United Kingdom, April 24 -- Jack Harlow says Fergie was his sexual "awakening" at age eight.

The 28-year-old singer auditioned to perform Fergie and will.i.am's 2006 song Fergalicious in his elementary school talent show because of his early admiration for the 51-year-old pop star.

He told Rolling Stone magazine: "I loved Fergie... I think I was young... I was eight years old, but I was sexually attracted to her.

"Like, she was an awakening for me. But also I loved the music. Probably should have just said attracted, but I was speaking my truth.

"At that age, I was sure it was both."

Jack was a big fan of the song - along with the "tempo" and "her rap verse on it" - but his teachers decided "it was too promiscuous", so he ended up he...