Tinashe has finally ended her Aquarius era and is now focused on her second album titled Joyride. The Cali native unveiled a 90-second trailer to get fans ready for Joyride. Along with the trailer, Tinashe spoke with Rolling Stone about the meaning behind the album title, her mindset when creating the album and more.
Read excerpts from Tinashe’s interview with Rolling Stone below.
On album title…
I always had it in the back of my head, but it started to become more and more relevant to my current state of my career. With all this traveling I’ve done this past year and everything I’ve gone through, it just really feels like an adventure, a journey, a ride.
On what changed for her in the process of creating the album…
A big part of it was the focus going into it, which was that we weren’t going to make a lot of songs, and it wasn’t going to be so experimental. We definitely knew what we wanted going in, and we were a lot more efficient in achieving it. I have so much other stuff going on that we really didn’t have any other options!
I think it’s also important for me to maintain my authenticity, and I think my fans are going to hope to see that I’ve recorded some songs in my home bedroom [as had been done for Aquarius]. I made a genuine effort to record certain songs and create material in my room. It was definitely different to [juggle] a touring schedule and a creative schedule, but it’s something that I definitely had to just work through and work on and push myself to work even harder and be even more focused.
On her upcoming single “Party Favors”…
“Party Favors” is one of my favorites, and that will be the first song that we will drop within the next week or so, and it’ll be the first taste of the album everyone will get which is exciting. It’s a very in-your-face first impression.
Watch Tinashe’s Joyride trailer below.
