Saweetie glows on the March 2024 cover of Allure Magazine.
But, beyond blazing with a stunning photo shoot, the femcee pairs the feature spread with a hyper-candid interview.
During the rawest corner of the conversation, the rapper waxed honest about the hold up with her long awaited album debut.
Indeed, since arriving on the scene, the starlet has enjoyed spot spells of success with hits such as ‘My Type’ and ‘Tap In.’
And yet her LP, previously titled ‘Pretty B*tch Music,’ has sat unreleased.
Now, Saweetie is opening up about why.
Full story below…
Revealing that she’s changed teams, the 30-year-old said of her previous camp:
“I just feel like nobody was caring about my music. To me, music is sacred. It’s coming from your spirit. You can’t just go finish an album in a week. That’s why it’s taking me so long. That’s why I haven’t dropped an album yet.”
Admitted that she has, at times, felt jaded by the critique that has greeted of her releases:
“I don’t mean to dampen the mood. But this is, realistically, how my career has been. We were constantly criticized for every drop. I was just very insecure. I’m a confident woman, but I was a very insecure artist.”
Fessing to fumbling some of her previous performances (which often would generate jabs at her), she added:
“I always bite off more than I can chew. I had to push myself,. I was trying to dance, rap, and sing at the same time. And I was like, Hold on, girl. Pump the brakes.”
In looking to up the ante, she went on a “work vacation” which functioned as a boot camp for performance.
However, she also says of “that’s not my [natural] strength and that’s okay because you’re supposed to turn your weaknesses into strengths.”
Ok Normani 💅🏻
We stan a self aware queen!
The female rap wave is dying. Only one making moves is Nicki. The others are nobodies.
She should model 1 thing they can never call her is ugly. She’s very stunning.
This was the problem…she needs more than just a pretty face to make real moves in this industry
Lawd I hope the mullet look doesn’t take off. This is not the purge, you don’t need to look like a Home Depot employee.
LMFAO
I have a theory: so far all her hit singles have been collabs with other artists. Perhaps including them in her album means the royalties are divided so she and her label get very little in the end..
I prefer her over many of the femcees out right now. But they’re all pretty much doing and saying the same exact thing and it’s hard to separate her from the bunch. She has no identity as an artist. The ones with the bigger name recognition and unique marketing strategies are winning.
Female rap is extremely stupid ever since Nicki Minaj existed it’s an industry of stripper cosplay
How has it been stupid? it was literally DYING and Nicki came up. The old Femcees literally thanked her for bringing it back mainstream while they were envious behind the scenes
Get rid of Nicki and Beyonce and normalcy will return to women in the music industry they know what they are doing to stay at #1 with their evil husbands
Nicki’s Husband doesn’t even pull strings in the music industry like Jay Z does… He’s not a celebrity