I was seeing the effects of what music can do — how it can be healing and bring people joy, but on the flip side, there was this ugliness. I saw the greed and the He-Mans that were willing to f*ck over children.
KEHLANIMy lyrics are a complete 180 from what they used to be in terms of maturity. And I have a kid, so that changes everything.
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We can be your distraction.
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I’m a healthy eater, but I don’t consider Chick-fil-A fast food.
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I hang out with the right people, my friends that I’ve had since the beginning. We go to the beach, take walks, paint, see our family – just normal things that people who become famous lose sight of.
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Everybody is on the ‘I’ll cross the bridge when it comes’ conversation. I don’t think anybody truly knows.
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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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Yes, you are like the sun so always shine bright.
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New flame, I’m blowin out matches.
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You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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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 just remember falling in love with the old Chris Brown music, where it was, like, that real R&B, and I love the radio smashes he’s put out since then, but I go back to his older music for that R&B.
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My pops passed when I was little. I didn’t have a dad around to tell me certain things. I didn’t have my biological mother.
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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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I went from broke and homeless sleeping on couches. I couldn’t even figure out what I was doing in Los Angeles. Now, I’m paying my own bills. I’m about to move my mama in with me at 19. I’m on tour now, and this is all off of one mixtape.
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Sex is biological, but gender is mental.
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Love my small team, proud of our sweet beginnings, every step feels so rewarding.
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