Normani recalls feeling “hidden” as the only black member of Fifth Harmony

Normani shares more about what it’s wish to be the only black member of the all-female pop group Fifth Harmony.

On Wednesday, during an appearance at the launch of Law Roach’s latest book,How to Build a Fashion Icon: Notes on Confidence from the World’s Only Image Architect” with Keke Palmer in Los Angeles, the R&B singer recalls feeling “hidden.”

“As a black girl in the music industry, but also a woman in society, I’m always told you’re not the standard of beauty or you’re not enough. I have always expressed myself through fashion,” Normani said, she reports Women’s on a regular basis clothing.

She added at any time when she felt like she wasn’t getting sufficiently big parts in songs, “I felt like I could really depend on my fashion to talk for me, which was really an outlet. It saved me in so some ways and it was a form of expression I could use once I felt like I wasn’t really given the probability to talk up in the way I wanted or deserved.”

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When asked how she transitioned from a gaggle to a solo profession after Fifth Harmony disbanded in 2018, Normani replied: “It all ended so quickly on a very high note.” People Magazine reported.

She continued, “I was just so grateful that I could do things my own way because I felt like I felt hidden away for so long.”

“I used to be the only black girl. “I don’t want to say that the girls didn’t want to be with me, but I don’t think they knew how to do it because I had my own experience,” the singer explained.

Normani, who has been releasing singles since 2018, celebrated the release of her debut solo album “Dopamine” in June.

At an event dedicated to the book, Palmer and Roach echoed her sentiments about how fashion is usually a tool for expressing one’s identity.

According to WWD, “fashion sometimes gets a bad rap,” Palmer said. “It could appear elitist. This may give the impression of an absence of integration. It may seem to be something you are wondering tips on how to break into and change into an element of. But whenever you feel like there is a way you may show up and break the image that means that you can show up the way you would like and keep what you’re feeling inside, then you’ve gotten your fashion story.”

Roach’s book delves into his approach to styling and intertwines it with the lessons he has learned about life and the fashion industry.

First of all, he said, “F…rules!”