With a new season of “Making The Band” debuting on Monday (Jan. 28), D. Woods, is ready to invade your TV screen once again. In this SOHH exclusive we talk to the singer/songwriter about Danity Kane‘s sophomore album, the new season of “MTB 4″ and the solo projects she has on the side.
For the new season of “MTB 4,” Diddy decided to mix it up by throwing the members of Danity Kane, the members of the unnamed guy group and solo artist Donnie in a mansion in Miami.
“It’s the ladies and the boys,” D. Woods told SOHH jokingly. “I said boys I didn’t say men.”
“It’s us together on the show, recording our album together, and living together,” she said. “It was crazy in every sense of the word crazy. It’s going to be shocking to see the interaction between the guys and us, shocking to see who got a little bit romantic, shocking to see who didn’t and how that didn’t work out, the downfall of rejection.”
When the members of Danity Kane and the new guy group weren’t hooking up they were making music. According to D. Woods, Danity Kane had more creative control over their sophomore album which drops March 18.
“It’s really interesting to see how Diddy has loosened up on the reins and is actually listening to the direction that we kinda want,” she said. “For this new DK album we’re definitely writing on the album, that way the music fits [us] a lot better.”
In addition, the girls encourage one another to pursue outside projects.
“We definitely want to give each other the room to be that person that you are,” D explained. “We’re not saying that because you joined this group you have to lose your whole identity and what you were doing before you came here.”
Before DK, D. Woods was writing songs for other artists and she has continued to do so. She is currently writing for Lloyd and her sister Shanell who is signed to Ne-Yo‘s Compound Entertainment. She also penned a single for her Bad Boy label mate Gorilla Zoe entitled “You Don’t Know Me,” and has a fitness DVD in the works called, Crunk Abs.
“MTB 4″ debts on MTV on Monday night at 10 p.m. EST
