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Solange Knowles Performs For Vitiminwater x FaDER’s #Uncapped Series In NYC

vitaminwater And The FADER Present uncapped With Solange Knowles

Solange Knowlwes usually rocks festival stages, however recently Solange headlined an intimate gig at a laundrette as part of vitaminwater collaboration with The FADER’s #uncapped series. New York’s Atlantis Super Wash Center in Brooklyn became a neon-lit venue complete with pop up stage as the “TONY.” singer performed a set which included cuts lifted from the EP True as well as a few of tracks lifted from her soulful back catalogue and included a fitting cover of Nivea’s Laundromat thrown in for good measure. Watch Solange work the stage for her audience below.

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Solange In V Magazine Pop Rocks: Fearless Women Of Music 2012

Cassie, Solange and VV Brown are featured in V magazines Pop Rocks feature, celebrating five fearless women of music described as being ” smarter,franker and less false.” the women talk recording, production, the meaning, mood and message behind their music due to be released in 2012 check out a snippet of the images and some pull quotes from the feature below.

SOLANGE
“There are a lot of songs about sex. It’s the kind of record you put on when your man is coming over, when you’re with your girls. There are songs that make you wanna dance because we were kind of partying our way through the record, but it’s very chill. My references for the record were all Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, not just their typical Janet and Prince stuff, but SOS Band and their b-sides with Chaka Khan. At first the songs were really dark because I had a premonition before the record that I was going to die. I was having panic attacks and wiling out. [But] I don’t need anyone telling me ‘this isn’t cool enough’ or anyone from the opposite end saying ‘this seems kind of weird.’ I’m lucky enough to have been in this business for so long that I know how it works. It’s not that hard. It’s not rocket science.”

Solange Knowles wears
Jacket Bess NYC by Doug Abraham
Shirt Jil Sander Navy