Tinashe

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Tinashe’s changing what success in pop music can look like. Back in 2014 her song "2 On" featuring Schoolboy Q hit big on Billboard. With major success looming, Tinashe released projects that missed the charts but gained her a strong, loyal fanbase. In 2019 she left her major label to go independent. And judging from her massive online following today, her fans have stuck behind her.

In April, she dropped the highly meme-able track "Nasty" that many are calling the song of the summer. “Nasty” comes from her album Quantum Baby, the second part in a trilogy of new albums.

Justin Richmond spoke to Tinashe from Amazon Studio 126 about her new albums and what it took to go independent. They also talk about her role in The Polar Express and working with Tom Hanks.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Tinashe songs HERE.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:11.0	T. Tinache is changing what a pop music career can look like.
0:15.0	Back in 2014, her song Two On featuring School Boy Q became a huge hit.
0:20.0	It was her very first single from her very first album and seemed like a clear indication that she was poised for more chart success.
0:28.0	Instead, something may be more interesting happened.
0:31.0	Instead of dominating the pop market, she released projects that missed the Billboard
0:34.6	chart, but gained her an incredibly strong and loyal fan base.
0:39.7	She even left her label in 2019 to go independent and brought her fans along with her.
0:44.5	And now 10 years later has her second Billboard hit with the viral sensation, Nasty.
0:50.6	Nasty comes from her new album, Quantum Baby, the second part in a trilogy of albums that to my
0:55.8	ear sounds like her best work yet.
0:59.3	I spoke to Tinache from Amazon Studio 126 about these trio of albums including her big summer hit
1:06.7	and the time she spent weeks filming the Polar Express with Tom Hanks.
1:19.1	This is Broken Record. Liner Notes for the Digital Age. I'm Justin Richmond. Here's my conversation with T. Nache.
1:26.0	Yo, congratulations on like everything, I guess. This is crazy.
1:28.0	I know, I'm so excited.
1:29.0	We kind of set this up like a while ago I want to say like before the song was going to do what it did and it's like you've been doing incredible work for so long.
1:40.0	It's like it's incredible to see the payoff.
1:44.0	Yeah, it feels good.
1:46.0	It's, I'm having fun.
1:48.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:49.0	What was, maybe we can just start with N and what I guess or maybe we'll just start with the new
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