I was wondering if there was anything in particular you were trying to emulate with the record. I looked awesome.įood reminds me of a lot of old 70s soul, but live I noticed different things in those songs, like how much the horns sound like Fela. I probably won’t be in as great shape by the end of this tour as that one. I can kind of sit down on a stool and breathe it out. Dance music is at higher BPMs, so it’s like a workout every night. It was exactly what I wanted to do, to make people dance and sweat it out, and it was fun. Then you kind of get into it and realize that it’s really not different. I’d never been out without a band and that was definitely a new experience, but that was only for the first couple of shows. My best friend-literally one of my dearest friends in the world-is my DJ, so we had a great time. “I’m supposed to push the envelope and challenge the listener, and I’m expecting people to already be there when I arrive? That doesn’t make any sense.”
I want to hear more about what that experience was like. You were talking about your band, and you alluded to a tour for Flesh Tone where it was just you and a DJ promoting a more dance-oriented record. I don’t think I could have made the same album if I started today, whether it was with Dave or not. It’s not just about the two people it’s about the time. I’ve got my role to play and Dave had his role to play, and we became really great friends over the course of making this record. You know, it’s two artists getting together and being who they are. I don’t know-I think people use the word “collaboration” so much, it’s funny to me. When you work with one producer for a whole album, like Dave Sitek on this one and the Neptunes on your first two, what’s the creative process like? How much do you bring in with you and how much is collaboration? For me it’s just sort of what came out, and I went with it and didn’t fight it. I was wondering if that was something you intended or just a reflection of where you are right now? Your new album is one of the most joyous records I’ve heard this year. In the middle of a busy press day, she took a couple minutes to talk. A couple months ago she released Food (Ninja Tune), the sixth album in a slightly rocky, occasionally very successful, and consistently rewarding career it’s loaded with references to her side hustle as a chef (she trained at Le Cordon Bleu) and her new gig hosting a Cooking Channel show called Saucy & Sweet.
Her more committed fans (and there are a lot of us) hold her to be one of the most unpredictable and inventive R&B artists of the modern era.
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