Cop a gander of Normani!
The 25-year-old appears on the colorful new cover of Allure Magazine.
Landing on the heels of the launch of ‘Wild Side’ – her scorching new single with Cardi B, the feature sees the star assert her worthiness.
Ironically, while her former group Fifth Harmony cranked out a hit named ‘Worth It,’ the singer opens up about feeling anything but that during her time in the band.
Now, though, armed with an unshakable self-confidence and creative independence, she’s strutting ahead full steam to higher heights.
Head below for more from the name on everyone’s lips!
On Being Empowered From A Young Age:
“I grew up feeling beautiful. My mom, my dad, my grandmother instilled in me at a very early age that I was beautiful. The fact that my skin was chocolate was a beautiful thing. My kinky hair was beautiful. I don’t need to straighten it. I can rock my braids to my all-white school.”
On Fifth Harmony:
“I didn’t get to really sing in the group. I felt like I was overlooked. That idea has been projected on me. Like, this is your place.”
On Bulldozing Barriers As A Black Woman:
“My purpose in this work that I do is for other people that feel like they have Black women figured out. There’s so many layers to us, there’s so many textures, there’s so much that we’re capable of doing. Yes, I can throw ass. But I can also give you a proper eight-count, and I can do ballet, and I can do contemporary dance. If I want to sing this pop ballad, then you’re going to love it! While you see my Black face!” Period.
On Creating ‘Wild Side’:
“A lot of people aren’t expecting this [song] and that’s why I wanted to put it out first. I went to [Starrah] and said, ‘I want something really sexy. I just felt this sense of me coming into my own. I feel like a woman now.”
[This is] the record I need to also feel like a bad b*tch.”
On The Future:
“I’m reinventing myself. Now you all are finally going to be able to see me tap into that awareness — that I know I’m the shi*t.”
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She’s to arrogant song fell off quick but hey she got a top 15 single i guess lol
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
Literally flopmilla is flopping worse than anyone atm keep it
Beautiful Mani! But in order to reinvent yourself you need a basis to shift from aka put out your gotdamn debut first lol
Talk that talk, u know her debut album never came 💅🏿
REinvent herself? When did she ever INVENT herself?
Facts Queen!
Bad things happen for a reason💅🏿 F******* can’t sing for s h I t and that explains she is always a background vocalist 😂🤣😂🤣
Exactly. flopmila had a break in cancelled tour racist therapy over 10 flop singles and more. And it what she gets for being an ugly apë with 0 talent
lol…just lol 😂
Ikr? I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
All this crying to deflect from Camicky failing again
Once again. Mani outsold and outstreamed Camicky last week and is on track to do so again. 😂😂😂
And these fans really think her soundtrack is going to do anything
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She Reminds Me Of Eugene From ANTM Beautiful Girl But Eyes Always Appear Vacant 😩 Like She Just Smoked A Zip Of Gunja But She Has Potential Curious 2 SeeHpw It Plays Out Tho
You can cover as many magazines as you like, flash your ass and p**** on Instagram and in music videos as many times as you like, be as arrogant as you like, but sis…you still gon flop 🤷🏽♀️
A number 14 peak of a song is not a flop dumb ass Camilla peaking outside top 40 is a flop dummy
I’m not about to engage in a debate with an idiot who can’t seem to recall Camila already having TWO #1 singles… Dummy.
Flopmila only got those two hits cuz of the bigger artist that were also on the track. That’s why she has 52262727 failed singles and Normani outcharted her solo with just one song Hahah flopmila cannot do it by her ugly self
Then explain why Wild Side didn’t hit #1 with Cardi B then?
She’s so boring!!!!!!!
Where’s that ole squawking parrot Nicky at? “Camicky! SQUAWK SQUAWK! Camicky!” 🦜
“I grew up feeling beautiful.”
“Yes, I can throw ass.”
“[This is] the record I need to also feel like a bad b*tch.”
“I’m reinventing myself.”
“I know I’m the shi*t.”
The level of ARROGANCE she holds is SECOND TO NONE. ESPECIALLY for someone whose highest achievement is a Top 15 single and still has YET to drop an album! Mariah HERSELF would never speak of herself in such a manner!
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
It’s the delusion for me. .😂
That’s what hype will do to u.
Hype will make u think ur beyonce but in reality you are latavia.
LaTavia! BLOOP! lmaoooooooooo 🤣
How’s Camilla doing her second week at 67 you mute on that huh flop ass b****
Dont go yet (A SOLO SONG)
Fell 21 spots second week
Wild side featuring cardi, the biggest female rapper at the moment
Fell 31 spots second week.
