So much Asher news!

First of all, Asher has a new Myspace design! Have you seen it yet? If not, go check it out and leave a comment: http://bit.ly/TpwHQ!

He also sat down with Artist Direct on Tuesday and talked about V Factory’s forthcoming debut album, how his role in Fame felt close to home, and the ultimate balancing act of it all.   Here’s what Asher had to say about the upcoming single”

Our latest single features Naturi Naughton who I play opposite of in Fame. She’s the main girl in it, and she has a killer voice so we had her do something on our track “Get Up,” and it sounds incredible. We’re excited! We’re about to put that track out too. We worked together on the movie and we really clicked. Obviously, we both sing in the movie. It was just one of those things. Our A&R guy actually came up with the idea. He said, “Asher, what would you think of Naturi sang on a track?” I was like, “That’s a really good idea.” I told her about it, and she loved it. She got in the studio as soon as she could, and she did amazing.

There is also another exclusive interview with Asher on Jsyk.com.   Here is an interesting quote from that interview:

I think what’s good about our movie is that it’s different from High School Musical in a sense that it’s not [just] kids walking down the hall, singing — it’s not an instant thing. I think what our movie really capitalizes on is the work ethic that’s involved and what kids actually have to go through to be in the performing arts and to be in this business. It shows the fact that you might get turned down and you might not do well in an audition, but it gives you hope to do better and gives you the outcome of what we all go through. We all just strive to do better and work hard, so I think there’s definitely more of what artists really truly go through. I think it will inspire kids to be like, “Oh my gosh, I can do the same thing!”