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R&B sensation Erika de Casier: ‘I don’t know if I ever think – yep, I’m a musician’
One of pop’s most sought-after artists, de Casier has written for K-pop stars and remixed Dua Lipa, but hid behind her bolshie alter ego Bianka for her own music. Now she’s finally found the confidence to drop the act
She is sitting cross-legged on the floor of what looks like a building site, cables hanging above her head, an unopened box to her right, and what appears to be an upturned sofa to her left. De Casier spent most of last year either touring her Dua Lipa-approved suite of 1990s and 00s-inspired R&B opuses, writing songs for others, or working on her forthcoming third album, Still, which features input from Blood Orange and Shygirl. On the Sensational highlight Polite she scolds a date for being rude, while Still’s loose album-long concept of charting a relationship from hot-and-heavy beginnings to messy endings is anchored by the slinky Ooh, which finds De Casier breathily describing fantasies and dishing out come-ons.
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