Madame Starlet is a Chicago born rockstar taking the music scene by storm. With the support of her family and community, she has created a genre of sound particular to her wants and needs with an essence of inspiration from rock genres in the 90s as well as pop icons throughout history like Michael and Janet Jackson.

In this interview, I sat down with Madame at her grandmother's house in South Chicago, a significant location to the artist as she’s done other creative projects and grown up in this location. She blossomed into the confident and alluring starlet in this cocoon-like setting.

On July 9, 2026, I had the honor of sitting down with Madame Starlet ahead of the release of her next album, Opus, chatting about her journey growing through her family as an artist, establishing her sound and voice, as well as more about the origins of her motivations behind the music.

by Imani Warren

Madame Starlet by Houston, @hstn__m on Instagram.

I: Welcome back to The Silver Cherry interviews! Today I am joined here with Madame Starlet. Say hello!

S: (sing-songy) Hiii! [chuckle, then slightly more seriously] Hi guys.

I: You’re singing it again, like, that’s perfect.

[big smiles]

I: She’s a singer and that’s what we’re here to talk about todayyy! (also sing-songy)

S: Yes, yes.

I: I’m so excited to have you

S: Thank you for having me, I'm really excited about this.

I: Mhmm!

S: This is really nice. The whole… everything.

I: [relaxed sigh]

S: Great team, you’re great…

I: Thanks to the team! Shoutout to the team!

S: Yes, shoutout to the team.

I: And shoutout to the beautiful home your grandma provided us.

S: Yes!

I: Yes, tell them about where we are today.

S: We’re at my grandma’s house, actually. She’s been here, for a really long time I-- not since I was little, but, I was about… She moved here when I was about, like, 8 years old? 8? 9? So this place is really, like-- It’s like a second home to me. She lets me do, like, all of my shoots wherever I need. Whenever I need to use her house, she’ll let me use it. I’ve done some music videos in here… My second mixtape, I shot the cover art in her basement, so it’s like-- It’s pretty special.

I: Yeah, she’s the sweetest too.

S: Yeah!

I: She offered us snacks. She was kind of vibing out! She was really nice.

S: Yeah, she’s a great grandma.

I: Yeah, great host too! Like, she’s wonderful.

S: Yeah, yeah.

I: That’s so awesome. Well, yeah I’m glad that your family can support you in such a way through your music endeavors; that’s something that's so rare. Like, I wanna know more about that: How do you think your family has influenced or shaped the way that you started to interact with music even before you started to be Madame Starlet?

S: Well, I remember, like, as just a little girl, in general, my family has, on both sides, such wide ranges of like, taste in music. So I was just, like, taking all of that in as a child. Just like, listening to everything that they were listening to. Which was, like, everything pretty much. Um, but yea, I think that fed into me a lot as a child, and then going into, like, the arts, they were always really supportive of me. Even if, like, they were--my parents were a little like, “Ehh?” ‘cause I used to be a volleyball player, first!

I: Really?!

[huge grins throughout]

S: Yes!

I: Woah!

S: In middle school!

I: That’s lore.

S: It wasn’t, like, serious, but like--

I: Were you like, a vibe?!

S: [laughs]

I: Were you pretty good?!

S: I was good!

I: Okay, yeah!

S: It was like, what, sixth? Seventh grade?

I: [“6 7” hand motions while bracelets jingle]

S: Eighth grade? Ohhh Christ… [head drops to laugh]

[every head in the room drops]

I: [straight faced, scratches head, looks around, then exclaims]

I didn’t wanna do it! I didn’t! I didn’t. That’s so silly.

S: Yeah but it was, like, late middle school, I did volleyball. And then once I got to high school I was like, “Uhhh I wanna do musical theatre. I don’t wanna do that anymore.” [chuckles]

I: “I’mmm sick of this shit actually.”

