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Making a career off of hits alone seems like an isolating experience. People have a certain expectation of the music, that it can only exist a certain kind of way. There\u2019s no room for flexibility or experimentation because they don\u2019t engage with the person as an artist. Or, worse, they don\u2019t respect them enough at all to even consider it. Consequently, they leave in an artifice, where music becomes a job of check boxes, making hits Correctly and chasing the stardom and validation. Saweetie has felt in this trapping before. Now, she wants to take agency over her career. <\/p>\n
Recently, the Bay Area bred rapper<\/a> spoke to Billboard<\/a> about her latest EP,\u00a0HELLA PRESSURE<\/em>. There, she tinkers around in different sounds that differ from records like \u201cMy Type.\u201d Saweetie could go from a production from LunchMoney Lewis to a collab with K-Pop sensation TWICE alike without sounding too jarring. Where did this desire to stretch her wings come from? Ultimately, it all comes from a place of trying something new while also feeling true to herself. <\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s interesting is that as long as you stay true to you, you\u2019ll slowly build up that fan base that identifies with you. Eventually, that moment comes when the artist explodes. It\u2019s really\u00a0\u200aimperative for artists to make music for themselves because their people will find them,\u201d she stresses.<\/p>\n Saweetie finds herself particularly proud of this EP because it feels like she made it for herself. She admits to not doing that for a long time and it all felt pretty fruitless after a while. If she didn\u2019t take that leap, she would blend into the background after a while. <\/p>\n \u201cChasing a hit, which I\u2019ve done \u2014 I don\u2019t think that\u2019s authentic. That\u2019s what dilutes the art and creates cookie-cutter songs where everyone starts sounding like each other. I\u2019m proud of this EP because I got to explore sounds that I didn\u2019t have a chance to, because I didn\u2019t wanna take that risk. And that\u2019s what I did with EP, I took risks,\u201d Saweetie says.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\nSaweetie Takes On Staying Authentic While Also Trying New Things<\/h2>\n