPop

On Friday, January 26, 2001, pop & music star Vitamin C sat down with AllPop in Toronto to chat with her fans about her new album, her movies and more. Read the full chat transcript.


Kevin J. Kelly, St. John's, NF: You are making the adjustment from singer to actor. How are you enjoying the acting roles and did you enjoy working with Kirsten Dunst recently in Get Over It?

Vitamin C: yes, I enjoyed working with Kirsten, she appears in the Itch video, and she is really nice. It is not that much of a transition, surprisingly. I think I like music better, because I have more control, but acting is fun because you get to be somebody different. I just basically play myself, a couple of musical numbers. A duet with Sisqo.


Vicki: Hi, VC. Could you talk a bit about making the video for "The Itch". Was it fun, or just hard work? Thanks.

Vitamin C: It was very fun making that video. Most of it was computer generated. So while I was filming it, I was just in front of a giant green screen. It took a bit of imagining, imagination, to see what it was going to turn out like. The dancing was great fun, I don't often get to dance in my videos. I wish everyone could see the full dance number, because it was even better than what you see in the video. That was the most fun I've had in a long time. (the dance will likely be included on tour)

Kellie Stollznow: Why did you choose the name Vitamin C? What gave you the idea for the Graduation song?

Vitamin C: C is my first initial. Vitamin C seemed like a good idea at the time, hahaha. The name is familiar and positive and fun, not to be taken seriously. Graduation I wrote about a friend of mine. It's about transition and about life, my life, looking back on my own high school experience.

Janey: What do you think will be the 'Graduation' type of hit from your new album?

Vitamin C: That' impossible to predict. My favourite tracks are I know what boys like, that was then this is now, sex has come between us and as long as you're loving me, which is the next single.

Eric White: The music on your solo albums is quite different from the music you used to play with your old group. Which type of music is closer to your heart

Vitamin C: I don't think the music is all that different, actually. It is produced and presented in a different way. I don't favour one type of music over another. I like music that is melodic, so I like what I am doing now. I haven't abandoned guitars, I am just a little less angry than I was then. I am still proud of Eve's Plum, and I think they could be Vitamin C songs, and some Vitamin C songs could be Eve's Plum songs. I really like this one, it is the best one of all.

Ellie: Movies, music, what's the next field you'd like to conquer?

Vitamin C: Horseback riding! Just kidding. I would like to continue writing music, I would like to write music for other artists and produce other artists. I would like to work with new artists. I think that would be fun.

Sean: Who is was the one "star" you met that made you tongue-tied. Is there any major musical of movie figure you'd still like to meet?

Vitamin C: I was tongue-tied when I met Simon LeBon. I think I would still like to meet Madonna and Michael Jackson. That would be weird.

X: Why did you decide to have such a change in pace in your track Busted, and what inspired you to do so?

Vitamin C: I was co-writing Busted with a guy named Bloodshy. He sent me the music. I thought it was really cool. I just wrote the song really quickly. It just completely made sense. So I recorded it in LA and it came out, I liked how it came out. It is one of my favourite songs on the record.

Chris: I love your hair.... it looks fabulous on you! What's your natural hair colour and what made you decide to dye it?

Vitamin C: My natural hair colour is blondish, brownish, reddish. I have always been dying my hair as long as I have lived. I have been every single colour. Hair is a good accessory. It will always grow back, you can't screw it up too badly.

Christine_ef: Hi!! I know Dracula 2000 was released recently and I was wondering if you plan be in any more movies or Tv in the future?

Vitamin C: Get Over It. I think I am still in the new movie Rock Star, with Mark Wahlberg.

:

Julia: How easy was it for you to crack into the business? I mean, did you audition for every movie and make a thousand demos our did you make it right away?

Vitamin C: It took a long time. I played in lots of bands before my first band was signed. Then that band didn't have widespread success. I became Vitamin C after that. So it has taken a long time. There is a lot of ups and downs.

silvia and friends : how do you react to fans who stop you on the street? last nite I saw a fan, who just happened to have a photograph of you and camera handy, stop you on yonge street and have you pose for a photograph with him. while you appeared to not be bothered by it, do you ever find it intrusive/tedious?

Vitamin C: I always stop for fans. I always take pictures. I think it is great to meet people. If you don't want to be recognised, there are plenty of ways not to be recognised. I am a friendly person and it is cool to meet people

thao tran: are you happy with the way your goin??? are you having a tour or concert in sydney???? I know this Isn't a question but I would like to say you are a great singer n a great inspiration for younger singers I LOVE YOU YOU RULE N BUY THE WAY YOUR FRIENDS FOREVER SONG MADE A GREAT YEAR SIX GRADUATION SONG FOR ME

Vitamin C: I am coming to Australia very soon. End or middle of February. And hopefully I will be performing my new single, as long as you're loving me. I love Australia. I had a great time and I love going back. As for other touring plans, look for something in the summer

X: At the moment I am playing a copy of More on my Cd Player - why has Australia received this great album earlier than say, the rest of the world?

