When they launched in 1989 they changed the game.

The days are gone where you could just be the dancer in the group or just the backing vocals.

Without En Vogue, Destinys Child would have never existed.

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“We love entertaining and being on stage and I think that when you still have a passion for doing something it just helps carry you to continue on”

Without En Vogue, Xscape wouldnt have existed.

En Vogue is the blueprint.

Many groups today use you for inspiration but looking back at when you started who was your inspiration?

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Terry Ellis:First of all, we were the brainchild of Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.

But of course, we had so many trailblazers before us, so we had the Supremes in mind.

Cindy Herron: The Pointer Sisters.

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Terry: And The Emotions.

So that was the first time for something like that.

And then after that, the rest is history.

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It has allowed the record labels to re-figure out how can we make money.

Now the artist isn’t making a lot of revenue selling records because you might stream everything for free.

It really hurts the artist, it hurts the record labels too, but it hurts the artist more.

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I missed that part.

But that’s about it.

I think we’re stepping into an age where people are appreciating physical media again.

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I too miss opening a CD and seeing the different artwork you’d get.

A whole different photoshoot, to show a different story or perspective.

It was an art form.

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Is there anybody now you would love to collaborate with?

We really love El DeBarge.

Terry has said that in the past and we could see that.

Terry:I think it would be really cool to do something with Tony!

just because we’re both groups that originated from the Bay Area and those guys are just amazing.

I would pay good money to see that.

You’re still thinking about new collaborations after a 35-year-long career.

We love to interact and engage with our audience because it’s a give and take you know.

How do you ensure you continuously nurture that passion?

Cindy:We ensure to always upgrade our show.

Every year we go in and give it a little facelift to make it fresh and fun for us.

This is what makes it continue to be interesting for us.

As a group, we all love different types of music.

Cindy:Me too!

So, thanks for asking that question, Ada.

Oh, I would LOVE that.

I can fully envision that.

Your strong voices with big brass horns, we need it.

Terry: That would great.

As youre coming to the UK for Cross The Tracks are there any new UK artists youre excited for?

Their music is so full and rich and how it used to be back in the day.

The music we grew up on is how UK artists record, how they perform and I love it.

Cindy:We’re ready for anything.

Terry:And everything.

It’s just a matter of finding the right song and music that we all agree on.

So we all have to agree and decide “OK, this is one we can keep.”