“I have literally been inside of this project. “That’s why you’ve seen that hashtag for so long,” she says. She even kept her loyalists in the loop of some material she was creating. Instead of rushing the process, Streeter used the hashtag as a way to share some of her truths and to start conversations with her fans. But if they did not speak to exactly who I am today, then I’m wasting y’all time and my time, y’all money and my money.” I could have easily put together 13 or 25 songs. “I had to do that, otherwise y’all were going to get a false version of me and that ain’t good for nobody,” explains Streeter. Even though there were intentions to release it sooner, Streeter chose to remain open-minded to allow the music to crystalize on its own. In October 2018, shortly after releasing her one-off track “Yearnin,” Streeter began teasing the project with the hashtag #DrunkenWordzSoberThoughtz. “It just so happened that I was in a music space with all of that. “It was just so much life that had happened,” says Streeter of the four years between her albums.įrom losing her uncle to cancer to dealing with a breakup, Streeter channeled her emotions into her music in real-time. Over the last two years, I’ve grown to not condemn myself for the fact that I feel a lot.” Entertainment Oneĭrunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz gives listeners a 42-minute look into some of Streeter’s experiences since releasing her debut album, Girl Disrupted, in 2017. “I’m like, ‘You know what? I’m emotional as fuck.’ I feel like a different version of me every day - and I welcome that. Streeter adds, “I had to be honest with myself, and ask, ‘Who are you? How do you feel?” she shares.
In order to find her voice, Streeter had to give herself “permission to say whatever and create music in a way that felt organic.” She continues, “You lose your own voice, your own thoughts, and your own opinions because you have so many people telling you what it should be.”
Oh, put out this song because it will do better at radio.’” “Or say, ‘Oh, you shouldn’t put choreo in every video. “I’ve always had someone telling me what I should look like,” Streeter tells Rated R&B.