An underestimated soul singer looks at what it means to be disliked on the internet, but loved by Kanye West.
TEYANA TAYLOR: Low-key, I think people enjoy just not liking me because they think I was a spoiled brat. Because I asked for a ****ing bike on Sweet Sixteen. The thing is, I had already signed when I filmed that, and I worked hard for that. To be perfectly clear, my mom and the label gave me that party. At that time I was choreographing, I had worked with Beyoncé, I was doing a lot behind-the-scenes stuff. But ultimately the right people gave me my props, and that's why I'm still here.
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Early in the industry I didn't understand how to have a happy medium with the label, because they wanted it this way, and I wanted it that way. What I learned with being more mature and having a clean slate is how to meet them halfway. That's what I did with [my single] "Maybe," because "Maybe" sounds completely different from the rest of the album. But that was that compromise. I knew it would be commercial enough for the label, it would be commercial enough for the radio, but I still had to put my '90s R&B vibe on it. That beat is a rap beat, so I could've been on there like, rap-singing, but I'm like, my happy medium is to give you vocals on this track but still give you commercial.
Awesome Fader Interview!
http://www.thefader.com/2014/11/05/t...-interview-vii