Miley Cyrus, Jordin Sparks, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato were all part of the chaste trend. The Jonas Brothers weren’t the only celebrities going through the purity-ring phase a decade ago. What did I say I was gonna do?'” he joked, as he looked at his left ring finger. “When you’re about 15, 16, and start dating, and you go, ‘Wait a minute. “When you’re like 12 and you do that, because we grew up in a church and our dad was a pastor, so it kind of just came natural for everyone we grew up with to go through this, and get one, and say, ‘I’m gonna wait for the right person.’ Some people would say, ‘I’m gonna wait until marriage,'” he went on. “Purity rings were to wait for the right person, when the time was right. “I took pride in it, until I watched those interviews back years later and was like, I sound like a robot,” Nick admitted during the episode. They recalled how, as part of their clean-cut, sugar-coated image, each brother donned a purity ring, which indicates that the wearer is abstaining from sex until marriage. On The Late Late Show With James Corden, the brothers, between singing along to some of their biggest hits and deepest cuts, also opened up about their Disney days, when every single move they made was orchestrated by the family-friendly corporation that made them famous. Not only are they back with new music, but they’ve also taken to opening up about their Disney past in interviews now that they’re no longer connected to the conglomerate (indeed, their comeback music is being released through Universal). I think she hears it and thinks 'My son!' but it could probably be anything at this point.The Jonas Brothers have worked hard to shed their once-wholesome image. For a while, whenever I would talk to my dad, he'd ask 'When's the next song? Can I hear another song?' No, dad!Ĭorin Roddick: My mom likes to listen to it sometimes, but it's unlike anything else she would listen to, or would choose to put on. Megan James: My parents are still figuring it out.
I come from a family of musicians, and they all definitely get it. Roddick: My parents are stoked and really supportive. **GQ: What do your parents think about what you guys are doing? ** I mean, I'm writing a journal and I never expected people to be singing those words, to be on stage and have people singing my journal entries back to me. It's kind of the same thing as performing a song that's no longer new. Megan James: No, but I haven't really used anything that is that old. GQ: Is it weird to relive this old personal stuff? I'll write something down and a lot of the time whatever I've written down happens to fit perfectly over his melodies. Corin had asked me if I wanted to sing over what he was making. But I never intended for what's happened to happen. James: Yeah, often I'll play the piano and just write songs straight from the diaries. Is it true that Megan draws most of the songwriting from a bunch of diaries she's kept since childhood? And it's different in how intimate it seems. GQ: The intersection between that type of music, and what you guys are doing is fascinating. We met up with James and Roddick the morning after their show at the Fuck Yeah Festival in Los Angeles and discussed secret diaries, misrepresented Soulja Boy quotes, and how their parents feel about their burgeoning career.
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In a world full of laptop wizardry, personality still goes a long way. And then there's James's voice-fairy-like, frequently chopped and screwed not just down but up, and increasingly personal. Only in 2011 could you expect to hear all of those things synthesized in one place to produce such a breathtaking and wonderful curiosity.Īll the references add up thanks to Roddick's punch-drunk production, perhaps as much of an unknowing homage to the late '90s Timbaland as present day shoegazing acts like M83 and Salem. Swooning and eerily sexy, Purity Ring's gliding sound blends the best of what's in vogue with what endures-equal parts DJ Screw, Lindsey Buckingham, a sprinkling of the Mad Decent coterie and yes, nursery rhymes. The Edmonton, Canada-based duo, formed by 23-year-old Megan James and 21-year-old Corin Roddick, are part of a genre-defiant category of music.
You don't exactly dance to the music of Purity Ring.
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