He is now the front man of his own pop project, Cary NoKey, who released their debut single "B Who U R" on June 6th. The sound seems seems to have a similar style to "The Fame" era Lady Gaga. It's a "be yourself" anthem, styled as "power punk glam to the max".
According to Next Magazine, Cary Nokey will open for RuPaul's Drag Race breakout star Adore Delano at The Gramercy in NYC on Friday, June 13th at 9pm and also at the Drag Race LogoTV Pride Party at Liberty on Sunday, June 28th.
As the sound is very "The Fame" Gaga, I'm sure the question on everyone's mind is: "will they ever collaborate"? Will Gaga go back to her Fame days since ARTPOP seems to be killing her career?
The answer seems to be a resounding NO. After Fusari sued Gaga in 2010 for $30.5 million, they have had an irreparable falling out. "There is not a relationship," he says. "[The settlement] was a real parting ways. I’m a huge fan. I could still be a fan, but people say, 'Will you guys ever work together?' It was that time! It was just that moment in time."
The full interview with the NEW Rob Rusari is available here.
Note that in the interview he doesn't claim to have invented Gaga's look, nor does he take credit for it. Likely he is not allowed to admit to creating the Lady Gaga character, because of the sealed court documents. As Gaga has based her career around being "self-invented" it would potentially harm her career if he admitted otherwise - though he does say that she used to show up in loose sweatshirts and tights and he told her she needed to glam it up. I guess he's leaving it up to us to interpret that however we want.
But judging by his new look and sound, it was all Fusari.
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| Rob Fusari - then and now |
What do you all think? Will Cary Nokey be a big new name in pop?
Thanks to PJ for the link!
