Normani said she felt like she was 'showing up for myself' by embracing her Blackness across 'Dopamine.'
” for Black culture across its 13 songs. For Normani, staying true to her identity as a Black woman across the LP was more than intentional. It was necessary.about the album that dropped Friday, Normani shared that she felt like she was “showing up” for herself by embracing her Blackness after feeling like she had to mute it while she was a member of Fifth Harmony.
“I’m showing up and I’m representing my Blackness, but I also know that I’m a Black woman that does pop music. That is also part of my lineage because of where I come from,” she added. “I feel like I’ve had to really remind myself and have serious conversations with myself that I’m all of these things and that I don’t deserve to be limited.”, Normani pointed to the myriad Black artists that came before her as inspirations for her record.
“They’re literally the reason why I do what I do and why I’m able to be in the position that I am in: Black women,” Normani said. “They redefined the standard of beauty, but also just the standard in music. I feel like Brandy and Janet have really been disruptive in their own ways.”Lindsay Hubbard Says She Would Film Another Season of ‘Summer House’ With Ex Carl Radke, Conteh praised the singer for being a “star pupil” of the “mavens of Black culture.
“It’s an ode to the specificity of her Southern Black womanhood, with brassy horns, chopped vocals, Mike Jones samples, references to Pimp C, OutKast, lean, and slabs, and a newly liberal use of the N-word,” read the review.
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