{"id":339104,"date":"2010-02-19T09:45:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T14:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beyonceworld.net\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2010-02-19T09:45:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T14:45:26","slug":"whitney-persuaded-by-beyonce-to-come-back-to-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/339104","title":{"rendered":"Whitney persuaded by Beyonc\u00e9 to come back to music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whitney Houston has returned to centre stage, for the first time in 10 years. She has every reason to smile. Her latest album, I Look To You, and tour, Nothing But Love, are about strength, optimism, gratitude and love. \u201cMy intention is \u2013 I want the people to feel that it\u2019s coming from my heart,&#8221; Houston says. \u201cAt one point in time, I almost decided that I didn\u2019t want to be in it anymore. \u201cThe music had changed, the industry had changed, the quality had changed. And I didn\u2019t like it.&#8221; However, Houston felt encouraged by two things \u2013 supporters pleading for her to get back in the game and a new generation of powerhouse singers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson and Beyonc\u00e9 \u2013 they stirred my curiosity about coming back and making a record. But that\u2019s only one part of the industry,&#8221; Houston says firmly. \u201cTo actually sing, perform and have people come to hear a real voice, a God-given gift, is really important to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitney Houston has returned to centre stage, for the first time in 10 years. She has every reason to smile. Her latest album, I Look To You, and tour, Nothing But Love, are about strength, optimism, gratitude and love. \u201cMy intention is \u2013 I want the people to feel that it\u2019s coming from my heart,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":750,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/750"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}