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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. "
Ella Mai
Social Media
Pressure
Media
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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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" L.A. is so slow. Everyone is so chill, and the weather, of course, makes everything better, but it's just a different vibe. "
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" I always felt like I could go to my mom and speak to her about anything. We have a great relationship. "
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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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" The word 'album' makes you nervous, especially 'debut album.' "
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Album
" 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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" 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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Music
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" As much as heartbreak music might be therapeutic, we all want love and long for that feeling. So if a song can give you that feeling, even without being in love, that's amazing. "
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" I'm someone who likes routine. "
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" It's okay to wake up and look however you look. You are beautiful regardless. "
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" I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye. "
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Eye
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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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Life
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Myself
" I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love. "
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Show
Love
" Sometimes we misinterpret, sometimes we misunderstand, sometimes we make mistakes. "
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Misunderstand
Mistakes
Make
" 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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Team
Music
School
" 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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Sound
Out
Just
" 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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Open
Sense
You
" 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. "
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Cheating
Yourself
You
" I've always been singing. Ever since I can remember, I've been singing. "
Ella Mai
Always
Singing
Remember
" The first time I found out that 'Boo'd Up' went platinum, I was handed the plaque. They really surprised me. I thought we were gold, and then Mustard and my managers brought the plaque to my rehearsals and told me. I was like, 'You are lying!' Like, I couldn't believe it. I'm just honored, honestly. It's a great feeling. "
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Me
Great
Gold
" I was a huge Lauryn Hill fan; that was all my mom would listen to in the car. "
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Car
Mom
Would
" 'Naked' embodies what everyone, at the end of the day, really wants and how they should feel. "
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End
Day
End Of The Day
" 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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Same
Night
Diary
" I love to color. "
Ella Mai
Love
Color
I Love
" 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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You
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Singing
" 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
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Radio
" I always say that when you have friends that are girls, you tell each other everything. "
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Always
Friends
You
" 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. "
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Thankful
Effort
Music
" I'm very big on feeling. "
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Feeling
Very
Big
" Everyone in L.A. loves sushi, and I don't understand it at all. "
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Sushi
Understand
Everyone