Before Normani even hears the question, she laughs. "God, I already know," she tells Bustle when the topic of her long-awaited debut album is broached. "Status of the album? Summer for sure. Tour? Coming." It's the most direct and concrete answer the "Motivation" and "Fair" singer has given since she began her solo career four years ago apart from Fifth Harmony, her girl group that formed on The X Factor in 2012. The 26-year-old singer quickly elaborated on the years-long wait.
"I understand that [waiting] might not be the easiest in regards to supporting me, but I think that people really don't understand, especially coming out of a girl group, what most may have thought was the perfect time for me to release — during 'Motivation' — was not it at all because I would've put out a body of the work that I wasn't confident in," Normani adds, referring to her 2019 single.
Despite industry support and high expectations from avid fans, her debut album has been pushed back several times, and now in 2022, Normani is OK with the delay.
"I had a lot of growing to do. I had a lot of artist development, which I feel like people don't take seriously. They throw artists on stage completely unprepared. And for me, that mentality was very important. Now, I've also been very critical on myself. So I think it's been a combination of things, but it's definitely going to be worth the wait."
"I needed to go through my process to figure out sonically, OK, what means something to me? What do I want my sound to sound like? Let me actually live these real experiences so I have something to talk about. I'm very, very prideful of what I do and the art. It means a lot to me and I'm heavily involved in literally every single aspect. Anything that you can think of, my hand is in. I'm very competitive with myself. ... So I'm always wanting to strive for the best quality."
"For me, I like quality over quantity for sure, but I also know that it's a game and the way that people digest music is so different than it was back in the day. So it's having to adapt to that, but also making sure that you put out something that's authentic to you."
"And then personal life stuff, taking place. A lot of people still don't know my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. I wanted to go home, but the reason I was able to push through was because me being in the studio, and me working toward finishing this album, got her through her chemo and got her through that whole process, which was very, very devastating for our family. People are so quick to speak, but don't know. To my fans, I'm appreciative because they've walked with me and they have been patient, and I know that it's frustrating, but I would ask them to trust me."
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/normani-debut-album-release-date-fair-lyrics-meaning-collaborations
Normani Badu bit
The reset is coming
n
its annoying and frustrating to keep giving false dates, but abyone who is even slightly a creative should completely understand what she just said here
im PERCHED
Artist development! Finding me! Don't rush me!
Girl, the clock's a ticking. Its either u have it or u dont. The group broke up at the top of 2018. Taking u over 4 years to find yourself is garbage, not when Camila Cabello has put out multiple albums and left the group just 1 yr before Fifth Harmony broke up. Sounds to me after all this time, u still dont know who u r as an artist.
Watch quing x nd chloe drop they albums before ha
Quote from: Freemala Harris on June 09, 2022, 09:57:35 AM
Before Normani even hears the question, she laughs. "God, I already know," she tells Bustle when the topic of her long-awaited debut album is broached. "Status of the album? Summer for sure. Tour? Coming." It's the most direct and concrete answer the "Motivation" and "Fair" singer has given since she began her solo career four years ago apart from Fifth Harmony, her girl group that formed on The X Factor in 2012. The 26-year-old singer quickly elaborated on the years-long wait.
"I understand that [waiting] might not be the easiest in regards to supporting me, but I think that people really don't understand, especially coming out of a girl group, what most may have thought was the perfect time for me to release — during 'Motivation' — was not it at all because I would've put out a body of the work that I wasn't confident in," Normani adds, referring to her 2019 single.
Despite industry support and high expectations from avid fans, her debut album has been pushed back several times, and now in 2022, Normani is OK with the delay.
"I had a lot of growing to do. I had a lot of artist development, which I feel like people don't take seriously. They throw artists on stage completely unprepared. And for me, that mentality was very important. Now, I've also been very critical on myself. So I think it's been a combination of things, but it's definitely going to be worth the wait."
"I needed to go through my process to figure out sonically, OK, what means something to me? What do I want my sound to sound like? Let me actually live these real experiences so I have something to talk about. I'm very, very prideful of what I do and the art. It means a lot to me and I'm heavily involved in literally every single aspect. Anything that you can think of, my hand is in. I'm very competitive with myself. ... So I'm always wanting to strive for the best quality."
"For me, I like quality over quantity for sure, but I also know that it's a game and the way that people digest music is so different than it was back in the day. So it's having to adapt to that, but also making sure that you put out something that's authentic to you."
