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Ella Mai Explains the Double Meaning of Her Album Title, ‘Heart on My Sleeve’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Brewed Up singer lam
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Speaker 1: I is back with a new album, Heart on My Sleeve,
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Speaker 1: and there's several layers to the meaning of that title.
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Speaker 1: For one, it's packed with love jams and ltel's okay
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Speaker 1: player Making them is her favorite thing to do, but
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Speaker 1: she wanted to focus on making songs about loving love,
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Speaker 1: not about breakups their toxicity. But the title Heart on
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Speaker 1: My Sleeve is also about her being vulnerable artistically and
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Speaker 1: embracing her struggles as a proud part of her identity, saying,
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Speaker 1: I've had a hard exterior, but I'm sensitive and passionate
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Speaker 1: on the inside. People feel like being a strong woman
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Speaker 1: you then can't be emotional or at weak moment. You're
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Speaker 1: supposed to be this strong woman all of the time.
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Speaker 1: I think it's unfair and where the misconception is that
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Speaker 1: if you're strong, you can't have any crack. Throughout this
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Speaker 1: album recording process and just being on an emotional roller coaster,
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Speaker 1: I was actually able to appreciate the moments that weren't
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Speaker 1: me being strong. Part of my Sleeve is out now.
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