S: My parents were like, [pleading] “But you’re so good!!” [laughs] But I was like, “Nah, I wanna do that.” And then they were like, “Okay, fine… do it.” And I started to do it and they saw that, like, I was actually pretty good at it, and I guess that's when the support really rolled in.

I: Around what time do you think they “saw” that?

S: Um… I was in this play, my freshman year. I actually got-- It was a pretty good role! And it was like, my first time ever acting, or singing on stage, or anything. It was a play called Once on This Island, and I played the mom, Mama Euralie is her name. And at the end, it’s this really, like, dramatic song at the end where I’m, like, crying about my daughter-- She gets turned into a tree… at the end… [half smirks at camera before laughter]

Madame Starlet by Olivia Moyana, @moyanasmoments on Instagram.

I: That’s not good!

S: But like, it was a really emotional song, but my parents kept telling me, like, that was the moment they were like, “Whhaaat?”

I: Wow, they knew.

S: ‘Cause I remember, uh, in the process of, like, practicing for the play and everything, they would, like, ask me to sing and I would never, like-- I would-- I would, like, disregard it,,, a lot.

I: You’re quite shy slash humble for being Madame Starlet, you know?

S: [covers face to laugh] Yeah… I would never, like, let them hear me, like, sing any (inaudible) like, just wait ‘till the show, just wait, just wait, just wait.

I: Really… where did you practice?!

S: At school

I: Okay, yeah, away.

S: Or, like, if no one was home, maybe. But like I-- I would be, like, firm on like, “they can’t hear yet!”

I: Tell me why. Is it because, like, perfectionist? embarrassment? or what?

S: I think it was a mixture of both. It just like-- And plus it was kind of a new thing for me too. {pauses] And, I don’t know… I’m um-- I,,, think too much, a lot. Like, I’m an overthinker. So I’m-- I’m always like,

“They can’t see it until, like, it’s done.

[hand placed down, like cutting something in half, then sectioned off to the side]

I don’t want them to see it beforehand, at all.”

Which-- Tha-- That’s changed a lot over time.

I: Really… [inquisitive nodding]

S: Like-- If I’ll, like, make a new song I’ll be like, “(inaudible) you wanna hear it?” like, while it’s in, like, the first draft stage, or whatever. Bu-- Years ago I would neeeverever. Never. Like,-- ‘Cause I would want them to see the end product so I want them to see, “I’m good at what I do.” Um, yeah!

I: How do you feel about that in comparison to other people, who you’re around in the industry? It’s very rare to be supported by your parents, but then your wider family. Generations like this, you know? Even when you’re doing things that are more, like, different than other people. You know, how do you feel about that in comparison to others around you?

S: It feels really good actually. ‘Cause-- and it-- it-- I feel like,,, it helps me a lot too, to kno-- ‘cause I care, about what my family think, a lot. Their opinions matter a lot to me ‘cause I respect my family, and they-- they lift me up. And to know they have my back through all of this. It feels really good. Especially ‘cause of the type of music that I do? And like, this whole persona and everything. The fact that like,,, they don’t care. Like they’re--

I: They care a lot!

S: They’re-- They’re rocking with--. [nods] like, they don't care as in, just like [finger wagging] “You shouldn't do this!” They’re more so like [pumping fist} “Yesss!”

I: Yes!!!

S: They’re, like, cheering me on.

I: It’s such a positive way to receive attention as well. I think so much, [head tilt] especially as women, a lot of attention can be fed to us outside of ourselves through the patriarchy, through men, through things like being an object really (inaudible) but it's so nice that you can get that from your family, always.

Where do you think you get your inspiration for your style from? Like, you’re talking about this kind of, like, different way of being that’s not like your family, so where did you get that part from.

S: Like, all of the things that I loved that I listened to. Um, I-- It’s just like a culmination of different things. I remember, like, I had like a-- a Jim Morrison stage, like a Michael Jackson stage, Janet Jackson, Madonna, all of that stuff-- like Massive Attack. Like I-- I’ll take it all in and it just gets like [clap] gets put in a mixing pot, and that’s {where/what} I am.

