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Keke Palmer Dissects ‘Just Keke’ Visual Album and Why She’s Found It ‘So Hard Being a Person and a Product’
Keke Plamer speaks with Billboard about her 'Just Keke' visual album, working with Tayla Parx and Issa Rae, and raising her sonw ith Darius Jackson.
When footage hit social media, Darius Jackson — Palmer’s ex-boyfriend and the father of their son Leodis — publicly lambasted her choice of dress (a sheer number with a bodysuit underneath), writing on X: “It’s the outfit tho… you a mom.” When she sings, “Got me on some viral shit, scandalous/ Call the lawyers, handle it/ The money’s the last thing we was worried ’bout/ The truth is we both was fighting for our child,” her tone is equal parts desperate and resentful, a testament to the intricacy of her vocal performance throughout the album. Her most vocally impressive — she’s always been an adept singer, but here she gets closer than ever to finding her most flattering sonic and melodic pockets — and aesthetically ambitious musical offering yet, Just Keke is an unmistakable turning point in Palmer’s recording career, one part of her portfolio that has notably lagged behind the others.
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