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" A lot of my music is about love. And that, of course, is super relatable. "
Ella Mai
Lot
Love
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" It was such a culture shock for me, being plucked from this diverse neighborhood in London into Jamaica Queens. I'm in this new environment, and I had an English accent. "
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" 'Naked' embodies what everyone, at the end of the day, really wants and how they should feel. "
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" Not everybody gets to wake up and do what they love. "
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" I like to leave things open to interpretation. But I also like to make a point. There's two meanings behind each EP title. With 'Time,' that was 'time to move on': you know, you've been in a bad situation; this is enough. But it was also time, in my life, for introducing myself, my first project I was putting out with Mustard. A new exciting time. "
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" Mustard saw my Instagram probably, like, August of 2015. He just reached out to me by DM on Instagram. "
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" I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye. "
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" I played soccer for nine years, so I took that route instead of singing. I played on the outside team as well as in school, so I was always playing soccer. It wasn't until I moved back to London that I really, like, started investing in music again and realized, OK, yeah, this is definitely what I want to do. "
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" I'm very big on feeling. "
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" There's loads of eyes and expectations. People are almost waiting for you to make a mistake so they can say, 'Oh, she's a one-hit wonder!' "
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" Mustard believes in me so much. It's good to have a mentor that's been through it. Even though he's a producer, he's been a new artist. "
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" I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love. "
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" From the end of 2015 to the start of 2016, I was always at the studio with Mustard, just figuring out a sound. "
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" There's a lot of young females doing R&B in England who are extremely talented and deserve more light on their stories. "
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Doing
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" A lot of 'Time' was actually about a friend's relationship and me seeing what she went through and how she felt. "
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Time
" A lot of the times, if relationships go badly, you concentrate on the negative. But in those situations, there is always a positive outcome that you can learn from. So, I like to concentrate on the lesson and how I can learn from this. I concentrate on me rather than concentrating on the actual situation. "
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Negative
Me
Positive
" People make careers off of Instagram. So in that sense, it's really good, and you can put yourself out there and be open. "
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" It's been cool to have my name mentioned when people say R&B is on the comeback and I'm the leading person. If you had told me at 16 that I would be that person - you're lying. "
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Me
You
Name
" I think it's harder for R&B to break in England because the radio and labels don't really know what to do with R&B music. "
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Music
Know
Radio
" I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car. "
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Would
" When I went into high school, I don't know why - because I've been performing since I was little - but I think it was just the pressure of being somewhere so different, and I already stood out because I had an accent, and everyone always wanted you to talk, that I kind of shied away from singing a bit. "
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" When you're in love, your heart and your mind are in sync, and everything just feels right. It's a special feeling. "
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" I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl. "
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" I'm big on self-confidence. "
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" My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from. "
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" I write in a diary every night to collect my thoughts. It's very therapeutic to songwrite, because it's the same thing. "
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" Sometimes we misinterpret, sometimes we misunderstand, sometimes we make mistakes. "
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" With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us. "
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" I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot. "
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