Solange

During an interview with Harper's Bazaar, the musician discussed balancing the expectations of her audience with her own creative intuition If every artist fulfilled their fanbase’s every wish, they would never see outside of the walls of the recording studio. The possession of a clear and concise creative vision — one that serves the artist first and their audience second — is why Solange was able to captivate listeners with A Seat at the Table in 2016 and leave them in a sonic daze for three years…

For many decades, going as far back as the 1940s, artists from the world of R&B couldn’t really claim mainstream success until they’d crossed over to Top 40 radio and the pop charts. This century, it often feels more like the pop world is crossing over to R&B. The genre has never been more successful, relevant, or ambitious. Many of this century’s epochal blockbuster albums are R&B records: from Usher’s 10-times platinum Confessions, to Beyonce’s Lemonade, to Mariah Carey’s The…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCheetah Girls alum Adrienne Bailon has left fans flabbergasted after she revealed that Solange Knowles was originally cast in the films.The Noughties musical film trilogy – The Cheetah Girls (2003), Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) and Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) – starred Bailon, Raven-Symoné, Sabrina Bryan, and Kiely Williams as a fictional four-piece pop group on their journey to fame and…

Solange has liked a tweet accusing Bill Murray of touching her hair amid misconduct allegations against the “Being Mortal” actor.On Sunday, TV writer and producer Judnick Mayard tweeted that she once saw Murray “put both his hands into Solange’s scalp after asking her three times if her hair was a wig or not.” In a follow-up tweet, the “Entergalactic” scribe clarified that Solange’s hit track “Don’t Touch My Hair” is not about Murray, however:“She had just finished performing that song on SNL when he did it. that’s the…

Beyoncé was a proud sister this weekend after Solange made her historic debut as a composer for the New York City Ballet.On Instagram, the “Renaissance” artist shared a photo of the “Cranes in the Sky” hitmaker beaming while juggling two large bouquets of flowers at the dance company’s annual fall fashion gala last week. In the caption of her post, Beyoncé congratulated Solange on becoming the first Black woman to compose music for the New York City Ballet.“My beloved sister, there are no words to express the pride and…

Solange Knowles is pulling up a seat to the table for the New York City Ballet’s annual fall fashion gala.On Monday, the prestigious dance company announced that it had commissioned a ballet score for the event created by the Grammy-winning musician, who goes by Solange. According to NBC News, the “A Seat at the Table” artist has made history as the first Black woman to compose music for the New York City Ballet.A “very excited” Solange also shared the news Tuesday on Twitter. Set to the “Cranes in the Sky” hitmaker’s…