
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.
