Solange Knowles, começou sua carreira seguindo os passos da irmã Knowles mais famosa com R&B mais leve e mainstream mas com uma pegada mais reggaeton. Porém aos 17 anos ela ficou grávida e interrompeu a sua carreira. Quando percebeu que seria eternamente comparada com Beyoncé, ao voltar para o mercado logo procurou outro nicho, raspou a cabeça e se tornou a Knowles Indie, e assim conseguiu achar a sua própria voz e se estabelecer na indústria. Então agora ela é sempre vista em festas alternativas, colaborando com artistas indie, sempre gravando músicas de old-school r&b.
Quando pegamos a excelente “Sandcastle Disco” (com o vídeo mais cafona do mundo) ou “I Decided ” (ambas do “Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams“) fica difícil de imaginar que ela já gravou “Feelin’ You“.
Agora que ela é a Knowles alternativa enquanto Beyoncé é a Knowles mainstream, Sol tem protagonizado alguns editoriais incríveis por aí como esse da revista Fashizblack que ela fez em setembro. Só pela capa já dá pra ver que o editorial é fieeeerrrrceee.
E aqui um trechinho do que apareceu na entrevista:
How do you judge your style’s evolution? Does it match with your artistic & musical evolution?
From 17 to until maybe 20 , I became a mom, I was in Idaho, was a stay at home mother, and my style was very very basic, I just didn’t have the time for the looks. At the time, at the point where I was in my relationship, I sort of lost a sense of myself. I look back at those outfits and I’m like, who is this? Maybe I was trying to become who my husband was attracted to or I tried to be like a mom should look like. Then I got back to the music, got out of the relationship, and started to be drawned to this influence again. It was all about that 60’s Pop culture, paired it with a very comfy hat or a fun pattern. But I still hadn’t grasp the sense of mixing.Over the past 2 years, it ( my style ) had definitely followed my music, which is a mix of great 70’s and 80’s sounds. There are definitely some influences there. But I also started to listen to a lot of great afro beat music, and discovered amazing things that you can do for example with ankara, and mixing it up with mainstream pieces. There are so many great designers who just do this. I’ve been introduced to them, and I’m getting deeper and deeper into this.
