Nicole Scherzinger could have simply completed tearing up the West Finish stage as Norma Desmond in Sundown Boulevard, however she hasn’t forgotten the place she got here from.

“It was such a whirlwind,” Scherzinger, 46, solely advised Us Weekly whereas reflecting on her time with the Pussycat Dolls. “It’s type of loopy. A lot occurred so quick for the Dolls.”

Although Scherzinger often topped the charts within the aughts with the group, the Masked Singer decide stated her proudest Dolls second was the act’s 2019 reunion.

“I’m actually pleased with after we got here again collectively,” she defined. “The pandemic occurred and we weren’t in a position to tour, however we got here again collectively for our tune ‘React’ and carried out on The X Issue, and I used to be pleased with that. We hadn’t been collectively for, like, 10 years, after which we bought collectively for per week and simply put that up on stage.”

Scherzinger went on to say that she was thrilled to see how her former bandmates had modified since their preliminary 2010 cut up.

“I used to be largely proud due to the ladies that we had developed into,” she defined. “That we might come collectively and say, ‘Wow, life is a lot larger than petty issues.’ And half the women have youngsters, you already know what I imply? And households. And that development as ladies, of coming collectively and being supportive of one another — I believe that’s what made me probably the most blissful, that we might do this. And I nonetheless love and assist the women.”

Scherzinger, who’ll make her Broadway debut this fall in one other run of Sundown Boulevard, is equally effusive when discussing her days within the short-lived lady group Eden’s Crush.

“I’m so grateful for it as a result of little did I do know that [Eden’s Crush] would put together me to steer the Dolls, you already know?” she advised Us. “I used to be so inexperienced once I did that. If anyone noticed the sequence that we did, [The WB’s Popstars], it was on the forefront of the entire actuality expertise search sequence. It was such a very inexperienced time for me. And like I stated, it’s ready me for what I used to be imagined to do. And it’s loopy whenever you’re younger, you suppose you already know all of it, however you don’t. You’re nonetheless rising and attempting to determine who you might be as an individual, as a lady, as a musician, as an artist. And so it’s good. I’m actually grateful that I’ve lived a life the place now I’m courageous sufficient to write down the music that I wish to write and to do work by myself phrases now.”

Scherzinger spoke to Us earlier this month whereas headlining a particular Wimbledon live performance at The Hill in New York Metropolis. She was blissful to return to the States after spending a lot of final yr in England whereas acting on London’s West Finish.

“Coming again — it’s a dream,” she advised Us. “I noticed U2 carry out below the Brooklyn Bridge as soon as. … And to suppose that we get to carry out below the Brooklyn Bridge, it’s so magical. It’s actually particular. And to deliver all people collectively — not solely right here however from throughout the pond as properly — it’s actually particular, particularly with this kicking off my run of Sundown. Coming right here, doing this, attending to be with the followers, singing the songs, my songs with all people, after which in just a few months, that is going to be my new residence.”

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With reporting by Nikaline McCarley