Victoria Silvstedt interview
One of the hottest newcomers of this year is
Victoria Silvstedt of Sweden. Victoria
was Playmate Of The Year 1997 in Playboy magazine.
How did Victoria's singing career started?
- I was doing modeling jobs
in Stockholm, where I met my present manager.
He heard me singing in a car and he said that
I sing very well. He suggested that we
would go to a studio. At first I hesitated,
but in the end I accept it, Victoria tells.
We went to a studio to sing and they liked it.
They wrote me a song and we recorded it later.
They show the song to a record company and
I got a record deal.
Victoria's single Hello Hey
sold gold in Sweden.
- It is more that I expected for.
Especially teenagers seem to like this kind of music, Victoria
is pleased.
Victoria's debut album Girl On The Run
was released recently.
- My album contains all kind
of music from dance to pop, rock, ballads and r&b.
So it is quite blended, Victoria says.
Playboy opened doors for Victoria
Victoria thinks that her Playboy pictures weren't important,
but they opened doors for her.
- They weren't important.
I just wanted to do those and hope that nobody does
ever know about them in Sweden. Of course everybody
found out those and it was little bit embarrassing at first.
But suprisingly it opened doors for me to everywhere.
I got jeans advertisement contract and I performed
in a movie and in tv. It is weird that in America you
became a celebrity when you take off your clothers.
But it is America!, Victoria laughs.
However, Victoria thinks that
it isn't very important to be beautiful in the music business.
- I think a look is important
only in live performances. Boys want to see a pretty girl
in stead of a ugly girl. But in music and it's selling
a look isn't significant.
Victoria has done modeling
and singing but also acting. He has visited two times in Melrose
Place and performed in Hollywood movie BASEketball. In the future
she wants to act more.
- At present music is more important
because my album has just came out. But in the future I want
to act much more. I am young, I have time to do it.
Victoria's dream is to be successful in USA
Victoria is really happy already about that she has
made an album. All success is only positive thing.
- My goal in music is at present
that my album could success as well as my first single.
I hope I will sing in the future too. But already
the album is really great thing.
Only a few European dance
band has been succesful in USA, but Victoria thinks
eurodance is coming to USA.
- For example Vengaboys
has been successful over there. More and more
European dance bands have been doing a breakthrough there.
If I will do a breakthrough there, it would
be absolutely fantastic. It is my main goal
and if I'll manage in it, it would be the bomb, like we
say in America, Victoria laughs.
Victoria listen to much music
and she find especially black music interesting.
She likes Lauryn Hill and Whitney Houston
but also for example Red Hot Chili Peppers and
other different kinds of music. Victoria lives in Los Angeles
and that's why she doesn't know many Finnish artists.
- I know Janina Frostell,
because I was with him in Miss World competition in 1993,
but I haven't heard her music. Because I don't live
in Sweden anymore, I don't know so well music of the Nordic countries,
Victoria tells.