- We are backstage at the AMAs
and I am here with Queen Normani.
- Thank you, oh you're Queen.
- Oh, girlfriend.
We'll be Queens together.
- Yes, absolutely.
- So excited for you, obviously.
Love Lies spent two weeks at number one
on the pop songs chart,
how is that for you, hearing that news?
- Honestly, I don't think it fully even processed.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I can't even come to the realization that that's even real.
The first record that I gave to the world
with one of my best friends is just,
it's really crazy that people really connected
the way that we did the first time
that we heard it in the studio.
And you can only hope that people will,
you know you're never really guaranteed,
but it's just really beautiful
to just see the gradual growth that it did have.
I think it was like the longest-climbing record
to number one. - I mean that's insane.
It just shows, I feel like it
was reaching new audiences every single day.
- Oh, absolutely.
And that's the beautiful thing about it.
- Yeah. - Consistency.
- I challenged Khalid on the carpet cause I was like,
"When are you and Normani going to work
"on another song together?"
And he's like, "Yeah, we're definitely working on it."
- Oh, I was with him maybe two weeks ago.
I had a photo shoot he stopped by
and then I went to the studio with him
and he played me like just music.
He has some tricks up his sleeve for sure.
- It's going to be coming soon.
- Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
He inspires me, like, even now.
Every day, he's awesome. - I love that.
Well, you were in the studio,
supposedly with Sam Smith and your fans want to know
what you guys were workin' on?
What can you kind of tease?
(laughter) Okay.
- Um, we have,
we definitely laid some vocals down.
- Okay. - I will say that.
- I love that.
- Yes. - Obviously, fans are
so excited for new music from you.
When can we expect maybe that next single?
Next month, two months, sooner than that?
- I would say not necessarily next single,
but new collaborations, new features, like next Friday
and I also have a Calvin Harris record
coming in the next few days.
- Yeah, okay, what's it called?
Can you tell us?
- Can't tell you that. - Okay.
(laughter)
As far as kind of putting your album together now
and obviously your fans are obviously so excited,
what's kind of the story that's kind of coming together?
What story do you want to tell
with where you are in your life right now,
and what's kind of inspiring you?
- Honestly, I feel like it's the first time
that people are getting a sense of who I am
and in myself in a different way as well.
I feel like there's so much
that I didn't even know was necessarily even there.
Things that I want to talk about,
and things that I'm able to do
and I'm able to wear so many different hats now,
like I've been able to co-produce,
which is something that I didn't know
that I could even do before, co-write,
so it's just really me from the ground up
and it's the real me for the first time.
- We cannot wait.
One thing I wanted to talk to you about,
cause I love the fact that Nicki Manaj, Beyonce,
these powerful females are so behind you.
Talk about having that, why is it so important
to have this female empowerment surrounding you?
- It's important for me specifically just being a young,
black female in this industry especially.
Like for as long as I can remember I was growing up
trying to know every single move to Destiny's Child,
Nicki Manaj, like had a really big part in my growing up.
And just for her to be on top as long as she has,
and killing it, and for her to see something in me
and just believe in me the way that she does
is just absolutely insane.
- I feel like-- - And Rihanna told me
told me that I looked beautiful at the Diamond Bowl.
- Girlfriend! (laughs)
- Yeah, life is, it's like, is it, am I here?
- (laughs) What was your reaction
when Rihanna said that to you?
- I was like, "Oh my God, thank you so much."
I think my eyes just kind of lit up
like a deer in headlights, but I was nervous (laughs).
- You need to get on a track with Rihanna,
Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, Normani, let's make it happen.
Super collab. - Oh my--
- It's coming, manifesting that. (laughs)
- If my fans never Tweeted so much, Tweet about that.
(laughter)
- Awesome, lastly, what's kind of your
tease your fans about what they can expect?
Cause you know that they want you to kind of speak to them.
- Oh, I know, every, they remind me everyday.
(laughter)
But I love that they're so excited.
They've been so loyal and committed and patient,
I appreciate you guys being patient,
but I have a lot coming very soon
that will make you very happy.
- And dance. - Yes.
- And sing in the shower. - Yes.
- All the above. - All of it, all of it.
(laughter) - Awesome,
thank you so much, always good to see you.