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.
KEHLANII’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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Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
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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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I write most of my songs to beats. I play around on guitar, but not enough to where I can compose my own stuff or play solos. Can accompany myself cause most songs are, like, four chords.
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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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Motherhood, building character one day at a time.
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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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You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
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My biggest role model right now is Beyonce, just ’cause she is a very, very strong, powerful woman, and that’s obviously the number one reason to be inspired by her. She is just killing every game there is to kill.
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I feel like I don’t really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.
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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 always wanted to date me.
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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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Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it’s really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they’re creepy or not.
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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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