Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
KEHLANIThere’s girls that grew up like me and even worse, and they need to know that there is someone out there that can give them hope with my music. It’s about inspiring people and helping people.
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I’m at that point where I was able to make a decision on if it was time to follow my goals that are bigger than music, which is service to the community.
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I’ve always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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I always wanted to date me.
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Make-up sex, as treacherous as it can be, becomes this fun and playful thing versus this really intense thing. To me the song feels playful.
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My favorite person that I had been running everything by doesn’t even make music, but he is a genius. It’s Kerby [Jean-Raymond] from Pyer Moss. -Kehlani
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As far as creation goes, you just really have to not overthink and just create and be confident. If you think it’s tight, then the world is going to think it’s tight.
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Choose yourself or lose yourself.
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New flame, I’m blowin out matches.
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There’s girls that grew up like me and even worse, and they need to know that there is someone out there that can give them hope with my music. It’s about inspiring people and helping people.
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My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.
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We can be your distraction.
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It don’t take a whole day to recognize sunshine.
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Love my small team, proud of our sweet beginnings, every step feels so rewarding.
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When you look at me, you can’t really tell what I am, but I’m black, white, Native, Spanish, and a little bit of Filipino.
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I think most people don’t know that I really write everything myself. No help. There’s nobody in the studio except for me and the engineer. A lot of people don’t think I’m a singer. They think I’m a rapper.
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