{"id":58911,"date":"2019-09-19T22:32:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=58911"},"modified":"2019-09-19T22:32:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:32:17","slug":"emeli-sande-is-done-worrying-what-other-people-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=58911","title":{"rendered":"Emeli Sand\u00e9 is done worrying what other people think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emeli Sand\u00e9 is done worrying what other people think<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

gal-dem<\/a>
\n2019-09-18<\/p>\n

Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The first time I met Emeli Sand\u00e9<\/a> was on a wild night out. Age 19 and at the only hip-hop club night in Edinburgh<\/a>, my friends and I were dancing when a group of men led us off the dancefloor and into a VIP area, where Emeli was socialising. As it turned out, one of those men was Emeli\u2019s husband. We spent the night shimmying and doing shots and I remember wondering how she was going to get on stage the next day. It was a late one. But when, on the band\u2019s invitation, we attended her concert, her voice soared across one of Edinburgh\u2019s most opulent venues. \u201cIf someone can sing like that on a hangover,\u201d I thought, \u201cI have no choice but to stan<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

On this, our second meeting then, I feel obligated to bring up our first. \u201cThat was fun! I remember that night,\u201d Emeli says. We\u2019re sitting in a small, Ethiopian restaurant in Camden<\/a> called The Queen of Sheba<\/a>, settling down to eat a vast platter of injera<\/a> with accompanying stews and sauces and talk about Emeli\u2019s new album, Real Life<\/em><\/a>. After a complimentary glass of Ethiopian honey wine<\/a>, we settle straight in.<\/p>\n

This album comes three years after her last outing, Long Live the Angels<\/em><\/a> and seven years after her debut album catapulted the 32-year-old singer to fame. \u201cThis time it was really different. Like I built a studio in my house,\u201d she says. \u201cI finally had the freedom of \u2018a room of one\u2019s own\u2019.\u201d…<\/p>\n