Kelly Rowland Clears Up The Rumors About Her & Beyonce

Well Kelly Rowland clear the air about if she’s still BFF’s with Beyonce well not really; the answer was pretty shaky but check out her new interview below.

SHE was a Survivor and an Independent Woman as part of Destiny’s Child, but only now can Kelly Rowland can really lay claim to solo success.

“I have new management, a new label and, you know, everything is really ‘for me’, and I love that,” Rowland says.

It’s been an intense five years for Rowland, 29, who has pursued a solo career since parting ways with former band mates Beyonc aac and Michelle Williams in 2005.

Just days before her arrival in Sydney for the Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras party this Saturday, Rowland spoke to Insider on her life post-Destiny’s Child.

“When you think about the history of girl groups – I won’t say all, but some – which are the stories we always hear about? Some aren’t the best-ending situations,” she says.

“But with Destiny’s Child, we did a great job of supporting each other and being there and still remaining close, so that’s what I’m most proud of us for.”

Rowland, who in the group played second fiddle to Beyonce aac, is now breaking free of her R&B roots and delving into the dance genre. And the move has already paid off.

The hit dance single she co-produced with French DJ David Guetta, When Love Takes Over, topped the music charts in the UK and throughout Europe and scored the duo Grammy awards last month.

“David and I will be in Australia together so I’m hoping we’re going to get a chance to get in the studio and make some more magic while were there,” she says.

Guetta and Rowland will be among the slew of celebrities heading to the annual Mardi Gras event, a party which counts Olivia Newton-John, the Village People and Kylie and Dannii Minogue among the artists to perform since it began in the early 1980s.

“You never know what you’re going to see and how creative everything is – which I’m sure it will be – so I’m excited. Does everybody dress up a bit?”

Yes, we reply. “See, that’s going to be fun; that’s inspiration to me.”

Rowland says her gay fan base exploded after the release of When Love Takes Over.

“It’s so funny because all of my friends that are gay absolutely loved the record and said, ‘Oh my God honey, you have no idea what you’ve done to your gay world now’.

“I’m so happy because I just make music for everybody to love, and When Love Takes Over is a record that everybody loves.”

Atlanta-born Rowland has just finished recording her third album, which is expected to have a strong dance component and will be released later this year. It is reported to feature collaborations with her close friend Nelly, with whom she released the number-one single Dilemma in 2003, and US rapper Akon, with whom she will perform next month at Australian music tour, The Jamfest. “Akon and I both had top records with David (Guetta) so there’s great history there,” she says.

As for future working partnerships, Rowland has a few artists in mind.

“I would love to do collaborations with Fergie and Pink,” she says. “They’re such great positive female role models.

Aside from her musical partnerships, the star says she prefers to stay solo in her private life: “I really am enjoying single life”.

Rowland, who has been romantically linked to US NFL player Roy Williams and British footballer Kieran Richardson, says she’s been too busy with her upcoming album and newly-founded charity, I Heart My Girlfriends, to think about much else.

She says the charity, launched this year, aims to support and educate young girls about self-esteem, abstinence, physical education and drug and alcohol avoidance.

Despite her solo success, Rowland is philosophical about the possibility of a Destiny’s Child reunion.

“Right now it’s not our number-one topic of conversation when we see each other, you know, but I think the most important thing is our love and support for each other.”

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