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Porat is among a handful of top people who work for both Alphabet and Google. As such, there's a regular cadence to her week. ”
I've sung other people's music all my life. ”
I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life. ”
I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work. ”
There's a certain level of pageantry with 'Idol,' and in order to work the show, you kind of have to feed into it. ”
The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out. ”
I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession. ”
Pitbull is great with brands. Endorsements with hip-hop artists work because hip-hop artists typically set the most trends... It's every brand's goal to be seen in the mainstream, and hip-hop music has become mainstream music. ”
I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world. ”
I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at the end of the day if the artist doesn't support the brand or it doesn't make sense for the song, then it will never work. What we do is try to pair them up so that both sides are happy. ”