I was stupid nervous because I was the little girl that was listening to Aretha. I was able to sing for her when they were honoring her at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, which is actually where I won American Idol. вЂњSHE WAS LETTING ME KNOW: вЂYOUвЂ™RE GOOD, BUT IвЂ™M THE HEAD CHICKвЂ™вЂќ She broke me out of my bubble.Д«ryson performed with Franklin in 2010. There was a moment in the studio where she thought she didnвЂ™tВ hit a good note and actually said, вЂњSo, are you going to produce me? If youвЂ™re not going to produce me, then IвЂ™m going to go home.вЂќ IвЂ™m sitting there like, вЂњItвЂ™s Aretha Franklin! What can I tell her?вЂќ But I realized that no matter who IвЂ™m in the studio with, no matter how big they are, if they ask me to come into the studio with them, they want me to be the way that I am with all the other artists.

I heard a couple of things I wanted to fix, and I think she heard those things as well because she seemed like she was waiting for me to correct her. She did вЂњHere We Go AgainвЂќ all the way down five or six times, and it was basically perfect to me. I got food cooking.вЂќ She let me know that she had left food on her stove at home. IвЂ™m going to give you a few takes, and then IвЂ™m going to go home. She came with Chinese barbecue food, and we talked about that for a second, and thatвЂ™s when she told me, вЂњLetвЂ™s get to the song I ainвЂ™t got long. She came to the studio in Detroit with one or two people, and she came to work.

I was expecting her to be late, but she was on time. I would be lying if I said I wasnвЂ™t nervous, because I had heard a lot of stories -В she was the Queen of all queens. IвЂ™d met Aretha a couple of times in passing before I got a chance to work with her, but I didnвЂ™t know exactly what to expect. вЂњLETвЂ™S GET TO THE SONG В I AINвЂ™T GOT LONGвЂќ ThereвЂ™s no question that she lived her life all the way.Д«abyface (left), Franklin and producer Don Was in 2013. HeВ didnвЂ™t do enough for me.вЂќ This was her at 74 years old. , we talked on the phone, and she said, вЂњBy the way, you was right about that guy. She gave me the story of what happened and wanted to get my advice on if he was for real or if he was foolish. IвЂ™m going to fight until the very last minute and keep doing what I do.вЂќ Even up to the point of that night, we talked about this guy she was starting to see. She was actually dealing with the cancer, and her attitude was, вЂњIвЂ™m not going to let this beat me. I remember coming offstage and going back to see her and her saying, вЂњYou was killing them out there, вЂ™Face! I had to come out here and see what was going on!вЂќ And then we sat and talked for a little bit. I was fortunate enough to do one show with her up in Oakland, Calif., probably in 2016. вЂњIвЂ™M GOING TO FIGHT UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTEвЂќ

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