Um, so that’s where that comes from. It’s just me, like, listening to everything and just taking it in. Just like, taking [starts to pluck musical concepts out of the air] from what I like, about, those different artists.

But yeah I get very inspired, by others. And then…

I: And for your style too?

S: Yes. Style wise… I don’t know. It’s-- It’s like, on stage specifically, I just like the-- the idea of, like, ‘Warrior Princess’ [smiles] type thing.

I: [nods deeply]

S: Or like, um, like a hunter type. Like, with the tails and everything?

[gestures to 8-10 fluffy tails hanging from her belt - a skirt of prey]

I: Mmm.

S: I know I told you earlier about Josephine Baker. And that’s what made-- Also made me--

I: [sharp realizing gasp] Like the bananas, but tails! Ooohhhhh I’m connecting!!

S: Yeah, yeah! ‘Cause I wanted to tap into the warrior type thing with the tails.

I: Oh Kay!

S: Just like, ‘ cause it makes me feel powerful when I'm on stage when I'm dressed this way and it makes me feel like I'm commanding the stage. And, like, with the Josephine Baker thing, also-- and with the tails and the banana skirt thing. I like, um, the idea of like the show girl type thing? Which is wh-- I didn’t usually do, like, the bedazzled bra or spiked bra at first, but I was doing, like, research on like, showgirls from, I think the 50s and 60s, and like the type of bras they would wear on stage and stuff. I was like, “it gets really hot,” up-- on stage too. So that-- this is like a really cute way of like-- just like [stammers briefly] It feels good, and also, like, I’m not sweating to death.

I: Yeah. It looks good too! It looks good, like it’s a good solution to all those problems.

S: Mhm mhm. Yeah, yeah. It’s a lot of drama with it-- with the coat too. (inaudible)

I: It IS! Your look is very dramatic and so is your name. I wanna know about what inspired your name, how you got it, and where you got it from.

S: Um, well, my stage name has gone through a lot of different phases. I-- well, some people know, I used to make hyperpop…

I: Ooh! [brow furrowed]

S: This was like years--

I: Who knows that?!

S: People that you don’t--

I: The deep cuts?! [smiles, gazes inquisitively to the intangible audience]

[combined laughter]

S: Don’t say the name!

I: [quietly] Deep cuts.

S: [pointed hand, palm down, directly at camera] Whoever sees this, do not disclose the name. [through laughter] If you know who I am…

I: That’s crazy…

S: It wasn’t madame anything at first. I was like 16, I was making hyperpop, and like Ayesha Erotica type stuff, back in the day.

I: Aw yes. [soft sighs]

S: [exasperated sigh]

I: That’s so lit and specific!

S: Yes! But it-- It wasn’t really me, which is why I stopped doing it. I was really just doing it for fun, but that was like, the kind of, like, “Okay I think I wanna make music for real…” ‘cause, I was getting, like, a pretty good, like, reaction from it-- from people. People were actually listening to it which was cool… [grins] No matter how garbage it sounded.

I: People liked it!

S: Yeah, and people liked it.

I: It was the time! I think that was like 2018? Or 2020?

S: Yeah 2018. Yeah actually, yeah, it was around that time period. And then, um--

I: We were all over hyperpop in that time, I'm not gon’ lie. Everybody loved hyperpop, yeah.

S: Yeah, and then from that time, some time goes by, I had the name Madame Scumbag for a little bit.

I: Mmmm.

S: I was-- It was an edgy phases,. that I had. I knew I wanted the “madame” thing in there ‘cause I wanted to be like, a little more elevated, but, like, keep my edgy side, so I did the scumbag thing, which is like-- [half wince, “so-so” hands] It was fine, people also liked that too. My parents hated it.

I: I was just about to say I bet your mom did not like that one.

