MTV.co.uk - Pussycat Dolls are returning to the music scene with a second album Doll Domination after taking a break while leader Nicole Scherzinger worked on her solo career. In the break she also met her boyfriend Lewis Hamilton at the MTV Europe Music Awards. MTV News caught up with Nicole to talk about the girls new album and her romantic life.

MTV: Hi Nicole- Is it good to be back with Pussycat Dolls?
It feels so good- on the plane over here I was excited because it’s been so long since we’ve been over in the UK and Europe. We feel really strongly about the album.

Why did you decide to stop working on your solo career?
For me it was what I wanted to do. I’m a relentless perfectionist and I realised that a lot of the songs from my record should be Pussycat Dolls songs including (single) When I Grow Up. Next year I want to put out my solo album and I think the two will be able to co-exist nicely together.

How different is this album from your first with PCD?
Our old PCD fans will love it but hopefully we’ll get some new ones too. We worked with Rodney Jerkins, Cee-Lo and Timbaland. Having a break from the Dolls album I thought I could bring different styles. We always want to keep people guessing. This album has a lot of heart and soul and songs that hopefully can connect with fans on a more personal and vulnerable level.

Does that mean there are more ballads?
There are definitely still the club-dance songs but also some ballads and more alt pop-rock songs. There are songs that people can relate to when they are going through a hard time in a relationship. Overall I think that this album says a lot! But then we also have a fun song called Take Over The World.

Which producers did you work with?
Rodney Jerkins worked on it and Timbaland exec produced the whole album. He had his own visions of what he wanted for the group. We have dance club soms and some 60s or 70s joints that Tim brought out of us.

Cee Lo did a song called Love Gun with a 60s/70s vibe too. When I sing that song I was honing it to an old Tina Turner or Aretha type vocal. Cee Lo is such a good friend of mine and our new song is not what you would expect.

Tell us about your single When I Grow Up?
Rock City wrote the song with us in mind. I love the sound- it’s really raw and really funky. It was good coming out with a song that people could dance to and that has an attack to it! The lyrics play with what it is like to be famous.

What is it like to be famous?
It has its ups and downs. It’s not as glamourous as people think. People don’t see the work that goes in to touring but its definitely worth it. It’s not party all the time like people think- sometimes when I get the chance I am too tired to party!

What about tabloid intrusion?
It’s interesting- I think my personal life is different, I want to be known for my music.

There was a story recently about you dating Will.I.Am?
That is the funniest thing because Will is like my brother and I don’t know when the last time I had seen him was. He has been on tour.

What do you look for in men?
I look for someone with a good heart. Someone who is confident and successful and goes after what he wants. I love a guy with a great sense of humour.

When I Grow Up is out September 8. Doll Domination is out September 22 (in the UK)

FemaleFirst.co.uk - She’s one fifth of one of the biggest and sexiest girl groups around so we caught up with Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts for a chat about the groups new single When I Grow Up and album Doll Domination.

Hi Ashley. What have you been up to recently?
Just promoting the album, Doll Domination. It drops September 15th and we’ve just been basically on a promo tour getting the word out!

You’ve taken the music industry by storm, you’re one of the most popular girl groups around. When did you realise that the Pussycat Dolls had made it?
I think when we just started to get to travel to so many places around the world and have so many different cultures know our music and know the words to our songs. I think that was when we were like, ‘Wow this thing is so much bigger than we ever expected it to be!’ It’s pretty cool.

Your new single When I Grow Up is out in the UK in September but it’s already been released in the US. What was the reaction like to it?
The reaction so far has been really great. The video’s doing really well. the kids seem to like it a lot. It’s been up and down the top ten in the states. We love the UK they’ve always been so supportive of us so I can’t wait to see how they take to the song and how they like it.

Your new album Doll Domination comes out in September too. What can we expect from it?
I think you can expect a lot of different kinds of music. You know we have our up tempo dance songs of course that all the PCD fans want but we also have some really nice slow ballad songs that are really vulnerable and I think it’s a different side of the Pussycat Dolls that maybe some people haven’t seen.

Do you have a favourite track from the album?
Everybody asks me that but it changes every day! I really really love the music on this next album. Right now there’s a song that we have called Elevator that i just love. I think the words are awesome and i think the kids will really relate to it.

You’ve worked with many people, Timbaland, Will.i.am, Busta Rhymes, well everyone really! Is there anyone left that you would like to work with?
Yeah I’d love to work with Pharrell or Kanye that would be awesome. Even get some girls involved like Beyonce, Shakira would be fun!

Nicole, Melody and Jessica have all done some solo work away from the band. Do you have any plans to?
Yeah i actually did a small role in a movie called Make It Happen. The Weinestein Brothers were part of it, Darren Grant was the director. And I actually had to turn down the lead in a movie due the Dolls schedule so I guess you can look forward to seeing that. And each of us are doing a solo song that will be released as kind of like a bonus, a separate part to the album. So I know the fans have been really anxious to hear each of us sing so it will be a really cool way just to get to know us as individuals.

Is that something you’d like to get into then, acting?
Yeah definately. I really wanna get involved in some romantic comedy stuff where I just get to have fun on screen and hopefully people will come and watch it and laugh and just enjoy themselves.

You haven’t released a bad song yet so what is your favourite of them all?
Gosh, that’s a tough one. It’s pretty awesome whenever Don’t Cha comes on just because it was the first song we ever released off the first album. As soon as that bass line hits it’s like all the audience and the fans know the song so well so I guess I would have to say that.

You’re now a five piece since Carmit left, is there a big difference between being five and being six?
Yeah we definitely miss Carmit. She was a strong performer and one of our sisters and we definitely had to each step it up a notch having one girl gone. But we support her, I just recently talked to her when I was back home, she’s working on her show. We all love her so much but the five of us have really come together and we’re really close right now so I think it’s stronger than ever.

