00:03Hi, I'm Wembley and I'm here at my very first ever Afropunk, renowned for being a super inclusive, safe, creative
00:11space for people of color.
00:13I know the style and the fashion is going to be sick, but the music is going to be even
00:16sicker.
00:17I'm going to be talking to some amazing women about being a woman of color in the music industry, what
00:22it's like, their stage presence, their style.
00:24Let's go.
00:31Being here at Afropunk with the heat, the wind, the 70,000 people, what was it like?
00:38What were you thinking when you were looking out at an audience?
00:40I mean, I've probably never seen a more beautiful audience.
00:42I got a little bit distracted actually because I was looking at people in outfits, like, no, sin, you have
00:48to sin, look for words.
00:49It's beautiful to see people express themselves.
00:51And also to have them, you know, to have this eclectic mix of not only urban music,
00:56because black people make so many different genres of music.
00:59Yeah.
00:59And I just feel we need more of that and also like an understanding of the genre is not being
01:03so confined.
01:07In the studio, we just pick sounds and things we like.
01:10And I grew up listening to reggae.
01:12Then I listened to a lot of soul music.
01:14So I sing like a soul singer most of the time.
01:16But then the producer, he listens to rock or pop or whatever.
01:19So we just blend it.
01:21And to be somewhere where they just blend it, I feel right at home.
01:24It's wonderful.
01:36Sonically, obviously, you're one of a kind.
01:38Like, it's so unique.
01:38I've never heard anything like your novel.
01:41But also aesthetically, like your look is...
01:45Thanks.
01:45I mean, come on.
01:47How do you marry your art and your craft with your style?
01:53I've always loved dressing up and like loved clothes.
01:56I grew up going to thrift stores a lot with my parents.
01:59And I think like that kind of shaped ways of me just like playing with things
02:06and like things that already have like kind of a life within them.
02:10But now I'm kind of trying to like marry that with younger like up and coming designers.
02:14In the end, it's all just, it's me inside myself.
02:18Yeah.
02:18At what moment, if there was a moment or turning point, did you know that you had to leave
02:24behind home to pursue music and make it your life?
02:29My love for music was just, was like the one thing I was sure of.
02:34I played classical music.
02:35Like I grew up like playing classically and was trained classically.
02:38That was like kind of my stepping stone into really like finding my own self.
02:42Like my own side of music.
02:51I was creeping around earlier and it looks like it paid off because I made my way into
02:56safe tent.
02:57And here she is.
02:59Uh oh.
03:01I just saw you perform.
03:02Yeah.
03:03And can I just say that your energy on stage is fucking incredible.
03:08What is your creative process like?
03:10First, I think my intention is the stankier, the dirtier, the greasier, the better.
03:18I agree.
03:19It just makes me want to spread my legs, spread my legs, grind and just like, just, you know.
03:25If there was a message that you wanted people to glean from your music, what would it be?
03:33To be a warrior.
03:35A warrior doesn't have a gender on it.
03:37It doesn't have a race on it.
03:41It's a power to fight, to me, for what is right.
03:47And what is right is love.
03:50common right?
03:51Good to see you.
03:51I agree.
03:53I'mCom-D comme on.
03:54Ohh really.
03:56Yeah.
03:56Okay.
03:56Amen.
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