
“That’s the record I need to also feel like a bad b-–. “I went to and said, ‘I want something really sexy.’ I just felt this sense of me coming into my own. While working with Ariana Grande‘s ace songwriters Victoria Monét and Tayla Parx and other A-list hitmakers such as Starrah, The-Dream, Rodney Jerkins, Priscilla Renea, the “Motivation” singer keeps abreast of what they’re working on, down to the BPM of the songs. Because now, she’s in control - and it shows behind the scenes, too. When it came to showing her “Wild Side” on her latest Cardi B-assisted single that broke into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, Normani set out to be anything but overlooked. If I want to sing this pop ballad, then you’re going to love it! While you see my Black face!” But I can also give you a proper eight-count, and I can do ballet, and I can do contemporary dance. Getty Images Chris Brown/YouTub Normani is being annihilated by fans online for appearing in Chris Brown’s music video for his new song, WE (Warm Embrace). There’s so many layers to us, there’s so many textures, there’s so much that we’re capable of doing,” Normani adds. “My purpose in this work that I do is for other people that feel like they have Black women figured out. I can rock my braids to my all-white school,” she recalls.
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“The fact that my skin was chocolate was a beautiful thing.



The 25-year-old singer recalled “feeling beautiful” during her childhood, when her mother, father and grandmother consistently reminded her of it. Growing up as a dark-skinned Black girl in the South was only made slightly easier by the affirming safe spaces her family built for her. But now she’s projecting a new spotlight onto herself and Black women everywhere, exposing their sheer multifaceted talent.
