“We feel real things we go through real things we need to have music that balances all of that out for us.” “There’s only two days on the weekend, and the majority of your life is during the week,” Streeter explains.
In addition, she says Girl Disrupted‘s unifying purpose is to provide nourishment during the weekdays, a period sometimes neglected by the club-focused hit industry. “It pulls from the foundation of R&B, it pulls from where we are and it also pushes it a little bit forward,” she says. Streeter envisioned it as a statement of range. For production, Streeter calls on Bangladesh (Beyoncé, Lil Wayne), the Stereotypes (Bruno Mars) and The-Dream and Tricky Stewart (Rihanna, Justin Bieber), who contribute a rail-splitting beat to “Present Situation.” Those are airwave-focused beatmakers, but their sound doesn’t define the record. In addition to Jeremih, Khalifa and Ty Dolla $ign, featured guests include Dej Loaf, August Alsina and rising New York rapper Dave East. The album shows the extent of Streeter’s reach in R&B and hip-hop, a byproduct of goodwill built up from nearly a decade of writing and singing sessions. Girl Disrupted‘s title nods to the 1999 film Girl Interrupted with, as she says, “this crazy industry” as a stand-in for the bizarre cast of characters at the movie’s mental hospital. “There is no muzzle over this mouth now.”
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“Why are you afraid of going left when someone else wants you to go right? It really did cause me to learn how to say no, to learn how to put myself and my thoughts first.” “If God is in control of everything, why would I be fearful to say what I want, do what I want, ask what I want?” she says. Streeter grew up going to church, and her faith helped her battle. Sometimes I would place it there myself sometimes I would allow other people to place it there.” “It was almost like I had a muzzle over my mouth. “Being a young black woman can add so many different hurdles,” she adds. “ came from a place of: I dedicated my life to this work and this art, and I don’t feel like it’s having the opportunity to be heard,” she tells Rolling Stone, speaking over the phone from Los Angeles before shooting a video for album cut “Anything You Want,” which features Ty Dolla $ign, Jeremih and Wiz Khalifa. Despite a strong track record and a hit single, her debut full-length LP, Girl Disrupted, comes more than four years since she entered the popular consciousness with “It Won’t Stop.” Streeter says that over the last 18 months, the difficulty of getting music to her listeners had sent her into depression. And, as a singer, her drowsy, besotted ballad “It Won’t Stop” hit Number 30 in 2013.īut working in a music business that tends to back male performers over female ones – this week female singers account for just 25% of Billboard’s Top 20 R&B Albums – Streeter’s attempts at building a solo career have been continuously put on hold.
Streeter’s an ace songwriter who has co-written Top 40 hits for Chris Brown (“Yeah 3x,” “Next to You,” “Strip,” “Fine China”) and Ariana Grande (joyous breakout single “My Way”). Though she’s only releasing her debut album today, Sevyn Streeter is no stranger to the pop charts.
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