What other music acts are around at the moment do you like?
I love Adele, I love Coldplay’s new album. Lil Wayne’s got some fun stuff out right now. I love Alicia Keys’s new album. A little bit of everything, you know i love music so anything that touches me.

Where do you see yourself in ten years time?
Oh gosh ten years. I hope that I’m having a good acting career, maybe a family. A little bit of everything! Happiness and success in life.

What’s in store for the Pussycat Dolls in the near future?
Well you know we drop the album September 15th so we’re gonna be out promoting that and our world tour starts January 09 so we’re gonna be hitting everywhere around the world and taking over!

We ask everyone we interview to come up with a question for the next person we interview….and Yolanda from Phantom Limb wants to know; “Are you happy with your record deal?”
Well it’s definitely different, I feel like we kinda opened up a can of worms on starting record deals in a different way. But you know it’s tricky but we do actually embrace the record deal because it has its pro’s and con’s in other situations that maybe other people don’t have so each to their own. I’m happy with it and right now were renegotiating so we’re trying to make everybody happy and get what everybody deserves.

Rap-up.com - Pussycat Dolls fans will have to hold out a bit longer to get their hands on the quintet’s new album. Doll Domination has been pushed back, but only by one week. Nicole, Melody, Kimberly, Ashley, and Jessica will now release their sophomore LP on September 23rd. It had previously been scheduled for a September 16th release.

The song “Bottle Pop” from the album Doll Domination will feature the one and only Snoop Dogg. Source

Dailyrecord.co.uk: Pussycat Doll star Nicole Scherzinger and her band set temperatures soaring in a photoshoot for her latest album, Doll Domination. Hawaiian beauty Nicole, lead singer of the burlesque troupe, can’t wait for its release on September 16. The album is so racy it will be the first Pussycat Dolls album to sell with a parental advisory sticker. It looks like Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton, who is dating Nicole, has lots to look forward to off the track.

Here’s the official album cover of “Doll Domination” by The Pussycat Dolls in High Quality. Click here for more photos of this shoot by Matthew Rolston.

Junkonline.com - It’s only days before the MTV Asia Awards, and the first of the many international acts have already landed in town. Today, the Pussycat Dolls previewed a few tracks from their upcoming album Dolls Domination (set to release on September 15) at their South East Asian press conference.

The lead single off Dolls Domination, ‘When I Grow Up’ (produced by Rodney Jerkins), is already making waves on the charts, making it the Pussycat Dolls’ fourth top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Among the producers they worked with on the album are Cee-Lo, Scott Storch, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic), Darkchild and of course, Timbaland. Besides the lead single, other tracks include ‘Away’, ‘Barely Breathe’, ‘Bottle Pop’, ‘Fly The World’, ‘If I Were A Man’, ‘In Person’ and ‘Psycho’. Look out for a faux Brit accent on the track ‘Watchamacallit’ (sp?).

At the press conference Nicole, Ashley, Melody, Kimberly and Jessica also discussed Kim Kardashian’s upcoming stint as a guest Pussycat Doll. The girls also revealed that they will embark on a world tour that will bring them back to the SEA region (some time in March/April 09).

The girls trying on the sarongs they were presented to by their label, Universal Music. Nicole wants everyone to know she is wearing a sarong. Please don’t think she’s wearing a wack double layered outfit.

In interview for Rap Up TV, Sean Garret has revealed that “Bottle Pop” will be one of the Doll Domination’ singles, also  ASCAP posted one more song that most likely will be on the album, is called “Whatever Happens”

PCDWorld - Super Producer Teddy Riley (Blackstreet) claims he has recorded a song for the new PCD project …

I wanna thank you for all of your love and support…God is so awesome…I want all of you to look forward to the music coming soon and you’ll be the first to know where Blackstreet or I will be. I’ve been working with New Kids on the block, Pussycat Dolls, John Legend, music for film such as Rick James (SuperFreak), and more.

Get ready for the New New Jack Swing….I’m Back!!!!!!!

One love…Teddy wit da 1 2 Checka.

Offical PCD Myspace - Grammy-nominated pop superstars The Pussycat Dolls are giving the world fair warning…it’s time for global domination. On September 16, 2008, Nicole, Ashley, Jessica, Melody and Kimberly will release their sophomore album, Doll Domination, the follow-up to PCD, the international smash album that announced their arrival.

The Pussycat Dolls exploded on the pop music scene in the summer of 2005 with their worldwide 1 hit “Don’t Cha.” Their debut album, PCD, has sold over 7 million copies internationally on the strength of hit singles like “Buttons,” “Stickwitu” and “Beep.” They’ve toured the globe as a headline act and with the likes of The Black Eyed Peas and Christina Aguilera, and picked up a slew of awards along the way.

Now it’s time for Chapter 2…

On Doll Domination (executive produced by Jimmy Iovine, Ron Fair, and D.J. Mormile; co-executive produced by PCD creator Robin Antin), The Pussycat Dolls collaborate with the hottest producers in music: Timbaland, Cee-Lo and Sean Garrett (among others). The album’s first single, the Rodney Jerkins-produced “When I Grow Up” is exploding around the country. The Dolls recently performed the song on “The MTV Movie Awards” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, and will do it one more time tomorrow night on FOX’s hit “So You Think You Can Dance.” The hot-as-fire video (directed by Joseph Kahn) will premiere on MTV’s “FN’MTV Premieres” this Friday, June 13 and will air exclusively all weekend long on the channel.

Ever heard of the forum www.dolldomination.net? PCD’s album is named after it it already excists for 3 years! I can’t believe the Dolls used the therm by the pcdfan’s number one forum!