Ayra Starr sits down with Love Island USA‘s Chelley Bissainthe to discuss her multiple Grammy nominations this year, reflecting on memories from past ceremonies and the importance of African representation across subgenres. She also shares her thoughts on her favorite nominated artists and who she’s rooting for.
Chelley Bissainthe: Hello, Ayra, thank you so much for joining me today. How are you feeling?
Ayra Starr: I’m feeling amazing. Thank you. How are you feeling?
I’m feeling good. And I’m so happy that I get to sit here and interview you today. I want to say a big congratulations, not for your first, but now your second Grammy nomination.
Say it again!
OK, congratulations for not the first, but the second Grammy nomination. How are you feeling about that?
It was too early to, like, you know, go crazy. But I remember, I was so excited. I was like, “Oh my god, oh my god. I knew it. I knew it.” But, you know, every day I feel happy, I’m very grateful. Every day is like, “Oh, I’m actually a two-time Grammy nominee.”
So what did you feel like that nomination means to you now, like in your career and where you’re headed?
I think the first time I got nominated, it was like, “Oh, my God, I got nominated.” This is crazy, how you know, like, “I know how.”
You’re that girl!
Exactly, but like, the second time, felt like reassurance and just like, “Oh, I’m good at this. I know what I’m doing.” You know, I’m going to trust God and myself a bit more,
Amen. And one thing I love about you, I think you have, like, this very calm and confident demeanor about yourself, about whatever is meant for me is coming to me, and it’s going to happen. So I’m so happy for you, and I love that for you.
Thank you so much.
Of course.
I say you have the same, you literally have the same.
Yeah, I feel like, I think that’s what makes me gravitate to you a lot, where I’m like, “Wow, I see, like, the similarities.” So I feel you, we’re right here. What was your favorite Grammy moment? What was a moment that stuck out to you?
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