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Sometimes I make songs about girls, and I say ‘he,’ or I’ll make songs about guys, and I say ‘she,’ or sometimes they’re exactly what they’re about. I feel like it just allows me to get a lot more perspective.

Kehlani

I’m a healthy eater, but I don’t consider Chick-fil-A fast food.
KEHLANI

Choice Eat Health Myself
Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
KEHLANI

Listening Music Writing
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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Enough Myself Writing
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.
KEHLANI

Identity Yourself
Love is sight, sight is love. Stay where you’re seen, it’s where you’re loved.
KEHLANI

Deep Love Philosophy Seen
I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.
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Honesty Music Myself Thinking
If my eyebrows are cool, if my eyeliner is popping, if I’m moisturized, then I can pretty much wear whatever I want. I think if your hair and your face are together, I think it’s pretty much polished!.
KEHLANI

Fashion Myself Thinking Togetherness
I was writing with my homegirl who’s one of my favorite people to work with. We were just sitting in a studio and I said, I want to be able to talk about sex, but very specific kinds of sex.
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Favorite Myself Oneself Sex Writing
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.
KEHLANI

Myself Understand Writing
Motherhood, building character one day at a time.
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Character Mom Time
I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it’s not – it’s someone else’s. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it’s who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.
KEHLANI

Growth Heart Honesty Music Myself Ourselves Thinking
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.
KEHLANI

Fall In Love Music Myself Remember
It’s funny: I don’t listen to too much rap. I don’t listen to too much older hip-hop. If I do, it’s Ja Rule.
KEHLANI

Choice Funny Listen Music Myself
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.
KEHLANI

Beautiful Children Healing Man Music Myself Ugly
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.
KEHLANI

Music Myself People Thinking Writing
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.
KEHLANI

Kind Myself Understand Writing

Sometimes I make songs about girls, and I say ‘he,’ or I’ll make songs about guys, and I say ‘she,’ or sometimes they’re exactly what they’re about. I feel like it just allows me to get a lot more perspective.

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Sometimes I make songs about girls, and I say ‘he,’ or I’ll make songs about guys, and I say ‘she,’ or sometimes they’re exactly what they’re about. I feel like it just allows me to get a lot more perspective.

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