S: My dad specifically was like, “You need to change that. I hate that name. You are [points] not a scumbag.” It was like, a whole thing.

I: [father impression] “You are beautiful! You’re a light!” Like, literally.

S: [laughs] It was a whole thing. I had that name for like, years though.

I: Really? Wow.

S: And then, um, Madame Starlet, I didn’t change my name to that ‘til about,,, 2? 3 years ago? I just-- I have a-- A list of words in my phone and on my notes app that I, like, really like. I was just going through it one day ‘cause I wanted to change my name at some point. It was after, like, the big conversation that I had with my dad [chuckles] where he was like, “You need to change that, now.”

I: He was like, “This is serious.”

S: [laughter]

I: “You’re getting too popular, like…”

S: Yeah, and my mom was like, “Yeah, you don’t-- This doesn’t even, like, look like what you are. Like, that name doesn’t even match.” Which I was like-- Then I started thinking like, “Agh, she’s right.”

I: They be saving you, I’m not gon’ lie.

S: [full smile, belly laugh]

I: The stories you be telling me about how they come in? They come in so clutch for your artistic bag, like yes.

S: Yeah, I was like (inaudible) she’s right. So I’m, like, going through my list or whatever, and then, that one kind of, like, popped out at me.

I: Mhm.

S: ‘Cause it-- it sounds pretty to me. And I was like, “Okay yeah, this makes more sense than what I have.” Then I tried out Madame Starlet. I like, changed my instagram name to it and I’m like “Okay, this looks cool.” And then I was, like, “Okay, yeah, Madame Starlet. That works.”

[both grin]

And then I’ll-- [hands out, backing away I think that’s what I’m going to stick with, for good now. Like, I can see it, like, on billboards…

I: Like that one kinda stuck.

S: …on the marquees and stuff. So, yeah. Yeah, that’s how I got to that.

I: I love that. I love that you use your name as an act of performance every time someone speaks it. You know? You’re literally putting that on their tongue, like, “that’s who I am.”

S: [chuckles]

I: And I really wanna know about what performance means to you, in its essence, ‘cause you talked about starting that at 16, but how has that developed since then? Like, what does it mean to you to continue to do that?

S: Mhm. To continue… At first it was really just, like, going into performing, which was musical theatre and all that stuff… It was really a thing of me trying to get out of my shell. ‘Cause, like, as a-- a little girl I was really, like, out there out there. Then middle school happened, and then I was like {quickly clasps hands together] completely closed up, which happens.

I: I know so many people like tha-- But that sucks that in middle school the [sucks teeth and symbolically clasps an open hand], you know?

S: It does. It’s rea-- Transformative years

I: Mmhmmm.

S: And then, um, high school came around and I was like, “Okay I have to, like--” I really don’t, want to be, like, so stuck in the shell anymore. So I really went to musical theatre to, like, make friends [pensive smile and hand gesture] specifically, and to, like, push myself to be out there, ‘cause I knew I wanted to do something in the arts and I knew I always liked to sing. So it was really just the thing of, like, pushing myself to be there. But now, um, it just-- it-- it’s a source of joy for me now, like, on stage. I really love performing and live music. Especially, like, with a band.

I: I also wanted to know a lot about your band, ‘cause I know that, like, Madame Starlet and the stars go together and I wanna know about how that formed, how you found them, and how you keep that going.

S: I’ve met, um, 3? out of the 4 at Harold {Washington College}, which is the college I went to. This was, like, maybe my second year at Harold? It was like a Brockhampton type thing, it was like…

I: Like a collective?

S: [nods] …it was a lot of us in there. I was also the only girl in the group, too, which is cool, but it was just a big group of people, um. The band ended up breaking but--

I: Very Brockhampton.

S: [matter of factly] Yeah! [laughter]

I: I mean, let's say it. Let’s say it!

S: Yeah, it ended up breaking up, but, I uh-- I was like Laney you gotta…

I: Imma keep one of ‘em!

