Pitchfork: Is "Beggin & Pleadin" off a forthcoming album?
Brandy: It?s part of an upcoming movement. Do they even call the things albums anymore? I don?t know. It?s a movement to me. Honestly, I?m on a mission to just do what I feel I should do. I?m going with my feeling. But the time is now. I?m writing, I have a lot of ideas, I?m in the studio. We?re good.
Pitchfork: It?s a very powerful, self-empowering song. What was it like in the studio the day you recorded it?
B: It was emotional. It was also challenging because I?m not really a soprano. I can fake it sometimes if I have a good lozenge or two, but it was a very challenging vocal. I pulled it from the bottom of my core, and that was an experience for me. It was very emotional but I managed to just push through. If that was the last vocal for me ever, I would be proud and OK with that. That?s what it sounds like to me. I?m thankful for that experience. I?m working and practicing for the live version, 'cause it?s like, 'OK, I?m squeaking!' But I?m so proud of it.
Pitchfork: Would you consider this song a good indicator of what to expect from your music going forward?
B: Absolutely. I want to continue to do music that challenges me. I want to do fearless music. I don?t want to do music for a format, I don?t want to do music for a particular radio sound?I want to do music that I feel inside of myself and not feel afraid to do it. And that?s what I?m doing. That?s what that record represents to me. Do what you feel, and if you feel it, then everybody?s gonna feel it. I don?t think I?ve truly been in this place before musically in a very long time.
