In this interview, the girls talk female empowerment, what they each bring vocally in the new album, judgement, their dating pool and more!
What are each of you bringing to this new album?Lauren: This time around, you get to experience each girl in a way that you haven't really heard them before. I got to sing a lot more on this one --- it was bad before. A lot of people thought I was limited to the low range, but I can do other stuff.
Normani: I've been doing all the high harmonies and getting the opportunity to do ad libs. It's so much fun.
Ally: I'm so excited because I sang mostly high, belty parts and before our audience wasn't able to hear the different tones I can bring to the table.
Dinah: Vocally, I'm learning to be a bit more versatile. I have a powerful voice, and I'm learning to do more of a sweet voice.
Camila: I like any opportunity to do something different, whether it's adding harmonies or a background melody.
How do you define power and what makes a woman powerful?
Lauren: Power for me is knowledge. Educating yourself, being aware of the world arround you, and being aware of yourself is the one priority if you want to be a functionning human in the worls.
Normani:(To Lauren) That was nice. I feel like a powerful woman is someone who knows exactly who she is and doesn't look for validation from anybody else. But she's also able to congraculate another woman and see the beauty in her. She can be great. Two powerful women together, three --- that makes it even better.
Lauren: Or five!
Camila: Power comes from learning from situations that have happened or things that may have gone wrong. It's like, Okay, I overcame it, and now I can walk with the confidence that whatever life throws at me I can handle, because I handled it last time.
Ally: There's power in carrying on no matter what life hands you.
Dinah: Power for me is someone who came from struggle and used that struggle as fuel.
Lauren: A self-made woman.
Dinah: Another part of being powerful is being comfortable in your own skin. We tend to compare ourselves a lot to other women. And like Normani said, there's room for both of us. It's fine to cheer each other on.
What was the most challenging thing that you had to overcome?Ally: For me it would be following my heart. When certain situations came my way, I got really scared and didn't know what to do. I was brave enough to go outside of my comfort zone, and it was one of the best things I've ever done for myself.
Dinah: I'm still trying to be brave and overcome being afraid. I get afraid when I get attention. When camera gets on me, or when everyone's focused on me, or when I'm in the spotlight, I litteraly shy away.
Lauren: Girl, you cute!
Normani: I've 100 percent realized my purpose is beyond just me. A lot of the time I am judged on my skin color, which is so stupid, especially in this day and age.
Ally: That's sad.
Normani: I fell like I am in this position to helpother darker complected girls and boys realize that it doesn't really matter where you come from or what shade your skin color is.
What do you look for in someone you're going to date?Camila: You can't really choose who you like and who you end up falling for.
Ally: A-men.
Camila: If you meet somebody who you really like and they're in the entertainment industry, you wouldn't be like, Oh, well, this might not turn out well. The thing is, artist boys are crazy.
Lauren: I think everybody's crazy.
Camila: Everybody's insane.
Lauren: Straight up!
Camila: So when you have two people together, it's hurricane. It's intense. It's just these violent delights and violent ends
(I see you quoting some Shakespeare gurl. You ain't fooling no one). For me, I've learned if I want a very stable, normal relationship where I'll be like, Okay, this is nice, I know what's going to happen in a month, it's probably better to date outside the industry. But you can't help who you fall for. It's our dating pool.
Lauren: I look for honesty. If I'm down to be serious, it's definitely because I trust you. And I look for someone who's mentally stimulating --- obviously physically stimulating but more so mentally stimulating.
Dinah: Someone you can grow with.
Normani: I was just going to say that --- I should have gone first!
Get the 2016 March issue of Seventeen Magazine for the rest of the interview!Yes! And right now they are filiming their new music video! Seems like it will be directed by Hannah Lux Davis, and will give us some 'Mad Max' vibes... Curious and excited! Even more since we still haven't heard any snippet of the song. #BudgetHarmony2016source:
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