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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.

Kehlani

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
Motherhood, building character one day at a time.
KEHLANI

Character Mom Time
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.
KEHLANI

Comfortable Help Myself People Talk Time
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.
KEHLANI

Break Mom Myself Pay Song
Vocally, I’m always listening to Brandy. As a writer, I’m always listening to India Arie and Drake.
KEHLANI

Listening Music Writing
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

Honesty Music Myself Thinking
Sex is biological, but gender is mental.
KEHLANI

Difference Mental Sex
I’m frazzled, but I’m good.
KEHLANI

Goodness Instagram Captions Myself
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

Feeling Girl Help Myself Perspective Song
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
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
You are anything but conventional, baby, did ya know?
KEHLANI

Worth Yourself
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.
KEHLANI

Feeling Fun Play Sex
I’ve always been a very young person with a very old soul.
KEHLANI

Character Myself Old Soul Young
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.
KEHLANI

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

Choice Eat Health Myself

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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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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