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Tori Kelly sits down with Billboard News’ Rania Aniftos and opens up about her hospitalization, getting back on the road for her tour, releasing her self-titled ‘Tori’ EP, and more!

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00:00 ♪ I could be your shelter ♪

00:02 Like the crowd always has to sing that line.

00:04 Hey, I'm Tori Kelly and you're watching Billboard News.

00:07 (upbeat music)

00:10 - I'm Rania Nipdos with Billboard News

00:18 and I'm so excited to be here with the super talented,

00:21 the super beautiful Tori Kelly.

00:24 ♪ You know what ♪

00:26 ♪ This is your love song ♪

00:28 ♪ Don't you worry 'bout a thing ♪

00:32 ♪ Ooh, I'm missing you ♪

00:35 - Let's first, how are you feeling

00:37 after your hospitalization?

00:38 - I'm feeling good.

00:40 I'm actually feeling really good.

00:41 Totally caught me off guard.

00:42 It was a scary few days,

00:44 but I'm so happy that I had like a really good

00:48 support system around me.

00:49 I was mind blown by just all the love and support

00:52 that I got during that time.

00:52 - I mean, beyond fans, Beyonce sent you flowers?

00:56 - Beyonce, yes.

00:57 I got a lot of flowers, but when Beyonce's flowers showed up

01:00 it was like, oh yeah, those are obviously from Beyonce.

01:02 They were massive.

01:03 - I mean, healing of the body and soul.

01:05 - Seriously, yeah.

01:06 I was like, I'm good now, I'm good.

01:08 - I mean, but then you really did get back up

01:10 and then you went right on tour basically.

01:12 - It is honestly a dream come true.

01:14 I was looking forward to this tour for a while

01:17 and then I think now with everything that's happened

01:19 health wise too, I'm just even more grateful

01:22 and it feels even like more emotional being on stage now

01:25 and just not wanting to take a single second for granted.

01:28 - Yeah, and you released your EP Tori

01:30 and I love that you're calling it Tori.

01:32 How has it been reintroducing yourself, I guess,

01:35 to your fans?

01:36 - Yeah, it's been really fun.

01:38 I mean, my last full length album was even before 2020.

01:42 That album was a lot more, I think just sad

01:45 and I'd gone through a lot of things personally

01:47 with family and all these different things.

01:49 So, you know, growing from that, having a lot of healing,

01:53 being in love and just wanting to express that

01:56 and feeling this new wave of confidence come over me,

01:59 all of that I just put into the music

02:01 and hopefully you can hear that.

02:03 I think I'm in just this new place in my life

02:05 where I'm wanting to have a little more fun,

02:07 like experiment with sounds and style.

02:10 ♪ I'm the only one you know who'll take control ♪

02:14 ♪ I know you know ♪

02:15 - What is something throughout this process

02:18 of the past couple years growing as an artist and healing,

02:21 what is something that you've learned about yourself?

02:23 - Stepping into my 30s, which is crazy to say,

02:27 but it's like right when I turned 30,

02:28 there was something that just kind of clicked.

02:31 I just felt more empowered.

02:32 I was like able to say no to things more

02:35 and just not question myself as much

02:38 when it comes to, I think, my career

02:40 and just in my personal life too.

02:42 ♪ I've tried to run ♪

02:43 ♪ But to stay forever young ♪

02:45 ♪ Is a war that's never won ♪

02:46 ♪ And time is just way too strong ♪

02:50 - I worked with John Bellion,

02:51 who's an incredible songwriter.

02:53 - Talented is an understatement with that guy

02:55 'cause I was a fan of his for a long time

02:57 with just his artistry, like his artist stuff,

02:59 and over the years kind of heard his name

03:02 as a writer for other people.

03:04 I was like, oh, he's kind of killing it

03:06 for other people too.

03:07 So then when we met, it was this cool moment

03:09 where we just, I remember saying,

03:12 we should work together.

03:13 One of us said it and we were just like,

03:14 yeah, we should totally get in the studio.

03:16 And then all these years later

03:17 to have that actually come to life

03:19 and we're both in this place of our career,

03:21 I think where it just made sense.

03:24 And we got in the studio, I was like,

03:25 you have to do my whole album, please.

03:27 And he was like, yes, I'm down.

03:29 - Is there a song, I mean, like in general,

03:31 off your new EP that you've been loving particularly,

03:34 especially since you've been performing

03:36 every single night, basically.

03:37 - The one, it seems to be a fan favorite, is "Shelter."

03:42 Because I remember being in the studio

03:44 and literally having a conversation about like,

03:47 oh, this is gonna be the one live.

03:49 Like this is gonna be the one where

03:51 I can really get the crowd going with this song.

03:54 And so to be able to live that out

03:55 and have that be a reality

03:58 and just see people go nuts for that song has been cool.

04:00 - Is there a line that you like the most?

04:02 'Cause we want you to sing for us basically.

04:05 - The most fun part is like the obvious,

04:08 like, ♪ I could be your shelter ♪

04:11 Like the crowd always has to sing that line.

04:14 Yeah, it's just such a fun, proud song.

04:18 - Hey guys, it's Tori

04:19 and this is "The Only Exception" by Paramore.

04:21 - So how has it been being able to see

04:23 from this older generational perspective

04:25 of the evolution of social media and music?

04:27 - I mean, when TikTok started, I was like, what is this?

04:31 What are we doing?

04:32 And it just obviously blew up,

04:33 but it's like, I think pressure would be the wrong word.

04:36 It's more, I think like a fun challenge.

04:39 - I like that.

04:39 - Yeah, is what it is for me,

04:40 where it's like, okay, I don't fully get this yet,

04:43 but let me try to learn it.

04:44 And then, yeah, and then just have fun with it too.

04:46 I think that's what I try to remind myself of.

04:48 - Yeah, 'cause that, I think at the end of the day

04:50 is what social media is supposed to be.

04:52 And I mean, moving forward, your EP's out.

04:55 What's next, full album probably?

04:57 - Yeah.

04:58 - Yeah.

04:59 - I mean, there's definitely, what I'll say

05:01 is there's definitely more where this music came from.

05:04 I'm excited for people to hear what's coming.

05:07 - Thank you for joining me today.

05:09 - Thanks for having me.

05:10 (upbeat music)

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