S: I need Laney in my band ‘cause he’s-- he’s great. All of my band is great. But Laney didn’t go to Harold, I just met him through the person that was in the band previously. But Kari, my new drummer, I met him through my videographer, Izzy. They’re really close. They’re like best friends, and, uh, Izzy would bring me to, like, the-- their shows ‘cause he was in a band previously as well. It’s a whole… [hand motions indicating a web of people]

I: …we’re all in bands.

S: [chuckle] Yeah. Everyone’s in a band! Met him at-- uh, after going to one of the shows. I brought him into my band after my drummer had left. So, now, I have Kari. So, there’s Bobby, there’s Caleb, there’s Laney and Kari. And somehow I, like, all met them through Harold, except Kari, through Izzy. It’s like-- like a whole connection type.

I: Yeah, it seems like your college is really a big driving force of your-- yeah.

S: Oh yeah. Absolutely.

I: Which is lucky!

S: Yeah, it really is. I’m really grateful, to have met all of them. All of them are like-- They all have their own things and their own personalities, which is nice.

[video cut]

I: I was looking at your lyrics, like, what makes a lyric a lyric, and then going from that into being a song really.

S: Yeah. Okay. It-- It always ends up coming back to, like, musical theatre, but like… I have this thing in my head where, like, “Okay I wrote the song, I felt how I felt in that moment. How do I transfer that feeling onstage every time so that everyone else also feels what I felt in that moment too?” Because it’s not-- I can’t just go up there and just sing the song ‘cause, like, first of all that’s boring. Second of all, I want people, like, to-- to feel what I felt in that moment. So it’s just like--

I: Mmm.

S: Like little mannerism and things, or, like, I’ll be singing the song and then I’ll be thinking about what happened while I-- I’m singing the song too. So that adds to, like, how I’m performing as well. So, it’s really just a thing of, like: How do I make people feel something while I’m singing this?

I: And feel exactly what you felt when you wrote it.

[video cut]

I: [smiles] Had a little camera change! Which is totally fine. Hashtag Mercury retrograde [face straightens] and it’s changing everything for us. I’m not gonna get into it right now but me and Sydney just had a little cha-- [both chuckle] Okay.

Speaking of all these electronics, speaking of all these things, how does social media affect you? And how does that affect, like, how you’ve gone throughout everything you’ve done in the past couple years?

S: Mhm. I don’t-- I’ve always used social media kind of to my advantage, like, as a creative? Um, I remember before I even, like, started making music and stuff, I would, like, make little, like, movies and stuff with my cousins. [smiles] I would like-- I-- I’ve always been like… I was talking to Izzy. I was telling him, like, I might have been like a filmmaker, in my past life. If I wasn’t a musician I was probably a filmmaker.

I: Because you have an eye. [tilts head and points to S]

S: [looks down to smile] Yeah. I think so, yeah.

I: Mhm.

S: ‘Cause that’s-- that’s important to me. I feel like music [left palm up] and film [right palm up] go hand in hand [clasps hands together].

I: Tell me about how that goes into your next album you’re releasing.

S: Um, my next album, actually, there’s 16 songs and there will be 16 videos. So there’s a video for each song. Um, I-- I planned it for. like. months. I have. like, story{boards}-- I actually have… [looks around the room] them with me… [still searching]

I: Do you carry them with you just because? [huge grin]

S: Yeah [as if to say, duh]. I always bring them with me, everywhere. Um…

I: It’s like spiritual? Yeaahhh.

S: They’re like, my babies. And, like, I have storyboards for every video. Uh, I made, like, google slides with, like, inspiration, and, like, google slides for, like, makeup and everything, and, like, styling slides or, every-- I’m literally, like… I wanted to make it so that for everyone involved it was easy, because I know I don’t have the most money. So it’s like, how do I make this as easy as possible for everyone involved? I mapped everything out exactly how I wanted it and I just, like, presented it to them like [with wide eyes and a warm, pleading smile] “Can you help me with this?”

