Name to Know Dev

ELLE: Let’s talk about those Ke$ha comparisons…
Dev: I think people are going to compare and that’s all good. I kind of just take it and roll with it, because they don’t know me yet personally. I think that once they get to know me, they’ll realize how much Ke$ha’s her own artist and I’m my own artist. But I can’t really complain, because she’s very successful.

If you’ve turned on the radio in the past year—or gone to a club, or bar, or store http://coachoutlet.altervista.org/, or walked outside—you’ve heard Far East Movement’s 2011 ubiquitous smash “Like A G6.” In fact, there’s a good chance you’ve sung the catchy-as-hell chorus in the shower and that part, specifically, comes courtesy of Dev. The newcomer’s album has been pushed back over and over again (she’s given birth in the meantime), but with a SXSW gig lined up next week, her album debut on March 27th, and a national tour kicking off soon after, she’s about to be known for a lot more than a catchy chorus. The Night the Sun Came Up is stuffed with feisty, dance pop bangers and dreamy electro ballads. We Skyped with a raspy-voiced Dev from her hotel room in Dallas, where, in true rock star form, she donned massive sunglasses and dished on her booty-bouncing tour and her obsession with reality television.

ELLE: You’ve got a duet with Enrique Iglesias! How did that come together?
Dev: That song was at first originally just me, and then we decided it’d be really cool if we added a male vocal. We wanted something a bit more sexy and mature. He’s so caliente! We tried it out and it sounded so pretty, so we kept running with it. He was on tour, so he kind of did me this massive favor of getting on the record. I was like 8 1/2 months pregnant so we didn’t record it in the studio together at the same time, but I guess that’s the beauty of music in 2012. Like, “Click http://coachoutlet.altervista.org/, send, okay, cool! I like the record!”

ELLE: What pop records are you addicted to at the moment?
Dev: I love all of Drake, obviously. I love Rihanna’s Cake record—I think it’s great. A little interesting that she did the remix with Chris Brown. But at the end of the day, the record stands on its own.

ELLE: Your album was actually released in the UK ages ago…
Dev: It was supposed to come out [in America] literally a week later, but it got pushed back like five months so everyone pretty much already has the album, which is all good. I just haven’t toured for the album yet, so I’m excited.

ELLE: Tell us about your banging on-stage style. Where do you shop?
Dev: I work a lot with this women’s brand called Hells Bells. They’re kind of like a street wear-meets-high fashion sort of a thing. That’s kind of what I rock with at all times. On stage, I just like to be super comfortable. Sometimes I’ll even be in sneaker or sometimes I’ll be in massive heels. It just really depends on the place and how comfortable I am, but it’s nothing as extravagant as Gaga or anything like that. She holds it down in that world.

ELLE: Has motherhood affected your performing?
Dev: I think if anything, it made me more confident which is weird because when I was pregnant, I didn’t think that would happen. I thought I wouldn’t want to talk about certain things http://coachoutlet.altervista.org/, I wouldn’t want to dress a certain way once the baby came out and dur, dur dur! But I actually feel sexier now, which is kind of strange and really cool.