Fell a further 16 spot 3rd week
😂😂😂😂
A whole cardi feature
And the ugly black beast showed her dusty pùsssssy in the video and for what?
Shameful
RCA must be happy they didnt invest in this song, cause they would have lost money.
LaTavia is a Grammy Award Winner who sold over 20 million records. Normani can’t relate.
@Saweetie
TELL IT, boo! 💯💋😂
A beauty who stays booking magazine covers. We love to see it.
Camicky fans hating as usually. If you’re ugly just say that. If you’re embarrassed stanning a racist fat Turkey neck, just say that. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I honestly don’t know who’s more deluded. You or her.
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
Normani is just ugly
Why is she copying Camila Cabellos aththetic here? Maybe she liked the don’t go yet video. Loser
Girl she stole Aaliyah’s song, pimped out Cardi B for a hit (although non-successfully), used Camila for a faux-racism scandal for sympathy and is now stealing her aesthetic, yet she’s STILL FLOPPING!
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
I just don’t get why Normani and her team will drop a fire song and video, it have the internet blazing and then all she do is interviews and magazine covers. Like… They don’t compare but… Camilla performed her new single on the tonight show the day after it was released. Why isn’t Normani riding on the wave of all the buzz right when it’s BUZZING?! UGH frustrating af.
What “buzz?”
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
Camila and normani are not on the same level, when are you guys gonna understand that?
Camila has given her label 2 number 1 songs,
2 platinum albums
3 grammy nominations
A diamond certified single
Amongst other achievements. So of cause the label will go above and beyond for her
What has normani given her label?
Camilla did all that and peaked outside top 40 now currently at 67 hot 100 so doesn’t look like that worked out to good for her
Camila’s song is solo and this song already has more streams that wild side, a cardi feature
Normani has appeared on the billboard hot 100 solo only once in her lifetime (motivation) and that song also had a remix feat 21 savage.
Ur girl is signed to RCA records, a big label, but she still funding her projects herself like an indie artist cause the label doesnt give a shìt about her.
And she looks Arab on the cover, not black.
So yall really throwin a talented brown skinned singer with the potential to become a driving force in entertainment under the bus off the strength of merely thinking her music is “mediocre” ? Is that what y’all call support? WOW! This is why black people will ALWAYS stand in our own way and love advocating for hypocritical shyt ! There is nothing wrong with this girl… Despite how low her songs chart, it does not mean throw this girl away just because her career hasn’t “taken off” yet … These comments are PATHETIC ! She grew up in a very loving and reassuring household but she’s called ARROGANT for believing in herself… Alot of y’all weren’t hugged enough when y’all were little and it SHOWS ! Blame that on ya MOTHER !
“…a talented brown skinned singer with the potential to become a driving force in entertainment”
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
There’s believing in yourself, then there’s “KNOWING YOU’RE THE SHIIT” 🤣
Her delusion is unbelievable. The reason she got hardly any vocals in Fifth Harmony is she was by far the weakest vocalist. She was lucky to get a few lines here and there, instead of a few ad libs or backing vocals.
Uh… she KNOWS she’s the shiit, apparently 🤣
I’m glad your eyes have finally opened
😂
““I’m reinventing myself. ”
Bìtch, u dont even have a career to begin with, no era, no album, nothing, so what are u reinventing urself from?
She’s delusional just like her fans.
U see what Twitter hype does to the brain.
She really think she’s beyonce, she really think shes a legend or something. Lol
Your delusional still haven’t admitted Camilla flopped holding onto hope this song will perform
Like Havana just delusional
My girl is not the one financing her own career with her own money, that will be f*******, because the label doesnt want to lose money.
U still haven’t accepted the facts that normani will never have.
It’s been 4 years now and her career is still in the butter.
Its been 4 years since the ugly black beast left 5th harmony and shes still an upcoming artist, and she will remain that way forever
The only single of Normani’s that will ever be successful is her relationship status
Song still did better than Camilla so stfu
You “stfu” you ignorant swine. You’re not welcome in this conversation. Take your squealing -like-a-p** because Normani’s Arab-looking ass is a flop elsewhere 💯
““I didn’t get to really sing in the group. I felt like I was overlooked”
U were not allowed to sing in that group cause u were the weakest vocalist.
Every girl from that group brought something to the table vocally except u normani.
Camila =ad libs, high notes, climax of the song
Lauren- choruses
Dinah and ally= verses
Normani = NOTHING.
