When that happens, it makes for very truthful conversation, to say the least. "When we get in a room and guys and girls get to talking, we might pour up a little something. It's growth, and it's beautiful, and it feels really fucking good," she declared. It just means I want to get a good night's rest like everybody else. "There's no need to abandon your own thoughts and feelings and ideas just so that someone can sit there comfortably, and at the end of the day, you're left holding all this stuff that wears and tears on you in so many different ways. It was a simple phrase but a profound reminder to those of us who get stuck in a cycle of people-pleasing. "'Don't abandon yourself to make others comfortable,'" she read out loud from her notes. She apologized for the delay, but when she finally found it, I was happy she'd taken the time to look.
She told me she was looking for a thought she'd scribbled down a few days prior. This period in my life, it's gonna be what you see is what you get."Īs we spoke, I could hear Sevyn flipping through the pages of her notebook. In the visual, which has amassed nearly 1.5 million views since its release in November 2019, Sevyn confronts her lover in between Aaliyah- and Janet Jackson-inspired dance sequences and flashbacks to tender moments.Ĭourtesy of the artist "I am a Cancer, and I am an artist, and I'm emotional, and I'm sensitive, and I'm very in tune with how I feel. She proves that with her latest release, " Whatchusay", a sharp-tongued takedown of an ex-lover who takes her support and love for granted. That, by no means, makes her a pushover, and she certainly doesn't take any crap. The songstress has an inviting, down-to-earth demeanor and an endearing personality that makes it impossible not to like her. "Happy New Year! What's going on with you?" she asked me casually from her hometown in Haines City, Florida where she was enjoying the last days of the holiday season with her family.ĭespite an impressive musical resume that includes songwriting credits for pop and R&B chart-toppers like Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, and Alicia Keys, a repertoire of radio hits in her own discography, and a quiet but undeniable sex appeal to complement her fiery R&B tracks, Streeter is no diva. Like her smooth and sultry vocals, Sevyn speaks warmly and with the familiar comfort of an old friend.
Sevyn Streeter's voice filled my living room through my laptop speakers as she joined the conference call for our interview.
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