Normani Covers 'PAPER' Magazine, Talks Solo Career Ambitions

Normani's road to a post-Fifth Harmony solo career continues with the release of her new PAPER magazine digital cover issue, which was unveiled on Monday (October 29).

Styled by Cody Allen and photographed by Charlotte Rutherford, the budding solo star is seen in a number of glossy ensembles for the shoot, which appears heavily influenced by the late '90s. In the feature, the 22-year-old reflected on her time in 5H, saying, "There's just something special being able to call something ours versus just yours. Everything that I went through in the group, and everything that we went through together, prepared us to be able to do what we're doing right now."

Asked to describe her forthcoming solo debut, which is likely to drop in 2019, the Houston-based singer said that her new material is "sultry, smooth, dominant, empowering and entertaining." Just last week, fans were treated to a taste of solo music when the singer dropped a two-song EP produced by none other than Calvin Harris.

"It's a brand new world of self-discovery for me, and I’m still in the process of that," Normani explained. "There's been so many things that I’ve been able to do. I’ve been able to write more, and I've even been having fun in terms of producing. I've learned that I actually have that ear and that I know what I want. I'm learning the terminology and all the technical side of it. I'm really hands on in every single aspect of my music."

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