Alessia Cara discussed the expectations placed upon modern pop stars, making PowerPoint presentations for her label, and more.
, her third studio album. The former best new artist Grammy winner has always valued self-reflection in her songwriting, but, out Friday on Def Jam Recordings, finds the 25-year-old prodding at the fabric of her identity, including her artistic goals, personal frustrations and transition from teen phenom to adult storyteller.
There's always a sense of self-examination in your projects, but especially on this album, so many of these songs are searching for resolution -- there are a ton of rhetorical questions in the lyrics. I'm curious what you were thinking about and focused on when you were putting these songs together.
You hear that reflection on the idea of purpose on the album, on songs like “Best Days” and “Box in the Ocean.” A few minutes into the album, on “Box in the Ocean,” you sing the line, “What if they forget about all I've done/ If I built it up just to be no one.” I learned that I love to cook, which is really nice. I spend time at home being, like, super domestic -- just doing laundry, taking care of my own space, which is quite nice, because I didn't know what I would be like as a homeowner. Getting my new apartment was a nice thing, in terms of having time to spend and seeing who I am in my own space. Through doing therapy, I just learned a lot about my fear of death and what that actually means, which I think is actually a grappling with living.
But then also, on that more personal and human level, there was that feeling of, one day I'm going to be gone, and there's going to be a moment where everybody stops talking about you, and your family might not remember you anymore. It's a really weird thing to be a person, to know that you're at the end of your life is a thing, to be the only species that is aware of our death. It makes us live life a little differently.
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