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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. "
Ella Mai
Sound
Out
Just
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" I'm someone who likes routine. "
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" There's a place for R&B in the U.K. industry - a huge market. I hope that 'Boo'd Up' can be a testament to the fact. Sometimes, it takes you moving outside the box to prove that it can be done. "
Ella Mai
Hope
You
Prove
" A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much. "
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Think
Song
" 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
" There's a lot of young females doing R&B in England who are extremely talented and deserve more light on their stories. "
Ella Mai
Light
Doing
More
" I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship. "
Ella Mai
Great
Relationship
Speak
" A lot of my music is about love. And that, of course, is super relatable. "
Ella Mai
Lot
Love
About
" I was 12 years old when I first moved to New York, and at that age, you're trying to find yourself. It was hard being so different from everyone I was around, and I felt that nobody could really understand me because everyone was American, and I was this little English girl with an accent. "
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Yourself
New York
Girl
" I love to color. "
Ella Mai
Love
Color
I Love
" People make careers off of Instagram. So in that sense, it's really good, and you can put yourself out there and be open. "
Ella Mai
Open
Sense
You
" With social media especially, there's a lot of image issues that everyone faces because there's so much pressure on us. "
Ella Mai
Social Media
Pressure
Media
" I'm big on self-confidence. "
Ella Mai
Big
Self-Confidence
" Mustard saw my Instagram probably, like, August of 2015. He just reached out to me by DM on Instagram. "
Ella Mai
Like
Out
Me
" 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!' "
Ella Mai
Waiting
Eyes
You
" 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. "
Ella Mai
Negative
Me
Positive
" I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot. "
Ella Mai
Lot
Seen
Grown
" I always say that when you have friends that are girls, you tell each other everything. "
Ella Mai
Always
Friends
You
" Not everybody gets to wake up and do what they love. "
Ella Mai
Wake
Wake Up
Gets
" I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car. "
Ella Mai
Car
Mom
Would
" When you're in love, your heart and your mind are in sync, and everything just feels right. It's a special feeling. "
Ella Mai
Feeling
Love
Mind
" L.A. is so slow. Everyone is so chill, and the weather, of course, makes everything better, but it's just a different vibe. "
Ella Mai
Weather
Everyone
Slow
" 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. "
Ella Mai
Boxes
Career
Early
" Sometimes we misinterpret, sometimes we misunderstand, sometimes we make mistakes. "
Ella Mai
Misunderstand
Mistakes
Make
" It's deeper than the music when it comes to me and Mustard. He's like a big brother, and I'm so thankful to have a mentor like him to advise me. Even though he gives me a lot of creative control, I always go to him like, 'Do you like this?' It's so cool that it's always a collaborative effort. He never makes me feel pressured or anything. "
Ella Mai
Thankful
Effort
Music
" 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. "
Ella Mai
You
Think
Singing
" I definitely believe that there are songs that, as artists, we don't know the full potential. "
Ella Mai
Know
Songs
Potential
" I feel like everyone has been in a bitter situation, regardless whether it's cheating or just not being over someone who is over you - you compare yourself to the next. "
Ella Mai
Cheating
Yourself
You
" My mom used to play a lot of music around the house, and I think that's where I get my inspiration from. "
Ella Mai
Music
Think
Used
" Everyone in L.A. loves sushi, and I don't understand it at all. "
Ella Mai
Sushi
Understand
Everyone
" I've always been singing. Ever since I can remember, I've been singing. "
Ella Mai
Always
Singing
Remember