Yola says she has become her own ‘rich daddy’ with new single
Yola sat down for an interview where she opened up about her new single, 'Amazing'
Grammy winning singer Yola sat down for an interview with People where she opened up about her new single, Amazing.
Born Yolanda Quartey, she explained, "I was in a function of actively manifesting those lyrics, and then when I met my person, the lyrics made sense.”
About how her previous EP paved the way for her new track, the singer said, “Really directly, [Amazing] is an exercise in romantic manifestation. So, the single, I actually wrote first before the EP. I teamed up with a writer called Jeremy Lutito, and I was trying out how I wanted to make a record if I was left to my own devices, and I wasn't fed through a kind of cookie-cutter system. So, it's almost backwards, I guess. I manifested through the lyrics and the visualization of the lyrics of the single ‘Amazing.’ Then, I started dating after I wrote that. So I manifested and visualized that, and through the process of dating, I used that visualization as a, ‘you'll know you found the person when the 'Amazing' song lyrics make sense.’”
On her inspirations for the track, she remarked, “It’s kind of soul, indie-pop energy. I've always been inspired by artists like MJ [Michael Jackson], Lenny Kravitz. So, I wanted something that felt mysterious because, [with] the act of dating on another continent, it's easy to forget that I'm from a completely different continent. Just because we all speak English, although my English is very different, I've come to understand, American English and English English are completely different languages.”
Yola continued, “So, in this song, even though I am very steeped in very contemporary American music and American artists like Jackson, Kravitz, The Isley Brothers, Jill Scott, Tina [Turner] and so many artists that speak to me. And I wanted to manifest some of that aesthetically in this song. The lyrical angle of the mental process of finding something super positive was inspired by my love of the album Jill Scott by Jill Scott.
I felt like when I sang those songs that I was putting myself in a more positive mindset and taking steps to lead me to a place that feels like home, even though it came out such a long time ago. Every step I took was leading me to something that felt like home, and now where I am, I feel like I'm at home in so many different ways.”