I: [rapidly, with the same facial expression] Can you do it?? [both laugh] You’re a visionary in the way of which you literally have these visions that you end up portraying, and, it's just so perfect.

S: Thank you, yeah. Yeah I-- I take a lot of pride in that actually. [stammers momentarily] I don’t know. I feel like it’s really important to have the music side [hand to her right temple] as well as the visual side [other hand to left temple].

I use my social media as a form of, like-- to show all aspects of, like, what I can do. ‘Cause I remember before I even had Izzy to, like, be my videographer, I-- I would like set up videos on my own or make, like, little mini music videos and everything to pair with, like, a cover, or like a song that I like-- a demo or whatever. So I-- I don’t-- I honestly have no idea if I-- if social media didn’t exist, like, does that-- Does youtube count?

I: [tentatively] Yeah, I don’t even know! [both laugh] I feel like there’s a certain amount of pressure, um, to create content as a performer, when you might just be a performer, you know? And I’m liking that you’re saying, “Well, I feel like I’m into film-- filmography. I feel like I’m into videography, cinematography. But I feel like there are so many-- I know as a poet, there are many poets who just wanna be a poet. They don’t wanna be a content creator. Or they just wanna be-- they just wanna go on stages and sing. They don’t necessarily want to create the things for people to market and attract. But I like that you’re saying, “I like each part of that.”

S: [assuredly] Yeah I wanna-- I want to do everything.

I: Yeah. [grins and nods]

S: I feel like that’s what makes me, like, well rounded [hands make a circle]. It’s that, like: [presents hands, as if pulling each word from the air] I have a vision [snap], and then I have my music, and then I love to perform and do all-- Like, I like to do everything. I like to be hands on with everything that I do, because, like, that’s important to me. And, like, my image is important to me, too. And, like, the-- the way that people, like, see how I’m doing things, or like the visuals and everything, I feel like that’s-- that’s really important as an artist, to like, have a firm, like, “This is who I am. This is what I do.” Um, type thing, and I feel like social media, like, free-- like, lets me freely show what that is, like, who I am and everything. So I-- [nervous chuckle] I have no idea, like, what I would do if social media didn’t exist. ‘Cause like I-- I would definitely still be, like, performing and everything but, like, how would I show the visual side of things?

I: It’s like this is your microphone.

S: Yeah, it is.

I: Looking at the next six months… I always like to end off on this question with artists, because I think that that manifests energy and I think that that creates things that you want to see just by talking about it, just like how we’re getting through things today. I want to know, and not just for performing, but also for your mind, for your body, for, like, the way that you see and view the world: What do you want in the next 6 months? That’ll be January of next year. Like what do you want to see change? and what do you want to accomplish?

S: I-- I just hope that the album is received well with people, and that it-- That the album pushes me to the places that I want to be. Like, I hope I get to go on tour at some point, no matter, like, how small it is. If it’s like a Midwestern tour, like I don’t care what it-- I-- I would love to, like, go on tour and, like, see that what I’ve created translates outside of Chicago.

I: Mmm. [purses lips and nods]

S: And like, I love-- I love to hear people like, singing back my lyrics to me and stuff, in, like, big crowds. So if that’s, like, where I’m at by that time that would be like, “Okay this is like-- this is correct and this is how I wanted things to go.” And it feels good. And, like, I hope that, um, by-- in like, 6 months-- [stammers and thinks to self] Uhh, that’s enough time… …for like, people to start catching on, fully. ‘Cause I feel like people are catching on now, but, like, I just really hope that, like, all of the work that I-- I’ve put into all of this, like, it pays off and it connects to people well. And like, I get to work with people that, like, I’ve wanted to work with for a long time, and, like, that their intentions are good. And I hope everyone that I have in my life right now are, like, their intentions are still as good as they are now. I still want to keep my same circle. I hope they’re all still around by then. I hope my band is still intact. [chuckles]

I: [points up] Inshallah.

