Luann de Lessepshas a new song on the way, and PEOPLE has all the exclusive details.
When her new cabaret showF, Marry, Killkicks off in January, theReal Housewives of New York Citystar will be debuting a fresh single — a smooth latin-inspired track called “Viva La Diva.”
“It’s an amazing song,” de Lesseps, 54, told PEOPLE on Saturday while backstage at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in New Jersey. “It’s totally different from anything I’ve done before, but still very much me. I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
Child, 66, has also worked with notable artists likeKelly Clarkson,Selena Gomez, Cher, Kiss, Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler, Robbie Williams, Hanson and Weezer.
“I was introduced to Desmond when we were both at SiriusXM one day and we completely hit it off,” de Lesseps said. “We started talking and realized we had mutual friends. And I told him it’d be great to start working on a song together, and he said, ‘Love it! When?’ So we didn’t waste time putting it together.”
De Lesseps even recently played the song for fellow Housewives Ramona Singer,Dorinda Medley,Sonja MorganandLeah McSweeneyduring a cast trip that was filmed forRHONY‘s upcoming twelfth season. .
“I played it for the girls when we were in Mexico and they loved it,” de Lesseps said. “It’s so fun!”
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This will be de Lesseps’ fifth song.
She first got behind the mic in 2010, dropping “Money Can’t Buy You Class” during the airing ofRHONY‘s third season. The song quickly became a catch phrase for de Lesseps, inspiring a follow-up single, “Chic C’est La Vie,” in 2011.
From there, de Lesseps took a few years off until an iconic fight on air with former castmate Heather Thomson and Carole Radziwill inspired her 2015 tune, “Girl Code (Don’t Be So Uncool).”
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February will mark two years on the road for de Lesseps with her originalCountess and Friendstour, which brought her all across the country. She told PEOPLE she’s hopingF, Marry, Killwill bring some of her fans back to see the newly crafted cabaret.
“It’s a very different show,” de Lesseps said. “It’s really about sex, men, and relationships. There will obviously be a lot of Housewives stories, because I’m always in trouble with men on the show somehow. I mean, either I’m getting married, divorced, or arrested! So we have a lot of fun with that and dive in deep.”
The show’s title came from the popular game of the same name. “It’s always the question I get from the audience during my Q&A segment, so I was like, ‘This is going to be the next show!'” de Lesseps said.
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Those fans, de Lesseps said, are the reason she loves doing her cabaret the most.
“That’s what drives me on the tours,” added de Lesseps, explaining that life on the road mixed with filming can be hard. “I get up there and feel all this love and it makes all the stress go away. It feeds my soul.”
Will she bring the new show back to the Borgata? “If they’ll have me, I’ll always be back!” de Lesseps said. “The Borgata has always been home to me. I shot my ‘Chic C’est La Vie’ video here, after all! We have a long relationship I love it here. They have most gorgeous suite, too, and beautiful views. The fact that you can go see a show like mine, and then have dinner, gamble, hang out with your friends — it’s the perfect venue. They’re fabulous.”
Fortour dates and tickets toF, Marry, Kill, visit CountessLuann.com.
source: people.com
