![]() “That’s the record I need to also feel like a bad b-–. “I went to and said, ‘I want something really sexy.’ I just felt this sense of me coming into my own. While working with Ariana Grande‘s ace songwriters Victoria Monét and Tayla Parx and other A-list hitmakers such as Starrah, The-Dream, Rodney Jerkins, Priscilla Renea, the “Motivation” singer keeps abreast of what they’re working on, down to the BPM of the songs. Because now, she’s in control - and it shows behind the scenes, too. When it came to showing her “Wild Side” on her latest Cardi B-assisted single that broke into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, Normani set out to be anything but overlooked. If I want to sing this pop ballad, then you’re going to love it! While you see my Black face!” But I can also give you a proper eight-count, and I can do ballet, and I can do contemporary dance. There’s so many layers to us, there’s so many textures, there’s so much that we’re capable of doing,” Normani adds. The group consists of members Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and previously, Camila Cabello, whose departure was announced on December 18, 2016. “My purpose in this work that I do is for other people that feel like they have Black women figured out. Fifth Harmony is an American girl group formed on the second season of The X Factor US in July 2012. I can rock my braids to my all-white school,” she recalls. “The fact that my skin was chocolate was a beautiful thing. The 25-year-old singer recalled “feeling beautiful” during her childhood, when her mother, father and grandmother consistently reminded her of it. Growing up as a dark-skinned Black girl in the South was only made slightly easier by the affirming safe spaces her family built for her. Now, ahead of the release of her debut solo album, the 'Wild Side' singer knows shes 'the s-t.' By. In 2018, they announced they were going on hiatus to pursue solo projects.But now she’s projecting a new spotlight onto herself and Black women everywhere, exposing their sheer multifaceted talent. Normani is coming into her own after years of feeling overlooked as a member of Fifth Harmony. “I dig it,” Cabello says.įifth Harmony placed third on The X Factor and found success after the show, releasing three studio albums and a series of hit singles including “Worth It,” “Work From Home” and “All in My Head.”įollowing Cabello’s departure in 2016 to focus on her wildly successful solo career, the remaining four continued to record under the Fifth Harmony name. The Fifth Harmony alum is the new artist to watch out for, so of course, fans can’t help but want to learn more about her. “It’s been really hard to gel as a group because we didn’t have a name, but we finally found one and it is Fifth Harmony,” Jauregui said in a backstage interview during which all the girls say the name in unison, agreeing it’s the right fit. ![]() “It doesn’t have a natural flow to it.”Ĭowell also announced that they were putting the power in the hands of viewers to pick the new name, and fans voted for Fifth Harmony. Normani had been performing for several years when, in 2012, she competed on the second season of The X Factor USA, which led to the formation of Fifth Harmony. “It was just crappy, the name, and I just couldn’t say it week after week,” Cowell told The Hollywood Reporterin 2012 after the episode aired.
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