Saweetie Admits She Still Feels “Jitters” With Every New Music Release: “Just Never Goes Away”
After releasing four EPs, dozens of singles, countless collaborations, and earning two Grammy nominations, Saweetie admits she still gets the “jitters” with every new track she drops. “I get nervous with every release. I can’t help it,” the Bay Area rapper tells while promoting her new partnership with Postmates and The Boiling Crab. “I get the jitters, I can’t sleep at night and I just feel like I’m sharing such an intimate piece of me because it is created in the studio, and then you eventually share it out into the world.”
Despite her success and fan-approved hits like her latest single ‘Nani’, the two-time Grammy-nominated artist says that nervous feeling “just never goes away.” Reflecting on the positive reception of the track, Saweetie shares her gratitude, noting, “This is the first time where I feel like there was just a consensus of it being a good song. I didn’t really have to do much fighting online if you know what I mean. Even the haters were congratulating me, the back-handed compliments… They just have to give credit where credit’s due.”
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She adds, “It was just a great moment. I feel like all artists can appreciate a moment where their art is well received.” Saweetie is also taking her time with her long-delayed debut album, ‘Pretty B.I.T.C.H Music’.
Although it was expected to drop in the summer of 2021, she has repeatedly said she’s in no rush to release it for several reasons, mainly because she wants it to be perfect. “That first album sets the tone for your career,” Saweetie notes. “I’ve really taken my time with this piece of art because it is delicate, it’s sensitive and it means a lot to me.”
“I think it is our duty [as artists] to take this art seriously,” she adds. “Not a lot of people are given this platform. I’m really just grateful to even have the opportunity to make a name for myself that’s recognized globally. I still have a lot of work to do, but being that I have so much time to sit with myself and learn myself as a human, as a woman, as an artist, I just feel like I’m ready to share those stories.
I have a lot of stories to tell.” With her forthcoming album, Saweetie hopes people can get to know her as “the girl from the Bay, who went to college, who’s self-made, who beat the odds, got signed and put out music; who’s been doubted and still persevering.”
-Sushmita Sarkar
