Ayanis

Talks Social Isolation, Her Favs, #BlackLivesMatter, New Music + Dream Collabs

- Rachel Wilson

The Texas born and Atlanta raised singer and dancer began singing in church choirs and did youth beauty pageants, ultimately deciding at a young age that she wanted to be a professional entertainer. Ayanis recently caught the ears of industry notables and inked her deal with Island Prolific/Atlantic Records. Ayanis sat down with Glitter to talk about her sound, how participating in beauty pageants helped influence her career, when she started music, her musical influences, her new single, “Little Boy, Big Talk” featuring Queen Naija, and her thoughts on #BlackLivesMatter. We’d love to see a collab between Ayanis and Drake! We’re helping manifest this right now. Read on to find out more on this talented singer and songwriter, who smooth sound and moves may remind you of a new age Aliyah who is all about female empowerment.

GLITTER: So where are you currently isolating?

AYANIS: I am isolating in Atlanta. I live in Atlanta, so. Yeah.

GLITTER: Where did you grow up and how did you realize that you could sing?

AYANIS: I was born in Texas. It's a little town called Wichita Falls. I'm a military kid. My dad was in the Air Force. So, yeah, I kind of got my start in church. So me, my sister, my brother were in the choir. And that's like, when I started singing. I was really young... two, maybe three or four or something like that. Yeah. But, Texas and then I moved to Georgia, and then my dad retired here. So, yeah, southern girl (laughs).

GLITTER: So what made you realize that you wanted to pursue singing as a career? How did you know that you wanted to pursue singing and writing music as a career?