Was last year’s “The E.N.D.” the final Black Eyed Peas album?
When Fergie did her solo album, there was a lot of speculation that Black Eyed Peas would break up because of her success. We’d read these articles about, “The end of the Black Eyed Peas, the beginning of the Dutchess.” So we’d make fun of that, and we decided to poke fun at it. It’s also an acronym for “Energy Never Dies.” Because no matter what you think, it never dies. Fergie or will.i.am doing their own things will always represent the Black Eyed Peas brand, even though each individual is also popping off their own individual brand. We’re always looking at it as part of the mothership vehicle. Q: What about your solo album? What happened was that everybody at the label was really wanting a new Black Eyed Peas album. So everybody’s solo projects were put on hold. I want the machine to work for my individual project. I could’ve been rebellious and said no, I want it out right away. Then it might have been attacked or put on the shelf, not getting the same push as Black Eyed Peas. So
