Today’s guest is a singer, songwriter, producer and dancer who has spent her career trusting her own instincts—and building a world around them.
From “2 On” to “Nasty” and “No Broke Boys,” Tinashe has kept releasing music through major-label deals, independent projects and viral breakthroughs.
She’s collaborated with artists including Calvin Harris, Charli xcx and Kaytranada, and joins us to talk about the journey behind it all.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:46 Tinashe and Ross reconnect—back to The Stunners
3:48 “Deep in the Night”—the song she wrote at five
5:08 Tinashe’s French fry rankings
6:12 Child acting, Whoopi Goldberg, and moving to LA
9:11 Life in a girl group without creative control
11:22 Buying a microphone and building a bedroom studio
14:10 Getting signed—and expecting it to be easy
18:40 Join the ATWI Patreon
19:32 Splice: Sounds and Variations
20:39 Early Travis Scott sessions and being taken seriously in the studio
23:29 Recording 200 songs—and trusting the big producer’s opinion26:33 Trusting your gut and knowing when to leave a session
30:43 “2 On” takes off. What happens after the first hit?
36:03 Writing “2 On” in a garage with friends
37:37 Does having a hit teach you how to make one?
39:20 Leaving her label and rebuilding trust in her own ideas
43:29 What releasing music independently actually takes
46:10 Filming her own videos and building her visual world
48:14 How dancing shapes the way she writes songs
50:08 Working with a label again—and finding Ricky Reed
52:11 Getting the call from Calvin Harris
53:52 Why genre doesn’t define her music
55:19 “Nasty” takes off after she stops needing another hit
57:04 Why she won’t write for a TikTok trend
58:43 Charli xcx and finding freedom after early hits
1:00:41 The unexpected remix journey of “No Broke Boys”
1:03:31 Taking the Grammy off her lock screen after seven years
1:05:14 Making POPSTAR—and giving herself time to play
1:05:55 Which POPSTAR song fits every mood?
1:08:19 Claiming the pop star she’s always been
1:13:32 “Just don’t stop”—keep putting your music out
1:14:42 Her advice to young women in music: intuition
Credits
Hosted by Ross Golan
Produced by Joe London and Jad Saad
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