Aretha Franklin does a round of awkward satellite interviews

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Technical difficulties marred a live interview series via satellite with Aretha Franklin broadcast to a dozen different stations on Friday.

The interview came in support for her most recent album, a collection of covers released on RCA Records called Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. A collection of clips from the interviews, done with local and cable stations, was posted showing Franklin dealing with technical delays, a malfunctioning earpiece and other difficulties.

Although technology wasn’t entirely to blame for the awkward interviews — with Franklin admitting to one interviewer that she only had “four hours sleep, so I’m a little slow” — it did the 72 year-old Queen of Soul few favors during the station-hopping interview circuit.

A clip detailing the more awkward moments from the interviews can be found on Gawker, but here’s a gif showing about how much she cared:

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics is set to be released on October 21 and is the 38^th studio album from the singer. It is her first major studio release since 2003’s So Damn Happy.