Photographed by Santiago & Mauricio
On sexuality:
“There is unbelievable power in ownership, and women should own their
sexuality. There is a double standard when it comes to sexuality that
still persists. Men are free and women are not. That is crazy. The old
lessons of submissiveness and fragility made us victims. Women are so
much more than that. You can be a businesswoman, a mother, an artist,
and a feminist—whatever you want to be—and still be a sexual being. It’s
not mutually exclusive.”
On her new album sounding more raw: “When I
recorded ‘XO’ I was sick with a bad sinus infection. I recorded it in a
few minutes just as a demo and decided to keep the vocals. I lived with
most of the songs for a year and never rerecorded the demo vocals. I
really loved the imperfections, so I kept the original demos. I spent
the time I’d normally spend on backgrounds and vocal production on
getting the music perfect. There were days I spent solely on getting the
perfect mix of sounds for the snare alone. Discipline, patience,
control, truth, risk, and effortlessness were all things I thought about
while I was putting this album together.”
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