American - Musician | June 6, 1983 -
I know my ticket is vulnerability. Most people point to some emotional experience, some hardship, some high or low when they talk about my music... a time when they need to feel those feelings more.
Kelela
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I remember the day I first heard what Timbaland and Aaliyah did - that intersection of her pretty voice and his weird, resonant production. I remember where I was and what I was doing. It was a major situation. We're trying to continue that legacy.
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I'm coming from the zone of Faith Evans, but with weird production.
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I don't care about the underground, even if that's where I'm currently residing sonically.
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We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular.
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I want to soundtrack people's layered feelings.
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That's pretty much how every song of mine works - I start with gibberish and melody and phrasing. I speak it naturally first. And then I think about lyrics that fit into that.
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The most rewarding thing for someone like me is for someone else to find solace through my music.
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I'm very into familiar things, popular things. I'm into things that no one seems to know about or be into. I'm trying to draw a line between those two things and make it clear... that it all makes sense to me. That it's not disparate. That it's all one thing inside me.
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How much closer can I get to the common ear, the mainstream, and how much it can still be from this other world, this other place? That's the line I keep trying to tread but have my wings extend more on both sides.
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I'm definitely seeking to challenge tropes.
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Sounding like I have agency in a song is important to me. I want to feel empowered by the music.
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