Kaci Battaglia Parties With Ludacris in 'Body Shots' Video

By Marina Galperina Posted Oct 4th 2010 01:58PM

Since the last time we caught up with Kaci Battaglia, the pop songstress has released a new album, 'Bring It On,' and celebrated her 21st birthday, the subject of her new slick party video with Ludacris. Battaglia stopped by PopEater to chat about how she's grown since the days as a child star, the pull of the music industry, doing shots with Luda and her dream stage show. Check out the video for 'Body Shots,' get some scoop on the shoot and see the photo gallery from Battaglia's visit below.

"It was kind of funny, being over in Europe and getting mobbed, signing autographs and doing shows and coming back to States, and here we are going to the mall," Kaci tells PopEater about her early career. After tumultuous teenage years and a break from the industry to pursue education in international relations, Kaci felt the call. "When I left the music behind, I realized it's so much of who I am, and I didn't choose it, it chose me.""

Kaci Battaglia, 'Body Shots Feat. Ludacris'

Battaglia has returned with some fresh, "light, fun, party songs," like 'Body Shots.' "I am not a party animal, not really," the shy singer admits, "but this song is about my 21st birthday and everyone is a little crazy on their 21st birthday!" Battaglia credits Ludacris for helping her through the shoot. "I had been so strung out," she says. "I was mentally and physical fried. I think he could sense that I was frazzled, so he tried to calm me down and give me a massage! I called him out, actually. We really had to take those shots for the shoot. So we do, and he goes to spit it out and was like, 'No you didn't! Not your own cognac,'' and he laughed, 'I drink this all the time. I don't need to be drunk at noon!' We had a great time. He is awesome. I'm not just saying that. It was nice to be around someone who is musically and personality edgy and successful businessman with a head on his shoulders."

Beaming with enthusiasm, Battaglia shared some of her musical and stage-show fantasies: "It's great working with celebrities, rappers and pop stars, but it would be cool to collaborate with someone really different, like a violinist. I'm all about trying things for the first time. I just learned about the coolest thing: 3D holographic projections that move around you as you're performing onstage. Wouldn't that be incredible?"

Battaglia's freshly released album 'Bring It On' features songs with a rock edge, ballads and party hits, and she really wants her audience to know is that she's not about that one pop song, so give the whole album a listen and see all sides of her musical reincarnation.