S: Please God. [crosses fingers and looks up] I love my band so much. I love them all so much. So, I hope, like, they’re still intact by then.

I: Mhmm. You know what I see for you? I don’t know why. This is so random. I see you in Nigeria’s underground rock scene. [laughs] It’s so random!

S: That’s great though.

I: It’s so so great ‘cause I know their underground rock scene is so lit! And I can just see you, like, vibing out there or something. I don’t knoowww it just seems fun.

S: I hope I get to travel, too. But I guess that goes in-- in hand with, like, touring. But, like, outside of touring, I would like to travel, and, like, meet people that, like, I’ve wanted to meet for a long time, but I’ve never really had enough money to, like, go out and do it. That! That’s another thing: Financial Stability. Pleeeaase. At least like a piece of it. [chuckles]

I: That’s coming. That’s coming. That’s coming.

S: I hope a piece of that is coming.

I: It seems like you really really care about people reacting positively to what you’re making, or, reacticing at all.

S: Yeah that, that too. Just like, I-- I just want people to pay attention and to-- to listen, to what I have to say. ‘Cause like-- I don’t know. I-- I’m not goin nowhere.

I: Okay? Tooth and Nail I’m fighting at! Okay?!

S: Blood, sweat, and tears.

I: Blood, sweat, and tears.

S: And I’m just-- I’m going to keep doing what I’ve been doing. Um, I don’t know. I’m gonna try and stay, like, independent as long as I can, too. Like, with label stuff… I don’t know. I hope like-- Stay independent as long as I can. Build my team of-- of trusted people, and just, like [wind noise and sweeping gesture forward], just…

I: Grow.

S: Yes. With-- With those people that I care about the most, and that care about me.

I: It seems like you want to keep a cast shell of all the stuff that’s around you, and then grow up with everything else.

S: Yes. Like I want to go up with my day ones.

Madame Starlet and Imani Warren by Houston, @hstn__m on Instagram.

I: Okay. And act like I don’t know nobodayyy!!! [little dance]

[laughter and grins all around]

I: They better have got you last week, friend, ‘cause this week is differeeennt! It’s a different week! That’s so exciting though.

S: Yeah, I don’t know. I just-- And I want to keep my family close, too. Through everything {next} six months, whole life, keep the family close too.

I: Undoubtedly

S: That’s really important. I was reading something about that, like, I think it was Mya? The artist, talking about Prince. And they had a conversation where he-- he told her to keep her family close, too. And, um-- I don’t know, but I feel like that’s-- that’s if Prince is telling you to keep your family close…

I: You better keep your family… [both chuckle] You better tap innn!

S: Yeah that’s-- that’s nothing to play about.

I: Yeah.

S: But yeah, I don’t know. I just-- I just want to go into things positively, in six months. I want everything to still continue to be as positive as it is now. And um…

I: You’re so satisfied, you’re like, “I just want it like this, but better in the future!”

S: [both laugh] Yeah.

I: That’s awesome.

S: I really do. I just, like-- Any hardships or anything, I-- I want to be able to, like, move past it and just keep growing. I just need to keep growing, and keep getting better things. And! [holds one finger in the air] By 6 months I want to be able to-- to dance, too.

I: Aye! [face furrows in confusion] Whatchu mean by that? Like choreography dance?

S: Yes. Like, I can-- I can do, like, a one, little one two. Buuutt…..

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I: Well, thank you so much for joining us today.

S: (inaudible)

I: Yes! It was so wonderful to chat. And be on the lookout for Sydney, because, like you said, you’re never resting.

S: Yeah, ever… see these bags?

I: Okay?! [punching fist into other hand for each word] Working hard working hard! I love it. Thank you so much. So wonderful. Thank you for listening {and reading <3} you guys and we’ll talk to you soon.

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