Doechii and Brittany Howard met up for a conversation at the Apollo Theater for Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians series
event. So of course she was quietly reading a book about the famous painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. All around her, a band was setting up, getting ready to make magic, as Doechii studied Basquiat’s art in search of visual ideas for her own output, one young Black genius exploring the work of another. She’s already building for the future which includes her wildly anticipated debut album sometime next year.
How does Doechii feel about her life as her career ascends rapidly? “It took me a long time to get here,” she says. “A looong time to get here. But yeah, I do feel a little surreal. I wake up and I’m like, what is actually happening right now? I feel like I’m walking on the ceiling and I’m floating, which is a good thing, but I’m also like, where’s the ground?”Howard breezed into the rehearsal space an hour after Doechii arrived, with a whole band and her partner in tow.
When you said you’re a theater kid, that unlocked something for me to understand you as an artist, because you are so theatrical in your music.Absolutely, because it’s about stories. I embody the character of whatever story I’m telling. I think that’s important and it’s fun. What I love about theater is that you get to incorporate singing, dancing, acting, rapping, so every time I approach my music, I always try to tell a story and embody as many emotions as I possibly can.
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