Vitamin C: Because Australia is much cooler than the rest of the world! It comes out Jan. 30 in the US and Canada.

Jenna: What state are you from? Does your hometown have any influence on your music?

Vitamin C: I am from New Jersey, and growing up in New Jersey influenced my personality more than my music. But I am not sure how.

CLEM: Hey C, Just wondering if there's another artist out there whose career you admire and would be happy to emulate -- not in terms of the kind of music you make, but in terms of creativity, stature, influence and longevity?

Vitamin C: There are a few. I would say David Bowie. Bjork. Madonna.

Samir D: In your song, Sex Has Come Between Us, is this a reflection on an actual event, or is it a description of an itch that people come across in their lives?

Vitamin C: I think everyone has had a best friend they have been in love with or had a crush on. Even if you don't act on it, you end up thinking about what would happen if you hooked up. It is based on certain events in my life, but it is a universal topic. A lot of people have gone through it. Okay, it is based on my life!

Louise: I was just wondering how did you become a singer because I want to try to be one can you please help me? Email me please at Eminemsgirl37@hotmail.com

Vitamin C: Let's see. If you want to be a singer, learn how to play an instrument. I would say learn to write songs, try and write your own songs. And when people tell you no, ignore them. And don't get discouraged. If it is what you want to do, as the cliché goes, just do it.

Chris: You're one of my favourite artists because you're multitalented and seem to excel at everything you put your mind to. If you had a choice would you rather write, sing, or produce music?

Vitamin C: I would rather write music than anything else. I always have a lot to say, I have a big mouth, lots of opinions. I feel really good after I finish a song. It gives me a feeling that is really special. Second to that would be performing. It is fun to perform. I think Graduation is one of my favourite songs. There's a song on an old Eve's Plum record called "Lovely YOU' that I think is a good song, about the first love of my life.

Vitamin C: Thanks for chatting. Goodbye for now. Check out the record, I hope you like it. Let me know what you think. Keep in touch, stop by and say hello, don't be a stranger.



--AllPop


Monday, October 23, 2000

Vitamin C back in spotlight

Vitamin C is coming back.

The pop singer, whose real name is Colleen Fitzpatrick, plans to release "More" on Nov. 21, Billboard reports.

Vitamin C released her self-titled debut solo album in 1999, which contained the hits "Smile" and "Graduation (Friends Forever)".

"More's" first single will be "The Itch", which the orange-haired singer is describing as "provocative" with "sinewy beats".

On top of releasing a new album, Vitamin C is about to grace the big screen.

The singer will star in two new films, "Getting Over Allison" with Kirsten Dunst, and "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000" with Omar Epps, Jeri Ryan and Jonny Lee Miller.

--AllPop


Friday, June 16, 2000

Vitamin C talks about vampire role

Vitamin C is spending her days warding off vampires in Toronto.

Colleen Fitzpatrick, who has saturated pop radio with her single "Graduation" from her album "Vitamin C," is taking a short break from her musical career to brave modern vampires in "Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000". The movie co-stars Jennifer Esposito ("Spin City") and Christopher Plummer.

"I'm a good girl that kind of goes bad," Colleen says about her role as Lucy in the Dracula update. "It's so hard with a movie like this 'cause you don't wanna give away the plot, but I play the best friend of the woman that Dracula is after."

Colleen, whose trademark yellow/orange hair supports her musical alias, is excited about getting a chance to take on another persona -- although a recent dye job for the movie was a bit traumatic.

"My hair is no longer yellow," she says. "It's like blondish brown. That's kind of scary."

Colleen says she's always been a fan of horror films, and lists "The Exorcist" and "Rosemary's Baby" as her favourites.

Although she's currently spending her time acting, Colleen hasn't forgotten about her musical career. She sounds almost bewildered by the enthusiastic reaction that has greeted "Graduation".

"My high school experience was probably pretty average," she says of the inspiration for the song. "I couldn't wait to get out of high school. I look back on it now much more fondly than I did then. I was concerned about missing my friends and about losing my important relationships. I remember being on the stage at my graduation and being so excited to be finally out of school, and looking around and thinking that I was never going to see half these people again and what a scary feeling that was because I felt that I was on the edge of something really exciting but really unknown."

Colleen goes on to explain that "Graduation" is less a song about caps, gowns and grad rings than about friendship.

"It's a song about the universality of friendship. As you go on, you move on, things change. The attempt and hope is always that you will remain friends forever. It's a celebration of friendship."

According to Colleen, anyone can identify with her song's theme.

"I always joke that the song spans from, like, eight to 38," she says. "The main group [of fans] are girls between 15 and 22."

This summer Colleen wiil return to the studio and record another album, which she says will still be pop but "a little bit tougher."

Vitamin C hopes to release her first single from the new album in August or September and thinks the album will be in stores by October.

Aside from acting and singing, the citrus-loving singer hopes to someday help shape the career of an up-and-coming musician.

"I would love to produce another artist," she says. "I would love to write and produce for some other people. Part of what I love to do is writing songs. There's just nothing better than when you have something to say and you can say it. That's a big goal of mine."

--AllPop