is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most.
As a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who was more than happy to record a club banger with the likes of DJ Khaled and just finished a stint opening for Coldplay in European stadiums,bridges many musical worlds. Her latest single, “The Journey,” is an unabashed power ballad written by Diane Warren, and H.E.R. has “50 to 100 songs” already written for her next album. “I’ve been focusing on the songs,” she says, “getting out everything I feel and want to say.” It’s both exciting and scary.
, we need some regulation there, so no one is hurt by it. Sometimes it feels like it’s cheating with certain things. It could help, but it could also hurt. We’ll see what happens.No, I haven’t. I keep hearing about it and I’m like, “Should I get into this?” I don’t know. I don’t know yet. I’m not quite there yet.
You definitely don’t just do R&B, but you’re also part of it. How do you see the future of R&B specifically? R&B has evolved into so many forms. Especially for young people, we don’t really care about genres anymore. It’s not about genres, it’s about good music. That’s what I’ve always been about. The lines are blurred now because you have these really dope artists who are just uniquely themselves, making music that represents them. That could be alternative sounds with classic R&B melodies and chords, or simple R&B runs with just an acoustic guitar. There are so many directions it can go.