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You really gotta be careful listening toFlo Millis music.
In her songs, Flo is Alabamas own pure aggro bad bitch.
/ Pretty for who?
And we tend to believe her.
All of it is real, shes prone to saying in interviews.
There are always different expectations on a new release.
The music skews toward braggadocios and high-octane fun and its clear she is out for blood.
(And yeah, I have it on very good authority: Its all real.
Flo owned her ass.)
Well, first of all, congrats on the album.
So far it seems like people really love it.
Cause I know that a lot of my fan base is people who relate to me.
As long as they still grow with me, I feel good about it.
Were you able to talk directly to her?Yeah.
We text all the time.
We all about business.
Once I started doing the skits, I think around last year, thats how it started.
We just clicked like that.
Did she give you any specific tips for the skits?Oh, nah.
It was just me and my manager.
It was like, okay, how can we capitalize on this and make it creative?
I guess she noticed that I love reality TV.
Like, thats all I watch …
Wait, no, it started from TikTok.
I did the TikTok of Tiffany Pollard last year.
It seems like youre going all across the map with this new album.
Theres shit that Im hearing from New York, Miami, Atlanta.
Theres like a whole swath of the South on this.
And then on Hottie, it feels like this combination of West Coast, but also Miami bass.
You even hit white-girl America with the Cyndi Lauper sample on Pretty Girls.
Howd that blend of regional sounds come together?I was very intentional with this album.
My last one, to me, felt a little rushed.
That was my first project ever.
I didnt have that much knowledge about how to go about it.
So it was feedback.
I got tired of people, like, saying certain stuff, even though people are gonna talk.
That ties back into the name.
Like, ho, you still here, though?
Yall havent even seen the full artist that I am.
I intentionally did that.
Just showing different sides of my personality.
On Tilted Halo, youre going in with the vocal run and everything.
Im like,Yo, whats going on!
?I know you listened to a lot of gospel music growing up.Yeah.
I grew up in a church, thats where it started.
When I was young, they forced me to sing solos in front of my entire church.
I was in the choir every weekend.
Like, I had to go to choir rehearsal through the week.
My whole childhood was dedicated to church.
I knew I wanted to be a rapper at the age of 10.
I grew up singing and I wanted to be a singer before a rapper, but nobody knows that.
It looks like,Oh, she just started singing.
You gonna get back into more singing?Hell yeah.
I wanna do everything.
I come from nothing.
So I want to act, model, sing, rap …
But theres a turn Im hearing from you.
The first record felt like it was Im that bitchtype shit.
But this one definitely feels like, Okay, I heard yall talking shit.
And now Im finna beat yall ass.
Was that a purposeful change?You know, its so crazy.
You talking about Bed Time?
Most of this shit is real.
Like, I really got mad and just went to studios.
Because youll never feel it as strong as you feel right then.
And we all humans, we all go through the same thing.
I make music like that for that reason.
Ive heard you say before that your music is real as fuck.
I always wondered, whens the last time you got into a real fistfight with somebody?Ooh.
It was definitely before I was famous.
I would hope so, shit.I wanna say 2018.
This girl tried to stab me and I had to beat her ass.
You wanna hear what happened?
Umm, yes.I used to deal with a lot of haters in high school.
Because I was very sure of myself.
But I walked with confidence.
I would be in my notebook, like,Im that bitch!
And then on top of that, my goddad used to spoil me all the time.
He used to buy me weaves that were thousands of dollars.
So my weave was like 30 inches.
Bitches really couldnt afford it.
And the whole time, I didnt have that much.
My mom wasnt buying all that.
So, it looked like I came from money.
Basically, I had a best friend who is still my bitch to this day.
Me and her, we fell out one year and we werent talking.
Im gonna just call her Sally.
I guess she got jealous that me and my friend was cool [again].
Mind you, weve been cool since I was like 11.
After that, she just was being real shady.
I remember we had this one class where she would say stupid-ass shit.
Just some slick shit.Just some slick shit, yeah!
Just like,Bitch, do you like me?
Or is it real hate?I was, like, Instagram-famous in high school.
So I dont know if that was a little bit of it.
She was just talking all this shit.
I was in honor society.
I had a 3.8 GPA.
Like I had so much to lose.
But I agreed to it.
Come to find out she didnt show up.
So then I thought it was over.
The next day I went to class and I was calm.
And this bitch is in the back, pacing back and forth with her earphones in.
Oh, she geeking herself up.You already know!
So then Im sitting down and she waits until the bell rings.
Everybody sat down in class and its quiet.
She takes her earphones out.
She walked up to me and she was like, You still wanna fight?
And mind you, Im tucked in the desk.
Im like, Bitch, whats up, then?
All I know is she just started punching me; she got a head start.
I aint gon lie.
But after that I like blacked out.
Like, chairs were flying.
I was like, Bitch, dont you ever try me!
And then she had scissors and she was trying to stab me.
But she ended up being suspended.
Everybody in the class saw.
And I came back to school the next day.
Thats actually perfect, though.
She knows who she is.
So did you swear off fights for good?Yeah!
I never was a fighter.
It was just, like, girls fuck with me.
I wouldnt literally not talk to no one.
All I did was rap and go home.
I wouldnt even talk to anybody at school.
You mentioned the criticism earlier of,Oh, she only raps one way.
I was the key in of person that didnt wanna deal with my emotions.
Write something and, you know, own that.Thats what I feel like.
I accomplished with what I was doing with the new shit.
Thats felt for sure.
With this album, you also did work with a lot of new producers.
And all new engineers and mixers.
Theres Sophie Gray on this, Tasha Catour.Yes!
I keep having these moments where I feel like I keep realizing how dope she is.
Like, everywhere I turn, I see something that shes done.
Im like,Wow, you really got it.
But yeah, Tasha Catour, that was very organic too.
I was very involved with the sound that I wanted.
I feel like when I first came it was so much going on.
Like the fame came so fast in COVID, it was right after I put out my mixtape.
All the studios locked up.
I didnt really have the time to explore as an artist.
But I feel like now Im more intentional.
Those were just the beats I was drawn to.
If I dont feel it in the first few seconds, then Im like,Ah, next one.
But Im still open to original beats.
Are you concerned at all with how other people will take that?
How are you feeling about it?Ooh.
The song emulates that.
Are we thinking tour soon?Yes, we definitely are.
I really want everybody to learn the songs.
I want to marinate.
And its gonna be lit.
