Ravyn Lenae Shuffles Her Music Library: Kendrick Lamar, Anycia, and more | Song Shuffle - video Dailymotion

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Rolling Stone caught up with Ravyn Lenae at Lollapalooza to shuffle her music library, talk about playing a hometown set, how she listens to Kendrick Lamar, and her best advice for singer-songwriters.

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00:00So you just got off stage at Lollapalooza. You came here when you were 16, I heard.

00:05That was a time when I didn't know, I was young, how to handle my liquor.

00:08I did edibles with the liquor. I wasn't thinking at all.

00:12They had to carry me out of Lollapalooza.

00:14Hey, this is Rolling Stone. We're here at Lollapalooza with...

00:18Raven Lene.

00:19Raven, can you shuffle your music library for us?

00:22Let's do it. Okay, let's see.

00:24Okay, first one is Luss by Kendrick Lamar.

00:27I just need you to want me and my accent too much.

00:31I love this album so much.

00:33This beat in particular I thought was really interesting.

00:37And I saw that Kei Trinata had credits on it, so that made me even more intrigued.

00:41Kei is my brother and I love him so much.

00:43Do you remember the first time you listened to this album?

00:46I think I was still living in Chicago.

00:49I put it on my TV and I literally laid down on the couch with my eyes closed and listened to the whole thing.

00:55That's usually how I listen to Kendrick's albums, in my living room with my eyes closed.

00:58Are you like a religious sort of album, no shuffle?

01:02Yeah, yeah, for sure.

01:03Do you wish that your listeners would listen to your albums in such a way as well?

01:07I would hope so, at least front to back one time.

01:10But I also know that people have different listening styles and like to enjoy music differently, so every people like to do it.

01:17All right, let's do another one.

01:18Okay.

01:20Bad Weather by Anissia.

01:22Yeah, Nini brought the rain to L.A.

01:25Do anything to see a smile on my face.

01:28Black to check, I'm sliding Cartier on my face.

01:30I think she's so tight.

01:32I'm really into great voices in rap, vocal texture and tone.

01:37And I think the girls are like ruling that right now, especially her.

01:42I love when girls have like a deeper, more raspy tone to them and she has that.

01:47It's just fly.

01:49This is a song by one of my great friends, Arima Adara.

01:53It's called Portals.

01:54I love this song.

02:01I rinsed this song so much when it first came out a few years ago.

02:04She's just such a special artist with a unique voice and a unique perspective.

02:08There's a few lyrics in the song that says, I just missed my friend or I lost my friend.

02:13So those lyrics tell me that something was broken.

02:17Very relatable.

02:18I feel like everyone kind of goes through friend breakups at some point.

02:20And those like honestly hurt worse than...

02:22Yeah, sometimes.

02:24Angel on Satellite by Magdalena Bae.

02:33I love them so, so much.

02:37I first listened to this album walking through some trail in the valley by myself.

02:43I just knew that was the scenery for it.

02:45I remember walking through and being like, oh, I feel like I'm on shrooms, but I'm not.

02:48But I saw them live for the first time in Iceland and I was just captivated.

02:53But her vocals are incredible and soft and atmospheric.

02:58The production is so punchy and in your face in a way.

03:01I just like that juxtaposition.

03:03So innovative, but something very classic about it too.

03:06I like that balance of new, but also classic.

03:08So you just got off stage at Lollapalooza.

03:12How are we feeling?

03:13This is a hometown show for you.

03:14Yeah.

03:16I feel crazy.

03:20I was literally telling my team backstage, like so much preparation and anxiety for literally

03:24like 55 minutes on stage.

03:26Yeah.

03:26Honestly, it was everything I dreamt of.

03:28I remember coming here as a kid and thinking of when it was going to be my turn.

03:31And so hopefully it's not the last, but I had an amazing time and was so happy to see

03:36so many Chicagoans come out.

03:38You came here when you were 16, I heard.

03:40I came and I got so blacked out.

03:43That was a time when I didn't know I was young, how to handle my liquor.

03:46I did edibles with the liquor.

03:48I wasn't thinking at all.

03:50They had to carry me out of Lollapalooza.

03:52So it's good to be back.

03:53And on my two feet.

03:54Yeah.

03:56Speaking of full circle moments, I saw that you also had visited your old art school.

04:00I've been really dreaming about going back to shy arts for a long time.

04:04And I thought this would be the perfect time.

04:06Walking through the halls, looking through the classrooms, remembering where I was.

04:10And it doesn't feel that long ago, but you blink and so many things have changed.

04:14But also so many things were still the same.

04:16And that felt comforting for me too.

04:18You were very recently spoken a little bit about resilience when it comes to the success

04:22of Love Me Not.

04:23And it's just wild to literally be going a certain rhythm for 10 years straight.

04:28And then something shifts that completely.

04:31And I'm so grateful for it.

04:32I'm curious if you had any advice for early musicians, what would that be?

04:36Think about that thing that makes you unique and special because everyone has it.

04:41And really harness it.

04:42Try not to tamper with it too much and protect it.

04:45And that's what I've tried to hold on to all these years.

04:47And I think when people do that, it always rises to the top, however long it takes.

04:51And always hard to see you, but I wish you were right here.

04:56Always hard to leave you when I get you everywhere.

05:00All this time I'm thinking I'm strong.

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