Alessia Cara stepped into the Terra Origin Interview Lounge before her performance at Audacy's Leading Ladies, to talk about playing with powerful women, writing about newfound happiness, and the making of her new album, Love & Hyperbole.
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On a night dedicated to celebrating women, Alessia talked about her "perfect world" of being surrounded by empowered women empowering women. "It feels amazing. It's so nice. I feel like it's my favorite thing to be a part of
an industry where I feel like so many women are doing so many incredible things, especially in the last few years," Cara shared. "You see so many women artists dominating and I love it. I love being around women. I love being around women creative. So it's like my perfect world."
Just a few months removed from the release of her fourth studio album, Alessia also shared what went into the making of Love & Hyperbole with Audacy's Karen Carson. "This is the longest that I've taken to write an album. It took me about three-ish years, give or take."
"A lot can happen in that span of time. It was a very formative time for me, especially. I think I was just going through a lot of different things. And so this album is sort of a chronological retelling of the last three years and a lot of big emotions came with that."
"I was experiencing a lot feelings towards myself and my purpose as a human being, but also as an artist, and reshaping what all that means to me while simultaneously, you know, letting new love into my life," Alessia admitted. "Which was a very scary thing to do. And like, you know, letting in joy into my life, but also into my music and understanding like, 'how do I write about things that are happy,' you know, because I am so used to writing about, you know, the big heavy emotions that feel not so great."
To hear more from Alessia Cara check out her full interview from the Terra Origin Interview Lounge above and visit audacy.com/leadingladies for more.