Wade Rocks The Pop Scene

by Rachel Stockman

At the age of 18, Wade Robson has already done more than most people dream about doing in a lifetime. His insight into the music world has commanded the respect and attention of Britney Spears, N'Sync, Tyrese, Michael Jackson, Paula Adbul, Janet Jackson...just to name a few. This rising star is quickly becoming an explosive force on our pop scene, having proven his weight in gold time after time. Having just directed and choreographed Britney Spear's and N'Sync's dynamite performance on the MTV music awards, Wade Robson is making all of the right moves to being the most sought after choreographer, director, and recognized artist for his own music.

TeenSpeak had the opportunity to catch up with Wade to learn that this 18 year old is involved in writing his own music, in the midst of writing songs with N'Sync's Justin Timerberlake, and, hoping to revive interest in the musical by writing one of his own. While he paraphrased Andy Warhol's "Every-body will be famous for 15 minutes, and I think that's scary and it's so true," Robson seems to be doing everything right to insure himself a spotlight that makes a lasting impression.

Born with a "gifted talent," Wade seems to have the ability to predict just what is happening in the "popular" industry, and he admits that some of what's happening is not all good. He says, "Before you had your Princes and your Madonnas and your Michael Jackson superstars...but it's hard to do that now. Musically, the thing that has been bothering me is that a record label will find their artist, and then, the first thing they will do is go to every huge producer. This is fine, but each producer is going to do what they do, so this album becomes this conglomeration of all of these producers' visions of the artist, and it's no longer the artist's vision anymore."

Dedicated to his own artistic feelings, "It's really just a feel, and I just go with whatever the music makes me do," Wade also admitted that artists, like N'Sync will remain popular if they grow with their fans and the times. "The times are always changing... each generation that comes is brought up with a different sort of music, so you are going to have to change with it. If you don't change, you'll be gone in a minute."