Thursday, March 28, 2024

Jill Scott Talks New Album ‘Woman’, Motherhood and Longevity

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*Jill Scott’s fifth studio album “Woman”  is receiving rave reviews for being that familiar harmonious formula of spoken word and unapologetic soulful ballads that her fans have grown accustomed to. To support the album, Scott chatted with ESSENCE.com for a Q&A about music, motherhood and longevity, saying “My career is not Beyonce’s career.”

Below are excerpts from the interview, which you can read in full here.

As Jill Scott the woman, do you find it easier to define who you are?

Jill: To be so definitive about who you are is always a challenge because I don’t know what tomorrow will bring that could change me forever. Today, I am a person that enjoys putting my hands in the dirt and growing my food. I am a person who still takes long walks. I’m a voyeur. I like to watch people live, laugh and have conversations. I’m an “ear-hustler.” I like to read. It’s imperative that I get rest, I’ve learned. I’m a romantic. My child comes before everything. I have a whole new reason to exist and it’s better than anything I’ve ever done. I’m on a mission, that I do know.

“Back Together” on Woman is dedicated to your 6-year-old son, Jet. How has being a mother changed you as a woman and an artist?

Jill: He is the impetus of my own accountability. I don’t want to bring people into his life who aren’t healthy for him. It matters to me how he views me. It matters that I’ve done the best I can to make a good decision because everything that I do is shaping who he is. I love him more every day and I want to be an example.

I bring him out on the road with me because I want to be with him and he wants to be with me but this existence is hard. I needed him to see what it’s like to work. I need him to see the payoff in the audience singing along, but I also need him to be in rehearsal so he can see the work that goes along with it. I don’t want my son to be the kind of person who doesn’t have a work ethic.

What do you think needs to happen in music for people to want to sing about feelings again?

Jill: I think that artists have to remember that the songs that they’re singing are going to follow them for the rest of their lives. The weight is heavier than what a single that works today is. I think they’re creating a lot of microwaveable music and not thinking about longevity.

My career is not Diana Ross’ career, is not Beyonce’s career, is not Nina Simone’s career. My career is my career but we all have a stamp of who we are in our music. Longevity is a point and purpose.

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