{"id":480720,"date":"2019-01-10T13:49:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=777327"},"modified":"2019-01-10T13:49:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T20:49:27","slug":"normani-describes-her-experience-dealing-with-racism-in-fifth-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/normani-describes-her-experience-dealing-with-racism-in-fifth-harmony\/","title":{"rendered":"Normani Describes Her Experience Dealing With Racism In Fifth Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Normani<\/a> has no problem being honest. In a new interview<\/a>, she doesn\u2019t shy away from the hurdles she faced being a black woman in the world\u2019s most successful girl group. At one point the \u201cLove Lies<\/a>\u201d singer shares that she would cry during certain sessions, naming \u201cNo Way\u201d as an especially difficult song to record. She was the only member of Fifth Harmony<\/a> who was relegated to singing background vocals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a \u00adsubconscious thing,\u201d Normani<\/a> explained. \u201cYou think, \u2018Why am I the least-followed in the group?\u2019 Even if you don\u2019t recognize that you\u2019re paying close attention to it, it takes a toll on your confidence. You worry \u2014 is it me? Is it because I\u2019m black? Or am I just not talented?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey tried to be there for me as best as they could,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think they had the tools that they needed, because it\u2019s not their experience. I can give them credit for trying to be there for me, but at the same time\u2026The girls don\u2019t experience things the way I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Normani didn\u2019t give a definitive release date for her upcoming album, but did speak openly about what her success means for other black artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a responsibility I have as a black woman \u2014 one of the very few to have the power to kill it. Even in the mainstream, there\u2019s not many of us. Especially \u00adchocolate girls. Like, being African-American is one thing, but girls [with] my complexion. It\u2019s unheard of. It\u2019s me, and SZA. Who else?\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Normani has no problem being honest. In a new interview, she doesn\u2019t shy away from the hurdles she faced being a black woman in the world\u2019s most successful girl group. At one point the \u201cLove Lies\u201d singer shares that she would cry during certain sessions, naming \u201cNo Way\u201d as an especially difficult song to record. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-480720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 11:52:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}