00:00Sometimes people are like, oh my gosh, it's ,
00:01and it's like, bitch, I don't want to be today.
00:03Sometimes they're pushing the .
00:04Hey, Mary Claire, it's Kiki Palmer,
00:06and this is Solicited Advice.
00:10How do you master the art of the clapback?
00:13Most of the time, these people are not worth your time.
00:16So I feel like if you do decide to clapback,
00:18the clapback is always based in truth.
00:21It just is what it is, and it ain't what it ain't.
00:24How do you balance being humble and knowing you look good?
00:27What's not humble about knowing you look good?
00:30When I think about humble, it's like not thinking
00:32that just because you look good, nobody else looks good.
00:35You still humble if you say you look good?
00:37The facts are the facts.
00:38This is turning into poetry.
00:39Who am I?
00:40Maya Andrew.
00:42What is your advice when you feel like
00:44you've been underestimated?
00:48My advice when I feel like I've been underestimated
00:50or what I've done and what I would say to somebody else is,
00:54good, because then you can't see me coming.
00:57Yeah, that's right.
00:58Like, I think it's actually fun in life
00:59when people don't expect you to really kill it,
01:01because then you're always gagging everybody all the time.
01:04When they expect too much, then it gets boring,
01:05and they know you're amazing already.
01:07What's your advice for staying classy
01:09when you really want to be petty?
01:11Keeping it cute.
01:12I never want somebody to take me up off my throne.
01:15You know what I mean?
01:16Being petty is not worth stooping down to anybody's level.
01:19How do you feel if someone's actually into you
01:22or just loves your energy?
01:24Y'all are asking me?
01:28I don't know how to explain it.
01:29Like, when you just vibe with people,
01:31a lot of times I'm just vibing, you know,
01:32because I just love to vibe.
01:34And before I know it, I'm not sure, like,
01:35do you like me?
01:36Are we just vibing for the sake of vibing?
01:38It gets really hard.
01:39It's like when you flirt for fun,
01:41and then before you know it,
01:42you're in a full-blown relationship.
01:43I don't know.
01:46How would you handle it if you accidentally sent a screenshot
01:49of a conversation to the person you were talking about?
01:51Oh my gosh, that happened to me one time.
01:53I would say it to you, but I'm not going to,
01:55because that would just be rude and unnecessary.
01:57But now that you've seen it, that's true.
01:59I wanted you to know how I felt in third person,
02:02so that you could see how you were making me feel.
02:04I said, like, some shit like that.
02:05You just have to own it, you know?
02:07You can't shy away.
02:09Your character True Jackson was in a position of power
02:12at a younger age.
02:13What qualities of hers do you think people trying to grow
02:15in their careers could learn from?
02:18True never gave up.
02:20Crazy things would be happening in classic sitcom style,
02:23and True would make it to the end and get things done.
02:26I think it inspired me growing up as a kid.
02:28Like, I don't give up.
02:29My discipline is what I always lean on.
02:31No matter what's going on, no matter who's watching me,
02:33I'm always going to maintain what I'm doing,
02:35so I don't have to get ready, because I stayed ready.
02:37I mean, she was 15 working at a fashion company
02:40because she started designing and believing
02:42that she could do it before anybody gave her the opportunity.
02:44That's what it takes.
02:47Your style is so versatile.
02:49What's your advice for someone who doesn't typically take risks
02:52in their personal style but wants to?
02:53I think my style is versatile just because I have
02:56a million different personalities,
02:57and I'm trying to feed them all at once.
02:59Like, some days I'm, you know, a member of NSYNC.
03:02The next day, I'm Brandy sitting in my room.
03:05A lot of times we feel like we have to be stuck
03:07in this idea of who we are.
03:08Like, we get this character, and boom,
03:10this is the character we have to commit to.
03:12But if you are the person that wants to switch it up,
03:14then lean into that being your vibe, that you switch it up.
03:19How do you deal with people who love your energy
03:21but can't handle your boundaries?
03:22I leave them alone.
03:24Sometimes people love your vibe,
03:25and they don't want to understand the fact that,
03:27hey, in order to enjoy the vibe, you got to respect the vibe.
03:30You get what I mean?
03:32What's the secret to feeling like yourself in an outfit
03:35that might be outside of your comfort zone?
03:37If it doesn't feel right, don't force it.
03:39Sometimes people are like, oh my gosh, it's ,
03:41and it's like, bitch, I don't want to be today.
03:43Sometimes they're pushing the ,
03:44and you just want to be chill.
03:46Be comfortable, above all else.
03:50What's your advice for reinventing yourself
03:52when people around you still expect the old you?
03:54Get around some new people.
03:55You have to be inspired, also.
03:57When you feel that vibe inside of you
03:59where you know you're in a rut,
04:00you need to try something new,
04:01you want to get up out your old bag
04:02and get into your new bag,
04:03or the people around you aren't growing and evolving,
04:05and you are, and you are having interest,
04:08and they're pushing back.
04:09That means you got to update your circle.
04:11The system reboot.
04:12You know what I'm saying?
04:12You need to download the latest iOS
04:15and stop playing around.
04:17How do I stay soft and open in a world
04:19that rewards being hard?
04:20Out of pure rebellion.
04:23That's actually my entire personality
04:25is made up of that concept.
04:27You know what?
04:28I'm not going to be angry because you want me to be angry.
04:30I'm not going to be sad because you want me to be sad.
04:32I'm instead going to just live life.
04:34I'm going to be joyful.
04:35I'm going to have happiness.
04:37I'm going to push against whatever vibe,
04:41mood, negative hindrance
04:42that anybody's trying to add on my life
04:44out of a sense of rebellion.
04:45I'm rebelling against the urge to just be grunge.
04:49And I'm actually going to lean in
04:50and be quippy, happy, kitschy,
04:52because that's the way that I fight back.
04:55That's like my version of fighting back.
04:56You know, my defense mechanism in life is joy.
04:59And can't nobody take it from me?
05:00Because it is what it is.
05:02And it ain't what it ain't.
05:07I'm about to go make some t-shirts.
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