11/09/2023
TLC for Harper's Bazaar Magazine, April 1999.
"It's been four long years since TLC released its 10 times platinum album, CrazySexyCool. But now the band--Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas-is back with its third album, FanMail (LaFace). And judging from the posse they brought to our photo shoot-four managers, a publicist, three stylists, two video directors and one boyfriend - the girls mean business, big business.
'There are a lot of things we all want to do before we get old,' explains Lopes. All three have solo projects in the works. Thomas is raising her baby son with TLC producer Dallas Austin. Watkins, who made her film debut last year in Hype Williams' 'Belly', has a clothing line, a book of poetry and an animated series in development. Lopes, who hosted last season's MTV talent show, The Cut, is overseeing the R&B act Blaque and contemplating a clothing line of her own
'You know the Olympic sign?' Lopes asks. 'Five circles, but they all loop together? That's how we are. We're individuals, but we make up one whole. That's how I'd describe this album. A little bit of pop, a little bit of R&B, a little bit of hip-hop, and it adds up to one TLC, a multiflavored sound. Just like a pack of LifeSavers.'" - Seven McDonald
Photographed by Daniel Chavkin
➖️👁🌟💫❤️🔥❤️🔥