"And then personal life stuff, taking place. A lot of people still don't know my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. I wanted to go home, but the reason I was able to push through was because me being in the studio, and me working toward finishing this album, got her through her chemo and got her through that whole process, which was very, very devastating for our family. People are so quick to speak, but don't know. To my fans, I'm appreciative because they've walked with me and they have been patient, and I know that it's frustrating, but I would ask them to trust me."
https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/normani-debut-album-release-date-fair-lyrics-meaning-collaborations
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https://twitter.com/BuzzingPop/status/1534488248881500161?s=20&t=A6I8vFVoijFjsoL_yQOtfQ
https://youtu.be/l97rZmkGiAE
She dished on why it didn't drop w/ Motivations @ the beginning :ohwow:
authentic! vulnerable! wanted life experience!
girl it's music just fckn drop it
:uhh:
This would be understandable if the material she puts out wasn't so basic. She rises to the occasion in terms of visual, but sonically it's a lot of B.S. Cause she's not introducing anything that sounds like the amount of time it took to conceive it.
Quote from: GYNandTONIC on June 09, 2022, 11:24:32 AM
This would be understandable if the material she puts out wasn't so basic. She rises to the occasion in terms of visual, but sonically it's a lot of B.S. Cause she's not introducing anything that sounds like the amount of time it took to conceive it.
!!!!
yeah
and nothing I've heard is that damn personal outside of "Fair".
"Wild Side" is about getting fucked for damn sake. She needs to cut the shit.
wow love ha, but nine sounds dumb in here :uhh:
Her album will be a classic
d
She could've been on album 2 right now (with Wild Side, Candy Paint, etc.) and made that artist development into a whole new era. Its just excuses.
Quote from: plan_b on June 09, 2022, 11:59:48 AM
wow love ha, but nine sounds dumb in here :uhh:
boy fuck u
Quote from: Georgina Sparks on June 09, 2022, 12:26:06 PM
d
She could've been on album 2 right now (with Wild Side, Candy Paint, etc.) and made that artist development into a whole new era. Its just excuses.
!!!!!
like I said, this girl is full of shit
(https://uploadir.com/u/r09fmyhk)
She needs her fucking ass beat.
Not almost 3 years since Motivation :dead:
Did anyone tell her that we're fine on the wait?
Not artist development. :dead:
I hope that included vocal training
Quote from: Nine on June 09, 2022, 11:15:50 AM
authentic! vulnerable! wanted life experience!
girl it's music just fckn drop it
:uhh:
dcknddvvvb !!!!
It's not like she's singing about some deep shit anyway.
dewt dewt dewtGor...
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!!!
This is what I told y'all about Wild Side: the vid was amazing and so was the snippet but the song is cute but def NOT what she thinks it was.
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I still love Wild Side. However, it isnt the "cultural reset" she thinks it is. After Motivation didnt do what they wanted it to do, sure. Go back to the drawing board. But when u return after 2 years with a mid tempo when the girls wanted a summer bop, and ur taking another yr to give that to us and at the top of the yr, the album still aint done? Shiiiit, at this point, just say u dont know what the hell ur doing. And neither does ur label.
So when's the next single? Soon. When's the album coming out? Summer. Tour? Oh that's coming. Gorlll gone. Sick of ha shit.
They gave up on Motivation way too soon. It had a top 40 debut and went platinum.
It had potential had they pushed it.
Quote from: Kalifornia. on June 09, 2022, 02:32:18 PM
They gave up on Motivation way too soon. It had a top 40 debut and went platinum.
It had potential had they pushed it.
Wayyyy too soon and not pushed hard enough. She really thinks it's 2001 and that a VMA performance is gonna put her where she needs to be.
:udontlookok:
Quote from: Kalifornia. on June 09, 2022, 02:32:18 PM
They gave up on Motivation way too soon. It had a top 40 debut and went platinum.
It had potential had they pushed it.
way too soon
but again Normani is her worst enemy, she didn't like it like that so they didn't decide not to do anything else with it
this girl pisses me the fuck AWF
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Lol bullshit. They were waiting for a huge hit that never happened before dropping her album. Normani wants to become an overnight megastar but she hasn't done anything groundbreaking enough to reach that point.
Wild Side is the best thing she's ever done.
and honestly, it's the hottest thing to come from last year single wise for females imo. She just doesn't know how to stick to one sound.
Quote from: ᴴᴼᵀᴾᴵᴺᴷ on June 09, 2022, 07:32:41 PM
Wild Side is the best thing she's ever done.
How many times do I have to explain why Waves is lowkey the superior gor?
(https://uploadir.com/u/7kbr6lc5)
Quote from: Big Barbie on June 09, 2022, 08:04:05 PM
Quote from: ᴴᴼᵀᴾᴵᴺᴷ on June 09, 2022, 07:32:41 PM
Wild Side is the best thing she's ever done.
How many times do I have to explain why Waves is lowkey the superior gor?
(https://uploadir.com/u/7kbr6lc5)
That song is so idk to me now.