Normani is firing from all cylinders!
Fresh from announcing her debut solo album ‘Dopamine,’ the R&B star covers the latest issue of Who What Wear.
The stunning shoot was lensed by AB+DM and arrives on the heels of the 27-year-old sharing a titillating snippet of new material.
Beyond styling and profiling, the feature features insight into what folk can expect from the long-gestating LP.
Details after the jump…
Excerpt on ‘Dopamine’
“Days before our interview, I was given a top-secret link containing a sampling of songs from DOPAMINE. Being a click away from Normani’s newest music—one of the most anticipated albums of the last few years—didn’t fully hit me until I listened to the tracks.
Much of the sound we’ve come to associate with Normani has been rooted in a hybrid of pop, hip-hop, and R&B with prominent bouncing beats and catchy hooks. The new songs feel as if they represent the bridge from where she was to where she is now in her life. It’s not a complete pivot, as they still have the signature elements of Normani’s sonic repertoire, but they indicate a subtle shift. “It’s a representation of my evolution. It’s the version of me that’s been through some things over the course of the last few years,” Normani tells me.”
Normani on the project:
“The album feels like liberation, like a season of freedom. Not just because the record is finally coming out, but because it’s a celebration of everything I have been through to get to this moment. During this process, I heard God say to me, ‘Trust me. I know you’re afraid, but trust me anyway. Dare to trust me anyway. Now is the time.’”
She’s so pretentious. A Beyonce wannabe. Everything is a “culture reset” or “evolution” with her and the music always comes out sounding like generic 2000’s R&B cosplay. Flop. She will never be a Summer Walker or HER.
Eat a d ick btch. As if you know music 😂 I’m sure you’ll still tune in and get her streams up
I dont know her.. ! 💅
astaghfirullah wa atubu ilaika 🔥🔥🔥
Baby she got the ppl pressed and I love it 😂😂😂😂Im ready for the album mani….. #Nation
Don’t you have any further hobbies?
Oh okay so in other words you’ll be the first here when the album drops 😘
The Queen has arrived! 2024 is hers!!!!
With less than 10k first week sales?
Ain’t nothing stiffer than a mediocre mayo that’s be selling less than 4k if it weren’t for her systematic mayo privilege
Comments like this is why people don’t take Normani seriously. What has she done to be considered a queen? Or “slaying favs”. Let the album drop and then the music and numbers will speak for themselves😂
Queen is the most overused word for Millennials. They don’t read or travel much except for the McDs within a 10km radius of their hood 💋
Looks like her rollout is shaping up well. Looking forward to the album!
Why America is so obsessed with b*tt??!
Who the hell wants a flat pasty ass?
Lil Kim replacement.
Who’s lil Kim?
Get an education
Love the pictures, love the girl, waiting on the music, but from the excerpts this interview was dull. I’m sure she’s evolved a lot as a person but for them to be talking about a musical evolution when this is her overdue debut album is crazy
Paulo shut up, you always talking like you know something. I once liked you, but now you just be talking out your ass
Hmmm ok? 🤣 don’t be mad at me baby be mad at her team for not throwing some sparkle on this piece
All this mumbo jumbo evolution talk just for her to drop the snippet of a song about being f*****. I can’t take these girls seriously.🤣 She looks good though as always….
Another hype…boooring!!!!
She’s no Beyoncé or Janet. I don’t see star quality or charisma. We have Zsa and Lizzo now. We don’t need this generic wannabe.
Hey
Astafirullah ☕️
mark my words Normani will become the..
QUEEN
OF
MUSIC
lol 😂
Chile bye. Keep worrying about that album of the year Grammy award y’all ain’t never gon see 😂😘
Norma is always had potential to be huge that’s why even legends hate on her
Said no one ever. lol 😂
If she was all about woman empowerment like she sings about she’s let the natural order happen. When the younger more talent version comes you bow out gracefully. She gon learn the hard way
Every single black girl in music is a hoh. Every single one. It’s sad.
She is a flop and no charisma.
Never be the same
Peaked at number 6
Normani’s highest charting song peaked at number 7 and it was a feature
Motivation peaked at number 33
That dirty flop
They have shelved her.
The basic chic is done
😂😂
Built like a buck
Cant sing
Only knows how to play victim
Camilas been body shamed for years on end now even she’s against it. Also the last I checked camila used the artist kin browns remix versions traction and popularity for that chart position. Helping the original version. Chart at #6..
Exactly! Better check that idiot Camila’s last album charted in hell let that sink in..
Idk I just see it for her.? She gives nothing but everything somehow and I’m intrigued
Oh she coming 🤩🤩
Zero star quality. She’s the definition of basic and forgettable. She’ll never be a big star.
It seems like everyone’s waiting for her. Fans and haters and for me I still kind of see it for her. Don’t let us down
She’s finally dropping! She’s coming for wigs!!😩😭
lol 😂 the delusion is real
She’s a star period
Falling star
She’s about to finish all the girls and I am here for it!!