You can feel it and they can feel it, too, and you’re contemplating that thing. It’s about having this special kind of relationship with someone that may not necessarily be a secret-it’s more of an energy thing. “‘Tell It’ is produced by Brody from 1500 and written by my friend Rose, who’s an amazing singer-songwriter. I was like, ‘I think this generation needs to feel this again.
did it a couple of years later, they just flipped it so well, and it turned the party up every time you hear it, and I love that. But ‘Guilty,’ for me, is super nostalgic and it gets me in my feels because my grandfather used to love ‘The Payback’ by James Brown, and we actually have him on VHS tape dancing to it. “Shout-out to the boys, ’cause they killed their features. It’s an honest record, and it’s basically just talking about trying to find love in this crazy world, crazy industry that I’m in and giving it a shot.” I’m a single woman living in LA, and my life is very hectic-videos this day, crazy-ass parties this night. I liked that it speaks to my life a little bit. It’s extremely honest-the rasp and the rawness in the vocals came from a real place. I was, for real, kind of going through it when I wrote that record. “I be feeling like I’m cheating on my other songs when I say this, but I think that ‘Fall Back’ is my favorite song. I like the risk in it, and I like the ownership.” I make bad decisions and I’m the type to make them and think I’m going to give them my heart and then I keep it.’ I just like the honesty in that. I enjoy it because I think this whole project is taking a lot of ownership in who you are and your confidence. I want them to pop it in and they start their day off knowing that they’re a bad bitch. I had a different sequence where another song came on and it was a little bit more chill, and it was like, nah-I need all the women, when they press play on this project, to know what type of time it is. “I had intros that I created that were these big, vocal-sounding intros. I want them to be able to identify themselves in the records.” Below, the singer breaks down the stories and inspirations behind each of the songs. “When people hear the project, I want them to be able to find the records that help them further be able to express themselves and communicate better. “We’re not the same people from day to day, and we literally can be under the influence of a million different emotions-you know, love, lust, heartbreak, anger,” she says.
The title itself is a nod to the fluidity that comes with simply existing. “I’ve just been giving myself the time and the space to create in the way that I want to create.”Ī satisfying showcase of R&B that’s both sexy and sensitive, Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz took many forms as Streeter responded to and evolved through life’s ebbs and flows. “I like to write about life and experiences.” In the four-year space between her debut album and its follow-up, she’s been through plenty, including the loss of a beloved uncle, which forced her to remain present, dating here and there and checking in with herself, especially after the COVID outbreak slowed everything down. “When it comes to writing, I have to have something to write about,” Sevyn Streeter tells Apple Music.