This was 5th harmony in a nutshell.
Normani u were the worst singer in that group that’s why you cant stand on ur own now ur solo
Have you guys actually listened to Fifth Harmony music Normani always had the second most vocals on all 3 albums there is even YouTube videos that divide their time up on songs an albums. I think she means that she wasn’t allowed to sing the way she is comfortable with I.e. they would not let her sound r&b on their pop records so she of course had to assimilate to an unnatural tone of signing.
I don’t understand why black people give black artist in any genre of entertainment and exponentially harder time than their white counterparts. Normani has proven her talent and prowess yet it’s not enough for the black community if I were her I would say f*** it and only do pop music cause not only is the community I’m trying to serve not buying my stuff but they are actually vocally shaming/bullying me as well. Just enjoy her if you do and don’t listen if you don’t.
I am rooting for Normani it sucks that the powers that be are hindering her career but it sucks even more to see your own people kick you while you’re doing it for the community or at least trying to…
Perfect summary. The producers were clearly doing charity work by giving her any vocals at all. She doesn’t have her band mates to hide behind any more.
F******* your music is so lackluster
You need to humble yourself and put out worthy music rather than Ariana throwaway’s
Look at her face, be honest with urself, is that the face of a star?
She looks very regular.
She has a lot of mouth also for someone who barely knows how to operate mic, talk less of singing a tune or holding a note
Assuming she has bops that’s a different case, but she doesn’t.
Her voice is boring
Her music is boring
Her personality is boring
U cant hold a note but u are here boosting, calling urself a legend.
😂😂
Shes an idiot. This is what Twitter hype will do to u.
I have been telling yall since 2019 but yall never listen, this girl ain’t it.
Some of u, ur eyes have started opening tho. Glad for you.
Nicky is a lot cause though. There’s no helping that thing.
*lost cause
Yesssss drag that Nicky son of a c u n t 💅🏿 This loser is probably crying in the corner somewhere. We love to see it 🤳🏻👠👑
It stopped replying when it got hit with FACTS and taken for the joke it is.
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
seek help. We can all tell your talking and responding to yourself . Omggg how mentally ill can you be smfh
Let me give a shout-out to all stupid f******* stans, trashy bish, Paulo, u funny h o e, Nicky, DC. Come fight me b I t ch essssss💅🏿 Keep holding that L’s 👠👑🤳🏻 Don’t coming fit the real diva, Queen & king, I will cost ya!
Yaaaaaaaaaas my Diva! 💋
Go team! 👑👠💋🤳🏽
I literally cannot stop laughing 😂😂😂😂
CaBloata fans are weird asf 🥴 who brags about a “solo single” peaked #67 💀on Billboard 100 and has fallen out of AppleMusic Top 300 💀🤣🤣 chile Motivation charted higher than this mess, which was also a SOLO single. It’s seriously the delusion fa me. Stop sniffing glue sticks ya bums…
Zip it, u funny hoee
Gurl,dont u have a conspiracy theory to push on Twitter about how Camila is sabotaging normani behind the scenes
😂😂
Lunatic.
U better take ur meds.
😂
Ur girl is signed to a big label but shes still funding her projects herself with her own money like an indie artist
😂😂😂
Gorgeous! Do it mani! You are the b**** !
A Top 15 hit, number one on r&b charts we love to see it.
And chlamydia??? Below top 40 debut !
Projected to fall 21 spots on billboard & completely out of Apple Music 🤣🤣
Normani is currently OUTstreaming that ugly deep set under eye bítch 🤣🤣 & she was dropped from a movie studio 🤣🤣
We love to see it! Lmaoooooo
Ouch….Don’t Go Yet sounds like a FLOP #63 actually this week.
Camila tha gorilla cannot relate.
This is exactly why Fatmila the flopping monki is flopping Lool. Y’all too invested in Normani your letting her flop. 45 debut and expected 30 spots drop for 2nd week?? Y’all gotta do better
I have to laugh 😂😂😂 the way this girl is out steaming and out charting Camila is just sad. Normani has only 2 songs out ? Both outcharted Camila wow. Not to mention normanis solo single also charted higher then any Camila song
Pretty pictures 😍😍😍😍😍can’t wait for more bangers !
How are you an “it” girl but your comeback piñata song debut at # low af ? Hahahahaha
Camel toe is just an ugly talentless flop. playing catch up with mani. But she won’t be able to cuz her songs gonna plummet even harder next week 💀💀💀
💀🤣
You know you that bish when you cause all this conversation lol 💋🤳🏽 #Normani