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Tori Kelly on How Her Love of Destiny’s Child and Timbaland Inspired Her Y2K-Inspired, Self-Titled New Album
Tori Kelly explains how Destiny's Child and Timbaland inspired her new Y2K-indebted, self-titled album.
From the samples to interpolations of classics like Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” and Craig David’s “Fill Me In,” “Tori.” is an exercise in recontextualizing nostalgic signifiers in a contemporary setting, yielding singles like the UK garage-kissed “Missin U” and ballad “High Water,” inspired by her health scare. Braun, who had a string of high-profile clients including Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato leave over the past year, has long been a champion of Kelly and her music as far back as her early days as a singer-songwriter. Alongside Bellion in his Long Island studio, Kelly was clear on which sounds she wanted to help lay the foundation for “Tori.,” citing Missy Elliott, Aaliyah and Destiny’s Child.
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