00:00Hello y'all, it's your girl Tiana Taylor and welcome to my Hollywood Reporter Covershoot.
00:13I think being in the game for so long, some people like prejudge you, like some people can't take you away from how they met you.
00:20So it's kind of like you're 15 forever, you know what I'm saying?
00:23Like I kind of like when people come from different places and like, oh, this is my first thing, this is my first thing.
00:28And then they like, they go down a rabbit hole like, I didn't know she did this much, you know what I'm saying?
00:32Some people just stuck in the, whoever this, this era of Tiana is, I'm okay here, you know what I'm saying?
00:39But I kind of like a good rabbit hole situation where they get to learn new things about me and, you know, different things like that.
00:46So I love that.
00:46I feel like since I was a young girl, I've always been like a busybody, you know, but in like in the best way though.
01:00Like I walk around looking for something to creative direct.
01:03So I would like walk down, like walk in my neighborhood and might see a dance group dancing like, hmm, I think this should go like this.
01:10And then we should go, bam, bam, bam, you know, and then like walk off.
01:14Like it wasn't even about credit, it wasn't about nothing else.
01:16Like I've always been like a helper, just always indulging in everything.
01:20And it's like, even just in school, I was always a visual learner.
01:23I wanted to sing it out.
01:24I wanted to rap it out.
01:25I wanted to draw it out.
01:26I wanted to, you know, talk it out.
01:28Like I've just always, it's not even like a time that was like, it happened and I was like, oh, I'm a creative.
01:33Like it's just always been me.
01:35Like it fills me up, you know, like I feel full when I'm creating.
01:40I think sometimes when I'm like sitting too still, it's just like, like when I'm too, I don't ever want to be stagnant.
01:45You know what I'm saying?
01:46Like when I, when I get too still, it's like, I got to do something.
01:49So it's like, we'll be so busy and have all these creative things going on.
01:51It's like, oh, I'm tired.
01:52I need a break.
01:53As soon as you get a break, it's like, my Lord, let's go to studio.
01:57Let's go cook.
01:58Let's go bake.
01:59You know, like I'm just, I always have to do something.
02:08What part of your regular life makes you feel like you're fighting one battle after another?
02:15I mean, trying to get my kids up for school in the morning is like fighting one battle after another because then it's like, okay, they're finally up.
02:23Now if I run downstairs and get this lunch bag right now, am I going to come back up?
02:28And Rue's going to be back in the bed.
02:30And then Junie's going to be on the toilet.
02:32But then she's going to be asleep on the toilet.
02:34And then it's like, just trying to figure it out.
02:36You know, it's literally one battle after another.
02:38What would your revolutionary nickname be?
02:47Perfidia Harlem Hills.
02:50Hmm.
02:52Because we don't have like little mountains in Harlem, but we got some crazy hills.
02:55You know, we got something called Skrilla Hill in Harlem.
02:58You know what I'm saying?
02:59So we have some blocks in Harlem where there's no getting by the hill.
03:03Like I remember one time I tried to go up Skrilla Hill.
03:05I'm like, you know, I'm going to go around the corner.
03:06It was another hill going up.
03:07Like it's just no way to get to Skrilla Hill.
03:09I can definitely say Perfidia Harlem Hills.
03:13I like that.
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